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      FRANCE . iJnfrf' ? 7 " > * » = c . L-M . George Wash . Xt Lafayette ' > * *» celebrated general JL erdir ' , r "' , 1111 ' 1 gOdS ° WaAingtoS , died yesterday at his chateau at Lagrange , near Paris . wo ° e berof the Chamher of Deputies since 1 S 22 and \ , ce . Presiden t of the National Coiuti-5 »* Assembly in 1843 . He was the father of AIM . Oscar and Edmund de Lafayette , who were also members of the Constituent Assembly . M . Bezard , a member of the Convention , and late honorary memher of the Court of Appeal at Amiens , died a day or two ago in that town . He had just corapleted his 89 th year . As a member of the Convention he had voted for the death of Louis XVI ., without appeal or reprieve .

      Siwdat , Dec . 2 . —The dividend on the Roman SrA ******** and a 8 ^ number of the bondholders applied to MM . de Rothschild as usual lor psymsnr , but the answer was-no effects . The ationa , says that the Papal Government asked the house of Rothschild to advance the money , but taat it declined . The ' Mouitenr' announces that a review of the array , and of the national gisards of Paris , will take place at the Champ de MaisunthelOthinst ., in honour of the anniversary of the election of the Pre . sident of the Republic . The review will take place in presence of the President himself .

      A telegraphic despatch from Marseilles , of the 29 ih ult ., announces that despatches from Al giers state that on the 10 th ult . General Herbillan attacked f-. Arabs , at Ourtal , near Oued Djeddi , within five leagues of Zancha , and defeated them . 200 Atabs were killed , 3 . 001 T camels and 15 , 000 sheep were taken , beside a large booty . The whole of the tents were destroyed . On the following day the principal chiefs surrendered , It is thought that Zaatcha will surrender almost immediately . Monday , Dec . 3 . —The ' Reforme' was seized yesterday , b y order of the Procureur of the Republic , for a seditions and inflammatory libel , in an article entitled , « Au people des Compagnes . ' . Monday . —The Siecle' states to-day that at a Council of Masters held at the EWsee on the 20 th

      Bit ., a aote was read to the council , from which it appeared that England pronounced in favour of the light of the Roman people to choose its own government . The same journal says , that at a cabinet council held in London , it was decided to support Louis Napoleon ' s policy at Rome , if the President engaged himself not to separate from England in the affair of the Hungarian refugees . The * Moniteur' publishes a decree , signed by the President of the Republic , appointing M . Lacosle Commissary Extraordinary of the Government at Lyons , and throughout the sixth military division .

      It is announced that the President of the Legislative Assembly will give a dinner on the 9 th to a hundred gtusfa , and that the President of the Republic will be present . It is also said that on the 10 th , the anniversary of the election of Louis Napoleon , there will be a grand banquet for 250 guests at the Hotel deVille , at which also the President of the Republic will be present , and the banquet followed by a ball , for which 6 , 000 invitation-cards are to be issued . Twenty-seven of the Legitimists arrested in the Rue Si . tafonl , have been set at liberty . The farce of a military organisation had been performed by the conspirators , and amongst them were to be found persons designated from all ranks from General to din : ; mer .

      Paris , Toesdat . —Yesterday , in the Assembly , the Prc-sident put tbe question on M . Pean ' s pooposhion for the abolition of the custom of exposing the names of political offenders condemned by default on the pillory . The proposition was rejected by a large majority , 2 nd the house adjourned atbalfpast six o ' clock . Four hundred of the insurgents of June , 1848 , arrived in Paris yesterday , escorted by a guard of city sergeants from Havre The Attorney-General attended at the Conciergerie and signed the order of liberation for all . They proceeded immediately each to his own home accompanied by their friends and relatives who had been at the Conciergerie to meet them . An immense crowd was attracted ' to the spot , but the utmost tranquillity prevailed throughout .

      More Pfrsecutiox . —Yesterday the Procureur of the Republic immediately after the publicaiion of the work , ordered the seizure of the paraphkt entitled Le 13 / ft Juh , porUdru Rolling printed by M . Schneider . Proceedings ate instituted against the printer and all the publishers of the work : — First , for exciting hatred and contempt of the government ; secondly , for justifying facts considered as crimes by the penal la if . A person named Perrey , late a pupil of the Polytechnic School , was tried before the Paris Court of Assize , on Tuesday , for having on the 13 th of June last excited the population to take arms , under the pretence that the Constitution had been violated . He was found guilty , and sentenced to imprisonment fur five years .

      GERMANY . Beklix , Not . 29 . —The trial of "Waldeck commence' ] yesterday at a quarter past nine . A large number of persons assembled to witness the proceedings . The prison in which the jury hold their sittings is full of soldiers and constables , and in the immediate neighborhood of the building the police prevented alt { Arsons from loitering about . Weldeck seemed rather pale , and his sharp features seemed thinner than ever ; but in hh eyes there shone the light of that powerful mind which so often carried away vuth its eloquence the Chambers , and caused the ministry to tremble . His fellow-prisoner and secret accuser , the merchant Ohm , is a young man , about twenty-four years , of ordinary appearance , and vulgar Jewish features . He appeared careless of the numerous spectators . Both the accused pleaded ' Not Guilty . '

      The accused Ohm addressed the court , having previously received permission to assist his memory with some written documents which lay before him . fie first of ail complained most bitterly of the bad treatment he had met with in the prison , and then spoke of his political proceedings subsequent to the revolution cf March . He bad joined the democratic party , and had been made acquainted with their plans . He sketched the proceedings of the ultrademocrats during the summer of 1848 , mentioned the storaing of the arsenal as the work of French emissaries , one of whom he professpd to have known as M . Soulicrj lie alluded also to the celebrated proposition made by Mr . Stein in the Prussian

      National Assembly , and declared that on the 17 th Nov ., when this propositien was rejected , 100 men were stationed , with daggers beneath their coats , before the bir'ding in which the Assembly was sitting . On that occasion he saw his error , and perceiving the egotism of the democratic party ; the feelings of a Prussian and a royalist were re-awakened in his bosom , and he above all grew disgusted with the democratic parly , because they assisted the Polish revolution . For these reasons he had joined the rartv of order ; but he imaeined that he might

      serve his country to greater advantage by preserving the appearance ® f a democrat , and thus became acquainted vfiih she plans of that pany ; he , therefore , joined ihe nevr' Prussian Gazette , ' in which journal he had published their plans ; the notorious Enihullunr jvn ( disclosures ) were writteo hy him . He mentioned bis connexion with M . Goedschef ( one of the persons employed on the paper , and probably the principal concoctor of the whole plot Bgainst Waldeck ) and with D'Ester in a very confused and hesitating manner .

      This unexampled piece of pleading eieated a most unfavourable impression . The accused spoke with the most ¦ nsl gar pathos , in had German , seeking nevertheless to create an impression that he had saved his country . This unfavourable . impression was heig htened considerably by the examination which the president of the court then instituted . The accused was so complrtely embarrassed by . the president , that he repeatedly convicted himself of having litd . The principal portions of the statements contained in the preliminary examinations he now denied , and moreover confessed much that he had formerly denied . Until now he had maintained that he knew noshing of the letter said to be written fcy D'Ester , and upon which the whole accusation is based ; but in the course of this examination he declared that hs knew it proceeded from D'Ester himsel .

      In tbe crowd of listeners it was qu « c impossible to note every particular ; I must therefore wait for the short-hand reports , which will proclaim the curious fact how often the accused confessed , ' Yes , there I lied . ' Up to this time these reports have not appeared ; the house in which they are being printed ^ perfectlv . blcctaded b y the mob , and the police X . « T ? "T t 0 interfere t 0 P r « erve order : they fi ght for the copies of the reports . . Dunng tbeesatmi attonthe spectators were be qnen = l , unable to suppress their just Zera « 1 us * BMt Waldeck listened calmly ^ d coolly , £ S

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      a smile apprared on his lips , at the more extraordinary portions of his accuser s testimony . The examinations having been concluded , Waldeck addressed the court in bis defence , in a speech which lasted nearly two hours ; his speech was a masterpiece of cool , clear and perfectly objective description ., Even his political opponents declare that he never before spoke so well and so effectivelv . The mere contrast between the defuse , vapid , and lying oration of his predecessor , and this practical , cutting speech uttered with the calmness of a good conscience , should be sufficient to decide the verdict of the jury .

      The impression created by his Bpeech was apparent in the solemn silence -which succeeded it . The President announced that the speech was so complete and detailed that he had no further questions to ask . The Staats-Anwalt then put a few-questions , which \ 7 aldeck answered in a calm and collected manner , and the sitting was then closed at half-past four . The extraordinary and unexpectedly favourable result of the first day ' s trial spread like lightning through the city . AU the details of the trial were discussed , and 8 general opinion expressed that the process must terminate in the acquittal of Waldeck . Tc-day the examination of the witnesses was to commence , and the number of persons present was , if possible , still greater than yesterday .

      Only six witnesses were examined to-day , and it is therefore hardly possible that a verdict can be given hefore Saturday next ( Dec . 1 ;) One of these six witnesses was a most important one , no less a person than the president of the police , Herr von Hinkeldey . His examination was a most interesting scene . Herr von Hinkeldey made his appearance with all the insolence and rudeness of a superior Prussian ([

      imsht say Russian ) official . He began by asking , 'Was stehtzuihren diensteu ? ' ( What are your commands ?) The president of the court reminded him that witnesses were summoned to answer questions . This somewhat humbled the autocrat of Berlin , hut not sufficiently to prevent him behaving in a similar improper manner on several subsequent stages of his examination ' ; so that the president felt himself called upon to remind him that he ought to behave himself differently before ' a court of law .

      Herr van Hinkeldey was questioned as to his connexion with the accused Ohm . The following is his characteristic explanations . Herr Goedsche , whose namehad been so often mentioned , and whom heknew as a faithful adherent of the King , had often made communications to the police which had subsequently been confirmed : upon one occasion the said Goedsche bad declared that he could procure for the police authorities several important papers which would Jay bare the treasonable plans of several of the leaders of the democratic party ; but required a promise from him ( Herr Hinkeldey ) that the parties in whose hands these papers were should not suffer by their disclosing them . As president of police he had made that' promise , and assured them that he should not be punished . Upon which the information was immediately rendered .

      Upon being questioned by the President whether he considered himselt empowered to do so , the President of Police replied , ¦ Certainly ; I only do my duty in promising to let those go unpunished who assist me in discovering the plans which are still being concocted between here and Paris . He afterwards exclaimed with great violence , ' I am responsible only to my superiors in office . ' I must remark here , that the English practice of permitting a man to turn King ' s evidence , ' has hitherto been unknown in Prussia , and that the King alone had the power of promising life to any concerned in criminal accusations ; and since the publication of the constitution it is very doubtful , whether this right still exists , and if so in whose hands ? Nevertheless , Herr von Hiukeldey has taken it into his own hands .

      After Hinkeldey came Herr Goedsche . This witness , after indul ging in a long account of terrible conspiracies , each of which was more remarkable than its predecessor , and having uttered a tirade of such immense nonsense that even Waldeck vcas compelled to laugh , was subjected to a close examination . The witness showed , himself sly and cunning , his replies were for the most part indirect , and he endeavoured at every occasion to , return to his discoveries of frightful conspiracies . To all

      appearances he is himself the soul of the plot invented to sacrifice Waldeck . Out of the many details of this examination , in which numberless contradictions were apparent between the evidence of the witness and of the accused Ohm , and between the evidence given at the present and at former examinations by the witness himself , I will only mention one fact , that in a letter from Ohm to Goedsche , which has been discovered , there occures the following : — ' A letter will reach you from ¦ use that handwriting . '

      On the third day proceedings commenced at halfpast nine . Several witnesses for the defence were examined to prove the connexion of Goedsche with Ohm . One of these witnesses said that he had known Ohm under a different name , and had been in the habit of carrying letters to him from Goedsche , in whose employment witness was . The same witness confirmed Ohm ' s statement of his being the author of tbe notorious ' Entbullungen . ' Another witness , the publisher of the lithograph of D'Ester , beneath which appears a fac simile of his handwriting , gave evidence to the effect that the lithograph was only a

      partially correct mutation of the handwriting . The remaining portion of the sitting was consumed by hearing the evidence of the parties appointed to examine and compare the handwriting of the letter in question , with other authentic papers in the handwriting of D'Ester . From their report and testimonyit appeared that their handwriting of the letter in question was in some respects ' similar , but in others totally different to the authenticated handwriting , ? nd further that Ohm ' s , handwriting exhibited some affinity to that of the letter . It was . further proved that she handwriting of the letter was very similar to that of the h ' thographic / aesimife .

      Several witnesses were then called and examined to disprove the statement made hy Ohm respecting the meetings which he affirmed had taken place at various cafes . These witnesses all denied any knowledge of such meetings . The landlords of the different houses in which D'Ester lived at various times dented all knowledge of Waldeck ' s person , or that he bad ever visited D'Etter . This was cosfirmed Iiy the production , to the great astonishment of all present , of a public declaration , made by D'Ester before the authoriies of tbe Canton Argau ,

      in which be denies that he ever was intimately acquainted with Ohm . He had become acquainted with Ohm in searching for lodgings ; in which search the accused , Ohm , had intruded his assistance ; and his conduct had been so suspicious that he ( D'Ester ) had regarded it as a roost solemn duty to preserve the utmost caution in alibis conversation with him j and he finally declared that he had never written a letter to Ohm . The porter of tbe house in which Waldeck lived denied ever having seen Ohm there .

      FouaTH Day . —The examination of the witnesses was brought to a close to-day > ( Dec . 1 . ) The case grows more favourable to Waldeck as it proceeds , and his accusers are gradually entangliiig themselves in the meshes of the net which they wove for his destruction . The proceedings were very interesting to-day . The authenticity of a letter said to be from D Ester , acd which was also found upon Oam , and which referred to a debt owing by D'Ester to a wine merchant , was entirely destroyed by the wine mer . chant in question declaring that D'Ester had never been in his debt .

      Another witness testified that he met Waldeck on the day of his arrest at one of the gates of the town , and at the particular hour at which Ohm declared he had met and spoken to him at a totally different spot . The servants of Waldeck also gave evidence to the effect that they had never once seen Ohm at the house of their master . In the cross examination which was then instituted by tbe Staats An wait and Waldeck s counsel , Ohm entangled himself in such glaring contradictions , that his statement of having visited Waldeek many times was reduced to one single visit , and ,-finall y . he was so driven into a corner , that he declared it was impossible for him to remember every thing that had taken place seven months ago .

      The witnesses whose evidence was then taken were all former parliamentary colleagues of Wddeck . They , one and all , declared that Waldeck had never spoken ot a republic even in the private meetings of tt * party to which he belonged , and that he had fif ? t % ° \ d ? m 0 Cratic ra ° » archy as their object , and the parliament as the arenain which the t ^ gle was to be ^ made . His fellow-travellers on the jouriiey toDresden all agreed that the joumev was simply one of pleasure , and that it was bv a mere accident tfeey had made the ac a ! n £ 0 Bakunm . ina hotelin Dresden . Herr von Unrah spemll y testified that , in November of Ae pasUear Waldeck was opposed to an armed conflict . Mother deputy of the former Prussian . National A t °° ' J

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      swore that the witness Goedsche tried to bribe him 10 vote with the Right party in tUe Chamber , by promising him three dollars for every minor occasion , and forty dollars for every important occasion . G edsche was able to give only a most stup id explanation to this positive testimony of the witness .. A bookseller proved that on the day on which Waldeck was arrested , Goedsche came into his shop and demanded a portrait of Waldeck , containing a fac-simile of his handwriting , that he handed him pne / Sthat while looking for some other , he perceived that Goedsche had carried it to the window , and was comparing the fac-siraile with some writing on a piece of paper , which he hastily placed in an envelope as the witness approached .

      The evidence given by the daughter of the landlord of the house in which Ohm lived was most important . She swore that she herself gave to Ohm the seal with which the letters , said to be from D'Ester were sealed , and that Ohm bad expressly asked for a seal without any particular marks upon it . Tbe Staats-Anwalt and Waldeck ' s counsel both declined to call any other , witness . ACQUITTAL OF WALDRCK . The Cologne Gazette , ' of Tuesday , in a telegraphic despatch from Berlin , announces that the

      accusation against Waldeck and Ohm had been dropped on Monday by the Staats-Anwalt , and that the jury of course acquitted both . prisoners . The .. Staats-Anwalt in his speech characterised the letters said to have been written b y D'Ester . as the production of a knave . Waldeck was immediately set a liberty , but Ohm . was detained ; the Staals-Auwalt announcing that lie would be tried again for falsely denouncing Waldeck . Numerous , groups of respectable people greeted Waldeek on his appearance in tne street , .

      PORTUGAL . . The news from Lisbon " is to the 29 th of November " . ' . ' . ¦ "' ' ' ¦ . " A plot had been formed against Thomar , the opposition press bringing against him . strong charges , although he still retains the confic | ence , of the Queen . A ministerial crisis is the result . Three of the ' ministers will ; it is said , be ousted—namely , war , finance , and justice .

      AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY . From no parts of the empire do more , dismal accounts come in than from Transylvania . Since the surrender at Vilago 3 the Wallachs , or Daco-Romans , as . these . savages classically dub themselves , have actually murdered no less than a tenth of the whole Hungarian nobility in Transylvania '; ' , and , upon the strength of these deserts , a deputation , headed by a bandit aud a priest , are on their way to Vienna to petition the Emperor , to confirm the claims of the Daco-Romans to a beparate nationality ., The , bandit is the ferocious Janka , and the priest the schismatic Greek bishop Schaguna . ¦ "¦' ¦ > THE HUNGARIAN REI-UGEES IN TURKEY .

      Wxddjn , , Nov . 7 . — -I returned here this morning from accompanying . Kossuth , and the last portion of the emigration , two stations ou their route to Schumla ' . '' " " About a fortnight ago arrived , from Constantinople , two , miralais , or colonels , with instructions to convey the whole emigration from ' Widdin to Schuinla . From this moment the munificent hospitality , always intended by Abdul-liiejid , was carried out in a . congenial spirit . < In addition to the pay proportioned . to the : rank of the refugees , and to the rations liberally distributed since the first complaints reached Constantinople , ¦ : hourly proofs were given , of ttje Sultan ' s magnificent gene rosity , in which chiefs , officers , and soldiers . participated . . ¦ . . . - . ' ¦' .,

      Lodgeflin the best houses of the town , and soldiers were clothed anew from head to foot ; and besides its being intimated that , everything would be furnished on the road , a large gratuity to defray inci . dental expenses , and proportioned to the rank of the r : cipients , was paid over , ' : . ' ¦ ' ¦'¦' . Svery general received 5 , 600 piastres , and to Kossuth 10 , 000 were presented , besides a new and costly travelling carriage for his journey . The officers despatched by the Porte upon this mission displayed a prevanarice . forethought , " and politeness , which would bave done credit to the most polished circles of the west ., Kossuth , Count Bathyani and Court Zaraoyski , who , without violations of oriental

      etiquette , could not refuse the Sultan ' s present , divided one portion of the gift between the Mollahs and the- Greek bishop , to be applied to ' the |' , relief of their respective , poor , and , distributed the rest amongst the subaltern officers ' and soldiers . This , indeed , is the . use to which , after the example of Kossutb , the Hungarian chiefs have all along applied the weekly pay apportioned to them by the Porte . As the poles , Italians , and Hungarians were to commence their march in three distinct bodies , on the eve of separation a general explanation of all previous misunderstanding took place between the chiefs who came to take ef the late president governor of Hungary an affectionate leave .

      Under the influence of his genius , the result , so little to be expected under the dlsi ntegrating influence of adversity , has been the complete oblivion of all political differences , and the frtsion of all opinions in patriotic unison of tendency . On the morning of the 31 st , the Polish legion undertook its march , under the military command of General Yysocki , but headed by Count Zamoyski , to whom the consent of the Polish portion of the emigration has been awarded by his countrymen . Gen . Yysocki , who represents the . republican , and Zamoyski the monarchical interests ' amongst the Poles , have in fact given a touching and salutary example , ' of abnegation of je . 'sonal interests and opinions for the yublic good . ;

      At an early hour a marquee wa 3 pitched outside the citadel of Widdin on a space of ground which , out of compliflient , must be called the glacis . Here the'Pacha and Turkish , authorities , were assembled Availing forKossuth ; to review the legion and the Turkish Nizam destined for its escort before it com menced its march . Kossuth and his suit , made their appearance on horseback . He was dressed according to his habit in very plain civilian clothing , covered by a blue cloak , but wearing the graceful low , crowned black felt Hungarian hat , adorned with the . white ostrich feather , which was distinctive of the Hungarian gfnera ' s and leaders . :

      Old Derabinski , with his silvery beard , was in the national costume of Poland , and Knssuth ' military followers in the dresses of their country , from which our own uniformes have been derived , and with which the appearance of Prince -Esterhazy at our drawing-rooms and levies has familiarised us . Kossuth , after riding down the line , addressed an impressive speech to the Polish legion . All publicity and display are distasteful to tbe simplicity of Kossuth ' s tastes ; but in particular he piques himself on never holding out a false hope , or making even an ungrounded insinuation . Oa this account his appearance amongst the refugee troops was quite un . wonted . He had impulitically refused to . show himself in the camp because he could not give ^ them conscientiously any assurance of safety . On this

      occasion , afier thanking the Poles for their services he dwelt upon the generous hospitality extended to them by the Sultan and the Turks , but expatiated in particular on the cheering sympath y , of that great nation of the west , aud on the humanly , of its minister , to which , under Providence , they owed iheir lives . The effect of his eloquence on this impressionable people may be judged—prolonged and deafening cheers for Kossuth and for Hungary such as perhaps Widdin bad m-ver heard before . Then followed cheers for Poland , and a right hearty . cheer for the Sultan and the Turks . The Polish legion began its march amidst the good wishes of the Turkish population , one . third of tbe men literally shedding tears , and all joining in the chorus of their patriotic songs .

      Oa the following day this scene was repeated by the departure of the Italian logion , under Colonel Count Mont , and wh , ch Kossuth very : eloquentl y a . ressedmtheltahan language . Tbe appearance of ibis leg . on didlib commander the greatest credit ; t » noi ° man y , dlfs ! ers . marches , and fatigues , it turned out without any assistance of clothing from F 11 3 ' * S bri 8 hter ° « ier *•» •• ISrf tT" ' " ^ o " reviewed in thfc Champ deMars . This resul Colonel Monti brought about tLtu - ^ anCe 0 f anir o ? Spline , brelating himself wuh his men , and . sharing . their fate , en-SS 2 "( 2 X % t leraifnam ^ Z \ uZ ! V ? the . . ?»" % General Bern , or £ TS ?^ ? bBrtEed to '* iw ™« l 'learner on Ihe Danube in great state . The two other ! < rene gade generals , the gallant Kmettel , a maKDincent SJg « aHun « and SW ;\ , Jjr £ IBI ^^^

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      ew there to speed them on their way ; but Kossuth ,, ' I believe , a little to their surprise , rode down and took of them all a grateful and affectionate leave . On the ensuing Saturday Kossuth and the Hunearia us quitted Widdin . This of course was the ereat day , and the same ceremonies described at the departure of tbe Poles was repeated . One thing which seemed much to impress the Turks was the frantic enthusiasm with which all these refugees whom they had seen so dejected , were inspired by the appearance and / words of Koasuth . A striking and affectionate episode was his touching allusion to and theirlament over 320 . of . their number , who had died of cholera , or from previous wounds during their sojourn at Widdin . * . '

      A hundred waggons , a guard of honour for Kossuth y and an escort of four hundred cavalry fcad been provided by the Turks . Kossutb , heading the column , rorla : side by side with General Perczel and Count Casirnir Batthyany , who wore on his arm a black crape , in mourning for the execution of bis cousin .-The fact and manner of that nobleman ' s death have now united in Count Casimir all the suffrages whoee aristocratic predilectiens had induced them to think feasible an arrangement with the House of Hapsburg .

      Two ladies only , the Countess Batthyany and the Countess Demb ' vnski , accompany the emigration . After four hours' , march the emigrants halted for the night in a small village , on the bank of the Danube , and last night reached another station six miles . ' . further on the road to Schamla . Nothing could exceed the kindness or goodwill of the Mahomedan population in both these villages ' They strenuously refuse all payment for their hospitality . The very women , ' veiled to the eyes , quit

      their harems , and rush in crowds to see the renowned Magyars and the ' great Kossuth' pass by . The peculiar circumstances of the sojourn of the Hungarians at Widdin have done the work of a century in neutralising the seemingly intractable prejudices of the Islamites . Here , on my . return to Widdin , where everything is again dead , dull , and silent , the Turks volunteer their , friendly greeting and inquire with , deep interest after , their departed guests . . There is hardly a Turk in Widdin who has not picked up a few words of Hungarian .

      , This circumstance so . difficult to . reconcile with their habitual disdain for the language of the giaour is ) perhaps , mainly to be accounted for by the impression which has gone abroad amongst them that the . Magyars belongito their own race—an impression the Magyars reciprocate , and which in the future mat not be barren ef results . General . Damianitch ( from an officer of whose staff we publish the following letter ) was hanged on the , 6 th of last month at Arad . Damianitch , a Hungarian . Serb . by ' . birth , served before the war . broke out as captain in the Austrian infantry . He was one of the bravest and perhaps the ablest of the Hungarian . generals .... It was his habit in the hottest fire to urge his soldiers on by remark , ¦ ' Never fear ,

      you see they cannot hit me , and I am twice , your size . ' ,. On quitting the Banat' upon one occasion , he addressed a remarkable proclamation to the Servian population in which after reminding them of their former cruelties which had made him utterly ashamed of tbe race to which he had the misfortune to belong , he threatened . if they ventured to hurt a hair of the heads of any Magyar or German families to exterminate them all on his return , and then blowout his own brains that the last Serb Might cease to pollute the Soil of Hungary . Hanged last of'his companions he turned to the officials presidiug at these executions , and said : banteringly , . ' You know my friends that before the enemy I was always first , why here the last . '

      TO . MAJOR GENERAL SEVERUS BOTJTOURLINE , CHIEF OF ^ THE STAFF TO F . M . PRINCE PASKIEWITCH . General , '— After the capitulation of General Georgey he addressed a despatch to the garrison of Arad , ordering it to place itself under Russian protection . ; A council of war was held in consequence , at which it was determined to hold out against the Austrians to the last , but to open negotiations with the Russian General Rudiger . . . • . ' You , general , were under these circumstances sent from the bead . quarters of Prince Paskiewitch to Arad , and with you I personally entered into negetiations on behalf of General Damianitch , and of the garrison . ,

      ' You must remember the assurances you gave and the promises yba inade on that occasion . They were of a nature , so positive and solemn as to induce me to invite you into the fortress , and to inspire us all with confidence in you . ¦¦ ¦ ' If your memory fails you I accurately recollect , and propose here to recall the exact tenour of your words . . ¦

      After assuring us of the sympathy ef your Emperor with the Hungarian nation , and ; of his willingness and desire to shield us against Austrian persecution , you guaranteed to us that we should remain under Russian protection till a complete amnesty was proclaimed b y Austria , and further the retention of our baggage , personal property , and arras , '' ... ' We . surrendered on these assurances , and in full reliance on the protection of Russia . We could not doubt the honour of your emperor as pledged through the accredited representative of his commander—we could not doubt a soldier's wnrd .

      ' Well General ! do you know . that in consequence of that credulity , General Damainitch , the brave commandant of Aarad , has perished by the hangman ' s hands , and that the remaining officers who have , not shared his fate , have been sent off , stripped of every thing , as common soldiers to the army of Italy ? 'A nd if you know these things , ns you must know them , what , have you . to say to avert the universal execrations which I call down on the perfidy of your Emperor if you acted by his orders or on your own murderous duplicity , if you did riot ? Gustav . Fbits . ' ¦ Widdin , October 29 V

      CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . By the arrival of her Majesty ' s ship Eurydice at Portsmouth vie have '' datesi from the Cape to the 12 thofOctoben

      The « Cape Town Mail , ' of the 6 th ult ., says : '• Private letters from-Graham ' sTown state that the effect of Earl Grey ' s last despatch , in that quarter , hbabeci : to cre&teuniveraalalarm and indignation , The inhabitants of the western districts are assured of the support of the people of the eastern province in carrying out the strongest measures of resistance which they think proper to adopt . " The same paper has the account of a great public meeting held on the 29 ih of Snptember when the following resolutions were adopted : — 1

      That the inhabitants feel compelled , by sense of duty to themselvts , their children , their frinds , and their country , and fully justified in the sight of God and man , in the exercise of their undoubted rights and ^ privileges as . British subjects , to put into immediate operation all thqse means of self : protection which are expressed in- the document called the pledge . .. '• •' ¦ , .. ' That the words' any persons who may assist in supporting convicted felons , ' include all 'depart " ments , by or through , or under the authority of which , supplies ot any kind , are conveyed to the Neptune , until that vessel ' s destination be changed and nntil supplies are required to enable her to pro ' secute her voyage . ' ' p

      ' That the chief departments responsible for or directly instrumental in , the detention of the Nen tune , are—1 st , the head , of all the departments , including the executive council . 2 nd , the com . missariat and naval departments . ' ' That this cobny , being formally degraded into a penal settlement , a party of convicts being actually within its limits , it is the opinion of the inhabitants that all colonists who may be called upon to act in the management of such convicts , if landed , such as field gornets and justices of the peace , may loyally resign their commissions . ' ¦ } y

      The colony ' continued in a most excited state ; business-: m altogether suspended , and on the day the Eurydice sailed , most of the shops were closed . Sir Harry bmith remained at Cape Tow » . it -was generally understood . that the convicts were posmvely not ; to . be landed , and that theNeptune only remained . . for . her final orders , to proceed on to Zvn lV ' - ™ > rOOps ' usuai » ™«* ed aown to the . commissariat stores for their daily rations of fresh beef , &c . ; ' the government i had a Ripply in store of seven or eight thousand casks of uour , six or seven thousand oxen , and several thou bullocks while engaged' drawing waggons , and to emplorforc d , measures to secure o&provUioi . Aatipuhted puce is paid for the captured pultlfl The convict , were atiU distributed o > "fig her & , g ^ store-shi p Seringapataru and T ^ A

      Although no violence had occurred previous to the hS T ° , f U !< \ Eur ? dice ' ' ««»»* £ at it n ? lT T ODl 8 t 8 hadde « that they would not ^ y , tbe naval service with . anything whilst theslup was Mhebay . . ffo ^ hKKS *

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      that he hadmade ev « ry concession in his power , and would not submit to threats . ~ UNITED STATES , CANADA , AND MEXICO . By the Royal Mail steam-ship Cambria , Cap . tain Shannon , we have advices from New York to the 20 tb , Boston to the 21 st , and Halifax to the 23 rd ult . respectively . # The cholera has re-appeared in the Mississippi . Th stea raer Constitution , which arrived at St . Louis on 15 th Nov . ; from New Orleans , with emigrants , bad upwards of thirty cases of cholera on board , seventeen of which proved fatal before the steamer touched the landing . The steamer James Hewitt has also arrived ; with a number of . ; cases of cholera on board . She was prohibited from landing , by the public authorities , and Jay on the . opposite side of the river . The cholera had also again made its appearance at "Vicksburgh , Mississippi .

      : Advices from Nicaragua communicate the intelligence of the ratification by both Houses of the legislature of the contracts with Mr . White , representative of the Ship Canal . Company , and of the treaty of alliance , friendship , commerce ,: navigation , and protection concluded with Mr . Squirer , the Minister from Washington ; . Tha government had also negotiated a treaty ceding to the United States the Island of Tigre , in the Gulf of Fonseca , which was to , be immediately taken possession of by an American squadron ^ SHIPWRECKS AND EXPLOSIONS . — TWO HUNDRED

      LIVES LOST . New Or leans , Nov . 16 . —A terrible steamboat explosion occurred here last evening . The steamer Louisiana , bound to St . Louis ,, when about starting from her wharf , burst both her boilers , shattering her to atoms , and also badly injuring the steamers Storm and Bostona , that were lying alongside . The Louisiana was crowded with passengers , as were also the other two , which had just arrived . It is

      supposed that , altogether , 160 lives were lost , besides many wounded . , Already fifty dead bodies have been recovered . The Levee is strewn with the dead and dying , and hupdreds of our citizens are around the . melancholy , scene , rendering all ; the assistance in their power to those in whom a spark of life ] remains . . iDead . bodies , legs , arms , and heads are . scattered . in every direction , and the sight pre ? ; sented is . most aw , | ul . It is at present impossible to ascertain the names or number of those wllo are ¦

      lot . . _ . - Nov . 17 . — Captain Kennon , of the steamer Louisiana , has been arrested , and held to bail in theI sum of 8 , 000 dollars . The explosion having been attributed to carelessness , a searching Investigation will shortly take place . Many more dead bodies have ; been found . The number of killed , it is believed , will reach 200 , besides many dreadfully wounded . They were mostly emigrants , on their way to settle in the Western county . Nov . 18 . —rAnother steamer called Tbe Belle also exploded on the day after between New Orleans and Mobile , by which the engineer and several hands were killed , and several others more or less wounded .

      . A third steamer called St . Paul , bound from St . Louis to New Orleans , struck a logoff Hook Island on Sunday , the 18 th of November , and sunk to her main deck . ¦ Fourthly , the , packet-ship . Tuscarora , Capt . Turley , from Liverpool for Philadelphia , went ashore about five miles south of Cape Henlopen main lighthouse , on the same day . She " sailed from Liverpool on tbe . 13 th of October , is heavily laden , and has between four and five hundred passengers , Tke crew left the vessel by means of a rope fastened to the shore from the foremast . On Monday her main and raizen masts were cut away and she was abandoned . ' : .

      The fifth disaster happened on the 16 th tilt ; , when the new steam-ship Eudora , which left New York for Rip Janejro and California , sprung a leak when two day ' s out , and went ashore on Ludlam beach , near Cape May on Thursday , and discharged her cargo in surf boats . She is valued at about 50 , 000 dollars , and the cargo about 20 , 000 dollars , which was principally insured in Wall-street . It was feared that some misfortune had h ap . pened to a sixth vessel , the Columbus steamer , from Philadelphia to Charleston , She was considerably over due , and was last seen disabled off Cape Hatteras . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦

      CANADA . — The British American League at Toronto had passed a resolution denouncing the annexation movement by a large majority . A telegraphic communication , dated Montreal , Nov . 19 th , says : —• ' Serious troubles have taken place in the mining districts on Lake Superior , arising out of the difficulties between the Chi ppewa Indians and the government . The Indians can muster 1 , 000 warriors . One hundred soldiers , with artillery , have b « en ordered from the nearest station to the ' scene of hostiliiie * . The military department are making formidable preparations . ' ' ¦

      MEXICO . —We ' have advices trom the city of Mexico to the 20 th of October , which state that Volcara had raised the standard of revolt in favour of Santa Anna in Concula . The insurrection , however , had been suppressed , and the' leaders executed .

      WEST INDIES AND THE PACIFIC . Jaraacia papers and correspondence to the 7 th Ult . have come . to hand . Their contents represent the island as Being healthy , and the season as very favourable to the cultivation of sugar . There is but one new feature in the position of the Legislature since our last advices , aud that is that some progress has been made on the important question of retrenchment . Up to the 7 th Trinidad was tranquil , and order

      has been restored b y the measures of Governor Lord Harris . At the departure of the , packet the Board of Council was occupied with the new gaol leguktions , which , after several amendments and alterations had been made by the Chief Justice , were passed through committee . No further outrages had been committed in the interior . '« The minds of the people ' ( says a private letter ) are a little more quiet since the riots of October , but thev are still dissatisfied with the local government , and are waiting with great impatience for the mothe

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      — ¦ _ j w 1 1 1 n — - . . . ^ j country to take their grievances into consideration . Trinidad is placed in the most , favourable situation for commerce , and her , agricultural resources are im . mense , but the one can never be taken advantage of , nor the other'developed , till a far different mode of government be awarded . ' In Hayti the Black Emperor . Faustin was rei gn . ing with great pomposity . His Imperial Majesty had created ( besides the Princes and Dukes men . tioned in , our last advices ) 300 barons and 500 count ? , many of whom were invested , with the new orders of the Legion of Honour and that of Faustin . % . Several of the reports of officers n ro claiming the empire , in which their speeches are quoted ,: are extremely amusing production ? . ^

      At Chagras the influx of travellers proceedin g to and coming from California was still very great and promised to increase . The travelling expenses were again being augmented . The rainy seasnn had . made the roads very bad . Considerable nn an tities of gold were finding their way across tt Isthmus by parties who were returning home « : ?? comparatively small amounts . It was said th . t several , mercantile houses in San Francisco »«» stamping gold for circulation . Everything J ? qiiiet on the coast , and trade pretty brisk °

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      ¦ ¦ 2 • N ^ \ « ,, xt « m a D December 8 , 1849 . A ^ % V ^ THF NORTHERN STAR . ¦ —¦

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 8, 1849, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1551/page/2/