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      _FfiAXCE . Pa Paws . Saturday . —It is evident from the turn Ihe rihe debates have taken for ibe last two days in the _wg wg istoive _Assembl y , that the _Ctiusmaiive majority ;; des _dctfrminc-d to be avenged on the President of tbe ¦ . { _ftpiiftpublic , both for bis message to the President of Use Jse Assembl y , and tbe dismissal nf th * late cabinet . "he _j'hfy _supp-srt the uew ministry on all the great _quesiiuusuus of stale , but on all _psims regarding the

      perraiiabual dignity or wishes of the President , they show de _dt-. _teraihiation to repay bim humiliation _fwhu-( _Qiliniliation . On Thursday ! this petty war was carried an " mi in the shape of a " motion that the Assembly _Ihouhould henceforth attend no more public ceremonies , rest est the Pre ident should appear a greater man on _Iheshese _occasions than any of ths representatives . i " esf " esferday it was through the Vice-President ( 31 . " jii ' j ulay de la Meurlhe , ) that a bit was made at the tieadead ofthe state . It will be remembered that the

      _lalaalary of the _Yicf-Presideut of the _Republic was _iix-iix-d by the Constituent Assembly , at the sum of 8 . C 8 . . C 00 francs , with apartments in the Palace of the _jUSiUxenibiiurg . The apartments in question are not ¦ urrurr . Hb . ed , and M . Boulay has _consequently never neeteen able io take possession of them . An aitempt ¦ _vasvas made in the Constituent Assembly to have the raataat ' er placed on a more proper _fooiin _? by giving un va -additional sum under the name of frais de _reiiresresenMion . bnt ths _Republics inembeis of the

      _^ _mjnnstiiuent Assembly lefust-d . Things remained in nana ? position till now , when the Prince de la _Mosiresovra , M . de _FJavigny , M . Gavins , and some other _Unina-ipwlists , _datermicsil to bring forward a _meaiiursureaU-jwing the Vice-President 52 , 000 * ' . as expenses _;) f bf his _houFeho'd . The committee to wbich the bii ! IB-areas referred ( composed entirely of Conservatives ) rclauductd the proposed grant to 20 , 000 francs , and now I thine Assembly , by a coalition of ultra-Conservatives , hahave . rejected the proposed grant altoiether .

      Paris , _Soxbat . —The ' Moniteur' publishes a dedecree _noiainatiug General de La ' uite Minister of _FcForrign Affairs , in the ptece of M . de _Sayneval ; and _ananother , by which M . Darcy , prefect of the Rhone , is is nominated Under-Secretary of State for _lheDipjpartment of the Interior . By ths condemnation of the persons tried at ViVersa'lles for the affair ofthe 13 th of June , no less _ththait thirty seats in the Leg islative Assembly bave b & ecome vacant ; aad it is supposed that the Assemblhly , in the eourse of to-morrow , will Lsue orders for _nmsw elections . The following are the departments _-RTacant , with the names of lb ? late members , all of

      wwhom are now under sentence of transportation for lilife , with the exception of M . Sucbet , who is under _stsentence of imprisonment for _fivj years : —Allier : MFFargin-Fayolle . Ariege : M . Pilhes . Cher : MM . _FFdis Pyat , _Vsutliser . Isere : M . Avril . Loire ; M JJIanin Bernard . _Hsute-Lmre : M . Maigne . Loireeet-Cber : M . _Cantagrel . Nievre : M . Gambon . _IHauies-Pyrenees ; M . Deville . Bas-Rhin : MM . ( Commissaire , Bach , Beyer . Kopp , A-istett . Haut-IRhin : MM , Pfieger , " _Kmnig , Hofer . Saonf-et-] Liire : MM . Rosgeot , Rollant , Heitzmann , Jeannot _, _IMenand , _Landolphe . Seine : MM- Biicbot , Cans siderant , Rattier . . Var : MM . Ledru-Rollin and I Suchet , Hante-Tienne : M . Daniel Lamaziere .

      Fkexch _Combisatiox Laws . —fhe question Mchieh occupied tha Legislative Assembly on Saturday , _alibuugh it appeared to intwest the memhers present much less than the puerile and per-S 3 i > al squabbles oftbe previous two days , is one of Tery considerable importance . It was with respect to the combinations laws , which , though long sine ** abolished in England , are still in full force in France , and that with even a greater amount of injus-ice to the working man thau wis tolerated among us even in the worst of times . The present suite of the combination laws in France is simply this : —By articles 414 , 415 , and 416 of the penal cade concerning coalitions , a double difference is

      _established between masters and their workmena _difrhrence in thc definition of ths offence , and one in ibe extent of tbe punishment . Article 414 only punishes masters when tbey unjustly and abusively * _combine for the purpose of lowering wages . Article 415 , which bas reference to tbe coalition of workmen , does not mention tbe words ' unjustly snd abusively . ' Besides this , the coalition of workmen is _subjected to a more severe punishment than that of the masters . To suppress this unconstitutional distinction , and to re-establish _cqta'ity in the _relations of these two great classes , a proposition was brought forward by a great number of tbe members of tbe Left who proposed tbe simple repeal of Articles

      411 , 415 , and 41 G of the penal code , wbich would be equivalent to the repeal of the combination laws altogether , and a declaration that combination was nn longer an offence . To this sweeping , but , as we in England think , just _change , the committee to which the proposition was referred proposed a modification , which was on Friday supported , in the name ofthe committee , byM . de Yatimesnil . By this plan tbe artichs ofthe penal code would be retained , with the simple omission of the words 'unjustly and _abusively'itt art . 414 , the effect of which would bs te leave the combination laws in full force , tint tc place tbe masters and _workmen on an

      equality . A third plan was proposed by M . Marin , to-. he effect that combination should not be considered au _oSi-nce ou the part either of masters or workmen , excepting in the case of violence and intimidation being used for the purpose of either raising or lowering wages . A fourth plan was brought forward by MM . Wolowski and Valette , which is simply the insertion of the words' unjustly and abusively , in article 415 , tbe effect of which would be at the same time to place masters and workmen on an equality , and to dechre that _coaibini'ions , _either b y the 0112 or the oilier , wcre not indictable off _ences , _excepting in certain cases where _injustice and abuse were proved .

      The _debate of Saturday turned almost entirely on the plan _proposed by M . Morin , by wlrch the liberty and legality of combination were proclaimed , and the only matter declared punishable was the use of threats and violence for tbe pnrpose of producing a rise or fall of wages . This plan was _slroagly supported b y MM . Bastiat and Lc _Beuve , and opposed by M . de Vatimesml ; but after a long discussion the proposition of M . Morin was rejected hy a majority of 393 to 203 votes . Towards the termination of the sitting M . Valette spoke at

      considerable length in favour of the plan proposed by himself and M . Wolowski , and after a short reply fr _« ni il . Baze the debate was adjourned till Monday , on the motion of M . _Wotowski . The discussion will probably be closed on Monday , and there is no doubt that the Assembly will reject the proposition of MM . Valette aad Wolowski , as it has rejected all others which bave for their object the total repeal of the combination laws . The fact is , that Franca is yet a hundred years behind England On that and many other questions .

      Disturbed State of Algeria . —Letters from Li Calle in Algeria of the 3 d inst . state that the successful resistance of the insurgents at Zaalcha has encouraged several tribes of Arabs to commit acts of hostility against the French settlers . M . _Riflaat , the director of a society for cutting wood Iiad beea assassinated , and the men employed a t the silver mines of Oumteboul been driven from their employment , and tbeir inspector pnt to death . The'Moniteur ' contains a decree , signed hythe President of ths Republic , dismissing Pierre Bonaparte , who was lieutenant-colonel , in the African Foreign L ? gion , from the service , for having returned to France , when on mission , without the orders or premission af his superior .

      SWITZERLAND . Letters from Zurich ef the 13 th inst . in the ' Kalner _Zeituus' state that fifty-three of the German refugees at Zurich have received orders to quit the territories of the Confederation . A letter from _Luzano of the 15 th states that the _elections at Federal Jurats ia the canton f Lucerne have terminated in the success of the Radical party . At _Ratenburgh the Conservatives were successful . —[ It was natural that the Conservatives should triumph in Rjt ( t ) _en-burgh . ]

      ITALY . The' Riforma' of Lucca , of the Sth , bas the following from Parma : —* M » dame Teresa Zavaroni Ferrari , of Reggio , had come to Parma with her husband on private business . This lady is very pretty , and as she wore a white beaver bonnet with a red riband , several persons followed her , upon which she was arrested by the police . An officer of tbe carabineers condemned her to receive _twanty-five strokes with a cane . Madame Ferrari

      _S _?/^ UeU > wh ° * a townsman of hera , aud pleaded that at Reggfo snch hats were IT _^*?^ _' _?* 7 _™ no P _^** 1 _^ cation . . _Noiwithstan-hng this , the gallant colonel showed aa intention of enforcing the sentence ; but _S _^? _-, _!^ _' , . ° ' that she _~» at last _leased , with an _mjanctiou to leave the town instantl y . The obnoxious bonnet was confiscated . Tne crowd cheered her _londi y at her departure . ' _¦* ail ! _ij > , Aov . 9—I presume it will be very

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      difficult for those who support King Ferdinand in the British parliament and the British press to justify what is now _goins on iu Naples . Tlie roost sincere fiiiiid of despotism must regret a policy which leads to republicanism , whilst the lover of justice and honesty will shudder at the -violation of every law of civilisation . Arrests continue . Some thirty paid ageuts of the government are employed denouncing everyone suspected of constitutional op inions . Upon thc testimony of one of these degraded scoundrels the ex-deputy Maya , who has printed his protest against any movement previous to the revolt of May 15 th , is under an order of arrest as a revolutionist . Manv others are in a similar

      position . Regaldi , tbe well-known poet , has actually fallen into the hands of the police without any accusation whatever . The deputies Poerio _, Pica , Arossa _, _Barbarazs , Dragonetti , and Spaventa are victims of this system . Enough that they were supporters of the constitution , and faithful to ths King ' s oath . That is tbe real crime ; but the agents of re-action will identify them with the revolt of the 15 th of May . That the majority of * . _hi deputies refused to take the oaths whicli the

      articles of February imposed is perfectly true , because the king himself abolished them by the decree of April ; and Ferdinand , profiting by this circumstance , organised tbe revolt through the instrumentality of Ruggiero and Bozzalli , who were appointed ministers on the I 6 ih of May . The events of Europe bave enabled the Camarilla to take their revenge , and the best _taen of the country are now the victims of a police which a _demoralised country like Naples alons could produce .

      Rome , Nov . 10 . —The change in the French ministry appears to have dispelled every idea of the _Pops _' s return , the timid camarilla at Poriica haviag again resolved tb w . ait and see the turn of events in France before abandoning the hospitable shores of Naples . Calandrelli , the skilful major of artillery , whose exertions iu the defence of Rome was so detractive to the French , and who accepted the office of triumvir alter the resignation of Mazzini , has been recently imprisoned , having obstinately refused to

      leave his native city . How long he may bave to remain in durance vile no one can say ; for the other prisoners , who , like Cernuschi , were arrested soon after the entry of the French , have spent four months already in prison , without being able to get judged or released . Cernuschi is generally considered to be the victim of a vindictive feeling on the part of _General Oudinot , on account of the severe language with which he reprimanded the general's prevarications and deceitful proclamations on disembarking at Civita Vecchia .

      A pasquinade , lately composed , purports to represent the respective feelings of the Italian , French , and Spanish soldiers in the late war , iu a suppositious conversation between three soldiers , one of each nation . 'We fought for liberty _, ' cries the Roman , We marched / says the _Spaniard , ' to get a little extra pay ; ' 'And we , ' roars the Frenchman , in KingCambyses' vein , ' _pottrVhonneur ! ' 'In fact , ' sums up the Roman , ' we all sought to obtain that which we had not . '

      GERMANY . Letters frem Munich bring the information that the Countess Battbyany , the widow of the murdered Count Louis , had arrived thera accompanied by Count Paul Francis Zichy . They are about to proceed to the Bodensee . The Hanoverian Chamber bas adopted a proposition fer an amnesty towards all political and press _offendt-rs , by a large majority . The ministry advocated a less extensive amnes ; y . A telegraph despatch from Berlin , dated the 18 ih inst ., states that in the sitting of the Council , of Administration of the previous day the elections for the German Parliament were decreed to take place on the 31 st January . Erfurt bas been definitively designated as the seat of the Parliament .

      AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY . A newspaper , conducted by Count Fe 3 teties , and entitled ' Morgen Post , ' has been suppressed by the authorities . The war contribution imposed on the Jews of Pesth and Buda is not remitted , it seems , after ali . After the order of General Ilaynau had bsen given out some days back that these unhappy Israelites should furnish within forty-eight hours tbe second instalment of their fine , amounting to 200 , 000 florins , and twenty hostages were indicated , who would be held strictly responsible for the discharge of this obligation ; a second official announcement followed , ratraciing the first order , as founded on a ' mistake , ' and substituting an amendment to the effect tbat of tbe total contribution imposed upon the Jews of

      Hungary , which amounted to two millions and a half of florins , not one penny would be remittal ; but that as it was ascertained tbat several Hebrew cosimunitiesj like that of Bud ? ., were unable to pay their quo _' . a , the whole fine should be divided among the whole of the Hungarian Jews in common , with the exception of those of Presburg and Tomeswar . On the 9 th inst . the Jews of Pesth were called upon to pay between fifty and sixty thousand florins without delay in silver . In vain the victims deprecated the unreasonable aggravation of their lot by demanding metal , which cculd only be procured at an enormous agio , while the notes secured on tbe revenue of lluneary are obliged to be taken at all government cash-offices . Of course General Ilaynau was deaf to such arguments .

      The * Pesther _Z-dtung brings a fresh batch of nine court-martial sentences , four to death by powder and lead , and the remainder to various terms from three to fifteen years of imprisonment , with hard labour in irons . The sentences to death were , in conformity with the late government order sent to Pesth . not executed , and commuted to fifteen years of imprisonment , with hard labour in irons . The offenders so sentenced were three of them members of a tribunal under the revolutionary government at Grosswardein . Another of tbe prisoners is Thomas Bruno , a Franciscan monk from Rome , aged fifty-two , wha was convicted of having armed himself with a musket , and joined the insurgents at tbe rising of the landsturm at Stuhlweissenburg .

      A lady named _Korosy , aged fifty-seven years , and mother of three children , has been tried by court-martial at Retteg _, in Transylvania , for retaining in her possession two handsome fowling-pieces , that were left by her deceased husband six years _ag-n , and condemned to three weeks' imprisonment in irons , sharpened by two days' fast in each week . Vienna , Nov . 14 . _—Kolossy , who ha 3 just been apprehended at Pesth , for the part he took in the ' murder' of Count Lamberg , was examined by the _police authorities for several hours on the 10 th .

      The prisoner is a Wallach of Transylvania . During six years he led a quiet obscure life in Pesth as a private teacher , giving lessons by the hour . Afterwards he retired to _Herraannsladt . When the _placs of his concealment was discovered , by a love-letter signed with his name , and just a week before bis arrest , he provided himself with a false passport under the name of Donat , and came to Pesth , where he presented himself , according to the rule , in the police-office . When arrested , he seemed , from liis equipment , to be on the point of departure . During his examination he exhibited nerve and confidence .

      The remaining Hungarian officers , iu number thirty-six , who were confined in the New-building , were transported to Arad on the 11 th inst .

      TURKEY AND RUSSIA . ( From the' Morning Chronicle . ' ) Letters from Yieuna of the Uth inst . have beeu _received in London and at Paris , calculated to convey the supposition that a new complication bad arisen in the extradition question between Russia and Turkey . We are enabled to state that this question may be regarded as completely settled ; all that the Emperor insists upon , and to which the Sultan is willing to comply , is the removal of the refugees into the interior of Asia Minor , or at all events from the frontier , as dangerous to the peace of both countries . There is no truth in the rumour that Turkey intends abandoning her sovereignty over the Danubian principalities ; the rumour arose in the withdrawal of a portion of the Turkish troops under Omer Pacha , the reason for which was to quell an insurrectionary movement in Bulgaria .

      By the arrival of tbe Levant mail we have received the Constantinople journals of the 4 th inst . The ' Journal de Constantinople' of tbat date says : —• The news received yesterday by the steamer from Odessa , the Crimea , leaves no doubt of the settlement of the difficulty with Russia . This steamer Iiad on board Latif Aga , aide-de-camp of Omer Pacha , and who accompanied Fuad Effendi on his mission to St . Petersburg ' and it also bad on board a Russian cabinet courier . Tbe former brought despatches of the Imperial _ambassador for the Sublime Porte , the second despatches from the cabinet of St . Petersburg for M . Titoff . These despatches announce a pacific solution of the question based on tbe 2 nd article of the treaty of Ku'chuk-Kainardji of 21 st July , 1774 , such as the government of the Saltan had intended to maintain , The whole dis-

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      sension arose from an error in the interpretation of the article of the tieaty ; and as the error has nowbeen _leeoinised , the refugees of Widdin , the princi pal of whom bave been at Choumla for some days past , will be simply sent into the interior . Tlie pacific _intentions of tbe court of Austria aie already known , and its definitive reply , whieh had to be concerted with the court of Russia , cannot be different from that of the cabinet of St . Petersburg . We may , therefore , consider the affair as terminated , and diplomatic relations bstween the Porte and the legations of Austria and Russia as renewed . This solution , which satisfies all interests , will be received with joy by everybody .

      _Constantinoi'IjE , Nov . 5 . —Latif Effendi , secre . tary to Fuad Effendi , the Turkish envoy at St . Petersburg , arrived here on the 3 rd inst . He was the bearer of despatches from Fuad Effendi to the Turkish government , giving the details of the audience granted by the Emperor Nicholas to the envoy of the Porte . Fuad Effendi expressed himself pleased with the reception given bim by his imperial majesty , and augurs , from the amicable tone in which he was addressed by the Czar , that the present difference between Turkey and Russia will be speedily settled in a peaceable and satisfactory manner . Further than this , the long-expected audience had no other result , and Fuad _Effendi had nothing but surmises , seemingly , however well founded , to send to his government .

      Notwithstanding tbe news from Russia , the British fleet bas entered the Dardanelles . Tbe notes of M . de Titoff and Count Siurmer , alluded to above , and which are the result of instructions received by these ambassadors from the ' r respective governments , at nearly the same time that Fuad Effendi ' s despatches arrived at the Porte , giving an account of his friendly reception by the Czar , have greatly irritated the Turkish government . The grand couucil have met to consider these fresh demands of the Russian and Austrian cabinets , and it is understood that ihe notes of M . de Titoff and Count Sturmer bave been met by a refusal . This question , therefore , continues to be complicated , and tbe presence of the British fleet in the Dardanelles has offered a new and very 6 erious difficulty to its speedy arrangement .

      General Aupick bas instituted a subscription for the relief of the Hungarian and Polish refugees in Turkey . Sir Stratford Canning has joinfd in this good work , and a committee has been formed under the auspices of both ambassadors for its furtherance . Tbe Porte have given their authority to this charitable proceeding , and it is even said that the Sultan has subscribed a large sum . The Russians , in their late negotiations' with the Circassians for peace , have _offered such term 3 as prove their great anxiety to have at disposal the troops engaged in tbe endless Caucasian campaigns . It is said that they consent to restore all the

      fortresses except Sukura Raleh and Anapa , and to acknowledge the independence of the Circassians if they will only grant the raising of recruits for the Russian army in thtir territory , and acknowledge the Russian protectorate . The Circassians rejected these conditions , and sent deputies to the Turkish government to ask _sounsel and negotiate a strict alliance . " These deputies are the Sultan Gueray , the three brothers Tury Oglou , and an envoy from Schamyl . Ths latter states that emissaries of Schamyl are . scouring Critn Tartary in every direction to pick up adherents , and prepare the Tartars to join them in prosecuting hostilities against the Russians .

      EGYPT . A letter from Cairo , in the ' Journal de Con . stantinople , ' of the 29 th ult ., states that perfect tranquillity _continued to prevail iu ail parts of Egypt . The annual overflow of the Nile had taken place , whereby the fertility of the land in the ensuing year is rendered certain . GREECE , It is stated in a letter from Athens , addressed to one of the Constantinople journals , that the Russian government had sent a strongly-worded and even threatening note to that of Greece , complaining of the reception given to political refugees .

      CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . ARRIVAL OJ ? TUE CONVICTS . We have received advices from the Cape down to tbe 21 st oi September , from which we learn that the Neptune had arrived at Simon ' s Bay with 282 convicts on board . The following account of her arrival is extracted from the Cape nt Good Hope' _Shipping and Mercantile Gazette' : •—'The Neptune ( which left Bermuda on April the 22 nd , and Pernambuco on August . 11 th , ) arrived in Simon's Bay about 6 p . m . on Wednesday last , with 282 convicts on board , seven having died at sea . At uinc her arrival was known in Cape Town , and at half past twelve tlie same night tlie . members of

      the Anti-Convict Conimitlee of Vigilance proceeded to Simon ' s Bay , to take such immediate precautions as the case might require . Early the next mbrniiig the alarm was given by the sounding of the gong at the _fowu-hall _, and the tolling of bells in the churches . Though great excitement prevailed , the general feeling was evidently one of relief and satisfaction . No difference of opinion appeared to exist as to the _necessity of employing instant and decisive measures to put an end to the suspense and anxiety which bave now prevailed for nearly three months , and have been—as was justly remarked by a member of the association— ' disorganising everything , government , society , and business of every

      kind . ' About eleven o ' clock a letter was sent to his Excellency by the Municipal Board of Cape Town , stating in plain terms , that as ' the people have determined that the convicts must not , can not , and shall not be landed , or be kept in any of the ports of this colony , ' the board trusted his Excellency , in accordance with his often expressed desire to promote the well being of the colonists , would order the Neptune , after victualling , to leave our shores , and declaring that his Excellency would be responsible for any consequences that might ensue from his refusal to _accede tu this request . At halfpast twelve a reply was received , informing the board that his Excellency would adhere to the determination which he had previously announced , not to relieve the surgeon-superintendent . Tbe ship

      would , therefore , ride at anchor in Simon ' s Bay until advices were received from the Home government , wliich would probably be within a month or six weeks . His Excellency concluded by regretting the tone of the board ' s letter , which the prevailing excitement might excuse but could not justify . The reading of the letter was followed by groans and o'her expressions of disapprobation . No further proceedings were immediately taken , as it was considered advisable to wait for tbe report of the committee at Simon ' s Bay . The excitement throughout tbe town continued to increase . Many mercantile establishments were closed and business was generally suspended . The perfect union and fixed determination wbich exist leave no doubt that the peaceful and legal measures which will be adopted will be crowned with complete success . '

      INDIA . The news b y the overland mall is of secondary importance . Tbe deplorable condition of Indian finance was the engrossing topic of conversation at Bombay . ' For the last ten years , ' remarks the Bombay Times , ' ' we have been spending continually from _tbree-fourlhs of a million tn two millions and a half beyond our means . We have extinguished since 1838 a balance of nearly ten millions , converted a surplus of from half to a whole million into a deficit of double tiie amount , and got rid of an addition since made to our revenue of nearly two millions per annum . ' This gross extravagance is imputed by the Bombay Times' to the

      ' warlike policy of tbe Home government . The Governor-General ot India , bad been for some time indisposed , and not having experienced much benefit from'his trip to the mountains , proposed visiting Bombay about the beginning of next year , with the view of taking a _sea-voyage , if necessary . His retirement at the present moment would be a source of general regret in India . Sir H . Pottinger and Lord Falkland were at their respective seats of government . From the interior there is barely a line of intelligence . The Sirdars Chuttur and Shere Singh , with several others , had been seized and imprisoned at Lahore , on suspicion of foul play tolih

      wards the Engsgovernment . Tha accounts of the crops from all parts of the Peninsula were fa vourable , and at Bombay the cholera was abating . The affairs of Oude weie greatly disorganised , autl it was thought that the _English govemment would assume the entire management of the country , iu conformity with the treaty to that effect , paying the surplus revenue into the treasury of the King , who was to be allowed uo interference . In the Deccan the Nizam ' s affairs were not progressing at all satisfactorily . His debt to the British government remained unpaid , and no attempt was made to pay it . CHINA . ' AU _vias very quiet at Canton . Ia fact , the only

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      Zvs ot importance is the discovery of a large fleet " f Chinese pirates , from which commerce had suffered constant depredations . The barbarous murder Sthe Governor of Macao had not been _lollowed by L acts of violence against the Portugese set _th--„ Sit , and all remains quiet . The head and hand _SiKiior Anwal , which tbe murderers had hacked ff and carried with them , had been ' discovered the Chinese authorities in Canton , and offered She delivered up . to the Portugese , provided the ul Chinese soldiers , captured at the _bamer-gate ; £ surrendered . To this the Portugese would not agree , as the evidence to be given by these men was considered to be of importance . . , „ ., „„ u _ii , o _/ _iicflnverv of a large fleet

      CANADA . Our Montreal dates are to the 3 rd of _November The Canadian ministers have taken up their » ronhd strongly and unequivocally against annexation ; acting as well as speaking . All holders of office under it who hove declared themselves annexationists ' are being displaced . Messrs . Rone and Johnson , members of the Lower Canada bar , and Queen's counsel , have been deprived of their silk _o-owns . A circular has been addressed by the adjutant-general of militia to all officers ( if any ) who have signed the annexation address and to state whether they signed it of their own free will , or under intimidation . The provincial secretary bas instituted a similar inquiry respecting justices of the eacB ;

      P * _ ,, iii The Governor . General bas come to an open collision with Mr . Gowan , Past Grand Master of the Oranse Association in Canada , and the real head of tlie order alike when in and when out of office . Lord EWn has erased Mr . Gowan _' s name from the list of justices of the peace , and has _dismissed hira from the militia in which he was a _lieutenanUolonel . The reason for tbis step is understood to have been _Ivir . Gowan ' s participation in the _Brookville meeting , at which among other outrages Lord Elgin was burned in Effigy . . .

      M . Papineau has come out as an annexationist . M . Papineau , however seems to stand pretty much alone in Canada . The French are at present divided into two parties ; the men of the old school headed by the Seigneurs and the Roman _CathoVic clergy ; ' Young Canada , ' of which the most active members are young barristers . M . Papineau is said to belong to the latter , but 150 of' Young Canada ' signed the Montreal anti-annexation address . The clergy and the Seigneurs are decidedly opposed to annexation .

      There are increasing rumours of a dissolution of the House of Assembly . If they should prove true it is expected the elections will turn upon _« annexation' and 'British connexion . ' The coolness with which the Americans have received the news ofthe annexation movement has thrown cold water upon it .

      UNITED STATES AND MEXICO . New York , Nov . 6 th . —The arrival of the steamer with the astounding news of a large advance in the price of cotton has had a very curious effect on the public roind . To the public it was quite unexpected for we believe here that prices never suddenly advance in _England on American produce without a panic or a sudden necessity . We suppose that all the cotton we had to sell might have been obtained at former rates , if the English dealers had acted in concert , A single paragraph in one of your leading journals , stating that there was a fair supply of cottonor that some of your mills had stooped work ,

      , would have knocked the ' . article down some fractions of a _psnny . We now suppose that the knowledge of the state of our crops led to a fear of an unusually short supply , and tbat ibis induced the strongest buyers to obtain what they required without delay . I have taken some pains to-day to ascertain the condition of the present crop . It is very poor , and sadly deficient in quantity . Tbe ravages of the worm have been dreadful ; and I am now prepared to say that cotton must advance in your markets , even on the present rates . Nor is this all . We imagine that we shall have again to furnish a large amount of provisions for the Irish during the approaching

      winter . Among the other events of the'day , is the rapid growth of cotton manufactories in the southern states . South Carolina is particularly turning her attention to the business , and this emulation of hers is akin to the political feeling of independence her people cherish with so much ardour . They are so opposed to the north in" many particulars , that if possible they would raise everything at home which they consume at home , and they are determined that if the northern states continue * to assail slavery they shall no longer clothe their slaves ; at which the friends of American industry set up a broad grin , and inquire if South Carolina intends to become a tariff state !

      An interesting attempt is now making in South Carolina by a gentleman , formerly well known in London ( Junius Smith , ) to cultivate the tea plant . He ' _selected a place where the temperature was mild and equable , and has found his plants uncommonly promising . The black and green are now in full blossom , and in a few weeks he expects to make his first crop . He is perfectly sanguine of success , and of making the Southern States profitable competitors in the tea marts with China itself . Hehas also succeeded iu producing the almond . An important discovery has been made in the State . of Missouri , which is hailed with much satisfaction . It is found tbat rice may be cultivated there with perfect success . This will be a material addition to the value of her staples .

      Miss Bremer bas been the object of much curiosity here . But the public enthusiasm has received a damper in tbe discovery that she is pretty well advanced in years , and is anything but handsome . . At Vera Cruz , a fatal disorder had broken out , called the bobo _, which was more dreaded than the cholera . Mexico on the whole does not appear to be in a prosperous state . Its transitions are those of one exigency succeeding another , rather than the advances of a strong and clear political sagacity .

      Certainly its . millenium is very far off . Private accounts justify these sentiments , They assure us tbat there is no longer any security for life or property in Mexico , that assassinations and robberies are frequent in broad day ' light . A hot war is carried on between ' ll Siglio , ' and ' El Monitor' on the subject of Santa Anna ' s return , while we are assured that the feeling of all classes except these who are in the enjoyment of power , is in favour of nnnexaiion to thc United States , Since the departure of the American troops , there has been no tranquillity .

      CALIFORNIA The Pandora just arrived at Portsmouth , has brought home an immense variety of specimens of natural history for various museums , among them are two mammoth tusks , weighing nearly three hundred _weight each , and obtained on the north west coast of America . Also , about £ 15 , 000 in gold ( rom California , which was conveyed to the Bank of England . The ' _diggius' at California induced one man and a boy to run from the Pandora and it seems that the man , J . Coombs , had been very successful as he was speedily in command , and owner of a " very line schooner , in addition to two similar vessels he had purchased .

      PITCAIRN'S ISLAND , PACIFIC OCEAN . Letters from this colony have been brought by the Pandora , which contains some interesting details relative to the island , and the descendants of the unfortunate men connected with the mutiny ot the Bounty , and from which we make the following extracts . ' Pitcairn ' s Island , July , 1849 . —The number ' of inhabitants 149 — males seventy-five , females ,

      _seventy-four—of this number three are English , one a Tabitian woman , widow of Edward Young , midshipman of the Bounty , aged 80 , two men of the first generation , one of them a son of John Adams ( Bounty ) named Arthur and the other a son of Matthew Quintal ( Bounty ) named George , seven females of the first generation , three daughters of Adams , one of Christian , one of Young , one of Mills , one of M'Coy , the remainder are children of the second and third generation _.

      « During thelast five years _one-fifth of the population have bean born , and only one has died a natural death , ene of lock-jaw , and a child bnmed to death . The inhabitants are occupied chiefly in cultivating the ground and carpentering ; several of the young men are good at cabinet work , and as blacksmiths . There are eight marriageable males and seven females at present unmarried . The soil is very rich but porous ; a great proportion decomposed lavathe other

      , a rich black earth and clayey ground . The climate is temperate ; thermometor from fiftynine to eighty-nine in the shade . The spring commences in August , which is harvest time , and yams and potatoes are dug , which is the principal food ; and of potatoes there are two crop 3 per year , which are planted in February and July , and dug in June and November . There are no regular trade winds in the summer months the wind prevails mostly from E . S _.-E . to north . Northerly winds are gene-

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      rally light , ofteii accompanied with rain or fog ; when the wind is _! N . it invariably goes round to the westward , from which quarter and S . E . the strongest gales prevail . With the winds from S . W . itis generally clear weather , with moderate breezes . In winter prevailing winds are S . W . to E S . E . The animal and vegetable productions of the island : goats , hogs , and poultry , yams , sweet and Irish potatoes , the api-root and tarro in small quantities . ~ rr , I ~ t rally lurlit , often accompanied with ram or log ;

      Plaintains : pines , melons , oranges , bread fruit , su . _nat-canes , limes , and the vi , or Brazilian plum . The only grain is _maiza . The food of the inhabitants is chiefly yams and potatoes ; animal food two or three times a week . Fish are getting scarce , Bed-clothes are generally manufactured by the females , from the ante , or paper mulberry . Wearing apparel is obtained from the whale ships , in exchange for vegetables , & c . Cotton cloth is much wanted . Blankets and woollen articles , and soap ,

      very scarce . 'The average number of ships touching at the island annually is eight or nine , mostly Americans , and they always behave well . Last year there were seven ships , ten less than in 1847 ; the last vessel that touched there was an English brig , from New Zealand , bound to California with emigrants , there being eight English women amongst them . « On ths 1 st day of each year a chief magistrate and councillor are elected , all persons ( male and female ) over sixteen years of age are voters . The chief magistrate then chooses his counsellor or secretary . Tiie duly of tlie magistrate is to convene meetings and hear cases ; it is then left to a jury of

      five persons , and if the decision is not satisfactory to both parties , they are allowed to appeal to the commander of her Majesty ' s ships of war , punishments are generally fines or labour . The inhabitants generally retire to rest early , and rise with the snn . From August to November they have plenty of employment , digging yams , also planting bananas , yams , and potatoes , weeding ground & c ., and when not busily employed they generally meet in the morning , and if the weather is favourable go fishing ; if not on Saturdays , they go out hunting fora Sunday ' s dinner . On the arrival of a ship off the island no

      one is allowed to go on board before the pilot , who always takes charge of the boats when landing , and provides for the captain when on shore , each family in rotation furnishing a pilot , or providing a substitute , who always expects a small remuneration for his services . The females generally assist in tbe cultivation of the ground , preparing thatch for tbe houses , & c , and , in fact , are more employed than the males : they are generally very strong , many of them being able to carry a barrel of potatoes down to the landing place , tbe path to which is very rugged and steep , and in the rainy season very difficult to ascend or descend . Sines 1831 there have

      been 16 deaths : 4 of them accidentally , 4 of fever , 1 a disease ofthe ear , 1 of the heart , 1 of cancer , 1 of consumption , 2 of influenza , 1 in childbirth , and 1 in infancy . The diseases most prevalent are asthma and catarrh , wbich prevail mostly among the females ; bilious attacks are frequent but slight , aud easily give way to treatment , _Iwlueiiai had visited the island during the last seven years , and caused 2 deaths . '

      Lau.Vcii Op The Pnopostis.—A Fine Screw ...

      Lau . vcii op the PnoposTis . —A fine screw steamship , built of iron , by Messrs . Mare and Co ., Blackwall , from a design by Mr . T . Waterman , jun ., was launched into Bow Creek on Monday . The Propontis will be the third constructed for the General Screw Shipping Company , and of the same class as their two vessels the Bosphorus and Hellespont . Her dimensions arc—length 175 feet , breadth 25 feet 0 inches , depth 17 feet 6 inches , and tonnage 531 86-94 , and she is to be fitted with auxiliary enf ines of eighty-horse power , by Messrs . Maudslay , ons , and Field , and will be commanded by Capt . Brenan . Mr . Thomas Jeffs named the vessel , and broke a bottle of wine _' on her bowa , in the presence of E . Zorab , Esq ., Ottoman Consul-General ; James Laming , Esq ., managing director ; Captain Ford , of the Ottoman navy , superintendent and a number of gentlemen who witnessed the ceremony .

      A Yisit io me Enemi s Camp . —The Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association have come to the determination of holding a meeting in the County llall of Aylesbury . Query—Will Mr . Disraeli and his friends attend , and sanction this legitimate method of making that class of the agricultural population , for whom they profess so much sympathy , parliamentary electors ? Execution is Spalv . —Another criminal , named Tomas Diaz Leon , a native of La Mancha , was executed at Madrid , on the 12 th instant , for murder , outside the Toledo gate . The crime was committed on an old woman , mother of a girl , to whom he was said to be paying his addresses ; he had a most forbidden _countenance . There was , as usual , a vast crowd collected on tho occasion .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 24, 1849, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_24111849/page/2/