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      Erasures by Chemical MBANS .-Extensire fttri *\ \ lately been committed in Prance by washing out . - > chemical means , the eurna inscribed in cheques and W i exchange , and falling up the blanks with larger amo «'' For some time past the attention of scientific toon « ' ; been turned to this subject , but it does not appear that ^ ¦ positive remed y to the evil has yet been discovered- * ; veral , however , are talked of ; amongst them iai o » [ j ; winch commercial paper is covered with a multitu « « b . j miscroscop ic spots or stars , which cannot be remoTedJ' j out changing the colour of tho paper ; another i ^ U \ somo coloured matter in the body of the paper , of s " - kind as to disappear when washed . —literary ^ "S j / el ^ Electric TE tEGRArn .-On Saturday last ) Mr . Relfl c > another series of interesting experiments o » the p « jp !! Weatern Railway , one instrument and battery ^ Placed in- the AHmiVoifir whi ^ Koii nn A fhpntucr il ' ,: J

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      FRANCE . Carnotis elected deputy of the Seine , having obtained 15 , 753 Totes . Moreau polled 13 . 343 . A decree published in the 'M omteur authorises the Mitister of finance to reimburse the Rentes of five per cent at the rate of 100 francs ( or every five francs Rente , or to effect their conversion into new rentes , four and a half per cents . Every Rentier who shall not demand the reimbursement Aril receive another debenture of four francs fifty centimes for every five francs Rente . The ri ght of reimbursement of the new fn- d of four and a half per cent , is suspended until the 22 nd of March , 1862 . The demand of reimburse-Dent mast bs made within a space of twenty days from the date of the present decree . This delay extends to two months for Rentiers residing out of France , that is , in Europe and Algeria , and to one year for those out of Europe . Thia measure , it Is said , has cwsed a rise in the funds .

      An article in the ' Public , signed by 11 . Araedee de Cesena , and announcing the consent of the Orleans princes to a fusion with the elder branch , has made much sensation . Tout ce quefera k Roi sera lien , fait . ' Such , ' says M . de Cesen * , ' is the answer of the Orleans princes to the ambassador of the head of the house of Bourbon , who came to treat with them for a fusion , of interests . ' Th * explanation given of this unconditional submission—which , however , is not confirmed in other quarters—is that the younger franca can discover no more convenient mode of recovering their property confiscated by the decree of January 22 nd .

      The * Constitutionnel' has astonished the world by publishing those documents , termed seditions by the Moniteur , ' which M . Rocher was prosecuted for distributing . It gives at length the protect of the executors of the late King , and the letter of the princes . Thpse pieces are accompanied by a few unimportant remarks by M . Grani- r de CasBagnac . Meanwhile it is said a serions negotiation has been conducted between Dr . Veron and the Minister of the Interior on this subject . The doctor had , in fact , refused to insert in the ' Constilutionnfii' the long dtfenee of the measure composed by M . CasaWsaca , and published by the 'Patrie . ' He was tent for by M . de Pers i gny . While waiting in the

      antechamber the doctor had an animated dispute withM . Romieu on this question . The Minister of the Interior appeared in the midst of the altercation , and told M . Veron that he had no longer to deal with a simple officer , hut with a minister of state , whose pleasure was not to be disputed . He then slammed the door of his cabinet in the doctor ' s face bo Tiolentlythatinstea ! of shutting it only recoiled , as French doors will do sometimes . Veron seized the opening to make the minister ' s ear tingle with a sharp repartee . ' No , ' he said , ' such are the manners , I do not gay of a simple officer , or of a corporal , but of a shoeblack . ' The quarrel has , however , been made up , and the doctor is going to publish the who ' e Orleans case .

      The President of the Republic , accompanied by one of his aides-de-camp has visited the palace of the legislative body . The' Prince' expressed himself hi ghly satisfied with the change whish had been made , and particularly with the removal of the tribunes wliich were formerly used for tKe accommodation of the puMic , the national guard , and the shorthand writers of the dail y journals . The old salles of the vestibule have been completely repaired and embellished . Each deputy will have a closet to put his costume in . The deputies may attend the ordinary sittings in plain clones . Under the restoration , they were only bound te he en costume when they ascended the tribune . There sre to be four shorthand writers in the Corps Legishlif , « ho are te mate a more extended report than the mere proces-terbal . M . BiUault has obtained this concession in an interview with the President .

      It is said that the Corate de Chambord has written to a confidential agent at Paris , to prevent legitimists chosen deputies from taking the oath ( o the new constitution and liouis Napoleon . Hence , all legitimists who become definitive deputies are to be regarded as decided Bonapartists . ahe others will resign . The deputies will not be allowed , it appears , to choose their seats , so as to mark the various shades of opposition , net vnll be placed alphabetically , or Otberwife , as the board may determine . Thirty fresh warrants of arrests have baen issued a » ainst

      . persons of station in the Basses-Alpes . One of them , Baron DachafFdult , a former secret arv-general of the prefecture under Louis Philippe , and a member of the Consti . tuent Assembly , had the option offered to him of being imprisoned or leaving France . He chose the latter alternative The President of the civil tribunal of Barcelonette and the vice-presideut of the Tribunal of Premiere Instance of Digne , have b ? en expelled from the French territory . M Castelnau , a judge of the Court of Appeal of Nismes , has * been offered the choice of banishment or resignation . He has resigned his seat on the hench .

      According to the 'Siccle , * the long-talked of review will certainly take place , in the Charop-de-Mars , on April 15 Sixty regiments of all arms , forming a total of 100 , 000 , are espntod to lie on the field . This will tie the largest review in France since that at Boulogne , in 1804 . A special train arrived on Monday ' at the Orleans-Railway terminus with 261 political prisoners from Bourges and Severs . They were immediatel y conveyed to the fort of EiceSre .

      The government accounts of the provincial eleciions state that the government candidates MM . F . Favre and O'Her-Lncoor have been elected respectivel y at Nantes and Arras . At Li He , M . Legrand , the opposition candidate has a considerable majority over Mr . Richebe , but the result of several comamnes remains to be known . In the ten sections of the town and two of the banliene , in which the numbers had been received , there were for Legrand 7 . 914 . and for Bichefe only 3 , 895 votes . The election for Lyons is adlonrned till the 19 th inst .

      It is now reported that the civil listof Lonis Napoleon w . 1 be eight millions of francs , free from the charge of aaintatmnz the royal establishment , which fell upon Louis Philippe . The civil list of the late king was twelve millions of francs . ° The Public' says : — ' The grand review , which was to take place on the 15 th of April , for the distribution of colours to the army , h postponed to the 1 st of May . ' The reorganisation of the consular body , so often announced , and SO constantly postponed , appears at length to comin

      * e 5 to a conclusion . Tfn of the old consumes haw been re-estaMshed , Md almost all the consuls who were appointed b y the provisional government have been set aside , with the exception of M . Sentis , who retains his post at Sydney . An old page of the Emperor , M . de Lantivv , formerly appointed by JL Guizot as consul at Jerusalem , and who is now in Germany , goes as consul to Dublin ; and ™ » - * reIation ni M-deMacksm . proceeus to Lisbon . The Bishop of Orleans has declined the functions of memoer of the superior Council of Instruction . A decree embodies in one law the statutes of the order of the Legion of Honour .

      GERMANY . AUSTRIA . —The Vienna correspondent of the « Aucsbure Gazette' states that the Austrian government has resolved to abstain from the reprisals upon English travellers threatwed for the countenance given in England to the refugees . The conciliating tone of the Earl of Westmoreland and the 53 ? 1- ? rf Derby t 0 power - are the ™™" agned for this change . The noble Premier is said to be a statesman whose character is altogether one to awaken confidencem the Austrian « urt . The « Vienna Gazette' con-^ ATft ^ irsAsafr im t 0

      SuSTrt 7 n ? ^^ ^ hflS a PP Mled ^ e 17 Z ll buMl " ? ainst , « i ^ gm «> t given against him SnS At ! " y-G / nerals Prosecution ? The Prince of < W * ? P afation « n »>« 12 th from the First SS » T !; eirIett ° reactionary votes , and imtEray . nfmrity Of ™ i 8 in S the fitren i 5 * « f iJ £ FS * Chamber hM P « sed a law for restoring tj the oat tne riThT ^ adm ' Inhter tbe P ° lice in *™ * - £ f actions of nnV 8 entf , 0 dnS to fiae and "PriMnment for m «^ r « 5 eltj 1 r ° - One ° f Preforms most thf erecS « £ T * a S - epWat 5 on of " » e judicial from impose penalti" 2 ' endft %£%££ ?? "" ^ J t ^ SXttStt TZ

      SWITZERLAND . A new Swiss question engages public attention . It an pear , that the people of Bale , in their carnival frolics , £ . hibited a stil 1 more shocking irreverence for the Prince President of the French republic than the burg hers of Ghent have done . A monkey , dressed up « a generd ' a "inform , with a large nose and bhek muslgchios was paw ! ded through the etreets to represent loui . Napoleon , escorted b y an immense concourse of people ornamented with SnT ' T ? { f ° * en were "PP ° 8 ed to be I ^ b co 2 uf ; ? T " "P ubHc * «<« g « . into which for thl „? - lngthe President »««> ridicule nere introduced « t HumW * S ° ° fficers of the ™* ? ia 6 a ™ ° " ^ i 5 . 5 Proposed to Bet borsewhins tn rhaatiio the ;»_ owic w «« .. » Hl # tll

      ucc or thii ?«* ii # * — ,. _ a ° t be mnSSJi ? but lhe ? wcre advised tDlt ft w » nW natter worse L « , !» . L they refr « ned . What makeB tbe » nged a w eek befn ™ if " . hole affair w " ^^ nd « rfcfly abstainedirom inurf S - the P ° lice of Bde careman i ed by the FreneK era * Sttfefactioa ha 8 been de * 110 , 000 francs , which h £ & , ^ " «« W the boS of

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      Tke'Suisse' of Berne of the 14 th inst ., publishes the answer of the federal council to the French nste of January 24 . It is dated February 9 ; is addressed to Count Salignac-Fenelon ; and , after quoting the arrogant terms m which the demands of the French .. note were couched , asserts ' that Switzerland is ' not the \ cme of such plots against France or other ' states as is stated ; but , were it so , the federal council has never refased to do whatever international law can justly require of it . Tf » e ' answer- then dbserves , that according to the note , it would , in future depend rather upon a mere sign from a foreign legation to decide what measures the authorities shall ta £ e in the domain

      of the police regarding foreigners . It then proceeds to say that if the federal council declines to accede to the demaud which has been addressed to it , it does not follow that it will permit the refugees to take steps hostile to other states while they remain on the Swiss territory . On the contrary , it expressly repels that accusation , and wonld visit Wilh heavy punishment those wbn should be found » 6 be enemies to order and society . The answer concludes by saying that the threat by which the note is terminated cannot make it leave the path traced out for it as much by the profound Bentiment of its duty as by international law , and it doubts not by the voice of the Swiss people .

      The Suissfc' of Berne says that a meeting of the radical officers of vhe troops of tbe canton oi Ticmo was tecentty held , at which it was resolved to petition the council of state to dismiss such of their colleagues as belong to the conservative party , and who , at the last elections , exerted their inflaence in favour nf the conservative candidates .

      ITALY . ROMAN STATES . —A correspondent , writing on the 4 th March , states that arrests of persons supposed to be implicated in the carnival plot were going on nig ht and day . The celebrated Dr . Fossati bad been in arrest for five days , but was released at the demand of the French and Sardinian ambassadors . The ' Independence Beige' is excluded from the Roman States . SICILY . —The official journal publishes a royal decree

      re-establishing a free port at Messina . The merchants had long petitioned the government for the restoration of the porto franco , which , since the revolution , had been taken away , to the rnin of traders . Letters from Sicily give a sad account of the increasing poverty of the island , added to which the price of food is high , owing to military occupation of towns . General Filangieri , it is said , governs with more intelligence than the authorities of Naples . The punishments for political offences are very severe , but there is less annoyance from the petty police .

      BELGIUM . The masquerade at Ghent , in which Louis Napoleon and his parliament were caricatured by puppets , is said by the Ministerial 'Independance' to have been apologised for by the Belgian Minister , and ' there has been no more question of this affair between the two governments . '

      SPAIN . The Gazette' contains a decree organising a new police force , to be called the vigilance force . Madrid is to be divided into two districts , and each district into eighty , nine wards or barrios . The old commissaries are to be suppressed . E ? ch district is to have an inspector , each of whom are to have Bixty-five ecladores or inferior functionaries under his orders . Each of these again is to command a body of policemen , called vigilants . The appointment of Lord John Manners to a place in the

      new ministry is very gratifying to the Carlists , who build upon it all sorts of ridiculous hopes . His lordship ' s sympathies for the pretender were always openly avowed . During the war , when Don Csrlos was at the head of bis army in tlie Ba ; que provinces , Lord John visited him , and remained some time at his head-quarters . The marriage of Cabrera with a wealthy heiress , which is beliered to place the Count de Montemolin in command of the means of recommencing the war up < m a fitting occasion , is ascribed to \ Y » e influence of Lord John Manners .

      The' Gazette' contains a decree appointing a hoard of censors for theatrical productions , consisting of author * , critics , and literary men . General Jose de la Concha has been superseded in the government of Cuba by General Cenedo , Captain General of this city , and will sail from Cadiz for Cuba on the 20 th inst . The motive of Concha ' s dismissal is not known . The government will reinforce the garrisons of Cuba and Puerto to Rico by 3 000 or 4 , 000 men .

      UNITED STATES . Out advices from America , state that up to the 2 nd of February prospects were very favourable in California . 2 , 000 , 000 dols . in cold dust had been received at American ports . At Salt Lake the Mormons have declared for independence and reparation from the United States , All the United States officers had left .

      ARGENTINE REPUBLIC . On the 3 rd of Fehjruary a decisive battle was foueht between Rosas' army and the allied army under Urquiza , in which the former sustained a complete defeat . The action commenced at daylight , about two leagues from the city of Buenos Ayrcs , and was finished soon after eleven a . m . The cavalry fled in confusion to the city , whilst the infantry and part of the artillery continued fighting until compelled to retreat towards Palermo , where Urquiza having surrounded

      them , some surrendered , some were , taken prisoners , and great numbers fell fighting . Rosas and his daughter Manuelita escaped from the city during the night and arrived on board her Majesty ' s steamer Locust in safety . The next day they were placed on hoard her Majesty ' s steamer Centaur . Mr . Payne , the sailing master of the Locust , who rode out towards the camp , met some of the retreating cavalry , one of whom demanded his horse , and , on bis refusing , fired at him and killed him .

      AUSTRALIA . The Gold Mines . —By way of Adelaide and Batavia , we have received accounts from S ydney and Victoria to tbe 10 th and 12 th of December . At the former place a preliminary meeting had been held at the Star Hotel , for the formation of a New South Wales Gold Mining Company , and u « arly 900 shares of £ 6 each were suoscribecj for before the chairman quitted his seat . Nothing can show Ihe effect of the gold discoveries at Victoria than tbe fluctuation in the prica of flour . So much fear is entertained for the standing crops , on account of the want of bands for the harvest , that tbe price of flour had again risen . The Melbourne Argus' quotes flour at £ 18 per ton for fine , and £ 17 for

      seconds . At Mount Alexander gold is found in great abundance , and all the diggers were doing a good trade . The quantity which they gather borders on fiction— ' Truth is stranger than fiction . ' The following notice is extracted from a private letter dated Melbourne , December 5 th ; 'The mines of Mount Alexander have caused the greatest excitement , and numbers abandon their homes , directing their steps thither . The gold is more generally spread , more abundant and easier gathered , than at Ballarat . At Mount Alexander , as elsewhere , some are very fortunate , others less so , and some ag « in truly pitiable . The correspondent of the Gee . Jong 'Intelligencer' announces that tbe gold is embedded in iron ore , snd that it is found thirty two feet below the

      surface . The Argus' estimates that the amount of gold re . ceived at Melbourne and Geelong since the commencement of the licensing , about two months , at £ 201 , 000 , reckoning the gold at £ 3 per ounce . The miners were suffering much from their toilsome labour . Blacksmiths were making rapid fortunes at their trade , and they were charging 10 s . per week for keeping hoes in repair . On the 5 th of December the amount of gold bronght into Melbourne during the week , under escort , - was 16 , 000 ounces , inaddiiion to which many parcels were conveyed by private hands . The Melbourne'Morning Herald ' says , that new mines have been discovered half-way between Melbourne and Mount Alexander , namely , at Mount Blackwood , near the Cadden which

      are reported to yield uncommon quantities of gold ' On December 4 tb the editor says he saw a party of eight diggers , belonging to Messrs . Dagety and Co ., arrive in town one of whom carried a bag on his shoulder , contain , tog fifty pousds seven ounces of gold . They stated that they had not been occupied di gging more than fourteen davs . Melbourne agricultural laboarers refuse to encage at " a yearly salary of £ 65 . They will n 6 t ylre theWwes for a longer period than one week , and at 35 s . per week . The government commissioners bad made the report on the extent and capabilities of the mines , and they record their unanimous opinion that the mines offer hi ghly remunerat »» e employment to , at least , 100 , 000 persons , or searly four times the number at present engaged in tbe work .

      ALGERIA . So heavy a fall of snow took place in tne prwinee of Constantina ( Algeria ) from February 21 to 24 , that for some time tne communications wese interrupted . On Feb . LlJffl T " u r&bSl bavin * ^ geforty-seven camels laden w , th merchandise for Bathna , were surprised by the storm , wh . ch forced them to take refuge in 6 ome nuns . The snow continuing to fall all ni ght , they were soon blocked up , and could not force their way out A man residing close by , named Jais , hearing the cries of dis police and men were at once set to work to dig the party from the coT / nWerealUaVed ' bUtnine of ttoSmAJ

      _ , f . PERSIA . Twelve thousand Persians have arrived at Herat from Meshid to aidthe AUk ^ yes in beleaguer ^ " e cide S np . 1 he Persian general u supposed to be the Governor of Khamsin , and son of the late ' Abbis Him . mZZm hive now elapsed since Pottinger ' . defence of H , Ug « the late King of Persia . The Kajars have taken adSe f .. ' ; v ^ omndttirchyexuling » HeratB ? ncethe yfr

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      Mahommed ' s death , and liave juBt stepped in in good tim between the contending parties . They are ostensibly the restorers of Atta MahommedYsons ; but there ia very little doubt that they will annex Herat to their dominions in the event of success . INDIA . ' We have received advices from Bombay to the 18 th of February . Np other collisions with the Burmese had taken place up to that date . . Troops and provisions had been sent to Arracan and Moulmein , and it was said that the Burmese were arming themselves .

      THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO . JAVA . Batavia , January 23 . —A sad accident occurred last week , by which four Englishmen met a watery grave . The barque Rajah of Sarawak , Captain Bell , ( formerly of the Royal Tar ) , arrived from Sydney , but could not communicate with the shore , there being a heavy Burf at the bar , and the blue flag with signals not to approach ; after three days had elapsed and no sign of the weather abating , Mr . B . 'll determined to make the attempt , although seveia ' ship-masters tried to dissuade him ; he had not gained the pier when the g ig broached to and turned over in the surf . The captain , second mate , and two teamen were drowned ¦ the boatswain and one seaman were saved .

      A shocking murder was committed on board the Dutch steam-fri gate Ardjoeno , on her passage from Palembang to this place . A military officer , a passenger on board , occupied part of one of the midshipmen ' s cabins , and had a native servant with him . The middy , having a watch on deck until four a . m ., retired to sleep ; about an hour afterwards the military officer rose and went on deck : requiring some-hing from below he desired his servant to bring it , who , making a noise , awoke the middy , and was rewarded by a slap on the face . The servant armed himself with a knife , returned to the cabin , and inflicted four mortal wounds on the young officer . Numerous shocks of earthquake were felt in the neigh * bourhood of Bantam on the 9 th inst ., and extended their influence as iar as Batavie .

      SIAM . By way of Singapore accounts have been received from Bangkok to January 15 th . Everything was quiet , and trade prosperous . Preparations are in progress to organise the military force after tbe European mode , and with this view the King had engaged the services of Captain Knox , late of the Madras armr , who has been appointed to th * . command of the King ' s body guard . The King has allowed not ouly full toleration to all religions , but hasprrmitted free access by the missionary to every part of the empire , whose labours are unrestiicted . The King has , at the earnest entreaty of his advisers , got married , and the kingdom is peaceful and flourishing . The trade of Sarawak is rapidly increasing , The coal mines at Labuan had unfortunately taken fire , and continued to burn at the date of last advices .

      CHINAThe ' Overland Friend of China' has the following . — « A rebellion has broken out in the Sin-on district ^ f Canton province . On the 20 th day of the 11 th moon , the officers engaged in collecting tbe taxes , found some who hnd no means of paying , but instead of seizing these men , they took their elder brothers into custody , especially the richer ones from whom they expected to obtain a good deal of money as ransom . The inhabitants , however , became enraged , and rose and killed the magistrate of the district . Troop 3 are now on their way to the scene of disturbance , to examine into the particulars of the murder , &c . One of

      our Chinese correspondents has tince partially corroborated this report , and gives fuller details . It was not Chong , the district magistrate , who was killed , but his chief subordinate ; whereupon Chong made prisoners of all tbe literati of first and second rank ; one of whom , bun named Lieu , examined as to the perpetration of the deed , vsaa tottwtta so seveteV ? ttiat he aied under the ' infliction . Upon this the villagers rose e » masse , tied Chong to a tree , gave him a certain number of blows with a bamboo , shaved off his beard and eye-brows , and dismissed him to tell his tale to the deputy governor of the province , kill , ing seven policemen who attempted to defend him . '

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      Advices were received at Lloyd ' s on Wednesday , communicating the details of two most frightful events a ) , sea , —the massacre of tbe commanders and portions of the crows of the British ships Victory , of London , and Herald , of Leith . The Victory was the proparty of Messrs . Cook and Williamson , shipowners , of Dockhead , Bermondsey . She was a bark of 579 tons burden , commanded by Mr . William Lennox Mullens ; and hating Bailed to some Chinese port , was chartered to convey Coolies to Callao . It appears that on the Gth of December she sailed from Cumsingmoon with upwards of 300 Coolies on board and a general cargo . On the afternoon of the 10 th , between

      three and four o ' clock , the'Coolies made a rush into the cabin and with little difficulty possessed themselves of the ship ' s arms . The slaughter then commenced . At thnt moment Mr . Mullens was walking tbe poop , and in order that he should have no opportunity of defeating their object , a party of them was sent to seize him . One of the crew , a bravo fellow of the name of Henry Watt , seeing the defenceless position of the master , made towards him and Eendeavoured to tproteot him . The effort , however quickly ended in his life being taken . Several of the wretches rushed at him with merciless fury , and having dispatched him threw the mutilated body overboard . Mr . Mullens got up into the mizen rigging . He waB followed by one of them , armed with a cutlass , and eventually the

      master slid down one of the topmast backstays . The moment he had reached the deck , a number of the infuriated Coolies began cutting at him with their cutlasses , and beating him with heavy iron bolts , and findinjr that they had accomplished bis death , they dropped his remains overboard . Resistance was useless . Mr . Fagg , the chief mate , had gone aloft on the fore top sai ] yard , looking out for land , but tho second mate , James Arauao , and the cook Edward Bailey , encountered the Coolies in the fore part of the ship , and were murdered by them . Believing that they hnd overcome all probable resistance they espied Mr , Fagg , and beckoned him to come down . He did ? o and some of the Coolies , who had taken an active part in the massacre led him to tbe wheel , and bv signs directed him

      to steer for the land , on pain of being put to death if he disobeyed . The mate shaped a courso for point Kamooja and on reaching the coast a few of the fellows put off to the land , hut reporting it uninhabited they returned on board . They then endearoured to beat up the coast to Cochin China , but that being difficult they bore away for Pulo Ubi , where the ship was ultimately brought to an anchor . During this cruising they took every precaution of avoiding detection . Obtaining the ship ' s papers , and the log-book they tore them up , and finding a convenient place on tho coast where they had brought up , they went ashore , carrying off with them a considerable amount of the cargo They then deserted the ship , and , Mr . Fagg subsequently obtaining some aid , she was got to Singapore in tbe latter part of January .

      The Herald , under the command of Mr . Lawson left Shanghai for Leith in the courso of last October , and in addition to the master and his wife , Mrs . Lnwson , there were on board two European mates , a steward , a carpenter a cook , a Portuguese seaman , twelv « Manillamen and a Manilla boy . Some four or five days after the Herald had left Shanehi the crew were put upon the customary allowances . This Beomed to annoy the Manillamen They began to be dissatisfied , and before the TesBel had made Angeer they had gone to tbe captain some four or five times and demanded more , which was refused . The Manillamen then appeared to have planned a scheme for the purpose of destroying the whole of the Europeans on board and in the hope of enlisting the Portuguese sailor in their r j < - . w « th a view , no doubt , of more effectually accomplishing their murderous desi gn , they acquainted him with their project . In order that the Europeans mirrht . . i ™ t

      means of defence , the Portuguese endeavoured to persuade them not to resort to such violent moans , and offered with a view , apparently , of pacifying them , to carry the Europeans off by mixing poison in their food . This wit it . 3 hJ ft aU H ° § "¦ " »» W »« t 7 . Some was Sd with tbo powdered sugar cane winch was u 3 ed for the cnf . fee and of which Mr . Lawson and hia wife partook Thev suffered from the effects of the poison , but they quick > v n covered . ? Mte ty 8 was going on tho Portuguese ffionl trived to inform Mr . Lawaon of the plot the ManUlamnn had arranged . Tho master U > en directed the oW ? ' JffiS omusterthemeverynightandtotake their kniv 8 from them . He also directed the officera always to keeD themselves armed , so as to be ready to act atthe SSuf any sudden attack . About the twenty-fifth ^ ay of tbe voyage , during the whole of which time the Europe m portion of the crew were kept in a state of painful suspenS ¦ J ?} t moTen » ents of the Manillamen , Anceer was sighted , but there being sufficient water ana ZL ™ raio

      uoa ust them , as it was thought , untilthev reicheA « n \ £ ? Helena ' tbe HeraI <* ™ » o * bSSEfto w tbe men and early on tho morning of the 20 th the PorlZZ £ \™ f ^ T"e name caS in a loud voice . He ran on deck , and , meeting some of the Uanilkme D , they told him that they had plenty of wate ? and provi 8 ion fc their Offn leas / ft 8 y «^ wjte the captain and his officers to the other world . The Porwguese jwas sent to assist in clearing the cabin when he ^ covered the bodiei rf Mr . Lawson , the ca penter \ Sd Srt ^ ° ' with the e > xce Ption of the chief 5 e ! wero quite dead . Mm . Law . wn the wife of the captain was men near the oorpga of her husband crying bitter ? ihe villains then attnnhpd heavv \ tmehta L * L \ "i *

      board Th' and tak thei . n on deck , threw them over ' ?™ :, llie Poor mate had not breathed his last when oWn de , ' ^ *' s heard t 0 ^ y . " Good X ° d ! One iof the ManillamenV » gunner , then took nan , v « 5 ' *** appointed ' , two of hie comfiv ? or 8 ix df ^ h an ( 1 "T 1 ° ffic Cra * In , ~ * uve or six days the wretches recom -menced the slauffhfer a ^ id to dTn f ' n tb - , ' and the P ° S ue 8 B wEdS In ,, ! , ? that tl ' eir last h ° had arri * ed . The steward it Sow 3 X Tt * "W 1 10 them fW m 4 Xn th EBwT ¥ * P 5 hlef mate 8 PHt « i hi 8 head with a hatchet , and , to render lus deathWi . « Wb , ran Song

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      koife through hU body . The Portuguese and the ooolc , who was a native of the coast , contrived to mow the fetches to sparethem , and they were eventu ally released , hnt enioined to keep the greatest secrecy . On that day it waldeSined to leave and scuttle . tlie' ship . The . boats ! ereS ready , arid Mrs , Lawson , hearing of their contem-Xted abandonment , appealed to the Manillaman who had ELS to take her ashore , and not leave her behind TheS unheeded all herentreaties , however , and stated ? fe ? tWS ? AW then implored them to a llow n « . v ^ thlvillains , fftKittiui ^^* ^^^^ ?" ? « SS 3 fS

      SSSWUSMHMSIX fminrfpr Earlv on the following morning i" « »«»» Sacfid fSLi th ? murderers landed ^ Sjilankang , but , the authoS hearing of the horrible oc currence , no imeS lost in arresting them , and , be . ng wowed , hey were sent on to Batavia to await the operation of the law . The Portuguese seaman , the cook , and boy have also been secured , in order to gire tho necessary evidence aga . nst th Athird vessel was likely to have had a similar tragedy on board . The Corcyra , Mr . Paterson commander , manned by a Javanese crew , was proceeding from Macassar io Shanghai , when the men revolted . The second-mate was murdered , but the other officers succeeded in overpowering the rascals , and the ship was got into Hongkong .

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      Thb Mining Istkrests of Francr . —The M nister of Public Works has just recommended the prefects to do away with the numerous formalities which have hitherto embarrassed the applications for concessions for mines , or authorisation for establishments connected with them . This measure will bo of incalculable benefit to metallurgical interests , as the delays hitherto thrown in the way of their arrangements bavo been most ruinous . —Oahg-New Convict Settiement . —Pursuant to the determination of her Majesty ' s government to form Freemantle , Western Australia , into a convict settlement , ordeiB have been issued that a transport-ship should be fitted up to oonvey a batch of 500 male convicts to that colony . The convict guard will consist of seventy-five enrolled outpensioners of Chelsea Hospital , who will remain at Freemantle as military colonists .

      Jforogn Sntetttstttte.

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      Massacre Of The Crews Of Two English Ships.

      MASSACRE OF THE CREWS OF TWO ENGLISH SHIPS .

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      Thb Koad To Health I Ttollo Way's Pills.

      THB KOAD TO HEALTH I TTOLLO WAY'S PILLS .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 20, 1852, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1670/page/2/