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      FRANCE . MOCK TRIAL OF THE PROSCRIBED RT . PCBLICAVS This monstrous mockery of justice is'dragging its slow length alone . ' Of late the inci dents Siave not baea worth reputing in full . On Tuesday ( week ) the court was the scene of another scanda , Ott consequence of thegross misconduct of a witness , M . Va ' ois , who , instead of confining himself to fac , abused tbe prisoner , -ho * ere 1 *?™***}™ ' ^ ingthem not icpt ^ jxtaUves , but wretcnes-bere . npontha prisoners , as might have been expected , loudly protested ajainst the insults of M . Valois . These protests were renswedinthe course of the day

      in consequence of the manner in which a certain Captain Goubeaa gave his evidence . The Captain stated that upon his arresting a couple of individuals one of them said ' Take care , I am a representative ;' on which he ( the witness ) exclaimed , * You a representative ? ay , a representative of the Canaille ! Hereupon the prisoners rosa , en masse , and protested SigaiHSt the shameful insults to which they were subjected , and one of them Lamaziere , denounced the witness as a liar , for which he was immediately sentenced to three months' imprisonment , and a fine of 100 francs . The counsel for the defence energetically denounced the insulting conduct of the

      witnesses . - On Thursday the examination of witnesses as to the general facts terminated . On Friday the court was occupied in hearing a complaint instituted by the Attornej-Ganeral against 11 . Hermaut , the editor ofthe » TriiiuBfis des Peugles , ' for having purchased an unfaithful report of the proceedings of the court , and insulting to the witnesses examined . The court , after having heard M . Michel ( deBotirges ) in defence of the editor , delivered its judgement , declaring that the report of the proceedings of the coatt published in the ' Tribune des Peuples ' was unfaithful and insulting to the witnesses ; The President sentenced M . Htrmaut to imprisonment for one month and ta pay a fine of l , OQOf .

      The proceedings on Saturday passed without any remarkable occurrence beyond the reading of a letter from one of the parties implicated in the insurrection , complaining bitterly of the treachery of the Mountain in deserting Ledru Rollin and the others when the moment of danger arrived , on the 29 th of January and 13 th of Jane last . The only incident of any note that occurred in tne High Court of Versailles on Monday wss the energetic denial by Sergeant Commissaire of the statement of witnesses against him . He said that they were all mistaken , and particularly a cabman , ftho swoie he drovehim to the Conservatoire on the 13 th of Jane .

      MorePhosecdtiovs . —The' National ' announces the acquittal at Metz , of six persons accused of having taken part in a revolutionary movement which took place at Strasburg on the 14 th of June last . The edi'or of a Democratic journal published at Narbonne has been condemned to imprisonment for one month , and to pay a fine of 200 f . for having published his journal without having deposited the usual secur ity in money . The ' editor of the journal * L'Egalite , ' of Gers , has been condemned to imprisonment for six months and aOOf . fine , for having published an article headed « Down with the Rich . ' The 'Republique' and the 'Dsmocratic Pacifiqne ' bare been seized for publishing the following letter from Louts Buisc and his companions in exile : —

      . * Citizen , —The sentence which has , in the person of citizen Cabst , just struck one of the most pure and courageous servants of democracy , has not surprised us . Whatever opinions may be formed on an attempt at colonisation , inspired moreover by so elevated a feeling of devotedness , every Socialist considers himself as jointly attacked by the judgment pronounced against Cabet . It belongs to those who iave sanctified the pillory and the hulks to re-establish also the benches of the correctional tribunal . Each of us henceforth has paid his debt . The

      musket , the hulks , exile , imprisonment , the galleys , and infamous condemnations are the consecration of new ideas . It is still the gibbet of ignominy transformed into the standard of victory ; the cap of the slave become the glorious symbol of liberty . Health and fraternity . ' The members of the committee , Lotus Blanc , President ; J . Cazatant , Secretary ; Catjssidiere ; Louis Menard ; Rattier ; J . P . Berjaetj ; A . Boura ; Delbau ; A . Dubois ( a journeyman cabinet-maker ;) A . Watripon ; Martin Bernard . '

      The Assembly and Ministry . —The proposrion of M . Cretoa , for the abrogation of the laws which banish the two branches of the House of Bourbon from France having been rejected by a majority of 484 to 103 , the discussion on M . Napoleon Buonaparte ' s motion to grant aa amnesty to the insurgents Of June was rejected by a majority of 236 . M . de Fallow , arrived in Paris on Saturday from the Chateau de Stors . He had a day or two before seen M . de Persigny , who paid him a visit in the name of the President of the Republic , and to whom lie announced his intention of resigning , and of Coming to Paris to placebis resignation in his hands . His medical attendants have absolutely forbidden occupation of any kind to their patient . Complete repose is the only chance for his recovery . M . de Falloux on his arrival in Paris visited the President

      of the Republic , and delivered his resignation . He proposes proceeding to the south of France without delay . Paris , Tuesday . —The discussion on M . Francisyue fiouvet ' s interpellations relative to the reasons for still keeping Lyons and the neighbouring departments in a state of siege occupied , the Legislative Assembly yesterday till its rising . The only speech of any consequence was that of M . Dufaure , who declared that although he had been one of the 8 trenuou 3 advocates for the rising of the state of siege of Paris , he looked upon the case of Lyons very differently . The demagogues in that place were still anxious for an outbreak , and he had the f

      xaost positive inormation that they were only waiting £ or . a favourable opportunity to carry their wishes into effect Besides this , the election of the grand council was about to take place at Geneva , on the 11 th of November , and there the Radical party wa » not only in the ascendant , but had thought fit to keep in that city the chief partof theFrench refugees whom the government of the Republic had demanded to be sent into the interior of the country . An active correspondence was going on between the demagogues on bota sides of the frontier , and some

      of the Swiss emissaries bad already been arrested in France , « ho confessed that they had been sent on a mission to the Radicals of Lyons . Considerable agitation existed on both sides of the frontier on account of this election snd the proceedings of the Radicals , and he therefore contended that the state of siege ought not to be levied . Two orders of the day motive were brought forward to the effect that the State of siege of the sixth military division ought to be raised , but they were rejected , and the order of the jnar et < simple was adopted without a division . "Pie assembly then adjourned .

      A letter from MontpelUer states that at the moment a number of Socialists -were transferred from that town to Aix for trial . A tumultuous mob assembled round the prison van , exclaiming , ViveBaibes ;' * Vive Robespierre ! ' Vive la guillotine . ' ILRaspaiihas been transferred from the citadel ofDouillonsto the hospital at Amiens , in consequence of ill-health . Seventeen persons were acquitted on the 27 th ult . by the permanent Conrt-Martkl sitting at Lyons . They were accused of having participated in the tumultuous scenes which took place in the Oomsaune of Vaise subsequent to the revolutionary movement of the 13 th of June .

      ITALY . KOME , Oct . 17 . —We are still in a state of the greatest uncertainty with regard to the future course of events in this country . Difficulties and perplexities surround the government on every side . Cardinals , ministers , diplomatists , and generals are all enveloped in the same dark mist of confusion and uncertainty , which serves to conceal their intentions from each other ' s scrutiny as well as from the profane eye of the public . Wht ier the motuprofrio of his holiness is really to lecome the law of the land , and when , are question : hourly asked , and hourly answered in a different i , n ; and to the inquiries of tbe foreigners , who r . , w begin to make

      their appearances in Rome , and who are naturally anxious to know unaer what regime they are to pass the few months of their winter residence , we can but reply that the onlj recognised authorities are Preach soldiers and Roman slirri , and that no lex supremo is as yet established for the guidance and guaranteeing of thejiommunity . What is very positive , and at the same time very deplorable , is the financial and commercial embarrassment of the state . Ever sinoe tbe time of Cardinal Gonsalvi , who in 1815 found the country comparatively unencumbered , the national debt being then almost nominal , the treasurers of the Papal government have been gradually ruining the Wterests of ths state by their corrupt and injudicious

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      a lministration ; and although the public revenue , calculated according to the population , yields far more in proportion than that of the neighbouring states , the ordinary expenses invariably exceed it , so that every now , and thsn a loan is required to make up the growing deficit . It is now rumoured that Pius is about to make a flying visit to Rome , and , after passing a week at the "Vatican , just , as it were , to take possession , he will retura to Velletri , and take up his residence there under the protection of his faithful Spaniards . If the railroad had been completed , he would only have been at three-quarters of an hour ' s distance . . . . _ ..: n » A nitiinnrrh til * nnhlio rooAnno

      from the capital , in that city ; but tbe old regime detests quick travelling , and progress in every form . The head engineer of the line had an interview with the triumvirate on the subject of the suspension of the works lately , and exposed in such lively colours the distress inflicted on the workmen , the loss occasioned to the shareholders , and the public odium incurred by their Eminences' determination , that tbe cardinals promised to try and ' remedy the affair '—to use their own expression . We shall see . Robberies continue to be disagreeably frequent , and the French are so careless , and the sbirri si ) inefficient in preventing ' them , that there is some talk of

      re-establishing the national guard ; indeed , a circulation has already been pasted u . > at the Piazza Colonna , purporting to be a model of the new uniform , and representing an individual with a musket on his shoulder , dressed with a three-cornered hat , black shorts , silver shoe-buckles and , in short , the ecclesiastical garb . Whilst mentioning caricatures , I must not forget to . say that the journal of political caricatures entitled 'Don Pirlone , ' which ran tb about 230 numbers , at one penny the nnmber , and was always a great favourite -with the Romans , has now so much increased in value , that a perfect set which I heard had been disposed of yesterday , fetched no less a sum than 120 dollars .

      NAPLES , Oct . 16 . —The correspondent of the 'Daily News' writes : —Since I wrote last nothing of an extraordinary character has transpired . Arrests , flights , and exiles , have been the order of the day , and between these disasters , and the absence of foreigners , we shall have but a dull winter it is to be feared . It is now the season . of retaliation , and every one who is dressed in a Yittte temporary power , makes use of it to revenge himself on those from whom he suffered insult or neglect during the stormy times of 1843 , The almost irresponsible power which many of the public authorities have , and the readiness with which calumnies and slanders are

      received , nay , with which they are encouraged in this kingdom , greatly increases the evil , and introduces into social life nothing but suspicion , distrust , and fear , even amongst those who style each , other friends . How demoralising and degrading this is here out of place to remark , and so long as this system is pursued , I see nothing for this portion of Italy but a continual source of moral retrogression , which will do anything but prepare them for political amelioration . The observer of all observers is now , of course , the Pope , and every movement of bis holiness is detailed by the government journal with the most faithful accuracy . Every church and

      mor . astry is in its turn being daily visited , and Pius IX . is earning small praises by dispensing his benedictions from every turn and corner , and receiving bouquets and portfolios from schools for young ladies , and smiling with complacency at the discourses and poems pronounced in his ! ouour by the misses of the first form . The feeling , however , of these children of the ' shepherd of the whole catholic world , ' cannot but be curious , when they find themselves elbowing and hobnobbing with his holiness , who has hitherto been regatdstJ as a kind of ? veiled prophet '—lord of imperial R-me—an object but to be viewed at a

      distance , and then clothed in gorgeous robes , with the triple crown on his head . Ichabodi Ichabod ! thy glory is departed . During the last week his holiness went to Salerno , on purpose , says the « Journal , ' visit the cathedral and urn of St . Alfonso , at Pagani , the tomb of a holy apostle , and that of a holy pope . It was hisholiuess ' s first journey by railway , ' adding an inestimable benediction , ' says the same * Journal ' ' to this modern discovery of human genius . ' The King , who was not displeased to bask in the rays reflected from the Pope , left Naples at half past four in the morning to join the Fops at Portici , and accompany him in his pilgrimage . How his holi

      ness visited monasteries and churches , and celebrated and heard masses , how be was received at the doGK of one sacred building by tbe King and royal princes on their knees , is all dwelt on with tedious accuracy , and yet it is not without some surprise and interest too , as if one had opened some record of the fifteenth century , that one read 3 the following passage : — ( Absorbed in our pious sentiment , tbe exalted head of the catholic world retired behind the altar , and then prostrating himself before the body of tbe saint opened the urn , kissed the band on which the august face , being deeply moved , abandoned itself moistened that hand with his tears , and taking off bis ring from his own finger , placed it on that of Alfonso , who doubtless at that moment blessed him from heaven . ' Tender tears , says the journalist

      veiled the eyes of tbe King , the princes , Cardinal Antonelli , &c . &c , who felt the value of the holy eloquence of that act . At Salerno , the Pope worshipped the bones of St . Gregory , and in the archbishop ' s palace ( from grave to gay ) he dined , admitting loins table only tbe King and his royal brother ofTrapini . The King ' s reception is described as most triumphant . ' Along the roads thosa amorous sentiments of his subjects , as customary , became most fervid . ' The whole country resounded with cries of , Vive il Re ! ' Tbe day was &fete , and it is impossible adequately to express how the too dear cry of' Vive il Re ! ' broke on the silence of the air , rendering this day a day that belongs to history . This is a precious comment on the fact that scarcely is there a family which does not lament some friend or acquaintance fled , arrested , or exiled .

      Continuing the narrative of the Pope ' s doings , I should observe his holiness yesterday visited the royal palace of Caserta . Here , as usual , the police authorities had arranged that a mob of the lowest lazzaroni should welcome Pio Nona ; but strange to say , with the cries of ' Vive il Re ! ' The King , the royal family , and the Pope are at the present moment amusing themselves , surrounded by troops , at Caseta . His holiness has blessed the people , and railway authorities have honoured the church and King with decorations at every station . Nothing is said about the Pope ' s return to Rome , diplomacy is about as much puzzled about the matter as the army of the French Republic (?) . Both have failed , and from what I can learn his holiness is as far from Rome at the present moment as he is distant from the hearts of all educated Roman catholics .

      AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY . The Vienna paper'Lloyd' has the following account of the late capital execulions at Pesth : — The tranquillity and the discontinuance of executions on the Holzplalz ( the Tyburn of Pestk ) has already had its effects . Most people believed that justice would not in future stride over corpses , but that it would walk on the paths of forgiveness and grace . But on a sudden a rumour was spread in the town of the executions which were to take place to-day ( 20 th ult . ) This rumour found little credit , for people would notnay , they could not—believe it . But this morning

      , at six o'clock , a troop of horse , with bared swords , made its appearance in the Holzplatz , thus effectually dispelling all doubts as to the intentions of the military authorities . Shortly afterwards a battalion of foot appeared and formed a square , into the interior of-which they led the men who were about to suffer death . The drums were fceaten . Their hollow sound caused our hearts to quake . After the roll of drums the sentences were read . The reading was long , very long , and justly so , for the documents were neither more nor less than passports to eternity . At length the first of the victims was led forward . He mounted the scaffold . He was a handsome

      young man of twenty-five years of age . I was informed tnat he had awaited his death with the fortitude of a martyr . When I saw him he wag pale and cast down . It was the manner of his death , it « as the execution by tbe cord , which drove the iron into Prince Woroniecki ' s soul . This young rca * was an Austrian officer when the Hungarian war commenced . He left the Emperor ' s tervice and founded a Polish legion , of which he became the commander . Havnau ' s troops capiuted him at Sziueir , near Sau » eriu . The second victim was if . Abancourt , who , after the Polish movement , had been condemned to twenty and who

      years' imprisonment , joined the Hungarian insurrection , acting as adjutant of General Dembinski . He was more collected than the Prince , and indeed he was able to address a few words to the public . The third and last sufferer was Giron ; he leaves three children behind him . He commanded the German legion , assisted in the stormingof Buda and so great were his military talents and his zeal ' that he was said to be appointed to the command of the garrison of Comorn . He was captured at Peterwacdein The dreadful scene closed wth a I Pr Se" -If n , ° l and the < * A ' [ Lettei from Hamburgh of tbe 26 th ult . state

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      that General Klapka intendad on that day to leave Hamburgh for London . 'Respecting the late rumours of large sums of money which Gsneral Klapka is reported to have taken with him , one of the Gernan papers contains tbe following : — . « The fugitives from Hungary have not , it seams , entered on their expedition to America without funds . General Klapka has negotiated the sum of 200 , 000 dollars in this place ( Berlin ) , and obtained bills of exchange on London for the seme . ' that . CrP . nern ] Klankn intpnriori nn . u » t . 1 ... i . i . «« . «

      As this statement seems calculated to thlW A suspicion on what I did in Hungary , I think I owe it to my own honour , and to that of my comrades in arms and exile , to publish a peremptory and unqualified contradiction of . the sa \ d statement . 1 and ra » comrades have scarcely saved enough to provide for the next few months . I was not moreover in Berlin in a condition to do as I liked , for it i » notorious that during my short stay there 1 was attended and watched by a commissioner of the police Klapka . ' We have since heard that General Klapka has arrived in London .

      _ The official Gazette of the 24 th publishes the Ministerial report , sanctioned by the Emperor , concerning the new political provisional organisation of Hungary . In this report the Ministry , after stating that the ancient Hungarian constitution is annulled by the very fact of tbe revolution , declares that , for the maintenance andd&velopment ' of the maxims established iu the charter on the 4 th of March , it would nbt be just to favour Hungary at the expense of other parts of the empire which bad remained faithful , or to grant it , to the prejudice of other nationalities , institutions in contrast with an equality of rights . A special statute is conseqiienily de . creed , based upon the principles proclaimed in the charter .

      The provinces formerly appertaining to Hungary —namely , Croatia , Sclavonia ; the Croatian coast lands , the grand duchy of Transylvania , with the Saxon districts—are to be considered as provinces of the Crown , independent of Hungary . ' The Woyeyodia or principality of Serbia is to be iti like manner separated , and afterwards annexed to another province of the Crown ( Croatia ?) . The country is to be , divided into districts ,

      subdivided into circles corresponding to the ancient comitats- - The Ministry , referring to the 84 th article of the charter , proclaims the unity and indivisibility of the Executive Power , under the responsibility of the Ministry of the Empire j recognises , also , that principle for all the branches of the Administration of Hungary ; but it places the whole civil and military power in the hands of the Commander-in-chief of the army so long as Hungary remains in the excej > tional state under which it now is .

      t letter from Vienna of the 26 th ult . announces iT n em P ? ror had- granted a private audience to M . Lonstantine Mussare , the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Porte . Other letter of tbe same date mention that the aged Baron Perenyi , President of the Chamber of Magnates , and tzernuz and Szacsvay , both delegates to the Hungarian diet , were hung ontlie 24 th ult at Pesth . Mteen more executions were ordered to take place . Ine Vienna publishers have been ordered to submit all works to the censorship before they are printed . POLAND .

      The Warsaw official journal publishes the sentence of a court-martial , which condemns Alexander Georgeskiand Charles Rudisbi , leaders in the last Cracow insurrection , to confiscation of all their property situated in the government of Radom ( Poland . )

      SPAIN . Plot and Coontkr Pi , ot . — At a Cabinet Council held on the 18 th of October , estimates for 1850 were definitively approved of . The Ministers subsequently retired to ( h eir respective hotels , and were preparing to proceed to the palace to be present at an opera which was to be performed in the theatre of the Court , when they were suddenly informed that they had ceased t > be Ministers . " It appears that on the 17 th the Queen had said to her first majordomo , Count de Pinohermosa that the Cabinet should be changed because the Ministers displeased the King . The Count thouaht that Her

      Majesty was jesting , bat nevertheless ventured to say a few words ia praise of the services the present Cabinet bad rendered the Queen . Count Pinoher . mosa heard no moreonihe subject until the evening of the 18 th ult ., when the Queeu communicated to him a letter she had just received from the King , Don Ffancisco de Asis , strongly urging her to get lid of Narvai-z and his > colleagues . Her Majesty said to him , ' You see 1 was right last evening . Here is a letter from my beloved husband . Communicate it to your brother , the Minister of Marine , who will place it before the President of the Council . ' The Count having complied with the injunction

      , General Narvaez immediately convoked his colleagues , who unanimously resolved on tendering their resignation to Her Majesty . General Narvaez repaired in person to the palace , and the Queen on receiving the collective resignation said &he would consider and reply to it . The Queen and King subsequently visited at the opera . The resignation of General Narvaez , however , haviug been accepted , a new Cabinet was composed as follows : —Genaral Count Clonard , President of the Council and Minister of War : General Balboa , Minister of the Interior ; M . Armesta , an officer of the Court of Accounts , Minister of Finance ; M , Bustilosthe

      , commander of the flotilla of the expedition to Italy , Minister of Marine ; M . J . Manreza , Minister of Justice ; and" Count Colorabi , Minister at Lisbon , Minister for Foreign Affairs . The Ministry of Commerce was to be suppressed and united with the department of the Intenor . M . M . Clonard , Balboa , Manreza , and Armeste took the oath of office in presence of tbe Queen . In the absence of M . Colombi and 11 . Bustillos , the Minister of War was to direct ad interim thedepartment of Marine , and M . Manreza that of Foreign Affairs . In less than twenty-four hours this plot was reversed ; the old Ministry was again called to power , and Count

      Clonard and his friends were dismissed , and most of them arrested . It would seem that that old fox Louis Philippe was at the bottom of the intrigue which wa ? intended to lead to the encroa . hment of the Duke de Montpensier . The plan was to take the opportunit y of tbe assembling of the Cortes to replace Queen Isabella by her sUter , and was connected with the movement which became evident lately amongst tbe Orleanses of Bordeaux , who separated themselves from the legitimists , by voting

      for another candidate than M . Ravez . The . Duke of Montpensier in Spain was to serve as a basis for Orleanist movement in France . The restored Ministers affect to be move ' Liberal' than heretofore . Several distinguished generals of the progresista party have received employment , amongst them Espartero ' s two friends , Evariste San Miguel Infante . The King Consort is deprived of " all power ; the royal patrimony will be administered by the Minister of tbe Home department , as well as the interior government of the palace .

      Pr ivate letters from Madrid of the 24 th ult ., state that on that day the'Gazette contained a ae ' ereefor the reduction ef the disposable force of the array in consequence of the profound peace which exists in Spam . The third battalion of each regiment , and a third part of the Engineers and Artillery will proceed to the provinces , there to form the reserve , the officers alone retaining their pay , and those who may hereafter des . re to pass to the same condition half-pay The Cortes will assemble at the period previously indicated * and there will be no speech frora the throne . The Fomeoto- of . Barcelona says , that Lola Monies has recovered her feusband , who bad Only gone to Mataro , where she rejoined him , and re turned with him to Barcelona .

      TURKEY . The question of the extradition of certain Polish andHungarunrefwgeeswho sought safety on the iurlc . shterntory-a question which for a time assumed a senous aspect , and has occupied so much of the public attention-has . we are ha PPy to state met with a peaceful solution . r " ' The result of Fuad Effendi ' s mission , so anxiously expected , has transpired . TheFrench govern * 2 has received a u egraphic despatch from General II Umonciere , stating that Count de Nesselrode , the SZtt ? 3 X ? 5 T" 5 ? " gint 0 «* H «* f cm the letter of the Sultan , limits himself to demandin K that heKfugees should he . driven out of TurS The tekgrapuic . despatch adds ihat had MW . U considered the affair as settled .

      _ The abuve intelligence ia confirmed by the follow . E&XSffi ' &'Xk ?* zs ^ yJSsigs of ambassador extraordinary Er ' - ^ t ^ reoetad , Uh „ , a , i ™ S to * A IT ^ fftassras-j :---

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      most extravagant rumonrs in the public press . Far from implying , as has been asserted , the rejection of the demands made by the Imperial Cabinet , in virtue of the treaty of Routchouk-Kainardji , relative lo the Polish rebels , who , having taken part in the Hungarian insurrection , have recently sought a refuge in Turkey , this mission originated solely in the desire of the Sultan to discuss amicably with the Emperor , without loreign intermediation , the inter mnaf . ovt . ravaffant rumours in the public press . Far

      pretation to be given to the article of the abovementioned treaty applicable to those individuals . This direct appeal of an intimate ally to the sentiments of friendship of the Emperor could not fail to be responded to , and the distinguished reception ft im bs his Majesty to trie Ottoman representative , by putting an end to all false reports , authorises the hope that this affair is on the eve of a prompt settlement , to tbe mutual satisfaction of tbe two courts . '

      Constantinople , Oct 15 . —The Turkish Government have sent orders tb remove the Hungarian and Polish refugees from Widdin to Shurala . Shumla is at a short distance from Varna , and being farther from the Russian frontier than Widdin , it is thought by the Porte that the refugees will be there in greater safty than at the latter town . Sir Stratford Canning has sent passports to General Guyon and the other Englishmen who were ' , in the Hungarian

      service , and they are expected daily at Constantinople . It would appear frora these proceedings that there were some grounds . for supposing that the Russians intended to carry off their victims by a sudden coup de main . One thing is certainthat neither the Porte nor their allies have a very high opinion of Russian morality , and that they believe the agents of the Czar capable , of any violation of international conventions to gratify the wishes of their Imperial master .

      EGYPT . Alexandria , Oct . 15 . —The Nile is about its greatest height , and ths inundation is . considered a favourable one . In a couple of months the cereal harvest will be attaining maturity , and every expectation of abundance is entertained . Karail Pacha , the son-in-law of the late Mahomed Ali , seems to have outlived the popularity he enjoyed during his father-in-law ' s lifetime , and has been sent to Sennaar in a kind of honourable exile . Many others , some time ago . prominent in the country , have shared a similar fate . Among these are Mahmoud and Hafiz Bevs . ¦' ' ;

      The screw steam-frigate Sharkiah , after a trial trip , the highest speed attained on which was about nine miles per hour , has been pronounced , I have heard , to be worth less than half her cost , and is ordered to be got ready to proceed to Constantinople , from which it is matter of question if she returns again . Ahmed Pacha proceeds on a mission to the Turkish capital by this vessel , and among other rather extraordinary consignments , are a number of harems , numbering , I am told , over 100 ladies .

      On the 15 th u ' t . the agent of the Peninsular and Oriental Company , presented to the Pacha a handsome English-built chariot and four horses , being a gift from that body , in acknowledgment of the labours of his Highness , since hi 3 accession to power , in the improvement of the overland route to India , through Egypt . No less than 200 refugees from Italy and other quarters have arrived at , this part lately from Europe . The place seems'overrun with motly and grotesque uniforms . ~ The Lord Bishop of Jerusalem arrived from Palestine on the 5 th ult , era route to Cairo . It is expected he will consecrate the new Protestant church of St . Mark before quitting Alexandria .

      Mr . E . W . Lane , the talented and excellent author of ' Modern Egyptians , ' and his sister , Mrs . Poole , known to the world as the authoress of the ' English Woman in Egypt , ' return to England by the Hindostan to-morrow , after seven years fcpsat in research avid study , destined no doubt for the enlightenment and edification of the world .

      THE IONIAN ISLANDS . The' Patris * of Coifu states that on the 30 th Sep . several arrests took place at Corfu , and that after placing the prisoners in solitary confinement their papers were seized and underwent a severe scrutiny . The persons arrested are MM . "Valianos , Pietro Quartano , J . B . Scarpa , G . Calogeras , Colonel Zambeccari , De Ohilippis , and Rocco Canerini . We have received Corfu papers of the 12 th ult . inclusive . Sir H . G . Ward , the Lord High Commissioner , had addressed a letter to his Highness the President of the Senate , in which , after stating the existence in Corfu of a secret society to which

      several Italian rcfugeess had united themselves since their arrival in the island , and detailing snme of the proceedings of the society , he adds that he should take upon himself the responsibility of ordering those foreigners , who had violated the rights of hospitality by their intrigues , to quit the Ionian territory , and to place those Ionian subjects who belonged to the society nndtr the surveillance of the police until ulterior measures had bees decided on . The papers contain" a long account of the ceremony of the investiture of Mr . Ward , the Lord High Commissioner , as Grand Cross of the Order of St . Michael and St . George , which took place with

      great pomp on the 6 th ult . A correspondent at Corfu writes ta us under the date of the 19 ih : — ' By the arrival this morning of the Sharpshooter from Cephalonia with a detachment of the 36 th regiment , which was despatched from this island on the first outbreak , we hear of the capturs of the priest Nociaro , and one of his companions , and the surrender of Vlacco at Luxuri . Martial law has been taken off all the districts except Luxuri , where the trials are now going on . His excellency Sir Henry Ward is still there , and the Sharpshooter sails again to-day for Cephalonia , to bring his Excellency and staff . '

      m We learn from ouv Malta correspondent that the inner cordon of British troops , placed round the Black Forest at Cephalonia , had , upon information received from an accomplice , who , on a promise of pardon , had turned spy , succeeded in lakims leddoro Vlacco and the Papa , or Priest , Nodstro , two of the chief ring-leaders in the late outbreak in tlwt island , who , after a summary trial by courtmartial , were both cordemned to deathwhich

      sen-, tence was carried into execution on the 19 th of October , his Excellency the Lord High Commissioner having considered it inexpedient to commute the same , although Vlacco , in his petition for mercy , made manifest to his Excellency , that the life of the latter had been in his ( the rebel ' s ; power had he chosonto seize the opportunity of taking the same with his rifle , which , when taken , was absolutely pointed at the Lord High Comraissioner .

      INDIA AND CHINA . ASSASSINATION OF THtt PORTUGUESE GOVERNOR OF MACAO . The overland express brings intelligence from Calcutta to tbe 8 th of September , frora Madras to the 15 th , and from Hongkong to the 20 th of August . A local riot bad occurred near Cannanore , in the Madras Presidency . The Moplahs , a fanatical caste , bad committed various depredations , taken refuge in a temple , and forcibly resisted the military for some time ; but eventually tbey were subdued . In the conflict , some Ser , oys ran away , leaving Ensign X \ ise and a few men at the mercy of the rioters : bv whom they were cut to pieces .

      A terrible loss of lifehadhappenedat Trichinopolv . An idolatrous festival , held at the top of the high rock , was attended by an immense concourse of people ; a sudden panic occurred ; aud the multitude from above pressed , upon those below , upwards of four hundred were suffocated or trodden to death . The political interest centres in the news from Macao ; the Portuguese Governor of which had been openly killed in the campo by Chinese assassin 8 . Tim outrage was partl y political and partly personal an , threatened serious consequence . both direct y and indirectl y ; and a slight ' retrospect is ne « SS to make the affair at all intelligible J

      It was ( he custom of Senhor Atnaral to ride everv Kfeck of 1 fa " " theCamp ° « ear * W * "» rid ?/ n ? i v ' ? distant ™* on all rt& , i I * l a favourable spot for making a nt if h o ? 7 ?? ' interr » Pti ° n . On the ever . - Silt — , ° * , " gUSt ' -t ^ O-WHor . accom . wnen most of the foreign residents go forth for ever accentedthe flo

      wer , when the o , t . „ kb £ S the bamboo : he appeared to think a " finUUat Vt was s ? rae peaflfo . J of ehin-chinl gf ' fth Wow bemg repeated , he stooped forward with he intent ™ of rebuking the lad . While thus SaS woZ If ? ¦¦ K / Ve Ci »«^ n 2 S HiS ' totWJf ' Um inkhe « de and back . f S teffiffiKS jaw and part of the tongue attached to the trunk -

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      the left hand was also taken away . The aide-decamp was also wounded severely by a cut on the head and a stab in the thigh . The remains of the unfortunate gentleman were carried to Macao in the carriage of Mr . Forbes . The murderers escaped in a boat waiting near the barrier , taking with them the head and band of their victim . the left hand was also taken ftwav . The aide-de-

      SINGAPORE . EXPEDITION AGAINST PIRATES . Our dates from Singapore are to the 5 th of September . From ib . it settlement itself there is literally no news . Her Majesty ' s brig Albatross and the Hon . East India Company ' s steamer Nemesis arrived theve on the 4 ib with accounts of tbe proceedings of Sir James Brooke on a naval expedition against the Sukarran ami Saia ' ias pirate ? . Sir James , with the Sarawak flotilla , reached the mouth of the Moratabas on the night of the 24 th of July , where they found a large force already anchored .

      On the 28 th , Sir James Brooke , with part of the native force , anchored off Kaluka . The other detachment was stationed at the mouth of the Sarabas ; the Nemesis took up a station in the bay between the two rivers , and the men-of-war ' s boats in line shorewards . They remained in this position till the evening of the 30 th , when word was brought that the pirates , after threatening Palo , had proceeded to a river named Si Maring , and anchored there , On the evening of the 31 at it was intimated that the piratical squadron was approaching . We give what ensued in ths words of an eye-witness : — ' In about fifteen minutes all were

      in motion to meet them , the Nemesis proceeding seaward to command them and prevent their pscape to sea . As soon as she was descried by the pirates , they made at once for tbe Kaluka river , where their progress was intercepted by the native boats , and those commanded l > y Lieuts . Wlimshurst and Everest . The pirates then ' as a dernier resort mad 3 a dash to reach their own river , when they came in immediate contact with the men-of-war boats , and the action became genera ) . It was now dark , and tbe great danger was that of firing into each other , or into our native allies . The pass-word selected was 1 Rajah , ' and the Malays screamed this out at the

      top of vhair voices when they thought any of the Europeans were near them . Commander Farquhar , who directed the operations , was in the midst Of the melee , giving orders , ami exhorting the crews of the various boats to be careful , and not to fire into each other , and several of those present , from their ago and service , capable of giving an opinion , state they never , in anj boataciions , saw firing so rapid and destructive . Two large prah us were seen by the corannnder escapiag seaward , and the steam-tender was ordered to chase ; the nearest one having barely escaped one of her six-pound rockets , made for the

      river , and met a pirate ' s doom . The Nemesis , which had been deal . ng death and destruction to all around her , ran her down , and the scene which took place as her crew , above sixiy in number , came in contact with the paddle-wheels , baggara all d < scription . A large congreve rocket from the little steamer entered theprahu that had continued out to sea , and rendered her destruction complete . A signal was now made to close , and the scene as witnessed from the bridge of the Nemesis was most exciting . It was evident from the first that the day was our o * n , but a rapid running fire rvas still kept up along the margin of the bay . This having

      gradually subsided , at 12 30 , on the morning of the 1 st July , Commander Farquhar ordered the boats of the varisus vessels in tow , and having sent the Ranee with despatches to Sir James Brooke , then in some part of the Kaluka river , we commenced the ascent of the Sarebas to prevent escape by tbe Rembra 3 branch . In doing so we were deprived of a sight which all state took them by surprise . At daylight the bay was one mass of wreck , shields , spears , and portions of destroyed prahus , extended as far as the eye could reach

      whilst on the sandy spit which extendes a considerable distance seaward on the left bank of the Sar « ba % were upwards of 70 prahus , which the natives were busy clearing of all valuables , and destroying . The punishment inftlcttd on these barbarians had been most complete . Of 120 praVius which it is said started on the expedition , and all of which were in the bay the preceding evening , more than 87 were destroyed , and the loss of life on thi-ir tide must have been immense , indeed it has been placed as high as 1 , 200 men . On our uart , savitig a few casualties , all were unscathed .

      On the 2 nd of August the expedition proceeded up the river . On the 4 ih reached and destroyed the town of Paku , and also an adjoining village . On the 7 th Sir Jamrs proceeded to the Sarebas territories , and the Nemesis returned to the mouth of the river and wooded . On the llth the ascent of the river was recommenced , and on the Hth tbe Nemesis , with her attena ' aat native squadron , anchored off the Kanawit river . The small steamer , to European boats , and the native prahus , were ordered to continue the asce . nt on the 16 th . ' The whole o { the settlements on both sides were dest ! O ) cd . ' On the evening of tbe 18 th the Ranee returned with several men sick of fewer . On the 5 » ih the Nemesis landed Sir James at Sarawak , the cases of fever on board the Nemesis and Albantrosswere were said to be numerous .

      UNITED STATES AND CANADALiverpool , Sunbay Night . —The British and North America Royal Mail steam-ship Canada , which was telegraphed off Holyhead this afternoon at three o ' clock , has just arrived in the Mersey , and brings frora Boston , Canada , and Nova Scotia seven days , and from New York and the other leading cities and towns of the United States ei « ht days later advices than those received by the ~ Ainerica ibis day week .

      We have to hand , by this arrival , the announcement that the United States government had issued an official proclamation , directing that all British vessels , with cargoes , entering ports belonging to the American Republic , or the territories thereof , shall be admitted on equal terms with vessels belonging to and sailing under the colours of the Republic of America . The new regulation is to come in force on and after the 1 st of January , 1850 . The great fete of the American Institute has gone off well in New Yoik . The attendance was immense , and the exhibition of machinery and of manufactured and agricultural articles was larger than on any former occasion . The state of Florida was said to be under the serious consideration of the Cabinet at Washington .

      Cholera still lingered in the Lake districts and the deaths among the immigrants and the new settlers were said to be very numerous . Some meetings and musical festivals have been recently held in connexion with the European political sufferers . Philadelphia ., Oct . 17 . — Important elections have taken place in four states of tho Union , viz ., Maryland , Georgia , Pennsylvania , and Ohio . The results generally are unfavourable to the National Administration . In Maryland , the Whigs lost one member in Congress . In Georgia , the Democratic candidate for governor was re-elected , and by an

      increased majority . Both branches of the new Legislature are also Democratic . In Ohio , the Whigs have elected a majority to the Senate , while both parties claim the house . In Pennsylvania , the democrats have elected their State Canal ComimV sioner , and have also carried both branches of the Legislature . The Canal Commissioner will have a majority of at least 10 , 000 ; while last year , Gen . Taylor carried the state by a majority cf 15 , 000 1 he revolution is most decided . S . nne rersons imagine that it will lead-to a change in the Cabinet . A scene of horror has been enacted in ibis city that may fairly be pronounced without parallelas

      , it was mthout provocation , in any of the recorded public outrages and mob murders of modern times , in the lower part of Philadel phia bar . ds of outlaws and rufhaus have existed for more than two years calling themselves' killers , ' ' stingers , ' « ^ < > v , luf U . tles are of thems > elves Sl , fficient to showthe ferocious and ' criminal character of such ammtmns which are , in fact , simi ! ar t 0 lhe Mohawks , who disgraced London in the dais of Queen Anne and the fi . « George . The Philadelphia gangs , however , are msra sanguinary than eve , the

      « ero Mohawks , and accordinely p ( . cple hail frequentl y been set . upon and wounded , and one or < m S ,. ? the Open street 8 i wWleneat the fcchuylkiU highway robberies and river . uiracy have beer , committed vrith unjnimly iu the cpeu .. ay , In bngands calling themselves the ScUuylkill Kangers . On Tuesday night last , about ' nine t > Clock ( night Of the cily and county election ) , a band af ruffians repaired to a botelat the corner of Sixth and St . Mary-strcets , called the ' California House , ' , where they sought a quarrel , broke the glasses in the bar , piled the furniture in the middle

      or the . rooms , and then set it on fire , soon enveloping the entire building in flames . A story bad been raised that a white woman and a coloured man had lived together as man and wife , but this was a . mere pretext for commencing a riot , by inflaming the public mind , and stimulating a mob to acts of tyranny and outrage . Many , " coloured people , and

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      those of the lowest classes , live in St . Mary-street These were obli ged to fly , and in escaping from their hous-s , they were fired upon and polled with bricks-even women and children . The are com panies of Philadelphia SCO n repaired to the scene of conflagration to extinguish the flames ; « uen fin credible as it may appear ) they were met with showers of bricks and volleys of musketry and pistol balls ! Several Wre bounded or . lain within a few minutes-the rioters loading ajainand firing as fast as they could . The polce now armed , but they were received with S and several were wounded . Neither the firemen nor the policemen .. ere armed , aud there ore could il e : e"d therase vefnei' ^ r could they . those of tliR Inu-Aif / . locc / n , i :., « : „ e < . *»

      , . . re ariv nr ;~ and - tfle ' VWere cora * tempo , rardy to retire , ca ring their dead and wounded to thebosp , w , or to their homes of sorrow and of •( SB f > hV ° h 0 Uses " ^ S fte Uiforma became a prey to the flames ; and another hotel , the 'Montgomery House / was also set on fire aud destroyed . The firing con . tmued , and men were carried off wounded . It was not until nearly two o ' clock in the morning that the military could be collected , and on two or three companies of volunteers repairing to St . Mary-streer , the cowardly and ferocious'

      assassins sneaked away . For this sliochhig riot there was not even the poor excuse of fractionary political , or religious feeling . It was i , o conflict between rich and poor . Catholic and Protestant , ( as in 1844 ) , or rival political parties . No , there was no actual cause , beyond the gratification of th& most evil passions , and a lust of blood . Tha whole must have befin premeditated , as the mob were not only well armed , but well provided with ammunition—plenty of powder and ball . The active

      rioters were from 300 to 500 in number , aided and cheered on in their work of slaughter by as many more . 1 can positively assert , from personal observation , that the scene appeared more like murder for amusement—for the joy of the bloodthirstythan any political or civic riot . No principle whatever was contended for—no ri ^ ht or privilege had been denied or was sought . Then the f . ict of shooting firemen , who are citizens and the sons of citizens , who volunteer a dangerous duty without pw , fee , or reward of any kind " ! Yet they were nred on , apparently for the sport o ? a savage mob Such atrocities can hardly be believed to have taken

      place in a Christian city and in this our boasted nineteenth century . Yet such there were . Three respectable men we re killed , three or more are expected to die , and about twenty-seven were wounded in all . The entire number of deaths will hardly be known for at least a week . None of the rioters were injured . As soon as the military were on the ground , the firemen returned and extinguished the conflagrations . Alnut seven o ' clock in the morning tbe riot was resumed and several shots were fired , two or thre e persons being wounded , but order was quickly restored , and several arrests were made . On the following Friday a carpenter ' s shop in the vicinity , was set on fire , and attempts were made to renew the riot by attacks on the coloured people , but the tuffians were overawed , and sev ? ral of them

      captured . The military have encamped in the disturbed disstricts , and guarded it ever since . About tweufy suspected persons ' have been arrested , a few only admitted to bail , of from 1 , 000 to 5 , 000 dollars each . In the northern suburb , Kensington , a gang of outlaws has been formed , known as the ' Pirates . A few days since they neatly killed Alderman Wilt in the street ; and they entered 3 house , in which they beat the owner nearly to death . Unless the laws be administered in these districts hereafter with sternness and justice , neither life nor property will be secure ; and it is notorious that of late many of the magistrates and constables have been so far intimidated , or have been so wilfully remiss , that misdemeanour and outr ^ e there have long goae on unwhipt of justice . '

      lhe news from Canada is more important than usual . The partj who have opposed the course of policy laid down and acted upon by the Govenior-G ? neral have thrown off all ideas of " a federal union of the British North American provinces , and have wrae out openly iu favour of annexation to the United States . They have , for this purpose , issiifd a petition praying for annexation to the American Republic . This petition has already itemed upwards of 1 , 200 signatures , amongst which are included those of soma of the leading men in the provinces . A counter-petition had been also issued , which haB received 200 signatures .

      The party in favour of annexation have issued a declaration of their views , and of the reasons which have determined their choice , and also why England should consent to ratify that choice . They declare , however , that should England not consent to theis wishes , they will not agitate the matter further . The Steam ship Canada brought tbe following importantanuounc « ment by Mr . Meredith , Secretary of the United States Treasury , ' INSTRUCTIONS TO COLLECTORS AND OTHER

      OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS , 'Treasury Department , Oct . 15— 'Inconsequence of questions submitted by merchauts and others asking in consideration of the recent alterations of British navigation laws , en what footing the commercial relations between the United States and Great Britain will be placed on and after the 1 st of January next , tbe day on which the recent act of the British Parliament comes into operation , the

      department deems it expedient at this time to issue the following general instructions for the information of the officers of the Customs and others interested . ' 1 . In consequence of the alterations of the British Navigation Laws , above referred to , British vessels from British or other foreign ports will under existing laws after the 1 st of January next be allowed to enter our ports with cargoes of the growth , manufacture , or production of anv part o £ the world .

      ' 2 . Such vessels and their cargoes will be admitted from after the date before mentioned on the same terms as to duties , charges , and imposts as vessels of the United States md their cargoes .

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      2 THE NORTHERN STAR . November 3 , 1849 . ¦ " ~— " —

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 3, 1849, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1546/page/2/