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      " Anaiwfflwar . atleastia weras , ( Ana-l . onia . ny chance s * happen-deeds , ) Witt all who war with Thought !" I thinfclliearalUtle fcW , wiosings LTpeopl ^ jaHdb y ^ mbethestronger . ' -BwoN . THE REVOLUTION IN GENEVA .

      * 1 te Remit de Geneve , which may be re ; araed as t ^ ttUrxSrs&g-t sM »^ * f « sS sereral other cantons the most Uvdy assurances of Smpathj . The nmnberof killed and wounded on the side of the late government in the afiairof the 7 th is stated in this journal to have been eighty , of this nnmber , however , only nine or ten were killed ; on the side of the people there were only two killed and nine wounded . _ ....

      We shall be anxious to learn tlie proposals of the provisional government for the amendment of the constitution , and their view 3 as to the instructions io be given to the representative of Geneva at the next meeting of the Diet . We are t he mor e a nxiou s tecanse the English Whig papers already affect to regard the provisional government as one of " moderate" principles ; and the Homing ' Chronicle announces with no little satisfaction that " Muiater , -who was the first to raise the cry of ' Liberty or death , 'is not a member of the provisional government . " In le Van du PeupU , a paper said to represent the ultra-section of the revolutionists , it is suggested that the enemies of the people , viz ., tlie late government , should be made pecuniarily

      responsible for the damage done in the late collision , the amount to be awarded to each heim ? estimated by the declaration of the party injnred . and that the y should be tried and punished with exile , by a revolutionary tribunal established for that purpose ; that iheAcademysheuldlbe dissolved and remodelled ; and that the Protestant clergy should be subjected to re-election hy the people in their respective cures . These dem a n d s app ear to ns to b e moder a te enou gh , yet we are given to understand that they are not regarded with any ' great favour by the new Government This being the ease , the Mnsnang C / uronicZe significantly remarks— " There is an intelligible reason why the Conservatives and higher classses in Genera should for a time support the provisional government , without however approving the

      principles upon which it was formed , or condemning the acts of theufrredeeessor ? . " We trust that tfceEnglish "Whig press does not Iwily represent the new Government of Geneva ; any way , we trust that the fienevese people will be on the alert , aad notfcuffer U > emselve 3 to be cheated out of the fruits of their -laird won victory . The changes indicated in the Address of the Fraternal Democrats , given below , can akne ensure to the Genevese rewards equal to -theirsacrifiee 3 . If now , with arms in their hands , TJctow over the purse-proud burgher-aristocrats , they neglect to secure to themselves the guarantees pointed out by the Fraternal Democrats , their victory will have been in vain , and the battle will have to b e once more fou g ht , perhaps too . under more nnfovonrable cirenmstances . We shall here introduce the " Address" above alluded to .

      MEETING OF THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . — THE GENEVESE REVOLUTION- At the usual meeting of this bodjr on Monday evening last , October 19 , John Moy in the chair , the following new members were elected : —Phillip JH'Grath ( President of the Chartist Executive ) , John Arnett ( tue Soraera Town Chartist rhymer ) , and TPm . Roteon ( Manager of the Workmen ' s Own Shop , Drury-laue ) . . TheCHMBMAN read an important and interesting article from Young America , describing the "Progress of Reform and Reformers , " from the days of Jean Jacques Rousseau to the present time . The article elicited much applause .

      Heset Ross read from the JforAtrn Star an account of the recent revolution in Geneva . ^ Jeuas HiiKKT read and moved the adoption of an Address to the People of Geneva . The Address -was received with much applause . John Arxoct seconded , and Hesrt Ross supported , the Address , which was unanimously adopted and ordered to be sent to theiTortJem Stai for publication . ... xi After the transaction of some minor business , the assembly adjourned .

      A DDRE S S OP THE FRATERNAL DEMO C R A T S ( ASS EMBLING IN LONDON ) TO THE PEOPLE OF GENEVA .

      " AH Men are Brethren . ' Victorious Gesevese , We congratulate " you on your gallant victory over the enemies of freedom and progress . As lovers of liberty and workers in the cause of nniversal equality , we naturally regard with intense Interest every political movement occurring within the bounds of Switzerland—the birth-place of European liberty . The fatally retrofressivc and hberticidal policy of Lucerne , which policy , ha 3 , unhappily , been supported by some of the minor cantons , would have caused us the utmost alarm , but tor the patriotic acts of the people of the liberal cantons , particularly those of Berne and the Canton de Vaud . whose glorious though bloodless revolutions have The

      done so much for the advance of democracy . so-called conservative , bat really destructive policy pursued by the late government of Geneva , . unfortunately rendered nugatory the sacrifices and efforts of the liberal cantons ; that policy yon have now put down with a strong hand . Compelled to fall back upon "the right of insurrection , " you have proven yourselves worthy of victory by vottt heroic and humane exercise of that sacred right—the last resource of an outraged people . Great questions which have hitherto been stifleo in the Federal Diet , most , and will now be brought to an issue . The monstrous outrage of handing over one of the three directing cantons to those archplotters against human progress—the Jesuits , must be remedied . The safety of Swiss liberty demands of the

      a radical change in the existing relations cantons , the Federal Pact must , therefore , be remodelled ; * menaced by the overgrown military despotisms surrounding her , Switzerland must become one indissoluble and vigorous whole- Lastly , that shameful disgrace to the Swiss name , the sale of so-called freemen to princely despots , to dethe work of tyranny in keeping nations in slavery , must be brought to a close . We are aware that this heavy crime is chargeable only upon some of the minor cantons , and under present circumstances , cannot be prevented , by the veritable freemen of the great and liberal cantons , but a proper revisal of the federal constitution would place in the hands of the majority of the Swiss people the power to put an end to this ireasra against liberty , and blasphemy against "the free Swiss name .

      We are gratified to observe that you hare commanded your provisional government to examine and report upon your present political constitution , « ith a . view to its thorough reform . We trust that reform will be so effectual as to prevent the necessity in future of such violent remedies as that you have just passed through . That the-popular sovereignty may not be illusory , two saf eg uards , it appears to us , are essential : — first , the sovereign power of law-making , and the appointment of all the officers of the state , political , c i vil , and militar y , must be retained in the hands of the people . Deliberative assemblies , to mould and perfect projected laws , arenseful ; but those projected laws should never become the actual Iaw 3 of the

      commonwealth until sanctioned by a majority ; of the people , in their " primary assemblies . " To delegate thepower of law-making to ' a body of representatives , even though those representatives may be elected hj universal suffrage , is . In reality , to delegate the exercise of the popular sovereignty tea few individuals—afatal mistake . Thk great truth was first proclaimed by that great citizen of your commonwealth , JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU , the glory of whose immortal name pales into utter darkness the names of prondest kings , and mightiest conquerors . You have now an opportunity of reducing to practice the sublime theory he enunciated . Its realization was once promised , in the celebrated " Constitution of "S 3 ; " may Geneva—at this moment victorious as

      Trance , be more fortunate in securing the fruits of her victory . Second , experience will have taught you that , for the maintenance of yonr liberty , without bloodshed , it is essential , not only that all citizens should be armed , b ut a l s o th a t the armed forc e of the re p u b lic should besunder the direct controul of the entire body of the citizens . Had this been the case at the time of the recent conflict , the painful and fratricidal spectacle of the militia turning their arms against their brethren , would not have been witnessed . Thepower tthich invested a few burgher aristocrats with the tteans of employing the armed force of the Republic Against the people , might have been fatal to your Mberttes ^ hutforthe heroism of the patriots of St . kervaise . Tliis lesson you will profit by . Kttaining the above-named safeguardi of yourliber-« es , there is no measure of social reform demanded

      H . justice which you ! may not accomplish . While we admire your * humanity not less than your « eroism—while we approve of your clemency to the « llen aristocrats , we would urge upon you to henceforth put it out of the power of any class of the Fjnununity to domineer over the masses . It has ** eu a jnst reproach levelled against all past revolutions , that such changes have hitherto benefited * % a few political adventurers—transferring power * ° in tyrants to schemers , who , in their turn , have ^ become tyrants , the peonle experiencing merely * change of masters . Hitherto , social injustice has Wndered political equality—where recognised—a ttere name . So long as a class , or classes of men , ° * n the proprietorship of the land , and are Penwtted to heap up for themselves the profitable "" its of industry under the name of ; " capital , " l ^ g that capital to traffic in . and oppress labour , so

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      long will the people be despoiled of th . ^ plenty am happiness which should be the reward of t ^ ir toil . and which , in accordance with nature ' s laws , tu 'ey should enjoy . Citizens of Geneva , Men of Switzerland , BfeJhren of the Human Race '; to you , and through you to all the people of Switzerland , we ex p re s s our earne s t hopes , that you may triumphantly progress in perfecting your political and social institutions , until a state of Teritable equality shallVuarantee you a real and lasting liberty . Lastly , if conspiring despots should dare te interfere with the Swiss people in their efforts to reform and perfect their institutions , we earnessly hope that the nations will prove their brotherhood by refusing to follow the banners of their t y r a nts , and will , on the contrary , give their fraternal aid to the propaganda of regenerated Switzerland .

      Signed by the Secretaries . G . Julian IIarset , native of Great Britain . Carl ScnAr-FER , native of Germany . J . A . Miciielot , native of France . J . ScnABKUTZ , native of Switzerland . Peter Holm , native of Scandinavia . Locis Oborsei , native of Poland . N . Nemktit , native of Hungary . London , October 19 th , 1846 . In the ahove address it will be observed that war is in v oked , not against the burgher-aristocrats , but against the principle of aristocracy . There can be no doubt that the conspirators who directed cannon

      shot to be pnured upon the people , richly deserved hanging , and if they had got their deserts would have sot the sallows for their reward . Still , from an abh o renc c of blood s h e d , we would rather that the rascals escaped with whole skins , provided the people take the necessary m « isure 3 tn render their enemies powerless for the future . If they d * not , the knaves will , when once they have recovered from their fright , conspire again to promote the restoration of the old order of things ; whcn the people may have cause to regret their moderation . Again , we say . thereisno safety for the people , but in placing the actual power of the tate in the hands of the proletarians , and securing to the workers the /«« fruits of their labour .

      On the question of the " interference of the great powers , " the National has the following excellent article : — " We never doubted of the ill-will of the monarchies agaiust the victorious insurrection of Geneva ; we are aware that they will do all they can to prevent the Helvetic federation from constituting itself according to the wi 3 hes of the sovereign people . What thej have already attempted is a sufficient notice of what they may again endeavour to accomplish . At present a pressing demonstration on the part of Austria is announced , who wishes that a note should be prepared collectively by France , Frussla , ana the CaWnet of Yenna , expressing the opposition of those three Powers , and menacing , if necessary , an armed intervention . It will be curious to see M . Guizot throwing off the mask , and openly uniting

      with two absolute monarchies against a nation mistress to organise her government as she pleases . The man of Ghent wanted but this last chapter to his history . It ¦ will be complete after that . To speak the truth , however , we are bat Httio afarmed at those menaces , becanse the employment of force at this moment is perilous for all parties . There is not a man in Europe who can tell the effect 3 which may be produced by the first cannon shot , and if the Swiss resist , as we are convinced they will with tbe same patriotism and courage tliey have hitherto manifested , it would not be impossible but that the aggressors may have commenced a more expensive game than they calculated . Europe loves and desires peace . She is riffht ; it is the sentiment of conservation which actuate ? her ; she will , therefore , con-ider mice before she encages in an adventure . Nations are

      brethren , and revelations are allies . We fear much more secret intrigues , the seeds of dmrion , concealed calumny , and all the vile means employd by men who . feel no scruple when their ohject is to return to power . The danger is there , and not elsewhere . And what pretext can be made for exciting an insurrection ! It is at present pretended that the Radicals wish to destroy the federal pact in order to accuse Switzerland of a violation of treaties and a want of faith . Bu ) , we repeat , the Radicals never entertained the intention of substituting a -military for a federative republic . They loudly declared at Bern , at Vaud , at Zurich , and in the Council of State of Zurich itself , that it -wished to draw closer nnd strengthen the bonds of union between the members of the federation , by giving the necessary power to the government by which it is represented . It is not by us only that this opinion has been ann < uncsd . It has been a thousand times repeated , and with the greatest preciion , during the agitation which proceeded the reform of the constitution of Bern . It was developed two years

      : since at the Diet , and again this year , on the niscussion ! of the subject of the Jesuits ftad of the league of the ! seven Cantons . About a year since , M . Eazy , who ! is now President of the Provisional Government of I Geneva , published in the Rational three remarkable ; articles , in which he explained in what manner the Radicals regarded the question , and how the ; proposed to resolve it , The hostile Governments , therefore , are fully aware of the bearing of the present movement ; tney know that it is legal , that it does not exceed the limits which every society possesses of modifying its condition ; they kaow that it in no manner violates tbe treaties of which the revolution of July destroyed the greater part . It would , therefore , ha a declaration of war against the revolution of July , and against our frontiers at the gates of Lyons ; and within a few leagues of Paris . It would then be our duty to demand of the people of July whether they would support in silence Prussia , Austria , or their auxiliaries placing a lance to their heart and a kni ' e to their throat ! The National is right—nations are brethren , and Revolutions are allies . Should the tyrants march against Switzerland , the people may march against their tvrants !

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      —^^^ ^ COUNTER-REVOLUTION IN PORTUGAL . Lisbon , Oct . 11 . —On the night of the 6 th inst . a counter-revolution was carried into effect by orders directly an d s p ontaneousl y c o nveyed t o the Mar q uis of Saldanha , the Duke of Terceira , Don Carlos Mascarhenas , and the Marquis of Fronteira . This coup d ' etat the result of the joint action of French and Belgian influence exercised at this Court , intimately connected with the supposed predominance of French influence in Spain , is to be considered as the demonstration of a new policy in Portugal with respect to its foreign relations of an especial nature .

      The Pahnella ministry has ceased to exist—one headed by th e Ma rqu i s o f S a ldanha is now in p o w er , the fiery partisans of the Cabrals have been placed in the highest military commands . The constitution has been suspended , the kingdom placed under martial law , the capital put in a state of siege , the principal square thronged with troops , all the thoroughfares leading into it commanded by" artillery , the streets scoured by cavalry patroles , and a military reign of terror in full sway in Lisbon . On the 24 th ult . a conspiracy against the late government was detected and defeated by the measures of Viscount Sa < la Bandeira , minister of war . That plot was concocted by T e rceira , Mascarlienas , Fronteira , and Castilha . On its failure , it was then determined to revolutionize the country by means of

      the capitalists of Lisbon , instead of the military . The bank directors and those of the other insolvent companies were induced to enter into the views of the conspirators of the [ court and barracks , and a determination to thwart the government by all tlie means in the power of the former was come to . This determination made known to the government , it was expected would leid to the resignation of mini s ter s , and that step the opponents of government knew -was not foreign to the wishes of the Duke of Palmella . It did not take place , however ; the object to effect a counter revolution was too evident to the majority of the ministers . The Cabralfcta then found themselves baffled in all th e ir a ttem p t s , and new efforts were made to get Saldanha to come forward as the ostensible leader of

      the party that was to upset the government . A new character was to be given to the conspiracy , new objects were to be avowed , and instead of a mere military bouleveraement of a popular government , the counter-revolution was to be effected by the Court . On the night of the 6 th instant the chiefs of the conspiracy assembled in the palace at Belern , Saldanha , Terceira , and Fronteira ; and in the gardens of the palace their active agents , the colonels lately dismissed from several regiments for actB of treason , had been clandestinely introduced and kept there in readiness for action . Among the latter was a Colonel Lucotte , a Frenchman , who had obtained the road contract from the Cabrals . At ten o ' clock at night the Duke of Palmella was summoned to the palace by Her Majesty . On his arrival , the duke

      w a s rec e iv ed with off e n s ive hauteur , and was immediately told that a change of ministry had been determined on , and it would be necessary at once to sign the decrees . The duke expressed his readiness to obey the Royal command ; but said the presence of his colleagues was necessary , and also of the Under-Secretary of State , to draw up the decrees . Her Majesty replied their presence was not necessary . The decrees were already drawn up , and they were immediately presented to him for signature . Tke first , wherein it was stated that " for just reasons represented to Eer Majesty by the Duke of Palmella , " the resignation of ministers had been accepted , the duke refused to sign . He said the statements set forth in it were not true . Very

      decided and angry language was then held to the duke , but he still persisted in his refusal , and ultimately stated , if compelled to sign it . he -would immediat e l y s t a t e th e rea l fa c t s of th e dismis s al of the ministry . The duke was then informed he should remain that night at the palace . The royal decree was altered , and instead of " resignations , " the ' exoneration" of ministers appeared in it , countersigned by the duke . lie was then called on to write a letter to the general in command of the garrison of Lisbon , the Count Bomfim , requiring his immediate presence at the palace on matters of importance to { the Queen's service . On Bomfim ' s arrival , he was required to sign orders , already written , to the different comman ders of the regiments of the garrison , to obey ti p , Queen / a orders io

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      resigning the command of the regiments . Some objections were wade and removed , the decrees were si g ned , and the Duke of Palmella and the Count Bomfim remained prisoners in the palace that night , and were only liberated at noon the fo'lowing day , and all communications with them , while thus confi d ed , was prohibited , except in the case of the Count Bomfim , whose own son was delegated by the consnirators to convey to the commanders of the different re giments the orders signed by his father . At about one o ' clock in the merning , on the 7 th inst ., the " altas personagems" of the conspiracy , jircnmnamed . it is stated in the Pattiota , by his

      Majesty Don Ferdinand , and the dismissed co l one l s , who were in waiting for them at the door of the Palace Gardens and the residence of the General Santa Maria , close to the latter , sallied forth , and proceeded to the barracks of the 1 st Regiment . Colonel Miranda , on being summoned to give up the command of his regiment , refused , but on the King coming forward and calling on him in the Queen s name he obeyed her orders , and the dismissed Cabralist , O ' olenel Marcelli , was placed in command . H i s Ma j est y then proceeded with the conspirators to the quarters of the Lancers , where matters were similarly arranged , and fin a ll y his Ma j est y , " seeing affairs settled , " and a sufficient number of troops p o ure d i nto t h e thoroug hfare leading to the city to effect counter-revolutionreturned to the palace .

      a , At four o'clock in themorning these troops entered Lisbon , swo rd in hand , and were joined there by about 200 of the Naval Battalion , 300 of the Grenadier Guards , and the 10 th and 16 th regimente . Iflw force , not exc ^ ding originally 1 , 600 men , took up their position in the principal sq ""^^/"" , " !;' there under arms all that clay . Colonel Cabrera , nne of the patriot commanders , made a show oi a refusal to give up the castle of St' George when hrst summoned ; but this patriotic gentleman , attcr nUIUIUWllCU f VUU »<•¦»— j . »« - ^ .-- — r ) _ . « ot tne

      having refused admittance to a large body people , who came to the assistance of the castle governor , was prevailed upon to give up at an early hour in the mnrning . and . it is said , has been duly recompensed for his obedience . The only commander who peremptorily refused to obey the orders of the triumphant conspirators , was Colonel Passos , of the Artillery ; he resisted all solicitations , offers , and menaces , until an order , signed by the Count of Bomfim , was brought to him te take his corps to the pouare . where the trnops were assembled , and obey

      the orders of his superior officers there . In themornine . at eight o ' clock , Lisbon had the appearance of a city suddenly invested by a military force . In the square of the Terreiro do Pago , a turbulent soldiery was collected , shouting for their newlv restored commanders , and the Generals Sa - danha and Terceira ; Dom CarlosMascarhenhas vm agaia at the head of tlie municipal guards ; the Marquis of FrontPira , fl'id all the most violent of the military partisans of the Cabral government , in uniform ; around this staff a large number of civil mployh , embracing their heroic allies with formidable moustaches and martial aspects , and affording toiichinjr spectacles of the civiam of the members of the mavf n c cln b s and a sense of mutual | satisfaction at the restoration of the good old regime of sword law andcmprarcKfoeoYernmet . t . The dependence of the new ffovernment on the people ' s affections was

      evinced by a goodly disposition of field-pieces m the Terreiro do Pago , and a constitutional demonstration of the requisite physical force of horse , foot , and artillery to trample or to mow down all opposition to the will of tho two marshals , who were settling the new forms of representative government in the midst of a military horde in the streets of a peaceful capital . The people looked on m 9 ullen silence ami astonishment . The shopkeepers closed their stores , and orders wore issued to prevent the departure of all vessels . No resistance whatever was made or

      attempted . All people seemed utterly bewildered by this extraordinary step of the Queen . The general impression seemed to be that their interests were betrayed by a member of the government , and .-ome of the military authorities entrusted with the defence of the city . It is needless to conceal the fact that the Duke of Palmella and the Count of Bomfim , whether wrongfully or with reason , were ,, and still are , looked upon by a large portion of theBiipporters of the late government ss being privy to the- measures taken for the downfall of the government .

      On the Vth instant the decrees were pnblisned dismissinethe late ministers , and appointing the Marquis of Saldanha President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of War ; Viscount de Oliveira Minister < f the Interior ; Viscount da Carrcira , Minister for Foreign Affairs , now Portuguese Min ister at the Court of France ; Dom Manoel de Portugal e Castro Minister of Marine ; Senhor J . J . Va-Icnte Farinho Minister of Justice . A decree was published on the 10 th inst . annulling the new law of elections , under which the deputies were to be elected for the new Cortes ( that were to be ) , on the 11 th inst .

      REPORTED IN S URRECTI O N AGA IN S T THE ABSOLUTE QUEEN . By special express letters from Lisbon of the 12 tb , have come to band , which state that the new government has received telegraphic information from Oporto of a very unpleasant nature , respecting the Queen ' s Lieutenant of the Northern provinces to the following effect : — " The Duke of Terceira has been arrested . The new ministry does not possess the confidence of the nation . " Other information , no less disagreeable , but which could not be altogether depended on , had been receive d , namely , that the Count of Antas , who had been in command of the troops in the Northern provinces , and had been offered a marquisate , it is stated , by her Majesty , in expectation of his submission to the new order of things , had retired with the troops under hi 3 command to Braga , and proclaimed a regency in the name of the young prince Dom Pedro .

      The ( Madrid ) Espcctador of the 14 th inst . states , from the frontiers of Portugal , that the counter-revolution has caused great dissatisfaction at Campomayor and at Elvas . A letter from Eadajoz of the 10 th states that on the morning of that day a heavy firing was heard , and it was reported that the people on the frontier had risen , and demanded the revocation of the decrees of tne Queen , and the restoration of the constitution of 3820 . It was added that two officers of the garrison of Elvas and one of the garrison of Campomayor had been killed in the movement , which was still coins on .

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      CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . —THE WAR IN KAFFIRLAND . ( From the South African Commercial Advertiser of August 19 . ) The latest intelligence from head-quarters is dated the 7 th of August . Tbe forces , estimated at three thousand infantry and two thousand horse , were moving in three columns on that district of rugged country at the sources of the Buffalo where the main strength of tlie Gaika Kaffirs is supposed to be concentrated . A few days more will settle this point .

      In the meantime , it is reported that a body of Kaffirs are attempting to interpose themselves between the troops and the colony , with the view ef intercepting convoys , and acting by small parties on various parts of the frontier . In this last they have been unhappily successful ; for though their parties generally suffer great loss in killed and wounded , they have carried off great numbers of cattle and sheep , and the loss of life on the . side of the colonists have been unusually severe—five brave young men of the Stellenbosch levy having fallen in one skirmish .

      At the above date , the General was encamped on the Buffalo mountains . On the 5 th , Colonel Somerset left head-quarters to co-operate with Colonel Hare in a movement on the Kaffirs in the Amatola . Very little scem 3 to have been done by the troops .

      ( From the Frontier Timed of Aug . 11 . ) Monday . —Yesterday , durin g the mornin g service , the mournful tidings were received from Niemand ' s traal , that five of the Stellenbosch ' s burghers had fallen on that morning in an encounter with the enemy in the neighbourhood of the favourite Kaffir haunt , " Ilell Poort . " Tuesday . —Received information from Fort Beaud m « * foHrteen hundred sheep , belonging to Mr . p . iroJlop , were taken by Kaffirs from Fort Beauf ort , also thirty or forty cattle , the property of the contractor , with a number of others belonging to diflerent people . A party was sent out the same day , and recovered nine hundred sheep , and a Fingo received a severe assegaai wound in the back On Sunday about forty head of cattle and four hundred

      sheep were on the way from the Tarka to tbe contractor at Fort Beaufort , in the charge of six Ilottentots . These men were waylaid by Kaffirs , at a drift near Hermann ' s Place , Blinkwater , who fired a volley amongst them without effect . The Kaffirs afterwards surrounded them , and , rushing on them with their assegais , killed four and wounded two . One of the wounded men was pursued for some distance , but fired on his pursuer and killed him . Another party was sent out in pursuit of the marauders on Sunday . Fort Beaufort is represented as being in a defcncles 3 state . A muid of meal lately fetched £ 5 4 s . 6 d . in the market . At a late hour last night , tlio bodies of the five Stelleubosch burghers , who were killed on Sunday , were brought into town by Lieut . Skead .

      SOUTH AUSTRALIA . Files of the Adelaide Observer and of the South Australian Register , to the 13 th of June ,, have reached us . The resources of the colony con . tinue to be developed in a highly satisfactory uap . ncr . Manufacturing industry and commercial activity seem to be more prevalent than ever ; whil at the agricultural and pastoral interests are ably sustained in all respects .

      . NEW ZEALAND . The Terror arrived at Svdney ¦ on or about the 5 th May , having sailed from Auckland on the 10 th Apiil . There was nothing positivel- y new respecting the northern islands , but it W ) , believed Heki liad not

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      abandoned the idea of having another affair of arntf with the Europeans . It is said that Kowitti declines acting at present in conjunction with Heki , and is coquetting with Nene ( the allay of the British ) and professing a willingness to join him . There had been a great battle between two tribes , about thirty miles LTd | ckIand » in whic " aboufc 8 ixtv natives were

      HURRICANE AT NEWFOUNDLAND . Geeat Destruction op Life and I'sopem * . —One of the most terrific and destructive storms of wind and rain by which Newfoundland has ever been visited occurred on Saturday , September 19 th . Wo lament having to record , as the effect of this visitation ( 80 far as already ascertained ) , a great loss of life and property , and much fear that wo shall yet hear of numerous other disasters . Many vessels have been totally wrecked or dismasted ; boats in immense numbers have , been swamped , or driren from their moorings , and dashed to pieces against the rocks . A vast number of fishing stages and flakes in various harbours on the eastern coast and

      in Conception Bay , with , in some instances , the fruits Of the owners' toils during the fishing season , entirely swept awny . Houses liave been blown frem their foun . dations , and torn in fragments—in two lamentable instances crushing beneath the ruins some of their unfortunate tenants . Trees , in almost every direction , liavebeen uprooted from their beds , or broken in piuees , by the fury of the gale . Many bridges , fences , mid other erections havo also been carried away , or much injured by the great and rapid rise of the rivers , which , in some instances , rose fully ten feet above their ordinary levels , deluging tho low lands near their courses , and strewing their margins with immense quantities of wrecked materink .

      Among the most distressing results of-the gsxle , we may particularise the total destruction of that spacious but unfinished building , tlie Natives' Hall , whicli ; since the late fire , has afforded shelter to several families . ' At about five p . m ., it fell with an awful crash , and by its fall , melancholy to relate , a brother and sister , of the nam ? of Duggan , of the respective nges of about fire and twenty years , were killed , and their mother bo severely injured that hopes are scarcely entertained of her recovery . Several others were more or less hurt . The new church of St . Thomas appears to have been

      lifted from its foundation by the force of tbe gale , as it lias be ^ n removed several inches from its former position . A great portion of tlie fine new brick house in course of erection for E . II . Archibald , Esq ., and rapidly apnroching completion externally , was blown down . About twenty other buildings , mostly unfinished , have been levelled to the ground , nnd many others injured . Every bridge crossing the river , from Quidi Vkli to Long Pond , has been cither swept away by tbe flood or much damaged . The arch of that fine stone erection , the King ' s-bridge , is entirely gone . The River-head bridges knve also suffered , although not to the same

      extent . From ports to the southward the news is very distressing . At Petty Ilarboui ' , where , as before stated , the Dartford whs lost , considerable damage wa 3 done to tlie fishing boats , stages , tc , an d ono man , named Patrick Kelly , a cooper , was killed by the fall of a stage . At Bay Bulls , about forty boats aru stated to have been swamped or broken to pieces agaiust the rocks , many stages destroyed , , by the fn . l of a store , two brothers , young men darned lirien , were crushed to death , and tlicir father had his limbs fractured . Four vessels

      bound la this port , three of which had run into Bay Bulls for shelter , barely escaped shipwreck by cutting away their masts ; they are , we are informed , the Margaret Parker , Gulleton , belonging to Messrs , Parker nnd Glteson , from Sydney ; the Sir John llamy , belonging to Messrs . C . F . Bennett and Co . ; and schooner Trinl , also schooner Plcneer , belonging to Mr . \ t . Greevc , loading , Poach Cove—one man drowned . The schooner Dartford , of this port , belonging to Mr . W . Billon , loading with fish at Fetty Harbour , was likewise lost . We have also heard that a vessel was wrecked at Harbour Grace , and another at Carbonear . FRANCE . The price of bread in Paris had undergone wo change for the second fortnight of October . The prospects , however , bad not improved , and there was even every reason to fear that it would increase during tlie winter , although fire or sis btindrcd vessels laden with corn were now on their way from Ameriea and Southern Russia for the French shores . A portion of that supply will be required for Algeria , where th e heat , which in some places rose to 55 a centigrade , had completely burnt up the crops . The quantity of foreign wkeat necessary to provide for the deficiency , which oa no former occasion had exceeded 22 days ' consumption , will this year probably amount to upwards of 40 .

      The Paris Opposition psvpeYs begin to complain oi the expense to which France is already subjected by its new Spanish connection . Speaking of a . new credit demanded by M . Guizot for the- expense ot couriers , the Nationel says : — The Moniteur published yesterday , in its- official part , another royal ordinance , bearing the date of Oct . 10 , and opening to the Minister of Foreign Affairs a supplementary credit of 200 , 000 f . for expenses of couriers and travelling . This is the fourth ordinance of the same kind which hns been issued during the last fuw weeks . It is calculated that tlie proceedings to which the matrimonial conventions of Madrid have given rise , cannot cost the budget less for travelling expanses than SOO . OOOf .

      It has been already stated that among the Spanish officers transferred to the citadel of lilaye , in consequence of the flight of Count de Montemolino ,. is the Marquis de Valdespiua . The Guyenne states tliat the Marchioness , who was residing at her seat at Marquina , on hearing of the incarceration of her husband was struck with apoplexy , and died instantaneously . On learning this dreadful intelligence , the Marquis de Valdespiua remained without sensation for several hours . A physician was obliged to visit him twice during tbe day , and at present kv is confined to his bed . The marquis is upwards of TO , and wants the right arm ; his health , previously delicate , is much impaired by the humidity and unwholesomcness of the citndc . of Blayc . ( This is the work of tlmt hypocritical and intriguing old scoundrel , Louis Philippe . ]

      SPAIN . The ceremony of the velacion of tho Queen and the Infanta took place on the 11 th u ! t ., agreeably to the programme . At twelve o ' clock the royal family left the Palace for the Church of Atocha . The cortege consisted of 30 carriages of the Queen ' s household and that o | Count Cresson , the | French Ambassador . The streets were lined with troops and filled with a dense population , but not a single cheer was uttered in favour of Her Majesty , the lufnnta , or the French Prince . The Court organ , the Hcnddo , states that the title of " King" has by a Royal decree been conferred on the Infanta Don Francisco d » A ; siz , Amongst the persons destined to wear , in the shape of titles and decorations , the stiama which will serve as the record of venality , are the following Gold Key of Gentleman of the Chamber , to Isturiz .

      Golden Fleece , to the Duke of lliaitzares . Title of Castile , Count de Mon , to the Minister of Finance . Gold Key , to Pidal , Minister of the Interior . Title oi Castile Count of Mino , toSanz , Minister at War . Grand Cross of Charles III ., to Caneja , Minister of Grace and Justice . Rank oi Grandee of Spain , to the Marquis of Palacioa . Crosses of Charles 111 ., t o t he whole of t he F r en ch Embassy . Recompense , in the shape of honours and dcorations , paid , for ralue received , by the French GoTernnient , viz : — Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour to the Duke of Rianzares . Ditto , to Isturiz . Grand Oificer of the Legion ol Honour , Donoso Cortes . Ditto . General l ezuela , Ditto

      Marquis of Acapulco . Ditto , Luis Jose Sartorious , editor of the Hcraldo . Ditto , Political Chief ol Madrid . ( This last for preventing the circulation of those journals that gave a true account of the manner the French Princes were received in Madrid . Officer of the Legion of Honour , Ventura de la Vega , Clerk in the Foreign-office . Ditto , Gonzalo Vilehes , deputy . Knights of the same order , to a multitude of inferior persons . A magnificent diamond snuffbox , to Sonor Mon . Ditto , to Senor Arana . A dia . mond pin to tho lady of Arana . The value of the box received by Isturiz from the French Ambassador is estimate d at 12 , 000 dollars . M . Bresson has received one ef the same value from Isturiz .

      M . de Bresson has already been rewarded to some extent for his diplomatic cleverness . His son and heir ( ten months old , ) has been created a grandee ol Spain , by the title of Duke of Santa Isabel . On this the Clamor Publico says :- "In former times the rank of Grandee was won by heroic acts of valour aiul patriotism , either by flinging from the walls the sword to sacrifice their own children , like Guzman the Good , or by conquering towns and cities from tho Moors , ; like ] Fernandez de Cordova . At the pro-Bent day , it is the recompense of amorous inclinations , of matrimonial intrigues , and of political apostasy . The Grandees of Spain may well flatter _ themselves at the addition they have received to their ranfts . " POLAND .

      The Journal tics DibaU publishes a lettsr ,, dated tho 6 th instant from Lcmberg , in Gallicia ,. which states that chose who wish to propagate a belief that all is tranquil in Gallicia are entirely contradicted by facts , Count Stadion , the Governor of the province , who bail proceeded to Vienna to procure more extensive powers , had returned to Gallicia . armed with full authority , and had declared the province under martial law , and had likewise publisbad a stringent proclamation against strangers .

      UNITED STATES . We extract the following articles from Young America of September 5 th : — THE PRICE OF IACKLANDERS . The Democratic Standard , of Hollklaysburgh , Pa ., thu s a llu d e s to t h o act i on o f t h e lato C o n g r e ss i n relation to the pay of the soldiers : " Congress had offerod an increase of the regular army , as well as the enrolment of volunteers . Tbe pay of the privates iu the regular army was 7 dols . per month , of tho volunteers 8 dols . Some Whig had soug ht to make a little political capital by raising the pay of tho volunteers to 10 dols . per month . To this tbe Democrats did not object ; but knowing that it would be in vain to oipcct any addition to the regular army , whilo the pay was 7 dols , there and ( for volunteers 10 dola ; , and believing

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      moreover that " all men are equal , "—and seeing no iea . . son why one set of men should be required to do the sanie duty , serve in the same campaign , and fight the same battles for 7 dols . per month , for which others received 10 dols ., proposed to increase also the pnyoi privates in the regular army . And te this the Whigs , who probably did not see that any votes could be got from the regular army , would not , orat any rate , did not assent . So that it was the Democrats who wished to do justice to the heroes of the 8 th and 9 th of May , and not the Whigs , whose proposition only embraced volunteers , who , it is well known , did not participate in the 3 e glorious actions . "

      Tims it appears that the difference between the Whigs and Democrats [ how long shall these names be prostituted ?] was merely the difference between tweedledum and tweedledee . Neither proposed that tho soldiers who were to fight for the country should have the smallest piece of the country they ' were required to fiuht for ; neither proposed that the fighters should be taken by lot from rich and poor without any chance of backing out or buying out ; neither proposed that the pay of the officers and men sheuld be alike , whatever the amount might be :

      neither asserted that a soldier ' s wile and children required as much for sustonanco and education as a congressman ' s ¦ . " neither proposed even that the soldiers should choose their own officers ! In my opinion , both Whi ^ s and Democrats of the last Congress ought forever hereafter to be excused from serving the people in a legislative capacity ; and if J had the power I would make them swallow their own rned'ciiie : they should serve , every devil of chem . in the ranks , for V dols . a month , till the end of the villainous war which they have taxed upon the people , and 1 feel sure that if the people could take a vote on the surject they would sav , so mote it be !

      REFORM IN MISSISSIPPI . The cause of reform has an able and irfluentisl advocate , J . J . McCaughnn , M . L , of Mississippi . and the Stingaree publishes various evidences of the favour with which his doctrines are received in that State , together with the following remarks : — The articles which we copy into our paper of to-day , relating to our fellow citizen , Hob . J . J . McCnufrhun , mid tlie great measures of reform , of which he is the prominent advocate , ere a few of many indication ; that the public mind is becoming aroused , and determined to have light upon the subjects of those glaring and cnstly ' evils —those relies of olden-time barbarism—our savage Sliylock-like security and coercive del . t-collecting legul

      systems . Independent-minded men , it seems , in various parts of tho land , undeterred by tho sneers of self-constituted and interested oracles , arc for hearing Paul before they pronounce him " mad "—albeit "he secmeih a setter forth of strange jrods , " anil altliouKh " ccrtiiin of the Epicureans and of the stoics" are in fear , and trembling for their " turnips , " " and murmur together . "Ye know that by this craft we have our wealth . Moreover , ye see that not alone at Eptiesus , but almost throughout nil Asia , this Fnul h persuading ami turning away much people , so that not only this our ciaftisin danger to be set at nought , but also that ( that cunningest pattern of excelling humbug ) tbe temple of the great goddess ( of Litigation ) Diana ah- uld he dispersed , and her magnificence nould be destroyed , " &c .

      The benighted opposer of progressive democracy may standby the wayside and warn the philanthropist that a perfect state of society is unattainable—the Mooted aristocrat and well-fed drone who l « noiv not , nsTer knew , poverty or want , may clap thair hands on their fat bollies , and ( vith a complacent smile declares that " society is all very well at present ; " but who have supped Jull of horrors of poverty , know that they preach a LIE—know that the natural and inalienable rights of every &on t .-f Adam arc alike- —know thut the potrt" inun' has the !>; ijthright to luxury and leisure that the rich in am has—know that tlie present inequality of conation is the consequence of establishing systems and tvnrs by whicli on ; part of mankind is made drones to do nought but enjoy lcasure nnd luxury , another pare < 3 rm ]); ea to do nil and

      enjoy neither , and of failing to establish laws and systems by which one part ofmtrnkind would b

      useless , proud and idle drones - » monopolize all the leizuri ! and all the luxuries , and ^ all but a miscrnUtmoietyof the necessaries of life . The producing classes arc not always * going to allew unjust and acquisitive members'Of Cbnijress to rob the national treasury of EIGHT DOEIiAKS per day , and fob off those who light the battles of the country with less than nogM wages pet ' month ! TKsproducing classes are not MUCH LONGER ' to he deprived'of their birthright , as much of the COMMON SOIL , OB-will furnish every man , who desires it , a FAltM sufficient for his support , from ; which most ol them are now eat off hy governmental usurpation and tolerated monopolies of the public lanOs . Those who think tbe working men of this Union are going to continue to suffer outrageous INJUSTICE , after they have ascertained the imposition , will find out their mistake by and byu ,

      AMERICAN SLAVERY . ( From . the Albany " AntMicntex" ) In providentiaHime did the people of this Republic take up the foundation principle of trueliS > erty and enlightenment . In our cities , the crime , the destitution , and the brutality of European cities is springing up with rampant and oversh : id& » ving growth . In the North , the dollar , dollar has become the ' brazen calf"" of our'worsliip . In tlie West ; the solid patriotism of the past age is giving way before the greed of acres , ncres . In the South , Republicanism is only worn to cover the bloodspot' / dneBS of a despotism as much worse than that of Russia as ten million of poison snakes , scattered over a country , are worse than one huge solitary aerpent filling his-lair at a central point .

      Liberty , Equality , Republicanism ! Shnnie and dishonor upon the men wlio desecrate these dignified names by linkirg them with the foul anil blasphemous-irjuatict ; that makes a cliattle of the human body— God ' s imagea merchandise of the human soul—the spirit of Cod himself . Infamy and'scorn be the man's portion wln > eaa say t « his brother , " Tour body is not your own—it it my goodi . Your soul is under my influence and control , to drive it into crime here , into torment hersufter . " Perish the miscreant who can say this , first , andrali himself a Republican afterwards , A young female was some time since strangled to death on the gallows at New Orleans , for wfaat . primu ? Aye ,, let us examine for . what crime .

      She was the servant ,, or called the property of a man of refinement—a gentleman . H « paid liis addreaB * s-to her —seduced her—his wife , of course , acted like all wivesthere was betwean them those feelings & £ hate and jealousy which seems natural under such circumst-. inees . It would further eeem that the paramour of tlia girl encouraged her to resist the authority of his wife—in what shape we don ' t see by the documents before us . The Courts became apprised of the cireumstanecs—they swze upon the female servant , ( or slave , ) 'hey find her-guilty of" cruelty toher mistress "—and that , too , atthe ' -instigation of her master . "' For this she is sentenced to bu — " tohe himg to death upon the gallows . "

      God ! Do we believe in a Christian land ? Are we men of sober intellect ? Iras one grain of Humanity or Justice place in the formation of our iniadE ?¦ That poos slave—she had a roaster , a seducer , to whom she looked up with a reverence , JSke that due to a superior living . He encouraged herto be unkind toher mistress . Under all the circumstances-, who could expect from her nr , y > thing else ? She is- brought before tn « courts of Louisiana . Republican Justice with her evtn scales , ever leaning to mercy , weighs hor failings , and here ' s there-AUlti

      " Shortly befoiie twelve o ' clock the Sheriff waited apion the unfortunate culprit who had bet n in company with priest Louis in her cell , and announced : that all was . in readiness . She was then dresBeil in a long , whiti-robe , her arms bound-with a black ooi'd , the white cnp . pjacod upon her head ,, and walked accompanied by tho-priest , sheriff , keeper o £ the prison nnd other officers , of the Criminal Court ,, to . the gallows , which was erected ; ujioa . a platform between the two prisons , fronting oa Or ] c » Bi > Street , screened by a doubln gats . She was , perfectly firm , and apparently indifferent to her fate . After- praying with the clergyman upon the gallows , the arnciiixH .-is placed upon her neck , and the white pocket handkerchief Hi her left hand—the roge was adjusted oa her neck by one of She convicts , whose , face was-blacke ^ » nd she took , her seat upon the benoh erected upon th 3 platform The gates were then open , and a loud murmur ran . through a » e populaces * tue ^ g U + vwf the wjatcUcO

      woman . Tbe patty on the platform , uncovered — « b * enp was pulled ovttP the culprit ' s eyas , and th * gallows , was slid out so that it projected a few feet jito the streot . In a few aeciiudB the drop » iwfovm an - \* «*>» U P ° » which she sit gave way , and sho thuiglcd- m the air , it was painful , terrible , to " , see tlio fearful struggles of tho dying woman , for it was several minutes . before all was over , as her neck was . not broken by foe fall , and she ( lied from strangulation , At the expiration of abcut twenty minutes , sbo was taken in , and pronounced flead by the physician . As sho was talwti in and thttgnteB were closed , a sort of ill-suppressed shout arose , ftrom a portion of the crowa , and gradually the whole assemblage broke up anck wont away . "—[ A * . O . pie . " It will ba rceaH « 6 t « d that Pauline was convicted of ill-using her mistress at tho instigation of her master , by whom 8 k « bicamo a mother , and the execution was ' delayed until after the birth of tho cliiia . " —[ jv . y , Com-¦ mtrtX&l .

      THE RIVER PLATE . Mercantile letters was received at Liverpool on Wednesday , dated Monte Video , Aug . 26 . Thesto letters state that Mr . Hood bas fulfilled his object ; but that tlie merchants were completely in tho dark OS to what result had been arrived at . Matters remained in a moat perplexing state . !

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      MARLBOUOUGH-STIlBUT . Assauvt and AtrT-EGLD * Cum Cos , —On Saturday , Mr . Itichard Temple , jun ., wa < brought befuva Mr . lfardvviek charged vrttli having committed a tioieiit assault on Mr . Francis Sannvell , a medical gentleman , residing at 52 , Margaret Street , Cavendish Square . Mr . Samwull said In : v > "as walking in 1 ' ortliinil Street , nb"iit half : m hour -. igo , when "u was suddenly struck in tlie- facts by some one whom ! ie did not iiranediiitely recognise . The blow was followed up by other blows , and he at last took rfcfiige in a tobacconist ' s shop , anil then jtave his assailant into custody . Mr . Ifardivldi—Was nothing said to you by tl-fdeftindant ? Complainant—Xotliing . Defendant —Spc « k the truth . Complainant—I did not hvar any

      words . Defendant—Did I not pay to you , "Now , you villain . I have cot you , anil I will pay you out fur sidueltitr my wile ? " Complainant—I did not hear those words , and I deny the chargi contained in them . A gentleman , named Mitchell , said he was with Jlr . SjinnvslI when the defendant struck him * The attack was so suddon , that he was lvally at a loss how to act at ilia moment . Mr . Hardwick asked' the defendant what ho had t-i allege in explanation of his conduct . Defendant—I had good cause fur what I did ' . I'have good proof that since February last that man has- had illicit connexion , with my wife . I have got my rife's letters , acknowlaginjr what that villain has done . As soon us I learned what

      . had occurred , I determined to give him a good drubbing , went to his house , and gave him sundry blows there . : ' I did not meet with him again until this mnrnii . g . When I fUd see hiai ; -I went up to !\ im to retaliate upon him the injury Iir had inflicted upon me- There'he stands , and he cannot 'deny what I have said . Air . Temple , sen ., who was in Court , begged ts > ba allowed to say a few w <> rds . The person at the liar is my son . Tlie complainant is Dr . Samwi'll , : i mudical man . who h : i 3 attanilcd my family for years , and who is well known , nud bears a high character in Jlarylebonp , i » which parish I have resided for forty years . Dr . Sauiwell has attended my son's' wife , and the greatest confidence was reposed ia

      h : m . 1-never was mure astonished when I heard the ciiiirgo against him of seducing my son ' s wife . I cannot justify my son ' s conduct , but I can excuse his feelings . Dr .- Snniwirlt has completely broken up the home and happiness of my son . 1 hope discharge is not true , but my son ' s-wife has confessed it to her sister . She &ays DivStimwell gara her stune kind of . wine which cverpower-dhcr . I Impit to God the charge is not true- ; -buk I am bnund to say the wife has confessed nil . Dtv Ssmwettj— p dis-tincily deny the charge . Defendant—Sid yon not give ray wit'c : i ring r Complainant—I phall-say nothing :, wsept that 1 have been violently assaulted ; and 1 expreffn be assaulted , iignii ) , and therefore claim the promotion of the law . Is he not bojnd to anawer » the question-about the ring ? Mr . Hardwick—No ; the case huFovQ-tiitt is an Jnssault . The evidence shows-thab an , assault lias beau committed , and I therefore eaH-on-yoa to find bail to answer the charge at the sessions .

      MA . RYLESONE .: C . » i . 'TMvE of two Coinehs . —It may bo remembered , that iu th * month of June last an estsnsiva-seisuve of spur'ousmoncy was made hy Inspector Penny axid Sergeant Bivnnan , of the G division , at a house in Duck . laiv > ,. Westminster , where the coin had evidently been , nin ;>\ i ? actured , as it ivas ascertained that a man named Anderson had bees the occupant of the room in which . the discovery of his nefarious- practices , mis . made : moulds , its ,, were taken frora the premises , and evory ef . fort v , -ms made to secure thedelinquet , who , upon -obtaining information of the " scftnt" which the police tiad gained ; sj > eidily decamped ,. nnd for a Ions time eluded pursuit . On Monday , Inductor Penny and Serjeant I ? je ; n » nn brought up William Anderson , vliemnn alluded

      tov ansVa temale , who gava . her name Eliza >> right ; both of them charged with being concerned in coining . Inspector Penny said , on Ssiunlay last . in . consequence of iu&rmfttiMi which I received , I and Sargeant Bosnian wont to the Wheatsheaf , Edgwaro-roai , where we found Ar . d . -rson and another nan in ths front of tliebarj-. Itold : Andi-rson he must eonsisierhisuself in custody for eoiiunjy , jwhen he said , " Oh , that be , I vfon ' t move an inch ! ti ! Mi have had some gia . " ¦ I and Brenuan took him . out by force , imd putting him into a cab ,. conveyed him . to-the ; Paddin > gton station house . On the way thither . he re-: Bistctl very much . I-Ie hud on hira genuine uoiu to- the amount ot'ls . 8 d . in silver and copper , and a . l-itch key . ' lie was locked up , a : id . I and Urennaii went loGOsDevonshire-street , fiwson-grove ; when h undid ttie street door

      with the hitch key ia-quostion . I spoke to the landlady , to whom 1 duscribad the man , and she iul't me that a pewun answering itis description lodged with a female wbym she understood-to be his . wife , in 2 back raom on the second floor . I went up , Mid finding the iluo » tacked , fssreed it open , and in a box found a giJviuiic tajatery , by means of whichrthey give tho silvery app . i-avnnf . 3-w coin ; on a tublo was a jug containing spirit i , . md in a ilish was a quantity of ; slaster of Pakns mixed , up in . mould ! , surrounded by binders , am } which are used- when the plaster is wet . I and the- sergeanttHtao fouEd- a quantity of copper wire , and a vnjic . ty of o-iaer implements used in eoiniiiir . While tho joareh v . mb tiaing on . the imnala prisoner suddenly entrj > ed the room , wliru lireunan immediately laid hold of her . Sieresistdd much , and endeavoure&to put her hand intj > lv v bosom , vviih the view ,

      as I imagined , of tiling something oat-, I then put my hand on the upper part ot'liH- tlr-osa ,. bsfor » she had timoto eft ' ectiher objesi , sind dx « w theiMtt'oni two paper * costainipg :-twenty-thros counterfeit fouvpewiy pieces . She was violent , a : » i \ crieA out "MurdsrV several tisues . She was ultimstclj conveyed to tfie st : i $ iou and locked upi Witness aduttl , Unit in a clo « ci in tUe-hnck yard , to which tho female jiisoner was in the habit of goiwu' i > r . J ! i almost every occasion previous to her leaving tlu >! iouse , Si » found sonceuAod t ' nnu view a bag coniain . Vi £ two idouhlo nnd twasinglu moulds , nud two spurwui lmltV ! crowns * . Numerous ptu-lsagcs , iu whicli wereWI the maitcriiils requisite for carrying on thu practice , ot coining , weroproduved hy Mr . Penny and other oflteavs , ami the pris&nern were remanded until Friday , on which day evidence will bo forthcoming airniust Anvkrson as to the coining in Westminster . The iliat soluitor will then bo in attendance .

      WORSniP-STUBRI . Extraordinary Charge of Dbowsiso a Wipe . —Oa Mnndav . Alfred Wilton , a sullen-loohing fellow about nineteen years of age , was brought before the Magistrate , on suspicion of having been concerned » drownng his wife . agirl rather younger than h . mseIf , andJo whom he had been married only three *^> ks'T ^ J Allen , a stonema . on , deposed , flmt about one o clock on Sunday morning , while passing through Prlduttd ' S-row . he heard tho voices of a man and woman quarrelling , and , on arriving at the Cat and Mutton Bridge , he found that the parties whoso voices ho heard were on the towing path of the Kegenfs Canal , where the quarrelling continued . He listened , and heard the femnlo cry , " Sooner than put up with the words you lmve been call .

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      . D "jJ ° * pon « T . PLATKB .-Tho ConstitutioneUn-Zt , llr ^ of Count Luis Plater , oi , e ol the hasMust rTIShe , d of the P ° l « h emigrants ( which Sfa-. 4 ffe fr . posen >) in th * " ye ! ir of ¦? b iE ' m * fin i PiiUer ' wIlo served under Kmoiiuko , lornofPoK SeVenU ™ P' * t Iultoffices in tl 11 ' »^ ft ! it I " . ' n » mon e »* "them those of Counuillor ot M ate , am Director-General of Forests . Durin * tne insurrection ot 1831 he was accredit , d l , » The re-7 Olutionarjr GovernmentasdipJomatiBa « cntto Pari < where hecimtinned to reside wiihhisfamilv . He was Vice-President of the PoiUh Literary Society , and one of the ' most active members of the Society for the Education ot ' Polish Children . Sosiirj vwivs since he obtained jiurinission from the Pru&iiii u Government to join his brother afc I ' osen .

      Brjoandaoe is the lto . MA . v Statks . —By a letter dated Rome , the 7 th inst ., published in the Gazette des Xribwwux , it appears that the number of high , way robbera and bnrglnivi coiilincl in the prisons of the Roman states amounts to 54 . 000 , which form two per cent on the entire pnpnpulntion of those slates . To relieve the Government from the expense of their maintenance , it has been determined to liberate all who are not condemned to more than five years imprisonment , and to conclude the nej ;( . ( .-intions already commenced with Fiance , to permit the remaindur of the convicts to settle in Algeria us colniiifits .

      Duelling in Prussia The Gazette cfe Trilunavx calls the attention of its readers to the state ot the law with tespect to duelling : in Prussia , l > y which officers m the army are f W .-iceil in a singular dilemma . Uie penal code piiniabc 3 them with imprisonment in a fortress if they accept a challenge , and the Court < il Ilnnour deprives them of their commission if they refuse . An example lately nccuri-ed when a lieutenant ot artillery was condemned , by 27 voies u > 3 , to lose h ! s commission for having refused to accept a uhalienjre .

      Storm at Naples . —A letter from Naples , dated ( he 7 th instant , says : — " We havo this morning had a most frightful ntunn , accompanied by a waterspout . Tho greatest fears are entertained for the provinces . Many houses are destroyed at lVrlieo . The number of victims at present known ait fifteen . A violent storm has nl .-o ravaged Messina and hns caused the greatest distress ; seven villages have been swept away by the water . Nkw Smock . t . vu Pktticuat pdk thp . "Virgin" ! —WiM-end in thu Const / tutionel : — "It is said that ; the Virgin of Atocea , on the < i ; iy of tiie marriage , iviiscovurud witU : i magnificent clieisiisestP , a . present ( if Ferdinand VII ., on his return in JS 14 . and a petticoat nrlmir .-ibiy embroidered , by Don Antonio , the uiiile of Ferdinand . "

      Thk Austuians in Italv . —Letters trom Verona of the 12 th inst . mention that the gniml imiiiOMivrcs oi' the Austrian army , which commenced in the nci ^ hbouroofad of that city oti the Gels , wire terminated on the 10 th . Their object was to cover the place against un invading force udvanuiim from Pesehiern . Filty battalions ol'infantry ami 2 . 3 squadrons of cavalry , with 90 pieces of artil ' ei-y , were engaged in those evolutions . On the 11 th " a general review took place at which the ymnj ; Duke of Modena-assisU-d . Several English , Russian , Piedmontcra , ami Swiss oiiicera were present at ( hose manoeuvres .

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      October 24 . 1846 . THE NORTHERN STAR . r

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 24, 1846, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1389/page/7/