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      Vv^'V: France. -.-'A Letter From Angoule...

      Vv _^ 'V : FRANCE . -.- 'A letter from _Angouletne states that tbe Abbe , _tJqtbl _& nd _, on being taken to tbe prison of that town _recovered _fro ; u tbe profound discouragement into "which bis _condemnation had thrown him , and on every day since he has _smoked bis pipe neaTly the _w _^ ble of the day . When arrested , his pecuniary resources were very small , and they appear to bave : been entirely exhausted by his outlay fir tobacco . The day after his condemnation he wrote the following letter to M . Bevselance , responsible editor of 'the * _Republican de la * Charenie , ' who is confined 'fur some offence of the press : — 'Sir , —I am absolutely without tobacco . You know that it is a ' cruel' privation—almost a torture—for a smoker . Would you have the _fcindness to send me enough to forwrdd

      fill my pipe . ' The journalist immediately ae Mn a pound of tobacco . Minute precautions bave been , taken to prevent the culprit from committing suicide- He converses freely with the turnkeys . Aft « f his condemnation he described to them with great calm hi * impressions , his hopes , during the last day of the trial , and his surprise and despair on hearing himself condemned . Surprise having been expressed at the disappearance of the tellers be had received from Madame Allier , be stated that he had torn them up to lig h t hi s pi pe . Jeaus Bearne _, tbe servant of _Mnie . du Sablon , who , it will be remembered , was arrested in the course of the trial for having : given false evidence , is kept in secret confinement , and was frequently interrogated by a mag istrate . She has , ic is said , made important revelations .

      -i Fourteen members of the Revolutionary _Soaiety , the'Nemesis , were found guil t y hy the A _« ize Court , in Paris on Thursday , and sftus _^ u eed to various periods of imprisonment—from ; ix _months to two years , and to fines _varying from 100 fraucs to 500 francs . -. The » W . x du Present ' has _'nuiished a manifesto from the exiles in Loudon . It is signed by MM . Ledru Rollin , Albert Darasz _, Joseph Mazzini , and Arnold Rugne , and i 3 addressed to the Italian , Polish , German , Austrian , and Dutch committees .

      The _Moniienr' announces that AI . da Robotssiere , * formerly aide-de-camp and chamberlain of the _Emperor , has been appointed stand officer of the Legion ef Honour j tbat M . Hippolite ds Barral , 'first page of tbe Emperor , ' _hsj heen _^ pointed commander ; and that M . _Octave de liana ! , ' pa _^ e of the _Etnperjr , ' and who _sigHif-istvl bim _> elf in 1815 by numerous _ae _; s cf _devGtie _.-s ami p . mi-nism , has been appointed officer oi the _siui * : - ;> _rd--7 . ' Gold has fallen nearly _U- ; p _; r cant , on its Standard value , but tbe belief is thai there will be a still further depreciation in consequence of tbe steps taken in Holland aud other countries to demonetise the gold currency .

      Last Sunday being the tenth anniversary of tbe entry of the remains of Napoleon into Paris , the day was commemorated by u religious service iu tbe Church of the _Invalides . A _gr-jat number of veterans of ihe Gra _:: d Array were _pret _^ nc , in the Uniform oi the period of tbe Pmpire . M . Maiardier , a _Montagoaro repre _? ontaiive , who has been imprisoned for some _tima jm » _e on a charge of conspiracy , has been se t a t _IW _* , nr , M . Victor Hugo bas just undergone an operation of tbe throat for the removal of an enlarged tonsil , which has so long prevented him from taking part _, in the _debates of the Assemblv .

      It 13 said tbat considerable hesitation exists in tbe minds of the Ministry as to bringing forward the new dotation for the President , as it is expec t ed t o mee t , not only with ths opposition of the Left , but also with tbe opposition of the Legitimists . It would appear that the number of electors has been reduced by the new law from 9 , 618 , 000 to 6 , 711 , 000 . The reduction principally affects the town ? . M . Ch . Lesseps , editor of the ' Vote Universel , ' who has been arrested on the charge of being concerned in the Lyons plot , bas been lodged in the gaol of _Roanne , in that city , and has bees interrogated by au _examining magistrate .

      The pnhnc know nothing as yet of the long spoken of consp iracy a t Lyons , bu t th e Mi n isterial papers say that the prosecution of the parties arrested is going on w ith g reat activity , and that every day throws new light on the plans of tbe conspirators . Tfcey stale tbat tbe northern and western departments do not appear to bave been the scene of the operations of the conspiritors . Their attempts were concentrated in tbe departments of the south and east . Tbe refugees at Geneva are said to have been the ori ginators of the plot , and their intention was on a certain day to pass tbe frontier , and to establish themselres at Lyons , which was to ba the head-quarters of the insurgents . Tbe combinations arranged were of such a nature tbat Lyons and the neighbouring countrv was to he ,

      taken possession of , and the troops at present stationed there to be isolated or forced to retire . The population of the smaller towns and _viiiAges were to be armed , with the view of drawing off the attention of the troops from the great centre of the movement . I _> appears that there is to be a hi gh court of justice appointed for the purpose of going into this case . The parties accused are to be tried before the councils now at Lyons . It is expected that the prisoners from the departments not under military law will object to the jurisdiction of the courts-martial , and if the courts-martial themselves should declare themselves incompetent , a high court of justice will be created . Such is tbe account g iven o f t he p l o t b y the government agents ; but it must be remembered tbat many duubt the existence of the plot at all .

      The Government crusade against the Republican newspapers is carried on with remarkable vigour . There are no less than four processes in different quarters of the country recorded in tbe Paris papers of the 14 th ins :, and the police is busily preparing more food for the lawyers . The Moniteur ' announces t hat the 'Vote Universal' was seized yesterday , for the publication of an article called _« La Loide _I'Usure , ' and of a _feuilleton called '"Les Contrats Suciaux au XIX Siecle . _fes _Petits Enfans . ' The responsible editor is to be prosecuted under the double charge of attacks on property and of exciting hatred between the different clastes of citizens . The editor of the 'Vote Universel' fays , that after reading tbe articles impugned several times over , he is still unable to discover what offence be has

      committed . But what does that signify ? His journal is Republican , and will therefore be condemned .

      PRUSSIA . The 'Times * correspondent _sa \ s *—A letter of the Minister of Justice directs the Staatsanwalten , or public prosecutors , in every district lo sharpen their observation of tbe abuses of the press . They are not to leave the machinery of the law to be set in motion against offending _journals exclusively by the rude hands of the police ; they are not to wait till the police give notice of a violent or seditious

      matter , but to read for _themeelves and act accordingly ; neither are they to be deteired from commencing prosecutions from an apprehension the case may fail . They are to risk the chances of an acquittal . The purpose seems to be thoroughly to te 6 t the working of the jury system in such cases . If it uniformly , or too invariabl y , fail t o ensure punishment to those who attack the government , this class of offences may be withdrawn from the cognisance of juries altogether .

      The following is the memorial which was laid before the College of princes at its last meeting , together with the articles of tbe Olmutz agreement , of which it is the official explanation - . — After adverting at some length to the position of affairs previous to the Olmutz Convention , it goes on to say ;—' The position of affairs is now as follows : — . ' 1 . In general the claim of the Buntestag solely to decide German questions is practically given up ,

      ibe right conceded to the collective German Governments , _ana ttj e preliminaries for such decision made by the establishment of a commission in which the two Powers possess an equality of rights . In this commission Prussia and its allies stand as a collectivity , with a recognised equality of rights , against the collectivity of the other governments , which , until now had claimed the right of deciding alone . This decision will now be given neither by one nor by the other , but by all together . Prussia has not demanded more -, to demand

      more il had no right . If the commission , as may he expected , be camposed of men as able and influential as prudent , it will be the fortunate medium of the protection of the rights of all . . If tbe allies of Prussia adhere faithfully to it , their co-operation in all important questions will be assured to them ; The alliance of Prussia with ' them is not g iven u p , the abandonment of it bas not been required by Austria . The _existence of the alliance for common negotiations u rather practicallrecognised by tbe Olmutz Articles .

      y « 2 In the Electorate of Hesse the troops called inby _theSottrcigO vTill not be impeded in _fur-Bistuag the help required of them . Bat tho SjbaI

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      and legal decision of the whole dispute will 80 longer lie in the bands of the Bundestag , but will be referred to the commission of the collective German Governments , as the only and highest la wful authority of the Confederation . 3 . In Holstein it will not be a commissary of the Bundestag who will give the law to the land , but Prussian and Austrian commissaries will require tbe Stathalterscbaft to observe conditions calculated to assure the territory of the Bund against every attack , aud which are based on the fundamental

      laws of tbe Bund and the treaty of peace of the 2 nd July . It is not to ba justified by the law of nations that , while the Confederation has declared peace with Denmark , a Government established by the Confederation should make war beyond the frontiers of its territory . On this principle the demands made from the Stathalterschaft are based . The reduction of the army is for the interest of the country and is without danger as the Stathalterschaft has often declared if Denmark reduced its army also , of which there is every prospect .

      ' If the Stathalterschaft refuse to accept these moderate demands , then , instead _[ of an intervention on the part of Austria alone , or of the Bundestag , measures will be taken by Austria and Prussia in common , on which the commission described in paragtaph two will have to agree . In this there can be no danger either for Prussia or Holstein . ' The further decision of the dispute will also no longer be undertaken by the Government represented in Frankfort , but will proceed from the collective German Governments . Prussia and Austria will together protect the rights of the Confederation as well as those of Holstein ; aud the commission to be established will immediately commence the preliminaries and negotiations at a commission of the collective German Governments .

      ' The Duchies , as well as foreign powers , may rely with full confidence on this common action of Prussia aud Austria not invading any real and actual right . Ia its defence of tbe rights of the Duchies Prussia will no more stand alone in relation to foreign powers , and a means has been found of reviving again the long-renounced action of the Con ' eneration without the sacrifice by Prussia of anything of its position .

      ' This is in general the basis on which the Olmutz Articles rest . On this basis the Prussian Government believes it may preserve the peace , and thai it bas found in it tbe points which , if treated honourably and with goodwill on both sides , may make possible a healthy developement of tbe affairs of Germany . For the latter purpose the Free Conference will be held , which will meet in a short time , and according to tbe wish of Prussia , in Dresden .

      ' A wish bas been expressed in many quarters , that before the Conference assembles , the basis should be fixed on which the discussion of the reunion of the German Constitution will take place . That this has not been fixed by the Olmutz Articles will be by many described as a fault . A calm consideration of the circumstances will show how unfounded such a reproof would be . The interview at Olmutz , by the pressure of tbe moment limited to a few hours , could not , according to the nature of things , establish the fundamental outlines of a Constitution on the draught of which Germany has toiled two years in vain ; it could only be directed to the treatment of the question tbat was momentarily threatening a conflict , and the decision—shall there be war or peace ? *

      AUSTRIA . In consequence of engagements entered into with the Prussian government , the Austrian army is lo be reduced . Nevertheless the landwehr and the fourth battalions are to be placed on . their former footing . The JBroperor has disbanded tbe 4 th battalion , the militia and frontier battalions , by general order , and has also permitted Field Marshal Radetsky to return to Lombardy , from which place he bad a short time since commanded him to return .

      GERMANY . The three editors of the » New German Gazette , ' Dr . Luning , Dr . Wedemeyer , and Gunther bave been ordered to leave Frankfort-on-tbe-Main within twenty-four hours . Tbe society , or slut in Leipzig , known by tbe name of' _Robert Blum , ' instituted to commemorate and carry out the principles of that victim , has been dissolved by tbe police , and the emblems , funds , & c , seized . The latter , of no great amount , is , according to the new law , to be distributed among the poor . The number of members does not appear to bave exceeded thirty .

      It is stated that the States forming the late Prussian League will by no means accept the offensive and defensive alliance by which Prussia proposed to supplant tbe _League , but that the majority of them have already given an almost scornful reply to the Prussian message respecting the non-execution of tbe constitution of the League . The Bavarian troops have refused to quit the city of Frankfort . * It is said that Manteuffel ' _s plan is to divide Germany into two great political bodies , to be presided over by Austria and Prussia , with a joint organ at Frankfort .

      HESSE CASSEL . The retreat of the Prussian army from Hesse has commenced . The 19 ; h and 31 st Regiments of Infantry and a cuirassier regiment have already passed through this Eisenach . The Elector ' s * Official Gazette * states tbat that Prince will not return to Cassel . Falda will henceforth be the seat of government . The cholera has again appeared _^ at Fulda ; it _haa also broken out among the Prussian troops at Vacha .

      Great complaints are heard , from all sides , of the hardships to which the country people are exposed by this long continued cautonmeut of the troops . The daily expense is very considerable , many are obli ged to sell tbeir winter stores to support themselves and the men biilited upon them . The frost has already set in , and the spring ia looked forward to by all _ivith very downcast forebodings .

      DENMARK . Respecting tbe late rumours of a matrimonial alliance which the King of Denmark has been said to contemplate , we find it stated in the * Borsenhalle' that the Princess tbat is mentioned in connexion with this project is tbe sister of the Prince Of Hesse ( heir apparent to the Danish throne , and , by reason of a former alliance , son-in-law to the Emperor of Russia . )

      RUSSIA . The Emperor of Russia has issued an ukase , abolishing the Customs' line between Poland and Russia , at the same time instituting a new tariff . It is to come into operation on the 1 st ( 13 th ) of January , 1651 .

      SARDINIA . The ' Croce di Savoia' of Tu r in quo t es a l ett er from Palermo , of tbe 26 th ult ., stating that three carts full of wounded soldiers arrived at Palermo Ob that day , from the Valley of Girgenti , where the insurgents ate said to hold oat against ibe government troops . We have received no intelligence from other quarters to confirm this account . A letter from Turin of the 11 th inst . says that a bill was to be presented that day to the Chambers for the erection of a monument to tbe memory of tbe late King Charles Albert . The President of tha French Republic has sent the Cross of the Legion of Honour to M . Cavour , the Sardinian Minister .

      The Court of Appeal of _Turtu have acquitted MM , Biancbi Giovini and Rombaldo , both editors of the ' Opintone / who had been condemned by the lower tribunals to a fortnight ' s imprisonment and a fine of 300 franca , for an article on the Roman question which had been considered insulting to the Pope . A letter from Genoa , published in the ' Risorgi . mento ' ofthe 13 th inst ., states that on tbe anniversary . of the expulsion of the Austrians from Genoa , the Republican party attempted to excite a revolutionary movement . A red flag having been fixed in tbe public place , during the night many of the party assembled around it , when a party of gendarmes arrived , and prevented farther assemblage , and the agitation gradually subsided .

      ROME . The correspondent of the' Daily News' says he is assured , by information on which he can rely , that the position of tbe Pope towards England will henceforward assume an extremely conciliatory aspect . Every effort will be used to assure the people of Great Britain , that Popery in England has no other than spiritual aims . The late seceders from Protestantism aud the Roman Catholic clergy generally will be inspired by these views . The history of Romanism tells us this is no new policy . When the church is humble it is only from necessity » . * ' when she is liberal it is only to become despotic I cannot help reminding the people of England that they have no power of judg ing of Popery from what they see at home ; tbe true tendency o ! the church U only to read iu history * M whit u new iota on oa tha continent .

      Vv^'V: France. -.-'A Letter From Angoule...

      It is said tbat the French garrison in Rome will be limited to a battalion in Castle St Angelo , and two battalions at Civita Vecchia ; and that all the other military posts this side the Appenines are to be occup ied by the Neapolitan troops , as the Pope cannot make up an army of Roman soldiers ; nothing will induce the Romans to submit to the manner in which the Papal government has treated its troop ? . A letter from Rome in the same paper states that the agent of the house of Rothschild had had an interview with Cardinal Antohelli to solicit concessions in favour of the Jews . The Cardinal answered that the Pontificial government being _essntially ecclesiastical could not do as other governments had done . He added , however , that when the reforms in the laws relating to courts of justice were published , the condition of tbe Jews in the Roman States would be ameliorated .

      Letters from Rome of the 10 th inst . state tbat further reductions are making in the French army of occupation . The 1 st battalion of Light Infantry bas left Rome on its way to France . . Tbe number of French troops in the capital is now barely sufficient to garrison the' place . Numerous bands of robbers bave established themselves between Rome and Florence , where they bave victimised several travellers . It is also stated that the Austrian _troopa were to resume all tbe positions tbey had formerly occupied at Perugia , and other places of Umbria aud of the Marches . On the 3 rd inst . the persons accused of having burnt several confessionals in the latter days of the Roman revolution have been sentenced to fifteen years' hard labour . Ciceruacchio , who has absconded , is one of the condemned . The affair of the burning of several cardinals' carriages is not yet concluded .

      NAPLES . A few days since , in Naples , tbe political prisoners created a disturbance between the walls , by shouting , _« Long live tbe Constitutional King ! " Viva Liberty ! ' Many were flogged . Incendiary papers have lately been posted up , denouncing the government and the Jesuits . The under current ' of discontent is universal .

      SICILY . Letters from Messina bave been received , detailing tbe labours of the mixed commission , which for more than two months bas been employed in in . _vestigating the claims '' of British , French , and Germans who suffered losses during the late war in Sicily . The doubtful cases and deductions on British claims amount to some twenty per ceut . on the sum claimed . The French claims are reduced nearly seventy-five per cent ., whil st t he erman demands have fallen about forty per cent . The Evenement _, ' a French paper , of the 17 th inst . says that it has received accounts from Sicily which confirm the news of the disturbances said to have broken out in tbat island . At the departure of the courier a band of 600 men was assembled on

      the mountains of Suacca . Smaller bands were seen every day in the neighbourhood of Barleona and St . Gueseppo . In the first attack on the insurgents the Royal troops were driven back , but Gen . Pronio bad since left Palermo with some regiments of the line and artillery . The correspondence of tbe government and some government money had fallen into the hands of tbe insurgents . The Swiss troops bad refused to act , on tbe ground that it was an affair for the police * The other Paris papers . contain nothing to confirm this account , nor does the 'Evenement' give the date of the news .

      SPAIN . . The Barcelona journals are full of details respecting the English squadron , which arrived on the 6 th , but was net expected to remain many day 9 , in consequence of the insecurity of the anchorage for vessels of the large calibre of which the liners and steamers of the squadron are composed .

      PORTUGAL . The Pope ' s new cardinal arrived in Lisbon on the 4 th inst , He was enthroned on the 5 th instant with much pomp . A grand entertainment was given on tbe occasion . The English Ambassador and the officers of the experimental squadron were invited , but declined the invitation . A commission has been appointed by Royal decree in Portugal , to promote the transmission of Portugeese manufactures to tbe Exhibition of 1851 .

      TURKEY . A Pera correspondent of the 'Oat . Deutsche Post ' gives some interesting details relative to the conspiracy recently discovered at Constantinople . By a singular chance the Sultan himself found certain suspicious documents in the mom of one of his adjutants , the _Bimbaschi Mustapha Effendi , who was " arrested with twelve other persons of . high standing in the seraglio . The conspiracy was

      directed against the Sultan and Reschid Pasha ' s Cabinet . Abdul Assis , the Sultan ' s brother , if not actually a sharer in the conspiracy , certainly connived at the revolutionary movements which have been brought to light . The Sultan ' s physician , an Austrian , was sent for by his Imperial master , who , after dismissing his first chamberlain , conversed with the doctor for a whole hour . The same evening the latter left Constantinople for Trieste with his wife aud family .

      UNITED STATES . The annual message of the Governor of South Carolina was delivered to the Legisla ture on the 26 th of November . In view of tbe present aspect of aff a irs , he recommends an organised system of militaiy preparations , including the establishment of a depot for the munitions of war , tbe instruction and dis c i pline of tbe militia , and tbe purchase of artillery and engineering instruments . He also advises the removal from tbe State of all free coloured per . sons not possessed of real or slave property . In . regard to the question of slavery , the Governor

      recommends joint State action if possible , but declares the right of the State to secede , and thatit is the duly of the State to interpose her sovereignty to protect her citizens—urges co-operation with sister States to aid in averting the doom impending on the civil institutions of the south , and , in conclusion , recommends a day ef fasting and prayer , to invoke God ' s protection and guidance , that he would enlighten the minds of our federal rulers , tbe north and its citizens _^ and direct them in the way of truth , of reason and justice , and preserve an once happy political family from the unspeakable horrors of civil strife .

      The Thirty-first Congress of the United States commenced its second session on Monday , the 2 nd inst ., on-which the usual message of the President was read before it , in which he said they were at peace with all nations . Alluding to the Nicaragua Convention he says : — ' In addition to the stipulations contained in this Convention , two other objects remain to be accomplished between the contracting powers : ' First , the designation and establishment of a free port at each end of the canal . ' Second , an agreement fixing tbe distance from the shore within whicb belligerent maratime operations shall not be carried on . On these points there is little doubt tbat the two governments will come to an understanding .

      ' The company of citizens of the United States , who have acquired from the _State of Nicaragua the privilege of constructing a ship canal between tbe two oceans , through the territory of that State have made progress in their preliminary arrangements . The treaty between the United States and Great Britain , of the 19 th of April last , above referred to , being now in operation , it is to be hoped tbat the guarantees which it offers will be sufficient to secure the completion of the work with all practicable expedition . ¦ Citizens of the United States have undertaken t he c o nnex i on of t h e t wo oc e an s b y means of a railroad across the isthmus of Tehuantepec , under grants of tbe Mexican government to a citizen of that republic '

      It appears , however , the Mexican Government entertain strong objection to some of the stipulations , but it is hoped tbat they will be ultimately settled agreeably to all parties . As to finances , the receipts for the year were 47 . 421 , 748 dols . and 90 cents . ; the expenditure 43 , 200 , 186 dols . and 90 cents . The public debt has been reduced 495 , 276 dols . and 79 cents . . With regard to the tariff , he says "•—' 1 strongly recommend a modification of the

      present tariff , winch ha ? prostrated some of our most important and necessary manufactures , and that specific duties be imposed sufficient to raise the r quisite revenue , making such discrimination in favour of the industrial pursuits of ouv own country as to encourage home production , without excluding foreign competition . It is also important tbat an unfortunate provision in the present tariff , which imposes a much higher duty upon the raw material tbat eaters into our manufactures than upon the manufactured article , should be remedied .

      As before stated , specific duties would in my opinion , afford the most perfect remedy for this evil ; but , if _youBhoald not concur in this view t hen , as a partial remedy , I beg leave respectfully torecomraend that , instead of taking tbe forou *

      Vv^'V: France. -.-'A Letter From Angoule...

      the article abroad as a means of determining its value here , the correctness of which invoice it is in _manycases impossible to verif y * the Jaw be so changed as to require a home valuation or appraisal , to be ' regulated in such a manner as to give , as far as practicable , uniformity in several ports . He recommends the establishment of an Agricultural Bureau , to be charged with the duty of giving to this leading branch of American

      industry the encouragement which it so well deserves . In view of the immense mineral resources of tbe country , provision should also be made for the employment of a competent mineralogist and chemist , who would be required , under the direction of tbe head of the burea , to collect specimens of tbe various minerals of our country , and to ascertain , by careful analysis , their respective elements and properties , and their adaptation to useful purposes ,

      He should also be required to examine and report upon the qualities of different soils , and the manures best calculated to improve their productiveness . By publishing the results of such experiments , with suitable explanations , and by the collection and distribution of rare seeds and plants , with instructions as to the best system of cultivation , much may be done to promote this great national interest . ' He recommends that the land of the newly acquired territories be sold in small lots , and that in consequence of the large number of unfriendly Indians , there should be one or more regiments of mounted men . There is to be an uniform system of postage , and he recommends adherence to the principles of the Fugitive Slave Bill .

      By the latest accounts from Texas , the returns of the elections on the Boundary Bill gave a total of 2 , 824 for the bill , and 866 against it . In a speech made by General Rusk , at San Augustine , he took strong ground in favour of the action of the last Congress in regard to Texas , arid against the southern agitators , not excepting Governor Quitman , whom he charged with failing to redeem bis pledges to Texas , at a more dangerous crisis than the present ,

      General Houston alro addressed the people at the same place , denouncing the _Nullifiers and _Disunionists , and appealing to the patriotism

      An official census of the State of Massachusetts has just been completed , showing a population of 994 , 665 , being an increase of 256 , 965 since the last census . This is at tbe rate of thirty-five per cent ., or more than double the average increase of the five preceding decades . A large meeting was held in Boston , on the 26 th ult ., by the friends of the Compromise measures of Congress , at which stringent resolutions were adopted in favour of the constitution , tbe Union ot the States , and the support of the Fugitive Slave Law . "• ' " ' . ' A Union meeting has been beU ja Nashville , Tenn . The principal speakers were Hon . Andrew Ewing and Major Donelson . The resolutions adopted were strongly in favour ot the Compromise enactments of the last Congress .

      A destructive tornado took place on the _Mississippi River and the adjacent country , ou the 30 th of November , causing more damage than has occurred in the great Western Valley from a similar cause for many years . Several chapels have been levelled to the ground . The losa of life is not yet ascertained , but it is supposed to be very large , as numbers must have been buried beneath the ruins of the fallen buildings . A great many of persons narrowly escaped with their lives , but not without serious injnrv .

      An extraordinary letter has been addressed to the pe o p le of South Carolina , by a conspicuous politician of that state , General Hamilton , in reference to the present condition of _affairi . He tells them tbat they are the bravest people that God , in bis mercy , ever made—that they can whip twice their force , come whence it may , in defence of their own soiland recommends them to add to bravery , discretion , coolness , and self-possession , a forecast as subtle as the stratagems which may be designed for their circumvention—assuring them that a peaceful or a bloody triumph is at hand , and that they are pre * pared for either .

      Advices from St . Domingo City to Nov . 2 nd . state that , through the intervention ot tbe English and Americans , a treaty of peace has been concluded between the Dominicans and Haytine 3 . There bad been some brisk fig hting between the contending parties , previous to tho arrangements , but no serious losses on either side . An English man-of-war was in the port during- the negotiation of the treaty .

      CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . In a letter received from the colony on the 13 th of October , it is observed , that' Almost the whole colony , with tbe exception of the eastern provinces , have recorded their approval of tbe conduct of the four seceding members ; and the reason why that part of the colony refrains from offering any opinion upon the recent proceedings of the councils is , that they will not pledge themselves to recognise any form for a constitution , which does not adopt as Us basis the removal of the seat of government to a central position , or the separation of the provinces . ' The whole of the colonial press agree in support * ing the protesting majority .

      AUSTRALIA . Ear ] Grey bas sent a despatch to Sir C . Filzroy , which is published in tbe New South Wales papers , in reply to Dr . Lang ' s letters which appeared in the London papers of tbe 17 th and 19 tb ult . After denying the charge , Earl Grey says : — ' But one remark which I must make upoh this subject is , that in the coarse ol nearly three years , during which Dr . Lang informs me that he has been in England , he never once addressed a complaint to me , either as to the discourtesy which he alleges be met with , or on any other of the topics upon which

      be now animadverts . It was only when he had already embarked in the ship whicb was to convey him from this country and it was no longer possible that be could be called upon to make good his statements , and after it bad been discovered tbat his conduct in certain transactions might become the subject of a prosecution at law , that he addressed , not in reality to me , but to tbe public , which is unacquainted with the circumstances to which he adverts , a letter , calculated to create an entirely erroneous impression as to what had passed between himself and the departments of the government with which he bas been £ 0 long in communication .

      1 papers enclosed in my recent despatch , No . 189 , of the 30 th November , contain evidence of the following facts : first , that the plans for the promotion of emigration which Dr . Lang successively proposed to me differed so little from each other , and that in each new proposal he took so little notice either of the objections pointed out to those preceding it , or of the offers so repeatedly made to him to promote the objects he had in view if he would assent to more reasonable terms tbat it is difficult to suppose that be was acting in earnest , or wished to bring the matter to any practical conclusion . Secondly , that while he was thus keeping in ostensible communication with this office , he _pursuaded the

      public that be was carrying on negotiations with her Majesty ' s government which were likely to lead to a favourable result , and tbat even important concessions had been made to his advantage . Thirdly , that by a discreditable though transparent manoeuvre he pretended to make a request to me before the departure of a certain vessel , bat kept back the letter until it bad sailed , and in the meanwhile sent out lo you by that very ship a letter designed to make you believe that bis request had been granted , and to lead you thereby into making certain payments of money and certain grants of land , which he Hew he was not entitled to claim . Fourthly , that having been repeatedly warned tbat any immigrants sent

      out m the manner in which those despatches on tbat occasion were sent out would not be entitled to granis of land , he induced them nevertheless to pay for their passages , and to emigrate under the impression that they were so entitled : so that those emigrants arrived under circumstances altogether different from those they expected , and some of them , it may be inferred from your report , ia actual want of the means of subsistence . These are the charges , founded on tbe evidence of his own letters , under which Dr . Lang now labours ; and their gravity is s uch , that , unless they can be refuted , it would seem a _' rooat unnecessary further to notice any of bis allegations . '

      CHINA . At Macao a fearful and melancholy occurrence 54 l _* ? _-. _^ ° 29 th ult ' ft was _«» e anniversary of tne birth of _theconiiovt of tho Queen of Portugal . The Portuguese frigate the Donna Maria fired tho usual Balute at noon . The captain and all the officerB but two were on board , and it ia -aid tome offl-* m font the United _Statyil . ip MatiOD , all _tftrtoB .

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      were to have dined at _ithree 'o ' clock on board the Portuguese frigate . About half-past two _ocioca the latter vessel blew up ; arid _^ officers and men , about 200 in number , perished , ' " with the exception of one officer and fifteen men , picked out of the water by ; the boats of the Marion . We have not heard whether this vessel has sustained injury . A fatality seems to attend all matters connected with Our latest accounts from Canton mentions that the force sent by government against the rebels bad been defeated , and tbat one or two mandarins had been killed . - _

      . It is difficult to conjecture what the issue of the present state of thing s will bo ; in the meantime it causes great interruption to trade . In one of the provinces an edict against Christianity has been issued by the Prefect . It pronounces Christianity to be illegal , incredible , and absurd .

      INDIA . India has been in a perfect state of tranquillity for the last fortnight , and there is no other news of importance .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 21, 1850, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_21121850/page/2/