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      . jjail inn , end washed all the furniture into the sm . Similar da £ , „» done abng the coast of Posili po , where the road Zrtt S ^ imp ^ We by the earth and rubbish deposited by the toUt , The road to S . G . ovann , a 1 educc . p was completel y blocked un ; , . fr ^ ments of old lava ston . s , and earth , vMule a 4 rt <\ rj , by |; vo b ores whs witu great difficulty prevented by some fishermen ll 0 . n temg ™> hed mo ^ the sea A , Ca . teHamare , the liuht . d . ^ split . i . e teleurap h , and killed the sentuul who was . stationed . here £ « .. « ies perforating the walls in ^ several places . The vi ! l « oe of . Scan-? . in 0 « asnlso visited by hshtmn , and a person severely burnt bv it ; aml similar e * m occurred at Campatano hear Kola , at AtePa if , l ! ie province of Busihcata , and m several p ans oHh « Abruzzi , where ,, > . damage has been caused by violent st irms . .-ail inn , end washed all the fi ^ itareimTtbT ^

      - Tu ^ a ^' .-A letter from Florence of the 25 th , states that Guer : izzi had made his defence , lie spoke for five hours , durih * which ii ( . » as patiently li > tened to by the court and auditory . Af . erhaun * rep lied to the accusations of the public prosecutor against seme acts ef ibis youth , he explained his political conduct in * 1818 . He de . lared that din-ins the disturbances which took place in L *» horn during that year , he used all his exertions to restore order and " obe-< ji ? nrcto ihe « overnmen ? . Ihe President having a * ked him whether | i {; bid ever exercised any public functions in Tuscany , he replied thai lie Iwi l ' een eiected a deputy to the Council-General and Con

      viiur . ioml Minister of the Grand Duke and a member uf the Provivional Government after the departure of his Sovereign ; and finally thi- f of the executive power by a decree of the Constituent A * s-mbly , . , fTuscany . He added that he was ever loyal to his Fringe , and that » e had even entertained the idea of having been appointed K n '« - of Central Italy , if providence had aided tils efforts lo free . li . alv and that a new division of ihe Italian States had been effected , lie * like wise referred to Mazzmi , and blamed his policy , which . he said > hov- - ed a peritct ignorance of men and ftitraburesi

      SPAIN .. The Madrid journals of the 30 th irt . state that the removal of the mortal remains of the Duke de Baylen from the church of San U \ - dfo to that of Atocha took place on that day ; toe funeral ceremony was ' 0 be performed on the following day . The provincial deputations have bce * i convoked for their br < nlii , ary cession , ^ vhich is to open on the 15 th inst . The affair of the Heraldo , and four oilier journals under prosecution , was expected to ' , come on in ihe coime of a lew days .

      TURKEY . A correspondent : of . the Os / . Veutsclie Post writes from Constantinople wider date'Sept . ' 18 : " The English fleet is expected at Smyrna , io support the negotiations which ^ re no \ v goin « ii on between the Porte and the maritime powers relative to theriiiht cf their men-of-war to puss the Dardanelles and Bospiibrus . The powers demand free passage through the Straits , that privilege having been granted to the French war « $ teanier Charlemagne . The excuse made by the Porte is ; that the French ambassador was on board the vessel , which hoisted a white flag . To this the reply isj 'We , too , will always have a white flag flying whenever we pass the Straits . "' ' " - -

      A correspondence from Beyrout of the I 4 fh ult ., states that the Druses had taken up a strdng position , aud were in possession of arms and ammunition . The camp near Tet-ei-Farej was fortified j On the 10 th ult . three ' 1 ) attatljops ' 6 / i ^ UJart troo ' ps 7 e 6 eived | orders to march on Damascus in all Viaste . Great fermentation , prevailed in the districts of Gaza , Naplouze , and Latakia . The pacimlic of Bagdad was in a state of anarchy , and numerous hordes of Arabs descending from the mountains pillaged the caravans .

      UNITED STATES . ( from our own correspondent . ) New York , September , 22 . I have but little news to communicate this week . Preparations for the ensuing Presidential election are atont * spoken or written of . General Scott is now on a canvassing tour , and [ in persuasive speeches is soliciting the " sweet voices" of the multitude . The "little siant , " senator Douglas , on the other hand , has been delivering

      some go-a-head democratic addresses , in which he highly approves the notions of those who have made up their minds to drive the Britishers right out of the American Continent . He think « , too , we ought to have Cuba . Hovy we are to get it he does not seem to have quite made tip his mind yet ; but he is quite sure that if we don ' t buy it , we should not let anybody else 'do . so . . He does not say anything about Cuba free and independent , except as an . app licant for admission into the iJnion ; perhaps Cuha as a free and ^ dependant country-is not altogether compatible with bis " democratic '' ideas of progress .

      There seems to be no change in the situation of Cuba . The population continues threatening arid sullen , and the authorities watchful and determined . The persons connected with the revolutionary journal , Voice of the People , have been condemned to death by court-martial , and all the American papers , with two or 'wee exceptions , have been excluded from the island . The success of the insurrection is not doubtful , if , as I have previously sa , there be no premature demonstration on the part of any of our citizens . Santiage de Cuba was lately visited by a disastrous earth quake . The cholera still rages at Havanah . The deaths from this seourge during the last month amounted in all to 500 . The hne war-steamer trie Pharro was wrecked on the bar of Mariol on

      tneui ghtof the llth inst . The wreck of this vessel , which U the ° n e so often mentioned in connection with the expeditions of 1850 " ~ -l > took place under the following circumstances :- —On the llth , * n American bark signalled " from the mouth of the harbour at Havanah for a pilot . When one bad gone on board * she at once y away for Mariol , a port about 25 miles to the westward This cr eating suspicion , the Phurro left this port late in the afternoon in

      Pursuit . It was quite dark , and blowing strongly when the S paniard reached Mariol , into the port of which the American bark had been seen to go . The captain insisted upon following her '"to the port at once , contrary to the ad vice of the pilot . The con - sequence was thai the ship run against the rocks in entering , and tacame a teial wreck . The American bark proved to be a ^ erchani man with only seven or eight on l > oard .

      There is no important news from the fishing grounds . The sch ooner Caroline Knight has been seized by a British crusier , and c * med jmo Charlotte Town . A telegraph dispatch from Quebec yesterday says : —" The Ass embly has ' placed in the bauds of the Governor Geneial the address to the Queen , requesting power to pass a bill for the dist ribution of the clergy reserves . This address , after being debated f four days , was fully adopted by 2-5 to " 22 / Mr . Yourig " the c Gmmiss - , oner of the Boardof ' Public Works his resigned , in con-

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      sequence of the government having resolved to put on American vessels passm , ! the Welland Canal / the same tolls as « re paid by Brmsh vessels passing both the HWIamland St . Lawrance Canal " , and to restore the differenti-. il duties againn direct American trade » y placing higher duties on » oods coming that way than those eoiniiig by the St . Lawrence . Mr . Hincks , in behalf of the remaiiung members of the Cabinet , explained to the Assembly that uu : object ut the new policy was to' induce the United States to grant reciprocity .

      accounts from BraziUtam that yellow fever prevails to a oreat went amongst ihe shi pping hi Parce . A French steamer from Uyenne has latel y been at . ihis port for Hie purpose of procuring pov ! tons for , inhabitants of Cayenne , who are in a state of Mai union . Ihe trench commander wished to explore the river , but inp authorities would not allow him .

      I have Mexican papers to the 2 nd iust . The Republic is in a deplorable condition . The Council of Government has decided that tnerew . ll be no extra Session < . f Gongres * . The foreign merchants ot Mazatian have organized a military force for the protection of the contraband trade , ttebolledp is now completely powerless His pariwwis have deserted him , he inmself is seceted in ihe mountains ' and an arm ^ d force is in pursuit of him . The Indians have a-ain invaded Zacateca * , where they ¦ committed fearful atrocities / 'A

      great number of persons were assassinated , many wounded , and a number of women and children carried away captives . Accounts from Matamores to ihe 4 th insi ., state thk-irettt excitement ' prevails relative to the usurpation of Cardenas . The National Guard have decided m favour of Prieto , and encamped , on the Ame . icanside of Itio Grande . Genera ! Avaiod Was , issued a proclamation in favour of Urdenas , bin the . principal cities of Tamanlissas are altocrether opposed to him .

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      INDIA . Ti e Burmwh rtiiifbrcements were all on their way to Madras and Calcutta for embarcation , nnd tran ' yports were being hired for their conveyance to Rtingoon mid Mnulmain . Emiiiraroh from Bombay to Austwlia was about to commence Lpwards of 150 soldiers are said to have applied for their discharge from Her Majpsty ' s 8 tith to proceed to the l diggings . ' ' A riot occurred in the city of Benares on the evening of the 2 d of Aiij-ust . The magistrate was pelted with stones and brickbats .

      as were also the General and severalofficers and other Europeans who had to cross the bridge . A couple of companies of the 33 d Native Infantry and the detachment ' of iht > llth irregular cavalry were speedily on the spot . Thy affair was a bloodless one . The army which will be assembled in Pegu in the month of November will con > i > t of more than 20 , 000 in en—that is , six reuimenVof European foot , 12 regiments of isaiive infantry , and a fu » complement of arsillery , as well as sappers and miners .

      Turmoil is about to take the plnee of tranquillity on our iior . thwest frontier : the ever troublesome Moniunds and Svvattees have auain b 4 en following their habitual predilection for murder and rapine , ami it is expected another force will have to be sent out imo the Swat Valley , to chastbe such of them as fall in our way . The Afreedies of the passes are also troublesome—nothing new , unfori

      uiuuely , with them . Along the eastern frontier profound peaVe prevails . The whole country from Peshaw ' ur along to Kurracheehas been deluged with rain , and storms prevailed ' from the last week , in July till Aug . 7 or 8 . Capt . R . H . Hicks * acting commandent of the loth irregular Cavalry , was during a storm struck drad by lightning , while in the net of shutting the window of the house in which he was putiini ; -up .

      From Scinde nothing ; is Heard of but the inundation of ihe Indus all the way from Sukkur down to Ghorabarree were completely surroundfd with wiiter , and fears were entertained tor their safety The crops were everywhere in danger of being spoiled , and the people were in a miserable plight ..

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      The following description of the diggings at Mount Alexander , in Victoria , so renowned for its productiveness of gold , is taken from an Australian paper of a recent date :--With respect lo Bendigo , little concerning this locality has yet met the public eye , and on this account L shall commence wiih it . The inquiry , however j is a new one , and from the short stay that from unavoidable circumstances Iwas compelled to makehaving remained but little over a week—I venture upon it with some diffidence , as I have necessarily to depend more upon the report of others ( han upon my own acinal observations ; siill , us my

      own brief experience has fully borne out the information received from the intelligent persons with whom I have conversed , I have the less he > ita ( ion in ' . making use of that information , and of giving it , as far as my humble dictum goes , the Warranty of correctness . In no part of the Victoria Diggings is there more crane , violence , and . lawlessness than at Bendigo . I have seen gro ^ shops , those pestilent generators of crime , boldly and unmistakeably open , and business transacted in them as publicly as in a tavern , the landlord standing behind his rude bar , and serving out liquor without the slightest attempt at concealment . In one place I even sawn glass

      of spirits brought out to a man on horsebaC ' k , who pulled up at'the entrance of the tent , and look his dram ' without dismounting , in open view of all who chose to look , whilst around the tent were over ten or a dozeu individuals , none of whom boasted of the most prepossessing style of physiognomy , $ md all of whom gave token , more or less , of having sacrificed at the bacchanalian shrine . This den of iniquity , I am glad to say , was routed out during my stay by Mr . Commissioner Gilbert . With a state ot things such as this , with the law ^ openly violated , and in such a manner , what could be expected but that the poison from the Upas tree of drunkenness should Spread abroad through the diggings , generating violence and robbery , and even murder . Thus , then , it

      happens that quarrels , fights , and disturbances are by no means uncommon , whilst scarcely a night passes without fearluUhrieks , or cries of murder resounding through the diggings , breaking the rnidnig ht ' s silence , and g iving Uie only ' evidence of some brutal attack , of some planned robbery , or . perchance , of some dark deed of blood . Tents , too , have been 4 % bailed up , " the valuables taken , aud sometimes disgraceful violence used . In one instance , a man was shot through the jaw , in another a digger was knocked down with a bludgeon , a third Sva ' s stubbed with a knife , and several' others have teen maltreated , and- ' all without provocation , since , in neither casej was any resistance offered to the . plunderers . " It may be said that nothing of this sdr ' t is kiioVntothe officials—that

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      persons travelling through the di ^ ii ^ s see nothing of it . Tui . s i * no doubt true ; for in the day time only toil and labour , tuid ceaseless industry are seen—the bright ritys of the mm point out no traces of the deeus that the dark veil of ni-xht has hidden , ami that the silent stars have alone- witnessed—whilst the sufferers by the < f deeds are not a bit too anxious to make any disturbance about them , since it has been unmi > t » keabl y hinted that a thinv frei hole is a certain quietus for a troublesome witness . I have seen the " storekeepers retire . to rest , aud have marked ihe care witn which ihpv h » wn ! ,-, ^ i . « j ^ . i • _ i » . 1 i care , wit ,, which they have looked to the of the

      . primin * revolver * , or the doubte-bafrelled pistoi ,, which were their invariable fWWpagiiom de Ut < ami I have notiml that , during thn ni ., l , t , t i 1 P shuhtest movement was sufficient to awaken them-the mo « t convincing proof . of any that danger was really apprehended . In the same way universal mistrust , affects the di ^ rs also ; to them the night invariably brings with it caution on ¦« " preparation : mid it i < by no means safe for the lover-of a starlit walk to approach es sientlemen keeping late hours have on more than one occ » i < ion been fired at , in the apprehension that they were marauders Most willingly do I admit that the evil i » much magnified / most cordially do 1 agree that the actual amount of crime committed is

      npt so great as it would be in a town with a similnr admixture of population : but at the same time it must he remembered , that tent * offer no such protection to life or property as do bricks or stone * " and that men dread attack i .. the same proportion ns ihey iWl themselves open toil ; thus every theft adds to the general uneasiness , us each one knows himself to be as exposed to robbery » s he who has suffered . This will in a great measure account for ' tlm ferment , and the ieeling of insecurity that at present exist ; and , even though there be absolutel y no clanger , and supposing even that no scenes of violence have been performed , no acts of crime

      committed , stili they are apprehended , and men thus s « e wiih dread the setting of the sun , as a nioht of restlessness , if not of viail , is thought necessary to guard the products of a lucky day of toil . Now , such ought not to be the ca < e . The men who pay the charge demanded of them for the right to work the golden soil become in fact tenants , and may insist upon the recognised Jaimof a tenant , riot only to undisputed possession , but to quiet enjoyment . As a landlord , the government is bound to protect them m their work ; and , as a government , to guard them hi their homes Tins termeni and insecurity nothing but the stationing of a strong police force on the diggings will ev » r allay .

      Any person acquainted wuh the history of Bendigo , from its first discovery as a prolific diggings , would naturally have expected that some such scenes as those I have so casually » lluded to would have been enacted . He would have known that when the outcry for protection was raised at the Forest Creek , and when the attention of the officials was at length called to the subject , some of the wild and reckless desparadoes that threatened to turn the busy scene of industry into a stage for rapine arid lawlessness , found that too close a watch was kept upon their proceedings to allow them to continue their criminal career with the same impunitv tbev

      hud previously enjoyed . A shift therefore became nece ^ ary , iirid no field promised so fairl y as the one newly opened at Be » di « 6 , and thither therefore they removed . In this way the Forest Creek was cleared ; and in this way the daring gans ? that so long held the diggers of Friar ' s Creek in alarm were got rid of . it need scarcely he added , thai there was but little danger that the full bearing-tree of villainy would suffer from being thus transplanted . It was removed to a soil fruitful in all -the alimentnecessary to make it flourish . Here were diggers , reaping a plenteous harvest of th « precious ore , and quite unprotected . " ^ In this way it took root , and now that two commissioners and some dozen constables offer a

      feeble guard to the license payer , this shadow of protection gives only a delightful zest—a pltasurable excitement to a marauding expedition that it wanted in the absence of all police . More than one person has assured me , and my own observations lead me to the same conclusion , that the plunderers who manage to keep ihe whole diggings in a state of uneasiness are but few m number ; what is more singular , also , is that th ^ v are mostly all well known to the diggers generall y , and on several occasions I have had them pointed out to me , whilst a wish has been

      expressed that the police would apprehend them—on suspicion . Few as these ruffians are , however , they manage to keep clear of the law , as no danger is to be apprehended , unless they be taken in the fact of committing a lawless act . Of this there is no fear , since the numerous body of police assigned to these di v ings is kept closely round the tents of the commissioners , at the Bullock » ud Emu Creeks ; the Bendigo , to which the exploits of these i ^ mry are confined , being left after dark to take care of itself . It is well known that but two or three ruffians may , as long as they continue at lanje , keep a town protected by an efficient body of police in a cuntimed of

      state . of alarm ; aud the history of almost every lui ^ e city Europe furnishes examples of the fact . What must be the consequence , then , of a handful of thieves thrown in muunvjst men dwelling mi tents , and wanting not merely an efficient police , but a police aU together ? The consequence has been universal distrust , uneasiness , and alarm . To remedy this a ' police force is » equircd , » o large us to be able to keep watch in sufficient numbers to enable them to cope with the force that the outlaws can bring into ihe field . When this is the case , the police will not only have the moral strength given by confidence in themselves as a « 'ei \\ s of the law

      , but also the actual strength « iven by numbers . They may likewise depend upon the assistance of the majority of the diners in case of emergency , for I feel assured ihav there is hardly ° oiu ' digger who would shrink from aiding in the capture of a thief , tf he knew that it was a constable that was making the capture < U present a cry of murder will scarcel y bring a digger from his lent lor there are so many ruses employed by the midnight prowlers ! that a cry lor assistance may possibl y be nothing more than n de ' coy , either to ure him to the hue from which he iuncies he is about to rescue another , or to take him from his tent whilst some member oi the gang . is engaged in robbing it .

      EXTUACT OP A tOTTBB PH 0 M THE AU 3 TIULUS DIGGINGS . " Junction of Barter and Forest Creeks , ' "Alexander Diggings , ltich May , 1 S 52 . UBAR iatubb , —Thew is no use in bothering you with a long account of our voyage out ; suffice it to say , that it was prosperous , occupied ' ouly throe months , and , owing to the doctor ' s kind attention , my position was peculiarly coxnlorUiblc . We arrived at Melbourne on the 2 $ rd Jauunry ( midsummer ) . Dr . ix . and Mr . B . received me very kindly . Through the influence of the latter , and

      my letters of introduction , I was offered actuation of . £ 150 a year . Mr . B ., at ihe same time , suggested the propriety of my trying the Digging , ' adding , tnaVrt I did not succeed he would still secure the place for me . On that hint I : icted , and started on a visit to a friend , Mr . G f , who keeps large stores near this place . After recoimoiterilig the place for a fortnight I joined my first gold digging - party . Lieutenant G ., of the ' royal navy , from sweet Tipperary ; Ml * . C ., a son ol the member of the legislative council ; myself , with two working men and . two boys , constituted our party . We agreed that all the gold col-

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 9, 1852, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1699/page/3/