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      J * BAKCR—Several of the politicaLchiefs of the legitimist party tre preparing \ 6 leaie Paris for London * to meet the T > rike of Bonrdeanx , \ rno it appears has sent them & -j $ eci&L inTit&tien to thai effect . M . Berryer Ml Paris for London on Thursday Tnoming . TheHarqais de Presgne will start on Saturday , uid MM . de Larcy , de-lLBourdonnaye , and several others will follow . M . de Chateaubriand has written to the Duke -of Bourdeaux to 8 ay that nothing bnt the bad state of his health prevented him from accepting of his Hoyal Highness's invitation . The Dake-of Bourdeaux ' s arrival in England is looked upon- as an event of no small importance , not only by his own party , but by . the Enpporter 3 of the present dynasty . It is evident thst-there is some storm felt as to its nltimatetffeDts . ' of

      The trial of the fifty ^ eren persons acensed robberies in the Faubourg Saint Germain , vr&sbronght to a dose on Tuesday week , when a number of them ^ r are convicted and sentenced to heavy pnmshmentB . Tea following are the sentences : — 11 The jury terminated its deliberation at half-past seven , and the Court resumed . The resnit of their deliberation was . that . Conryoisier 4 Gantb-ier , labrne , Flacbat , the female prisoner Roche , Maihion , Djrwiij-Jiksi'Bj Chanet ; the widow-Gobeli were gmlty of the charge of being authors or accomplices of robberies , or attempta . to rob , by false \ key . « , op * bres ¥ ing . oi > eniiicab 5 ied houses . That Loire , Fabre ,

      Bossleier , the wife of Cosrvpiner , tie wife of Josien , ^ Engerer , the wife of Jacques were-guilty of eoinplieiiyin the same acis .. having knowingly received and concealed tire property stolen . Four of the prisoners were Regained . The prisoners who had been convicted were led in by their guards . The wife of JacquesEtDl wore her Trfl of black lace , ^ ker black satin bonnet , and gown of black silk ; she was snpportgd b y ^ _ a _ female attendant . She had hardly taken her seat ere she burst into tears and Bobs . Conrvoisier sat 'on the highest bench next hi 3 wife , whom he closely embraced in his arms .

      "The Advocat-General having demanded the judgment of the Court , Courvoisier rose In a fnrions and menacing manner , and shaking bis £ st at the jury , said , ' YouhsYe condemned an innoceni woman It is 3 , 1 alone , who have mined her ; yon are a Eet of " scoundrels ! ' He waff immediately remov € d from the Court . M The President then read the sentence of the Court , as fellows i—That ConrroiEier be condemned to hard labour in the galleys for thirty years , and Gantbier to the same for twenty-five years ; the female prisoner Hoche , and Labrue to the same for twenty years ; FJschat to eighteen years , Droin to fifteen years , Josier to seven years , Chanet to six years , and the widow Gobel to five years of the same -punishment . The other prisoners were sentenced to imprisonment for periods of fonr and five years each , accompanied by public exposure . "

      Lokd Beoughak has arrived at the Hotel Meurics , Paris , frcm London . —GaJignanvs Mtssengsr . Os the 8 th ruM at two A . M ., a severe shock of fiartiquake " ^ as sensibly fell at Messina . Many of the inhabitani 3 got up * nd walked the streets till daybreak . Thb France on Friday was stopped at the posf , and also seized at its offices . Two hours afterwards SL Frederic Dolle . its responsible editor , received a summons to appear to-day before the examining magistrate . On Wednesday , while the great bell of the cathedral of Notre Dame was being rung , the clapper jjare way , and the enormous mass fell down through two floors of the lower , and lodged on the fiiird .

      SPAIN . —On the 24 th a heavy fire was opened on Barcelona . This fire , with an hoar ' s intermission in the middle of ihe day , lasted till senset , and was probably the severest that the city has hitherto sustainedv The celebrated bombardment of Espartero arita in comparison with it ; for on that occasion , it was > Iontjuich alone that fired , and then under 1 , 000 projectiles ; whereas , on the 24 th , to the fire of that fortress was added that « f the citadel and iorts of San Carlos and San Pio 4 and altogether considerably aboTS 2 , 600 projectiles of one kind or another ware hnrlad against the city . . Ab t-fScer of ihe ~ Bettdera counted 900 from Montjaich aloee , and tae fire of the citadel was much hotter . The

      sccanntalrom ( be town represent the loss of property ss Tery greaV while some , thirty persons alone were kfllecL During the day the aijkept np a brkk fire against the citadel and tke Tillages of Gracia Sarrea , and Sins , the inhabitants of which completely deserted them . At the former place several lives were lost . The Junta are laughing at General Satz , and taking advantage of ' the two days' cessation of active hostilities to repair all their defences , and are sow engaged-informing a strong battery in the AtarazsnaE , and protecfing it fTam the fire of Montjuich . It will probably be finished to-morrow , and 13 generally supposed to be chiefly directed against this place I'Mon'juica calmly looks on , and scorns to diV » nrb the works save by a shot or two at rare intervals , When all this will end nobody piesumes

      *• gnes 3 , fcr the same game seems to be going on at both Saragossa and Gerona ; and till either one or the other is iaken , the general has "no intention to « nter Barcelona , He is , however , strengthening himself by raising a corps of 4 , 000 patuela , similar to those , within the city , to tffectnate his blockade , which has not hitherto " been properly done , as every one is aware that fresh provisions enter nightly . Only the night before last 250 sheep passed the lines and entered the city . The projectiles thrown into Barcelona frcm San Carlos and Montjuich on that ^ ay am ount to more than 1 , 000 . Oa . ibe morning of the 24 th the black flag , which has bten so long flying ever At ' arazanas , was pulled down , and a black and red one hoisted in its place . The black flag meas 3 ** no . surrender , but rather death / 7 and the ihei agnifies"death and blood . "

      Fbjdat McbsxsBj Oct . 27 . —Several £ nbstantaal farm-houses , situated at the foot of Monijaicb , are sow in flames , having been fired dniing the night by the patolea of Barcelona , owing , probably , to their sentinels being annoyed on the walls by the enemy ' s skirmishers , who come down at night and keep a perpetual fire of musketry on them . It was at first snpposed the fire was in the Afarazanas , as seen from this place in ffro grey of morning , bnt unfortunately the peasants , as is usual in civil contests are the sufferers .

      HlGHlT Ihpobtast . —CFrom ihe Correspondent of ihe Times- )—Madbid , Oct . 28 . — Serions news has arrived here to - day from Gallicia and from England , or rather ( looking to cause and effect ) from England via Gallicia . We learn that a Spanish committee , sitting in London , has organised a plan of re-action in favour of the Central Junta and of Espartero , or ~( U > speak wife precision ) to overthrow the- present Provisional Government . The first step has already l > een taken boldly , jndiciously , and successfully at f igo , whare General Iriarts landed from the Peninsula steamer * , snd where a pronimciamento was mads on the 23 rd inst ., and maintained , after a sharp firing with the Provincial Regiment of Lago , which attempted to take the rebellions Ayuntamiento prisoners , bnt wa 3 repaired with less , and

      their Colonel wounded , from the position which the Centralists had fortified themselves . -Ice event has caused & great sensation in Madrid , and the Centralists-here haTe again taken courage . I am assured that a General at present inahi 3 city is prepared to leave to-morrow to take the . command at vigo , where it is said that money ha 3 already arrived , and whither the * dissfecied" of Old Castile , Astuzias , Gallicia , Estrc-madura , and the outlaws in Portugal , are already hastening , as to " a rallying Point where they are always jgure of a retreat to jEngland at the worst . " At present their hopes are iigh , andinstead of contemplating an escape seaward , they are in strong expectation of supplies from that ouarter . -

      The Gallician towns have risen , but Saragossa has earrendered opon terms to Concha . There was x * ew 3 of the 29 thfrom Barcelona . ' Eeinforoements bad arrived from Tarragona , bnt ft ere had been no firing . Leon had submitted on a compromise . The cannon of Gextraa "was still heard during the enfire of the 1 st inst . A letter from Bayonoe of the 1 st instant , says the Journal des Dch&ls , announced the entry of General Concta into Saragos 33 , on the following term ? : — „ l- - AH the National Guards who are entitled by tne Jaw so form psrt of the National Guard were to retain their arms .

      . 2 . The free corps and all those organised by the 2 D 2 ? ^ ? tol > e dpLKaed and dissolved . ? . «„ J ^ ta , Muncipality , andProvisionalDepu-« f 1 ^ t 0 ^ l u : dly Qissolved . rnr ^ tL T oScarsof the army who had joinedin the S . ^^ T " 6 ^> sent * " > n > e and de prived of their lanfes and decorations . " lJS ^^ ~ i ^ ' 9 -16 - -Colocotron :, who , « , mw ^ 5 , ptea l ^^ t ^ S npof a counter-revolnfe £ ^ ° * ° E 12 BaB : r faiied ' *** ° «^ ed from Greece , The papers state that he was to have em 5 S ? Sr « ^^ ^ ^ u ^ a 3 the ^ ; at the Pira * learning that Endi was the £ s » it resolved on his d es ^ netion , and on the carriage leaching ihe Pusens , he was onlvs *?^ fr / im i =. X

      i / the presence of siind of the coacbaan , who , put . fe « hialorsesto feair speed , returned to Athens He "was ag&ia sent down with an eseert of fortv lancers , bnt these eeold not even defend the carliage % ough the crowd , and with difficulty snoeeeded in getting it again on the high-road to Athens . He was at last embarked from the coast on board the Greek steamer , which took him to Syra > On the 30 'h isstaEt the 210 b assembled in great snmbers to hoos M . Bialli , the late Minister of Justice , who was to cmhzxk en beard the Austrian steamer . -Afrei Eiu-Vn isefi ^ ehial persuasion , the military dispersed ibe riders , but wiihoai firing on fhem , aad on / j nsra 2 ^ e flits of thair swords . M . Rballi wa 3 d&s n ^ j-a in im fcflicer ' s nsiforia , and liken $ 0 ihs Piii ? a 5 by II , Piccatory m his car .

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      riage , and embarked for Andros in the French steamer Tartare . The following appears in the Times of Saturday : —We have been favoured with the following vory interesting extracts from a letter written by a !* && dame Sissini , a daughter : of Marco Bofzaris , to . her elster , one © f the Maids of Honour to the Q , Ufjeaof Greece , translated from the Greek : — "MlSSOLQNGHl , SB ^ TEMBBK . " Ml UeiSESI Kosa , —At lengta the enigma is solved . . let us all glorify God with one voice ^ lyet how can we do this sufflclenUy ?)—for the manner in wbicb it has been accomplished . I abalV not be aWe to sleep . this eight for thinking that daybreak must bring me a letter from you . Indeed , I am somewhat uneasy

      lest this sudden shock should have been too mucfe for you—bnt it cannot ;; be , but you will ¦ wriie to me , and write with extreme minuteness . I never bo regretted anything in my life , a » that I am now at MisBolongW , and " not -where I oould be with you , and bear with you , and eee "with you , so many sew and glorious things . In each excitements how have you and our dear mother fared ? How shallJI describe to you Hie enthusiasm of poor Tklbjsolonghi ? It was three o ' clock on Sunday when Katatya came to my uncle * , with that blessed number o ? the Age , which I half comprehended in the first moment of astonishment , and afterwards clearly understood . Shall I confess It 7 Shall I coisceal it { tola you ? I atn , O ! ray sirfer , a rery Chieflain&iR . I « onld not restrain my tears . A moment afterwards everybody

      knew the news , and the thiiUing music came to play btfore our bouse . Then you should have Been how the men seemed t » be electrified . 'Constitution for ever" rose to the titles . Everybody embraced everybody —\ h& cold grew -warm—the weak powerful—the children young men—tha old men youths . In the evening was a very Eumerons asrembly , the " Symposium" of the citizens to celebrate the event The nest morning was ihe Doxolosy , ' i . e ., thanksgiving in the cbureb , which I went to hear . You can imagine how it penetrated into iay very bouL Afterwards a multitude of xa women went to the parade of the troops ,-to hear them'take the oath to the constitoticn . There was then a review '; after whicH the soldiery feasted . Xaafc of all , proclamation was made to hold these days for the future as

      national festivals . Is not this right ? Yes , my beloved sister ; henceforward let as rejoice to show our sympathy in the festivals of our htabendB , by appearing in tbem in our most honourable garb . Though strange , the request will not be unflttiBg us , that the King should be ours too , and know that WE also are his . O tbat he might at length truly estimate this movement which has taken place- ^ -thiB second regenerati on of Greece . O who will not love and honour him , if he give * his heart to what is good . Yes , believe me , cculd oar King at this moment cast one glance os bis rabjects , he would be proud of ppvemlng them . But this will be TDore likely to be felt by him when he shall truly krow , and rightly estimate , those whom we consider to be his worst enemies . « ' Vasiliki Sissini . "

      Letters arrived from Athens of the 20 th ultimo , stateing that the most perfect tranquillity prevailed throughout the provinces , and the elections of deputies to tbe National Assembly were to have been eloped on tbe 22 nd ulfc . A letter from Trieste of the 25 th nil ., quoted by the Reforme , states that the revolution had excited a great sensation among the Greeks of the island of Candia . The Sphakiqte , who inhabit the western mountain ? , bad , it was faid , already taken arms to shake off a foreign yoke . The establishment of a liberal constitution in Greece renders the Candiotes more desirous to be incorporated with the Greek kingdom . The island of Samos was likewise agitated , and the Governor had demanded reinforcements from Constantinople . - ¦

      EGYPT , —Letters from Alexandria of the 16 th ult- announces tbat the Viceroy of Egypt had given orders to place 40 , 000 men immediately snder arms , in order to reduce the Pasha of Soudan to obedience , who had declared himself independent of Mehemet AH . Ahmed , Pasha of Soudan , is described as a roan of remarkable sang froidj and bravo as a lion . Th ? revolt of Ahmed has caused Mehemet Ali serions uneasiness , because in attacking Ahmed ho attacks the Porte . ITALY . —A ramcur was abroad in Paris on Thursday tha .:. disturbances had broken out at An ^ oua , between the Pope ' s troops and the Swiss Guards who axe in the pay of his Holiness .

      PB . TTSSXA . — flm-portant to the Freebooters ) . — Zqu . T £ KEIS - —BrRl . TV , O « . 2 L—Tie importance attached by the English to tbeir commercial relations with Germany is sufnciently proved by the fact , that since the assemb ing of the Zolverein Congress , no less than seven agents are here in addition to the members of the English Embassy , who are very nnmeron ? . These agents are from Manchester , Liverpool , London , and other parts of England . They spare neither pains nor money to gain admittance to the meetings of the Congress , and they endeavour to convince us that it xtould be very

      unfortunate for Germany teere she to depend on her oum manufacturing industry , instead of having her wants supplied by England . The strenuous exertions made by these EngliFh agents have excited a considerable sensaiioa bere ; but they will produce an effect totally the reverse of that which ia intended . The conclusion of our commercial treaty whh North America will have a most important influence on our trade , industry , and navigation ; it will also have its effect on the Hanse towns , by rendering them unable much longer to forbear joining the union . —Koln Zeilunq .

      AJffERICA—Ukitkd Statjss—We have this week received several copies of ihe Williamsburgh Democrat , from which we give the following extracts : —f Abolition National Convention . —A Convention of the " Liberty party' * has been sitting at Buffalo . The delegates selected James G . Birney , of Michigan , and Thomas MorriB , of Ohio , as candidates for the office of President and Vice-President of the United States . Twelve states balloted . Advance , champions of justice . At the recent election held in Loueiana , the voters of that state , by a majority of four to one , decided in favour of a State Convention , for the purpose of reforming the Constitution . [ Will they reform their Constitution , by abolishiEg slavery ! Until they do so they are traitors to the * riehtB of man . " 3

      A meeting of the New York labourers has been held in the Park . They passed a strong and sensible resolution in vindication of tbe working man ' s rights . They declared that they will not Eupport _ any man for office or emolument who will not aid in fixing the standard of labourers' wages at a dollar There have been two or three hundred houses in Manilla destroyed by fire . The democracy of MasFacbussetts have re-nominated Marcus Morton for Governor . They have chosen Van Buren delegates to the National Convention . Constitutional Reform is the order of the day . In New Jersey the people are out for an amendment of tbe Constitution of that State . Tbe Whigs , trne to their interest , oppose it tooth and nail .

      REyEAt in America . —The Williamsburgh Democrat has the following remarks in relation to the Repeal Convention recently held at New York : — Tbe National Convention , which assembled in New York , last week , for the purpose of aiding the Irish people ia obtaining a Repeal of the Union , was a failure—a miserable , contemptible failure . They adjonrned , after three days of unmeaning ceremonial , and personal bickering . And who could expect anything else of them ? What did tbe motley assemblage who met in solemn burlesque of the spirit of Libeny ; what , we ask , did they know about the subject which called

      them together ? Just as much as the Veiled Prophet commands them to know—enough to hurl at the British Government the thunders of their moral perFuarion—and annihilate the Union by the u united action © f their peaceful physical force" !!! It is melancholy to contemplate the inhuman Government of England treading out the lives of the Irish people under the iron-shod hoof of desdespotism—to see that people struggling and upheaving for freedom—to see all their energies palsied—all their efforts rendered not merely inefficient . , but quite ridiculous , by the gross , glaring , colo&sal knavery cf their mercenary and treacherous leaders . O , it is melancholy indeed !

      But though the picture is a melancholy , still it is a natural one . Bigoted narrow-souled men—Blaves of prejudice and unreasoning dupes to eustom—are not tho materials with which to establish popular freedom . Before men are fit to enjoy liberty , or herald it to others , they must rise tnptrior to sectional bigotry . They mast meet all men—of whatever clime or whatever creed—as brothers in the cau < = e of human regeneration . Above all things must ? hey understand th 9 principles x > f liberty . 'They must know that liberty and self-government are

      synonimou 3 tt-rms . They must not suffer tkeir leaders to do the thinking for them . They must not import opinion cut and dry , nor dare to add or diminish from the importation any more than if it were God ' s word . If the friends of Repeal in this country deport themselves after this fashion , it is no wondeT that their " National Convention" made itself an object of derision for the " three days" of its existence . It is no wonder that it disappeared , like a will o' the wisp—having effected nothing , save add ing to the bewilderment of the benighted traveller who looked up to it for light and guTdance . "

      Tss " Land of Libertt . "—Tfle girls in Philadelphia who make caps for the employing cap eales * men , have struck , for higher wages ; and no wonder , for it is stated that they are allowed only thirty cents per week for their work . There is much imposition practised upon thia class of society in all the Jffg e cuies . They are not half compensated for their latwir j many seamstresses , who have families , &smg nnable to procure , with the utmost industry , ^• ° 5 ? £ ? ^ ^ PtfJ iflfmselvesand children wi : h £ ^ -5 ° ' Md Iod ^ ^ f Americans 7 . ILS T v * CWCr tfaey VOSSeSB tO PROTECT S ^ lhe "/ ore * " sj-stm ; and Br . EjW . se wto ms tried for forcerveome two vcars 3 * 0 , Jlis bc , ^ lty of , he idS 23 d « £ Tne troths- cf Use huo iiarco .

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      of a young girl in Philadelphia . Having deserted her , his unhappy victim took refu * ge iii the AlmshouBe ; where she put an end to her life by swallow ^ ing corrosive sublimate . Chasgeof Sapb . —Captain John Y . Nicholsoa of the ship Harkway , was .. ureaied * oil Tuesday last , upon the charge of having committed a rape upon the person of Miss M . A . Potts , a cabin passenger on board his ship on her last voyage from Liverpool to James-River , in - June-last , - and the next day brought before the Mayor , who upon hearing of the testimony , deoided to commit him to answer the charge before the proper tribunal of the Universal States . ' . . Later' Intelligence has arrived by the Great Western , wbich reached Liverpaol , on Thursday * the 2 ud . ¦ Thb Elections . —The Journal of Commerce of the 19 ; h ultimo , gives the 1 following statistics of the results : —

      ; TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS . "The Senate when fall , comprises fifty-twomemberp . At present there are five vacancies , viz : — 11 inTenessee , one in Maryland , one in Illinois , and one in Missouri . The three first -will be filled with WbigB , and the two last with Locos . Of the senators already elected , twenty-six are Whigs , including Mr Rives , of Virginia , whose politics ate of the impraotica > Tjle order , and twenty-one Locoh . Adding the vacancies , the full Senate will stand—twenty-nine Whigs and twenty-three Locos . Whig majority is the Senate , six . "HOESE OF REPRESENTATIVES .

      " Under the new apportionment , tbe house will comprise 223 members , of these , 2 ftl are already elected . Their political affinities will be seen by the folia wing Echedule , which also shows the loss and gain to each party , comparing this Congress with the last Of the 201 members elected , it appears that sixty-three are Whigs , end 138 Locos . In the last Congress from the States and parts of States , 125 Whigs , and 96 Locos . Whig majority , then , in tbe said States and pai ' ts of States , twenty-nine ; Loco majority now , seventy-five . Difference , 104 . "

      " The ' sum of tbe matter u , that there will be a decided Whig majority in the Senate , while in the house the Locos will be to tbe Whigs in the proportion of more than two to one . The two houses will thus be a check upon each other ; and strong party measures on either side will be sure to encounter opposition and defeat . The real interests of the country will be quite as Enfe Trader these circumstances as if either party were predominant in both booses . " On the quastion of the tariff , party lines will not bs the guide exclusively , a number of Northern Democrats being favourable to protection , while several of the Southern Whigs will go for low duties . " In theSouthern States the yellow fever had been very destructive , bnt it wag , on the sailing of tho steamer , disappearing . Cheese was becoming a very considerable item in the export to China .

      South American Atrocities . —We find the following in the Patriote Fi-ancais , of Moute "Video , relative to the massacre of two French subjects , which has been already frequently alluded to : — "The fate of the two Frenchmen whose imprudence caused them to fall into the power of the infamous Oribe , is at last positively ascertained . Eye-witnesses have related to us the torture which they were forced to endure , and which wo should still refuse to credit , if too many proofs of the ferocity of tho cowardly lieutenant of Rosas did not compel ua to believe matters otherwise absolutely incredible . Wheu we were informed that our two countrymen had been taken to the csmp , notwithstanding the cries of tho Basque Spaniards , who , like wild beasts , wero

      anxious to "fall on this feeble prey , we thought that Oribe , to give the lie to what is related of his sannuinary orgies , would grant them their lives . But it appears that the more crimea this monster commits , the more he requires to satisfy his cruel appetites . We scarcely have power to relate what follows . Onco in the hands of Oribe , our unfortunate countrymen wero exposed naked to the insults of the rabble wearing tho livery of Rosas ; they were forced to pass through the camp between a double line of those wild beasts , to whom the unfortunate prisoners were given up , in order that each might wreak his vengeance on them some with a sabre cut , others with a bayonet wound , and a third party with a spear-thrust . After the martyrdom in the camp of the legal President , came that which our brothers had to suffer outside . There the same insults , ihe same toiments-r-srill the same state of nudity—the same wounds from swords , bayonets , and lances . The

      executioners had , however , received orders not to wound their victims mortally—torture was required to prolong their agony . When life appeared on tho point of ebbing away , their last breath was taken advantage of to inflict on our unfortunate comrades the most refined torments , and such as tho most savage Indians hare still to learn from the subjects cf Rosas . ; The two unfortunate men were thrown down and tied to stakes ; monsters in human shape dared , with a sacrilegious hand , to inflict on our brothers the punishment of tho-Beraglio ; then opening their bodies down the middle , they tore out the entrails and hearts of their quivering victims . Even then their rago did not stop , and however unlikely —however impossible—may appear the last act of thi 3 frightful drama , it rnnpt , however , bo told ; after having cut the throats of our brothers , they took off shoes of flsah from their bodies to make asados of it . "

      OVERLAND MAIL FROM INDIA . IlIPCBTAST IhTBLLIOENCE . MUBDER OP THE Maharajah . —The Great Liverpool steamer arrived at Malta on October 30 ih , having left Alexandria on October 26 th , and bringing the Indian Mail dispatches from Bombay by the Bernioe steamer on October 2 nd . The other dates are—Calcutta , 21 st September ; Madras , 22 nd September ; Singapore , the 16 th of August . The overland mail conveys the momentous , intelligence of the murder of Shere Sing , the Maharajah f Lahore , together with his two sons and his own wives and those of Purtaub Sing . This fearful massacre was brought about by a band of conspirators , of which Dhyan Sing , the late minister , and A jeet

      Sing , a brother of the widow of Kurruck Sing , ( Shere Sing ' s predecessor ) were the heads . The assassination of the monarch was committed by Ajeet Sing ; and he shortly afterwards slew his accomplice , Dhyan Sing , whose son ( HeeraSing ) soon avenged the murder of his sire by the BlauKhter of Ajeet ! Dhuleep Sing , an alleged son of Kurruck Sing , is on the throne , and Ileera Sing has been appointed prime minister ; but the greatest possible anarchy prevails , and the lives of those now in power are not worth much . The revolution ia thought likely to lead to British interference hi the affairs of the Punjaub , and to an eventual annexation of that fertile country to our dominions . The following is from the Delhi Gazette . —

      MUEDEB OF ShEEE Sl . fG AM ) HIS SOW PUBTAPB Sing . —This event took place at the north gate of Lahore , about one and a half mile from the palace , at half-past nine o ' clock on the morning of the 15 th . The conspiracy was formed by Azed ood-deen and Dhyan Sing , and it fell to the lot of Sirdar Ajeet Sing to execute it ; Sirdars Golab Sing , Lena Sing ( Majeeteea ) , and Soochet Sing were also concerned Dhyan Singh made the arrangement by proposing to the Maharajah to inspect Ajeet Sink ' s troops , which tbe Maharajah said he would do the following morning , and orders were accordingly issued . On tho Maharajah's arrival at the parade ground , he found fauit with tho appearance and condition of some horsemen purposely placed to a : tract attention , when Ajeet Sing became saucy , words ran high , and drawing a pistol from his bosom , he ( Ajeet

      Sing ) shot Shere Sing through the head , the ball having entered his right temple . General Ventura and his party attacked the murderer , but being opposed by a powerful body ^ of troops , were defeated . Ajeet Sing cut up the Rajah ' s body , placed his head on a spear , and on entering the town met Prince Purtaub SiDg's sawarie , which was immediately attacked , and the prince killed ; the palace was taken , and * Duleep Sing , ' the oqly remaining son of Runjeet Sing , a lad ten years old , proclaimed to the throne . The treasury was thrown open and the troops paid up all arrears of pay ; every child and all of Shere Sing ' s snd Prince Pertaub Sing ' s wives were then brought out and murdered ; amongst the re = t wa 3 one of Seere Sing ' s sons , only born tho previous eveniDg . Troops were sent off to guard all the ghacts , and all of the opposite party ( except Ventura , who escarped ) made prisoners . "

      Further Pakticulabs . —Half-past Two , pm .-Wc have this moment received ihe following authentic intelligence of what has since occurred at Lahore : — 11 Ajeet Sing , after having killed Shere Sing , was returing to the fort , and met Dhyan Sing ; he told him he had done the deed , and asked him to return ; he got into Dbyan Sing ' s carriage , and when they got near the gate of the fort , Ajeet Sing stabbed Dhyan Sing , and sent his body to his brother , Snchet Sing , and his sen , Heera Sing . Theso two individuals turrouaded the city with their troops , the people inside continued plundering all night .

      "In the morning ( 16 ) , Heera Sing having entered the fort , seized Ajeet Sing , Lena Sing , and others , and having put tliem to death , exposed their heads iu ihe plain , and threw their bodies into the bazaar . Doleep -Sing has been put on the gaddee , and Heera Sing made vizier . Six hundred men were slaughtered on both Bides . ' This is a most important event , for it proves that the empire founded with so mucb labour by Rupjeet is on the eve of dislocation . Rarjeet died in June , 1839 ; his Bon JCurruck succeeded . He died , and was followed by Nao Nehal Singh , who was killed at his father ' s funeral . Sfcrre Sing succeeded , and he has been killed , and a child placed in his room , to become a victim in . turn .

      As if it were in anticipation of the even t s of La-Lore , a krgo army had been ord ; red by Lord EilecbArou . sh to prepare to asht-mble on the banks cf the Juan a . Orders were also issued to have a body of Bengal troops sent to occupy Seinde , from \

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      whence the Bombay troops were to be withdrawn ; but doubts axe now formed of tbe feasibility of that movement , as all the Bengal force will be requisite to protect the . frontiers against the Sikhs . There are 16 , 000 now in Seinde . Sir Charles Napier is at Kurracbee ; the troops in Scinde are generally healthy , except the newly arrived pnefl at Sukkur that have some from Bengal * ' ? ^ m - The greatest interest is exoited inf ^ ndia by the revolution in Lahore , which , i < is expected , will terminate in placing that country , with neatly 4 , 000 . 000 inhabitants , snd a revenue of upwards of £ 2 , 000 , 000 Bterling , under the dominion of Great Britain .

      In the interior of India tranquillity prevails . Gwaliex appears quiet for the moment , although there was great alarm created there when the intention of the Supreme Government to collect troops became known . Bundelkund is also at rest . In the Nizam ' s territory a- change has taken place by the removal of tho old Prime Minister Chimdoo Lali , who has been succeeded by a relative . Ten of the Bauder robbers have been convicted , and transported beyond seas ; eight for seven , and two for fourteen years . The prosecution was a private one , the costs being subscribed by the mercantile community ; a sufficient proof of the gronndlessness of the absurd charges of apathy brought against them . ; Lord Ellenborough remains at Barrackpore , wbenoe ho is expected to proceed soon to the northwestern provinces . He is still abused by a part of the India press , but another portion supports his ¦ actions as tending to produce good results .

      Sir Hugh Gouga has taken tbe command of the army . i The monsoon has been eminently favourable to the agricultural products of the country . Much sickness has been prevalent at Agra , Delhi , &c , in consequence of want of rain . By the Ian accounts , however , some had fallen , though hardly enough for cultivation , and a better season than was anticipated will be thb result . In Bombay , too , and in many parts of the Deccan , the rains had been and still are scanty ; but at Bombay enough had fallen to make up deficiencies ,, and a plentiful supply may be looked tor in this month and next , of which I am

      thankful to say there appears every probability . . It appears there ia much sickness among the troops in the upper part of Seinde , owing , it is said , to the fall of the waters ; in one corps alone , the 55 ih Bengal Native Infantry , there are upwards of five hundred on the sick lisr , and medicines very scarce , it Is said that the Bombay troops will be entirely withdrawn from Soinde , and their places Supplied by Bengal regiments . Her Majesty ' s 18 th was to go to Soinde after the rains . Sir R . and Lady Sale wore on their way to Calcutta to embark for England .

      There has beon a vast flight , or flights , of locusts , which have , apparently , laid waste a belt of country , extending from tho right bank of the GacgeB across tho Dooab , and penetrating over the Jumna into Gwalior . They committed dreadful ravages in the districts of Furukabad , Etawah , on both banks of tbe Jumna , and at Dholpore ia the Gwalior State ; and it was feared later accounts would shfw much more damage to have been committed . The following are the particulars : —On the 16 th of September , about five , p . m ., they came over Futtebghur , the principal city of the Furukabad district , and in an hour ' s time they had htripped every Vestige of cultivation , breaking down large branches of trees with their weight , from Etawah , a traveller going down the river Jumna , writes , on the 17 th , that the ravages

      commuted have extended for miles . In passing over the boat , the noise is described as being like distant thunder . But a letter just received from Dholpore states that the flight passed over it on the Wth , that it came from the eastward , and after remaining twenty-eight hours , took its departure in the same direction , so that there must have been more than one fl ight to have been simultaneously at Etawah and at Futtehghur , distant nearly 100 miles . The destruction to the crops in that portion of the north-west provinces , through which , in a month or two , troops will be passing , is stated to be enormous . The revenue of course must be given up , and taken in connection with the state of affairs in the northwest , it must altogether be looked on as a most grievous calamity .

      Apfghanistan . —It is said that Dost Mahomed is making preparations for war against Bokhara ; and that he entertains designs upon Perhawur and

      Cashmore , Doubtless , as soon , as the news of Shere Sing ' s assassination reaches € abul , an-expedition will be fitted out against these placeB ; and then , if we do send an army into the Punjaub ,, a collision must once moro occur between the British and Afghan forces ! ' It is stated , on pretty good authority , that emissaries have also been seut by Dost Mahomed into our territories to report to him on the state of our position , so that he may bo au fait of any events bearing on himself or his prospects . : different nations who are spread over the immense tract of country known as the kingdom of Cabul amount in the whole to about 14 , 000 , 000 , whioh contribute to the population in the following proportions : — Afghans 4 , 300 . 000 Boloochees 1 , 000 , 000 Tartars of all description * ... 1 , 200 , 000 Persians ( including Taujiks ) 1 , 500 , 000 Miscellaneous tribes 30 , 000

      Mahomed Khan is stated to have- been gradually losing ground amongst the chiefs in the neighbourhood of Cabul , and that his pecuniary necessities have compelled him to act with great severity towards the poorer classes of tbe city , in order to obtain a revenue ; he has even gone to the length of issuing a decree , enjoining all persons possessed of any coin of the East India Company ' s manufacture to produce it forthwith to him under ponalties . These exaotions encouraged the inimical Sirdars of

      the neighbourhood to hope that they might be aided by tho populace in an attack on the Dost , and , consequently , they appeared in open arms against him . Nothing daunted , the Sirdar , as he is now more generally styled , met and defeated them , and the victory , though on a small scale , will go some way to strengthen his authority for a time , while his continued exaotiona must , wo apprehend , excite a feeling of distrust which may become ultimately dangerous to his rule , and lead to a second , but local , subversion of his government .

      Jamaica . —A most violent thunder-storm passed over the town of iSavaniia-la-Mar , on Wednesd&y , the 13 th instant . The sloop John , laying in port at the time , was struck , and her topmast completely shattered , as well as ; her gaff-topsail , which was stowed away ; the upper part of her lower mast was also slightly injured . No other damage occurred that we have heard of either among the vessels in port or on shore , except that a cocoa-nut tree was also stricken . Ibimighation . —The Colonial Gazette has a long article on the subject of Emigration , the writer of which must hayu had prodigious conceptions of its utility . Speaking of its social benefits he says but ; " For tho worldly minded , there are greater prospeots of gain . " If the worldly minded leave their own country for the purpose of gain ¦;—as far as

      this mand is concerned we can vouch for their disappointment . How 6 tands the case . Here , the labourers are anathematised for their idleness ; on the other hand ; they justly complain , that ihey are not paid for their labour ; tbe fact is that the people—at least the £ feater part of thorn—are too wise to work for nothing , and the proprietors are too poor to pay them . Is there in all this the shadow of an excuse for Emigration ? if tho labourers here —advanced , and still advancing as they are in civilized life are yet unmanageable what can be axpeoted from an 1 influx of negroes almost in a state of barbarism ? unless it is intended to enforce labour by the lash . If again there be not sufficient capital to meet the demand of the present labourers ; in what manner the worldly minded are to gratify their peculiar passion here we cannot tell . —Falmouth Baptist Herald .

      WRECK OF THE EUROPE , OF DUNDEE . ( From the Dundee Warder . ) \ v e have bean favoured with the following letter , containing an account of the wreck of tbe brig Europe , Captain Bridle , of this pemfe , in Narva Bay , on the 9 th of October . The writer is a towns woman , the - * ife of the captain , who , along with three children , was ou board at the time of the calamity : — V Dear Brother , —According to promise I now write yon a few lines , mentioning tbe particulars of the loss of the Europe . When we brought up in Narva Bay , about five p . m ., on the 9 th of October , it was blowing strong ftoui the north-west , which is tbe direction which raises the heavy aea in the bay . She was

      strongly moored : and John felt the utmost confidence in the cables and anchors . She rode very heavily , the bowsprit dipping at every sea . The gale still increasing , at nine or half-past nine o ' clock , all hands bad newly turned in , and the watch on deck , when she gave a tremendous pitch , and the watch called out , " Starboard chain broken . " John ran on deck , and immediately we heard the cry that the larboard chain waa gone too . John then came down , and told us to rise and dress , and prepare for the worst . He then beat on tbe other anchor , but it would not hold , and we drifted rapidly on shore . We lifted little Jack , and all sat at the foot of the cabin stairs , ready to come on deek when called . Whom among the breakers , for the

      safety of our lives they then slipped the chain and loosed the head aaila , to force her through the breakers She struck with tremendous force , and continued striking with every sea that broke over her . In this trying state we remained daring tbe whole night . The crew came aft into the cabin . During the wbole of tbe time they behaved very well . Here I must nete many merciful circumstances attending our case . It was not a dark night , it was moonlight ; the part of the coast we struck was not rocb , it was a saudy beaob ; she did i / ofc go broadside on ; in that case every sea that struck her would bave swept her decke . Going head on sh « was . "tsuch less exposed to the violence of the sea , and we cannot Bumeieutly wonder and praiee God for tue

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      composure of mind we ail possessed throughout . She has beon a remarkably stout Bbip , or she never would have stood as i she has done . She lies in a situation that precludes tbe possibility of her being taken off . Tbefiiat nigntsne- lay there eho bedded seven feet in tne sand , and is now maca btotea . Towards morning the gale moderated , and it was twelve noon ere we left the ship . We we now living in a village two miles from tbe wreok ; the crew are encamped on the Band . ] October 1 ^ 1843 . "

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      Caledonian Railway . —It will be seen by advertisement in another column that the railway from Lancaster is ] now decided . The capital required from the counties of Westmoreland and Cumberland , namely— £ 100 , 000 , is guaranteed , and tbe Company will be . constituted at a meeting to be held in Keadal on Monday next . We congratulate the district on the success of this measure , the importance of which can hardly be over-estimated . — -Carlisle Journal . On Monday evening a Coroner ' s inquest was held before Mr . Biggs , at St . George's Hospital , on the body of William Marshall , aged 40 , a

      bricklayer . On last Saturday week , the deceased had gone to a range of buildings near the Kilburn-gate , and while standing beside the shear-legs ( a speoies of triangle used for raised stones , &s . ) , the poles gave way and struck deceased to the ground . An alarm Jwas at once raised , and tbe deceased was conveyed to the above hospital . It was found that tho sixth and seventh cervical vertebrsea were broken , and the spinal cord greatly injured . The deceased lingered till the 3 rd inst ., at fire in the afternoon . Yordiot— " Accidental death , with deodand of Is , on tke shears .

      Destructive Fire near Bond-street . —On Sunnay morning , { between the hours of five and six o ' clock , a destructive fire broke out on the premises belonging to I Mr . Shepheard , hat-manufacturer , situate in Barlow ' s-mews , New Bond-street , and adjoining the backs of the houses in Bruton-street . Owing to the highly inflammable nature of the contents which fed the flames , the fire spread with the greatest rapidity , and in a space of time incredibly brief , the entire floor forming the hat factory was in a blaze , and owing to a brisk wind the flames were carried up the staircase to the other stories . For some considerable time after all the engines were at

      work , tne fire appeared not to abate , and it was not until after seren o ' clock that it was evident the fire began to yield ; beneath tho efforts of the firemen , and tho vast volume of water they were casting upon it . In half an hour or so after this , the conflagration was completely extinguished , but not before that part of the building used for the manufacture of hats was , with its ! contents , entirely consumed , and the upper portion ; very extensively injured . Ths furniture for the most part is also destroyed . Nos 3 and 2 , Bruton-street , also , the former belonging to Mr . Smith , perfumer , and the latter to Mr . Baker , grocer , have both sustained great damage by fire nad water .

      There is a ; very remarkable case in the Gazette des Tribunaux of this day . It is mentioned . in a letter from Mqnt-du-iVlaraan , Oct . 19 . A man named Dupony was arrested some time ago on a charge oi murdering a khepherd boy in his service , thirteen yeard of age , and named Beauvoisin . The motive fcr the murder was said to be his desire to get the boy out of the way , as he had been committing a robbery of an orchard with the son of Dupony ; and the father was afraid chat , to save himself , he would confess the offence , and give evidence against his son . Dupony ' s wife and two sons were also arrested . The elder sonjproved an alibi ; the yonger declared that he had heard the cries of the victim , and the

      wife gave a circumstantial account of the murder by her husband . ) The body , however , could not bs found , and Dupony protested his innocence , adding that his wife and son had spoken falsely , in the idea that they would thus save their own lives . The mother and son subsequently retracted , but no attention was paid to their new declaration , and Dupony was about to ! be tried for the murder , when who should appear ] but the boy Beauvoisin himself ! " He stated that he had fled from fear of the consequences of the robbery , ano > had heard only by chance that his master had been accused of having murdered him . Duponyj was of course liberated . —Letter from Paris . i

      Hkrotsm in Fbazvce . —A curious document is published in the Moneteur , in the shape of the report of all heroic deeds and acts of devotion which have odme within the cognizance of the Minister of the Interior from' the 5 th of January to the 9 th of August , and are deemed by him worthy to be distinguished by ] some honourable recompense . The greater portion of them consist in the saving of persons from drowning and fire , and a very large proportion of thol actors are public servants either in the civil or military department . Some of the more striking instances of courage we shall cite in detail . The first on the list is , perhaps , the most deserving example of cool determination and contempt of death . A young girl of eighteen , returning from

      Nantua to Brenor , on the 24 th of December , had missed her way while crossing the mountains of Ain , a chain which is bordered by frightful precipices . Enveloped in a dense mist , and deceived by the darkness of iho night , the unfortunate girl contrived to make her way by successive descents across a series of steep rocks , when suddenly missing her footing she was precipitated down an abyss , but by a miraculous chance Was retained in her fall by the branchjof a tree protruding from the almost perpendicular jside of the precipice . Her ories of distress attracted several of the inhabitants of Neyrolles , who came with torches and endeavoured to afford her succour , but were unable even to perceive her . Fires were kept up throughout the night ,

      and the victim ; was called upon to take patience till the morrow . At last the day dawned , and several persons adventured to climb up the rock , but at a certain distance it was impossible to proceed further without making a regular escalade , and she could only be saved by one who feared not to expose his life . Such a one was Carrod , the father of a family , who devoted himself to this act , and after fronting a thousand dangers at last succeeded in delivering the unfortunate girl ,, who had remained suspended over the abyss for twenty-two hours . Another ins tan co of persevering intrepidity took place near Aigues-mortesj Three women were returning from the town of Cette , when at the entrance of the canal a storm assailed tbem , and their frail craft was

      suddenly submerged . It was then five o ' clook in the morning and a man of the name of Moulin , a witness of the catastrophe , threw himself into tho canal . After the most unheard ; of efforts , be was at last fortunate enough to seize and bring ashore the three wrecked Jwomen . This act was rewarded by a first class silver medal . One of the acts of heroism recorded is connected with a somewhat curious circumstance , namely , the falling into the Garonne of a lady aeronaut , while attempting an ascent ia her balloon . The lady ' s name is Lartet , and she was saved by a yoiing man of twenty years of age , a baker ' s apprentice , a stranger to the town , and who threw himself into the river down a deep descent of

      more than twenty-five feet , without any previous knowledge of the character of the stream into whioh ho was adventuring . One of the names in the list of theso exemplary characters is that of a little girl of twelve years of age , Demoiselle Boyer , who succeeded in saving two children and a young girl of fourteen , who had fallen into the large-basin of Montfaucon , which she did by throwing herself flat down aad plunging half her body into tho water , being held back only by the efforts of a littlo boy of four years old .-j [ This is " glory" of which Frauce may be proud . ] How different to the ravages and butcheries perpetrated in Africa under the names of " Heroism" and " Glory" !]

      Thb Non-Intkosionists . —Parish op Mov—Ctrrious Case . —The parish of Moy _ j in the Presbytery of Inverness , is at present in a singular condition as respects its ecclesiastical matters . About five year ? ago , Mr . Maclauohlan , the minister , applied to have his son appointed his assistant and successor , stating that his age and infirmities prevented him from adequately discharging his duties . His request was complied with , and Mr . Thomas M&ol&uchlan was accordingly presented by Mri Mackintosh , of Geddos , though not , we believe , without some exertion on the part of the Presbytery and resident heritors to prevent a veto . The assistant did tbe duty , and matters went on smoothly , till the Churoh agitation commenced . The minister stuck by the

      Establishment , but his son joined the Secession , and carried with him most ! of the people , who , like tliosa of Daviot , had long entertained peculiar notions as to Churoh doctrine and discipline . The aged minister himself next wjant to the field ministrations , and at a late celebration of the communion service , the singular spectacle was presented of a parish minister joining with ] the avowed enemies of the Establishment , and sanctioning them with his presence and communiouiin the most solemn of religious ordinances . The parish ckurch was of course- neglected —no duty was done . The assistant waa preaching to the same people , but he had become a Free Cburcn minister , and preached out of doors , though he still lived in the manse , as being , we suppose , Yes ' s Evastian than the pulpit . The Presbytery have pressed upon filaclauchjan , senior , the necessity of getting another assistant , as the very extent of the Secession , un ' : er the auspices of the late assistant , rendered

      this the more necessary ; but tbe minister declines to do so . " Fiv 0 years ago , " he says , iw I required an assistant to do the duty , but I need none now , as there is no duty to do ! " He still , however , lifts the stipend , while the people go to the Free Churoh , or stay at home . The Presbytery , we understand , intend insisting upon Mr . Maclauchlan providing an assistant , which [ will be an expense to the minister and break up the comfortable family arrangement . Matter ? , however , stand at present in the state we have described . ] The parish minister goes to the Free Church , and still draws his stipend from the Establishment , ^ vhile the Free Church minister lodges in the parish m ?> nse . So many -coses of teal suffering have occurred by tho clergy quitting their livingB , that thisicase , where the family of one minister will be at least £ 80 per annum richer b y the Secession , without iany additional trouble , is worthy of record . —InverHios Courier .

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      Singular Accident . —On Sunday afternoon , an accident occurred to an elderly female named Hannah Newell , 51 years of age , who had been deprived of ; the Bight of her right eye-foT ' inanj years . It appears that she was engaged in removing some articles of fnraitnre in a- lumber-room in her house , and upon being spoken to by one of her . family , she turned sharply round to answer her . Iq so doing her head came in contact with a chest of drawers , by which she sustained a severe 'laceration of her left and only organ of sight . In a moment she was stricken with total bUndnesSf and upoa being conveyed to Guy ' s Hospital , it was discovered by Mr . Lessler , tho oculist to that establishment that the ball of the eye was rent from ; the-base up wards - towards the pupil . ; - The most prompt and judicious remedies were applied , but fears are enter * tained by the oculist that the powers of vision are entirely destroyed . : -

      Thb Lash again . —Notwithstanding all that has been said and written by phHanthropistBiphilosa . phers , politicians , and statesmen ^ again st the Armj being made the scene of cruelty , slavery ; and slaughter , red-coated tyrants are found , in defiance of those opinions and sentiments , to bare , score , and lacerato the bodies of those brave fellows , whom " chance o £ birth , or somei Other fortuitous ' event ( pot mferit ) placfl under their command , and leave afc the mercy of their barbarous nature ^ Thi s is the modeadbpted by persons calling themselves Christiana and gefetlemcnand bearing tbe Queen ' s commission for en £ oicing military discipline , reforming our soldiery »• and attaching them to the throne . It was snpposed thafe military brutality had reached its acme , when a

      noble (?) peer on the Sabbath day , and in the very room , where , but a few minutes previous , waa preached "Glory to God on high , and peace to mea ou earth , " had tbe flesh torn from the naked shoulders of a fellow being ; but another and a deeper tragedy has just been enacted by a red-coated savage —a tragedy so appalliug and revolting , that even the African , barbarized as he is , cannot look upon ifc without shuddering . It is thus recorded in the Malta paper , dated October 15 th : — "A drummer of tha 42 ud , named M'CaUum , dropped dead last week whilst he was flogging a soldier , who was sentenced to 150 iashes for drunkenness and striking his corporal . But this is not the most melancholy part of tke affair . The dead body of the drummer was

      removed to the rear of the regiment , and a fresh ona supplied to iufiiot upon the soldier the remainder of his punishment . " Cau anything more barbarous , bloody , or brutal , bo conceived ? May hot the savage justly and tauntingly ask , upon witnessing such a scene , is this a sample of British civilization , British humanity , British laws ? Aad above all , be may asky is it in conformity with the principles of the British Church , which according to Britain ' s boast , has so enlightened , humanized , and elevated mankind { When the brutal debasing custom of flogging criminals through our public streets was the "law and order of the day , were the officers of justice enabled to record one solitary instance of an abandoned depraved character being reformed by such a

      punishment 1 Not a tangle instance of that kind is oq record . On the contrary , sad . experience proved that the wretch who was thus degraded , gate himself in despair to the indulgence of every vice and criminality , until the law again caught him in its meshes , and again wreaked its vengeance upon him . So it is with our soldiers . Once a soldier ' s back is bared , and torn to pieces before his comardes , his spirits are gone—he deems himself a being who can never look his comrades in the face—he seeks an obliyion of his degradation in drink , and often , while his brain is phrensied by ardent liquors and his soul torn bj despair , he crimsons his hands with the blood of hi 3 tyrant , and terminates his own career upon the scaffold , the object of his companions * love and

      admiration for having rid the world of a brute , wnosa greatest delight was the bloody spectacle of a fellowcreature writhing in agosy and covered with gore . If during the long-protracted sanguinary'war in which this country was some years ago plunged , a dangerous outpost was to be guarded , a redoubt t » be attacked , a forlorn hope to be carried , or a grand maceeavre to be effected , would an infantry regiment , the adjutant of whioh made it a hell for its soldiers —would a cavalry regiment , whose commanding officer amused himself by flogging his men on tha Sabbath-day , or would a- regiment in which , when one drummer dropped dead , a fre ^ h one was brought from the ranks to finish the bloody work of tearing a fellow ^ creature ' s back , in the performance of which his predecessor dropped dead , be selected for those

      duties ? Undoubtedly not , as experience fully proves . The regiments to whom such duties and posts of honour were eoufined were regiments officered b ? men of humanity , who , instead of flogging their soidiers to death , won their affeotion 3 and secured their attachment and zeal by acts of kindness . ' Nothing but the most reckless disregard for the discipline ana fidelity of the Army—nay , nothing short of the most insatiable thirst for blood , can instigate commanding officers to lacerate and tear the quivering flesh from the naked shoulders of their equals in the scale of humanity , and often their superiors in the field of battle , danger , and death . It is a brutal , barbarous practice , which public opinion condemns , humanity execrates , and religion reprobates , and must be therefore , expunged from the laws that tolerate its exercise by monsters ia human form . —Weekly Dispatch .

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      MARKET INTELLIGENCE .

      London Corn Market , Monday , Nov . 6 th . — The arrivals of English Wheat have been On a very moderate scale , and of but middling and inferior quality owing to the prevailing damp weather . Tha demand for all descriptions was inactive , and factors are compelled to give way in price for that obtained on Monday last , © f from Is to 2 s pet qr ., and yet a portion of tha supply was leftover for Wednesday next . There was oniy a scanty supply of foreign Wheat on offer , yet the inquiry for it was very dull , and the prices gave way qaite la per qr ; higher . Iu bonded parcels nothing was doing . Although tha show of Barley was small , all kinds , except tha

      very best , met a slow demand , at quotations barely equal to those noted lasi week . The few qualities of new Malt on show were readily disposed of at late rates , but old parcels were a mere drag . The limited state of the arrivals of Oats caused the inquiry for that article to be steady at full currencies . Old Beans were the turn higher ; but in new ones , as well as Peas and Flour , next to nothing was doing . London Smithfield Catti . k Market , Monday * Nov . 6 th . —The arrivals of Beasts from all parts of England were moderate , but fully adequate to meet the wants of tho buyers . In Beef a fair average amount of business was transacted , and in some few instances the quotations were enhanced above those obtained on this day se ' nnight aboat 2 d per 8 ibs . Some extraordinarily fine Scots were disposed of at 4 sper 8 lbs , but this was by no means a general quotation ; however , we quota the highest

      price of Beef at 3 s lOd per 81 bs , at whioh figure a good clearance was readily effected . There was some well made-up Beasts in the market , but tbe quality of the supply , as a whole , was inferior to some past seasons . The numbers of Sheep wera much less than those exhibited on this day se ' nnight , yet the majority of them were in good saleable condition . The mutton trade may bo considered as steady at , in most transactions , a rise in { the currencies of about 2 d per 81 bs , the primest Old Downs ( whioh were scarce ) realising 4 s 4 d per 8 lbs , and very few of any kind left the market unsold . Calves , which were in large supply , met a very { dull inquiry , and last week's depression was with difficulty supported , the top price not exceeding 33 lOd per J 3 ibs . From Ireland , about 300 large hogs were received , while the supply of English pigs was extensive . Small porkers sold freely , other kinds of pigs slowly , at late rates .

      Wool Markets . —The public sales of wool have been brought to a conclusion under somewhat favourable auspices . The biddings have , for the most part , ruled firm , and the prices realized have been from ldto 18 d per lb higher than at the previous auctions . Privately a fair business is doing , at fuiiy the above advance . BouorjGa Hop Market , —We have had a very firm demand for new hop 9 since our last reports , and the quotations have advanced fully 2 d per cwt . In old and yearling hops little is doing . The duty is still called £ 135 . 000 .

      Borough and &pitalfield 3 . —Although the arrivals of Potatoes at the waterside ia the past week hare not been to say extensive , tha demand has continued inactive , but without any material alteration in prices , which rule as follows : —York reds , 503 to 70 i ; Scotch ditto , 50 s to 60 s ; Devons , 553 to 60 j ; Devons , 553 to 6 O 3 ; Guernsey and Jersey , 45 ? to 0 O 3 ; Kent and Essex whites , 453 to 50 i per ton . Tailow . — - This market is firmer thitn for some time past . There are buyers at 41 s' 35 f for all tb | year , and fine Y , C . on the epot is scarcely to be had at 42 s . For the spring months the quotation ia 42 s 3 d to 42 s 6 d . The home supply 13 very "; good at 43 s to 43 s 6 d net cash .

      Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , Not . 6- — During the last seven daya we have had a liberal supply of Oats , with a fair quantity of Wheat and Flour from Ireland : 500 bils of Flour and 1 , 400 brls of Oatmeal have also arrived from Canada . The importations of Grain , &c are . otherwise light . Tne demand for Wheat has been leas active than daring the three preceding weeks , and we have to quote prices generally 2 d to 3 d per bushel lower than on this day se ' nnight . Flour , too , has sold slowly , and is 6 d to Is per sack cheaper , We haye xontinued to experience a fair country demand for Oaw » at previous rates ; best meal&g at 2 s 4 jd to a 54 d per 451 bs . Oatmeal has found a steady sale , new at 20 a 6 d to 21 s 6 d , old at 19 s 64 to 203 6 . 4 per load . No chance as regards Barley , Beans or Peas .

      Manchester Ccbn Market , Satphday , 2 * 07 . & —• At our market this morning holders of wne » were not anxious seliors at lower prices , and m business done was , consequently , small , at ft oecW » of Id per 701 bs . Flour met a dull sale , ana was fully Id per 280 lbs cheaper .- For Oatmeal then was an active inquiry at improved prices . & % fJi ° raise our quotations in accordance 6 d per 24 UJJW ' Oats were ia fair request at former rates .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 11, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct827/page/6/