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ITALY . THE FALL 0 ? ROME . The following letters ( which we extract from the * Daily News' ) were written previous to the capi tulation of the city . Rome , Jtjss 28 . —A brisk attack was made las ] t night along the whole line from Porta Portese to Porta Cavallegeieri , and the bastion to the Tight of Porta Psncrazto ( at which point the batteries of the Trench in the Trite CunAm have been kbourbig to effects new bre « Si for the last two dtrys ) was the part principally assaulted . The Somaas wera not , however , to be-aught unawares , as * t the Casino Berberini . oa * ke 21 st ; they repulsed the enemy vi gorously , ana a fire of mu * e try ^ d grapeshot for « bout two boars must havesnflicted considerable Soss on the assiSants .
The news of Anconafeering ^ uwendered besTnade but littfc impression fesre , everybody ' s ettention bong m > w directed to inucLermg the French , from entering Their attedk on-the bastion to 4 he right of Sin " Pancraz ; o est on ' tla large Yili & Vasceuo beyond the gate lastnight-wss peculiarly ¦ unsuccessful , as , being made by-close columns , « he Roman cannen told iremeBdously-aTBongst their sanks . The attacks on the otner-ga tes were made by sharpshooters and h > bt infantry merely to cieate a < HTersion .
3 It is quite delightful to see Garibaldi ' s soldiers siewly dressed and wearing clean shir ts after twenty-3 > ve days and nights of continual combat and watching , without ever taking their clothes off their backs . The major part of them are already returned to San rpanerazio . I t isTumoured that their general wished to make a sortis from the Porte del Popob last night , but that the triumvirate overruled his intention . Revisited the Trastevere quarter yesterday afternoon , on leasing the Janicttlnm , and inspected the damages resulting from the French shells and nails . The women saluted him with loud shouts of « "Viva Garibaldi' and * Yivatt noslro protettore !' to which he replied that he feared they were tired of the bombardment . ' No , no , ' said they , * let the combs come : we are not afraid of them , and we tarn an honest penny by them . '
The property of the King . of Naples in this city lias been formally confiscated , and placards are placed on the doors ef his palaces and gardens , with the inscription , ' Property of the Republic ; long live the republic !' June 27 . —It appears that the French prefer nocturnal attacks to diurnal ones . Last nijht , about 11 o ' clock , they again assaulted thetihe extending from Porta Portese to Porta CavalJeggieri , but without being able to effect an entry ( if such was their intention . ) The moon afforded a feeble light whereby to carry on the operation , but a thick fog , following the intense heat of the day , soon rendered it almost useless . A continual fire of musketry , with
occasional discharges of grape , kept the enemy at bay , and the morning light showed that his close columns had left many victims under the ramparts . The attack was not , bowever , without an advantageous result to the French , considering it as a mere diversion , since they were enabled , under its cover , to establish three batteries on that point of the Janicalum in the power of the advanced guard—one on the left of the Casino Barberini , another on the breach in the curtain , between the second and third bastion , and the last behind a tower on the second bastion to the left of Porta San Pancrazio , which forms the extreme left of their present position . From these batteries a powerful fire was opened at
day break , and vigorously replied to by the Roman batteries of the Casino Spada , contiguous to the first bastion , that of the first bastion ( which is the highest of all ) , that of San Pietro in Montorio , and , occasionally , that of San Cosimato . The battery of the Pmi , below San Pietro , in Montorio , being too exposed , did not fire . "With a good map ot Rome you will now , I think , be able to get an exact knowledge of therespective situations of the two armies , bearing in mind that the ancient line of wall of the time of Aurelian ( rebuilt by Honorius ) forms the present line of defence adopted by the Romans . The whole day has been employed in a combat of
artiilery , in which the Roman cannon appears to Lave had ; he advantage . By seven o ' clock in themorning the French battery at the Casino Barberini was silenced , and that situated on the breach was so tormented by the guns of San Pietro in Montorio ihat its fire was only kept up at intervals . The battery behind the tower on the second bastion , being in a more covered position , maintained itself in activity the whole day , and is the only one used by the French this afternoon . The cannons of the Avemine and Testaccio have been also engaged with the enemy ' s pieces , situated in the Vigna Merluzzetto , on the ri ght bank of the Tiber , soutb of the third bastion , and those on the eminence to the left
of the Basilica of St . Paul extra muros . With all this music ( as the Romans call it ) going on day and night , it may well be imagined that repose is out of the question , and the troops stationed in the ncmal scene of conflict must be quite worn out . The French depredations continue . Their numerous cavalry eives them ah advantage in being able to send detachments to all the principal roads , and intercept the carts coming into the city . This morning they carried off 150 carts , chiefly laden with wine . It is said that the French commissarygeneral pays the soldiers at a very low rate for oxen , corn , wine , aud whatever other booty they can lay their fraternal hands on in ihe Campagna , charging bis own government with tbe full value . The worthy contractor is thns realising an enormous fortune , whilst the soldiers are too happy to be paid for
robbing . The sufferers are the Romans , whose " liberty and order" are such a source of anxiety to their * ' protectors . " Amongst other things borne off by tbe freebooters yesterday was the stock of frozen snow , of which there is a large deposit on the Alban lull , and which comes almost daily to Rome during the summer . The consequence is , that the wounded are deprived of its cooling virtues in tbe hospitals , and the lus & tues of the cafes roust manage to get over this evening without their accustomed iced matonelle OT . jranile . People ought certainly not to complain of the loss of ices in a besieged city , but to prohibit the entry of that which is almost more important than medicine in the hospitals during this sultry weather , is a dastardly trait in the French commander , especially as many of his own soldiers are charitably brought into the city to be cured of their wounds .
Another proceeding of General Oadinot ' s has produced fresh irritation against him amongst the Remans . Since the eamular protest he has not continued to bombard ihe town , but he has pointed two thiriy-six-pounders against the high range extending from the Trinita de Monti to the Quirinal , which batter the houses and do almost as much mischief as shells . Jone 28 . —We have had another ni ght of cannonading , but there is no material change in the state of things this morning . The French cannon of
the 2 nd bastion batters San Pietro in Montorio so severely that the church , in which a hospital has been established for the severely wounded , is no longer safe , in spite of the & lack flag which indicates its sacred character . Tbe Romans are therefore obliged to transport the unfortunate inmates else- ' where , and tbe battery of San Pietro is silent during the operation . Two pieces on the breach , pointed against the tows ., fire continual !? , and are answered by the Roman " iattery of the 1 st bastion . The French battery to ihe left of the Casino Barberini is silent . -
Tbe Pauline water is again cut ofiv It is said that the Fiencb fear mines , and flood the environs in order to soak the powtler . Of the termination of tbe struggle we have no intelligence from Itoaie itself ; the following-niea « jr *> and-one-sided accounts a . re principally taken from tbe French journals : —As far as we . can judge , it was en the 3 uth that the Frenfih assaulted the bastion ' So . S . It is not certain whether the assault was effected from the exteriojffiwnt , or from the in : terior ; iut as the French were previously in . possession of ihe neighbouring bastion , No . 7 , it is
jjobableihatjSo . S was attacked from behind , and by the gorge . " . It was " in the taking of this bastion thatthe 40 g Roman troops were "iilled , - and 200 taken prisosers . It was at the same time that . ' the French attached the interior , wall , and succeeded in dismounting the Roman guns . The courage dis r played on both fides is shown by the fact that the attack and defes . ee lasted five hours , during -which the fire , both on $£ epart of the Romans and French , wastept up incessantly . It was only after this brave resistance that the Roman municipality , and after them the Assembly , consented to open * negotiations for a cap itulation
The G & om . Gazette , of the oth inst ,, quotes letters from Rome of the 30 th ult . They state as follows ^ A terrible bombardment began at one in the morning , and lasted three hours . Mortars had been planted upon Mount P amoli . The whole defenoa almost was maint ained by the legion Manara , which wa * soon , however / ov erpowered and obliged to retreat with the loss oWKSSon ! which were spiked , Mamma was killed in thestru « - $ le . Tne ymtwn of Tascello was abandon ©! by
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theR omans . The damage done by the French artillery ' xs immense . The Spada Palace was struck by thir tv-scven cannon balls , and the famous statue-of Pojiipevisnomorc . The fresco of Poussin , in the P alacc ' Castagni , is destroyed . St . Peter ' s in Mont- orio , is riddled with shot that have destroyed the paintin-s of Sebastiano de Piombiho , and ruined the Templc of Bramante .: At two p . m ., on the 30 th , the Assembly finished the discussion of the constitution , and thus their mission . was at an end . The Triumvirs came to state the desperate circumstances of the defence . Three proposals were discussed-: 1 st , to surrender ; 2 ndly , to defend themselves within Rome to the , last ; -Srfliy , to leave ; Some and themselves in the provinces . ; The troops were'for the second course . The ^ noise of artillery ' ¦ ¦ frequently drowned the voices ¦ oftbe . orators . The Moor of Garibaldi , who had acquired great fame
for vaksur , - was killed ia the -engagement of the SOth-ult .. .. .. ,, ; .. ¦ - -. ' " : ; r ,. .... .. ... .. _ . -The Concordia of Turin gives . the following ac- ' count of the death of M . Lavirbn , a . Frenchman , fighfingin the raoksofthe Romans , who after having been president of one of ' the most violent of the -Pjtris clubs , an < I having iakea . par ' t-inihe insurrection of June , escaped to Rome , " where he entered the army . . It says :-- ' While '" the ' . deputation charged wUh . earirymg . to / General Oudinot the protest of the foi « 5 gii . consnis . were going , out at the Porto St . Pancrazio , Captam Lavrron , a frenchman , and aide-de-camp to . Gai-ibaldi „ h ' avihg looked over the parapet of sacks which" covers the walls , was wounded by a French ball , and expired a few moments afterwards . Another . 'letter , states that Captain Laviron was wounded ^ at the . moment when he was going but of Rome \ with Ghilardi and Plaisten , and carrying the protest to the French
The Parte JUbniimr publishes Ytlie . ; despatches brought by the aide-decamp of . General Oudinot , who arrived in Paris oh Tuesday ,- having left Rome on the 4 thJ Thei surretider . of the cit y was . uriconditionaL Two columns of Ffehph ' tro . pps entered on the 3 rd , —one , witb General Oudiribt and his staff at the head , by the Porta Portese . ; th . e other , with General Gueswellcr , . b y the Porta . del Popolo and the Corso . A hostile feeling was . shown . in tiiQ
Corso , where a group was -assembled ; with a flag surmounted by a" cap of . liberty . ' " The flag was cut down by the troops . Garibaldi , with from 3 , 000 to 4 , 000 men , leftat one side while the . French entered at the otherl He -was beUeved r t 6 "have'taken ; the road to Albanb . ' Rome . was'tranquil ,, ia Palrie says that Garibaldi , " whoyhad , quitted jRome with . 4 , 060 or 5 , 000 men ^_ had , taien ; the road ; to Terracina , and traversed the ^ kingdom " of " Naples ' . to take remge m the ; Abruzri ; ^ here ^ he proposed tb ' carry on a guerilla warfare ^ . ';^ . ; * \ ' [ * . , - '•' : . ' , '' ¦ " ' ¦ " , ;
Private letters ; from ; Rome . Of the ; 4 th mention that the clubs " , were ; to . be ^ shiitvup ;;' the ' violent journals suppressed j the Constituent Assembly dissolved ; the Roman trb op ' s ^ discharged ; . strangers who had taken an ctive ; part in . the late trbuules expelled ; a municipality elected ; ' and military tribunals to judge crimes against persons and property established ., General Oudinot had / published , aprochmat ' ioD , m which ^ the / Pbpe wm alteded to only indirectly . The Phrygian cap had . been removed from all public places . . Rome ' was declared to be in . a state of siege . General ' Omlinoi has given orders to the authorities of the States ' of : the Church to arrest all the French who ; carried . arms against the French troops , and to ' shoot them at the drumhead . ¦ - .. '' . - " ' . '¦ ' ' .
It is said that the Triumvirs ; Saffi , Ramellini , and Mazzini have escaped td Malta-on ; board , an Englisbship . : ' . ' : : The Daily Nevjs states that the . Triumyirshad not quitted Rome . - : : ; J : "' ¦¦ - : "• : ' - ' - ¦ -
THE SIRGE : 0 F VENICE . . . . The ' Risorgimento' of Turin of the 4 th contains a letter from Venice of the ; 27 tbult ., ' stating that ever since the abandonment of Malghera , tbe city carries on its principal defence from'two ' small forts , at about 1 , 000 yards fromi the ^^ iRrst bduscs of Venice , one situated on the smaii . Bland ijf San ; Secpudb , and the oiher oh the railroad bridge . "The " Austrian shells do not reach further rthanaboutj-400 . yards within Venice . Provisions are very scarce ; . nothing but black bread ,-half baked , > is to be . got ;; , meat and wice are become luxuries . Still a calm determination to resistireigns among the Venetians ;" . "
Gsneral Thurn has _ sent to ViRnna a report concerning the operation ' s before VeHice , 'from which . it appears that the statement that the . bombardment was suspended in consequence of renewed negotiations , isinenrrect . Since the 25 th . ult , nine twentyfour pounders and six ' grenade : cannons have been plied with uniuierupted activity against the Venetian battery of seven cannons on-the railway bridge . Early on the 27 th'four of these' p ieces were silenced . It was observed that jthe embrasures ; and parapet ? , which the Venetians , had hitherto ., worked up with great ardour during the ni g ht , ' were thisj time but very imperfectl y executed . , The ; continued , fire of the besiegers day and night gives . groiind , therefore , for the expectation , that they will , soon reduce to
complete silence , this battery , -which-bars them at present from all nearer approach to Venice . The Venetians appear to have given 'up the ' design of copstructing a battery behind ^ the ^ present one , on the next' pier of the rail way-bridge ; meanwhile they seem ' to be busy'laying a mine there , instead . The throwing of shells into ; the city , was carried forward with effect ; : manyof . these . projectiles have reached the . district of the . Canal Reggio , killed people there , and injured buildings .. It has been clearly ascertained that the ' terminus " of tha . railway has been evacuated ! ' As sob p as ^ h ^ tiattery oh the railway bridge has . fceen ; completclv dismounted , a battery of mortars ' will , be established nearer the
city , to carry , on the" bombardment , with more energy . The ingenious invention pi , ' tb . e ; lArtillery r Lientenaut Ucbaizius , of ypropelling ; . shells ; by air balloons , could not be tried for the first three days after this . ofiicer ' s arrival , by reason of the ^ contrary wind . A preliminary trial was , however , instituted , notwithstanding the ' uhfavdurafde ^ stafe ' of the atmosphere . ( This trialiskriown ' tb . have turaed ^ outa complete failure , all'the shells falling iht' 6 the sea . ) The projected destruction . .. of , the salt-works at Burauo has been set' about with " the damming of the Sile river . This will . add ] considerabiy . rto . the . want of the necessaries of - life already so strongly felt by the "Venetians . :. '> c ' i . L .-j ' ¦ •;¦ ¦• ' . &¦ . ¦ ¦'¦ :. "
A letter of the 4 th , from Trieste ; states that such a tremendous cannonade as that- of- the preceding . ni g ht against-Venice had ! never" been heard . The roar of cannon lasted from-eleven o ' clock at night till five in the morning ; . ; 'It is supposed that an attempt hadbeen made ito ? storm the Viaduct .
• : . : _; France , ; : ; -: ; . ;; _ ;; ,:: ^; .. Paris , SuxDAYi—M . Drouin de ; -l Hu . vs is gazetted this morning as ambassador . extraordinary of the Republic oh" a temporary ; mission to the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland ! Yesterday the commission of which M . Pdujoulat is . the * chairman presented the reportof the Cgmmitle ' eappoihted to examine the demand mads' hy . the ' Procureur-General of Bourges for authorisation to prosecute M . Gambon , and gave an opinion that the authorisation ought rot to Jie granted . Ther ; Assembly
tc-day confirmed , the-decision . of the :- ' committee . ' On the other hand , the Chamber granted the authorisation toprosecuteMi Pflie | er . - - ' ^ "' , ' . v ; The split in the Cabinet 6 ntheafralr " s ; bf . Rbine is becoming every day more ap parentV . ! , M . , de Fallpux and General de Ruihieres are- the "leaders , of the ; re-. aetionary p ^ rty ; . M . Pufaure andAlj ' . bdiiion . Barrot the leaders of : ' the other \ party . > i . M ;<; de . Falloux is supported by the . greater portion . j ~ . q ( the members of the cltibof the Conseik ( Tffiatv /^ Ihe policy to be adopted at Rome is ; the ' great bone of contehtioni and sooneror later ^ it'wili necessarily lea'dfo' a ' inbdification of the Cabinets - ™^ ?* - " ? -- X \' " ' - ' . '•'"
In the ^ epslatiye / j Assembly yesterday the bill , by M ; de ^ Mbntalembert ; , authorising't . the ' gqverh . ment to . unite" the ] ' ^ nimmd ' ^^ X ^^ fio ^ otihp first rtalitarydiyisjo ^ and - of ; the National Guards of Paris : in . the ' t-hairds * "of the same perion , was passediby : 8 'majorit ] pof ? 32 to-148 ; "' - Thb ; Siege ro ^ 3 RoiiE . ^ ThefolloWing ' paragraph appeared in the ^ omNsitt-eyJnmg papEFSiio ' /^ . , ' . ^ 'By a telegraphic de ^ patcbV ' . dat ed }^ iVIa ^ July 7 ih , half-past Mefca . m .,. ; iliergeneM mahding" the £ eventh miiitaYy " diiision-. iaforms the Minister of War ; that-. pne of ^ General '^ Oudinot ' s aides-de-camp arrived there on . thejprevions even , iugi He was to leave for Paris to-day . He announces that the'arrayrenteMdBomedn ' the'Sid , in the middle of theday ^ . v . jht /^ I iisMUc ^ tjU c . ; :. < . : „ ! i
; The sam ' eiouj'hal ^ pabHahesWe foHon-ing telegiaiMcde ^ Xc ^^^ - ' ^ 'X / X ' ^ ¦ « The Geheral'cbmmas & sion to the Minister ^! . War .: —j ., - ' .. « 4 , .,. \ , \ . . ; , ;; ' -, ;; i ^ $$ lfcim ^ $ (^ iiM ; - - ' GeneralQudinot ' s . aide-de-camp informs , me that Garibaldi ,- with 5 ftQ 0 or . 6 ; 000 otaeh ^ eft Rome on the morning " of ^ the ! 3 rd ;> going ; 5 , ik ? # hrf' believedj ' iii the ! direction Jof' Terracihar' - ^ he'j' ^ ;<" divisidh of the ! expeditionary ' corps left-6 nHhe : ^ th ' m ; purs uit of him / -- - 1 v ' y " ^^^ ^ ^;^ ;; . PAB ' rai . v M oi $% ^ . ^ ibe ! Miptejfjof . ^ Tfar ; has communicated ^ lowhigide ^ atch :- ^; . ; ^ , ;; : i ; , ; : vii io ;! ' ¦'• . ' .- ; .. ' . ' ' GBNIBAIi ; ODDINOTITO ; THBuMINISTEK' / OF WaK . ; ? Rome ; Jolt 5 i--Immediately aftertbfr ' eDtrance of our troops into ' Rome ' I tobk the-hecSssary measures to insure order and tranquillity . I have appointed General - Restolau , - Govenipif ,, and General Sauvau , C mmandaut , of the City . ' 'Thfe CaivlVof StVAiigelo - -: Ci " .. . ^ Ii ^ kV ^' jSitsx'i " ?
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was delivered into our Hands this morning , at seven o ' clock . The' Moniteur publishes a despatch from General Oudinot , dated Ilea d-quatters . 30 th ult , in which a detailed accoKnt is g iven of the operations of the army on the 28 th and 29 th . More than 400 Romans were killed with the bayonets , and 125 prisouers 'of whom nineteen were officers , were- taken by tbe French . The loss on the side of the French is stated at about nine killed and 110 wounded . Letters from Sirasbarg announce the arrival there of a considerable number of refugees from the Grand Duchy of Baden , most of the military men amongst them have agreed to take service in the Foreign 'Leaion in Africa . . several
Accounts from the provinces mention that arrests , connected with the late insurrectionnry . movement in Paris and Lyons , have taken p ace at Montpellier , Toulouse , and Nantau , in the departmentof the Ain . ' Paris , Tuesuay . —So far as the fact can yet he ascertained , it appears that in several sections ^ the voters have refrained from exercising their privileg e of decidiug . whb shall represent them in the National Assembly . In many cases less than one half of the citizens whose names appear on the electoral ^ list went to the poll . This apathy , as some of the journals call it , has been bitterly denounced by a portion of the press , but others ascribe the neglect to a disinclination to take part in an election conducted whilst the city is in a state of siege , and the personal freedom of each citizen dependant on the will of a
military commander . - ' ¦ ¦ The French force in Rome have been deprived of one of the compliments usually paid to victorious armies , in consequent of the present position of political parties in the Assembly . , After the Minister of War , on Monday , had read in the Legislative Chamber the despatch given yerterday , a vote of thanks was proposed to the expeditionary army for their conduct , but the Left refused to accede to it . through fear of thereby including the government in tne testimony of approbation . On a division they refrained altogether from voting , and the consequence was that the vote was found not to be a valid one ; a . sufficient number of voters not being present . •' ' , - ;; "'" '" ' ''• - . "' :, :. ¦ "
. The French g overnment are proceeding to undo gradually what the Constituent had forced them to dp . . They . have legalised General "Changarnier's double command , andVnowthey , are about to give a'salary of 30 , 0 . 00 francs for bis services in ; the command of the national guard of the Seine . Nowj as no olficer of the national guard receives any indemnity , this sum is placed under the convenient head of ' expenses of service ; 'this , too . when it is known that General Perrot has an indemnity of the same kindfas , superior iri command of the national guard of tbfe Seine , under ' the immediate authority of Gen . Changarnisr . The project of indemnity was adopted by 333 against 123 . , <
, iProgress of the Terror . —Four more representatives of the legislative Assembly are to be prosecuted by government , if the Assembly will grant the authorisatsonsi which ' is not doubtful . Aletter from Macon states , that MM . Roland ^ a member of the legislative Assembly for the Saone and Loire ) , Gonan and Pizzu have been ordered for trial before the Court of Assize of the Cote d'Or , for having delivered seditious speeches at apolitical club at Macon , ' ; . j A warrant has been issued for the arwst of sixteen town-councillors of Villeneuve-siir-Lot , who , on the 14 th of June , signed a protest in favour of the Constitution , and a declaration to refuse to pay the . taxes . until the . government should have resumed a constitutional course .
Tbe town of Montelemart , department of the Drome , has been declared in a state of siege by General Lapene , commanding the department . ' The ' National' draws attention to-day to an in terview which took place a few days ago . between the Duke of flordeaax and the Prince ot Joinville , at Vienna , and declares that an entente cordiale has sprung up between , the two branches of the House of Bourbon , for their , mutual interests . The Duke of Bordeaux is coming to Holland , where , it is said , he will receive the homage of his partisans , as he did some years ago at Belgrave-square .
EscArE of Ledru RotLiN . —M . Ledru Rolll y has at length escaped from France . He arrived at Brussels on Friday last ,, and on the following morningstarted for Cologne , on his way to Swlizerland . M . Ledru Roliin was accompanied by MM . Etiennc Arago and " . Martin Bernard , who are also implicated in the affair of June ; and by M . Bixio , who was Minister Plenipotentiary at Turin immediately after the Revolution of February , and -who , for a short time after the election of the President of the Republic , held a seat in the Cabinet as Minister of Commerce . ' TVEDSEsnAY . —Thanks to the Reign of Terror the Moderates have been elected for Paris , and are said to . have been generally successful in the departments : lamartine has obtained a seat'for the Loirct .
The' motion of M . Leclodure , for the levying ef the state of siege of Paris , was yesterday negatived by the Assembly by a majority of 373 to , 131 . . M . James Demontry , one of the members of the Legislative'Asseinblycompromised in the affair of the 13 th of June , has died at Cologne of cholera . SI .. Demontry escaped from France under the name of'Laboureaux , and having inscribed his name in the registry at his hotel , his . death is certified under that name .
GERMANY . THE INSURRECTION IN BADEN . Letters from Carlsruhe , of the 4 th , state that Rastadt continued to be completely surrounded by the Prussians ; and the general in command had summoned the garrison and inhabitants to surrender within twenty-four hours , threatening to bombard the town if they did not . The garrison had refused . The head-quarters of the Prince of Prussia were at Offeiiburg , and the military operations in the Oberlandwere continuing ^ A corps d ' armeeh & Aaei out for the Circle of the Lake .
A letter from Baden , of the 2 nd inst ., says : — ' For the last three days bur little town and its environs have been inundated with the troops of the empire , who entered Baden in the afternoon of the 30 th , in two columns , one by the mountains and the other by the valley of Lichtenthal . ; These troops , forminga corps ofI 8 , 000 men of all arms , and composed of contingents from Mecklenburg , Nassau , Hesse Darmstadt , Bavaria , \ Vurtemburg , Sygmaringen , and Frankfort , bad had on the previous day a very desperate engagement , with a body of 6 , 000 Baden insurgehts near Gernsbach . The combat commenced about noon , and did not terminate until
the evening . Twenty or thirty houses in the faubourg of Gernsbach , situated on the right bank of the Mury , and in which the free corps were entrenched ; were destroyed and' burnt . The bridge , which at this place crossed the Murg , ' was , it is said , covered with dead . The fury of the corabaianls was sogreat on both sid es that they fought hand to hand ' in the middle of the river , Not being able to dislodge the insurgents from i the houses they occupied ,- ' and from which they kept up oidestructive fire oh the imperial troops ^ -recourse was had to artillery and shells , by which the conflagration was caused . Clouds of smoke were visible from' this
place . About nine o clock in the evening 2 , 000 , . in . surgents , mostly belonging ito the ! Bavarian Paiatihate ; and . coming from Gernsbach , . passed through Badenin great haste towards Oos : Rastadt . These ban'dsi- . who , had taken up a position in-i the' woods which skirt the . entrance of sthe valley ; attempted a fresh engagement on the ' ' 30 th ult . ; with a battalion of Nassau -troops ' who were sent to dislodge them . -The insurgents managed' tp ' get ' pos ^ eisioii of a piece of cannon , but was taken back ' the next day . From the
top ; of the Castlefpf Baden the engagement was distinctly visible . To-day the insurgents are . in full retreat on Offenburg and Freiburg . ; , The Prince , 'of Prussia , wlio has his head . quarters at the village of Buhl came here yesterday to view the troops ; vfith r Gen . Peucker and Geni Schaeffer . ' : As to the fartr ' esso ' f Rastadt , it is entirely surrounded by ' a' corps of 15 , 000 Prussians , and as ; it is known ' that the garrisonihasbnly . proyisibnsffora few days , its speedy and inevitable capture is calculated oh . ' ,. '' . ; ...
; : BfintiN ,, July ? 5 ;—A telegraphic despatch of the 3 rd from : the head-quarters of the Prussian ' army in Baden / at Rencbenj announces that'the corps of Gen . voni der Grobeh'staye'd'behind'before ' Rastaff , while that ofGeh . ' Hirsch ' feld , which ' ' had . ' . been'jpineU by the i Prince . ' Of Prussia , ' Had . ^ ' advanced ! . ' , to ; Offen buirg . JKebK )&' a % ^ i ?^ en / oceupied ^ surge under Miepislawski have , retreated -J" to Frei . burgi ' ibliowed on ; the ' ' ^ flanks :. by the xbrps of Gen . Peutker . e-: h i .,, " ii *? . ; i ,: ! . ¦ :.: •• ,: ;' .. At ; o ; : oL i -. : ;¦ •;? : '; - In-Ir >| b ) ir ^ OBrentano / with' his eblleaguei ; has been dismissed from authority ( other ^ accounts say that he ' ' r ' esighed ) y ( and Kiefer ,. of Emmendingen , formerly , an ofBcerj-made sole dictator .. ' , ,. , i' ; \ / vStrnvei has escaped , it is said . He was fired at twice , butea 2 hsbot missed himi ''¦' ¦ ' ' ' : ' :
" The . battalion qf-the : Lahdwehr of Iserldhnhas suffered mach in the last combat ? . The 1 st battalion of the 38 th Regimen of Prussian Infantry , th at bad
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been sent to reinforce Gsneral Peucker ' s corps , has again lost three officers . Raveaux . Itzstein , Moerdes , Kapferer , Mieroslawski , Vogt , Simon of Breslau , Schuler , Zitz of Mayence , and Erne were all of them at Basel . Very important documents have been discovered at Mannheim respecting the projects of the Reds ; they compromise a good many , amongst others , the deputy Vogt . ' ¦ News from Heidelberg , to July 3 , informs us that on that day a court-martial was opened there in the great hall of the Museum , and indeed publicly . Only persons provided with tickets were admitted , however . The persons most gravely implicatedwere Trutzschler Stock , Jansen , 1 Slo ) l . "
, The Local Constituent ; Assembly in Freiburg , on the 28 th ult ., passed a resolution requiring an energe tic continuation of the war , and voting all negotiation with the enemy to be treachery . Brentano took this as a Vote of mistrust , and resigned . A still more democratically-inclined individual was chosen Dictator in his place ; but he declined office , and Brentano having " subsequently . fled without rendering any account of bis government ,, or naming his destination , was declared ' guilty of high treason by the Assembly , which at the same time ordered his instant pursuit . The insurgents : have 'still nearly two-thirds of the country of Baden in their possession .. :
Juxy 6 . —The fortress town of Rastadt still re * fuses to yield ; the garrison would perhaps capitulate , but will not surrender at discretion . The counter revolution in the small districts of Mulheim , Lorracli , Schopfheim ,. has totally failed , and the republicans still rule there .... At Bruchsal , too , as soon as the Prussians had withdrawn and marched to Wieslocb , the inhabitants arose , so likewise in Duriach , which is quite close to ; Carlsruhe , for the purpose of liberating the prisoners in Bruchsal , so that execution troops , as they are called , bad to be sent tb both places 5 the troops were from Nassau and Lichtenstein . It is evident that the revolution is still smouldering throughout the country . It was stated that Professor Kinkel , of Bonn , who was a
leader of . thelnsurgents , and who was taken fighting against the Prussian troops , had been condemned to death by court-martial , and that tbe sentence would certainly be executed . At Kuppenheim , General Grmben issued on , the 6 th inst . the following bulletin : ' .. " . . : " The insurgents have quitted Friburg . ' . The two regiments of cavalry still with them , as well as the horse artillery and a part of the infantry , remained at Friburg , and have submitted fto ; the Prince of Prussia . In consequence , the occupation of Friburg will ; take place " to-morrow . —( Signed ) Codxt von Ghoeben , Lieut .-General . Struveand Sigclare still at the head of eonsidei rablc forces . Radstadt yet holds out against the Royalists ,
. THE WAR IN HUNGARY . ' Count Ladislas Telekiithe ' Hungarian envoy at Paris , has published the following protest , which he has received from his government :- — ' ¦ 1 The Hungarian nation , struck to the heart , has triumphed , with , the aid of the Almi ghty , over , a revolt which a perjured dynasty has excited against the laws and the constitution , by intrigues and by force . The country has driven "" back as far as the frontier the Austrian Urmies , who , in order to oppress the liberty and independence of the nation , had invaded
its territory . In virtue of its imprescriptible right as a nation , in virtue of , the duty of legitimate defence , the Hungarian nation unanimously pronounced the fall of the house of HapsburgrLorraine , as perjured and criminal . Never did a nation fight in a more just cause—never- was a dynasty ' more justly punished—never had a' nation more right to hope that its government , the unanimous expression of the will of the people , may be able to efface , by supporting itself on order and peace , the traces of a long despotism . And nevertheless we see rushing on our frontiers in Galicia and at Cracow the armies
of the Czar , ready to invade "Hungary at the first call of the house of Hapsburg , without any declaration of war . All these preparations prove that the house , of Hapsburg does . not hesitate to call in the aid of the Russians ,, to re-establish its despotic power on the ruins of Hungary . The Hungarian nation is resolved to repel this fresh aggression . It is decided to shed the veiy last drop of its blood , rather than recognise for its master . a king who is the murderer of his people . In coming to this firm resolution it religiously believes in the justice of its cause , because it is a holy one ; but it . does not the less : protest , in the face of Gcd and ot all civilised nations , against the iniquitous intervention of Russia , which in the interest of a perjured despot tramples underfoot tbe right of nations and the imprescriptible rights of man . It protests in the consciousness of the dutv of its self-defence to which it
has been reduced . It protests in the name of that eternal right of nations , which . has ever been the sacred , foundation . ; of the mutual relation ' s between States . It protests in -the name of treaties , of declaration , and of guarantees which place under the ajgis of the sentiments of justice common to all people the existence of him " who is , threatened with death . It protests in . the name of the balance of powerin Europe , in the name of liberty and civilisation . It protests in the , name of humanity and of the innocent blood which cries for vengeance to the God of Justice . The Hungarian nation counts on
the sympathy of . every nation which loves right and liberty responding to this cry . But were it abandoned by all , strong in its conscience , it does . not the less declare before God and be / ore men , that it will never yield to the violence of tyrants , and that it will struggle to ' its last breath in the defence of its ri g hts against the attacks of despotism ., Let God , let the civilised world , judge between us and our oppressors . ¦ ' - ( Signed ) . ¦ . ' Count Casimib . Batthian y , ' ' Minister of Foreign Affairs . ' Kossuth , Governor . ' Debrecziii , May 18 . ' ¦¦¦;'
The various news now arriving from all parts of the theatre of war clearly show that it enters into the plan of the Hungarians to retire once more into the interior of the land , so , « i 3 to concentrate there all their strength for it is impossible for us , to believe that the absence of all serious resistance to the Imperialists , now ' penetrating north , south , and east , can be from any other motive . News from the west tell us , that tbe united imperial army left Raab on the 29 th , and advanced in two divisions oh the two roads , to Comornon the one hand and to . Stuhhveissenburg on the other . Previous to . the departure of the troops they demo-, lished to the very foundations the house from which
Field-Marshal Lieutenant Wohlgemuth was shot at , and only the personal intervention of the Emperor prevented , further scenes of destruction . The Jewish district , \ on the alleged ground of ' being hostilely disposed , and of nourishing sympathies in favour of Kjissuth and of freedom , was punished with a war fine of 80 , 000 florins , and which every . Jew upon pain of execution was oideredto pay within twentyfour hours . A few shootings by drum-head court , martial and a great many arrests took place also . Nevertheless ; the greater part of the male population and especially most of the boys , ' as likewise numerous Amazons , bad accompanied the Hungarians on their retreat ; so that there actually remained but very few to arrest . / J . ' .
On the morning of theSOth Schlick reached Acs with his : corps ; here . au action was fought , - by which the Hungarians covered their retreat . 8 The entire Hungarian ' army of the "Danube stood at' Butis , on the slopes of the Bakbhyer forest . ' The Austrian head-quarters were advahced to' Banya , and from there , on the 1 st , to . ' / Babolnaji ' o , ' celebrated . for , its great stud . , ' , , 'I-Iere ' the , ' emperpr . passed , the night , in the' casllei " of Prince E ' sterhazy ., From the northern seat of war . the news is by no means favourable to
the cause of the Hungarians . The . mighty battle said to have been fought ' : at Eperies turns out to have been enaction which the vanguard of the Russians li ad at Somos , above Kaschau , with a Hungarian corps ; 4 , 000 strong ; that was destined to' cover the retreat bf the Hungarian army to' StV " . Mikoki and Erlaw . " ' The ; relrehcbmchfs and . defences at Kaschau were given up without a contest , and Paskiewicb , on the , 25 th . tilt ., entered there . On the iZfith . the ' army . advanced further , to the , ; south , on theroad to Pestb , and bnthe ; 27 th theRussiari head :
quarters were . at St . " Mikolczi ; This place is two dayfe ' and ' . 'a half ^^ march frbrt ^ Pestbi ^^ ' and'Paskiewich sent Couriers c ' to'Viehria- ' to' say ; tliat bn ; the ~ lsi of July he' would vp ' itcb' his pamp ' o ' nthe . Rakpczy field before Pestb " . ^ Events !' will soon ! Show . whetherhe willi kepji his word , or not , " butrh q fliiubt he pas given a tbougrit Bince , to the f actthat the battle-fields of Erlau , Kapolna , Hatyanjand Gongollolie along that yery road between SWMikolcz and Peatb ; ;' : ' ; , ' '; ¦ ; 'Intelligence has been received from Lemberg , that another Russian corps ' of . " ' 60 , 000 men' were shortly to-arrive . - ' ; ' ' " and that in Cracow 20 , 000 of the Sti Petersbiirgh ;' guards were " expected , J The ' Czar , therefore ,, seems ' firrnly resolved to -employ almost his iwhole' army against the rebellious , anarchical democratical , infidel west . - : , ; i s , ' From Trans jlvania two sides send us news CzernowUz and Bukare ' st . The former says , that
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the imperial Russian army corps under Grotenhelm and Fischer , which , as we have stated , left Watra-Dorna on the 19 th , appeared on the 21 st before Bistroitz , and on the 23 d , after a . feeble resistance , took the town . The Hungarian troops ; who were posted in this part of Transylvania , ; concentrated themselves , to the amount of 18 , 000 or 20 , 000 men , at Dees , where they took up a very strong position . From the eastern frontier the intelligence is worse . General Luders on the 20 th ult . actually did attack the Tomos Pass , as has been of late reported , and forced it after a most desperate resistance . The Hungarians lost eleven cannons , and Colooel Kiss , well known for his martial gallantry , fell wounded he
into the hands ^ of the Cossacks ! whereupon was conveyed under their escort to Czernowitz . On the same day General Luders entered Cronstadt , and the citadel of this town surrendered at the first summons on the 21 st ult , without attempting even a defence . In the south the Ban Jellnchich has launched forth into the world along bulletin , the long and tbe short of which is , however , that he stands where he stood before , namely at Soye on the Francis ! Canal . All the reports therefore about the splendid yictores at Verbasb , at St . Tharhas , Szehta , were untrue , for otherwise the Banns would surel y have mentioned them . The action , which the bulletin records , took place on the 24 th at Oheckse on the Theiss .
Here Perczel , in order to operate with Bern , crossed the river , and his rear was attacked by a nuraeri . cally far superior division of Jellachich ' s corps that had advanced from St . ¦ Thamas and Poldvar . In spite of the twofold numerical superiority of the Ban ' s troops , ; he could not manage to gain any advantages , and he actually retreated himself in the evening towards the south across the above-named Francis Canal , where his bead-quarters , now are . Looking at his position , there can be no question of occupyingTeraeswar , xirof threatening Szegedin . The fighting at Peterwardein continues uninterruptedly between the Hungarian garrison and the besieging corps .
Bistritz was stormed by the Russian corps from the Bukowina on the 25 th ; The ' Strangers Gazetie' declares that Prince Metternich was expected at his castle of Kocuigswartb , in Bohemia . :: ' - ' , Peterwardein still holds ^ ut against the united troops of th ' ei-Ban -and those of . the Servian chief Mamula ' , but the bombardment of the fortress has been suspended by the Ban ' s orders ; KEruIiSE OP THE AI 7 STRO-K 17 SSIAN AUMY . The main corps of the army , headed by the emperori turned off from Babolna towards Acs , in order to effect * at the latter place a passage across , the Danube into the island of Schu . tt , with the view of
proceeding towards Comorn by both batiks , and undertaking ; the siege of that fortress . But the bridge and the ¦ tete-de-pont at Acs were . . very strongly entrenched by the Hungarians ; ' and Gorgey was there with twenty battalions- of infantry , twenty squadrons of cavalry , and fifty pieces of camion . The Imperiaiitts , emboldened by their easy conquest of Raab , were for . taking these entrenchments by storm . The battle was obstinate , and lasted eight hours . ; The Austro- Russian army was compelled to fall back . ; after , having suffered great loss . , They
took , however , from the Hungarians a whole battery , consisting of six six-pounders - and two twelvepounders , which ventured too far from the trenches in pursuit ; and fell into the hands of a regiment of light horse . Gorgey , commanded the Magyars in parson . The emperor is said to have followed long with his spy-glass the movements of this general , whose name has been so often brought to his ears in connexion with . Austrian disasters . This-battle oc curved tin the 2 nd « . on the 3 rd a fresh attack would be made on the tete-de-pont at Acs . ¦ ' '
There was a battle also on the road occupied by Schlick on the same day . He was met by Klapka , at the head of 10 , 000 men , and stopped from advancing further . \ In the island of . Schutt the Hungorians were still atNyard . Here there has been a battle , ; . too , . or rather an ioulpost skirmish . The Austrians , 20 , 000 strong , wanted to assume the offensive in order to join ihe . maih imperial army when it crosses the D nube . On the Upper . Wang , the Magyars were still in possession of all points , and the Russian troops which advanced from the north under General Sass were obliged to fall backj so that this leader was on the 1 st instant driven up to his old post of Jordanow , in Galicia . But whether this retreat was the result of a-victory on the part of the Magyars is not known . ii Rut it is certain that on . the 29 th cannon .
ading was . heard at Tyrnau , and it was conjectured that this came from . a battle at Trentschin .. ,. : Inthe south ' Jellachich jb . making prr-parations to cross over to the right b ' ank . of the Danube at Baja , and thence on the road of Baja and Fold ' ar to advance along tbe Danube towards Stubl-Weissenlmrg . He has , however , only 6 , 000 troops disposable for this purpose , part of his corps having marched against Theresianopel . Jellachich will have to meet with many difficulties in the course of his march , and will not easily escape the Hungarian corps under Gen . Aulich , stationed near . 'the Platten-See .
Concerning the operation of the Russian army in the north , another bulletin has come out , which imparts the following facts : — -On the road from Kaschau to St . Mikolcz the main army was divided into two corps at Nemethi , whereof one , under trie personal conduct of Paskiewich , entered St . Mikolcz on the 29 tH ; the other , ' under Ceodaiaff , marched-in the direction of the Theiss towards Tokay . ' At Tokay a battle was fought with 4 , 00 ! ) Magyars stationed there . The Russian force consisted of twenh five
battalions of infantry and ntty squadrons of cavalry , making about 40 , 000 'men . After " ah engagement of several hours , the Hungarians were driven from the bridge , which , however , they cut away after their passage . 'Meantime some detachments of Cossacks p lunged with their' horses into the liver , and , swimming across , took possession of the , pontoonsi by which means the bridge was speedil y re-established , and Ceodajcff crossed the . Theiss . and next day continued his march against Debrecziri .
Cracow , ' July' 2 . —The corps of Siewer is ' . advancing apainst the Magyars , ' and to-day two squadrons of Uhlans - entered Cracow . The Austrians , as if they were not quite sure of the event of the war , are taking the precaution to fortify the hills at Podgoiz ; on the right bank of the Weuhsel , which surround the ancient tombs ' called Mogila Krakusa ; for which purpose a half company of . sappers and miners are arrived froiai Vienna . News has just arrived' that 500 forage waggons of the Russian army are flying with all speed from Neuraarkt' to Mylslo * . wice , in the Wadqwice district , and that the Slowak drivers reported at Myslowice that the Russians had been beaten by the Magyars , who had pursued them into Galicia , to Neumarkt , and were marching still further . ;
The following anecdote is going its rounds in Vienna concerning Bern . For many Years he has had forebodings of his death . He himself has for niany years assigned the year 1850 as the term of his existence . During his stay in Paris he once dined with the North American ambassador ! ' The conversation fell on forebodings , omens and the like . : The ambassador laughed at them , but Bern declared he firmly believed in them , ' and related how he had thrice , seen , when in his 20 th yeaiyliis own gravestone ,, with his narre , and the date 1850 on it . Bern received , in ; Transylvania several .. dangerous wounds . The physician ' shook his head , . but Bern answered it quite calmly by . saying he had another year to live . On tbe faith of this vision , '' Bern exposes himself in battle" to the hottest' fire , ' arid declares that the ball which sball hit him mortally will not do bo before the year 1850 . -
. - - ; . There has alio been in thesouth . a severely contested fight between the Magyars and the Servians under Kiuezaniu at . Terlaa on tbe Lower Theiss . Kiriezanin is entrenched there at Titel , to make himself master of the imporlanfcorrier between the Theiss . and Danube .: The Ban is still at : Sove . -Of a whole battalion which , the Ban sent from St . Thomas to O'Besse , only eleven men returned . The rest fell either in battle or b y the cholera , or deserted . If Bern succeeds in crossing the Theiss before the
Russians reach ; Orsowa , then Jellachich ' s position will . "become . ' cxiremely ' . critical .. ; Perczal rlias ; been . ' . ' summoned ; . "' by V . the . ' . '' g ' pvOTm ' ent ,: foV . ' . answer hejf 6 re ;; them > for r the ; conduct . ' ? o ' f ' his troops . in tbejBocksa .: . ' On ; the whble ,, it ; 'will ; be seen from this account . that raatters are not quite so bad as at first they might appear . ¦ ,- ,- . . ; ,, The Figuclmeso , at Presburg , publishes , under date of the 5 th , that on the 3 rd '( that is , the day after-thc hattleof Ac ' s , orO ^ Szolly , which has been already reported , ) there took place an obstinate battle before Comoro , in which 1 , 500 . of the Hungarians
fell
DENMAREs-ANl )" . THE DUCHIES ;• : ¦ ¦ , Defeat op ' the . Schleswioers . —The Danes , it eeems ; have taken their revenge for . the several defeats thoy suffci-ed from their rivaW of the Duchies . An agreement being nearly concluded at Berlin between the Da ' nes and : Prussians ,- an armistice was proposed tb ; th ' e gcnemls of the contending armies . " ' Geherar Pritwitz ' accepted it . The Danes refused ; and collecting 25 , 900 men ( 20 , 000 from Hclganeso ) they landed near Fredericia . " and .
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with the garrison of thai town , made a sortie , whic overwhelmed the besiegers and drove -them from , their enerenchments . The ¦ loss is pretty equal , some thirty officers having fallen on both sides ; but the Schleswig ers have- lost their , heavy # uns , and been compelled to retire behind the river . The Danes outnumbered the Schleswigers by two toono .
UNITED STATES . CALIFORNIA AND THE CHOLERA . Philadelphia , June 27 . —We have been en . livened by the publication and perusal of an immense number of letters from San Francisco , in most of which the gold regions are describecl as teeming with untold wealth . This Intelligence , and the large amount of gold dust brought by . the Crescent City , have renewed the Californian fever in all its original furor ; and it is not likely for . some time to diminish . Digging graves isdescribed as being light work in comparison with the labour of digging for gold in
California ! So it appears that the way to wealth is strewn with thorns . ; Tbe diggers are sometimes to their knees in water—sometimes parched and maddened with a broiling sun—anon shaking with ague ; or scorched with fever—fighting with Indians , or weak and exhausted for want of food . Such are the accompaniments of success at the mines . On returning to San Francisco , gambling , drinking , and exposing produce sad havoc am ong the reckless many—while the prudent few , who patientl y submitted to toil and . ' privation , realise tolerable fortunes .
But a period—a crisis—is threatened in California . Foreigners , and particularl y Mexicans and South Americans , are pouring into Californian , and already tbey far outnumber the Americans . The latter contend that foreigners have no right whatever to the mines , and that they must be expelled at all hazards . " This threat appears also , from the tone of our advices , to be mingled with an apprehension of the S p anish-American races attacking the Americans , and endeavouring to secure the entire El Dorado for themselves . " Native American Associations" have banded together , all well armed and in process of military training ; and at no distant period a collision is expected . Several ; leading journals appi > al to tbe United States Government to send out ; a sufficient force to preserve rjfderj and to save California from becoming a scene of carnage , massacre and murder .
, We have ; other painful intelligence relating to California . Not only have the emigrants across the continent been thinned off by cholera—not only have many returned , overcome with fatigue , and appalled with the excessive beat , the weariness and the dangers of the-prairies ' —but the . Indians have assembled in great numbers , for . the purpose of attacking trie emigrants who journey through the Rio Srande , the ' Mexican , and portions of the Texanterritory . From Chihuahua we le ' arri that aparty had been attacked by Indians , and mora than half
killed . Mr . Thatcher had lost several of bis party , and killed twenty-five Mexicans in repulsing an attack . One party ot thirty-five Californian emigrants ,, and another of twenty-eight , have been , actually destroyed by about 500 Indians ; and a magnetic despatch of yesterday , from New Orleans , states that in . all , 'five hundred emigrants to California have been killed by the Indians in Mexico . ' At the mines , five Americans and thirty-five Indians fell in a conflict on the 18 th of April . Thus is the gold of California baptised in blood !"
• The cholera has committed dreadful ravages m Texas and Mexico . At San Antonio , Texas , 750 people died out of a population of 1 , 500 . At New Braunfels , Texas , nearly all the inhabitants have repaired to the mountains as a refuge from the pestilence . - The cholera is marching rapidly , with fearful and desolating strides . St . Louis , Cincinnati , and New Orleans suffer the greatest amount of mortality in proportion to their respective populations . Eachv city averages nearly one hundred deaths per day from cholera .
We have advices from Oregon , informing us that the legislature of that"' territory' brought its session to a ckse on the 16 th of February . The date may not seem to you to be recent enough for news—but such it is . as we do not hear from Oregon more than twice a year ! A shocking accident occurred a few days since at the Falls of Niagara . Miss De Forrest , of Buffalo , accidentally fell into the rapid above the cataract , ani was swept over the fearful precipice , together with Mr . Charles C . Addinglon , of Buffalo , who plunged into the torrent , in the vain hope of saving her . , . . .. . .. , ; . The forest fires in New Brunswick and Maine have now been raging for weeks , arid have destroyed hundreds of thousands' of acres of timber .
\ " ' . CANADA .-MoxirtiUL , Juxe 19 . —Yesterday being the anniversary of the memorable battle of Waterloo it was undci ' s ' tood that a grand military review , would take place , but to the astonishment of expectants it was announced that it had been postponed . The reason assigned was , that the civil g overnment considered it dangerous to leave the city unprotected . It is generally , believed that numerous arrests for high treason will be made this week .
NEW SOUTH WALES . , AVo have received Sydney and Maitland papers to the ' 24 th of March , They contain full details of % judicial investigation into the circumstances attendant on the deaths of Mi ; . Kennedy and his comrades " . The expedition left Sydney in May , 1848 . Mr . Kennedy ' s . .-instructions .. we re-, t ' o land at Rockingham Buy , and proceed'tlience to Port Albany at Cape York , where a schooner was to be in waiting fox- him with supplies from Sydney . Ile ' -was then to return by the western side of the peninsula . The party consisted of thirteen persons—twelve Europeans and an aboriginal native . They landed at Iiockinghaui Biiy on the 21 st of May , and
commenced their journey on the 5 th ot June , The country was so difficult that on . Nov . 10 their camp was pitched only 25 seconds north of the 12 th degree of S . latitude , near " Weymouth Bay . Their stores , too , had been improvidenti y expended by the person who had been entrusted with the care of them on starting . Mr . Kennedy determined to leave ei ght of his party here , and go on with four Europettns and the native to Port Albany , and . return with supplies . One of the Europeans shot himself , and the other three became so exhausted that at Shelburne Bay Mr . Kennedy was obliged to leave them behind also , and push on with Jackey ( the native ) and three horses . By the time they reached Escape
River Mr . Kennedy was so exhausted as scarcely to be able to proceed . They were here within twelve miles of l'ort Albany . A numerous party of blacks who had beset and followed them for some days , hero made an attack upon and killed Mi * . Kennedy , and severely wounded his attendant . Jackoy contrived to escape their pursuit , and reached Port Albany on the 23 d of December , where he was taken on board the -schooner . The captain ran down the coast to Sliciburnc Bay ; no traces were found of the three" men left there , but-articles
belonging to them having been found in the possession of the blacks , no doubt- remains that they have perished . . The schooner next , proceeded to "Weymouth Bay " , where only two of the eight left behind were found alive—Mr . Carron the botanist , and William Goddnrd . Theso two wore in such a state of exhaustion" that it was long doubtful whether they could survive . . After receiving them on board the schooner proceeded direct to Sydnoy , where these facts were elicited by the judicial investigation above alluded to .
Dreadful Suipweeck. — Thirteen Persons S...
Dreadful Suipweeck . — Thirteen Persons Starved to , Death . — By the Emma Sherratt , which arrived on Wednesday from Sydney , particulars have been received relative to the loss of the British ship Sarah Crisp ; Captain Taylor ,- master , and the appalling sufferings .. of the . crew , thirteen of whom perished from starvation : The Emma . Slierrat , on her . outward . voyage , to Hong-Kong , perceiving a vesseVin distress ; bore down to her assistance ,, and she proved to be the unfortunate vessel in question . She was teak-laden and waterlogged , almost a perfect wreck . ' ! Her masts . were gone , as well as everything on deck .. \ Vitb . much , cave nineteen persons , in a most shocking state , of exhaustion , were taken off the . wreck by the Emma . Sherratt ' s boats . ' .. Thev
proved to be Captain Taylor , the uiasteri the chief mate , ; and seventeen seamen , : Their'sufferingshad been truly awful , havingibeentwenty-seven nights and days on the wreck with- nothing to '; subsist on excepting a monkey and'itwo fishes . . 'All < the . water they , had was , about ; a couple of . buckets ' , which they caught by some old canvass . The . second mate and twelve , seamen had died from exhaustion . The ship ' s loss was attributed to a ' plank ^^ starting , as she filled in a very short time , and turned over on her side . The crew jumped on her beam as she went oyer , and there held on until daylight , when they succeeded in righting . the hwreck ,. by ; cutting ; away . the mast , . riiejessel and cargo were , insured to the amount Of # 20 , 000 . '¦; " "" ;•
, lnE mode by which the title of land is tried in parts of Hindostan is deserving of imitation in more civilised countries . Two holesiaro dug in the disputed spot , in each of ^ yh ^ cll , the-plaintiff and defendant ' s lawyers put one of their legs , and remain there until one : 6 f them is ' tired , ¦ or complains of being " stung by the ants , iri which case his client is defeated . -Iri this country it is the client , x \\& not the laivmrs . who . puts his . foot in it .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 14, 1849, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_14071849/page/2/
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