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FRANCE . CCanCarnot is elected deputy of the Seine , having obtained > , S , 753 , 753 v . otes . Moreau polled 13 . 343 . i A d A decree published in the * Moniteur' authorises the Mtiststerister of Finance to reimburse the Rentes of five per cent at Hie raie rate of 100 francs for every five francs Rente , or to effect luaeir heir conversion into new rentes , ( our and a half per cents . WverjEvery Rentier who shall not demand the reimbursement hhall hall receive another debenture of four francs fifty centimes out e « r every five francs Rente . The right of reimbursement of the ihe new fn ' . d of four and a haU per cent , is suspended Uintihntil the 22 nd of March , 1862 . The demand of reimburseimeataeat must be made within a space of twenty days from tbe 3 ; 3 ate 3 ate of the present decree . This delay extends to two nmonmonths for Rentiers residing out of France , that is , in Europe Hand and Algeria , and to one year for those out of Europe . This nmeameasure , it is said , has caused a rise in tbe fnnds .
A An article in the ' Public , signed by M . Amedee de CCesCesena , and announcing tbe consent of the Orleans p rinces tto ato a fusion with the elder branch , has made much sensation . iTojToxf ce que fera le Itoi sera Men fait . ' Such , ' says M . de ICesCesens , ' is tbe answer of the Orleans princes to the amhascsadsador of tbe bead of tbe house of Bourbon , who came to Uretreat with them for a fusion of interests . ' The explana-1 tioition given of this unconditional submission—which , how-< cvecver , is not confirmed in other quarters—is that the younger 1 hn branch can discover no more convenient mode of recovering ! th < their nrnpertv confiscated bv the decree of January 22 nd .
The' ConstitntionneV has astonished the world by publishin ; ing those documents , termed seditions by the'Moniteur , wl which M . Rocher was prosecuted for distributing . It gives at at length the protest of the executors of the late King , and th the letter of the princes . These pieces are accompanied by a a few unimportant remarks by M . Gram > r d 3 Cassagnac . 11 Meanwhile it is said a serioas negotiation has been conducted bi between Dr . Veron and the Minister of the Interior on this st subject . The doctor had , in fact , refused to insert in the * I * Constitotionnel' the long defence of the measure composed b try M . Casabunca , and published by the 'Patrie . ' He was * sent for by M . de Persigny . While waiting in the ante-« chamber the doctor had an animated dispute with M . Romieu « on this question . The Minister of the Interior appeared in t the midst of the altercation , and told M . Veron that be had x bo longer to deal with a simple officer , bnt with a minister c of state , whose pleasure was not to be dU puted . He then i slammed the door of his cabinet iu the doctor ' s face so
i -violently that instea * of shutting it only recoiled , as French i flouts vtill do sometimes . "Veron seized tbe opening to make 1 the minister ' s ear tingle with a sharp repartee . " ' No , ' he t said , 'such are the manners , I do not say of a simple officer , < or of a corporal , bnt of a shoeblack . ' The quarrel has , 3 however , been made up , and the doctor is going to publish 1 the who ' e Orleans case . The President of the Republic , accompanied by one of ' . Ks aides-de-camp has visited the palace of the legislative body . Tbe * Prince' expressed himself highly-satisfied with the changes which had been made , and particularly with
the removal of the tribunes which were formerly used for the accommodation of the public , the national gnard , and the shorthand writers of the daily journals . The old salles of the vestibule have been completely repaired and embellished . Each deputy will have a closet to put bis costume in . The deputies may attend the ordinary sittings in plain clo'hes . Under the restoration , they were only bound to be en costume when tbey ascended the tribnne . There we to be four shorthand writers in the Corps Leg & hli f , who are to make a more extended report than the mere procesterbal . M . Bil'ault has obtained this concession in an interview with the President .
It is said that the Corate de Chambord has written to a confidential agent at Paris , to prevent legitimists chosen deputies from taking the oath to the new constitution and Louis Napoleon . Hence , all legitimists who become definitive deputies are to be regarded as decided Bonapartists . The others will resign . The deputies will not be allowed , it appears , to choose their seats , so as to mark the various shades of opposition , hat will be placed alphabetically , or otherwte , as the board may determine . Thirty fresh warrants of arrests have been issued against
parsons of station in the Basses-Alpes . One of them , Bar . m DBchafftuH , a former secrelary-general of tbe prefecture under Louis Philippe , and a member of the Constituent Assembly , had the option offered to him of being imprisoned or leaving Prance . He chose the latter alternative . The President of the civil tribunal of Barcelonette and the vice-president of the Tribunal of Premiere Instance of Dicup , have been expelled from the French territory . M . Casteluau , a judge of the Court of Appeal of Nismes , has been offered the choice of banishment or resignation . He has resigned his seat on the bench .
According to the 'Siecle , ' tbe long-talked of review will certainly take place , in the Champ-de-Mars , on April 15 . Sixty regiments of all arms , forming a total of 100 , 000 , are expected to be on the field . This will be the largest review in France since that at Boulogne , in 1804 . A special train arrived on Monday at theOrleans-Railway terminus with 261 political prisoners from Bourges and Nevers . They were immediately conveyed to the fort of Bieetie .
The government accounts of the provincial elections state that the government candidates MM . F . Favre and O'Herlincour hare been elected respectively at Nantes and Arras . At Lille , M . Legrand , the opposition candidate has a considerable majority over Mr . Richebe , bnt tbe result of several communes remains to be known . la the ten sections of the town and Wo of the hanlteue , in which the numbers had been received , there were for L » grand 5 . 914 , and for Bichebe only 3 , 895 votes . The election for Lyons is adjourned till the 19 th inst .
It is now reported that the civil list of Louis Napoleon ¦ will be eight millions of francs , free from the charge of maintaining the royal establishment , which fell upon Louis Philippe . The civil list of the late king was twelve millions of francs . The 'Public' sap : — 'The grand review , which was to take place on the 15 th of April , for the distribution of colours to the army , is postponed to the 1 st of May . ' The reorjanisation of the consular body , so often announced , and so constantly postponed , apoears at length to
be coming to a conclusion . Tpn of the old consulates have been re-established , and almost all the consols who were appointed by the provisional government have been set aside , with the exception of M . Sentis , who retains bis post at Sydney . An old page of the Emperor , M . de Lantivy , formerly appointed b y M . Gnizot as consul at Jerusalem , and who is now in Germany , goes as consul to Dublin ; and M . Huet , a relation of M . de Mackau , proceeds to Lisbon . The Bishop of Orleans has declined the functions of member of the superior Connctt of Instruction .
A decree embodies in one law the statutes of tbe order of the Legion of Honour .
GERMANY . AUSTRIA . —The Vienna correspondent of the' Augsburg Gazette ' states that the Austrian government has resolved to abstain from the reprisals upon English travellers threatened for the countenance given in England to the refugees . Tbe conciliating tone of the Earl of Westmoreland and the accession of the Earl of Derby to power , are the reasons assigned for this change . The noble Premier is said to be a statesman whose character is altogether one to awaken confidence in the Austrian court . The ' Vienna Gazette' contains the usual weekly list of sentences by court martial . Among them is that of a woman named Theresa Halter , sentenced to three months * imprisonment for inciting a soldier to desertion .
B 8 USSIA . —Count Henry Arnim has appealed to the Superior Tribunal against the jsdament g iven against him on the Attorney-General ' s prosecution . The Prince of Prussia received a deputation on the 12 th from the First Chamber , praised their recent reectionary votes , and impressed on them the necessity *> f raising the strength of the array . s The ? irst Chamber has passed a iaw for restoring to the lords « f the manor , who administer < he police i « their domains , -the nght of senteaeiBg to fine and imprisonment for infractwas of police regulations . One of the reforms most urgently . called for was , the separation of the judicial from SLSJTS ™ CU 0 n I dBdB « wwhtfoMiy period ; Jmir !^ lTaS rf ed ? atno P ° lice foMtion / ryVbonld X ? K ™ a ' w send »»«« «> which transgression had been proved , before a court of law
JTr ^ T ?^ ^ " * * " * » «» "le « ed on the 13 th inst , from their oath to the constitution , and brine re-worn , nmfcrfook < to fight bravely , g « iMt any en em J often as and to . what manner the Duke may think fit . '
SWITZERLAND . A netr Swiis question engages public attention . It an pears that the people of Bale , in their carnival frolics , exhibifed a still more shocking irreverence for the Prince President of the French republic than the burghers of Cheat bare done . A monkey , dretsed op in a general ' s uniform , with a large nose and black mnstachios was paraded through the streets to represent Louis Napoleon . es-« ortei b y in immense concourse of people ornamented with s « es ears . These followers were supposed to be French
« itizera . The crowd tag republican tongs , info which c ouplets taming the President into ridicula were introduced wr the oeeuion . Some officers of the cavalry in garrison fini «! I ! ?! v P r sed to get horsewhips to ebartise the insolence of the revellers , bnt they were advised that it would mau ^ if" - ' , and ^ ej refrained . What makes the Slw ^ vVr * * 116 * 11016 afikir *« known , and arftufabsJnS ? 0 re - ' Md the P ° Iice of B « te ««« - ** ' tott ' t * £ *«* " * Satisfaction has been dc i ench
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The 'Suisse' of Berne of the 14 th inst ,, publishes the answer of the federal council to the French note of January 24 . It is dated February 9 ; is addressed to Count Salignac-Fenelon ; and , after quoting the arrogant terms in which tbe demands of tbe French note were couched , asserts that Switzerland is not tbe scene of such plots against France or other states as is stated ; but , were it so , the federal council has never refused to do whatever international law can justly require of it . The answer then observes , that according to the note , it would in future depend rather upon a mere sign from a foreign legation to decide what measures the authorities shall take in the doma-. n
of the police regarding foreigners . It then proceeds to say that if the federal council declines to accede to the demand which has been addressed to it , it does not follow that it will permit the refugees to take steps hostile to other states while they remain on the Swiss territory . On tbe contrary , it expressly repels that accusation , and would visit with heavy punishment those who should be found to be enemies to order and society . The answer concludes by saying that tbe threat by which the note is terminated cannot make it leave the paih traced out for it as much by the profound sentimeut of its duty as by interna tional law , and it doubts not by the voice of the Swiss peopK
The « Suisse' of Berne says that a meeting of the radical officers of the troops of the canton of Ticino was recently held , at which it was resolved to petition the council of state to dismiss such of their colleagues as belong to the conserva tive party , and who , at tbe last elections , exerted their influence in favour of the conservative candidates .
ITALY . ROMAN STATES . —A correspondent , writing on the 4 th March , states that arrests of persons supposed to be implicated in tbe carnival p lot were going on nig ht and day . The celebrated Dr . Fossati had been in arrest for five days , but was released at the demand of the French and Sardinian ambassadors . The < Independence Beige' is excluded from the Roman States . SICILY . —The official journal pnblisbes a royal decree
re-establishing a free port at Messina . The merchants had long petitioned the government for tbe restoration of the porta franco , which , since the revolution , had been taken away , to the rain of traders . Letters from Sicily give a sad account of the increasing poverty of the island , added to which the price of food is hi g h , owing to military occupation of towns . General Filangieri , it is said , eoverns with more intelligence than the authorities of Naples . Tbe punishments for political offences are very severe , but there is less annoyance from the petty police .
BELGIUM . The masquerade at Ghent , in which Louis Napoleon and his parliament were caricatured by puppets , is said by the Ministerial ' Independence' to have been apologised for by the Belgian Minister , and ' there has been no more question of this affair between the two governments . '
SPAIN . The ' Gazette' contains a decree organising a new police fqreev -to he called the vigilance force . Madrid is to be divided into two districts , and each district into eightynine wards or barrios . Tbe old commissaries are to be soppressed . Each district is to have an inspector , each of whom are to have sixty-five ecladores or inferior functionaries under his orders . Each of these again is to command a body of rolict-men , ca'led vigilants . The appointment of Lord John Manners to a place in the
new ministry is very gratifying to the Carlists , who build upon it all sorts of ridiculous hopes . His lordship ' s sympathies for the pretender were always openly avowed . During the war , when Don Csrlos was at tbe head of bis array in the Ba-que provinces . Lord John visited him , and remained some time at his head-quarters . Tbe marriage of Cahrera with a wealthy heiress , which is believed to p lace the Count de Montemolin in command of the means of recommencing the war upon a fitting occasion , is ascribed to the influence of Lord John Manners .
The' Gazette' contains a decree appointing a hoard of censors for theatrical productions , consisting of authors , critics , and literary men . General Jose de la Concha has been superseded in the government of Cuba by General Ccnedo , Captain General of this city , and will sail from Cadiz for Cuba on the 20 th inst . Tbe motive of Concha ' s dismissal is not known . The government will reinforce the garrisons of Cuba and Puerto to Rico by 3 000 or 4 , 000 men .
UNITED STATES . Onr advices from America , state that up to the 2 nd of February prospects were very favourable in California . 2 , 000 , 000 dols . in gold dust bad been received at American ports . At Salt Lake the Mormons have declared for independence and separation from the United States . All the United States officers had left .
ARGENTINE REPUBLIC . On the 3 rd of February a decisive battle was foueht between Rosas' army and the allied army nnder Urquiza , in which the former sustained a complete defeat . The action commenced at daylight , about two leagues from the city of Buenos Ayres . and was finished soon after eleven s . tn . The cavalr y fled in confusion to tbe city , whilst the infantry and part of the artillery continued fighting until compelled to retreat towards Palermo , where Urquiza having surrounded
them , some surrendered , some were taken prisoners , and great numbers fell fighting . Rosas and his daughter Manue-Hta escaped from tbe city during the night and arrived on board her Majesty ' s steamer Locust in safety . The next day tbey were placed on board her Majesty ' s steamer Centaur . Mr . Payne , the sailing master of the Locust , who rode out towards the camp , met some of tbe retreating cavalry , one of whom demanded his horse , and , on his refusing , fired at him and killed him .
AUSTRALIA . The Gold Mines . —By way of Adelaide and Batavia , we have received accounts from Sydney and Victoria to the 10 th and 12 th of December . At the former place a preliminary meeting had been held at tbe Star Hotel , for the formation of a New South Wales Gold Mining Company , and nearly 800 shares of £ 5 each were subscribed for before tbe chairman quitted his seat . Nothing can show the effect of the gold discoveries at Victoria than the fluctuation in the price of flour . So much fear is entertained for the standing crops , on account of the want of hands for the harvest , that tbe price of flour had again risen . The Melbourne ' Argus' quotes flour at £ 18 per ton for fine , and £ 11 for
seconds . At Mount Alexander gold is found in great abundance , and all the diggers were doing a good trade . The quantity which they gather borders on fiction— ' Truth js stranger than fiction . ' The following notice is extracted from a private letter dated Melbourne , December 5 th : — 'The mines of Monnt Alexander have caused tbe greatest excite * ment , and numbers abandon their homes , directing their steps thither . The gold is more generally spread , more abundant , and easier gathered , than at Ballarat . At Mount Alexander , as elsewhere , some are very fortunate , others less so , and some agsin truly pitiable . The correspondent of the Geelong 'Intelligencer announces that the gold is embedded in iron ore , and that it is foaad thirty two feet below the
surface . The' Argus' estimates that ihe amount of gold re . ceived at Melbourne and Geelong since the commencement of the licensing , about two months , at £ 201 , 000 , reckoning the gold at £ 3 per onnce . The miners were suffering much from their toilsome labour . Blacksmiths were making rapid fortunes at their trade , and they were charging 10 s . per week for keening hoes in repair . On the 5 th of December the amount of gold brought into Melbourne during the week , under escort , was 16 , 000 ounces , in addition to which many parcels were conveyed by private hands . The Melbourne'Morning Herald ' gays , that new mines have been discovered half-way between Melbourne and Mount Alexander , namely , at Mount Blackwood , near the Cadden ,
which are reported to yield uncommon quantities of gold . On December 4 th tbe editor says he saw a party of ei ght diggers , belonging to Messrs . Dagety and Co ., arrive in town , one of whom carried a bag on his shoulder , contain , ing fifty pounds seven ounces of gold . They stated that they bad not been occupied di gging more than fourteen days . Melbourne agricultural labourers refuse to engage at " a yearly salary of £ 65 , They will not hire themselves for a longer period than one week , and at 35 s . per week . The government ^ ommissioaers had made the report on the extent and capabilities of the mines , and they record their unanimous opinion that the mines offer hi ghly remunerative employment to at least , 100 , 060 persons , or nearly four times the number at present engaged in the work .
ALGERIA . So heavy a fall of snow took place in the province of Constantina ( Algeria ) from February 21 to 24 , that for some time the communications wese interrupted .. On fan . 21 , a body of fourteen Arabs , baring in charge forty . seven camels laden with merchandise for Bathna , ware surprised by tbe storm , which forced them to take refuge in soae ruins . The snow continuing to fall all night , they were soon blocked up , and could not force their wav out . A man residing close by , named Jais , hearing ( he ckts o f distress , went and informed M . Mangou , tbe commi « ' * rr o / police , and men were at once set to work to dig the party out . The men were all » aved , but nine of the camels d ' . ^ from the cold .
_ , PERSIA . MeSf , n i iS r 8 fanB . hare arrlTe < 1 »* Herat from ™ »*»• AJitaj ttio beleaguering lha citadel in wh . chthesonofY . r M . hommed Khan . till remainTahut S- «« T T ? ls 8 u PP ° £ ed t 0 be , he Governor of Kuoraisan , and son of the late Abbas Mirza . Fifteen yews * I , Tv e ? t * ae Poitin « / » "Who . of Herat against the late Kmg of Periia . The Kajtn have taken advantage e , , union and anarchy exiiting in Herat aisce the Yar
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Mahommed ' s death , and have just stepped in in good tim between the contending parties . They are ostensibly the restorers of Atta Mahommed ' s sons ; but there is very little doubt that tbey will annex Herat to their dominions in the event of success . , INDIA . We have received advices from Bombay to the 18 th of February . No other collisions with the Burmese bad taken place np to that date . Troops and provisions had been sent to Arracan and Moulraein , and it was said that the Burmese were arming themselves . THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO .
JAVA . . . 4 Batavia , January . 23 .-A sad accident occurred last week , by which four Englishmen met a watery grave . The batque Rajah of Sarawak , Captain Bell , ( formerly of the Royal Tar ) , arrived from Sydney , but could not communicate with the shore , there being a heavy surf at the bar , and the blue flag with signals not to approach ; after three days bad elapsed and no sign of the weather abating , Mr . B-U determined to make the attempt , although aewa ' ship-masters tried to dissuade him ; he had not gained the pier when' the g i g broached to and turned over in the surf . The captain , second mate , and two seamen were drowned the boatswain and one seaman were saved .
A shocking murder wa ? committed on board the Dutch steam-frigate Ardjoeno , on her passage from Palemhang to this place . A military officer , a passenger on board , occupied part of one of the midshipmen ' s cabins , and had a native servant with him . The middy , having a watch on deck until four a . m ., retired to sleep ; about an hour afterwards the military officer rose and went on deck j requiring something from below he desired his servant to bring it , who , making a noise , awoke the middy , and was rewarded by a slap on the face . The servant armed himself with a knife , returned to the cabin , and inflicted four mortal wounds on the young officer . Numerous shocks of earthquake were felt . in the neighbourhood of Bantam on the 9 th inst ., and exiended iheir influence as far as Batavia .
SIAM . By way of Singapore accounts have been received from Bangkok to January 15 th . Everything was quiet , and trade prosperous . Preparations are in progress to organise tbe military force after the European mode , and with this view the King had engaged the services of Captain Knox , late of the Madras army , who has been appointed to th ; command of the King ' s body guard . Tbe King has allowed not only full toleration to all religions , hut has permitted free access by the missionary to every part of the empire , whose labours are unrestricted . The King has , at the earnest entreaty of his advisers , got married , and the kingdom is peaceful and flourishing . The trade of Sarawak is rapidly increasing . The coal mines at Labuan bad unfortunately taken fire , and continued to burn at the date of last advices .
CHINA . The * Overland Friend of China' has the following : — ' A rebellion lias broken , out , . in the Sin-on district of Canton province . On tbe 20 tl ? day of the 11 th moon , the officers engaged in collecting the taxes , found some who had no means of paying , but instead of seizing these men , they took their elder brothers into custody , especially the richer ones , from whom tbey expected to obtain a good deal of money as ransom . The inhabitants , however , became enraged , and rose and killed the magistrate of the district . Troops are now on their way to the scene of disturbance , to examine into the particulars of the murder , & c . One of
our Chinese correspondents has since partially corroborated this report , and g ives fuller details . It was not Chong , the dinrict magistrate , who was killed , but his chief subordinate ; whereupon Chong made prisoners of all the literati of first and second rank ; one of whom , surnamed Lieu , examined as to tbe perpetration of the deed , was tortured so severely that he died nnder the infliction , Upon this the villagers rose m masse , tied Chong to a tree , gave him a certain number of blows with a bamboo , shaved off bis beard and eye-brows , and dismissed him to tell his tale to the deputy governor of the province , killing seven policemen who attempted to defend him . '
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MASSACRE OF THE CREWS OF TWO ENGLISH SHIPS . Advices were received at Lloyd ' s on Wednesday , communicating the details of two most frightful events at sea , —the massacre of the commanders and portions of the crews of the British ships Victory , of London , and Herald , of Leith . The Victory was the property of Messrs . Cook and Williamson , shipowners , of Docbbeud , BermondBey , She was a bark of 579 tons burden , commanded by Mr . William Lennox Mullens ; and having sailed to son e Chinese port , was chartered to convey Coolies to Callao . It appears that on tho 6 th of December she sailed from Cumsingmoon with upwards . of 300 Coolies on board and a
general cargo . On the afternoon of the 10 th , between three and four o ' clock , tbe * Coolies made a rush into the cabin and with little difficulty possessed themselves of the ship ' s arms . Tho slaughter then commenced . At that moment Mr . Mullens was walking the poop , and in order that he should have r , o opportunity of defeating their object , a party of them was sent to seize him . One of the crew , a brave fellow of the name of Henry Watt , seeing tho defenceless position of the master , made towards him and {[ endeavoured to ( protect him . The effort , however , quickly ended in his life being taken . Several of the wretches rushed at him with merciless fury , and having dispatched him threw the mutilated body overboard . Mr . Mullens got up into the mizen rigging . He was followed by one of them , armed with a cutlass , and eventually the
master slid down one of the topmast backstays . The moment he had reached the deck , a number of the infuriated Coolies began cutting at him with their cutlasses , and beating him with heavy iron bolts , and finding that tbey had accomplished bis death , they dropned his remains overboard . Resistance was useless . Mr . Fagg , the chief mate , had gone aloft on the fore top sat 1 yard , looking out for land , but the second mate , James Arauso , and the cook , Edward Bailey , encountered the Coolies in the fore part of the ship , and were murdered by thern . Believing that they had overcome all probable resistance they espied Mr . Fagg , and beckoned him to come down . He did so , and some of the Coolies , who had taken an active part in the massacre led him to the wheel , and by signs directed him to steer for the land , on pain of being put to death if he
disobeyed . The mate shaped a course lor point Kamboja , and on reaching tho coast a few of tbe fellows put off to the land , hut reporting it uninhabited they returned on board . They then endeavoured to beat up the coast to Cochin China , but that being difficult they bore away for Pulo TJbi , where the ship was ultimately brought to an anchor . During this cruising tbey took every precaution of avoiding detection . Obtaining the ship ' s papers , and the log-book , they torethem up , and finding a convenient place on the coast where ibey had brought up , they went ashore , carrying off with them a considerable amount of the cargo . They then deserted the ship , and , Mr . Fagg subsequentl y obtaining some aid , she was got to Singapore in the latter part of January . The Herald , under tho command of Mr . Lawson , left Shanghai for Leith in the course of last October , and in
addition to the master and his wife , Mrs . Lawson , there were on board two European mates , a steward , acarpenter , a cook , a Portuguese seaman , twelv * Manillamen , and a Manilla boy . Some four or five days aftar the Herald had left Shanghi the crew were put upon the customary allowances . This seemed to annoy the Manillamen . Tbey began to be dissatisfied , and before the Teasel bad made Angcer they bad gone to the captain some four or five times and demanded more , which was refused . The Manillamen then appeared to have planned a scheme for the purpose of destroying the whole of the Europeans on board , and in the hope of enlisting tho Portuguese sailor in their ranks , with a view , no doubt , of more effectually accomplishing their murderous design , they acquainted him with their project . In order that the Europeans might adont
means of defence , the Portuguese endeavoured to persuade them not to resort to such violent means , and offered , with a view , apparently , of pacifying them , to carry the Europeans off by mixing poison in their food . This was attempted , although in a small quantity , Some was mixed with the powdered sugar cane which wag used . for the coffee , and of which Mr . Lawson and his wife partook . They suffered from the effects of the poison , but they quickly recovered . While this was going on the Portuguese had contrived to inform Mr . - Lawson of the plot the Manillamen had arranged . The master then directed the chief officer to muster them every night and to take their knives from them . He also directed the officers always to keep themselves armed , so as to be ready , to act at the moment of any sudden attack . About the twenty-fifth day of the
voyage , during the whole of which time the European portion of the crew were kept in a state of painful suspense as to tho movements of tho Manillamen , Angeer was sighted , but there being sufficient water and provisions on board to last them , as it was thought , until they reached the Cape , or St . Helena , the Herald was not brought to an anchor , but continued the voyage . This more exasperated the men , and early on the momingof the 26 th tho Portuguese sailor was alarmed by hearing his name called in a lond voice . He ran on deck , and , meeting some of the Manillamen , they told him that they had plenty of water afid provisions at their own pleasure , as they had sent the captain and his officers to tbe other world . The PortugaeseSwas sent to assist in clearing the cabin , when he discovered the bodies of Mr . Lawson , the carnenter . and
omcera , who , with the exception of the chief mate , were quite dead . Mrs . Lawson ,- the wife of the captain was seen near the corpse of her husband crying bitterly ! The villains then attached heavy weights to the legs of too bodies , and , taking them on deck , threw them overboard . The poor mate had not breathed his last when brought on deck , and he was beard to say , " Good Cod . One of the Manillamen , a gunner , then took the ' . command , and appointed two of his companrons ag fint and second officers . In the course of five oi" *^ day s the wretches recommenced the slaughter . The sti ^ ard , the cook , and tho . Portuguese were tied up and told that their last hour had arrived . ' £ he steward it would seei ^ mwl e an appeal to them for mercy , when the * fellow who . * cted as chiaf mate split open hia head with a hatchet , and ,, * o render bin death note certain , t & U a long
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knife throug h his body . The Portuguese and the cook , £ n « was a native of the coast , contrived to move the itches to spare them , and they were evontually released , rf 2 o ned to keep the greatest secrecy . On that day it SSSS & toUeid scuttle the ' ship . The boats lAofreidr , and Mrs . Lawson , hearing of their contem-W J abandonment , appealed to the Man | llaman who had ??^ Jm rnS u ti toke her ashore , and not leave her behind . The SS 2 >&* d all her entreaties liowever and stated « S Companions would not permit him to do so . She that his C ° mp . i » . „ n spar to ci , ng to Dut then ^ P ^ f hdeed , so determined were the villains , S Jh ^ hould havTno eh »« of saving herself , that bethat she should nave » ^^ ^ unfort nate fore ^ y f » er " d JhfoHhew elw . would have no chance lady mono of the eamnsoin wUh h ° 4 E 22 L * on ofnd Manila boy , quitted the vessel in h
ruuuguv .-, ~ . _ d s 0 rt y attervraras sne was see " one of the large- boats , and ¦ JJ ° « f j morni [ lg the boat t 0 XTt ^ LZi rorXliJ ^ Sjilanlang , but , ? h « anthoSs Soaring of the horrible occurrence no the authoutm i o * s d bei 8 ecured > they time wa « lost in arwain ^ i , ^ of the j aw < ffP ^ S £ »^ Siri cook , an d boy have . 1 , j . been Suted ? in order to g ive the necessary evidence against "Tt ' hird vessel was likely to have had a similar tragedy JS Th ! Coram Mr . Paterson commander , manned hv a } twe ! e ? rei \ as pro eeding from Macassar to Luehrwl en the men revolted . The second-mato was mmdS buTtho other officers succeeded in overpowering the rascals , and the ship was got into Hongkong .
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Tab Misino Interests op FiutjCR .-The Mnister of Public Works has just recommended the prefects to do Iway with the numerous formalities which have hitherto embarrassed the applications for concessions for wines ,, or authorisation for establishments connected with thorn . This measure will be of incalculable benefit to metallurgical interests , as the delays hitherto thrown in the way of their arrangements have been most ruinous . —vaiigm Convict SEiriEMEKT .-J ' ursuant to the determination of her Majesty ' s government to form Freemantle , Western Australia , into a convict settlement , orders have boon issued that a transport-ship should be fitted up to convey a batch of 500 male convicts to that colony . lr » e convict guard will consist of seventy-five enrolled outpensioners of Chelsea Hospital , who will remain at Ireemantle as military colonists .
The Koad To Health ! Ttollo Way's Pills.
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Lately Oeen Committed In France By Washi...
lately oeen committed in France by washing ° « j . « ti $ chemical means , the sums inscribed in cheques and im- g | exchange , and filling up the blanks with larger amo „ || For some time past the attention of scientific men" g been turned to this subject , but it docs not appear tn J ' ^ ^ positive remedy to tbe evil has yet been discoverefl- [ f ^ vera ] , however , aro talked of ; amongst them » "j | ) | which commercial paper is covered with a niultit ; , . <| misoroseopie spots or stars , which cannot be remow * ' j ^ out changing the colour of tbe paper ; another » ! , g | some coloured matter in the body of the paper , of & g
Bina as to disappear when washed .-Zftorary w ^ 'S V m ^ Electric TE tKGRAPn . -On Saturday hut | Mr . R « g -s < f | another series of interesting experiments on » W \ $ ' & Western Railway , one instrument and batter ) ^ v § placed in the Admiralty , Whitehall , and the other - ^ ^ Povtsmouth-dock yard ; distance in round mimWr » „ ^ miles . Several messages were sent to and fro Iru ^ j || Admiralty to the dockyard by the miniature ba « er ' ( l M perfect success . This battery being removed , the P f $ | zinc and silver was then introduced into the rnou w » * g operator , and a message sent from London to Pw * \ i ( feg and repeated back directlv . There were prf 5 L . fi | Admiralty-Colonel Wylde , ' C . R ., and Mr . Wj l « i W | tho Portsmouth-dockyard were—Admiral Sir *• j , rt - g his secretary , and others . The experiments *" viously witnessed by Ca ptain Hamilton of the & ° m ,
Mr . Dyer , Ac . g | J BiiMORAi ,. ~ The Earl of Fife ' s trustees « e . a P p ? f J » !' parliament for power to sell the entailed estate moral to Prince Albert . - Forth British DafyMW '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 20, 1852, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_20031852/page/2/
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