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      FrAUCS . —Sereral of the political chiefs of the X » egitimi 5 t party are preparing to leaie Pari 3 for Ikaidon . to meet the Duke of Bourdeanx , -who 5 t appears has sent them a special Invitation to that effect . M . Berrver left Paris for London on TbHrsday morning . "Hie Marquis de Preigne will start on Saturday , snd MiLde Larcy , de la Bourdonnaye , and several others will follow . M . de Chateaubriand has written to the Duke of Bourdeaux to say that nothing bat the bad ' st&te of his health prevented iim from accepting of his Royal Highness ' s invitation . The Dake of Bourdeaux ' s arrival in England is looked upon as an event of no small importance , uot only by his own party , but by the supporters of the present dynasty . It is evident that there is some alarm felt as to its ultimate effects . Slsxmfelt astoits ultimate enacts .

      The trial of the fifty-t even persons accused of robberies in the Faubourg Saint Germain , was bronaht to a close on Tuesday week , when a number of them ¦ vere couvlctea' snfl sentenced to heavy pniusnmenis . The foDowingare th 3 BenteDoes : — M The jury terminated its deliberation at half-past seven , and the Court resumed . The result of their deliberation Tvas , that Conrvoisier , Ganthier , labrue , Flacbat , the female prisoner Roche , Mathien , Droic , Josi-. d , Chanet , the widow Gobel , were guilty of the charge of being , authors or accomplices of robberies , or attempts to 10 b , by false keys , or breaking open inhabited houses . That Loire , Fibre , BoBsleier , the wife of Courvoisier , the wife of Josien , lingerer , the wife of Jacques were guilty of complicity in the same ac s , having knowingly received and concealed the property stolen . Four of the prisoners were acquitted . Tha prisoners who had been convicted Trere led in by their guards .. The wife of Jacques still wore her veil of black lace , her black satin bonnet , and gown of blatk silk ; she was supported by a female attendant . . She had hardly taken her seat ere she burst into- tears and sobs . Courvmsier sat on the highest bench next his Tfife , whom he closely embraced in Ms arms .

      Tne Advoc&t-Genersl having demanded the judgment of the Court , Conrvoisier rose in a furious and menacing manner , and shaking his fist at the Jury , said , * "You have condemned an innocent woman At is 1 . 1 alone , who have ruined her ; you are a set of seonndrels 1 ' He was immediately removed from ihb Conn . " The President then read the sentence of the Court , as fellows : —That Courvoisier be condemned to hard labour in the galleys for thirty years , and Ganthier _ to tho same for twenty-five yearsj the female prisoner Roche , and Labrne to the same for iwenty years ; Flachat to eighteen years , Dioin to fifteen years ^ Josier to seven years , Chanet to six years , and the widow Gobel to five years of the same punishment . The other prisoners were sentenced to imprisonment for periods-of-four and five years each , accompanied by public exposure . "

      Loud Broughah has arrived at tire Hotel Menncs , Paris , from London . —Galignani ' s Mes-CtaTHE 8 th tilt ., at . two xju a severe shock * f earthquake was sensibly felt at Messina ; Many of the inhabitants got up and walked the streetB till daybreak . Thb France on Friday was stopped at the pos ^ and ilso Eeir ? d at its offices . Two hours afterwards JL Frederic . Dolle , its responsible editor , received a summons to appear to-day before the examining magistrate . On Wednesday , while the great bell of the cathedral of Tibtre iDame was being rung , the clapper gave way , and ihe enormous mass fell down ihrongh iwo floors of the tower , and lodged on the

      SPAIN , —On the 24 th a heavy fire was opened on Barcelona . This fire , with an hoar ' s intermission in the middle of the day , lasted till eunset , and was ¦ probabl y the severest that the city has hitherto sustained . The celebrated bombardment of Espartera jripks in comparison with it ; for on that occasion , it was -Momjnlca alone that fired , and then utfder 1 , 000 projectiles ; vrhertas , on the 24 ib , to the fire of that fortress was added that of ihe citadel and forts of San Carlos and San Pio ; and altogether considerably above 2 , 000 projectiles of one kind or another were hurled ; against the city . An officer of ihe Belvidera counted 900 from Montjnich alone , and the fire " of the citadel -was ranch "hotter . Th «

      accounts from the town represent the loss of property as very grea * , while some thirty persons alone were ' killed . During the day the city kept np a brisk fire j against the citadel and the villages of Gr&da Sarrea , j and Sans , the inhabitants of which completely de- j serted them . At the former place several lives were j lost . The Junta are laughing at General Sanz , and j tsking advantage of the two days' cessation of ; active hostilities to repair all their defences , and ' are now engaged In forming a strong baftery in the } Atarsxinas , a . nd protecting it from ihe fire of Mont- 1 ^ nieh . It will probabiy be finished to-morrow , and ; is generally supposed to be chiefly directed against ] this place : Montjnich calmly looks on , and Ecorns j io disturb she -works saTe by a shot or two at rare j inicr-rnlo . XD ^ m < U 4 V ^» j— ill * mA luito ^ T px esnnjes '

      te gneas , for the same game seems to be going on at l » lh S&r& £ oss& and Gerona . ; and till either one or ; ihe other is Taken , the general has no intention to 1 enter Barcelona . He is , howeveT , strengthening \ himself bj rrising a corps of 4 , 000 patnela , similar io those within the city , to effectuate hi 3 blockade , "Which has not hitherto " been properly done , as every one is aware that fresh provisions enfer nightly . Only the night before last 250 sheep passed the lines and entered ihe city . The projectiles thrown into Barcelona from San Carlos and Mon ? juieh on tLat day amount to more than 1 , 000 . On the morning of the 24 th the black flag , which has been so Iod ^ flying t-ver Atarazanas , was pulled down , and a black and red one hoisted in its place . The black flag 2 ne& » s " surrender , but rather death , " and the # ther signifies " death and blood . "

      TfiiDiT Mobsisg , Oct . 27 . —Several-EnbEtantial farm-fconFes , situated at the foot of Montjuicb , are 3 M > w in flames , ta-riug been flred dnring the night by file jmto iea of Barcelona , owing , probably , to their sentinels being annoyed on the walls by the enemy ' s skirxnisherss who come down at night anil keep a perpetual fire of musketry on them . It tras at first supposed the fire wbs in th ? Atarazanas , as seen from this place in tins grey of morning , bnt unfortunately the peasants , as 13 usual in civil contests are the sufferers .

      HlGHU Important . — fFrprn the Correspondent of 2 he Times-J—Madsid , Oct . 28 . — Serious news ha 3 arrived here to - day from Gallicia aad from Ecgland , or rather { looking to cause and effect ) from England wo GaUicia . We learn that _ a Spanish committee , mtting in London , has organised a plan of re-action In favonr of the Central Junta and of E ? partero , or ( to speak with precision ) to overthrow the present Provisional Government . The first step has already !> een taken boldly , judiciously , and raecessfully-at Tigo , where General Iriarte landed from the Peninsula steamer ; and where a pronundamenio was made < m the 23 rd fast ., and maintained after a sharp firing with , the Provincial Regiment of Lugo , which attempted to take the rebellions

      Ayantamiento prisoners , but was repulsed with Ios 3 , and their Colonel wonaded , from the position which the Omralists had fortified themselves . The event ia 3 caused a great sensation in Madrid , and the Centralism hew have again taken courage . I am assured that a General at present in this cry is prepared lo leave to-morrow to take the command at > igo , where it issaid that monev has already arrived , and . whiiher the " di = affeeted" of Old Castile , Astulias , Gsllida , Estremadura , and the outlaws in Portugal , axe already hastening , as to " a rallying point where they are always sure of a retreat to England a , j the worst . " At " present their hopes are iigh , and instead of contemplating an escape seaward , they are in strong expectation of supplies from that < ruarter .

      The GaJlici&n towns havo risen , but Saragossa has Sarrendered noon terms to Concba . There was sews of the 29 A from Barcelona . Reinforcements had arrived from Tarragona , but ft ere had been no Jjeon had £ nbm 5 ii&d © a a compromise . The cannon of Gerona was still heard dnring ihe entire of the lsiinst . S 7 mT ^ m Bajonne of Ihe 1 st instant , savs the TS ? -- «¦ -g ^ iafe , annoonced the entry of General Voncoa Saragossa , on the following terms :-ihe W ? * * National Guards who are entitled by Stain th 1 b ° SPaTi Of tlieKati 0 Iial Guard were to 1

      ' ^^ gs ^ 'sss . **" ^ ItS ^^^ s ^^^^ - aoTtmentwfSKt ^^ //^^ iuihe Tanks and decoraSonV ' " depnved of their t ion , b « who so signSy laled ^ L ^ TJS ^ T " Greece . The papers staler $ lx'g £ ? g 2 ed fro m barked in the Austrian Eleanor fct ^ f A * f " at the Ph ^ us . learniBg that ^ cwL ^ L ^ resolved on his destruction , and on ih « * Z Za ' l ^ chmg thePir ^ he was ' only £ * & £ ? £ Vf the presenoe of mma of the coaebman . whn t ^

      , nag his horses to the 3 r speed , returned to Athens He was again sent down with an escort of forti Lancers , but these could not even defend the car xi&ge through tae crowd , and with d fSculty sue ceeded In getting it again on the high-road t < Athens . He . was at last embarfeed from ' the coas on lx > ard ihe Greek steamtr 3 which took him ti Syra . On the SOih inBtant ihe mob assembled in gres anmbsrs to hoot M . Hhalli , the late Minister o Jnstice , who "was to embark on bsa ? d the Austriai steamer . Afier mnch iseSectaal persnnsfon , tfc ; military dispersed the rioters , but ¦ n-i hr . ut firing c-z ib ^ n , 2 £ d ' oiJY u ? in ^ the flats ef th ? fr f-s-ords . 3 ! . Hhal i _ wa 3 ~ cJ 5 ^ , ai ? cd in aa r 2 k * r > n-.- ' crm , s-. d Ja ^ ea to tbo ; Pi rs ^ 3 ^ J 3 J . P : sca :-j ? 7 in £ .: « car

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      riage , and embarked for Andros in the French steamer Tartare . The following appears in the Times of Saturday : —We have boen favoured with the following very interesting extracts from a letter written by a Madame Sissim , a daughter of Marco Bo ' zaris , to her sister , one of the Maids of Honour to the Qaeen of Greece , b-anslated from the Greek : — " Missoiohghi , September . " Mt Deabesi Rosa . —At length the enigma ia solved . Ltt -as all glorify God : -with onB " ? olce—{ yet how can we do this sufficiently ?)—for the manner in ¦ which it has been accomplished . I shall not be able to sleep this night for thinking that daybreak must bring rue a letter from you . Indeed , I am somewhat am asy

      lest this sudden shock should have been too much for yon—but it cannot be , but you will -write to me , and write with extreme minuteness . I never so regretted anything In my life , as that I am now at Missolonghi , and not where I could be with yon , and bear with yoa , and see with you , so many new and glorious things in Eucu excitementa ho"w have yon and our deal mother fared ? How shall I describe to you the enthusiasm of poor Missolonghi ? It was three o ' clock on Sunday ¦ when Xat&tya camB to my uncle * , -with that blesBed number of the Age , which I half comprehended in the first moment of astonishment , and afterwards clearly understood . Shall I confess it T Shall I conceal it from yon ? I am , O ! my sister , a very CRie / totness . I could not restrain my tears . A moment afterwards everybody

      knew the news , and the thrilling music came to play before our house . Then you should have saen how the men seemed te be electrified . 'Constitution for ever" rose to the ekies . Etferybody embraced everybody—the cold grew warm—the weak powerful—the children young men—the oJd men youths . In the evening was a very jinmeroas asrembly , the " Symposium" of tbe citizens to celebrate the event The next morning was the ' Doxolosy , ' i . e .. tnarjtejjivijyj in the cbnreh , irhich I ¦ went to hear . You can imagine how It penetrated into my very souL Afterwards a multitude of us women went to > he parade of the troops , to hear them take the osth to the constitution , There was then a review '; after -which the soldiery feasted , last of all , proclamation was rnacJB to hold theBe anys for the future as

      national festivals , Is not this right ? Yes , my beloved sister ; henceforward let us rejoice to Bhow ourBymp&thy in the festivals of our husbands , by appearing in them in our most honourable garb . Thonga strange , the request "will not be tjcfittinj ! ns , that the King should be ovrs too , and know that "we a ' are his . O that he might at lentf h truly estimate this movement which h&s taken place—this second regeneration of Greece . O who will not love and hononr him , if he gives his heart to what is good . Yes , believe me , conld oar Kin ? at this moment cast one glance on bis snbjecta . be -would be prond of jroveTning them . But this ¦ will be more likely to be fe't by him when he shall truly know , and rishtly estimate , those whom we consider to be his worst enemies . " Vasiliki Sissim . "

      Letters arrived from Athens of the 20 th ultimo , Ftateing that the most perfect iranquilliry prevailed throughout the provinces , and the elections of deputies to the KaHonal Assembly were to have been closed on the 2 ? nd alt . A letter from Trieste of the 25 th ult ., quoted by the Reforme , states that the revolution had excited a great sensation among the Greeks of the island of Candia . The Sphakiote , who inhabit the western mountains , had , it w » s . aid , already taken arms to shak » off a foreign yoke . The establishment of a liberal constitution in Greece renders the Candiotes more desirous to be incorporated with the Grerk kingdom . The island of Samoq was likewise agitated , and the Governor had demanded reinforcements from Constantinople .

      EeyPT . —Letters from Alexandria of the 16 th ult . announces that the Viceroy of Eeypt had given orders to place 40 , 000 men immediately troder arms , in order to reduce the Pasha of Soudan to obedience , who had declared himself independent of Mehemet -AH . Ahmed , Pasha of Soudan , is described as a . man of remarkable sang froid , and bravo as a lion . Th « revolt of Ahmed has caused M «* bpmet Ali serious uneasiness , because in attacking Ahmed bo attacks the Porte . IxaiiT . —A ramoBr was abroad in Paris oh Thursday tha ^ disturbances had broken out at An"ona , bftwesn the Pope'B troops and the Swiss GuardB who are in the pav of his Holiness .

      PRUSSIA . — f Important to the Freebooters J . — Zou . vkb . eij * . —Berlin , Oct . 21 . —The importance attached by the English to their comm > rcial relations with Germany is sufficiently proved by the fa « t , that since the assemb ing of the Z llverein Congress , no Ies 3 than seven agpnrs are here in addition to the members of the English Embassy , who are very numerous These agents are from Manchester , Liverpool , London , and other par > B of England . They spare npither pains nor money to gain admittance to the meetings of the Congress , and they endeavour to convince us that it wouhi be very

      unfortunate for Germany trere she to depend on her otcn mRjrttfacturivg industry , instead of having her wants supplied by England . The strenuous exrrtions made by these English agents have excited a considerable sensation here ; bnt tbpy will produce an effect totally the reverse of that which is intended . The conclusion of our commercial treatv with JVlTllt A . urcxjuo 'will lja-ro » Ka « c-t imporiant inflacnoo on our trad " , indREtry , and navigation ; it "will also have its effect on the Han = e towns , by rendering them unaMe mnch longer to forbear joining the union . — Koln Zeifuna .

      AMERICA—United States—We have this week received several copies of ihe WilRamslurgh Democrat , from which we give the following extracts : —» Aboljtios r ? ATioKAX Coxvextjox . —A Convention o' the ** Liberty party" has been sitting at Buffalo . The delegates selected James G . Birney , of Michigan , and Thomas Morris , of O > . io , as candidates for ihe office of President and Vice-President of the "Dnired State ? . Twelve states balloted . Advance , champions of justice . At ths recent election held in Lonjdana , the voters of that state , by a majority of four to one , decided in favonr of a S ? ate Convention , for ihe purpose of reforming the Constitution . [ Will thpy reform their Constitntfon , by abolishing slavery t Until they do bo they are traitors to the ** rights of man / ' ]

      A meeting ; of the New York labourers : has been held in the Park . They passed a strong and sensible r ^ -clntion in vindication of ihe working man ' s rights . They declared that they will not pupport any man for effice or emolument who will not aid in fixing the standard of iabourers' wages at a dollar a day . There have been two or three hundred houses in Manilla destroyed by fi'e . The democracy of Mas = aehu « sett 3 have re-nominated ilarcus Morton for Governor . They have chosen Yan Boren delegates to ihe National Convention . Constitutional Reform if the order of ihe day . In Now Jersey ihe people are ont for an amendment of ihe Constitution of that State . The WLigs , tree to their interest , oppose it tooth , and nail .

      Repeal . in America . —The Wlliamshwgh De-Taorrat ba . ^ tbe following remarks in relation io ti . e Repeal Convention recently held at New York : — The National Convrntioi ? , which assembled in New York , lest week , for the purpose of aiding the Irish people in obtaining a Kep ^ al of the Union , was a failure—a miserable , contemptible failure . They adjonraed , after three days of unmeaning ceremonial , and personal bickering . And who could expect anyihing elpe of them ? What did the motley assemblage who met in solemn bnrle r que of the spirit of Liberty ; what , we ask , did they know about thp f-nbject which called

      them together I Just as much as the Veiled Prophet commands them to know—enough to hurl at the British Government ihe thunders of iheir moral persuasion—and annihilate the Union by the " uuited action ef their peaceful physical force" I ' . ! It is melancholy to contemplate the inhuman Government of England treading out the lives of the Irish people under the iron-shod hoof of desdespotism—to see that people stru ^ sHng and npheaviDg for freedom—to see all their energies palsied—all their efforts rendered not mprel > inefficient , but qoiie ridiculous , hy the gross , glaring , colofisal knavery cf their mercei . ary and treaeherons leaders . O , it is raeJaccbo ] v iniieefl 1

      But though the pictnre is a melancholy , still it is a natural one . Bigoted narrow-souled on—slavi s of prejudice and unreasoning dupe 3 to custom—are not the DJfiterials whb which 10 etisbksh popular freedom . Before men are fit to ei > j- » y liberty , or herald it to other ? , tbey must rise s-ujrrior to sectional bigotry . They musi meet all u : e :- —of whatever dime or whatever creed—as brotht-rs in the canse of human regeneration . Above all Yemg * must they understand the principles of liberty . Thr-y must know that liberty and self goveri . ment are sjDs > m-

      mous terms . They mnst not suff-r tkeir leaders to do the thinking for thun . They must uot import opinion cut and dry , nor daTe to arid or diminish from the importation anymore than if it ; 'were God ' s word . If the friends of R-pial in tins country Report themselves after this fa .-hlon . it i ? no wur ;< irr that their " National Cviivcn--ici . " n ; ade it-tif an object of derision for th « * ' three days" of us xa-tence . It is no wonder trr « t it db-st-p area , lik » - a will o ' the wisp—having ilT . t-tcd nr » it-. ii : p , sav-e arid icg to the bewilderment o ? the beniiihfed 'rave'Lr wco looked up to it for light aEd guidance . "

      ! The Ljlkd of Libeutt J" —Tre girls in i hila-Qelphia who mske caps for the ezu ^ Jov iij g cap ta ts-\ ™ ; have strack for higher wages ; aid no Wosdcr , s ior it is stated that they are allowed only ihiny 1 Week for their wo ^ - There is much i mi la ^ Trfri 1 * 611 ^ Bpon thl 3 claas of fociet 5 » l a 11 *«» e iSrUW P Ey " e no 1 halt compensated lor \ ^^ FBB ~ £ B ihave not us ed the ir »^ V " "" l Au ^ neaus I labour . They hcvr ^ e ^ Jf " ^ " «^ \ behold the mulu »] " * J oTC € ^ ' * i *^ Dr . Eiridge , who wm tn , = ftr f . r .. rv fnrl , 7 ryx , 3 gP , Las Le ^ n iCi !» y w ih , s .:.. c .,, f . ^ dtal b TL «! ro : t = ri . f irv-hfr-v v rco .

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      of a young girl in Philadelphia . Having deserted her , Mb unhappy victim took refuge in the Almshouse ; where she put ah end to her life by swallowing corrosive sublimate . Chabgb-OF Rape . —Captain John Y . Nicholson of the ship Harkway , was arrested on TueBday last , upon the charge of having committed a rape upon the person , of Miss M . A « Pottsl a cabin passenger on board his snip on her laat voyage from Liverpool to James Hirer , in June last , and the next day brought before the Mayor , who upon hearing of the testimony , decided to commit him to answer the charge before the proper tribunal of the Universal States . Later Intelugence has arrived by the Great Western , which reached Liverpool , on Thursday , the 2 nd .

      The Elections . —The Journal of Commerce of the 19 th ultimo , gives the following statistics of the results : —

      » TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS . " The Senate when fall , comprises fifty-two members . At present there are five vacancies , viz : — Two in Tenessee , one in Maryland , one In Illinois , and one in Missouri . The three first will be filled with Whigs , and the two last with Xocos . Of the senators already elected , twenty-six ore Whigs , including Mi-Rives , of Virginia , whose politics are of the impracticable order , and twenty-one Locos . Adding the vacancies , the full Senate will Hand—twenty-nine Whigs and twenty-three Locos . Whig majority in the Senate , six . "HOtJSE OF KEPRESENTATIVES .

      " Under the new apportionment , the house will comprise S 23 members , of these , 201 are already elected . Their political affinities will be seen by the foliovt ing schedule , which also shows the loss and gain to 6 ach party , comparing this Congress with the last Of the 201 members elected , it appears that sixty-three are Whigs , &nd 138 Locos . In the last Congress from the States and parts of States , 125 Whigs , &n < l 96 Locos . Whig majority , then , in the said States and parts of States , twenty-Bine ; Loco majority now , seventy-five . Difference , 104 . "

      " The sum of the matter is , that there will be a decided Whig majority in the Senate , while' in the bouse the Locos will be to the Whigs in the proportion o ! more than two to one . The two houses will thus be a check upon each other ; and strong party measures oq either Bide will be sure to encounter opposition and defeat The real interests of the country will be quite as safe under there circumstances as if either party weie predominant in both bouses . " On the question of the tariff , par ty lines will not be the guide exclusively , a cumber of Northern Democrats being favourable to protection , while several of the Southern Whigs will go for low tlutieB . " In the Southern States the yellow fever had been very destructive , but it was , on the sailing of the steamer , disappearing . Cheese was becoming a very considerable item in the export to China .

      South American Atrocities . —Wo find the following in ths Patriote Fsancais , of Monte Video , relative to the massacre of two French subjects , which has been already frequently alluded to : — "The fate of the two Frenchmen whose imprudence caused * hem to fall into the power of the infamous Oribe , is at last positively ascertained . Eye-witnesses have related to us the torture which they were forced to endure , ana which we Bhould still refuse to oredit , if too many proofs of the ferocity of the cowardly lieutenant of Rosas did not compel us to believe matters otherwise absolutely incredible . When we were informed that our two countrymen had been taken to the camp , notwithstanding the cries of the Basque Spaniards , who , like wild beasts , were

      anxious to fallon this feeble prey , we though ; that Oribe , to give the lie to tf hat is related of his sannuinary orgies , would grant them their lives . But it appears that the more crimes this monster commits , the more he requires to satisfy his oruel appetites . We scarcely have power to relate what follows . Once in the bands of Oribe , our unfortunate countrymen were exposed naked to tho insults of the rabble wearing the livery of Rosas ; they were forced to pass through the camp between a double line of those wild beasts , to whom the unfortunate prisoners were , given up , in order that each might wreak his vengeance on them some with a sabre cut , otherawith a bayonet wound , and . a third party with a spear-thrust . After the martyrdom in the oamp of the legal President , came that which our brothers bad to suffer outside . There the same insults , the same torments—still the same state of nudity—the same

      wounds from swords , bayonets , and lances . The executioners had , however , received orders not to wound their victims mortally—torture was required to prolong their agony . Wtien life appeared on the point of ebbing away , their last breath was taken advantage of to inniot on our unfortunate comrades the most refined torments , and such as the most savage Indiana have still to learn from the subjects of Rosas . The two unfortunate men were thrown down and tied to stakes ; monsters iu human shape dared , with a sacrilegious hand , to inflict on our brothers the punishment of the seraglio ; then opening their bodies down the middle , they tore out the entrails and hearts of their quivering victims . liven then their Tage did not stop , and however unlikely however impnftsible—may appear tbo last act of tbis frightful drama , it must , however , be told ; after having cut the throats of our brothers , they took off slices of flesh from their bodies to make asados nf it »»

      OVERLAND MAIL FROM INDIA . Important Intelligence . Murdeb of the Maharajah —The Great Liverpool sseamer arrivtd at Maita on October 30 th , having left Alexandria on October 26 th , and bringing the Indian Mail dispatches from Bombay by the Bernice steamer on October 2 nd . The othfir datea are—Calcutta , 21 st September ; Madras , 22 nd September ; Singapore , the 16 th of August . The overland mail conveys the momentous intelligence of the murder of Shere Sing , the Maharajah of Lahore , together with hi 3 two sons and his own wives und those of Purtanb Sing . This fearful massacre was brought about by a band of conspirators , and

      of which Dbyan Sing , the late minister , Ajoet Sing , a brother of the widow of Kurruck Sing , ( Shere Sing ' s predecessor ) were the heads . Tne assassination of the monarch was committed by Ajeet Sing ; and he shortly afterwards slew his accomplice , Dhyan Sing , whose son ( Heera Sing ) soon avenged the murder of bis Bire by the slaughter of Ajeet 1 Dhuleep Sing , an alleged son of Kurruck Sing , is on the throne , and Heera Sing has been appointed prime miniEter ; but the greatest possible anarchy prevails , and the lives of those now in power are not worth much . Tho revolution is thought 3 ik » 3 y to lead to British interference in the nffairB of the Funjaub , and to an eventual annexation of that fertile country to our dominions .

      The following is from the Delhi Gazette : — MUBDEB OF SHEKE SlNG AKD HIS SOK PURTADB Siko . —This event took place at the north gate of Lahore , about one and a half mile from the palace , at half-past nine o ' clock on the morning of tho 15 : h . The conspiracy was formed by Azed ood-deen aud lJbyan Sing , and it fell to the lot of Sirdar Ajeet Sing to execute it ; Sirdars Golab Sing , Lena Sing ( Msjeeteea } , and Soochet Sing were also concerned ; Dhjan Singh made the arrangement by proposing to the Maharajah to inspect Ajeet Sink ' s troops , which the Maharajah said he would do the following morning , and orders were accordingly issued . On the Maharajah ' s arrival at the parade ground , he found fault wiih the appearance and condition of some horsemen purposely placed to attract attention , when Ajeet Sing , became saucy , words ran high , and drawing a pistol from his bosom , he ( Ajeet

      Sinjj ) sho& Shere Sing through the head , the ball having entered his right temple . General Ventura and his party attacked the murderer , but being opposed by a powerful body of troops , were defeated . Ajeet Sing cut up the Rajah ' s body , placed his head on a spear , and on entering the town met Prince Purfaub Sing ' s suwarie , which was immediately attacked , and . the prince killed ; the palace was taken , aud * Duleep bing , ' the only remaining aon of Runjeet Sing , a lad ten years old , proclaimed to the throne . The treasnry was thrown open and the troops paid , up ali arrcara of pay ; every child and all of Shere Sing's and Prince Pertaub Sing ' s wives were then brought out and murdered ; amongst the rest was one of Set-re Sing ' s sons , only born the previous evening . Troops were sent off . to guard all the ghauts , and all of the opp&site pany ( except Yemura , who escaped ) made prisoners . "

      Further Particulars— Waxy past ^ Tvto , p . m . — We have this moment received ihe following authentic intelligence oi what has since occurred at Lahore : — " Ajeet Sing , after having killed Shere Sing , was returing to the fort , and met Dhyan Sing ; he told him he bad done the dei-d , and asked him to return ; he got into Dhj&n Sing ' s carriage , and when they got near the ga ? e of the fort , Ajeet Sing stabbed Dhyan Sing , and sent hia botly to his brother , Snchet Sing , and his son , Heera Sing . These two irdividua l * Furrounded the city with their troops , tbe people inside cominued plundering ail night .

      " In the morning ( 16 ) , Heera Sing having entered th' ^ for t , seized Aj > et Sing , Lena Sing , aad others , and having put . them to death , exposed their beads in Lbe plaiD , aud threw their bodies imo tbe bazaar . Duleep Siiw has been put on the guddee , and Hcora Sing made vizfcr . Six hundred men were slaughtered on bo ? h &ides . " This is a most important event , fpr it proves that the empire founoed with bo much labour by Rui . jef-i i . s on the eve of dislocation . Ruij . et du-d in June , 1839 ; his- eon Kurruck sncceeu * -d . Ha died , and was followed by Nao Nehal Sin ^ h , who was killed at his father ' s funeral . Shvre Smg snrcetrifd , and ho has been killed , and a child i > = aceti in his room , to become a viclim iu tis turn .

      As if it were in anticipation cf the events of Lahore , a Jhrgt ) sir . iy hati bern ord red ^ y Lord Ei ! -. nb >» n . ! ijti . to prc-purc to as-tn ; ble en the hanks < i iheJiii :. ia . < . > i » rr . ^ w < . re z ' .-o issued to have a Icc ' y ( .. ! 13 ^ al i xv' j-^ Ki . t to t-. ' . upy Stin-rlf , iivai

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      whence the Bombay troops were to be withdrawn ; but doubts are now formed of « be feasibility of that movement , as all the Bengal force will be requisite to protect the frontiers against the Sikhs . Tnere are 16 , 000 now in Soinde . Sir Charles Napier is at Kurrachee the troops in Soinde are generally healthy ; except the newly arrived ones at Sukkur that hare some from Bengal . The greatest interest is excited io India by the revolution in Lahore , which , it is expected , will terminate in placing that country , with nearly 4 000 000 inhabitants , and a revenue of upwards of £ 2 , 000 , 000 sterling , under the dominion of Great Britain .

      In the interior of India tranquillity prevails Gwalier appears quiot for the moment , although there was great , alarm created there when the intention of the Supreme Government to collect troops became known . Buudelkund is also at rest . In the Nizam ' s territory a . change has taken place by the removal of tho old Prime Minister Chimdoo Lall , who has b&en succeeded by a relative . Ten of the Bauder robbers have been convicted , and transported beyond seas ; eight for ceven , and two for fourteen years . The prosecution wag a private one , the costs being subsribed by the mercantile community ; a sufficient proof of the groundlessness of the absurd charges of apathy brought against them .

      Lord Ellcnborough remains at Barraokpore , whence he is expected to proceed soon to the northwestern provinces . He is still abused by a part of tbe India press , but another portion supports his actions as tending to produce goud results . Sir Hugh Gough has taken the command of the army . The monsoon has been eminently favourable to the agricultural products of the country . Much sickness has been prevalent at Agra , Delhi , &c , in consequence of want of rain . By the last accounts , however , some had fallen , though hardly enough for cultivation , and a better season than was anticipated will be the result . la Bombay , too , and in many parts of the Deccan , tho rains had been and still are scanty ; but at Bombay enough had fallen to make up deficiencies , and a plentiful supply may be looked for in this month and next , of which I am thankful to > ay there appears every probability .

      It appears there is much sickness among the troops in the upper part of Scinde , owing , it is said , to the fall of the waters ; in one corps alone , the 55 th Bengal Native Infantry , there are upwards of five hundred on the sick Hsf , and medicines very scarce . It is said that the Bombay troops will be entirely withdrawn from Somde , and their places supplied by Bengal regiments . Her Majesty's 18 th was to go to Soinde after the raias . Sir R . and Lady Sale were on their Way to Calcutta to embark for England .

      There has been a vast flight , or nights , of locusts , which have , apparently , laid wasi « a bolt of country , extending from the right bank- of the Gauges across the Dooab , and penetrating over the Jumna into Gwalior . Th ' ey committed dreadful ravages in the districts of Furukabad , Eiaw ^ h , ou both banks oi the Jumna , and at Dholpore iu the Gwalior State ; and it was feared later accounts would > hiw much more damage to have been committed . The following are the particulars : —On the 16 th ot September , about five , p . m ., they came over Futtebghur , the principal city of the Furukabad district , and iu an hour's time they had stripped every vest'geof cultivation , ; breaking down large branches of trees with their weight . From Etawah , a traveil * .- going down the river Jumna , writes , on the 17 th , that the ravages

      commuted have extended for miles . In passing over the boat , the noise is described as being like distant thunder . But a letter just received from Dholpore states that tho flight passed over it on the 14 ib , that it came from the eastward , and after remaining twenty-eight hours , took its departure in the same direction , so that there must have been more than oue n'ght to have been simultaneously at Etawah and at Futtehghur , diet mt nearly 100 miles . The destruction to the crops in that poriioa of the north-west provinces , through which , io a month or two , troops will be pabsing , is stated to be enormous . The revenue of course must be given up , and taken ia connection with the Btate of affairs in the northwest , it must altogether be looked on as a must grievous calamity .

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

      Cashmore . Doubtless , as soon as the news of Shere Sing ' s assassination reaches Cabul , an expedition vtill bo fitted out agaiust these places ; and th ' n , if wa do send an aTmy into the Puujaub ., a collibion must once more occur between tbe British and Affgb . au forces ! It is stated , on protty good authority , that emissaries have also biseii sent by Dost , Mahomed in ^ o our territories to report to him on the Etate of our position , so that ho may be au fait of any events bearing on himself or his prospects .

      The d . fforcnt nations who are Bpread over the immense tract of country known as the kingdom of Cabul amount in the whole to about 14 , 000 , 000 . which contribute to the population ia the following proportions : — I Affitrmna 4 300 000 Beloochees 1 , 000 , 000 Tartars of all descriptions .. 1 20 o , 000 Persians ( including Taujiks ) 1 , 500 , 1 ) 00 Miscellaneous tribes 30 , 000 Mahomed Khan is stated to have been gradually losing ground amongst th& chiefs in the neighbourhood of Cabul , and that his pecuniary necessities have compelled him to act with great severity towards tho poorer classes of the city , in order to

      obtain a revenue ; he haa even gone to the length of issuing a decree , enjoining all persons possessed of any coin of the East India Company ' s mauuf cture to produce it forthwith to him under penalties . These exactions encouraged tbe inimical Sirdars of the neighbourhood to hope that they might b * aided by the populace in an attack on the Dost , and , con-Rtqucntly , they appeared ia open arms against him . Nothing daunted , tho Sirdar , as he is now more generally styled , met and defeated them , and tbe victory , though on a small scale , will go some way to strengthen his authority for a time , while hid continued exactions must , we apprehend , excite a feeling ! of ( distrust which may became ultimately dangerous to his rule , aad lead to a second , but local , subversion of his government .

      Jamaica . —A most violent thuuder-storm passed over tho town of Savanna la-Mar , on Wednesday , the 13 th instant . The sloop John , laying in pore at the time , was struck , and her topmast completely shattered , as well as her guff topsail , which was stowed away ; the upper part of her lower mast was also slightly iujured . No other damage occurred that we have heard of either among the vessels in port pr ou shore , except that a cocoa-nut tree was also stricken . Immigration . — ¦ _ The Colonial Gazette ha ? a long article on the subject of Emigration , the writer of which must have had prodigious conceptions of its utility . Speaking of its social benefits ha cays but ; "For the worldly minded , there are greater proapecis of gain . " If the worldly minded leave their own country for the purpose of gain;—as Jar as

      this island is concerned we can Vuuch for their disappointment . How stands the case- Here , the labourers are anathrmatieed for their idleness ; on tho other hand ; they justly complain , that they are not paid ior their labour ; the raot is that the people—at least the greater part of them—are too wise to work for nothing , and the proprietors are too poor to pay them . Is there in all this the shadow or an excuse for Emigration ? if the labourers here —advanced , and stilt advancing as they are in civilized life are yet unmanageable what can be expected from an influx of negroes almost in a state of barbarism ? unless it is intended to enforce labour by the lash . If again there be not sufficient capital to meet the demand of the present labourers ; in what manner the worldly , minded are to gratify their peculiar passion here we cannot tell . —Falmouth Baptist Herald .

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      Caledonian Railway . —It will be seen by advertisement in another I column that the railway from Lancaster is now decided . The capital required from the counties of Westmoreland and Cumberland , namely— £ 100 000 , is guaranteed , and the Company will be constituted at a meeting to be held in Kendal on Monday next . We congratulate the district on the suooesa of this measure , the importance of which can hardly be over « estimated . —Carlisle Journal . On Monday evening a Coroner ' s inquest wa , a held before Mr . Higgs , at St . George ' s Hospital , on

      the body of William Marshall , aged 40 , a bricklayer . On last Saturday week , the deceased had go&e to a range of buildings near the Kilburn-gate , and while standing beside the shear-legs ( a species of triangle used for ] raised stones , & « . ) , the poles gave way and Btruck deceased to the ground . An alarm Jwas at once ; raised , and the deceased was conveyed to the aboye hospital . It was found that thn sixth and seventh cervical verfcebriea were broken , and the spinal cord greatly injured . The deceased lingered till the 3 rd ] inst ., at five in the afternoon . Verdict— " Accidental death , vrith deodand of Is .

      ou the shears . ! Destructive Fire near Bomdstrebt . —On Sunnay morning , between the hours of five and six o ' clock , a destructive fire broke out on the premises belonging to Mr . jShepheard , hat-manufacturer , situate in Barlow ' e-mews , New Bond-street , and adjoining the backs jof tho . houses ia Bruton-street . Owing to the highly ] inflammable nature of the contents which fed the flAmes , the fire spread with the greatest rapidity , and in a space of time incredibly brief , the entire floor forming the hat factory was in a blaze , and owing to a brisk wind the flames were carried up the staircase to the other stories . For some considerable time after all the engines were at work , the fire appeared not to abate , and it was not

      until after seven o ' clock that it was evident the fire began to yield beneath the efforts of the firemen , and tho vast volume of water they were casting upon it . Ia half an hour or so after this , the conflagration was completely extinguished , but not before that part of the building jused for the manufacture of hats was , with its contents , entirely consumed , and the upper portion very extensively injured . The furniture for the most part is also destroyed . Nos 3 and 2 , Bruton-etreet , also , the former belonging to Mr . S ^ ith , perfumer , and the latter to Mr . Baker , grocer , have both sustained great damage by fire aad water . There is a very remarkable case in the Gazette des Tribunaux of this day . It is mentioned in a letter from Montdu-Marsan , Oct . Id . A man named

      Dupony was arrested some time ago on a charge of murdering a shepherd boy in his service , thirteen years of age , and named Beauvoisin . The motive ior the murder was said to be his desire to get the boy out or the way , as he had been committing a robbery of an orchard with ] the son of Dupony ; and the father was afraid that , to save himself , be would confess the offence , and ] give evidence against his son . Dupony ' s wife and i two sons were also arrested . Tbe elder son proved an alibi ; the yonger declared that he had heard the cries of the victim , and the wife gave a circumstantial account of the murder by

      her hauband . The ) body , however , could not be found , and Dupony protested his innocence , adding that his wife and son had spoken falsely , in the idea that they would thus save their own lives . The mothor and son subsequently retracted , but do attention was paid to their new declaration , and Dupony was about to be tried for the murder , when who should appear but the boy Beauvoisin himself ! He stated that he had fled from fear of the consequences of" the robbery , and had heard only by chance that bis master had been accused of having murdered him . Dupony was of course liberated . —Letter from Paris , \

      Heroism in Francs . —A curious document is published in the Mdneteur , in the shape of the report of all heroic deeds and acts of devotion which have come within the cognisance of the Minister of the Interior from the 15 th of January to the 9 th of August , and are deemed by him worthy to be distinguished by some honourable recompense . The greater portion of them consist in tho saving of persons from drowning and fire , and a very large proportion of the actors are public servants either ia the civil or military department . Some of the more striking instances of courage we shall cite in detail , Tbe first on the list is , perhaps , the most deserving example of oool determination aud contempt ol death . A young girl of eighteen , returning from

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

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

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

      more than twemy-fivd feet , without auy previous knowledge of the character of the stream into which he was adventurng . j Uno of the names in ihe list of these exemplary characters is that of a little girl of twelve year « . of aga , Denutselle Boyer , who succeeded iu saving two children and a young girl of fourteen , who had [ fallen into the large basin of Montfaucon , which she did by throwing herself fl ? t down and plunging ] haif her body into the water * being held back only b y the efforts of a . littlo boy of four years old . —[ Tins is " glory" of which France may be proud . How different to the ravages aud butcheries perpetrated in Africa under the names of " Heroism" and " Glory" !]

      The Non-Intbusionists— Parish op Mot—Curious Case . —The parish of Moy , in the Presbytery of Inverness , is at present in a singular condition as respects its ecclesiastical matters . About five year ? ago , Mr . Mucluu ; hlan , the minister , applied to have his son appointed hisassistaut and successor , staling that his age aad infirmities prevented him from adequately discharging his duties . His request was complied with , and Mr . Thomas Maolauchlau was accordingly presented by Mr . Mackintosh , of Geddes , though not , we' believe , without some exertion on the part of the ifreabytery and resident heritors to prevent a veto . The assistant did the duty , and matters went on smoothly , till the Church agitaiiou commenced . The minister stuck by the

      Establishment , but h ) s son joined the Secession , and carried wi h him most of the people , who , like those of Daviot , had long entertained peculiar notions as to Church doc . rine and discipline . The aged minister himseK" next went Ito the field ministrations , and at a late celebration ; of the communion service , the angular spectacle was presented of a parish minister joining with tho avowed enemies of the establishment , and sanctioning them with his presence and communion in the most solemn of religious ordinances . Tiie parish ) cl-. urch . was of course neglected —no duty was done ! The assistant was preaching to tho same people , but he had become a Free Cau-rch minister , and preached out of doors , though he still lived in the mat ; so , is boing , we suppose , less Ei-astian than the pulpit The Presbytery have preyed upon Maclauchlan , [ senior , the necessity of getting another assi £ lai , fc , as the very extent of the Secession , un . er the auspices joi the late assistant , rendered

      this the more necessary ; but the minister declines to do so . " Five years ago , " he says , " I required an assistant to do the ! duty , but I need none now , as there is no duty to do ! " He still , however , Iift 3 the stipend , while the people go to the Free Church , or Stay at home . The iPresbytery , we understand , intend insisting upon Mr . Maclauchlan providing an assistant , which will be an expense to the minister and break up the comfortable family arrangement . Matter ? , however , stand at present in the state we have described . The parish minister goes to the Free Church , and sull draws his stipend from the Establishment , while the Free Church minister lodges in the pari-h jmanse . Somany cases of real suffering have occurred lay the clergy quiuing thur livings , that this case , where the family of ous m uistor will be at k-att £ 80 P * r annum richer by the Sect ssiou , wiibou' any a-2 ditional trouble , ia worthy cf record . —Inverness Courier .

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      Singular Accident . —On Sunday afternoon , an accident occurred to an' elderly female named Hannah Newell , 51 years of age , who had been deprived of the eight of her right eye for manj years . It appears that she was engaged in removing some articles of furniture in a lumber-room ia herhouset ; and » pon-beiDg . 6 p 9 kfen ; tpV > y :. oii © ; : ^ f ; -li " et family , she turned sharply round to answer her . Ia so doing her head oame in contact with a chest of drawers , by which she sustained a severe laceration of her left and only organ , of sight . . In a moment she was strioken with total blindness , and ; upon being conveyed to Guy ' s Hospital , it was discovered by Mr . Lessler , the oculist to that establishment , that the ball of the eye was rent from the base tip *

      wards towards the pupil . The most prompt and judicious remedies were applied , but fears are entertained by the oouHsfc that the powers of vision axe entirelydestroyedr ^ . The Lash AGAiN . —! Notwithgtanding all that bas beea said and written by philanthropists , philosophers , politicians , aad statesmen , against the Army being made the ecene of cruelty , slavery , and slaughter , red-coated tyrants are found , in defiance of those opinions and sentiments , to bare , score , and lacerate the bodies of those brave fellows , whom ohance of birth , or some other fortuitous event ( not merit ) place under their command , and leave at the mercy of their barbarous nature . This is the mode adopted by persons calling themselves Christians and gentlemen ,

      and bearing the Queen ' s commission for enforcing military discipline , reforming our soldiery , and attaching them to the throne . It was supposed thafe military brutality had reached its acme , when a noble (?) peer on the Sabbath day , and in the very room , where , but a few minutes previous , was preached " Glory to God on high , and peace to men on earth , " had the flesh torn from the naked shoulders of a fellow being ; bnt another and a deeper tragedy has just been enacted by a red-coated savage —a tragedy so appalling and revolting , that even the African , barbarized as he is , cannot look upon it without shuddering . It is thus recorded in the Malta paper , dated October 15 th : — "A drnnamer of tho 42 ad , named M'Cullum , dropped dead last week whilst he was flogging a soldier , who was sentenced to 160 lashes for drunkenness and striking his

      corporal . But this is not the most melancholy part of the affair . The dead body of the drummer was removed to the rear of the regiment , and a fresh one supplied to inflict upon the soldier the remainder of his punishment . " Can anything more barbarous ^ ¦ bloody , or brutal , be conceived ? May not the savage justly and tauntingly ask , upon witnessing &uoh a scene , is tbis a sample of British civilization , British humanity , British laws ? And above all , be may ask , is it in conformity with the principles of the British Church , which according to Britain ' s boast , baa so enlightened , humanized , and elevated mankind ? When the brutal debasing custom of flogging criminals through our public streets was the law and order of the day , were the officers of justice enabled to record one solitary instance of an abandoned

      depraved character being reformed byBnob apanish " meat 1 Not a single instance of that kind is on record . On the contrary , sad experience proved that the wretch who was thus degraded , gave himself in despair to the indulgence of every vice and criminality , until the law again caught him in its meshes * and again wreaked its vengeance upon him . So it is with our soldiers . Once a soldier's buck is bared , and torn to pieces before his comardes , his spirits are gone—he deems himself a being who can never look his comrades in the face—he seeks an oblivion of his degradation in drink , and often , while his brain ia phrensiud by ardent liquors and his soul torn by despair , be crimsons his bands with the blood of big tyrant , and terminates his own career upon the

      scaffold , the object of his companions' love and admiration for having rid the world of a brute , whose greatest delight was the bloody spectacle of a fellowcreature wriihing in agosyaod covered with % otc . If during the long-protracted sanguinary war ia which this country was some years ago plunged , ft dangerous outpost was to be guarded , a redoubt te be attaoked , a forlorn hope to be carried , or a grand manoeuvre to be effected , would an infantry regiment s the adjutant of which made it a bell for its soldiers —would a cavalry regiment , whose commanding officer amused himself by flogging his men on the Sabbath-day , or would a regiment in which , when one drummer dropped dead , a fre ? h one was brought from the ranks to finish the bloody work of tearing a fellow-creaiure's back , in the performance of which his predecessor dropped dead , be selected for these

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

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      MARKET INTELLIGENCE .

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      London Corn Maeket , Mono at , Nov . 6 th — The arrivals of English Wheat have been on a very moderate scale , and of but middling and inferior quality owint ; to the prevailing damp weather . The demand for all descriptions was inactive , and factors are compelled to give way in price for that obtained on Monday last , of from Is to 2 j per qr ., and yet 3 portion of the supply was lefe over for Wednesday next . There was only a scanty supply of fofeiga Wheat on offer , yet the inquiry for it was very dull , and the prices gave way quite Is per qr . higher . Ia bonded parcels nothing was doing . Although tbe show of Barley was small , all kinds , except the very best , met a slow demand , at quotations barely equal to those noted last week . Tne few qualities

      of now Male on show were readiiy disposed of at late rates , but old parcels were a mere drug . The limited state of the arrivals of Oats caused the inquiry for that article to be steady at full currencies . Old Beans were the turn higher ; but in new ones , as well as Fe&s and Flour , next to nothing was doing . London Shithfield Cattle Mabket , Mondat , Nov . 6 th . —The arrivals of Beasts from all parts of England were moderate , bnt fully adequate to meet the wants of the buyers . In Beet' a fair average amount of business was transacted , and in some few instances the quotations were enhanced above those obtained on this day so ' nnight about 2 d per 8 ibs . Some extraordinarily fine Scots were disposed of at 4 s per 8 ibs , but this was by no means % general quotation ; however , we quof ) the highest prico of Beef at 3 s lOd per 81 bs , at , which figure a

      good clearance was readily effected . There wa 3 some well made-up Beasts in the market , but the quality of ihe supply , as a whole , was inferior to some past seasons . The numbers of Sheep were much less than those exhibited ou this day se ' anight , yet the majority of them were in good saleable condition . The mm ton trade may bo considered as steady at , in most transactions , a rise in ( the currencies of about 2 d per 8 ibs , the primest Old Downs ( which were scarce ) realising 4 s 4 d per 8 ibs , and vary . few of any kind it ft , the market unsold . Calves , which were in large supply , met a very . dull inquiry , and last week ' s deprebsion was with diffumliy supported , the top price noi exceeding 3 i lOd per 8 . bs . From Ireland , about 300 large hogs were received , while the supply of English pigs was extensive . Sinill porkeis sold freely , other kinds of pigs slowly , at late rates .

      Wool Markets . —The public sales of wool have been brought to a conclusion under somewhat favourable auspices . The biddings have , tor the moot part , ruled firm , and the prices realized bave been from Id to 18 J per lb higher than at the previous auctions . Privately a fair business is doing , at fully the above advance . Borough Hop Market . — We have had a wry firm demand for new hops sicce our last reports , and the quotations have advanced fully 2 J per ovrs . In old and yearling hops little is doing . The duty is still called £ 135 , 000 .

      Borough and Sp ; talfibm > 3 . —Although the arrivalaof Potatoes at the waterside in the past week hare not been to say extensive , the demand has continued iniotive , but without any material alteration in prices , whicti rul $ as follows : — York reds , 50 s to 70 s ; Scotch ditto , 30 s to 60 s ; Dovous , 55 s to 60 ^ j Devons , 55 * to 60 i ; Guernsey and Jersey , 45 > to 59 s ; Keut and Essex whites , 45 s to 50 s per ton . Tallow . —This market is firmer than , for some time past . Th * re are buyers at 41 . 3 5 d for all iha year , and aue Y . C . ou the epoi , is scarcely to be had at 42 s . For the spring months the quotation is 42 s 3 d to 42 = 6 d . The home supply is very . good as 43 i to 43 d 6 'd net cash . Livehpool Cork Market , Mondat , Not . 6 . —

      During the last seven days we have had a liberal supply of Oaig , with a fair quantity of Wheai and Flour from Ireland : 500 bris of Fiour and 1 , 400 brls of Oatmeal have also arrived from Canada , . i'be importations of Grain , &c . are otherwise light . The demand for Wheat has been less active than duuug the three preceding weeks , and we have to quuw prices generally 2 d to 31 per bushel lower than on this day se ' nnixht . Flour , too , has sold slowly , and is 6 d to 13 per sack cheaper , We have continued to experience a fair country demand for Oais « at previous rates ; best mealing at , 2 s 4 £ d to 2 s

      5 Jd per 45 lbs . Oatmeal has found a steady sale j new at 20 s 6 i to 21 s 6 d , old at 19 * 6 d to 20 i 6 d per load . No chance as regards Barley , Beams or Peas . Manchester Corn Maeket , Saturday , Not . 0 . —At our niavket , this morning hot : * rs of Whc-as were not anxious sellers at lower paces , and < no business done wa . « , consequently , sraa . il , at aflecluo of Id per 70 . ns . iiOUi- met a dull - > ale , ani *** fully Id per 280 lbs cheaper- For uatuieal ttn . ro was an active inquiry at improved prices . » n'i w raise our quotations in accar at : ee 61 per ^»« Uats were in ia ^ r request at foriaar rat s .

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      WRECK OF THE EUROPE , OF DUNDEE . ( From tne Dundee Warder . J We have been favoured with the following letter , containing an account of the wreck of the brig Europe , Captain Bridie , of tbis port ,- in Narva Bay , on the 9 th of October . Tbe writer is a townswoman , the wife of the captain , whw , along with three children , was on board at the time of the calamity : — " Dear Brother , —According to promise I now write ycu a few lines , mentioning the particulars of the loss of the Europe . When we brought up in Narva Bay , about five P . M ., on the 9 th of October , it was blowing strong from the north-west , which is the direction which raises the heavy sea in the bay . She was

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

      safety of our lives they then slipped the chain and loosed the head sails , to force her through the breakers . She struck with tremendous force , and continued striking with every sea that broke over her . In this trying state we remained during the whole night . The crew came aft into the cabin . Daring the whole of the time they behaved very well . H 6 re I most Kete many merciful circumstances atienuing our case . It was not a dark night , it was moonlight ; the part of the coast we struck w .-. e not rock , it was a saudy beach ; she did not go -bro - u&iue op . ; in that case every sea that struck her w iiulcl have swept her deck ? . Going head on shu warxuuth : ess otpiscd to the violence of tbe sea , ami -ft a QiL - . ± . 'A svffi . ^ atij Wilder ami praise Gcd for tho

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      composure of mind we all possessed throughout She has been a remarkably stont ship , or she never would bave stood m ehe has done . She lies ia a situation that precludes tne possibility of her being taken off ! The first n'ght she lay there she bedded seven feet in the sand , and is now much broken . Towards morning tbe gale moderated , and it was twelve noon ere we left ths ship . We are now living in a village two miles from tbe wreck ; the crew are encamped on the sand . j «¦« October 14 , 1843 . ?

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 11, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1238/page/6/