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      FRANCE . The President having returned io Paris from his tour in the eastern departments the journals are counting np the results . The correspondent of the ' Morning Chronicle ' says : —* The journey having been avowedly undertaken for political purposes—every one asks what effect it has had . on public opinion , and on the future prospects of Louis Napoleon himself ? I must be admitted that there is a great diversity o opinion on this subject , and that with the exception , perhaps , of the President himself , who is ¦¦" to he delighted beyond measure with all that has occurred , not another man in France is completely satisfied with the result . Tbe _over-zealous Buonapartists-men who in the blindness of their zral _viatouibu _fu—— ¦

      u _* a *— _'ww »» _w * u -v _« Would compromise any cause-cannot conceal from _hemselves that the spirit of _Republicamsm is tranger in France tban they expected , and that in the course of the recent journey the evidences of its existence were forced on ineir unwilling ears in a manner tbat put an end to all doubt of the fact . _Previous to the journey they had given BHch open expression to tbeir wishes , and to the hopes which they permitted themselves to entertain as ihe consequences of Louis _Napoleon ' s appearance among the people , tbat it is now too late to deny tbem . The partisans of the Elysee , even to the most moderate among them , folly expected that the sentiments of France in favour of tbe nephew of the Emperor would become so undeniable as to place the renewal of his tenure of office as President bevond all doubt ;

      and the more ardent among them felt no little confidence that Louis _Ivapoleon , who left Paris as only President ef a Republic , would return to it with the prouder title of Emperor of the French . There is no doubt that all those who entertained snch exaggerated and preposterous hopes as these are dissatisfied , however much they may disguise their disappointment . The demonstrations at Dijon , Lyons , Besancon , Belfort , Mulhausen , Stratsburg , and Metz , against imperial pretensions , are too significant to be misunderstood ; and though the receptions at Nancy and Rheims were so flattering as to revive hopes wbich bad previously been nearly extinguished , the almost universal cry of Vive la Republique ! ' with which tbe President was sainted in his passage along the Boulevards Of Paris , puts an end to all expectation of any immediate results from this famous journey .

      ' On the other hand , the patties who oppose the pretensions of Louis Napoleon are not quite satisfied . The RepublicanSj while proclaiming the devotion of the people to the Republic , inveigh against the sycophancy of the pnblic functionaries . The Monarchists , while admitting that a feeling hostile to the Empire was shown , are not very well pleased that there was no demonstration anywhere 2 Q favour of the Bourbons . Doubts are expressed BS to tbe feeling of the army , which , contrary to the usual practice in France , appears to have been very chary of its applause in presence of the President .

      Theirs and the ' Burgraves' also fought ahy of Vfould-be Consul or Emperor ; and in short , as an evidence of tbe feelings of ibe country , and as a means of opening the way to a solution of the great crisis of 1852 , the President ' s journey leaves everything pretty much where it found them—in doubt and confusion . He is , however , indefatigable in his endeavours to procure 2 prolongation of his tennre ol ofiice , and after a brief rest from one tour , made arrangements for another to Cherbourg , for the purpose of reviewing the navy .

      The opponents of the Republic have been pressing forward the Consuls General of the department to demand a revision—in other words a destruction of the Constitution before 1852 , tbe appointed time * the object being , in the first-instance , to secure the continuance of Louis Napoleon in ofiice , in order that the plots of tbe various Pretenders may bave time to ripen . The correspondent of the •* Chronicle' says : — ** The deliberations of the councils-general are not yet sufficiently advanced to enable us to judge ot the precise number which will recommend a revision of the Constitution , bnt there is no donbt that ont of the eighty-six at least fifty will adopt

      resolutions to that effect . Hitherto only one council " general , namely , that of the _Pyrenees-Orientales * has shown itself completely Buonapartist . It bas recommended , first , that the Constitution should be revised ; and secondly , that the duration of the presidency of Lonis Napoleon should be fixed at tea years . In most instances the resolutions adopted are merely general , namely , that the Constitution should be revised , according as may be considered advisable in its wisdom by the Assembly . To this resolution not only the _Bnonapartists , bnt

      tbe Legitimists and Orleanists agree , as they eacb and all expect that tbe advantages to result from the revision will ultimately turn in favour of tbeir own particular party . The only parties who seriously oppose it are the Republicans , both mode * rate and ultra , who coalesce on tbis occasion . One council-general ( that ot Avejron ) bas refused to entertain tbe subject . A proposition for the revision-of the Constitution having heen brought forward , it was rejected by a majority of eighteen to eight , which shows that the Republicans are in a large majority in that part of the country . '

      The Republican papers are lond in their condemnation of the conduct of the President of the Republic , with reference to this unconstitutional proceeding . The 'National' re publishes the circular addressed last year by M . Dufaure , when Minister of the Interior , to the councils-general of the departments , informing tbem that any attempt on their part , either hy petition or otherwise , to procure a revision of the Constitution before the legal period , is a crime punishable by tbe laws , and tbat the government was determined to enforce those laws . It asks M . Baroche why he is now silent , when it is notorious that the club of the Bix Becembre is urging the councils-general to an immediate revision of the Constitution , and when his silence may be COEstrued into convenience ?

      Thirty-seven persons were arrested by the police during the entry of the President of the . Republic into Paris . On their examination they all declared their only offence was that of crying' "Vive la Repnblique !' Some of the papers give a report that in consequence of the bad reception given to Lonis Napoleon at Metz , the National Guard of that place is to be dissolved . And it is also said that he intends to punish those that gave him such a bad reception a _< - Besangon , by demanding the expulsion of aU Swiss from the department . A very pretty way of showing bis gratitude ior the . shelter and hospitality he received from Switzerland wben be was himself a refugee .

      _TheleadingLegitimistswhoretarnedfromWiesbaden are greatly embarrassed how to answer tbe questions that crowd on them as to their future policy . One thing seems clear ; many tbat were heretofore moderate are now disposed to push matters to extremities . Conciliation of interests is found no longer possible , and tbe partisans of the Duke of Bordeaux bint tbat the President may consider himself lucky if he reach s the end of his official term quietly . Tbe result of the President ' s journey , of the pilgrimage to Wiesbaden , aud the death of Louis Philippe , has been to set the three contending parties more by tbe ears than ever . M . Mole holds aloft * from the government , and is not _overpleaaed with the cool reception given to bis counsels . M . Thiers sticks to pure Orieanism , and supports the Duchess of

      Orleans in her disinclination to a fusion . M . Berryer seems less disposed to support the President ' s government than when he set out for Wiesbaden ; and if the Duke of Bordeaux bas effected any nnion in the conflicting factions of the legitimist party , this has been done at least as much by the approach of the moderates to the ultras as of the ultras to the moderates . The friends of the President are as confident as ever in the star of Lonis Napoleon ; but their hatred of the Legitimists becomes daily less disguised , and it seems highly probable tbat a new message , or a change of ministry , will mark the commencement of an energetic policy for curbing the pretensions ofthe partisans of the elder Bourbon branch . That these will support the candidatures of Changarnier for the presidency appears a supposition far from improbable .

      The trial of ML Florentine and the fonr witnesses of the duel in which he inflicted a ; wound in the breast of M . Amadee Achard throws some light upon the state of the literary world in Paris . A literary glu . b called ' La Societe des Mens de Lettres / and numbering among its members several distinguished literary men ,, formed out of its hody a select committee for the purpose of investigating the character of M . Fiorentino , and deciding whether a member of the Societe , who bad been called out by M . Fiorentino , could accept the challange without dishonour . This jury of honour , as it was called , after a full in-• goiry ; deeided onanimonaly ; that M . Fiorentino was JMrt entitled to the _aatis & ctran of single combat Which he demanded . _Tbej aet their names to a

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      document , which was pr i _^^^^ wherein the grounds for arriving at this conclusion were _slated _^ without reserve . A more _pushing mass of evidence for the ruin of a mans character was never accumulated . A vast number of persons musical composers , opera singers , managers , and generally peop le i nterested in the success 01 those performances , which the _agro-dolce pen of Fiorentino was employed in lauding or laurating in the columns of the' Corsaire and Constitutionnel , ' were summoned before this formidable tribunal , and there interrogated exactly aa they wonld have been in a public court of justice . The offence , of wbich the testimony furnished by these numerous witnesses went to convict Fiorentino , was that of levying black mail , or other , blood money , as a safeguard against tbe onslaught of his vena ) pen .

      The statements contained in this document , though unpublished , became matter of public notoriety , and found their way here and there in foreign and domestic journals , obtaining for M . Fiorentino a deputation of a by no means enviable kind . In tbe meantime he was invited to appear in person before the committee of the' Gens de Lettres' in order to confront bis accusers , but did not think proper to comply with this summons . Nevertheless , the depositions of parties friendly to them were taken , but seem to have had little weight with the jury of honour . Among the names attached to tbe verdict of this jury was tbat of M . Amandee Achard , a contributor to the ' Assembles Nationale , ' with whom Fiorentino had once been oh intimate terms . To

      see his former associate foremast in the baud of his assailants roused the blood of the Neapolitan , and he made the / eui / fe / io » of the ' Corsaire' the vehicle of his fury against tbis adversary . A duel followed witb tbe sword , a weapon in tbe use of which either party were skilled , and at tbe first set-to M . Archard was wounded in the breast . At the trial before tbe Court of Assizes of the Scene all parties were acquitted . The President set out on Tuesday morning , by the Rouen Railway , on bis journey to Cherbourg , accompanied bv the ministers Baroche , Rouher , Lahitte , and _Desfosses . The affairs pf the government are entrusted during his absence to the three ministers who accompanied him on his journey to Lyons .

      The Count de Cbambord , on the evening of the 30 th ult ., took leave , in a set speech , of the Frenchmen who still remained at _Wisbaden . Tbe address is chiefly remarkable for his using the word' King ' in speaking of himself . The Procureur of the Republic of Strasburg bas issued warrants for the ; arrest of two men , on the charge of having formed a plot far the assassination of the President of the Republic . One of the men is named Nestor _Poulain _, and represents himself as the editor of a democratic journal in the south of Prance ; tbe name of the other is not known .

      GERMANY . A series of protocols , letters , and negotiations bave , for some time past , occupied the attention of the German states , in which the main object ofthe principal contending parties seems to be the acquisition of political predominance . Prussia manoeuvres for that _purpgse , and Austria _connter-manoeuvres . The people are not in tbe slightest degree interested in these mere court intrigues .

      SAXONY . According to the government semi-official organ , the ' Dresden Journal , ' it is resolved to introduce considerable reductions forthwith in tbe army . Tbe reduction to nearly one-half its numerical strength will enable the Minister of War to reduce bis budget in a somewhat comparative ratio—under reserves of extraordinary supplies in the case of need . The' Dresden Journal' also announces that a petition has been addressed to the government by a

      considerable number of manufacturers of Chemnitz _, praying it to endeavour , through its plenipotentiary at Cassel , to obtain a renewal of the Belgian treaty , and if possible to obtain _conditions favourable to sundry articles , namely , the stocking trade , which article , say the petitioners , Belgium does not manufacture largely—a demand which it is to be apprehended will lead to strong resistance en the part of the manufacturers of _Toarnay and tbe vicinity of Courtray .

      The whole of tbe persons prosecuted for rebellious offences during the month of May , within the jurisdiction of the tribunal of Tbarand _, bave been pardoned . Tbe greater part are persons who held municipal functions .

      BAVARIA . The monster trial about to take place atZweibrucken , in the Palatinate , includes a list of 404 persons accused of having taken share more or less in the revolution of last year . They are divided into various categories , viz ., twenty-eight for illegally imprisoning ; twenty-one for destroying bridges and public roads ; fifteen for seeking to debauch soldiers from their duty ; ninety-eight for robbing the public treasury ; seventeen for carrying off military effects ; eighty for exacting rooney and other property : _sixty-six for forcibly carrying off

      horses—of wh ch 202 ( horses ) are still forthcoming ; 117 for misdemeanours of all kinds and sorts *—effected by violence or menaces . Among the ao cased are several names , celebrated at the period as leaders of the democratic and rebel parties—such as the ex-Professor Kinkel , already condemned to hard labour for life and in prison in Prussia . ; Dr . d'Ester of Cologne ; StruvefGustavus ;) Fenner von Fenneberg , the well known biscuit-baker of Vienna _Mieroslawski and Sznayde ; Btenker , of Worms Schloffel , and seven other ex-members of the Frankfort Assembly , & c .

      SAXE-COBURG GOTHA . The government bave , for tbe time being stifled the chamber by resorting to uprorogation on the 25 th . The representatives did their duty to their constituents too honestly to be palatable to worthy stomachs . Their last work was to make a new law of taxation . They however rescinded their resolution to subject the Sovereign ' s income and property , and that of his family , including of course his Royal Highness Prince Albert , to taxation . The question at issue between tbe Ducal house and the Chambers , relative to the allodial revenue of 50 , 000 florins resulting from their mother ' s estates , is not determined , having been referred to the ordinary tribunals .

      HESSE CASSEL . There is every reason to believe that the government will find the new Chamber—in which the Democratic party bas a decided and compact majority—as difficult to manage as its predecessor , and tbat as little hopes can be entertained of the majority according the supplies necessary for carrying on the government , the present ministry must again dissolve the Assembly , It has been shown ,

      hy the opening speech made hy the Minister , that nothing would have enabled tbe government to carry out the public service , the taxes having been refused , but the assistance of the Elector , whb has advanced tbe necessary funds from bis private fortune . This , however , cannot be relied on much longer , and therefore , if the Chamber persists in its refusal , there seems to he no resource left for tbe government but a coup d ' etat or absolute submission to the Democratic majority .

      A tight hold over the purse strings is the best trammel upon reactionary and corrupt governments .

      : DENMARK AND . THE DUCHIES . ; Both armies still maintain the position they hare occupied during the last three weeks , and if appearances are to be trusted there is no probability of an attack being made by either for spme time tq come . The Danish General does not seem inclined to hazard tbe territory gained by the battle of Idstedt in . another general engagement . - Not Only are substantial huts being erected in and around Schleswig as winter quarters for the Danish ' soldiers ; large [ quantities of provisions and forage of all kinds , heaped up as provisions for the winter , and the ground on which the huis and storehouses fare situated , as strongly fortified as possible , but even tbe ' roads : are being

      broken upand rendered impassable , as far as it is possible for the Danish troops to work unmolested . The position now occupied by General . Krogh is extremely favourable for such a purpose . - A chain of moderately high hills commences immediately behind Schleswig , and terminates at Eckernforde . It is on these hills that the celebrated old wall the fDannewerk , ' was' builtby _ the German ' s ages ago ; to f withstand the invasions o'f the ancient Danes . Some parts of tbis : enormous work still exist in the neighbourhood of Schleswigand have once before

      , in . the present-war been , the scene of a blood ; fight Gen . Krogh has rebuilt those portions of the old wall which time and cultivation had destroyed , and has crowned the chief heights between Schleswig and Eckernforde with- entrenchments behind which his infantryand _! artillery can ppperate to great advantage , Amuchlarg _^ would be necessary , to " storm any portion of this position , seeing that the loss of life consequent upon snch an attempt would be most enormous . ' It is not likely tbat General Willisen will make the attempt .

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      To the . _westward the position occupied by General Krogh is covered by the river Twene _, and another small brook ( the Reiteran ) wbich runs into tbe former , and which has been dammed up in order to flood tbe marshes and _morasts in the intermediate district , which the _prolonged heat of the summer had dried and rendered passable in many places . ,,

      INDIA . The dates by this arrival are Bombay the 24 th , Calcutta the 13 tb , Madras the 16 ih of July . The " event of the past month has been tbe melancholy suicide of Colonel King , of the 14 th Light Dragoons , at _Wuzeerbad , hear Lahore , on the 6 th ult . The deceased commanded the 14 th at Chillianwalla , where from some cause or other up to this day a mystery to the world , the corps ' retreated from before the enemy and got into momentary confusion , and overset a couple of our own guns , thereby causing them to be captured by the Sikhs , Matters were smoothed over by Lord Gough , whose- own conduct as regarded generalship was on the same

      eventful day anything but brilliant , and in a short time probably all would have been forgotten had not Sir C . Nap ier , in a speech to the corps some time back , alluded to the matter in a cutting way by saying that such a corps as the 14 th would go anywhere , or do anything , if properly commanded . This taunt acted powerfully on the over-sensitive mind of Colonel King , who , however , is said at first not to bave taken it to himself , till subsequent harshness made it but too apparent . From the time this conviction took possession of the unfortunate gentleman ' s mind be became the prey of a settled melancholy which he never seems to' have been able ' to throw off . In June some of his ' men were

      taunted at the theatre by the artillerymen with being cowards , which was of course resented , and a row ensued . Shortly before this a man of the corps , named M'Lean , was taken before Colonel King for some crime , and on being sentenced to punishment , called him a coward . For this he wa tried by a court-martial , and sentenced to corporal punishment , which he underwent on the 20 th of March ; and the man on being taken down from the _halberts , walked towards Colonel King and again called him a coward , using at the same time , grossly abusive language . M'Lean had managed before coming out for punishment to get enough liquor to make him shortly after tipsy , ' hoping thereby to deaden his feelings to ' the cat- ' _o-nine-tails , and it was while under the influence of the liquor and the

      pain caused by the Hugging , that he . again committed himself as the above narrated . He was now ordered to be tried by a general court-martial , which he accordingly was on the 3 rd of June , and was sentenced to seven years' transportation ; On this being reported to Sir C . Napier he refused to sanction the sentence , and commented particularly ion the fact that the man was allowed to get drink - he concluded by asking ' the court , therefore , to reconsider and to mitigate its sentence , for however disgraceful and insubordinate the conduct of the culprit may have been , it was certainly as much produced by neglect of duty in others , as by tbe drunkard himself . The sentence appears to me to be severe beyond all proportion to the crime , in the peculiar circumstances above stated . '

      The court adhered to its decision , and as a close the commander-in-chief pardoned the prisoner and ordered him to return to hia troop . Colonel King seems te have been driven to the desperate course of self-murder by these incidents , and blown out his brains by a pistol loaded with powder only . A decided disagreement seems to exist between tbe governor-general and the commander-in-chief . The Affreedees have again closed the pass to Kobat , and seem inclined , to be as troublesome as ever . A man of the Horse Artillery bas been shot by one of them close to his quarter guard . A plot has been discovered for effecting the release of the ten Sikh state prisoners confined at Allahabad .

      A tragical event bas occurred on board the Honourable Company ' s cargo boat Kaleegunga , in tow of the steamer Berhampooter , at Patne . If appears that she left Allahabad with thirty-nice Sikh convicts with a very weak guard . The armc of tbe guard were piled between tbem and the convicts , when at Patna , tbe latter having seized the firearms , which were . loaded , rose upon the guard , and a desperate conflict ensued . Two of the guard ; and two of the convicts were killed , and the convicts succeeded in running the boat ashore and _escaping . It appeared that the affair took place in the day time , which renders it still more extraordinary .

      The latest news from Peshawur gives accounts of the fall of tbe right wing of the barracks , in which the 61 st Foot were located—the building being known as G ° neral _Avitabile _' s palace—on tbe evening of the 5 th July , just as the men were about to go to rest .

      CEYLON . The ' Bengal _Hui-karu' of July 3 rd ; on the authority of its correspondent , publishes a number of statements which appear fully to substantiate the charges made again-1 Captain Watson , in connexion with the so-called rebellion in this island . Among the witnesses examined by the commission was Col . Drought , who had to produce the two following letters , which throw even the famous proclamations into the sbade . _"ICtb August , 1818 .

      " Mj dear Watson , —I wish you to explain to your officers at Matelle , that I am surprised they did not sentence the four prisoners to he executed . A plunderer in these times is a miscreant in the double capacity of a rebel and a felon , who would , If he could , first take your life , and then your property . Remind tbem that all engaged as thoso were are rebels , and that all rebels should suffer death . Sir A . Oliphant has given it as his opinion that wc are dealing too delicately , with , the rascals , and that a great deal too much time is taken in detailing evidence . The court have , under the present law , merely to satisfy' themselves as to the parties being guilty or otherwise , find , and decide accordingly—Yours , T . A . Drought . " said almost all this in note wrote before

      " I a I receiving the courts martial . T . A . D . " "My dear Watson , —You are getting on swimmingly . Your deputy judge advocate will of course receive the usual allowance for every day the court fits . Impress on the court that there is no necessity for taking' down the evidence in detail ,. „ ¦ so that they are satisfied with the guilt or innocence ofthe individual ; that is sufficient for them to find and sentence . This is- the law and mode ; haye you no case for example on the spot . ? You speak of _BJntenne . I start two officers and thirty men in that di . rection to-morrow , to effect a junction there by a similar movement from Baddala , the _tr-. _ops from here returning through the Knuckles and Lower Doombers . Yours , T . A ; Deocght . "

      ' . It might he supposed from the tone of Colonel _Drorghfs letter tbat be and his dear Watson were dealing with a gang of Thugs , or a horde of desperate Moplahs , instead of a mob of silly sheepish people , whose rebellion was put down without , we believe , the loss of a man on the side of those ' employed to suppress it .

      AUSTRALIA , AGITATION FOB AN AT / _aTBALIAN FEDERAL

      REPUBLIC . Melbourne papers to tbe 16 th of May have been received . They bring intelligence : of the _commencement of an open and determined agitation of the question of the severance of the Australian colonies from the mother country . Tbe _animation has been originated by the Rev . Dr . Lang , a Presbyterian minister and old colonist , who published lately in the English papers a strongly-written letter to the Colonial Secretary " regarding the misusage of their colonies by the Colonial-office . Dr . Lang delivered a long lecture on the subject at Melbourne , breathing respect for the Queen , and general good-will to Ungland , yet strongly advocating separation and

      independence . ' He recaptulated the leading instances of alleged _mis-usage under which the colonies have suffered , and likewise puts forward other reasons of a cogent description for the adoption of that step , to which he believes Great Britain -Will assent _/* ori a . proper . representation of . the . case . ' : While in England , he had consulted men oferainence in the political world , and received ; from them assurances to _tbateffect . His idea of forming a great political league , in order to bring about the desired release ; was cordially approved by the colonists , and they informed him that England was now fully prepared for such a rhovement oh the part of her colonies

      generally , those of them especiall y that were able and willing to govern themselves , and to offer proper terms for the future , and . that the day for sending for British troops toput down insurgent colonies , and to hold them against their will , _waspast for ever . Dr . Lang goes on to recommend the immediate formation of an Australian _League , ' to consist of allcolonists who pay ati entrance fee of 5 s . with a yearly _subscriptionfof not less tbis 108 . The executive powers" of this body , he proposes , shall he intrusted to a president , vice-president , one or more secretaries , and a council of fifteen , who will pursue the objects set forth in the four following resolutions : — ¦¦ _-. _' _..

      • 1 . To unite in one grand political league for mu tual protection and defence , and for general advance _, ment , the five Australian : colonies of New South Wales , Van Diemen ' s Land , South Australia , Port Philip , and _Cboksland , or the Moretbh Bay country ; that the inhabitants of these / colonies ' may henceforth feel and know that they are no longer _iaolated aud detached communities—to be governed and op .

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      pressed separately and independently'hy ukases from Downing-street , with none to interfere for them from without—hiit one people , having common interests and common objects , the nucleus and elements of one great Australian nation . 2 . To prevent the degradation of any one of these colonies into a mere receptacle for the convicted felons of Great Britain and Ireland ; and tb remedy , as far as may be practicable , the enormous evils tbat bave already resulted from the prevalence and abuse of the transportation , system in certain of these colonies . _.- ... . _...

      i ' 3 . Toencourage and promote , by every legitimate means , the influx of . an industrious , virtuous , and thoroughly British population into these colonies , ; that their vast and _inexhaustable ' _resources may he duly and fully developed , and _^ hat they may'be fitted as _speedilyas possible , for taking the high and influential place which they are evidently destined to hold in the _civilised world , as the great _leading power ofthe southern hemisphere . . . :. 4 . To achieve , by moral means exclusively , and witb _thejull approbation and concurrence of Great Britain , the entire freedom and independence of these colonies ) and their . erection intosovereign and independent states ; to be iocorpofated . into one great political federation , like the Swiss cantons Of Europe , or the United States of America , under tbe style and title of ' The United Provinces of ' Australia . _^

      Assuming that England will agree to the erection of the proposed republic , Dr . Lang ' s scheme descends to tbe minor arrangement for its government , which he would commit to the hands of a president , with a salary of . £ 3 , 000 per _anniim . A' genpral Legislature would assist and control the president , with functions it is designed to assimilate to those of tbe American chief magistrate , f i j , On all matters of internal legislation , education , religion , police , public works , and so forth , Dr ; Lang recommends tbat the respective states of tbe federation should be left perfectly free . Dr . Lang entered into tbe details off the scheme at great length , and every word was applauded to the echo . ' ¦

      Dr . Lang appears to have been _subsequently cast into prison arbitrarily for some matter of _| _debt-, to the great displeasure of the Melbourne public ; who were raising a subscription to procure his release . The particulars ofthe affair are not given in any pf the papers that have reached India . ¦ _\ y . ,, ¦ The mining inteiest at Adelaide is in- a flourishing state , and the total proceeds of copper mines ' during the last fire years are estimated ' a » - ' - £ 592 , 252 . ' Gold washing has commenced with su fficient prospect of success to stop emigration to California . '

      Experiments have been made onthe sands from the bed of the Unkaparing 8 , a stream south of _Adelaide , witha newly invented machine , capable of washing from' twenty-five to thirty tons per day . Two ounces of gold were obtained from 1601 b . of _saridi Very promising indications of coal have been met with on Ihe south 8 idebf Kangaroo Island . . A newspaper in the German language , called the '• _Sued-Australisehe Zeitung , ' has been established in Adelaide , and appears to be conducted with great ability . Ic circulates chiefly among the German immigrants , whose numbers are increasing fast ,

      .. _- ¦¦ WEST INDIES . Advices from Jamaica extend to the 7 th ult . The August holidays , which were formerly celebrated with great show and parade by the peasantry , passed off very quietly , scarcely an event occurring to dispel the ordinary monotony of Jamaica life . The island remained pretty healthy except in the town of Falmouth ahd the parish of Metcalfe , where a good deal of sickness prevailed among children . In Falmouth it was feared there would be much

      suffering when the wet _seasom commenced . ' Very considerable interest has been excited in Kingston by the trial of a _member of the Assembly at tbe Surrey Assizes , charged with the larceny of thirteen barrels of cement ! The person charged was Mr .- James ' Taylor , one of the members for Port Royal parish , and a very popular person . in his private capacity . The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty , which was most rapturously received by the largest audience perhaps that ever attended the Kingston Court-house . "; :

      Crime continued on the increase , more in respect to the character oi the offences than their numbers . The most disgusting and unnatural crimes " that ever disgraced a calendar were abjudicated at the last criminal assize , which bad closed its sitting at Kingston .

      UNITED STATES . Tbe Cambria brings intelligence which dates from New York to the 20 th ult ., froin Boston to the 21 st , and from Halifax to the 23 rd , ' . Tbe most important item of political news is tbe announcement that the differences between the United States and Portugal have been settled , Portugal consenting fo pay in all cases , except in that of tbe General Armstrong , and that is to be left to the arbitration of a disinterested power , probably Sweden .: -r _.

      The latest dates from Washington are to the 19 'h ult . The Senate , having passed the Utah Bill , the Texas-Boundary Bill , the bill for establishing a territorial government in New Mexico , and the bill for admitting California into the union , had taken up tbe Fugitive Slave Bill . Several amendments had been offered , but the measure was making alow progress . In the House of Representatives , motions to suspend the standing orders aiid to take up the territorial bills sent from the Senate on the 20 th or 23 rd , were rejected . The Appropriation Bill was advancing very tardily . Texas seems resolved to continue obstinate on the boundary and other territorial questions . ri *

      : The crop was very abundant . The 'New York Herald' says : —* The surplus , over and above what we will require for home consumption , and what will be probably exported , will be unusually'large tbis year , and' must bring the price down to a very low _figure—as low , perhaps , as we have ever seen it in . the market . The extraordinary yield , of wheat and flour , while it-will reduce the prices of those articles so low as to , place them within the command of the poorest , will also have the same effect oii ptber commodities , such as pork , beef , & c , and the result will be , that there will be not only * plenty of the necessaries of life , but they can be procured at moderate prices . The people may defy all

      attempts to keep up prices , for the crop is so great that it will be impossible to monopolise it , and it will be well for some operators , who hold large quantities , if they can succeed in holding their position , and avoiding bankruptcy . Another such a prolific country as the United States does not exist . With every variety of soil and climate , and with an extent of territory greater than the whole of Europe , it seems hardly impossible 'for' a general failure to occur . A severe frost may take place in one section a continuance of rain in another , which might to ' tally destroy the crops , but the loss would weigh as nnthiug in the general yield throughout the country . We ought to be grateful for such peculiar advantages as weenjoy . ' *

      The fashionable and theatre-going circles of tbe large * cities have had something in the way of alleged crim _. conrto . talk about , in consequence of Forrest , the actor , 'having made his ' declaration' or complaint' against his wife , as the _beginnings ! a suit for idivorce . . . . . _, - _Iflithis document , he alleges adulterous practices on the part of bis wife with George JaruiBon , at Cinciriatti , N . P . Willis , ' Daniel Marsden Raymond , R . Willis , — Calcraft , J . R . Rich , H . Wykoff , W . H . Howard , ' arid divers other persons whose names are at present unknbwnj' all of New York . ' ' It will he seen that several literary gentlemen are named in this ' 'declaration '—more than one of

      whom is known in England ; one , especially , by his agreeable-volumes . " -It is-only justice to Bay that the public , or at least a majority , believe , that Mr . Forrest is mistaken iii this matter—that bis ear has been abused with _inuendos and gossiping reports agaiiist Mrs . Forrest , until he has convinced himself that she must have dishonoured him . ; ' , ' . The latest arrival from f . Culia states that there has been an emeuteal Puerto Principe , bat gives no further particulars , except that the troops fired

      upon tbe insurrectionists , and killed or * wounded about thirty . Perhaps the whole affair is doubtful —a rumour got up to stimulate a new invasion . It is singular that is connexion with this matter several Washington ; correspondents state that the United States Government ' has positive intelligence of the formation of a new expedition against' Cuba . One wouldbaye thought that the . ' warm reception given to Lopez and . his band would have cooled their adventurous ardour .

      The Indians appear to be committing terrible _dovastations on the-Texan frontier , many houses having been burnt and planters murdered . The savages are said to muster 6 , 000 strong . We have an account from the south to the effect that the _Texans have raised & M ) 00 men . for the purpose of _ftff _^ oi _$ _* Mexico , ; anil _^ defiance If ty 8 & a „ * _" _% _*** _^ _' _^ United ' States . If this be really so , tbe men had much better be sent against the Indian * _, re _lWlttyg _£

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      homes and firesides . But then ) people are apt to believe tbafthese 8 , 000 . meriareall moonshine / 3 , 203 immigrants bave arrived at New _lowcm one day : _, y ¦ i ' ; .. ¦• \ y , y / : ' . " Mr ; Bamum offers a . ' premium of 200 dollars for the best national _idhgi ' tobe sung by Jenny Lind _bb an introduction on her arrival in America . ; . __ ¦ The mortality is still great from the cholera in the western cities ; yet there is reason to hope , from the latest accounts , tbat tbe pestilence is sub- " siding . The sun-stroke bas been very _fatal-r-13 deaths from this ' _causiTin a ' sing le week at New Orleans , and as many -perhaps in New York and Philadelphia . Europeans are very liable to this affection in July and August , before they become acclimated . It is , therefore , unwise to leave their native shores at * such times as must . ensure their * arrival in the States in tbe hot season . _: _.. '

      The Pacific , which arrived on Wednesday , brought _Ifltfir _nfiWfli ' ¦ _) ' ¦ ' •¦ From _Washington we hear that tbe Fugitive Slave Bill has passed the Senate . It is rumoured that a disagreement in tbe cabinet will lead to its re-drg inasation . . '•" . ' ' A convention had been held in New York State 'fugaiive slaves'and their white friends ; ;¦ v Of these two-thirds were blacks , and ; white women _/ 1 Resolutions of the . most extraordinary character were passed , one of - which advocated immediate civil war . In connexion * with tbis , a projected insurrection of slaves in . Alabama , has been discovered . The .. conspiracy extended to at least 400 persons , and , as usual , we have rumours of an mtended general massacre of : the . ' whiles . It was quelled without much ' _resis ' _taucev . .

      The ' New Yorker Democrat' organ of the Ger _^ man tailors / has : the following : — _'« Tbe " 'bloody ' scene' in thef 16 th Ward , betwfeen the respectable tailors and the _murder-lrivihg police , together with their helpers ; the loafers and niggers , has well filled every heart with pain and sadness . ' Oh _. _iye poor hungering tailors ! . » Your just demands , your holy rights as _freemen of a free state , are trampled into the mud . Through _paidbands of bailiffs , not only your rights are attacked , but also' your persons . They knock you down , poor unhappy men , just like mad dogs ; . they treat you just like murderers ; they pen you up , while your ' murderers runabout at liberty !

      . ' Haynau , thou greatest Wan-butcher I Ferdinandof Naples , " - Frederick ' of 'Berlm , ; 'beliold ' iiere _, and rejoice 17 Ye do not standalone 1 Rejoice , ye _coinrades in the persons of the police and loafers heie , who make all possible efforts to exceed you in this bloodytrade ! ¦ _- ¦ - _^ _^ _-vs _y-v .. _;• ¦ - " ' 'Ye _rabnarchsinEurope , greet them with your rejoicing , ' sound your hymns , and let , in all the churches , prayers be offered up for the bailiffs here , that _tbeir : _cah-o -nine- tailing here in free' America may thrive , bloom , and prosper ! : ' Look < this sway Frederick ; of Berlin _; here , too , are the .. '; lordly ? found . O , weep tears of joy , and send your orders witb flags , loops , and inexpressible thanks will be given thee , bloody , dog , by the glorious bloody dogs here . r ¦

      • Rejoice , thou sable Emperor of Petersburgh , and be convinced that every sacrifice will here be made , here in this free republic (?) to introduce his _cat-o _' -nine-tail system ! ' Rejoice , and praise ye the Lord , all ye am . bassadors _, consuls , and aristocrats : for , behold , the people are cast down , and ye continue unmolested to betraehteh ( may mean to cheat as well as to reflect . ) _, : Turn your eyes and sing and pray , ye priests and Jesuits , and praise and magnify the Lord , for he has chastised tbe . wicked ! , ' Behold 1 through the . _interfereoce of your believing brethren , the priests and loafers , were they , the poor ones , transported into eternity , & c . '

      Californian news state that many murders had been committed , especially " at ' the southern mines , where in _' _several instances two and three men at a time had beeri found in their tents with their throats cut . 'At and near Sonara , ' says one account , ' not a miner can lie down at night with an assuramce ibat the morrow ' s sun will not find him a victim of the assassin's knife . ' Twenty men had been murdered there in two weeks . The Californian papers have nearly two columns of accounts of the murders of miners and travellers . The Indians , too , are . troublesome at nearly all the mines especially those that are among the mountain streams , aud many lives bad been lost on both sides .

      CANADA . Thr Legislature—Political Movements . — Montreal , August , 5 . — -The protracted struggle between the press and the , Legislature in this colony has withheld the language of the debates from the public , and the facts , denuded ol rhetorical embellishment , are alone' chronicled . : The origin of the dispute was ' below contempt—want of courtesy on tbe part of a member | a few hasty words , and a large amount of vain and foolish pride on the part of the Assembly , who , invoking a precedent almost obsolete in the Imperial L Parliament , forced ' the press to consult tbe dictates of honour and self-respect . The popular feeling sustains the journals in their combined resolution ; to refrain froitfrepbhing members' speeches ; aad the latter , deprived of that aliment which stimulates the ' mania for speechmaking , are wearied of discoursing , to vacancv . -

      Some of the bills sanctioned by the Governor-General are of , the highest importance . Among these we may . particularly mention the . Banking Bill , and the Currency Bill .

      - PACIFIC MAIL . The Avon brings dates from San Francisco to the 1 st of July ; Emigration to California was still on the increase ; hundreds were daily flocking to the diggings by way of Panama and across the plains from the southern states of America . ' The rivers during the winter months being so high haveprevented many adventurers from working to any advantage . At tbe " beginning of the dry season in May ; dams were commenced across the different rivers with theintenlion to turn them completely from their c 6 ur 8 e , ' but the . dams as soon as formed were washed away . Itis . in _' the beds and , on the banks of the rivers that _fmost gold . has hitherto

      been found . ' , Labourers can . ' earn at the diggings wages averaging fromeight dollars to twelve dollars per diem .: so- soon as they have accumulated _sufficient funds to purchase the necessary implements ' for mining they generally ; desert' their employers and work on ' their own account . The mode of appropriating land is a curious one , each person being allowed on arrival to .: stake off ten paces of ground till the whole river or ravine is taken up . Provisions and all the necessaries of life , could be obtained _attreasonable . rate . Flour was selling' at the diggings at 30 c . per ; pound , while in January * three dollars per pound , was . the common price . "¦'

      Anyone going now to . California ( says a corres _* _- _pondentjust returned thence ) _fahould at once proceed to the highest lauds , as it is the opinion of the old miners that the gold is washed down from the mounlains to the rivers and valleys . At Dew Creek , emptying into the Yuba river , gold has been found the highest mountains to an _endrmbus extent ; after digging someeighty or ninety feet , a vein of gold was struck yielding from six to eight ounces per _manper day , and-with-, every . prospect of its continuing . One roan sold his , claim ( ten paces ) for 20 , 000 dollars . / The mountains near the Sierra _Nevsdo ; i also . proved very rich , two men having averaged , 71 b , r . a _, day for several days

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 7, 1850, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_07091850/page/2/