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      DESTRU CTIVE HURRICANE—DREADFUL SHIPWRECKS-AWFUL LOSS OF LIFE . ' 'Exmi ^—TMa town snd the coasts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire -were , on Tuesday ' •© ek . vUSted by one of the heaviest falea -which have been experienced fora Jong period . It commenced about eight o'clock , when B » -wind , -which bad beenu in the West , suddenly veered round to the North and North Eat , and er , a . tinned to blow vrith incessant- ' toy until daybreak on Wednesday , accompanied nearly the "whole of that time -with heavyrainandbait **; ¦ ¦ - Thfl tidings -which have reached mbpm tha river and the sea are of a dismal character , and w « fear thai ¦ rerj heavy losses -will prove to biTe ocvrorred ^ urin j that niebt to shipping .

      - A shocking accident occaned . on the Humber , on Tuesday night , aboat ten or ^ f / ven o'clock , when the keel Three Sisters , Maltby ID aster , lying at anchor off j gnnk Island , was ran dow * \> y the fishing smack Wil- j liam and Ricnaid , Capt Bodge ; and the wife of Capt . 3 H-, who was ot deck , sx&S his fire children , who were in tbe cabin , irere all < uowned . Capt . M . and the male only Just saved " ^ themselves by clinging t- > the smtck as she passed ¦ « 7 er the keel . It was dark , and raining and blowing > ery heaTj at the time . Hie ilob Hoy- * t » Kner , Iaent Knocter , R . N ., com-~ 2 un 3 ex arrived Iwce on Tuesday from Hsmb ' nrgh . and reports -a number rt -vessels ( names unknowny as saving tun for the Elbe , " up to Sunday , apparent !; with damage , less of sails , < Scc , consequent npan the storm of ^ tte preceding Thursday .

      ! Ifce 'John ' Crosbie , Taylor , bound to Glasgow , has -pot lack throcgh stress of weather , with d&mace . Capt . Taylor , of the John Crosbie , reports that * ht 1 > : > re down ! to the Walter Scott , of L<h , and on Thnraday , at seven , a-m ., he spoke them . The master -wished Capt . Taylor to-rtand by him , as he had lost five of his crew , the Seeks Tiad been swept of the boats , and both his topmasts and all his canvas gone ; he remained by bam cntn dark in the evening , Tendering him all the assistance possible . Parted from him abont twelve miles from Bobin Hood ' s Bay , vriUi the wind W . by 5 E . 17 th , —The Priendsbnry , Paton , from this port to lath , was ovtrtaken with the late gale on Thursday morning , oft St . Abb ' s Head , which cleared the decks , carried away her sailB , and laid her on her beam-ends ; one man was washed oveiboard ; her masts were cut away when she righted , and she baa been towsd into Holy Island by a steamer .

      eaiMSBY . —18 th . — -Eight , ajn . —Last night we had a most tremendous gale from N . E . At this time a large ' -fleet of vessels are riding in the entrance of the Hamber —amongst them two , if not three , are totally dismasted ; one with loss vf main-mast , bowsprit , and several with loss of topmasts , io . Nine or ten vessels are also on shore between this port and Tetney Leek , bat further particulars cannot be bad In time to save the post—Bull Advertiser . f A portion of the fallowing distressing intelligence reached us the latter end of last w « ek , bat too late to appear in our last paper-3—Ed A . S .

      MiDDLESBOBorGH- —Stocktos , OcU 10 . —The Five Sisters , of Boston , in proceeding to sea yesterday morning with enly two men on board , the master and one loan , it blowing very hard , got upon the South Garr , and in a very short time became a complete wreck . The Beaten life boat put off to hex assistance , but succeeded in saving only one of them—the man ; the master , it is thought , having sunk with the -wreck , as be was no where to be sttn . Part of the | wreck has been towed into this port GX . EAT YAluroriH , Octl 3 . —In the roads—The brig Richard and Hannah , Warden , of and for Sundtrland . from Lond « n , having lost anchor and part chain cff Wintert n , yesterday . Tbe tloop Elx \ , Wareham , of

      and from Ooole for London , this morning was towed into our harbour , with loss of mast , having been struck . hj a heavy sea , on the 12 A inst . off tbe Inner Dowsing —wind blowing heavy at WSW-wblck filled tire TnuwMttl » nd carried away the mast . About six o ' clock jun . same day , was taken in tow by tbe Union , of Neweastle , and towed until about nine ajm . this morning , after entering the Ccckle Oateway , when the flood tide act both vessels in the PighUe , and the brig was obliged to let go tbe sloop , when she brought up . She has « nee been got into Yarmouth harbour and up to Qie quay . The Wesley , Hall , for Newcastle , broke anchor off Winterton ; and Heed , Jobujon , for Sunderland ; both from London .

      BEMab , OCT . 10 . —The Endeavour , « f Boston , coal laden , on leaving the Tees yesterday morning , got on the Sonth Garr , and went to pieces ; crew saved . SBJFTSTBECiS xt xvd afiiB Redcab . —On Thursday JDornlng last , during a tempestuous gale from the JJXB-, tbe sloop Providence , William Tnpman , of Loutn , from Scarborough for Shields ; and tbe brig Sasy , Robert Cockerill , of and from Lynn for Seaham , were driven ashore near this place ; It being high water tbe crew were saved without difficulty . Tbe Busy will be a total wreck , but the sloop is expected to be got off . During the same morning tbe brig Amelia ,- Henry Briggs , of < ioole , in ballast , frorr London to MiddleshoTocgh ; and the schooner Curlew , George Hill , ' of Ti isbeach , from Dordt , also for Middlesborough , were driven ashore in tbe Tees Bay , both vessels were without masts , ttieloig having run foul of the schooner at the commencement of the gale and carried away both masts of ths schooner . The brig cut away feer masts

      while riding at anchor , by which she was enabled to side a little longer , she finally parted from her anchors , and was most fortunately driven ashore with tbe aebooner at high water , when the crews -were saved by staying on board until the tide receded from the vessels . Should the weather prove favourable they will be got off At the same time the brig William and Jane , Robson , of Sonderland , in ballast from Hamburg to Snnderland , was driven ashore at Saltbnm ; the mate was unfortunately washed « verboard and drowned ; tbe rest of the crew saved themselves by keeping below While coming through the surf . The sloop Two Friends , Capt . W . Richardson , left Scarborough on the morning of Thursday week , for the purpose of laying her on -the beach of Filey , to deliver her carge of coals , when , cm arriving in the bay , sbe was overtaken by the very violent hurricane which took place that morning , and eame on shore , but-will be got off with little damage . One of the crew , Jefferson , unfortunately had his leg broken .

      Ejlrtlepool , Oct . 12 . —During the night the wind baa blown a tremendous gale from the NE-, the sea lolling mountains high . Several vessels were-driven onshore , amongst which are the Unity , Minerva , snd Cleveland , all of and from Lynn ; they are on a sandy beach a little to the southward of the town . At eight , ajn . tana Margaret and the John Innea , both of Aber deen , hove in sight . The former was ^ iriven on shore close to the above-named vessels , and it is feared will become a total wreck ; the latter while rounding the Bengh , shipped a heavy sea , split all head canvas , and broached too ? the crew were taken off by the Bfe-boat , and the vessel drsve npon the Longscar Racks , and is considered a perfect wreck , On the north beach , about

      a mile from the town , two vessels belonging to Sunderland are stranded—one of them , the Brig Thomas Birden , will be a total wreck ; the other , the bark ' Autumnus , may be got off- But the most melancholy part ¦ was tbe fate of tbe Dutch galiet Artina , which , while endeavouring to fetch tie roadstead , got amongt the breakers contiguous to the Heugh , and capsised , when alien board , iuclnding a Snnderiand pilot , perished . About ten a-m . the Aidincople ( s ) , plying between Newcastle and Leila , was seen , apparently in great distress , Mining for the harbour , and wonld to a certainty have been lost on a reef of rocks , had it not been for the timely assistancs of the life-boat * a crew , by whose guidance she was safely moored .

      NoaiH SsmufS , Oct . 12 . —During tbe whole of last night -we have had tremendous squalls of wind from JHL , which increased towards morning . The Nairns , Harrison , in the Narrows at the Quarantine ground , was driven from her anchors iuring the night , on thfe peint about the bsacon , where ^ she remains . Tbe Two Brothers , of ScaTborongh , when taking the bar early this morning , -was canght in a squall , and had her canvas carried away ; she drove on tbe Hird Sand—crew JBved . Sdsseslasd , Oct . 9 . —Yesterday morning , as a pilot eoble , with three men on board , was off Seahaia ,

      Tunping towardj the land , they cams in contact with a light brig , bound for Shields , name and port not ascertained . The coble was instantly run down ; era of the pilots caught hold of the vessel and succeeded in getting . on board j another was afterwards picked np , but the wird sn . k . and was not stsen after . 12 th . About two tfcloek tbis-morning a violent gale came on from about * r * ra There are six vessels on shore , a « id one riding ^ fBMted-tfee Harriet , of Shields ; she rode out the -gaie _ tui abont nine a . m ., when she parted from her ^ SLt ? T « k ° * e north of Seaham ; « ev saved . ^^^" •¦ I *^ <* Shields , is on shore at Souter J ^ b ^ to

      if ^ - r ^ cW beTt <* TZ Supbemia , of Wabeach , With fruit , fa likely to become LTS ^^^ f ^ ^ Miriam , tbs Blackett , 2 . ortli gnields , have received damage . A schooner bexame a total -wreck near Marsdon Rock , abo « t " £ ve aflesnorth of this pot , and aU hanos ^ r ^ S ^^ opposed » be tbe Active , of Newcartle , A oaanfifcr ^ wreck bar been drying about off this port , ftol « luefl at appears probable some vessel has beco » e a Wreck , -and the crew peaished ,- the body of a man , * p . pacenUy a-foreig * aeaman , sraa also found on the beach driven-ns by the tide .

      SSjUM * . QCX . 13 U—Threeoobles have come on shore irithoot their crews , and sevaal pieces of wreck * ; on one of the boats is tbe name of William Brown . The Ark , D £ H » fclB , * f South 5 hielde , rfdingofFSoQter Point , eat away bar maaU , bst caste ashoee luxe at ten a . m . ; BBW saved .

      DKKADFDl SHJP 3 TBEC 1 L—Along tha Eastern coast , the loss of life and property bat been . distressing , and among t&e xaany dixtiessiBg wwfftaTtipff that >» m Occnrred is tbe total lorn of tbe Burbampoeter , on Wed-Ttf *^ fy m fwnfng . on tbs rock * off tbe South-East portion of Margate . The ship was chartered by Cuter and Bonns , the emigrant agents , of LeadenhaD-street , lor the eonveyance of emigrants ia » the part of Government to Port Philip . On Monday , abe sailed from tee j : tpndon D * eks , bating on board ninety-fonz emigrants i beaidas tbe crew , : consisting of iwenty-ene women , ^ ortv-four chi ldren , and the Test men , chiefly of the ; 3 aboori&f daa . Several Margate loggers came ^> ff and : Jttweeded in taking erery sonl from off the ill-fated j

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      ship , and landing ibem safely a&ore . The poor emigrants T sere in a most deplorable state . Another ship was V jtt about the same time near the entrance at Margate p } er . Crew saved . -Upplbdokb , Oct . 17 . —It blew a tremendous gale b jare on Tuesday the 17 th . About three o ' clock , a fine brig was seen to strike on the north shore , and sink . The crew took the rigging , and the life-boat went off , but when near the vessel two of the oars broke , and she was forced to return . This morning ( the 18 th ) the ' crew were seen still in the rigging , and the life-boat , ' and a gig went off , and the crew ( nine in number ) were i taken out by tbe gig , which reached the wreck first , . and safely bronjht in here . She proved to be the ! Ginges , of Sunderland , Captain Oiwin , from Cardiff to i Lendcn .

      | ! BosciSTLB , Oct . 17 th . —The Riven , from Newport Cardiff , to Southampton , was wrecked to-day at MeDeck : crew saved . A vessel , name nnknown , is ashore at MorwenBtan ? two vessel ! are off the coast between Padstow and Bude , and expected to go on shore . Padstow , Oct . I 7 ra . —It is blowing & very heavy gale from N . N . W . Tbe Letitia , from Newport to Holland , pat in here to-day , with loss of anchors , got on the rocks , and -amk . The Ceres , from Portsmoatb to Wales , went on ahore on the rocks of St Minion , and is expected to become a wreck : crew saved . The Wilberforce , of and from Exeter to Cardiff , has put ! in ktre disabled . j Btbkfosd ,- Oce 18 th . —Two VesselB , supposed to be the Harry Bluff , of Berkeley , Port Philip , and Blucber , ef Gloucester , Ifoundered off the harbour with all hnnrtit .

      Yarmouth , ( Isle of Wight , ) Oct . 18 th . —The -sloop sunk to the westward of Hurst is the Industry , of Poale ; crew drowned . Pi / mourn , Oct . 18 th . —Yesterday , during a heavy squall , the schooner Norman , of Newport , Captain James , missed stays , in Bovisand Bay , dragged her anchors , and went down . She is laden with lead from Alicant , and was bound to London . The crew and passengers saved . WETJceuiH . Monday night and tbe whole of Tuesday we had a tremendous hurricane , accompanied with heavy thund « r , vivid lightning , and hail during the greater part of Monday night Occasional storms of rain fell during Tuesday . Portland roadstead is again become the depot of a large number of craft , who have recourse to this sheltering protection from the westerly gales . —BaOi Journal .

      Sbernisghah , nEAB Lowestoffe . —Tbe following is an extract of a letter received yesterday , dated © ct IS .- "I regret to inform you we witnessed tbe loss of the Emily , of and from Qoole , Mr . W . Calverson , master , this morning , about two o ' clock , opposite the Coast » guard station at Weybourne , during tbe storm . Directly she stmcki the crew fL » w to the rigging , where they remained till five o ' clock , when tbe Coast-guard succeeded in effecting a communication with the wreck by means of a line rope previously conveyed on board by means ef Dennett ' s Rocket , thus enabling them to launch a boat , and save tbe master and some of tbe crew , but two poor fellows , named John Osborne and Thomas Jackson , were drowned . The vessel , which is laden withr wheat , will become a perfect wreck .

      Fbom Bideford the accounts are of a mest painful description , several ships having been lost during tbe storm , and which we , regret to state , were attended by a lamentable loss of life . As at other ports , tbe wind blew fearfully from N . W . to N N . B ., and at about three o ' clock in the afternoon of Wednesday last , tbe well-known brig Ganges , Capt . Owen , of tbe port of Sunderland , was blown to the north part of the Bideford Bu , and , no doubt , before this , has gone to pieces . Immediately on the vessel striking , the crew took to tbe main-lop , the heavy surf sweeping the decks fore and aft , when the life-boat was put off , in order to take the poor creatures from tbe dreadful sitnation in which they were . Owing , however , to the boisterous state of tbe wsalber . tbe boat coald not

      make the least way , and , accordingly , the attempt failed . By the next morning , all imagined that they must have perished , but some surprise may be conceived , when tbe crew were still noticed clinging to tbe rigging , having remained in that position throughout the whole night , amidst the violence of the storm . The life-boat was again launched , and through the humane and almost superhuman efforts of tbe coast-guard , tbe crew of tbe brig were at last taken from tbe rigging , and landed is safety at this port . A short time before the wreck occurred , a vessel , apparently a schooner , was seen to go down about half a mile from the shore , and from the / set that tbe crew have not since been « een or beard of , it is presumed that they must have perished with her . A boat has since been washed on shore , with the name painted "Harry Bluff , of Berkley , P . Q . T . Miller , master , " and it is considered that sbe

      belonged to tbe unfortunate vessel . Another shocking shipwreck happened during tbe ttorm near this placs , a brig , supposed to be the Blucber , of Gloucester , went down off tbe harbour with every one of tbe hands , whose bodies as yet have not been found , and a fishing boat , belonging to dovelly , wpilrt lying at her nets , herring fishing , was driven on the Pt pperconibe rocks , and lost . Her captain , Mr . Barman , and a man named Johnson , were drowned with her . Tbe Eliz » , laden with coals , from Wales to Cork , was totally wrecked in Croyd Baj , near this port , bnt fortunately the whole of the crew were saved . Nnmbrrs of other - vessels have been driven un to tbe sands snd rocks , and throughout the whole of tbe neighbourhood the most painful sensation has been created in the minds of the inhabitants , from the melancholy and disastrous results of tbe late hurricane .

      A ? othe » Wreck . —A coTespondent informs us of the shipwreck of the Mary Anne , of Arbroath , abent six miles from I > lsy , on Wednesday night last , with tbe loss of all bands on board , except a young seaman , named John Purvis . Sbe Bailed last from : Nswcasile for Str&ngf-rd Lough , on Tuesday week , with a cargo of ninety-five tons of wheat . Berjdes the Captain , whose name was D&vid Cargill , her crew consisted of five sailors , one of them a boy . The Mary Ann fonndered off the Runs of Islay . When tbe Captain and crew discovered that the pumps were quite choked , and tbe vessel was going do » n , they took to tbe boat , and endeavoured first to iehi Islay , but failed , tbe wind blowing from the N E . They then made for the Mull of Kintyre , but failinx in this attempt also , they

      stood before the wind , and before daylight were , as they thought , off Portrnsh , and made for the Ballyachron Strand , near Portstewart , when they got among tbe breakers and the boat was upset , and five of the six Individuals on board met a watery grave . Tbe names of those who were drowned were—David Cargill , the captain and owner , an old man , about 70 years of age ; Peter Cargill , his sod , abont 22 years of agei Alexander Stephens , son-in-law of the captain , aged 44 , who has left a widow and five children ; George Shanks , and Charles Dnke . None of tbe bodies were washed ashore except that of tbe captain , on which an inquest was held on Thursday , when the facts above related were elicited . John Purvis , tbe only survivor , is unmarried . He is 21 years of age , and iB a smart , intelligent young man .

      More Disasters . —Croher Oct . 18 . —This morning , at about one o ' clock , a gale suddenly rose , ar . d at two it increased to a perfect hurricane . 11 the afternoon of yesterday , as the weather was excedfngly fine and calm , a number of fishing-boats , each containing a crew of four or five men , left Cromer in search of fish , and , as the elements -were highly favourable , there is no doubt they went off to a great distance , for in such cases they often push tbeir voyage to an extent of forty or fiftymi ! es . Many of these boats are opvn and undecked , and not more than twenty feet long , and the largest afford but very slight protection against the weather or other carnalities . This morning none of the number that went oat were in sight , and , up to tbe present hour , two o ' clock p . m . nothing has been seen or beard of them . There is one melancholy

      exceptiona boat which contained five men has been washed ashore at Baston , near Minsley ; one body only has been found , and there is not the least doubt but that tbe whole crew have found a watery grave . One poor fellow has left a wife and six young children . It is difficult to ascertain tbe number of boats absent , but it is commonly said about twelve or fourteen . Their fate is , of eomse , doubtful , but very serious apprehensions are entertained on account of them . Some vessels are- in sight , and one , apparently a large brig , has a signal of distress ( a flag in her main rigging ) flying . Messengers are sent out along the coast , and it is feared dreadful accounts will be brought in in the morning . A vessel , the Friendship , from Goole , laden with chalk , has also come ashore at the same place , with a similar kind of craft called a billybuoy , which is run ashore , and tbe mate , a Cromer man , lost bis

      life-Loss OP tsb Amfhitrite . —By the arrival of her Majesty's sloop Pantome at Portsmouth on Monday last , information had been received of the total loss of thB British brig Ampbitrite , Commander Mr . H . Wills , on the 21 st of Scly , off the island of Lobasqere , rear Monte -Tideo , full particulars sf which will be found in the subjoined abridgment of the Captain's statement elative to her loss . About noon on the 20 th of July she was cbse into Gape St Mary ' s , on the look out for -a pilot , but none appearing , and there being a light ¦ easterly win 4 , she continned her course , and at mid-day on the : 21 st the was .- « ff tbe above island . Tbe wind afterwards Increased with great violence , and a heavy cbower of hail snd rain began to fall , and there being bo pilot to be seen en tbe station all bar sail was shortened , and . she hove to about two o ' clock in the afternoon , with ber bead toihe southward , the weather being at that time « ry thick , and several high bceakers

      near to ber . Sbe , however , * till made way * alHwogh very little , going at tbe early jjart of the evening at not more than two knoU aa hone At eight o ' clock tbe weather had become exceedingly misty , so much so that tbe abip ' a length could aeareely be discerned , and « rory precaution was adopted in order to prevent accif * * « . * bein * < SOMt «« i « f » ther * ast bead , and tbe >« . pt goinfr Tbe ^ Ptain . fearingfrom the violence or tte gale that if he anchored on the spot she would v ^ fT" ?*""? &om he * moorings and ererj aonl pensb determined on keeping her nnder canvass , as from her Position be snpposed she would make the Mount by the fellowing morning . She kept going SLTSaLJ ^^ t * ! abont ml ^ - at * 8 WSK the captain went down below for a short period , tbe mate feeing at the mast-head , when be no sooSerdld so than be beard a distant shock from her striking forward , thongh in six fathoms , aft and hind . The can-Uin instantly rushed on deck , and put the helm a-port

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      which she answered , and the sails were r ^ * fh « heavy aerf , however , that was running , kep ' , constantly b 8 ^* - ^ ' ^ ^^^ W " *^^«« Wf «»« J- - moment that she would be beaten to *' MVia « nd they all meet witb a watery grave . Sie ^ g ^ ^ J tba captain decided on running f ^ j ^^ y ^ eo although the weather was « ceedlD ^ j . dstk > Ac < sord ' ingly the pumpa -were kept going , ^ md the carpenters set to work to repair the ship . Unfortunately , how-• ver , sbebad received too gr « „ , j ^ jBiy < M the Bea was flowing into the bold . Notwithstanding this the captain still kept her on the tick , and it wm only at clock the

      three o ' on following morning , when the water was level "with tbe cabin 'jecks , that the captain and crew , thirteen in tmmbex , left the ill-fated vessel in her boat * . She soon wfjjt down in de # p water , and the crew then steered for the : above port , in doing which tbey encounter' * d moBt tempestuous weather , the boat at one th « e being almost full of water and amidst breakers . At length , after the lapse of six hours , they Bocceeded . ia reaching Monte Video ; greatly fatigued from excessive exertion and exposure to cold . At this port it appears the poor fellows were not treated by the oonsul ht that kind manner which their destitute case deserved . Tbey have , however , safely arrived in England ,

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      France . —Thb Fortifications . —The Reforme publishes a return of the actual outlay for the fortifications , "whioh shows that the enceinte coniinuee has already cost . ll 2 , 507 , 500 f ( 4 i 500 , 000 sterling ) , or 4 S . 416 , 519 r . more than the estimates submitted to the Chambers by M . Thiers , and that the expence of the detached forts ) , amounting to 101 . 348 , 700 f . ( upwards of dS 4 , OOftOOO sterling ) , or to 41 , 338 , 700 f . more than the . provisions of the law , which , with the &ams expended on Canonville and other fortifications , for which no BuppHes were granted by the legislature , will raise the whole cost of fortifying the capital to at least 260 , 000 , 000 f . ( 10 , 400 , 000 f , instead of 140 , 000 , 000 f .

      Awful Destitution . —Poverty and even want prevails to a frightful extent in Paris at present . The number of poor reaistered in the twelve municipalities amonnis to 65 , 170 . In one district-there is nearly one indigent person for every six inhabitants : in the eighth 1 for 6 2 3 ; in the ninth , 1 for 8 1-3 ; in the third , 1 in 20 ; in the second , 1 for 272 , & 0 - " On an average , " says La Reforme , " there is 1 indigent person for every 12 inhabitants . " The National , referring to the same subject , says : —*• Such is the penury in the funds of the charitable associations of the oapital , that the twelve mayors of Paris have made the most pressing entreaties to the inhabitants of their various districts , to assist the 70 , 000 unfortunate beings who are at this moment destitute of bread , clothing , and fire . "

      The Reforme announces that sixty Frenoh Re » publicans left Perpignan for Barcelona on the 18 th instant . H-EMiY VrH . —Louis Phillippe ' s Fears . —The Commerce states thai '' a number of Beoret agenis have been despatched from Paris to England to watch the Duke of Bordeaux . Spies of two descriptions are to be sent ( o England ; one set to watch the Duke at a distance , and the other to keep ever within sight . All these persons will act under one leader , who will every day address a report on the subject to the Minister of the Interior . "

      M . De Lam&nine , the staunch supporter of the Republican cause , and declared enemy to the tyranny of the present King , has recently published a most admirable artiole upon the future intentions and duties of the Parliamentary Opposition , in Le Bien Public ( The Pubiio Good)—a journal which he nimselt has established at Macon , the place that he rf presents in the Chamber of Deputies . His manifesto is exciting great sensation , and causing work for all the corrupt writers to reply to its statements , and support as they best can the present order of things . Our readers may judge of the article by the following paragraph : —

      " The revolution willed that France should be a democracy . Successive ministers declare , on the contrary , that royalty , with aristocracy for its basis , is indispensable . They demand a political hereditary right for the peerage , a sovereignty by right of birth , and they deplore their want of power in this mannner to overthrow equality . The revolution declared that all citizens should be equal . The present system , on the contrary , divides them into categories , gives political power to one , and condemns the other to implicit obedience . The revolution declared the King to be an hereditary magistrate , his power emanating from the people ; and opposition to the government renders royalty a superior , independent power , attracting all to itself ,

      and f ure to triumph over all , with time for its minister and faction for its prerogative . Nay , the power of the nation over interregnums has been taken away by a regency law . The revolution ordained that tbe King should Bend away troops from the vicinity of the Legislative Assbmbly , and it removed the Bastile . The present government has spent three hundred millions on bastih s erected round the capital , the seat of the law and the legislature . The revolution declared that religions liberty should be absolute and sincere ; declared that no hand should be raised between God and man , no conscience lowered to the altar of a dominant sect , that there should be no state religion , but all species of worship be equal . Instead of this the Government upholds one species

      of worship against ail others . It declares creeds legal or illegal , and makes the altar an object of administration . And , if two or three persons meet together , in the name of a common belief , to pray , it sends the gend ' armerie to disperse the worshippers and imprison the pastor . The revolution declared that commerce and industry should be free . Government creates a privileged feudality , and creates a monopoly in favour of the rich producer . The revolution declared that the law should be the expression of the general wish . Government has declared it to be the will of merely two hundred thousand electors . In short , if the members of the National Assembly were to rise from the grave , they would not know . their work , so has it been disfigured .

      From reaction to reaction , corruption to corruption , pretext to pretext , what principle has been left sound or intact ? Instead of a democracy there is an oligarchy ; instead of equality an electoral noble&sa ; instead of magibterial royalty a dynastic one ; instead of a free press , the lawa of September ; instead of the right of association , the prohibition for any number to meet under any pretext ; instead of emancipated religion , there are religious quarrels , and sects disputing their share of the budget ; instead of property fairly divisible , there reigns the old system of mainmorle in the re-establishment of religious corporations ; instead of free trading we have the reign of capitalists ; instead of the moral supremacy of intelligence there exists that of wealth , of landed and commercial property !"

      Libhbtt op the PhkssI—On Sunday , all the copies of the France newspaper were seized by the police at the printing establishment or the post office . Spaiw . —Madeid— On the 11 th the Senate held a preparatory meeting , and appointed two Committees charged with the verification of the returns . It was believed that the Duke of Rivas or Count Espeleta would be elected President of the Senate , and Olozaga President of the Chamber of Deputies .

      The Chambers would be constituted for business on the 25 ; h . —On the 13 : h a grand bull-fight took place at Madrid , for the support of the Church . The Queen and her sister were present , and , from all accounts , eDJoyed the horrible sport . Eight bulls were killed ; twelve horses ( tortured in a frightful manner ) were killed or wounded . The exhibition lasted for three hours , and produced £ lv 000 . The money obtained by such a revolting performance was , no doubt , blessed by the clergy , having been set apart to aid in building a church near

      Madrid . M . Carnerero has been appointed to supersede M . Aguilar in the post of Minister of Spain at Lisbon . The latter was charged with fearing kept up a treasonable correspondence with the leaders of the Ayacncho party , particularly M . Cardero , former Political Chief of Badajoz . The Castellano contains a letter from Calamoucha of the 9 th , stating that on tbe 8 th a column of tbe Centralists of Saragossa , 1 , 500 strong , presented themselves before Teruel . The majority of the

      National Guard , sympathizing with them , wished to open the gates and fraternize with the insurgents ; but the authorities resisted , and sent to request assistance from the commander of the forces before Saragossa , who had not , however , a man to spare . The correspondent of the Castellano accordingly inferred that the Centralist banner had been hoisted at Teruel . The Eco del Comercio announces the pronouncement of Oliva , sear Alioant , on the 5 th . General AmettlervMilitary Commander of the province of Santander , had been dismissed from that

      posi . We read in the Phare of Bayonne : — The Vice-President of the Junto of Barcelona , Don Jose Marra Bosch , has died from the wounds which he received in the attack on the citadel . His funeral took place with great pomp . Things were in the sutie state at Barcelona on the 13 th ; the firing continued on both sides without any result . " A letter in the Morning Chronicle , dated Madrid , Oct . 11 th , has the following : — " The country is now governed VI brute force , just as if it had been conauered . &T > d Y ? &sheld b ? ft foreign army . Citixens

      are arrested without legal authority , thrown int « prison , and kept incemmunicable for days and days , and again set at liberty without ever having been informed of the . nature of the accusations against them . Sen or Gam inde , after ten days' confinement in gaol , waa set at . L iberty in this way . At Cadiz , about forty officers ha ^ R taken offence at an artiole in the Demoerata of th at place , went to the office in a body to demand satisft ^ jon ° f the editor , insisting on his making a humiiia * lDS retraction or fighting the whole of them ; he col "sented to the latter alternative , but having the choit ^ of Pkee and weapons ,

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      chose the neutral ground near Gibraltar for the field of action , which the officers refused , and as he would not swerve from the choice , they ruehed into the office with swords drawn , and illtreated the people employed there ; and , not content with this , they v ? eni to his , private house , and frightened the women out of their lives ; after this brilliant exploit they went home , but fearing exposure in the next day ' s paper , they went in increased numbers to the office , and declared that the paper should not come out , under threats of vengeance against any one who assisted in publishing it ; the printers , &o ., being frightened at their menaces , and knowing well that that there was no chance of redress , the place being completely under military rule , took themselves off , so that the journal has altogether stopped , not from any stretch of legal authority , or decrees-against it , but from sheer military violence preventing its publication . Letters from Cadiz of the 7 th detail all the circumstances . "

      A letter m the Times , dated Gracia , Oct . 13 th , gives the following news of another failure of the besieged but heroic Barcolonese : — 14 Npthing daunted at the ill success of their attempt to seize the citadel , and take Gracia- by assault , the insurgents made another effort last evening , in the direction of Barcolonette , with the object , no doubt , of driving out the troops occupying that place . About five o'clock , p . m ., a battalion of the Patulea left the gate of the city leading to Barcelonette , and commenced a sharp fire of musketry on the troops , whilst the fort of Atarazanas opened its guns in the same direction . " These hostilities were replied to by the fort San Carlos , the citadel , the fort Pio , and Montjuich , while all threw , in quiok and almost uninterrupted succession , shells , grenades , and round shot against the assailants , "

      In tho meantime a demonstration was made in another quarter . The writer Rays : — " The attempts made by the battalion on the side of Barcelonctte failed in a short time . They had scarcely advanced outside tbe gate , when they were driven back again , and with loss ; and , on the side of Gracia , the party that had come out by the Puerta del ABgel did not fire a shot . ' The firing , however , on the other side , continue * the whole of the evening . From fivo o ' clock until eight o ' clock , Fuorte Pio , San Carlos , and the citadel , threw in shells and round shot in great quantity . Montjuich fired about a dozen shots , and then became silent .

      "From private , but certain sources of information which have reached me this morning , at an early hour , from Barcelona , at whose very gates almost we are , I learn that up to eleven o ' clock last night not less than forty seven of those who were wounded in the attack en the citaael , which I noticed in my letter of the 8 ' . h , died in hospital of the injuries received in that affair ; and several others are beyond all hope of recovery . Such losses suffered by men shut up so closely as the insurgents are in Barcelona , and who are unable to replace the men they thus lose , must be attended with the most terrible results to themselves .

      " It , must not , at the same time , be denied that , by the latest accounts , all was not going on very favourable with Prim . Tnia first attempt on Girona was a failure ; which , perhaps , the presumption of that individual , in supposing its conquest would be to him &b easy as that of Mataro , sufficiently merited . I before alluded to the fact of his artillery having been compelled to withdraw from within range of the guns of the castle of Girona . Since then a great number of his men were brought in wounded to Mataro , where they remain in hospital .

      " Thirty-nine prisoners , amongst whom waa an officer of the Somatens raised in favour of Amettler , were brought in here the day before yesterday . They were , officers and a'l , bound with cords and their arms pinioned ; they had been taken at Manresa . They were subsequently transferred to the citadel . They manifested the usual indifference on those oocasions ; entering the town , and leaving for their place of detention , emoking their cigars , and chatting and laughing with their escort , as if nothing extraordinary had happened to them . They were , it must , bo confessed , savage and ferocious individuals —the very beau-ideal of the lawless Catalan mountain warriors . " The Frenoh Telegraph brings the following : — " Bayonne , 17 th ; Madrid , 15 th . w At ; two o ' clock this day the President of the Council came before the Cortes with the deoree declaring the Legislature open .

      " Senor Onis has been named President of the Senate . The Duke do Rivas , and Count Espeleter , Vice-Presidents .

      More Prosunciamentos . * -Madhid , Oct . 14 th . — The Posdatu of to-day has a letter which confirms the fact of the pronunciamento of Leon in favour of the Central Junta . It states that it had been for some time notorious that such a thing was about to take place ; and there being but few regular troops there , the military commander determined upon transferring his head quarters to Borne strong place , and selected the barracks of the National Guards , whom he ordered to turn out , which they ultimately did , though | the guards at the gate at first resibted : that immediately after the town became in a state of agitation , and at half-past , two p . m ., the drums of the National Guards were beaten , and a number of officers and men assembled at the Cathvdral , not , however , amounting to more than fifty- The

      Military Commander , Political Chief , and other authorities proceeded to the Cathedral , at the head of the provincial Regiment of Leon , and ordered the troops to fire upon the nationals ; but instead of doing so , the officers in command of the troops seized the authorities themselves , and made them prisoners . They then proceeded to proclaim the Central Junta , and elected a local Junta , of which D . Gabriel Alvnrez is president ; D . Francisco Rico , vice-president ; and Senors Salvador , Carijlo , J . R . Boloque , J . Bullon , Gabriel Lavandu , Jose LJamazares , J . Cereceda , and Carlos Argueilos , members ; and Senors Sotero Rico and Manuel Arriola , secretaries . It is also reported to-night that Alicante has pronounced in a similar sense , and that great agitation and confusion prevailed at Valladolid when the mail left .

      More troops hare been brought into Madrid today . A large force of cavalry entered from the north . The Tarantula asserts that 15 , 000 rations of bread have been ordered for to-morrow . The Correspondent of the Chronicle of the abov ? date , says : — " The experiment is now being tried how far Spanish troops and French money will go towards effecting : the objects of the Moderados and their allies on the other side of the Pyrenees , Large sums of money have lately come in from France ; and though the government papers assert that eight millions of francs , which lately arrived here from that quarter , was all on private account , there is no doubt large sums hare gone into the treasury , which would otherwise have been unable to new clothe the troops here , and meet the necessarily heavy expenses of marching troops from one end o > the country to the other , and carrying on the present military operations in Catalonia and Arragon . "

      On this subject the Eco , a Madid paper , says : — " It is reported that the government has received sixty millions of reals from France within these few days , and that , as the Frenoh government does not gira the money for nothing , it must either have been got on usurious terms , or on terms injurious to the national dignity and independence . " Swifs Mercenaries—It would appear from the Swiss paper Helvitie of the 3 rd , copied by tin ; Eco , that Senor Luis Aillon , the neve Charge d'Affairs of Spain , ha , s applied to the Swiss Government for leave to raise a corps of 3 , 000 men . to form a royal guard for Dona Isabel II . The Gazette has taken no notice of the statement ; and though the Heraldo affects to treat it as ridiculous ^ it is far from improbable that such a step is contemplated . [ The Swiss , before they engage in this service , should remember the fate of other '" Swiss Guards " , partioldrly those who fell by French pikes oa the ever-memorable lOth of August . ]

      Terrorism . —Letters from Madrid of the 15 th describe the state of terrorism in which the capital continues to be kept . Persons carrying walking sticks , canes , or whips , are "disarmed" by the police ! The arbitrary arrests continue . Two Editors of the Arrgonese Eco de ia Revolution , who committed the imprudence to come to Madrid , have been thrown into prison . ¦ Twenty-two of the disarmed National Guard were seized in one coffeehouse and six more in another , charged with " conspiring , " and thrown into prison . This cannot last . Greece . —The following are extracts from Greek papers received since our last : —

      " The memorable day of the 15 th of September , the day on which such glorious changes took place , which have at once revived the prospects of the nation , has been celebrated throughout the kingdom by festivals and illuminations ,: and Te Deums sung in all the churches . Letters have been received to that effect from all the provinces and inserted in the papers of the metropolis . At -iE ^ ium tVostizka ) all the British merchantmen at anchor there hoisted their colours and seemed to partake of the national rejoicings . ; All the men on board these vessels were invited by the inhabitants to celebrate with them the day of their political regeneration .

      At Missolonghi , the 15 th of September has been celebrated in a most patriotic manner . The daughter of the memorable Marco Botzaris , the hero who like another Leonidas , gloriously fell at the commencement of the Greek revolution against the Turks in describing to her Bister ( Maid of Honour to the Queen ) the festivals that took place at Missolonghi expresses in a most enthueiastio manner her grief at not being present with her at Athens to witness the concourse of the people , and to hear their olamours in demanding their rights . She then continues , with emphatic truth and charming frankness to relate what took place at Missolonghi . "** You ' would havo thought , " says she , " at that moment that all theinhabnants o » Messblonghi were electrified . The cries of * The constitution for ever' ascended up to heaven , and the people were embrac-

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      ing each other as if centuries had rolled away since they last met . These days , " she further adds , " are aa so many festivals ; and O , sister , if the King could butjust have ' a sight at his subjects here , he would feel proud of bis ruling over them ; but this he will understand ia course of time , when he be ^ comes better accquainted with those he fanoies his enemies . " The editor ef the Age in inserting this letter of the daughter of Botziros , extols her for her patriotie feelings , and recommending it to the perusal of all , adds : "These are undeniable proofs that the wish of being governed constitutionally has been , and is , deeply rooted in the breasts both of the men and women of Greece . "

      Great preparations have been making for the convocation of the National Assembly , and orders have been issued to all ] the provincial governors by the new Ministry to that effect . The 1 st ( 13 th ) November has been fixed by the Ministry as the time of the assembling of the representatives in the metropolis to commence their important business . Several appointments and changes have taken place , both in the ; military and civil departments . Indeed , tho whole face of the country is clearing from the adherers of the old system and all things , as it were , become ! new . The Ministers of the late diabolical system have been obliged to quit the metropolis— Rizo is gone to Constantinople , Chrystides to Syra , Ralli and Vlachopulo to Poroa , and Kriezes to Hydra . |

      Sir E ; Lyons , the Philhellen British Minister at Athens , has expressed his approbation to the new and national Ministry , on the part of his Government , respecting the affair of the 15 th of September . M . Piscatory , the jFrenoh Minister , and M . Catacaay , the Russian , have likewise given their approbation . Only the Austrian and Prussian Ministers have protested against it . But when the three allied Powers are with us , who can be against us ? Italy . — " According to a letter from Bologna , of the 9 th ( says the Commerce ) , fresh disturbances took place there oa the preceding evening . Several shots were fired in theifquare before the Opera-house during tho performance , and caused great and general alarm . " )

      Italy . —The Ausburg Gaxette announces that the troubles of the Romagna continue ; that the fortifications of the Ancpna are to be repaired , and that tne Cardinal Legate Spinola has been recalled , and bad left Bologna on the 10 th . He is replaced , ad interim , by Cardinal Casoni , but Cardinal della Genga is to take the Government . Poland . —By ao lukase , issued at Warsaw on the 11 th inst ., the Emperor of Russia declares that , from the 1 st of January ! next , all the Jews of Poland , between the ages of twenty to twenty-five , are to be liable to serve in the army . Hitherto the Jews have paid an annual sum for exemption from military

      . OVERLAND MAIL . By express from ] Paris , letters and papers were received from China and India on Monday . The intelligence from China had been anticipated by that brought by the Hindustan . The news from India is of a very unimportant character . We give the following extracts : —j Bombay . —A most extraordinary discovery was effected in July last , at Bombay , of a confederacy for plundering boats , robbing ships , and smuggling goods . This gang had existed for at least a quarter of a century in the most populous part of that town .

      They are also supposed to be connected with the pirates and murderers , who even now so frequently commit the greatest atrocities within almost the hail of the police and other authorities of that important naval station . No discovery could bo made of the gang until one of the accomplices gave a clue which led to the seizure of j their books , and to the development of the whole 'system , which was organised in tho most perfect manner . The police were on the traces of the malefactors , but it was feared that no conviction would lake place , as most of tbe police agents had been bribed by the gang , and they were throwing every obstacle in the way of having any of their accomplices ' punished .

      Scindb . —The affairs of Scinde appear to be settled , for the present , the British remaining undisturbed masters . Shere Mahommed , who is a man of but little capacity , having failed in all bis enterprises , has fled to the Beloochee mountains west of the Indus , from whence it is said that he and hia partisans still contemplate attacking some of the posts of the line of British troops along the Indus . It is said that after the ! rainy season the various hill tribes bordering on the plains , now subject to the British and to Mourad AH , will be induced to make inroads , and to try to plunder the settlers , but it does not seem expected that they will risk any b ' attlts fur the expulsion of the British .

      Affghanjstan . —yarions rumours have been current respecting the state of Afghanistan , where Dost Mahomed is said to be ruling with a rod of iron , and who has caught and imprisoned one of the traitors to Shah Shoojah and the British , in thd person of Ameer Oolah . Icjis difficult to give credit to the statements circulated about the state of Herat , which is now said to be governed by the influence of Persia , buftur Jung , the son of Shah Soojah , is described as in prison at Candahar . In fact , the whole of Afghanistan presents a picture of confusion and anarchy . United States . —We last week received several American papers , including the New York True Sun , Freeman ' s Journal , Albany Atlas , Williamsburgh Democrat , S [ c \ , § c . We give the following extracts , for which we cuuld not find room in our last . "I

      Repeal in America— The Baltimore Repealers are at "daggers drawn" with Tom Steele for his denunciations of the slave-holders of the States . Spirited meetings were held in the course of September in Albany , Rochester , several places in Massachusetts , Brooklyn , Philadelphia , New York , &c , &c . ; Repeal Convention—The New York Freeman ' s Journal of the ' / 3 rd ult ., contains a lengthy report of the proceedings of the abovo body , which met on Wednesday the 2 i ) ih ult . Maine sent delegates from five associations ; Massachusetts 8 ; Rhode Island 2 ; Connecticut ; New York 16 ; iNew Jersey 3 ; Pennsylvania 3 : ; Maryland 1 ; Delaware 1- ; North Carolina 1 ; Michigan 1 ; Wiscom-on I ; Georgia 1 : District of Columbia 1 . Total , 47 aasotiacons . The Convention assembled at the

      Tabernacle , in Broadway , ! New York . Robert Tyler , Esq ., was elected President , and a gentleman from each state was appointed to act as a Vice-President . Five Secretaries were named , and the following chosen as Honorary ( Vice- Presidents : —The venerable and aged Thomas O'Connor , John Caldwell , and General James J M'Donnell . Several strong resolutions were passed pledging the American Repealers throughout the United States to continued sympathy with Ireland . It was also resolved to address separately evtry civilised country-in Europe and America on her benalf . A rote of approval of the conduct of the " Liberator" was passed , and an excecutire committee | of fire were named with power to call the convention together if they think it necessary , or to act of themselves in the case of such an emergency as might justify such a course .

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      ef any act , which may nave & tendencyMo bring tin wifcbin the vortex of foreign politics , or afford an opening to the wilea of foreign inflaence—a polioy wblott had its origin in the farewell admonitions of the Father of his country , and was enforced by the ( treat Apostle of civil and religions llberQr--ttere maj > jbe honest differences of opinion amongst us In relation to the extent of the agency which an Amerlcaa dtizan can with propriety eacerciad in contWyersWa involving the internal or external relations of other countries Bat in theardor : and sincerity ^ of oarwfafies for ; the success of ail who iabour for toe extension of human rightsand our deep and abiding Bympathy in the Buf

      , fering condition of those whose patriotic efforts you desire to aid , all true republicans must be of one mind . I cannot bring myself to believe that an exhibition of opinion by our people favourable to the justice and wfsdom of a reform in the pelitical . system of anottwt country , to be accomplished , it accomplished at all , by conafrtutianal and legal means , accompanied by an expression also ofour fervent vrisbes for the snecess of all auchmeana when applied to erach ends , however great may be their moral force , can be jastlf regarded aa a censurable departure from a policy ao elevated ih its origin , and fortunately thoroughly incorporated wittl the public sentiment of tnis country .

      The fact that an immense majority of the people of Ireland , after an experience of nearly half a century , are throughly satisfied that the legislative union which tbey desire to abrogate , and which derives all Its moral force from being designed to promote their hapr pinesss and welfare , has proved ruinous to both , la of itself sufficient to enlist the feelings of every Americaii * citizen thoroughly imbued with the spirit in which hi * own institutions are founded . The results of this experience are moreover in harmony with the dictates of reason . No distinct people deprived of a local legislature can be well governed . The nature of man mast De changed before any legislative assembly , wherever convened ; or however carefully selected , will be found to legislate for a separate

      and distinct people , of whose particular wants the j mast to some extent at least be ignorant , and ¦ whose interests may not always correspond with their own , a « prudently , as wisely , or as usefnlly , as when passing laws which are to operate directly and equally upoa themselves and upon those amongst whom they live * Acting upon this principle , of the entire Roundness of which there can be no doubt the Government of the United States have always been careful to confer ujpoii their territorial districts when numberin ? in population only a few thousands , the right to territorial legislatures chosen by themselves from among themselves , and subject to the same responsibilities to their constituents * as are the representatives of the Federal and State Governments .

      Apply these views to Ireland , containing probably eight millions of people always separate from and for . ages independent of the nation which now exercises most , if not all , the prerogatives of the sovereignty over her ; and it would' seem impossible to doubt the justice or utility of the proposed modification of a nnioa which does not appear ever to have subserved the par * poses for which it was originally framed . I am , gentleman , with great respect , Your most obedient servant ! , M . Van . B 0 REN . Messrs . Miller Grieve , John G . Park , tbos . F . Green , D . J . Bailey , Nathan McGehee , F . H . Sandford , Jaa . H . Shahan , Milledgeville , Gao .

      The Presidenct . —The Van Buren Meeting in the Park on Monday the 25 th ult ., numbered about 5000 . Campbell P . Wtiite , Esq ., was appointed President-Thomas N . Carr , Esq ., proposed a series of resolutions in favour of nominating Mr . Van Buren as candidate for the next Presidency . Attorney-General Barker of Buffalo , addressed the meeting it considerable length , ia support of the resolutions * which were adopted . —New YorkFreeman ' s Journal Peter Bussey . —The following appears in tho New York True Sun . New York , Sept . 23 , 1843 .

      " Honesty . —Sir , you hive often to record eases of dishonesty in your journal relative to servants , -fee , we ahould , therefore , feel thankful , if you wouid publish the following-. —The undersigned arrived in New Yorft on Tuesday evening last from Mineral Point , W . T ., on . our way to England , and were recommended to the Boarding House of Mr . Peter Bussey , 3 , Daane-street , where we remained until tho afternoon of this day , when we removed our luggage on board the packetship Sheridan , but were informed that we could not remain on . board dating the night . We , therefore , returned to Mr . Bu « sey ' s house to sleep la the evening . A servant girl , named Eliza Macnamee , in Mr . Bussey'a

      employ , went up stairs to prepare our room , when she immediately came doira and informed ber master thafc there was a pocket-book beneath one of the pillows , on the hearing of which he went and brought down a money belt containing 50 sovereigns , ot 285 dollais , and asked us if we had left any thing in such a situation , when John Roberts , the person to whom ; the money belonged , immediately recollected having deposited it there the previous evening , he never having missed it during the day until questioned by Mr . B ., who delivered it to him perfectly safe . We consider it our duty thus to acknowledge the honesty of Eliza Macnamee , the servant , and Mr . Bussey , the proprietor of the house , hoping you will give publicity to the

      same . We remain , Sir , yours respectfully , John Roberts . William Nicuols . 3 , Daane-street , New York . " Strickland and Swaim , two fugitives from justice , have been retaken , and are now confined ia the Troupille , Fa , jail—one charged with murder , and the other with being concerned with a party of scoundrels who have been committing depredations through Florida , and for which the Indians have been blamed .

      The City Pbison , New York . —During the last week , 184 persons hare been committed to prison * , charged with various offences , 116 of whom were white males , 47 females , 13 coloured males , and 8 females .- 97 have been discharged in the interim . 66 white malos , 26 females , 2 coloured males , and 3 females , out of which number 6 (* have been sent to the pen . tentiary by the Court of Sessions and the Police magistrates . ) 50 still remain within the walls , viz . 87 white males , 26 females , 29 coloured males and 8 females .

      The Western Reserve Fourier Association . — This society , organizad for the purpose of testing the principles of Fourier , relative to Association , consists of about one hundred farmers and one hundred and fifty mechanics in and about Cleveland , Ohio , who are ardent friends of the doctrine , and desirous of effecting a trial of the plan by themselves or ia connection with other similar associations . The Pittsburgh Spirit of the Age says , " Hockport , a > town some seren miles from Cleveland , has been , spoken of as a proper place for settling , having a good habour and fine water power . "—New York True Sun .

      The Explosion . —We mentioned the explosion at Dupout ' s Powder Mills on the Brandy wine , in our paper of t-aturday , and stated that one life had been lost . The individual killed tras Michael Burril , saperinteadent of the yard . The Wilmington Journal says— " The body of Mr . B . wag blown far across the creek , say 3 i ) 0-yards , and was torn and crushed in a dreadful manner . The violence of the explosion shook the houses in this city . Two of the men engaged in the mills had left a few moments before the explosion took place . "

      American Freedom !—On the night of Wednesday , says the Bedford Intelligencer , an attempt wasmade to blow up the house of J . B . Wood , of Somersworth ( N . H . ) on account of his being a temperances man and an abolitionist . A keg of powder had been placed under one wing of the building , to which a slow match was attached ; and just at that " witching hour when ghosts do walk abroad , " the family were frightened almost out of their wits by an explosion which shook the very foundation of the building * broke nearly all the glass , and shattered the framework and plastering in a most extraordinary manner .

      Fibe at Danvebs . —A great calamity has befallen the flourishing manufacturing village-of Danvers ,. Masr . We learn from an extra of the Salem Gazette that a fire broke out in the South Parish abont twelve * o ' clock on Thursday night , in the spacious squareoccupied by the South Meeting House , the hotels of Messrs . Good ridge and Dustin , the Post-office , the Warrea Bank , See . &o . The Mormons . —The St . Louis New Era contains a notice of the Anti-Mormon Convention held at Carthage . They declared , if General Ford would not surrender Joe Smith on the requisition of the Governor of Missouri—which it is alleged he hasrefused to do from political considerations—thatthey would call in aid from other counties and other States ,. to assist them in delivering him up .

      Extraordinary and atrocious Mcbdeb . —The Dover { l \ M . ) Enquirer of the 21 st , contains an account of a daring murder committed at Rochester , on Tuesday last . In a remote part of the tows , near the line of I'armington , a woman by the name of Miss Hanson , was shot in her house at noonday . Miss Hanson was a maidenelady , somewhat advanced in years , and with her brother , also unmarried , occupied the house . Two men of the name of Howard were arrested at Dover , just aa they were entering thecarsat the depot tot Boston . They belong ia the

      vicinity of the murder , and were token > t » Rochester for examination . The object in perpe trating the crime ia supposed to hare been plunder , aBitit was known that the Hansons were in the habit of keeping a considerable sum of money in their house . But little ihoney , however , was obtained , as the trnnk whioh contained the principal part of it was either overlooked , or the villains had not time to secure it . Mr . Hanson , was absent at the time , at the Great Falls . The examination of the Howards resulted in their commitment to jail at Dover . One of them confessed the murder .

      Jamaica . —Meeting of the Assembly . — -His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue a proclamation , bearing date the 15 th inst ., farther proroguing the Hon . House of Assembly to Tuesday the 24 th day of October next , then to meet and proceed to businesB . —Baptist Herald ,

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      MR . VAN BUREN ON REPEAL . j ( From the New York Plebeian . ) We aite extremely gratified at being able to lay before our readers to d ? v the following highly interesting letter from Mr . | Van Buren , on the subject of Irish Repeal . It was written in answer to the communication of a Committee , acting on behalf of the friends of Irish liberty ^ in the vicinity of Milledgerille , Ga ., tendering him an invitation to meet with them on the 4 h of July , 1843 , to devise suitable measures relative to the existing" state of affairs in Ireland . Mr . Van Bur ; en has taken such a view of tho Repeal movement jas was to be expected from one who , on all occasions , has proved himself the unwavering friend of popular rights and the consistent advocate of civil and religious liberty throughout the world . I Linden-arald , June 19 tb , 1843 .

      Gentlemen , —I have bad tbe honour to receive your letter inviting me , in behalf of the friends of Irish liberty iu Milledgeville j and its vicinity , to meet with them on the 4 ; h of July , for the purpose of devising suitable measures to further the efforts of their brethren in Ireland to secure for themselves the inestimable privileges of civil and religious liberty ; and deairiag an expression of my views and feelings upon the subject , in the event of my not being able to attend in person . j It can scarcely be necessary to assure you of tbe pleasure it would afford me to meet a portion of my fellow cit'Zdna ao well entitled to my respect and gratitude , on a day and an occasion J ; which are both , ao full of interest , but this , as you reasonably anticipate , is out of

      my power . You do no more than justice to my feelings gentlemen , in relying , with confidence , npon a favour able response to those by which you are animated . The zeal and fidelity with which the great body of tbe emigrants from Ireland have sustained the republican principles npon which the government of the United States is based , as well in war as in peace , are too well known to require example or illustration . The blood of Irishmen was freely shed in the struggle for independence , as well as in our succeeding efforts to maintain it inviolate ; and among the most illustrious martyrs to our freedom will be found the names of not a few generous sons of Ireland . ! Thus associated in the

      vicissitudes of war and peace / in the acquisition of liberty , its preservation , and its enjoyment , the democracy of the United States , ia whose feelings , I have always participated , have as a natural consequence , on ail occasions , manifested a deep interest in the prosperity and happiness of a people ' , from whom the country has received ao many gallant soldiers , and valuable Citizens , and the democratic cause bo many and such untiring supporters . No sincere friend of that cause can , therefore , feel indifferent on a topic which deeply concerns , and which , judging from all indications that have Come under my observation , extensively excites . the parent country of those to whom he is bound by ties so sacred and enduring . j Looking to the scrupulous and well known policy of our government which prescribes a sedulous aVPidance 1

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 28, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1236/page/6/