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      DESTRU CTIVE HUBRICAUJB—DREADFUL SHIPWRECKS—AWFUL LOSS OF LIF £ . ' ' EVVL- —T& * town and the coasts of YoiWhlie sna litjcclnahir © -were , on Tuesday -week , visited by oire of the heaviest falea -which iave been experienced for . a long period . It commenced about eight o'clock , when B » wind , -which bad been , in the West , raddenl ^ Teered round to the North and North E » t , and er , Q . tiimed to blow with insesBaat toy nntil daybreak on "Wednesiiv , accompaniedueaxiy the -whole of that tinw -with heaTy nun and ludt ?* : VTKn tidings vrbioh bare reached mlrjDm tha rlvei and the sea are of Y dismal character , and » e fear thai very heavy losses -will prore to i » ve occurred durinj that night to shipping .

      - A Rbocking accideat occurred , on the number , on Tuesday night , about ten or * F / ven o ' clock , -when the keel Three Sisters , Haltby id aster , lying at anchor off Sunk Island , was ran dow * oy the fishing smack Willi am and Richard , Capt Bodge ; and the wife of Capt JL , "who was ob deck , saS hia fire children , "who -were in the cabin , -were all < trofrned . Capt . M . and the male only just savei ^ heniBelves by clinging t- > the s&tck as sho passed < e ? er the keel . It -was dark , and raining and btowing ^ ery heavy at the time . The 5 lob Hoy-sterner , Lient Knocker , R . N ., cota"Siander , arrived base on Tuesday from Hamburgh , and reports -a numberrtvessels ( names unknown ) as baring Tun for the Elbe , " up to Sunday , apparently with damage , loss of sstla , ice , consequent span the storm of ¦ the preceding Thursday .

      Sfce JobiT Grosbie , Taylor , bound to Glasgow , . has rpnVback tnrotEjrl stress of weather , -with damace . Capt . Taylor , of the John Crosbie , reports that "he fcare down to the WaSfcer Scott , of Leitfe , and on Thn » day , at ¦ seven , a-m ., be spoke them . The master -wished Capt . i "Taylor to-eia . nd by him , as he bad lost five of hia ' crew , the- Seeks had been swept of the boats , and both - his topmasts and all his canvas gone ; he remained by him until dark in the evening , rendering him all the assistance possible . Parted from him about twelve miles from Robin Hood ' s Bay , with the wind W . by < E . 17 th . —The PriendEbury , Paton , froia tbis port to -T . oifh . was overtaken with the late gale < m Thursday mKrntng , off St . Abb ' s Head , which cleared the decks , carried away her sailB , and laid her on her beam-ends ; one man was washed overboard ; hex masts were cut away -when she righted , and she has been towed into Holy Island by a steamer .

      eaiMSBY . —18 th . —Eight , ajn ^ -Last night we bad a most tremendous gale from N . E . At this time a large -fleet of vessels are riding in the entrance of the Hamber —amongst them two , if not three , are totally dis-Dasted ; one with loss uf main-maiifc , bowsprit , and ¦ evenl with loss of topmasts , &o . Nine or ten vessels -are also on shore between this port and Tetney Leek , bat further particulars cannot be bad in time to save the post—Evft Advertiser . [ A , portion of the following distressing intelligence reached us the latter end of last week , bnt too late to appear in our last paperO—E& N . S .

      MiDDLESBoaorGH . —Stgcktos , OcUIO . —The Five Sisters , of Boston , in proceeding to sea yesterday morning with enly two men on board , the master and one jnan , it blowing very hard , got spon the South Garr , sod in a very abort time became a complete wreck . The Beaten life boat put off to her assistance , bnt succeeded in saving only one of them—the man ; the master , it is thought , having sunk with the wreck , as be was no where to be seen . Part of thefwreck has been towed into this port QB . EAT YARiroriH , Oct 13 . —In the roads—The brig Richard and Hannah , Warden , of and for Sundtrland . from Lond » n , having lost anchor and part chain eff WintfcTVn , yesterday . The sloop El'Xj , Warebam , of

      and from Goole for London , this morning was towed into our harbour , with loss of mast , having been strnek hy a heavy sea , on the 12 A in * t- eff the Inner Dowsing —wind blowing heavy at WSW—wbick filled the mainsail and carried away the nut , Abont six o ' clock pan . same day , was taken in tow by the "Union , of Newcastle , and towed until about nine am this morning , after entering the Cecile Oateway , when the flood tide act both vessels in the PighUe , and the brig was obliged to let go the sloop , when she brought up . She has -since been got into Yarmouth harbour and up to & > e qosy . The Wesley , Hall , for Newcastle , broke anchor off Winterton ; and Heed , Johnson , for Sunderland ; both from London .

      Kei > cab , Oct . 10 . —The Endeavour , « f Boston , coa ] laden , on leaving the Tees yesterday rooming , got on the Sonth Garr , and went to pieces ; crew svr&d . Shjpwbecxs at asd 3 TBAB Redcab . —On Thursday morning last , during a tempestuous gale from thB NNB ., the sloop Providence , William Tupmao , of Louth , from Scarborough for Shields ; and the brig Buy , Bobert Cockerill , of and from Xynn for Srabam , were driven ashore near this place ; it being high water the crew were saved without difficulty . The Busy will be a total wreck , but the sloop is expected to be got off . During the same morning the brig Amelia ,- Henry Hrigga , of Goole , in ballast , frorr London to Middlesboroagb ; and the schooner Curlew , George Hill , of "Wisbeach , from Dordt , also for Middlesborougb , were driven ashore in the Tees Bay , both vessels were without maita , the brig having run foul of the schooner at the commencement of the gale and carried away both masts of the schooner . The brig « rt away her masts

      while riding at anchor , by which she * was enabled to ride a little longer , she finally parted from her anchors , and wa » most fortunately driven ashore with tie schooner at high water , when the crews -were saved by staying on board until the tide receded from the vessels Should the weather prove favourable they will be got off . At the same time the brig William and Jane , Bobaon , of Sunderland , in ballast from Hamburg to Snoderland , was driven ashore at Saltbnm ; the mate was nnfortunateiy -washed « verboard and drowned ; the rest of the crew saved themselves by keeping below ¦ While coming . through the surf . The sloop T wo Friends , Capt . W . Richardson , left Scarborough on the morning of Thursday week , for the purpose of laying her on the beach of Piley , to deliver her cargo of coals , when , oa arriving in the bay , she was overtaken by the very Violent hurricane which took place that morning , and came onshore , but will be got off with little damage . One of the crew , Jefferson , nnfortunateiy had his leg broken .

      Hastlkpool , Oct . 12 . —During the night the wind lias blown a tremendous gale from the NE ., the sea rolling mountains high . Several vessels were-driven onshore , amongst which are the Unity , Minerva , and Cleveland , all of and from Lynn ; they are on a sandy beach a little to-the southward of the town . At eigbt , ajn . the Margaret and the John Innes , both of Aberdeen , hove in sight . The former was . driven on shore close to the above-named vessels , and it Is feared will become a total wreck ; the latter while rounding the Sengs , shipped a heavy sea , split all head canvas , and broached too i the crew were taken off by the Hfe-boat , and the vessel dr » ve upon the Longscar Racks , and is considered a perfect wreck . On the north beach , about

      a mile from the town , two vessels belonging to Sanderland are stranded—one of them , the Brig Thomas Birden , will be a total wreck ; the other , the barkAutumnus , may be got off , But the most melancholy part was the fate of the Dutch gaBet Artina , which , while eaaeavonring to fetch the roadstead , got amongt Ihe breakers contiguous to the Heugh , and capsised , whtn alien board , iudnding a Snnderiand pilot , perished . Abont ten a-m . the Ardincople ( s ) , plying between Newcastle and Lsiih , was seen , apparently in great distress , running for the harbour , and wonld to a certainty have ieen lost on a . reef of rocks , had it not been for the timely assistants of the life-boat ? s crew , by whose guidance she was saf&ly moored .

      Nosih Shields , OCT . 12 . —Daring the whole of last nigbt -we have had tremendous squalls of wind from 3 HL , which increased towards morning . The Nairns , Harrisob , ; in the Narrows at the guarantine ground , was driven from her anchors during the night , on thB peint about the bsaeon , where : she remains .. The Two Brothers , of Scarborough , when taking the bar early this morning , was caught in a squall , and had her canfaa carried away j ihe drove on the Hird Sand—crew aaved . Susseillasd , Oct . 9 . —Yesterday morning , as a pilot eoble , with three men on board , was off . Seaban , lunping towards the land , they came in contact with a light brig , bound for Shields , name and port not ascertained . The coble was instantly run down ; ens of the pilots caught hold of the vessel and succeeded in gettingon board ? another was afterwards picked up , bat the third sn . k , and was not seen after . Mth . About two

      ^ dock this-morning a violent gale « ame on from tbout JNira There are six vessels on shore , aod one riding 4 7 " ?« 4 - * e Harriet , of Shields ; tti 9 rode out the frl a ^ Qot ldDe * -m- > " when «** Parted * " »* her JmehoT and went ashore north ol Seaham ; « ev saved . Potfw '^ L ^ SWeld 8 ' Bhor * at SoDter lmS , o ^^ S- tbnra ; er P « i to be got off Tfee Supbem . a , of Wabeach , with fruit , u likely to become awrccfc : cargo damaged . The Miriam , the Blackett * ££ !* £ * * * ******* «« ftelSrf 2 i orth Shields , have received damage . A Khoooe * bexame a total wreck sear Marsdon Rock , abomt " £ ve aitoBorth of this port , and allhands ^ rWied ^ f ^ opposed te be the Actt-re , of Newcastle . A oaanfcity , ^ , ^ J * " " - bee ° ^ ^ oS *** P ° rt , ftol Wiiefi it appears prob ^ le some vessel has becoae a ¦ neck , and the crew perished ; the body of a man , jkk patently a-foreig * seaman , sna also found on the beach driyen 5 » by the tide . *

      SBAJSUjil , QCI . lit—Threexobles have come on shore withoct their crews , and sevesal pieces of wreck *; on one of the boat * is the name of William Brown . The Ark , DonkiB , * f South Shield * , lading off Soater Point , Ottawa ; her xaajga , bat < aaie ashose here at ten a-m . ; Tew saved ,.

      Dbkadfoi SHJPyBECJL—Along tha Eastern coast , Ihe loss of life and property has been . distressing y »* among fee many dittressiBg mHPiffiB * that has oceosed is tha total lorn of th © Bizrhampoe-ter , on Wedytfrnfltfj pjnwrfng ; OJJ th * ZOCkl off the SoUih-EaStpOT Son of Margate . The ship wai chartered by Carter and Bonus , lbs emigrsst ageots , of Leadenhan-street , lor the conveyance of emigrants on the part of Governxoent to Port Philip . On Monday , ahe sailed from tbe j I ^ ndon D « ckB , having on board ninety-four emigrants j liesldaB the crew , consisting of twenty- » De women , . < -forty-tour children , and the rest men , chiefly of the ; Jaboorinf das * . Sereral Margate logjers came ^ ff and : Jttcowded in taking every boo ! bom off the Ill-f * ted j

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      ship , and landing ibem safely ashore . The poor emigrants Vere in a most deplorable state . Another ship was lr ai about the same time near the entrance at Margate pjer . Crew saved . -Upplbdokb , Oct . 17 . —It blew a tremendous gale b jare on Taesday the 17 th . About three o ' clock , a fine brig was seen to strike on the north shore , and sink . The crew took tbe rigging , and the life-boat went off , but when near the vessel two of the oars broke , and ' she was forced to return , This morning ( the 18 th ) the . crew were seen still in tha rigging , and the life-boat , ' and a gig went off , and the cretr ( nine in number ) were , I taken out by the gig , which reached the wreck first , . land safely brought in here . She proved to be the !; Ganges , of Sunderland , Captain Of win , from Cardiff to i Ir&Ddsn .

      Boscastlb , Oct . 17 IH . —The Raven , from Newport Cardiff , to Southampton , was wrecked to-day at MeHeck ; crew saved , A vessel , name unknown , is ashore at MorwenBten ? two vesaela are T > ff the coast between Padacow and Bade , and expected to go on shore . PADsrow , Oct . I 7 ia . —It is blowing & very beavy gale from N . N . W . Tbe LeUtia , from Newport to Holland , pat in here to-day , with Iobs of anchors , got on the rocks , and -amk . The Ceres , from Portsmouth to Wales , went on « hore on the rocks of St Minion , and is expected to become a wreck : crew saved . The Wilberforce , of aad from Exeter to Cardiff , has put ! in here disabled . BTBRFOBD ,- Occ 18 TH . —Two vessels , supposed to be the Harry Bluff , of Berkeley , Port Philip , and Blucber , ef Gloucester , foundered off the harbour with all htrortn .

      Yarmouth , ( Isle of Wight , ) Oct . 18 th . —The sloop sunk to the westward of Hurst is the Industry , of Po « le ; crew drowned . Plymouth , Oct . 18 th . —Yesterday , during a heavy squall , the schooner Norman , of Newport , Captain James , missed stays , in Bovisand Bay , dragged her anchors , and went down . She is laden with lead from Alicant , and was bound t « London . The crew and passengers saved . W-KTJteuTH . Monday night and the whole of Tuesday we had a tremendous hurricane , accompanied with heavy thnnd « r , vivid lightning , and hail during tbe greater part of Monday night Occasional storms of rain fell during Tuesday . Portland roadstead is a * Bin become the depot of a large number of craft , who have recourse to this sheltering protection from the westerly gales . —BaQi Journal .

      SHEBNIKGHAH , flBAB . LOWESTOFFE . —The follOWing is an extract of a letter received yesterday , dated Oct 19 ;—*• I regret to inform you we witnessed the loss of the Emily , of and from Goole , Mr . W . Calverson , master , this mpming , abont two o ' clock , opposite the Coast-guard station , at Weybourne , during the storm . Directly she Btruck , the crew flaw to the rigging , where they remained till five o ' clock , when the Coast-guard succeeded in effecting a communication with the wreck by means of a line rope previously conveyed on board by means af Dennett ' s Rocket , thus enabling them to launch a boat ,, and save the master and some of the crew , but two poor fellows , named John Ooborne and Thomas Jackson , were drowned . The vessel , which is laden with wheat , will become a perfect wreck .

      Fboh Bidsfokd the accounts are of a most painfal description , several ships having been lost during the storm , and which we , regret to state , were attended by a lamentable loss of life . As at other ports , the wiDd blew fearfully from N . W . to N N . E ., and at about three o ' clock in the afternoon of Wednesday last , tbe well-known brig Ganges , Oopt Owen , of tbe port of Sunderland , was blown to the north part of tha Bideford Bu , and , no doubt , before this , has gone to pieces . Immediately on the vessel striking , the crew took to tbe main-lop , the heavy surf sweeping the decks fore and aft , when the life-boat was put off , in order to take the poor creaturrs from the dreadful situation in which they were . OwiDg . however , to tbe boisterous state of the wsalher . tbe boat coald not

      make the least way , and , accordingly , the attempt failed . By the next morning , all imagined that they must have perished , but some surprise may be conceived , when tbe crew were still noticed clinging to tbe rigging , having remained in that position throughout the whole night , amidst the violence of thu storm . The life-boat was again launched , and through the humane and almost superhuman efforts of the coast-guard , the crew of the brig were at last taken from tbe rigging , and landed in safety at this port . A short time before the wreck occurred , a vessel , apparently a schooner , was seen to go down about half a mile from tbe shore , and from the fact that tbe crew have not since been « een or beard of , it is presumed that they must have perished with her . A boat has since been washed on shore , with the name painted "Harry Bluff , of Berkley , P . Q . T . Miller , master , " and it is considered that she

      belonged to the unfortunate vessel . Another shocking shipwreck happened during tbe ttorm near this piacs , a brig , supposed to be tbe Blucber , of Gloucester , went down off the harbour with every one of the hands , whose bodies as yet have not been found , and a fishing boat , belonging to Clovelly , wh > l » t lying at her nets , herring fishing , was driven on tbe Pcppercombe rocks , and lost Her captain , Mr . Barman , and a man named Johnson , were drowned with her . The Elizi , laden with coals , from Wales to Cork , was totally wrecked in Croyd Bay , near this port , but fortunately the whole of the crew were saved . Numbers of other vessels have been driven » n to tbe sands and rocks , and throughout the whole of the neighbourhood tbe most painfal sensation has been created in the minds of the inhabitants , from the melancholy and disastrous results of the late hurricane .

      Another Wreck . —A coTespondent informs us of tbe shipwreck of the Mary Anne , of Arbroath , abent six miles from l » lay , on Wednesday night last , with tbe loss of all bands on board , except a young seaman , named John Purvis . She railed last from : Newcastle for Strenjf-rd Lough , on Tuesday week , with a cargo of ninety-five tons of wheat . Berides the Captain , whose name was David Cargill , her crew consisted of five sailors , one of them a boy . The Alary Ann foundered off the Runs of Islay . Wben the Captain and crew discovered that the pumps were quite choked , and the vessel was going down , they took to the boat , and endeavoured first to iehi Islay , but failed , tbe wind blowing from the N £ . They then made for the Mull of Xintyre , but failing in this attempt also , they

      stood before the wind , and before daylight were , as they thought , off Portrush , and made for the Ballyachron Strand , near Portstewart , when they got among the breakers and the boat was upset , and five of the six individuals oa board met a watery grave . The names of those who were drowned were—David Cargill , the captain and owner , an old man , about 70 years of age ; Peter Cargill , his son , about 22 years of age ; Alexander Stephens , 80 D-in-law of the captain , aged 44 , who has left a widow and five children ; George Shanks , and Charles Duke . None of the bodies were washed ashore except that of tbe captain , on which an inquest was held on Thursday , when the facts above related were elicited . John Pnrvis , the only survivor , is unmarried . He is 21 years of age , and is a smart , intelligent young man .

      juose Disjstebs . —Ckomes Oct . 18 . —This morning , at about one o ' clock , a gale suddenly rose , and at two it increased to a perfect hurricane . 1 > the afternoon of yesterday , as the weather was excedmgly fine and calm , a number of fishing-boats , each containing a crew of four or five men , left Cromer in search of fish , and , as tbe elements were highly favourable , there is no doubt they went off to a great distance , for in such cases they often push their voyage to an extent of forty or fifty miles . Many of these boats are op * n and undecked , and not more than twenty feet long , and the largest afford but very slight protection against tbe weather or other casnallties . This morning none of the number that went oat were in sight , and , up to tbe present hour , two o ' clock p . m . nothing has been seen or heard of them . There is one melancholy

      exceptiona boat which contained five men has been washed ashore at Boston , near Minsley ; one booy only has been found , and there is not the least doabt bnt that the whole crew have found a watery grave . One poor fellow has left a wife and six youns chiidten . It is difficult to ascertain the number of boats absent , but it is commonly said about twelve or fourteen . Their fate is , of course , doubtful , but very serious apprehensions are entertained on acconnt of them . Some vessels ara in sight , and one , apparently a large brig , has a signal of distress ( a flag in her main rigging ) flying . Messengers are sent out along tbe coast , and it is feared dreadful accounts will be brought in in the morning . A vessel , the Friendship , from Goole , laden with chalk , has also come a&hore at the same place , with a similar kind of craft called a billybuoy , which is run ashore , and tbe mate , a Cromer man , lost his life .

      Loss OP jthb Amphitkitb . —Byihe arrival of her Majesty ' s sloop Fantome at Portsmouth on Monday last , information had been received of the total loss of the British brig Ampbitrite , Commander Mr . H . Wills , on -the 21 st of July , off the island of Lobasqere , rear Monte 5 ideo , fuUjfflJtieulars © f which will be found in the subjoined abridgment of the Captain's statement * elative to her loss . About noon on the 20 th of July she was cfese into Cape St Mary ' s , on the look out for ajtilot , bnt none appearing , and there being a light ¦ easterly wind , she continued her course , and at mid-day on the 2 ist the was .-eff the above island . The wind afterwards inezeased with great violence , and a heavy shower of hail end rain began to fall , and there being no pilot to be asen en the station all bar sail was shortened , and , sfce hove to about two o ' clock in the afternoon , with her head to ihe southward , the weather being at that time very thick , and several high tuseakers

      , near to her . She , however , . still made way , although very little , going at the early f&zt of the evening at cot more than two kaoU an bout At eight o ' clock t&e -weather bad become exceedingly misty , so much bo that the ship ' s length conld scarcely be discerned , and every precaution was adopted In older to prevent acdflent , a man being constantly at her aart head , and the > Tv , goil * The c&Ptafr . fearing from the violence of the gale that if he anchored on the spot she would C ! LT * " *? . ""* rom her moorings and every soul pensb , drtenntoed on keeping her under canvass , as from her position be supposed she would make the Mount by the fallowing morning . She kept going the captain went down below for s short period the mate being at the mast-head , whenbeno sooSJdld so than he beard a distant shock from her striking forward , though in six fathoms , aft and hind . The captain instantly rushed on deck , and put the helm a-port

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      which she answered , and the sails were r ^ -jh « heavy serf , however , that was running , kep ' ^ ynrtsfttty beating her on the shoal , and the crew er j -peotsd "© Very moment that she would be beaten to a '^ oms ami they aU meat with » watery grave . S 5 » spc- ^^^ anJ tha captain decided on running f ' jr Monte Video , although the weather was exceedlc « j y fo ^ . Accordingly the pumps were keptgoing , ^ a ^ ^^^ n set to work to repair the ship . TJnfortunatety how-• ver . sh ^ . received too grw * m inj M theBea was flowing into the hold . N otwithstanding this the captain stlU kept her on the tack , and it was only at clock the

      three o ' on following nibrnin ? , when the water was level with the cabin 'iecks , that the captain and crew , thirteen in number , left the ill-fated vessel in her boats , Sh « soon Wfjjt down in deep water , and the crew then steered for the : above port , in doing which they eBOOonter ' . 'd moBt tempestuous weather , the boat at one th » e beir * g almost full of water and amidst breakers . At length , after the lapse of i \ x hours , they Bocoeeded 4 q reaching Monte Video ; greatly fatigued from excessive exertion and exposure to cold . At this port it appears the poor fellows were not treated by the consul te that kind manner which their destitute case deserved . They have , however , safely arrived in England .

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      Frawcb . —The Fohtipications . —The Reforme publishes a return of the actual outlay for the fortifications , which shows that the enceinte conlinuee has already < 5 ost . ll 2 , 507 , 500 f ( 4 ^ 500 , 000 sterling ) , or 4 S , 416 , 519 r . wore than the estimates submitted to the Chambers by M . Thiers , and that the expence of the detached forts , amounting to 101 . 348 , 700 f . ( upwards of j £ 4 , 000 ^ 000 sterling ) , or to 41133 b \ 700 f more than the . provisions of the law , which , with the sums expended on Canonville and other fortifications , for widen no Buppttes were granted by the legislature , will raise the -whole cost of fortifying the capital to at least 260 , 000 , 000 f . ( 10 , 400 , 000 ) , instead of 14 O , 000 , O 00 f .

      A-wfol Destitution . —PoYerty and even want prevails to a frightful extent in Paria at present . The number of poor reaistered in the twelve municipalities amounts to 65 , 170 . In one district-there is nearly one indigent person for every six inhabitants : in the eighth 1 for 6 2 3 ; in the ninth , 1 for 8 1-3 ; in the third , 1 in 20 ; in the second , 1 for 272 , &o . " O an average , " says La Reforme , " there is 1 indigent person for every 12 inhabitants . " The National , referring to tae same subject , says : —*• Such is the penury in the funds ot the charitable associations of the capital , that tho twelve mayors of Paris have made the most pressing entreaties to the inhabitants of their various districts , to assist the 70 , 000 unfortunate beings who are at this moment destitute of bread , clothing , and Ere . "

      The Reforme announces that sixty French Re * publicans left Perpignan for Barcelona on the 18 th instant . H-E . NBT VrH . —Louis Phillippb ' s Fears . —The Commerce states thai *' a number of seoret agents have been despatched from Paris to England to watch the Duke of Bordeaux . Spies of two descriptions are to be sent to England ; one set to watch the Duke at a distance , and tbe other to keep ever within sight . All these persons will act under one leader , who will every day address a report on the subject to the Minister of the Interior . "

      M . De Lamartine , the staunch supporter of the Republican cause , and declared enemy to the tyranny of the present King , has recently published a most admirable article : upon the future intentions and duties of the Parliamentary Opposition , in Le Bien Public ( The Pubiio Good)—a journal which he nimselt has established at Macon , the place that he represents in the Chamber of Deputies . His manifesto is exciting great sensation , and causing work for all tbe corrupt writers to reply to its statements , and support as they best can the present order of things . Our readers may judge of ihe article by the following paragraph : —

      "Therevolution willed that France should be a democracy . Successive ministers declare , on the contrary , that royalty , with aristocraey for its basis , is indispensable . They demand a political hereditary right for the peerage , a sovereignty by right of birth , and they deplore their want of power in this mannner to overthrow equality . The revolution declared that all citizens should be equal . The present system , on the contrary , divides them into categories , gives political power to one , and condemns the other to implicit obedience . The revolution declared the King to be an hereditary magistrate , his power emanating from the people ; and opposition to the government renders royalty a superior , independent power , attracting all to itself ,

      and f ure to triumph over all , with time for its minister and faction for its prerogative . Nay , the power of the nation over interregnums has been taken away by a regency law . The revolution ordained that tbe King should send away troops from the vicinity of tbe Legislative Assembly , and it removed the Bastile . Tbe present government has spent three hundred millions on bastilt s erected round the capital , the seat of the law and the legislature . The revolution declared that religions liberty should be absolute and sincere ; declared that no hand should be raised between God and man , no conscience lowered to the altar of a dominant sect , that there should be no state religion , but all species of worship be f qual . Instead of this the Government upholds one species

      of worship against all others . It declares creeds legal or illegal , and makes tbe altar an object of administration . And , if two or three persons meet together , in the name of a common belief , to pray , it sends the gend'armerie to disperse the worshippers and imprison the pastor . The revolution declared that commerce and industry should be free . Government creates a privileged feudality , and creates a monopoly in favour of tbe rich producer . The revolution declared that the law should be the expression of the general wish . Government has declared it to be the will of merely two hundred thousand electors . In short , if the members of the National Assembly were to rise from the grave , they would not know . their work , so has it been disfigured .

      From reaction to reaction , corruption to corruption , pretext to pretext , what principle has been left sound or intact 1 Instead of a democracy there is an oligarchy ; instead of equality an electoral noblesse ; instead of magisterial royalty a dynastic one ; instead of a free press , the laws of September ; instead of the right of association , the prohibition for any number to meet under any pretext ; instead of emancipated religion , there are religious quarrels , and sects disputing their share of the budget ; instead of property fairly divisible , there reigns the old system of mainmorte in the re-establishment of religious corporations ; instead of free trading we have the reign of capitalists ; instead of the moral supremacy of intelligence there exists that of wealth , of landed and commercial property !"

      Libkbtt op the Prkss!—On Sunday , all the copies of the France newspaper were seized by the police at the printing establishment or the post office . Spain . —Madbid . —On the 11 th the Senate held a preparatory meeting , and appointed two Committees charged with the verification of the returns . It was believed that the Duke of Rivas or Count Espeleta wonld be elected President of the Senate , and Olozasa President of the Chamber of Deputies .

      The Chambers would be constituted for business on the 25 ! h . —On the 13 ; h a grand bull-fight took place at Madrid , for the support of the Church . The Queen and her sister were present , and , from all accounts , enjoyed the horrible sport . Eight bulls were killed ; twelve horses ( tortured in a frightfu manner ) were killed or wounded . The exhibition lasted for three hours , and produced £ lv 000 . The money obtained by Buch a revolting performance was , no donbt , blessed by the clergy , having been set apart to aid in building a church near

      Madrid . M- Carnerero has been appointed to supersede M . AguilaT in the post of Minister of Spain at Lisbon . The latter was charged with having kept up a treasonable correspondence with the leaders of the Ayacucbo party , particularly M . Cardero , former Political Chief of Badajoz . The Castellano contains a letter from Calamoucha of the 9 th , stating that on tbe 8 th a column of the Centralists of Saragossa , 1 , 500 strong , presented themselves before Teruel . Tbe majority of the

      National Guard , sympathizing with them , wished to open the gates and fraternize with the insurgents ; but the authorities resisted , and sent to reqaeBt assistance from the commander of the forces before Saragossa , who bad not , however , a man to spare . The correspondent of the Castellano accordingly inferred that the Centralist banner had been hoisted at Teruel . The Eco del Comercio announces the pronouncement of Oliva , sear Alicant , on the 5 th General Amettler , Military Commander of the province of Santander , had been dismissed from that

      posi . We read in the Phare of Bayonne : — The Vicepresident of the Junto of Barcelona , Don Jose Marra Bosch , has died from the wounds which he received in tbe attack on the citadel . His funeral took place with . great pomp . Things trere in the san : e state at Barcelona on the 13 th ; the firing continned on both sides without any result . " A levter in the Morning Chronicle , dated Madrid , Oct . Uth , has the following : — " The country is now governed VY brute force , just as if it had been conaoered . and was held by a foreign army . Citizens

      are arrested withont legal authority , thrown inte prison , and kept incommunicable for days and days , and again net at liberty without ever having been informed of the xiature of the accusations against them . Senor Gam ' * && * * ^^ ten davs > confinement in gaol , waa set at / iberty in this way . At Cadiz , about forty officers ha ^" ^ taken « ffenoe at an article in the Democrata of th place , went to the office in a body to demand satisfu 1 <) t ! on of the editor , insisting on his making a humilia ti n S retraction or fighting the whole of them ; he col rented to the latter alternative , but having the choit ^ ° P ** ^ weapons ,

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      chose the neutral ground near Gibraltar for the field of action , which the officers refused , and as he would ? not swerve from the choice , they ruehed into the office with swords drawn , and illtreated the people employed there ; and , not content with this , they went to his private house , and frightened the women out of their lives ; after this brilliant exploit they went home , but fearing exposure in the next day ' s paper , they went in increased numbers to the office , and declared that the paper should not come out , under threats of vengeance against any one who assisted in publishing it ; the printers , &c , being frightened at their menaces , and knowing well that that there was no chance of redress , the place being completely under military rule , took themselves off , so that the journal has altogether stopped , not from any stretch of legal authority , or decrees-against it , but from sheer military violence preventing its publication . Letters from Cadiz of the 7 th detail all the circumstances . "

      A letter in the Times , dated Gracia , Oct . 13 th , gives the following news of another failuro of the besieged but heroic Barcelonese : — " Nothing daunted at the ill success of their attempt to seize the . citadel , and take Graoia by assault , the inBurgents ma . de another effort last evening , in the direction of Barcolonette , with the object , no doubt , of driving ; out the troops occupying that place . About five o'clock , p . m ., a battalion of the Patulea left the gate of the city leading to Barcelonette , and commenced a sharp fire of musketry on the troops , whilst the fort of Atarazanas opened its guns in the same direction . " These hostilities were replied to by tho fort San Carlos , the citadel , the fort Pio , and Montjuioh , while all threw , in quick and almost uninterrupted succession , shells , grenades , and round shot against the assailants . "

      In tho meantime a demonstration was made in another quarter . The writer f . aya : — " The attempts made by the battalion on the side of Barcelonctte failed in a short time . They had scarcely advanced outside the gate , when they were driven back again , and with loss ; and , on the side of Gracia , the party that had come out by the Puerta del Aogel did not fire a shot . " The firing , however , on the other side , continuec the whole of the evening . From fivo o ' clock until eight o ' clock , Fuarte Pio , San Carlos , and the citadel , threw in shells and round shot in great quantity . Montjuioh fired about a dozen shots , and then

      became silent . "From private , but pertain sources of information which have reached me this morning , at an early hour , from Barcelona , at whose very gates almost we are , I learn that up to eleven o ' clock last night not lees than forty Beven of those who were wounded in the attack en the citadel , which I noticed in my letter of the 8 th , died in hospital of the injuries received in that affair ; and several others are beyond all hope of recovery . Such losses suffered by men shut up so closely as the insurgents are in Barcelona , and who are unable to replace the men they thus lose , must be attended with the most terrible results to themselves .

      It must not , at the same time , be denied that , by the latest account ? , all was not going on very favourable with Prim . Tnia first attempt on Girona was a failure ; which , perhaps , the presumption of that individual , in supposing its conquest would be to him as easy as that of Mataro , sufficiently merited . I before alluded to the fact of his artillery having been compelled to withdraw from within range of the guns of the Castle of Girona . Since then a great number of his men were brought in wounded to Mataro , where they remain in hospital .

      Tbirty-uine prisoners , amongst whom was an officer of the Somatens raised in favour of AmeUler , were brought in here the day before yesterday . They were , officers and aU , bound with cords and their arms pinioned ; they had been taken at Manresa . They were subsequently transferred to the citadel . They manifested the usual indifference on those occasions ; entering the town , and leaving for their place of detention , smoking their cigars , and chatting and laughing with their escort , as if nothing extraordinary had happened to them . They were , it must , bo confessed , savage and ferocious individuals —the very beau-ideal of the lawkB 3 Catalan mountain warriors . " The French Telegraph brings the following : — " Bayonne , 17 th ; Madrid , 15 th . " At two o ' clock this day the President of the Council came before the Cortes with the decree declaring the Legislature open .

      " Senor Onis has been named President of the Senate The Duke do Rivas , and Count Espeleter , Vice-Presidenis . More Pronunciamektos . * -Madhid . Oct . 14 th . — Tbe Posdatu of to-day has a letter which confirms the fact of the pronunciamento of Leon in favour of the Central Junta . It states that it had been for some time notorious that such a thing was about to take place ; and there being but few regular troops there , the military commander determined upon transferring his head quarters to some strong place , and selected tbe barrackB of the National Guards , whom he ordered to turn out , which they uHimately did , though | the guards at the gate at first resisted : that immediately after the town became in a state of agitation , and at half-past , two p . m ., the drums of the National Guards were beaten , and a number of officers and men assembled at the Caihvdral , not ,

      however , amounting to more than fifty- The Military Commander , Political Chief , and other authorities proceeded to the Cathedral , at the head of the provincial Regiment of Leon , and ordered the troops to fire upon the nationals ; but instead of doing so , the officers in command of the troops seized the authorities themselves , and made them prisoners . They then proceeded to proclaim the Central Junta , and elected a local Junta , of whioh D . Gabriel Alvnrezis president ; D . Francisco Rico , vice-president ; and Senors Salvador , Carillo , J . R . Boloque , J . Bullon , Gabriel Lavandu , Joso Llamazares , J . Cereceda , and Carlos Argueilos , members ; and Senors Sotero Rico and Manuel Avriola , secretaries * . It is ako reported to-night that Alicante has pronounced in a similar sense , and that great agitation and confusion prevailed at Yalladolid when the mail left .

      More troops have been brought into Madrid today . A large force of cavalry entered from the north . The Tarantula asserts that 15 , 000 rations of bread have been ordered for to-morrow . The Correspondent of the Chronicle of the abov 3 date , says : — " The experiment ts now being tned how far Spanish troops and French money will go towards effecting : the objects of the Modcrados and their allies on the other side of the Pyrenees . Large sums of : money have lately come hi from France ; and though the government papers assert that eight , millions of francs , whioh lately arrived here from that quarter , was alt on private account , there is no doubt large sums have gone into the treasury , whioh would otherwise have been unable to new clothe the troops here , and meet the necessarily heavy expenses of marching troops from one end ol the country to the other , and carrying on the present military operations in Catalonia and Arragon . "

      On this subject the Eco , a Madid paper , says : — " It is reported that the government has received sixty millions of reals from France within these few days , and that , as the French government does not give the money for nothing , it must either have been got on usurious terms , or on terms injurious to the national dignity and independence . " Swifs Mercenaries —It would appear from the Swi 6 S paper Helvitie of the 3 rd , copied by the Eco , that Senor Luis Aillon , the new Charge d'Affairs of Spain , has applied to the Swiss Government , for leave to raise a corps of 3 , 000 men . to form a royal guard for Dona . Isabel II . The Gozctte has taken no notice ot the statement ; and though the Heraldo affects to treat it as ridiculous , it is far from improbable that such a step is contemplated . [ The Swiss , before they engage in this service , should remember the fate of other " Swiss Guards" , particlarly those who fell by French pikes oa the ever-memorable lOtti of August . ]

      Terrorism . —Letters from Madrid of the 15 th describe the state of terrorism in which the capital continues to be kept . Persons carrying walking Bticka , canes , or whips , are "disarmed" by the police ! The arbitrary arrests continue . Two Editors of the Arrgonese Eco de la Revolution , who committed the imprudence to come to Madrid , have been thrown into prison . - Twenty-two of the disarmed National Guard were seized in one coffeehouse and six more in another , charged with " con-Bpiring , " and thrown into prison . This cannot last . Greece .- —The following are extracts from Greek papera received since our last : —

      " The memorable day of the 15 th of September , the day on whioh such glorious changes took place , which have at once revived the prospects of the nation , has been celebrated throughout the kingdom by festivals and illumination ? , ! and Te Deums sung in all the churches . Letters nave been received to that effect from all the provinces and inserted in tbe papers of the metropolis . At iEs » ium tVostiziza ) all the British merchantmen at anchor there hoisted their colours and seemed to partake of the national rejoicings . All the men on board these vessels were invited by the inhabitants to celebrate with them the day of their political regeneration .

      At MiBgolonghi , tbe 15 th of September has been celebrated in a most patriotic manner . The daughter of the memorable Marco Botzaris , the hero who like another Leonidas , gloriously fell at the commencement of the Greek revolution against the Turks in describing to her Bister ( Maid of Honour to the Queen ) the festivals that took place at Missolonghi , expresses in a most enthusiastic manner her grief at not being present with her at Athens to witness the concourse of the people , and to hear their clamours in demanding their rights . She then continues , with emphatic truth and charming frankness to relate what took place at Missolonghi . " You would have thought , '' says Bhe , at that moment that aU theinhabnauts ot Messolonghi were electrified . The cries of 'The constitution for ever' aBcended up to heaven , and the people were embrac-

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      ing each other as if centuries had rolled away since they last met . These days , " she further adds , are as so many feBtivfclB ; and Ot sister , if the King could but just have ' a sight at his subjects here , ha would feel proud of his ruling over them ; but this he will understand in course of time , when he becomes better accquainted with those he fancies his enemies . " Tbe editor of the Age in inserting this letter of the daughter of Botziros , extols her for her patriotic feelings , and recommending it to the perusal of all , adds : " These are undeniable proofs that the wish of being governed constitutionally has been , and is , deeply rooted in the breaata both of the men and women of Greece . "

      Great preparations have been making for the convocation of the National Assembly , and orders have been issued to all { the provincial governors by the new Ministry to that effect . The 1 st ( 13 th ) November has been fixed by the Ministry as the time of the assembling of the representatives in the metropolis to commence their important business . Several appointmeuts and changes have taken place , both in the ! military and civil departments . Indeed , tho whole face of the country is clearing from the adherers of the old system and all things , as it were , become new . The Ministers of the late

      diabolical system have been obliged to quit the metropolis—Rizo is gone to Constantinople , Chrystides to Syra , Ralli and Vlachopulo to Poros , and Krtezes to Hydra . ! Sir E ; Lyons , the Philhellen British Minister at Athens , has expressed his approbation to tho new and national Ministry , on the part of his Government , respecting the affair of the 15 th of September M . Piscatory , the { French Minister , and M . Catacaay , the Russian , have likewise siven their approbation . Only the Austrian and Prussian Ministers have protested against it . But when the three allied Powers are with us , who can be against us ?

      Italy . — " According to a letter from Bologna , of the 9 th ( says the Commerce ) , fresh disturbances took place there on the preceding evening . Several shots were fired in theUquate before the Opera-house during tha performance , and caused great and general alarm . " j Italy . —The Ausburg Gaxette announces that the troubles of the Romttgna continue ; that the fortifications of the Ancpna are to be repaired , and that tne Cardinal Legate Spinola has been recalled , and bad left Bologna on the 10 th . He is replaced , ad interim , by Cardinal Casoni , but Cardinal della Genga is to take the Government . Poland . —By an ( ukase , issued at Warsaw on the 11 th insi ., the Emperor of Russia declares that , from the 1 st of January ! next , all the Jews of Poland , between the ages of twenty to twenty-five , are to be liable to serve in the army . Hitherto the Jews have paid an annual sum . for exemption from military

      . OVERLAND MAIL . By express from ) Paria , letters and papers were received from China and India on Monday . The intelligence from China had been anticipated by that brought by the Hindustan . The news from India is of a very unimportant character . We give the following extracts : —! Bombay . —A most extraordinary discovery was effected in July last , at Bombay , of a confederacy for plundering boats , robbing ships , and smuggling goods . This gang had existed for at least a quarter of a century in the most populous part of that town .

      They are also supposed to be connected with the pirates and murderers , who even now so frequently commit the greatest atrocities within almost the hail of the police and other authorities of that important naval station . No discovery could bo made of the gang until one of the accomplice * gave a clue which led to the seizure of j their books , and to the development of the whole system , which was organised in tho moat perfect manner . The police were on the traces of the malefactors , but it was feared that no conviction would take place , as most of the police agents had been bribed by the gang , and they were throwing every obstacle in the way of having any of their accomplices ' punished .

      Scinde . —The affairs of Scinde appear to be settled , for the present , the British remaining undisturbed masters . Shere Mahommed , who is a man of but little capacity , having failed in all bis enterprises , has fled to the Beloochee mountains west of the Indus , from whence it . is said that he and hia partisans still contemplate attacking some of tbe posts of the line of British troops along the Indus . It . is said that after thej rainy season the various hill tribes bordering on the plains , now subject to the British and to Mourad All , will be induced to make inroads , and to try to plunder the settlers , but it does not seem expected that they will risk any battles fur the expulsion of the British .

      Affghanistan . —yarions rumours have been current respecting the state of Afghanistan , where Dost Mahomed is said to be ruling with a rod of iron , and who has caught and imprisoned one of the traitors to Shah Sboojah and the British , in the person of Ameer Oolah . his difficult to give credit to the statements circulated about the state of Herat , which is now said to ! bo governed by the influence of Persia , fcmftur Jung , the eon of Shah Suojah , is described as in prison at Candahar . In fact , the whole of Affghanistaii presents a picture of confusion and anarchy . j United States . —We last week received several American papers , including the New York True Sun . Freeman ' s Journal , Albany Atlas , Williamsburgh Democrat ^ § u ^ <§ c . We give the following extracts , for which we cuuld not find room in our last . ;

      Repeal in America—The Baltimore Repealers are at " dangers drawn" with Tom Steele for his denunciations of the slave-holders of ( he Srates . Spirited meetings were held in the course of September in Albany , Rochester , several places in Massachusetts , Brooklyn , Philadelphia , New York , &c , &c . ! Repeal Convention—The New York Freeman ' s Journal of the 23 rd ult ., contains a lengthy report of the proceedings of the abovo body , which met on Wednesday the 20 th ult . Maine sent delegates from five associations : Massachusetts 8 ; Rhode Island 2 ; Connecticut ; 3 ; New York 16 ; New Jerscy 3 ; Pennsylvania 3 : ; Maryland 1 ; Delaware 1 ; North Carolina 1 ; Michigan 1 ; Wiscon-on 1 ; Georgia 1 : District of Columbia 1 . Total , 47 aasotiax < ous . Ttie Convention assembled at the

      Tabernacle , in Broadway , ' ! New York . Robert Tyler , Esq ., was elected President , and a gentleman from each state was appointed to act as a Vice-President . Five Secretaries were named , and the following chosen as Honorary jVioe-Presidents : —The venerable and aged Thomas O'Connor , John Caldwell , and General James J McDonnell . Several strong resolutions were passed pledging the American Repealers throughout the United States to continued sympathy with Ireland . It was also resolved to address separately evtry civilised country-in Europe aud America on her benalf . A vote of approval of the conduct of the " Liberator" was passed , and an excecutive committee ! of five were named with power to call the convention together if they think it necessary , or to act of themselves in the case of such an emergency as might iustify such a course .

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      ef any act , which may have a tendency-to bring m within the vortex of foreign politics , or afford an opening to the wiles of foreign influence—a poUoy wnioa had its origin in the farewell admoniaona of the Father of his conntry , and was enforced by the great Apostle of civil- and religious Iiber ^ --tbere may tbe honest differences of opinion amongat us in relation to the extent of the agency which an American dtizan can with propriety eXerc % in contttiversiea involving the internal o * external relations of otnte countries Bat in theardor , andsincerity of our ! wialles for ; tha success of ail who labour ! for the extension of human rightsand oar deep and abiding sympathy in the

      suf-, fering condition of those ^ whose patriotic efforts yon desire to aid , all true republicans must be of one mind . I cannot bring myself to believe that an exhibition of opinion by our people . favourable to the justice au < l wfcdom of a reform In the political system ; of ^ nothet country , to be accompli 8 hedt if accomplished at all ,: bjp constitutional and legal means , accompanied by an expression also of our fervent wishes for the success of all such means when apptted to such ends , however great may be their moral force , can be justly regardeS aa a censurable departure from a policy so elevated In its origin , and fortunately thoroughly incorporated with the pubiio sentiment of this country .

      The fact that an immense majority of the people 05 Ireland , after an experience of nearly half a century , ate throughly satisfied that the legislative union which they deaire to abrogate , and -which derives all its moral force from being designed to promote their happinessa and welfare , has proved ruinous to both , ia of itself sufficient to enlist the feelings of every American citizen thoroughly imbued with the spirit in which hl » own institutions are founded . The results of this experience are moreover in harmony with the dictates of reason . No distinct people

      deprived of a local legislature can be well governea . The nature of man most bo changed before any legslative assembly , wherever convened , or however carefully selected ,-will be found to legislate for a separate and distinct people , of ; whose particular wants thej must to some extent at least be ignorant , and ¦ whose interests may not always correspond with their own , as prudently , as wisely , or as usefully , as when passing ; laws which are to operate directly and equally upon themselves and upon those amongst whom they live . Acting upon this principle , of the entire Roundness of which there can be no doubt the Government of the

      United States have always been careful to confer upon their territorial districts when numbering in population only a few thousands , the right to territorial legitiai turea chosen by themselves from among themselves , and ; subject to the same responsibilities to their constituents , as are the representatives of the Federal and State Governments . Apply these views to Ireland , containing probably eight millions of people always separate from and foe ages independent of the nation which now exercises most , if not all , the prerogatives of the sovereignty over her ; aad it would' seem impossible to doubt the justice or utility of the proposed modification of a nnion which does not appear ever to have subserved the par * poses for which it was originally framed . I am , gentleman , with great respect , Your most obedient servant , M . Van . Bcren .

      Messrs . Miller Grieve , John G . Park . Thos . F . Green , D . J . Bailey , Nathan McQabee , F . H . Sandford , Jus . H . Shahan , Milledgeville , Qeo . The Phesidenct . —The Van Baren Meeting in tha Park on Monday the 25 th ult ., numbered about 5000 , Campbell P . Wnite , Esq ., was appointed President-Thomas N . Carr , Esq ., proposed a series of resolutions in favour of nominating Mr . Van Buren as candidate for the next Presidency . Attorney-General Barker of Buffalo , addressed the meeting it considerable length , in support of the resolutions * which were adopted . —New YorkFreeman ' s Journal Peter Bussey . —The following appears in the New York True Sun . " New York , Sept . 23 , 1843 .

      " Homesty . —Sir , you h ive of ten to record cases of dishonesty In your journal relative to servants , < fca , we should , therefore , feel thankful , if you would publish the following : —The undersigned arrived in New Yorfc on Tuesday evening last from Mineral Point , W . T ., on our way to England , and -were recommended to the Boarding House of Mr . Peter Bussey , 3 , Duane-atieet , where we remained until the afternoon of this day , when we removed our luggage on board the packetship Sheridan , but were informed that we could nob remain on . board during the night We , therefore , returned to Mr . Bu * sey ' a house to sleep in the evening * . A servant girl , named Elizi Macnamee , in Mr . Busaey'a

      employ , went up stairs to prepare our room , when she immediately came dofvn and informed her master that there was a pocket-book beneath one of the pillows , on the hearing of which he went and brought down a money belt containing 59 sovereigns , or 285 dollars , and asked us if we had left any thing in such a situation , when John Roberts , the person to whom tho money belonged , immediately recollected having deposited it there the previous evening , he never having missed it during the day until questioned by Mr . B ., who delivered it to him perfectly safe . We consider it our duty thus to acknowledge the honesty of Eliza Macnamee , the servant , and Mr . Busoey , the proprietor of the house , hoping you will give publicity to the

      same . We remain , Sir , yours respectfully , John Roberts . William Nichols . 3 , Daane-street , New York . " Strickland and Swaim , two fugitivea from justice , have been retaken , and are now confined ia the Troupille , Fa , jail—one charged with murder , and the other with being concerned with a parity of scoundrels who have been committing depredations through Florida , and for which the Indians have been blamed .

      The City Prison , Wew Yobk . —During the last week , 184 persons have been committed to priBon ^ charged with various offences , 116 of whqin wero white males , 47 females , 13 coloured males , and 8 females .- 97 have been discharged in the interim ,, 66 white males , 26 females , 2 coloured males , ana 3 females , out of which number 60 have been sent to ihe pen . tentiary by the Court of Sessions and the Police magistrates . 150 still remain within the walls , viz . 87 white male ? , 26 females , 29 coloured males and 8 females .

      The Western Reserve Fourier Association . — This society , organized for the purpose of testing the principles of Fourier , relative to Association , consists of about one hundred farmers and one hundred and fifty mechanics in and about Cleveland , Ohio , who are ardent friends of the doctrine , and desirous of effecting a trial of the plan by themselves or ia connection with other similar associations . Tha Pittsburgh Spirit of the Age says , " Kockport , atown some seven miles from Cleveland , has been , spoken of as a proper place for settling , having a good habour and fine water power . "—New York True Sun .

      The ExptostoN . —We mentioned the explosion at Dupout's Powder Mills on the Brandywine , in our paper of f-aturday , and stated that one life had been Io 3 t . The individual killed was Michael Burn ] , saperioteadent of the yard . The Wilmington Journal says— " The body of Mr . B . was blown far across the creek , say 3 U 0-yards , and was torn and crushed in a dreadful manner . The violence of the explosion shook the houses in this city . Two of the men engaged in the mills had left a few moments before the explosion took place . "

      American Freedom !—On the night of Wednesday , says the Bedford Intelligencer , an attempt was made to blow up the house of J . B . Wood , of Somersworch ( N . H . ) on account of hie being a temperance man and an abolitionist . A keg of powder had been placed under one wing of the building , to which a alow match was attached ; and just at that " witching hour when ghosts do walk abroad , " the family were frightened almost out of their wits by an explosion which shook the very foundation of the building , broke nearly all the glass , and shattered tho framework and plastering in a most extraordinary manner .

      Fms at Dahvebs . —A great calamity has befallen the flourishing manufacturing village-of Danvers ,. Mas . ^ . We learn from an extra of the Sa / em Gazette that a fire broke out in the South Parish abont twelve o ' clock on Thursday night , in the spacious square occupied by the South Meeting House , the hotels of Messrs . Good ridge and Oustin , the Post-office , the Warrea Bank , &c . &o . The Mormons . —The St . Louis New Era contains a notice of the Anti-Mormon Convention held at-Carthage . They declared , if General Ford would not surrender Joe Smith on the requisition of the Governor of Missouri—which it is alleged be hasrefused to do from political considerations—that , they would call in aid from other counties and other States ,. to assist them in delivering him up .

      Extraordinary and atrocious Murder . —The Dover ( KM . ) Enquirer of the 21 st , contains an account of a dating murder committed at Rochester , on Tuesday last . In a remote part of the tows , near the line of l ' armington , a woman by the name of Miss Hanson , was shot in her house at noonday . Miss Hanson was a maideoelady , somewhat advanced in years , and with her brother , also unmarried , occupied the house . Two men of the name of Howard were arrested at Dover , just as . they were entering thecarsat the aepoit for Boston . They belong ia

      the vicinity of the murder , and were taken ' v to Rochester for examination . The object in perpetrating the crime is supposed to have been plunder , as ; it * it was known that the Hansons were in the habit of keeping a considerable sum of money ia their house . But . little money , however , wasobtainud , as the trunk which contained tbe principal part of it was either overlooked , or tho villains bad not time , to secure it . Mr .. Hanson , was absent at the time , at the Great Falls . The examination of the Howards resulted in their commitment Jo jail at Dover . One of them confessed the murder .

      Jamaica .- ^ Meexing of the AssehbI'Y . -tHis Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue a proclamation , bearing date the 15 th inst ., farther proroguing the Hon . House of Assembly to Tuesday the 24 vh day of October next , then to meet aud proceed to business . —Baptist Herald ,

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      MR . VAN BUREN ON REPEAL . ( From the New York Plebeian . ) We arfe extremely gratified at being able to lay before our readers to dav the following highly interesting letter from Mr . fVan Bnren , on the subject of Irish Repeal . It was written in answer to the communication of a Committee , acting on behalf of the friends of Irish liberty i in the vicinity of Milledgeville , Ga ., tendering him an invitation to meet with them on the 4 h of July , 1843 . to devise suitable measures relative to the existing ' state of affairs in Ireland . Mr . Van Burden has taken such a view of tho Repeal movement fas was to be expected from one who , on all occasions , has proved himself the unwavering friend of popular rights and the consistent advocate of civil and religious liberty throughout the world . j Llnden ^ vald , June 19 tb , 1843 .

      Gentlemen , —I have bad tbe honour to receive your letter inviting me , in behalf of the friends of Irish liberty iu Milte ^ geville and its vicinity , to meet with them on tbe 4 ; h of July , for the purpose of demising suitable measures to further the efforts of their brethren in Ireland to secure for themselves the inestimable privileges of civil and religious liberty ; and desiring an expression of my views and feelings upon tbe subject , in the event of my not being able to attend in person . j It can scarcely be necessary to assure you of the pleasure it would afford me to meet a portion of my fellow cit'Zana so well entitled to my respect and gratitude , on a day and an occasion , ; which are both , ao full of interest , but this , as you reasonably anticipate , is out of

      my power . You do no more than justice to my feelings gentlemen , in relying , with confidence , upon a favourable response to those by which you are animated . Tbe zeal and fidelity with which the great body of the emigrants from Ireland have sustained the republican principles upon which the government of the United States is based , aa well in war as in peace , are too well known to require example or illustration . Tbe blood of Irishmen was freely shed in the struggle for independence , as well as in our succeeding efforts to maintain it inviolate ; and among the most illustrious martyrs to our freedom will be found the names of not a few generous sons of Ireland , i Thus associated inthe

      vicissitudes of war and peace , in the acquisition of liberty , its preservation , and its j enjoyment , the democracy of the United States , in whose feelings , I have always participated , have as a natural consequence , on all occasions , manifested a deep interest in the prosperity and happiness of a people , from whom the country has received so many gallant soldiers , and valuable citizens , and the democratic cause so many and sucb untiring supporters . No sincere friend of that cause can , therefore , feel indifferent on a topic which deeply concerns , and which , judging , from all indications that have come under my observation , extensively excites the parent country of those to whom be is bound by t . tea so sacred and enduring . j Looking to the scrupulous and well known policy ot our government which prescribes a sedulous avoidance

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 28, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct674/page/6/