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      THE WAR IN HUNGARY . Vienna . Jdly 31 . —The news from Hungary is ^ ery important , and quite authentic . Georgey has trossed toe Theiss at Tokay , which was already hefore his arrival in possession of an Hungarian force from the east of the Theiss , and fortified . Neither Gen . Sac&ec from the Dulka . nor Gen . Sass coming from the opposite direction , availed to foreclose Georgey from the Theiss . When Sass arrived from Hatvaa ' at Miskolcz , he found the latter place already in possession of the Hungarians , -whether from the « st or from Georgey ' s corps he knew not , but he was repulsed ; and before the 3 rd . array-corps came to Ms assistance , George ? had , with his 4 o , 000

      men and 120 cannon , gained Tokay , There he remains . In the meantime Paskiewitch , stirred by alii manner of missives from Warsaw to strike some de ~ * Ssi « Wow , has crossad the Thaiss at the penit where the road fros Srlau to Bebreczin intersects that river . Here frosi Poross to the last town -en the right bank , there is ' a mole running into the xavshv river bed . This mole was completely sreept bv the * artillery of the Hungerian corps apon the Sett bank ; hut according to accounts which tncj be considered of official authority , it was taken by the Russian vangaard of Paskiewitch , of the 2 nd'Corps ; and not Ttitbout considerable resistance on the part of the Hungariass , he succeeded in establishiBg his quarters on the 28 th at Tissa Fnred .

      The Hangarian official journal ' K ^ slong , « the 19 th , besides poblishingseveral remarkable pisces of intelligence , seemed io announce a turn « f tide , the fortunate surviving of a perilous crisis in the Hungarian affairs . It begins with a sentesoe printed in large letters , telling the people their fatherland is saved : ' Szegeny kazank mentve viu ?— 'Gar poor conntiy is saved ! ' Think how that must carry talm into the sonls of myriads . Then it goes on to tell about the capture of Temeswar . and how 80 , 000 stand of arms and 2 , 000 , 000 of Sodas were won there . Thea there Is . a letter of the restless Bern to Kossuth , wanting to leave Transylvania and come into the Banat , or rather to the Theiss ; as if disdaining such puny foes as Luders andGroihenhelm , and wanting to have a fling at the head of the var . the Prince Keld-Marshal Paskiewiteh himself

      Lastly , the parliament is at Szegedin . Haynau , on the 29 th alt ., shifted his head-quarters from Ketskemtt to Felegvhaza . No resistance was shown anywhere . The inhabitants supplied the camp readily with all sorts af provisions . Paskiewitch ' a head-quarters , on the 28 th alt ., were at Poroslo . The head-quariers of the Ban were , on the 27 th , sfiU at Ruma . Einezanin had sustained several skirmishes since the 22 nd . The German papers contain further accounts of shootings and hangings , of spoliation and robbery , committed on schoolmasters , clergymen , merchants . &c ., by the Austrian commanders and other Austrian authorities in Hungary , under the sanction of what they are pleased to define' martial law , ' as if martial law or any other law can justify cold-blooded murder , cruelty- and cowardly vengeance .

      Head Quarters , Oerkeny , Jaly 2 G . —This morning we marched to Oerkeny , a paltry village , like Ochsa . Before the march , however , an execution took place . A schoolmaster in the nei ghbourhood of Ochsa was accused of promoting the formation of the militia , and to have taken the situation of captain over that body . Feur witnesses having proved ttie fact he was condemed by court martial , and the sentence was carried into effect this morning , at four o clock , by shooting him . The accused , on his defence , displayed much natural eloqaenc ? , and great coolness up to the last moment . Immediately before the muskets made their fatal report he cried ont , vr ith an inspired voice ' Eliena Magyarorszag !' ( Long live Hungary !)

      There appear * in the ' "Wiener Zsilnnjr an imperial ordinance , breaking the appointments of the Hungar ian government to ecclesiastic dignities of the catholic church . The preamble deplores the dereliction of the imperial cause shown by the catholic clergy , and stigmatises the harmony with which the convocation of catholic bishops in October at Pesth had co-operated with the committee of national defencelor pushing the ends of the revolution . The Emperor accepts the resignation of the primacy by

      John Bam , Bishop of Szatmar , appointed by the Hungarian gavernment last year , and while-the piety of that prelate is acknowledged , his excessive mildness is censured . Also the appointments of Lono-¦ rics , Bishop of Csanad , to bs Bishop of Erlau , of the priest Horvath to bE Bisfcop of Csanad , and of the canon JekeUilussy to be bishop in the Zyps , a ^ e declared null and void . The primacy and bishopric of Gran , vacated by the resignation of John Ham , arc oestoyed upon tbe BUliop of Fuufkirchen , John Bap * tist Scitovskv , of Nasvker .

      The * Indep ; ndance Beige , of August 4 , contains a letter from its Vienna correspondent dated July 30 , who says that Georgey , in the battle he fought against the Russians near Szikszo , between Kischau and Miskolcz , made 5 , 000 prisoners . There was a report also at Vienna that the corps of the Imperialists which proceeded horn Pesth towards the sontb , had been repulsed by Dembinski , between Czegled and Szolnok , to the very outskirts of Rakos near Pesth . Another report on the exchange was exactly tbe contrary , and that Dembinski had been beaten with tbe loss of several thousand prisoners , bnt the correspondent does not inform us what effect this rumour had on the Austrian funds .

      Perczel , whose army has been annihilated so often by the Vienna journals , is now , they say , at the head of 40 , 000 men , and they make him retreat before a less number of Imperialists . The ' National Gazette " of Berlin says , on the other hand : ' General Vetter , with the greater part of the Magyar army , has attacked Haynau iu the flank : behind Haynau is Dembinski at Czegled and Szolnok , and before Mm is Perczel , while Georgey , who as not crossed the Theiss , and who has contented himself with making sure near Tokay , of the points most favourable for the passage , is occupying Paskiewitch on -the read from Kaschau to Pesth . We consequently see that Haynau ' s position is indeed desperate , and should he be beaten , the main force of the Russians under the Prince of Warsaw would find itself literally surrounded on all sides .

      ^ fe leara from Constantinople that Omar Pasha and Tuard Efiendi hare transmitted intelligence to their government of General Bern having defeated an Anstro-Kossian force at Kothcnthurm , and a Russian force at Fogaros . They state that General Dick has been severely wounded , and that General Luders , who is slightly wounded , has summoned all the troops in ~\ Yaliachia to his aid . The Russians are represented as much distressed for want of provisions the Wallachian waggoners who were pressed into tbe transport service , having cnt their traces at the defile of Predial , and fled with their horses , on account of the harsh treatment they received from the Russian soldiers . Forty waggons are said to have arrived at Jassy , with wounded Russians from the army under General Freytag , who had failed in his attempt to pass the defile of Pytos , and had retreated towards the Buckowina .

      Bern was said to he dangerously ill in some place near Maros-Vassarhely , iu Transylvania . A letter from Czernowitz , of July 27 , asserts that the Hungarians have invaded Moldavia with 5 , 000 Infantry , 1 , 000 cavalry and five pieces of artillery , that the Russian General Ustragoff had retreated before a superior force , bnt that Gen . Muller had set ont in all haste from Jassy to oppose the progress of the insurgents . At the same time he bad demanded reinforcements in lisssarabia . Jassy was completely evacuated by the Russians , and only a small militia force was at present stationed there .

      Private reports received at Yienna on the 30 th lit ., state that the Austrians lost 30 , 000 muskets and eighty-five pieces of ordnance at Temeswar . The sortie made by the Magyars at Comorn was merely to secure the bringing in of a supply of live oxen sent to them . Emissaries from Kossuth were at work in Croatia , especially in the cities . Strong guerilla bands were moving about near

      Easchau , JJperies , and Miskolcz ; everywhere in short in rear of the Russian armies ; they formed fragmentary parts of Georgey ' s army ; moreover the Rnssias garrisons left behind were too weak to « he k or ^ suppress them . Tbe task of these guerilla ^ troops was to cot off from the Russians all their supplies of provisions and fodder , and to keep the Slovaks in check . It was confidently asserted that Haynau was in Presburg on the 30 th ultimo .

      A recent letter from the seat of war in Hungary ^ escnbes in considerable detail the formidable auxiliari ~ . r * tllfi 5 ** SJ ' armies have fonnd in the wild population * £ e * tter f- wer the vast steppes and forests of tuej * ' P ^ WRlarly the hsrssherds , or tenders of the tto . " * * M horses of the P Iains > the swineherds , and fisht ' ** ?* / first named of ! tese are especially dreaded i . 7 MttTli * troops on account of the extraordinary weap J" * ""? carry and use with deadly skill . It is simply th «? J h'P * tfucuftiv select aitfUaicli any Jwise o * •*? «« &

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      they wish to tame and dispose of . The application of it in war is quite a novelty . It h » s a handle not more than two feet in length , while the , thong measures from fifteen to twenty ; a leaden ball is fixed to the end of it ; with smaller , ones at different-distances from it , like a shot oa a fishing line ; when thrown it acts like a lasso , curling round manor horse , or it strikes either to the earth with a crushing blow . The horseherds ( or 'Chykoss' ) are so skilful in the use of this weapon , that at full ' gallop they will strike an eaeray with unerring certainty , on any part of the bsdy they please . In skirmishes any isolated foot soliier , if he fires his musket and nrases , Is lost before he can attempt to reload—the

      wild horseman rushes past , and with the sweep of his ball-loaded tbsng stretches him lifeless on the earth by a Mow on the heed . There are « ome thousands of * bose men in the Hungarian armies , and they are generally mixed with the light H * ssars and sent against the beavy Austrian cavalry . They often strike the officers from their horses with incredible dexterity . The wounds this ' weapon inflicts are described as frightful . Before it was knewn that these horseherds were serving in the Hungarian ranks , a great number of cuirassiers were brought into Pesth , wounded in a tnaaoef the military

      surgeons cocld not explain . The injury was neither a cut , nor £ puncture , nor a gun-shot around , and the soldiers were for along time ashamed to own that it wascaasedby so ignoble a weapon as a whip . Fortunately , it can only he used where the horseman has ample space ; in anything like « close order l would be as dangerous to friends as heB . One of these men was lately taken prisoner at Wieselburg , and , pr obably to obtain an exact knowledge of the power-ef his arm , he was ordered to display his skill iu the camp . A stuffed figure was set up , the Austrian officers pointing out the parts he was to strike while in full career . Twice ' he did as

      directed , but the third time introduced a startling variation ; swinging his whip in a wide circls he dashed his horse at a point of the line of soldiers round the place of exercise , broke through it , and was far on bis way to tbe open fields in an instant , untouched by tbe volley of balls sent after him . The swineherds ( or ' kanasz' ) are generally Servians ; their weapon is a small axe , with a rather long handle , called * fokosch . * and they throw it with such dex . terity that at eighty or 100 paces they rarely miss a man , and the blow is almost always fatal , as the Austrian army surgeons can testif y . The fishermen are employed in constructing bridges in their own manner , on a sort of tnbs , in a style which * the Austrians at first ridiculed exceedingly ; but , though rude , they were effective , and put together in a very short time , and have proved of the greatest use in the Hungarian operations .

      The same correspondent informs us that a fresh snpply of troops is wanted to fill up the thinned ranks of the Imperialists , but that Austria cannot ventnre upon afresh conscription—the fourth within a twelvemonth . Another conscription would not be tolerated in the German provinces , and the Sclavonic people cannot be relied on . ~ Vienna , August 3 . —General Haynau has destroyed another Hungarian town . Csongrad not having received the Austrian troops with such 'friendly demonstrations' as the inhabitants of Ketskemet and Felegvhazs , the commander-in-chief ordered it to be first plundered , and then burned down .

      Munksc ? , a town in the Beregh county , northeast of Dsbreczin , has been taken by the Russian corps , entered from Stry , and the Hungarian bishop , Popovich , Langed . The' Wiener Zeitung' contains extracts of despatches from Warsaw , which confirm the capture of Hermanstadt by Luders , and the occupation of the RothenthurEi Pass . A new extraordinary recruitment is ordered throughout the empire , of fifteen recruits to every 10 , 000 inhabitants . Along appeal is made by the official paper of the government to the patriotism of the nation , that they may comply cheerfully with this new call of the emperor , and send their sons with alacrity to fill those gaps in the army which are made by the insurgents .

      It is thought in military circles here , that Paskiewilch is likely to be superseded in Hungary by Prince Wcronzofiy the comraander-in-chief of the army of the Caucasus . Tae arrival of Woronzotf at St . Petersburgh on the 21 st insfc ., and the very decided tone of displeasure which prevails against Paskiewiich at Warsaw , have probably suggested tbis expecfation .-

      GERMAflY . Murder op Patriots . — From Frelbnrgh we learn that one of the captives , M . Dortu , from Potsdam , was executed there on the 31 st ult . M . Dortu , a Prussian by birth , a member of the legal profession , and sergeant iu the 24 th Regiment of the Landwehr , bad left his native country to join the ranks of the Badish insurgents , whom he had actively

      aided in opposing the progress of the Prussian troops . He was captured , tried , and shot . MDor tu died with great courage and devotion , assuring the soldiers who were commanded to shoot him he did cot care for his life , though he wished his life had been spared to enable him to continue fi ghting for the cause which he had espoused . On the place of execution he bared his breast , and , saying 'Take a good aim , my brethren / he fell at the first discharge of the Prussian rifles .

      Tbe 'German Gazette announces in a supplement , and the ' Cologne Gazette' for the 5 th g ives it also on the authority of the former , that Professor Kinkell ( of Bonn ) was shot on the 2 nd , by virtue of his sentence as pronounced by a court martial . Other executions were expected to follow . Later advices from Germany contradict the report of the execution of Professor Kinkel . lie is a Prisoner at Rastadt .

      FRANCE . Paris , Fbiday . —In tbe Assembly today , M . Raspail put the question of which he had given notice , as to some alleged misconduct on the part of tbe governor of the prison of Doullens . M . Raspail slated that his father , having been condemned by the court at Bourges , had been confined at Doullens . Of this he did not complain . He was undergoing his imprisonment without lamenting ; bat be was much grieved at being deprived of those scientific occupations that had been the chief solace of his

      life . A few days ago he had been deprived by the governor of the gaol of all his books , papers , and instruments . M . Raspail was editing a scientific journal at the time , and the deprivation of his papers would not allow him to honour the engagement into which he had entered . It was against tbis arbitrary proceeding that M . Raspail , jun ., now protested in the name of his father . Tbe Minister of tbe Interior replied , that he was sorry to see that there was much exaggeration in M . Raspaii ' s statement . No scientific , but only political , papers were taken from the prison of his father .

      Here tbe incident terminated by the vote of the order of the day . A tremendous scene then followed in the Chamber , Caused by the recall to order of General Gourgand , who had interrupted M . Lagrange in a speech made by the latter on the subject of pensions to be granted to the father and mother of the procurenr of Lodeve who was murdered some time since . M . "Lagrange did not oppose the pensions , but wished to know why pensions were not also granted to the conquerors of February . General Gourgaud cried out , ' Cest tine surprise . ' Whereupon he was called to order amidst great uproar . General Gourgand got up to the tribune to explain . He said he had only replied in his interruption to tbe term mmoudnt ,

      used by M . Lagrange . There had been no conquerors , for there had been no combat . There had been no firing , except at the Chateau d'Eau , where several unfortunate soldiers had been basely murdered in their corps de garde . Great cries succeeded the speech , and amidst the uproar the or / Ire dujonr was voted . A long agitation succeeded . M . Beaune was seen to enter into strong expostulations , in the midst of the Chamber , vrith a member of the right Several groups were formed , and much commotion shown in each . M . O . Barrot rushed to tbe tribune , where he remained long without being able to get a hearing . He at last was able to state that he was not certain this scene had not been anticipated , and the Assembly would not reject the motion it was asked to adopt . It was ultimately adopted .

      It was scarcely to be supposed that the Pope ' s demands , and those of his camarilla , could be pushed so far as to disgust M . d'Harcourt ; yet so it is . This diplomatist has returned to Paris , to sdvise with ministers as to the means of putting an end to the resistance now openly offered to French , councils at Gaeta . M . d'Harcourt also complains of M . de Corcelles and General Oudinot , who , he says , seem determined to oppose all his suggestions . Tbe cabinet met yesterday to discuss the matter , and the only remedy as yet found has been to request MM . de Falloux and Moatalembert to address letters of expostulation to Pius the IX . at Gaeta . This has bsen done , and a courier left last ni ght with these letters . . The President of the Republic returned last eveninj at ialf-past five , from bis sour in lfce rcesf . -.

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      Saturday . — Yesterday M , Passy mad e his finanrial statement . He acknowledged that a deficit of 550 millions is yawning life * -a sulph . before' the government . " To fill . it up , be . preposes a loaa of 200 millions , besides o ' Aec measures , including new taxes , of whkb . the detail is met yet made known . Jean Sounret , oae of thennost ardent disciples of the Fourier school , appeared isefore the Paris Policecourt on Saturday to answer a charge of having distributed printed pipers in tbe streets without a licence . These papers were entitled , ' St . Resurrection , " Universal Felicity . " and ' Cry of Distress . ' He was se ttenced to imprisonment for six days .

      M . Duchene , responsible editor of' Le Peup ' le , ' was yesterday again condemned by default to five years' imprisonment , and 6 , 000 f . fine , for having published articles on the 9 ih , 10 th , and 1 lib May last , exciting the citkens to hatred of the government , to civil war , disobedience to the laws , &c . M , Duchene is in the prison of § aJnte Pelagie . The ' Moniteur' publishes a decree , signed by the President of the Republic , summoning the Councils-General to open their session on the 27 th inst . , and to close it on the 10 th of September , throughout the departments of the Republic . The councils of each arrondissement are to meet on the 16 th of September , and to continue their sittings for five days .

      Paris , Monday . —The government , after shuffling and shifting from excuse to prevarication , has consented to meet the interpellations of M . Armand , which were ¦ accordingly brought forward in the Chamber this afternoon . A cabinet council was held at the Eljsee this morning , when it was proposed to stave off the inquiry , but the Minister of Foreign Affairs was shamed into consenting to let the matter take its course by the advice of his colleagues . As soon as the subject , was brought forward , the President of the Assembly announced that M . JulesFavre . De Moutalembert , El Arago , and others of note , bad inscribed their names to speak od this subject . M . Armand unfortunately did not perform his task so well as we might have . hoped .

      He merely told the Chamber what they full Veil knew , that the French Republic had sneaked to Rome under false pretences ; that its only object waB to upset the Roman Republic and establish the temporal authority of the Pope . He upbraided the government with haviug sent troops to Rome to destroy a Republic precisely similar to its own iu every respect , and emanating from the same sources . M . de Tocqueville delivered a lengthy and shuffling reply . After which , M . Jules Favre delivered a brilliant speech attacking the Minister and exposing-the falsehoods and crimes of the government . He spoke for more than an hour and a half , when complaining of fatigue , and having a great deal more to say , the debate was adjourned , and the Chamber rose at a quarter to seven o ' clock . 1

      M . Furet , formerly editor of the ' Repnblica ' nrof Rouen and the' Republicain' of Havre , and who a short time ago was condemned by the Court of Assizes of the Seine Inferieure to eight months' imprisonment , for being mixed up in the secret society called Solidarite Republieaine , has just been arrested at Paris . Paris , Wednesday . —The debate on the affairs of Italy has finished , as was expected , in a vote in favour of the Ministry . The Assembly voted the crJer of the day pure and simple by a majority of 428 to 176 , being a majority in favour of Ministers of 252 . The selection of the twenty-five members of the Assembl y who are . to be entrusted with the care of . convoking the Assembly in case of neud during the prorogation , is all from the Conservative party .

      The preliminary investigations relative to the affairs of the 13 th of June are now closed . Seventy , two persons have been ordered for trial , among whom are thirty-three representatives . Thirty-seven of the accused have been set at liberty for want of evidence . Forty-five inhabitants of Montlugon have been committed for trial under a charge ot having been implicated in the insurrectionary movements of the 13 th of June . Amongst them are three mayors , the son of a mayor , an ex-mayor , a deputy . raayor , a barrister , three coffeehouse-keepers , and a rural postman . The remainder are either operatives , field labourers , or vinedressers .

      Fonrtcen inhabitants of ibe department of the Haut-Rhin , amongst whom are some of the wealthiest proprietors , have been committed for trial on a charge of having been engaged in the insurrectionary movement of tlie 13 th ol June . General Gemeau , the commander of the garrison of Lyous , has , by virtue of the authority with which he is invested , in cons ? quence of the state of siege , closed five shops opened in Lyons by the Society oi United Operatives for the sale of bread , wine , groceries , pork , butchers' meat , &c .

      BELGIUM . A letter from Brussels , of August 5 , states that M . Arniellini , the Roman Triumvir , has arrived in that city . He spent part of his youth there , and is married to the daughter of a Belgian physician . SWITZERLAND . Letters from Berne , of the 2 d , announce the opening of the session extraordinary of the Federal Assembly on the preceding day . It approved unanimously of the levy of troops which had been made . The question of the refugees was referred to a comr aittee of seven members . General Dufour was to be sworn in as Commandcr-in-Chief on the following day . A letter from Geneva announces that M . Mazzini is in that city .

      A letter from Berne of the 3 rd inst . mentions that Gen . Duf jur has published an address to the troops under his command , in which he tells them that their duty for the present is merely to guard their frontiers ; but that should a foreign enemy violate their territory , he was confident that the sons of old Helvetia would prove that they had not degenerated from their ancestors . The Swiss directory , on learning that the French government was about to expel from France a great

      number of Polish and German refugees who bad taken part in the late political events , has demanded of the Federal Council to take measures to pr ; vent their entrance into Switzerland , and the government of Berne has already ordered tbe prefects of tbe frontier districts of that canton to prevent the entry of any refugees coming from France . The FeJeral Council has also requested the authorities of the different cantons not to give any passports to refugees who may be residing there , for the purposa of removing into other cantons until a decision has been

      corae to with regard to them . ITALY . A report was current in Florence that Garibaldi had defeated a large Austrian corps which had at . tempted to arrest his progress . lie had afterwards , it was said , marched slowly in the direction of Rimini , whilst the Austrians were occupied in burying their dead . Four of Garibaldi's officers , who abandonc 1 the legion on the strength of General Morris's promises of a free pardon , safe conduct , and pecuniary assistance , obtained passports for Rome from the local authorities of Ovvieto , bnt all in vein ; the French general ' s promises went for nothing , and be ordered the four officers to be conducted as prisoners to Rome by an escort . '

      The operations of the police are most arbitrary , and are alternately directed by priests , spies , and French officers , independently of each other . A young exile from Yicenza , who supports her familv at Rome by her tale . it for music , had become a great favourite at the cafes and places of public resort by the enthusiasm with which she sung the national airs in vogue during the republic ,- but on applying to the police authorities for permission to continue Iter avocation , she was ordered to sing nothing but opera music , and in that even to avoid such pieces as contained the words '' Italia , " " patria , " and similar incendiary expressions , besides bring careful 4

      to ' sing nothing from the Manno Faliero , ? ' Due Foscari , ' and other national subjects , The prudent eantatrice presented a list of nine songs , in order to be sutenot to offend ; four of them were condemned , and prohibited by the over-careful French police . On Monday evening the ' Vicentina' sung again for the first time after the entry of the French ; she was dressed in mourning , and the Romans crowded round her , but her voice was ' riot so sweet as it was before . ' The audience groaned with evident disapprobation on finding that the performance concluded without the inspiring notes of the < Marseillaise , ' ' All' armi , Italian ! , ' or' Vive la Republica . '

      Garibaldi with his troops ( among whom are Ciceroacchio , with his two sons , Father Bassi , and Marrocheti , ) r . after , having-bealen-the , Austrians , has thrown himself again into Romagno , 6 y Terra del Sol ; and tbe Austrians are following him . Father Ventura has embarked at Civita Veechia , on his way to London , with Guzzala and other excommunicated priests . VENICE . —The correspondent of the ' Risorgimento' states that the besieged would hold out so long as they had any provisions left . They had Of ate strengthened their sewa : ? ! iae of defence , The

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      Austrians had abandoned the siege works on the side of Brandolo , on account of the fever , which decimated their ranks . The commander of the Austrian fleet had notified bis'determination not to allow Enghsh or French vessels to enter the harbour . RENEWAL OF THE WAR IN CIRCASSIA .. THE

      RUSSIANS DEFEATED . The war in the Ceucasus has been renewed with great activity by tke Circassians since they became aware of the Russian invasion of Hungary . Sheik Mahomet , the emissary of Schamyl , ban assembled on the rig ht wing of the Caucasian line a considerable army » with which he advanced towards tbe Laba , in order to incite the tribes at peace with the Russians to join him . General Kowaleski had only seven companies of infantry , 2 , 000 Cossacks , and tea cannon in readiness to oppose this force . On the left wing Naib Talg ik was at the head of a strong band , and on the 17 th of June repelled an incursion over the Argun by a detachment under Colonel S ' ussloff .

      Circassian pilgrimsrwho had arrived at Trebizond , on their way to Mecca , stated that several of the extensive works of fortifications constructed by the Russians in tbe Caucasus had fallen lately into the hands of the Circassians , and been destroyed . They instanced , particularly , the bastions lately erected between Cbedsheneand Terbenjik , which were completely raz ? dby the Circassians of Chedsene in May , They also affirmed that the fortress of Acsti , which the Russians had conquered in the past year , was now again in tbe hands of Schamyl .

      TURKEY . Bosnia , July 31 . — The insurgents , to the number of 12 , 000 , have quitted Posvityd , and have arrived at Bihac , where they summoned the Pacha Biscevie to open the city gates , the pacha replied that , he could . do so only by order of the Sultan , upon which the insurgents attacked the fortress . The pacha has been defending the fortress for three days with his adherents , which do not exceed 300 in number ^ They have been obliged to have

      recourse to their cannon , and the pacha has sent to demand assistance from Bosnia ; unhappily ^ the government of Bosnia , is . unable to comply ¦ immediately , being obliged in the first instance to procure orders from Constantinople . Mahomed Bey and Effendi Bey have flad to Ostraca , where they have entrenched themselves , A price has been set upon the head of Keric , the principal of the insurgents . An attempt has already been made to assassinate him , which , however , proved abortive .

      CANADA . Pbkmng i . tf Favour of ' Annexation . '—A Montreal correspondent of the' Spectator' mentions symptoms of the increasing feeling in favour of « annexation' to the United States . The writer refers to a paper in the ' Minerve , ' a French Canadian journal , which is the recognised organ of M . Lafon . taine ' s government . The editor of the 'Minerve ' begins by bantering the Montreal Herald' and the Canadian Tories for their recent adhesion to annexation principles ; avows his own approval of them , on many grounds ; and cites a published letter b y the American General S : ott , who expresses the opinion that annexation will be brought about in the fulness

      of time—that it ought not to be promoted by underhand means , but will befal with the concurrence of the British government , and that it will be advantageous to all parties . General Scott holds an opinion which we find extensively reflected in the better sort of American journals . The writer says : — ' All the English newspapers in Lower Canada are now , more or less , the advocates oi annexation . In Upper Canada , annexation is the fashionable doctrine . Throughout the province , even amongst the very few who are now sincerely attached to the British connexion , annexation to the United States is felt and

      admitted to be the only probable , and above all the only effectual solution ot our troubles and difficulties . The whole 1 , 500 miles of colony from Gaspe to Detroit is beggared'by the disturbed stale of our politics ; the restoration of peace , order , f . nd prosperity , out of the materials at our own disposal seems to be impossible ; and the corrmoncst as well as the most reflecting minds see no end of party warfare here , and its depressing effects on tiade and the value of propeaty , except through ouv absorption into the great and prosperous confederation of Republics , from which we are only separated by the St . Lawrence .

      UNITED STATES . The slavery question is beginning to assume a very formidable aspect . It would appear from the account given in the ' Evening Post' of the proceedings in a Whig convention at Cleveland , that throughout the union an effort is to be made to give prominence to the slave question in the elections for Congress : The convention was organised at eleven a . m . on the morning of the 13 th of July by the appointment of Judge Tappan , of Ohio , as " President ; Harmon Kingsbury of Illinois , F . D . Parish , of Ohio , and Henry Ellsworth , of Indiana , as vice-presidents ; and Joel Tiffany , of Cleveland , and George Hoadley ,

      of Cincinnati , as secretaries . A committee of five was then appointed to draft resolutions to report to the convention . The Cleveland papers do not publish the resolutions , but the ' Plain Dealer' gives the following synopsis : —' Resolution 1 endorses Jefferson ' s proviso . 2 . Slavery considered a moral and political evil , and it is the duty of government to restrain it . 3 . Not heard , 4 . President Taylor , by allowing his name and influence in favour of extending slavery at the last session of Congress ( as charged by Giddings ) , violated his pledges ^ to the

      people . 5 . Relates to an union of all opposed to slavery . 6 . Kecognises in Congress the power to legislate over slavery in the territories . 7 . Relates to the district of Columbia , and goes for abolition tlure , orfor the removal of the capital to a free state . 8 . Affirms the platform at Buffalo . 9 . Rejoices in the prospective alliance of democrats and free . soilers . 10 . Benton is sustained . 11 . Sustains the organisation of the free-soil party . Speeebes were made during the morning session by H . L . Ellsworth and J . W . Taylor .

      In the afternoon the crowd was much larger ( and speeches were listened to from I . R . Giddings , Mr . E . Pardee , of Wayne county ; Willey , of Maine ; Judge Spalding , and John Van Buren . Letters were received by the committee from Hon . Martin Van Buren , Hon . H . Clay , Hon . John A . Dix , Casslus M . Clay , and others , all approving of the object of the convention , except Mr . Clay . Mr . Clay , to our surprise and disappointment , indirectly censures the movement as calculated to minister' to the prevailing excitement , ' which is' now unfortunately agitating the whole union . ' Our accounts contain the following reply addressed by the American Secretary of State to a memorial praying that the independence of Hungary might be recognised : —

      ' TO MR . U R . BREISACH , NEW YOKK . ' Department of State , Washington , June 25 . ' Sir , —I am requested by the President to acknowledge the receipt of your letter to him , of the 9 th inst ., and the printed account of the proceedings of thfi meeting of the Hungarians and others , in New York . These proceedings have not escaped attention . - The government ; and people of this country are profoundly interested In the events which are now passing in Hungary , and any information calculated to throw light on the present struggle between that country and Ausirla and Russia cannot fail to be welcome . It is the

      policy and practice of the United States to recog nise all governments whichexhilit to the world convincing proofs of their power to maintain themtelve 9 . If Hungary sustain herself in this unequal contest , there is no reason why we should not recognise her independence ! Congress , it is believed , would sanction such a measure , and this government would be most happy in this event to enter into commercial as well as diplomatic relations with independent Hungary . ' I am , Sir , respectfully , your obedient servant , 1 John M . Clayton . ' . An Hungarian envoy , Count Vos , was at Washington , and it is Blated that the Cabinet bad taken steps to procure the necessary information for decision touching the Magyar nationality .

      Colonel Benton was about to start for the Presidency . . The cholera appears to have become less virulent and destructive . Generally throughout the citieaT in New York , in Cincinnati , and in St . Louis , a diminution of mortality had besn noted . The deaths were still numerous , however ; on the 24 th ult . there were 33 in New York . At Milwatikie , Wisconsin , free baths had been erected by the citizans for the use of emigrants arriving there .

      At St . Louis the disease ; was diminishing . Jri the week ending Sunday , July 22 nd , there were 229 deaths from cholera , and 136 from other diseases . Compared . with the week ending the 15 ih this shows a decline of 401 deaths from cholera ' and forty-six- from other diseases . At St . Louis and Cincinnati when the pestilence was at its worst the young men there or such of them as enjoved good health , enrolled themselves in association * or the relief of the sick and destitute , la this mv

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      much good was done , and many lives were saver ? . A serious steara-boat collision had occurred off GaWeston . At Charleston two negroes , convicted merely of an assault on some white labourers , had been sentenced to death . A « hip canal _ from the St . Lawrence to Lake Chatap lam was in con templation . A cotton factory , the first of its kind in the vicinity , had been erec ted in northern Ohio . Generally manufacturing industry appears to be spreading in the southern States . At St . Louis riots had occurred , originated amongst the Irish population . The strugg le became sectional , and hundreds took sides with the respective partiesthe north and south Irish . Several persons were severely injured ; but tbe ringleaders were punished . From Texas we have accounts exhibiting a curious ^^^ - " : ¦¦¦¦ ¦ ,

      state of society . On the 4 th ult ., a man was shot in the streets of Brownsville by a desperado nanr ed Dwyer . A man named Jack Mills , having ' murdered a respectable citiaen of the Rio Grande city , by deliberately shooting him down with his revolver at a fandango , had been lynched by the Mexican inhabitants of the p lace . A meeting was held , resolutions determining upon MiHs ' s extermination were passed " , and a committee appointed to carry the resolutions into effect , which they did most fatally , by perforating his bod y with full thirty lialts . Accoun ts from Florida announce that an , attack had been made upon the settlement at Indian River , South Florida , by the Semino ' . e Indians , and state that the settlers had all fled in

      consternation .. WEST INDIES . The intelligence brought by the Jamaica mail per the " Teviot" steam-ship , is particalarly interesting . Correspondence from this island of the 8 th of July , mentions that a dissolution of the General Assembly of the island had taken place . The Legislature was called together on the 20 ib of June , when the governor , Sir Charles Grey , addressed them iu a very lengthy speech . The Assembly made a vfiry short and respectful reply , expressing tbeir readiness and desire to cwnmenee and proceed with tUe business of the celony , but at the same time stating that the measure of retrenchment would have

      precedence of all others . A motion was made in the house by Mr . Oshorn , one of the members f or St . Andrew ' s , and of the King ' s House , orJGovernment party , to proceed with tbe unfinished business ef the several prorogued sessions . Tbia was powerfull y opposed by the country parly , and the following amendment , proposed by Dr . Spalding , vT as carried by nineteen to eleven : —That , as there seems to be no disposition on the part of her Majesty ' s government to afford the redress so urgentl y prayed for and demanded by this bouse and the people , as set forth in various memorials and petiti ons , but , on the contrary , every desire has been evinced to continue the present extravagant expenditure , which

      the impoverished condition of the inhabitants renders it impossible longer to sustain , the house co : - sidere that it will best cansult tl . e rights and interests of their conetituency by abstaining from any attempt at the further exercise ef Illative function ^ until the people shall have expressed their decision on the course which has been hitherto pursued by the house . " This resolution , which was epposed in all its stages through the committee and the hoHse , was ultimately agreed to and sent over to the Governor by a committee on the 7 th of July . Immediately after his Excellency commanded the

      attendance of the house in the Council Chamber , when having addressed both branches , he forthwith dissolved tlie Assembly . This event was anxiously looked for liy the country party , who are sanguine that in the next Assembly their numbers will be greatly increased . The days had been named for the several elections , and all the writs were returnable by the 2 nd of September . In circles competent tojud ^ e , it was cottfidentfy stated , that the new Assembly would contain a ' still larger nuraber of the advocates for retrenchment than the old one , and that more sweeping measures would be laid before the Council ,

      The Ropulatt Remedy. Parr's Life Pills.

      THE rOPULAtt REMEDY . PARR'S LIFE PILLS .

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      V - ; THE NORTffKRN STAR . * Arovsx 11 , 1849 . * ' - ¦—¦ r—~—^—»««—^— ¦ ~ M **^ ** ** * * ^^ "'^""""" , - »„ anA restore sound health : there isareturnof complaints and restore sound health ; there is a return of

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 11, 1849, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1534/page/2/