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      PEACE BETWEEN FRANCE AKD MOKOCCO IELIGHPHIC DESPATCH . Bsyonne , Sept . 15 . Transmitted by Ms Boyal Highness the Prince de Joinville t « the Minister of Marine , and by MM . the Pake de GIndaberg and de Nyon to the Minister for Foreign Affaires : — Tangier , the 10 th . "The Moorish Government has demanded peace . The fleet airiTodst Tangier this day . The Governor of the to-srn « une on board to renew Ml demand . Oar eonaitjan * nave been signified and accepted , and the treaty signed . Daring the day , the Conrolate General has been re-established , and ihr flag sainted by the torn . Orders to cease all hostility , and to evacuate flje island of Mogador , -will be dispatched this after , noon . "

      The Revue du Pans states that the French Elngls departure fot England has been definitively fixed for the 7 lh of next month . His Majesty is to be accompanied by his two yonnger boos , * nd the Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Marine . The Gomer , in "which . His Majesty is to proceed to England , is the largest -war Bteaaer of the French navy . She is of 150 horsepower , and carries twenty guns . The Gomer is one ef the Tessels . constnicfced at Bochefort for the Transatlantic service , and has performed a voyage ef nearly two years in the principal seas of the globe , daring which she has been snfficientlj proved . Her capabilities bsv » been skilfully made available for the accommo aatioa of passengers . The King Trill bATB for bis use , and that of the persons ol bis snitB a complete apartment . The ss&es of the "vessels -which are to form part of the Boyal escort , under the command x > f Tice-Admiral I » s Susse , are not yet fcnown , boi it is believed that the flotilla will only consist of steamers .

      WEST EfDIA MAIL . Seuthampton , Sept . 15 . The Boyal Mafl Steam-packet Company ' s ship Tay , Captain Hayden , arrived here at 1 P . M . The Tay left Havannan on the Sib , Nassau lOLb , Bermuda , 20 th , and Fayal 31 « t August The Tay having met with an accident , being obliged to go into Fayal , met there her . Majesty * surveying steamer S : yx , to which ship the mails were transferred , and both ships one home in company , and landed the mails at Plymouth yesterday , at 12 a m .

      The Tay brings twelve passengers , and left twentyone passengers at Fayal to come home in the Tweed , -which ship will be due here on the 21 st inst . The Tay b : iags S 0 , 000 dollars in freight . Th 8 Wat India paper * received by Hie Tay bring little B&W& They are almoss entirely occupied by reports of the debates in Parliament upon the Sugar Duties Sill , which they still seem generally inclined to regard as ruinous to the West India interest * . With respect to the accident which had obliged the Tay to leave several of her passengers at Fayal , we have been favoured with the following statement by a passenger in thatTesssI : —

      *• The report of the unhappy disaster which befel the Boyal Mail Company ^ steam-packet Tay on the coast of HsTzonah , on the 8 & of July last , and her subst guent arrival in England considerably after her tine , having 0 : 1 board only a few of the passengers who embarked in the West Indies , wodd nxturally occasion much alarm and distress to those expecting the arrival of relations and friends ; yon will , therefore , I am sure , be glad to give publicity through jour journal to the following statement , as regards the passengers , which I feel it a duty to offisr to the public , in order to obviate the alarm which , I am hippy to state , ctrcomst&nees of a most fortunate nature have rendered groundless . * Ttis Tay left Bermuda on the 20 th of August , with passengers bound to England , ai > d was compelled to put into the port of Fayal on the 31 st of August , when the passengers and mails were landed .

      * She again , after undergoing certain repairs , took her departure for England , in company with her Majesty ' s steam-vessel Styx , to the care and attention bestowed by the captain and officers of which vessel may in a great measure be attributed her present safety . 'The greater number of the passengers not being disposed to trust themselves agsin on board the Tsy in her then condition , remained at Fayal , in order to proceed to their destination by the folio win ? mail-packet Tweed , expected there on the 12 Ji instant . "

      SPAIN . Madstd . —The elections terminated on the 7 th , and there is no doubt of the triumph of the Moderados , the ProgtssisUs having generally refused to take part in the predou 3 faree . With respect to the arrangements agreed npon for the settlement of the Spanish question with Morocco , a Gibraltar letter of the 30 th nit ., states that the Spanish Consul- General in Morocco , together with the Tice-Consul ,-visited Gibraltar on tfee 25 th , and had a conference with Mr . Bolwer , after vhich they returned to Algedras , where they are residing for the present Sir . Bulwer left on the same day for Tangier , and returned on the 29 th- The Spanish consul and viceconsul arrived again at Gibraltar on the 30 th , in the Peninsular steamer , accompanied by General YlU&longa and an aid-de-camp , and they had another conference ¦ w 2 h Mr , Balwer at the Club-house . The writer says , " It 1 b said on good foundation that the difference

      between Spain and Morocco have been arranged through English mediation in a ^ mwinwy honourable fmfl decorous for the Spanish nation . A convention was concluded and signed on the 27 th between the SngEsh agent at Tangier and the Pacha Burilban , authorised for that effect by Milord and master . The convention is about to be sent to Madrid by extraordin ary courier for the-ratification of tbe Spanish Government , and i 8 BOOn &S thll il verified the Spanish causal and vice-consul will retain to Tangier 00 board the Christina frigate . The Spanish £ ig will be Elated by the Moon with a salute of twenty-one Suns , and tbe Moorish fl&g will be lowered at tbe came time . From that moment the relations of peace and friendship which have always existed between Spain and Morocco will be restored , and in a month afterwards , reckoning from that date , tha execution of all the articles stipulated in the convention will commence ,

      The GazeHe publishes a despatch from Gen . Monies , commands of the troops in tbe camp of Gibraltar , dated Algesias , 1 st instant , which states that on the previous day the following-Spanish refugees had embarked on board the Lady Mary Wood steamer for London , namely , Sfinors Csrlo * Carballo , Jose Itelgadella , Jose Rocu , J . G . de la Yego , J . R . Alvarez . Jacinto Guorrero and Son , Jc-quin Mirailes , Manuel Taldes , Gustavo Celi , and ^ eaxoMsz&a . The following emigrant * sttH remaixifcu at GlbralSai , but -were expected to leave soon , namely , General Nogaeras , Colonels Gonie and Yaldta , D . Juan Caaepa , and two persons named Sola and Moreos .

      The fallowing instance of barbarity , which speaks -volumes as to tbe real state of a country where such things can happen with impunity , is mentioned in a letter from Alcoy of the 1 st instanti— " D . Pascual Dominica , who was Alcalde < mayor } of the town of BaiiMlin , hut who , seeing the -violent course of the present government , found himself in tbe necessity , as an oprigiit and independent man , of renouncing that Charge , was taken up in the night of tfae 28 th-Hit by sense san © a men , under an inspector , when asleep , and tfier wounding him with two bayonet thrusts , they conducted him to the town of Penaguilas , where he remained in confinement some days without any legal charge being brought against him , being told only that he was to be taken to Alieant His son having come

      to the knowledge of this carrying off , and not choosing to trust his ancient father to such people , resolved to accompany him . To tffecfc this , be rose at four o ' clock , and on proceeding to tbe prison , -was told that he wa not tiiere . Wandering about the street * , without knowing * i » t to Jo or "What to think about it , be beard a dose fring at one end of the town , in vain did the unhappy man ** & . Mb fattier . Those bloodthirsty wretches had ton him from prison at daybreak , and on the false pretert that he was trying to escape , he fell the victim of th ^ r barbarity under the shade of sn oak tree . The only motive they hid for committing this murder was , Sat he was a person of some importance , and had received Bonet into his house during one of the expeditions which he had made in that direction . "

      As a-set off-fox such doings , we have most edifying accounts of court piety . One dayit is the Sacrament which is met , and the royal personages dismount , jive up their carriages , and accompany it on foot , bearing Ugbied torcbe * to tbe door of She aicfe person or the Qmicn . The » f « i day they go to pray before the coffin € f Monies < ie Ots j and Queen Chrutina , as a token of her contrition , no ckrabt , for having disavowed that Peonage and his friends when ¦ nniuecessful in October , 2841 , has the mats taken up before commencing her de--roSoag , In order to undergo the mortification of performing them - ^ th bare fcneeg npon the cold stones . The Spaniards are not much moved , however , by this excess of piety , which , like church property , is at a considerable discount jnst bow .

      The Barcelona journals of the 9 £ h instant state , that me engineer * who are to rarrey Jheline of railroad to be constructed between that city and Mataro , under the direction of Mr . Joseph Locke , were expected towards tte close of the month . The drawing of the conscription sad been the occasion of some rioting at Barcelona . The joungmen liable to it had insulted the alcaldes * bo presided at the operation and the Captain-General tanself . The garrison had remained an entire night ttnder arms , and jereral al the riotew had been axrested .

      POBTUGAL . Tbe determination of the Qneen , firmly expressed , ttit the Cortes should meet , and that tbe xnbdsten KwtOa give in ftcmnnt Of the atetordlnary power * ex ^ rc » ea by them , has pni a stop to any other applications to ha Majesty for he * aanetion of further ^ ° 8 &tion , « r the meditated dissolution of the Cham-**** - A recent pamphlet , giving a detailed account of «* political career of Senhor Cabral , ascribed to a «* tt » colleague of his , written with considerable fj ™ - ?! has attracted mneb attention . In summing up **» sumerous treasons of Senhor Cabral to all parties , » an ministries , to all prmdples , to all his benerac-»** . down to hi » last injury to the man who was his «« Patron in public life , Jo * e SUva de Carvalhp , -his ^ " ¦ "aanee in office , and its influence on the interests * nt SoYBt ^ h are thus noticed : — r « Jr ^* ' "tfortimstely- stai minister of the Crswn , *** " » the similar rircumstaoeei of the Count de B&sto ' s g *« ea . The former may bj > unfortunate to I > onna ¦•^ Ma ii ^ aiUieiattetwMtoDoDMipieL Tbecoune

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      ( taken by her Majesty ) is erroneous , the procedure is illegal ; his ( Cabral " a ) continuance in the ministry is in all respects impolitic . Since the Portuguese people liberated themselves it was necessary to govern them as such ; and to pretend to establish amongst us the Godoys , the C&lounea , is to desire to do things contrary to the Biture of the people , obnoxious to the boU , which rejects these exotic plants . A day may come when the people , exasperated and maddened , may rush forth into the streets against the vexations which they experience . If tbe Queen shields him ( Cabral ) she is lost ; if to Bsve him -who cansss these evils she imposes silence on the expression of public complaiot , the ii $ ht is given lo the people to elevate its odium . Why should her Majesty make herself partaker of the aversions to her ministry .

      " If , however , the nation arrives at tbe point of confounding the Crown with the miaistry , woe to the Crown which is thus disrespected , to the liberty which expires , to tbe order which is broken up , to all the bonds most sacred which hitherto have kept anarcy in restraint " Meditate , Qreen , on what we have said . They are expressions ot opinion conscientiously delivered . They proceed frora duty to you , to liberty , a desire for peace , the fulfilment of an oath to defend tba throne , and a determiration by it to save ourselves from shipwreck . It is not a man possessed who speaks , nor a

      political moi-ey dealer , nor a minister who formerly asked for tbe head of his Sovereign , but a paci&c citizen , one ef the most decided friends of order , tbe most devoted servant of the throne and the monarchy ; and therefore it is that ho feels it bis duty to declare loudly and distinctly that he trembles for liberty and for tbe throne , if they continue deaf to truth Portugal has declared its abhorrence of Antonio Bernardo Cabral , and there is no future tranquillity to be hoped for this kingdom except in making it known to the nation that there is nothing in common between his procedure and that of the palace , and nothing which identifies it with the generou ? party of tbe charter . "

      This language is sufficiently bold . If it arrest Ssnhor Cabral hi his carreer , it will have proved the salvation of the Sovereign . It is a folly to conceal the fact that Senhor Cabral ' 9 government h bringing tbe interest of the Crown into great peril . Tbe opposition papers have given circulation to a rumour that the Russian government has applied to that of Porgugal to permit a Russian fleet to winter in the Tagua .

      TURKEY . Coxstantikople , Ace . 27 . —The Porte is occupied at this moment with several questions of a domestic nature , by which it seeks , in the continued absence of foreign negotiations to adopt measures of internal policy called for in the condition of the country . The principal of these , after the better equipment of the army , is the establishment of a perfected form of police administration , by which the systems of political surveillance in operation in the rest of Europe may be introduced also is this empire .

      The Porte has of late , says the correspondent of the Times , had more than nsnsl reason for such defensive policy . Large ft ^ plies of an incendiary production , addressed to its Rayah subjects , have been seizsdintbe French mail , and are now being made matter of negotiation between the Porte and the Greek Government . A Greek paper , the Union , h » s frequently of late contained articles of an innammatoiy character , copies of which have been found extensively circulating in Macedonia , otherwise the centre of a widely-spread disaffection . Bat It appears that the most proximate reason lor these efforts arises from the condition of Sealvonic Bulgaria , -where it is known that for some time d&BgeTous excitement bu prevailed , it being no less notorious that Russian agents are the instigators of the movement .

      UNITED STATES . Liteepool , SaibbdaT . —The British and North American royal mail steam-ship , Acadia , Captain Harrison , arrived in the Mersey shortly after eight o ' clock this morning , after a passage from Boston of little more than twelve days and a half . She brought fifty passengers . The Presidency . —The Presidential canvass , of course , principally occupied the public attention . Large meetings , characterised by great order and quiet , were being held in every part of the country . President Tyler had issned a lengthy manifesto , iritb 3 T * wiag his name as a candidate , and vindicating the policy of hl » Administration ; and Mr . Polk , the opposing candidate , had written as follows upon the Tariff : —

      " 1 am in favour of a tariff for revenne , anch a obb as will yield a sufficient amount to the Treasuiy to defray the expenses of the Government , economically administered . In adjusting the details of a revenue tariff , I have heretofore sanctioned such moderate discriminating duties as would prodnce the amount of revenue needed , and at the same time afford reasonable incidental protection to our home industry . I am opposed to a tariff for protection merely , and not for rtTenne . " Tbe withdrawal of Mr . Tyler will tend to strengthen the Democratic party . Cosgbess— It is reported at New Tork , on the minority of tbe Washington correspondent of the £ sn , that , at a meeting ot the Cabinet , it had Wen determined npon to call an extra session of Congress It is further stated that England baa taken the four million dollars loan of Mexico , for the purpose of facilitating a war between tbe two Governments . This is given as a re ? --on for tailing tbe extra session .

      The Mobmows . —By the last acconnta from Naovoo the city was quiet The Mormons give about 2 , 600 votes , all of whom are for Ford , the present Governor , who has , very properly , ordered a brigade of the militia to hold themselves in readiness t » march at the shortest noties in defence of the Holy City , should any outbreak occur jn tbat vicinity , which is yet apprehended by the Mormons . There had been reports of the appointment ot Smith * s son , a mere lad , as a prophet , but they are un founded . Sidney RJgdon had returned to tbe city from Pittsburgh , and preached . Samuel Smith , a brother of tbe late prophet , is now also dead . Rigdon , it is said ,

      will ba chosen to lead tbe Mormon nock . He is their master spirit , and will make a * &Tewd and energetic leader . Of all the fanatics which have made their appearance during tbe past century in the United States , these are tbe most extraordinary . There are five widows of the Smith family now living in Nanroo ; tbe mother of all , snd ibe late wives of Joe , Hiram , and their two brothers . Accessions to the Mormon strength continue to be quite large . In Nauvoo the usual activity is apparent , and the temple is steadily geing up in its unique form and shape . Its style of architecture is of the pure Mormon

      order . . AcciDEtTs , < fec—There have been two fatal accidents at the Palis ot Niagara within tfie last few days . A yonng gentleman named Thompson , of Philadelphia , in walking behind tbe main sheet , fell from the ledge of rock , and disappeared . A beautiful and interesting young lndy of Lancaster , Massachusetts , named Martha B , Kogg , in reaching after a flower on Table Rock , fell over , and was immediately killed . Bbe was only eighteen years of age , and her death occurred within sight of her relatives- Captain Berry , of the ship Vicksburg , from New Orleans to New Totk , picked np the crew of tbe British schooner Orange , a few < Jsya since , at sea- They were in as open boat , a » d » U but dead . "William Rozeve died in a few houre ; all tbe other men recovered . TBEUESDODS HtBBlCAME AND FLOOD IN WlNcoksi > - TKRBiiOBY . —We learn from the Green Bay

      Republican that on the . 8 ib instant , a hurricane , accompanid with rain and bail , swept over Brown and Calmnt counties with such fury , that in the space of twenty minutes property wsb destroyed to tbe value of 20 , 000 dollaw . Houses , barns , bridges , fences , and trees were scattered and totseA abont like chaff ; and in many places tue crops of ffferj kind were flattened and destroyed . Trees , four and five inches in diameter , were twisted off at Duck Cretk ; and » t Snamiee River all the large trees , for the distance of half a mile in the direction of the Bay shore were either torn up or blown down . Every bridge between Twin Rivers and Gray Bay « md Fond duLuc , ¦ were * wept away .

      T Philadelphia . —The correspondent of the Chronide writes . —*• 1 am sorry to record that this city of Philadelphia and its suburbs are sfflieted with those worst of miscreants , incendiaries , to a fearful extent This has been toe case ever since the riots . Within the last week , nearly twenty small houses , and several bams and stables , have been destroyed by the torch of the incendiary ; and on one night , shortly after the riots , there -were four fires at one time from the same horrible cause . These flendlike act » seem not % Q be prompted by any political motive whatever ; and some persons fancy that a series of quarrels and outrages among different fire-engine companies might have been connected with the destructive crimes . Hitherto , however , all is mystery on the subject , and much alarm prevails , especially in the outskirts . "

      BRITISH AMERICA . Cakada . —The news from Canada ia unimportant . The Montrcil Courier asserts in a late number that the Governor-General had formed bis Cabinet It also reports that the present Ministry do not think , it advisable that the existing Parliament should be again oiled together ; although it is tolerably certain that they wonld command a majority of eight or ten members . Tbe cropi through the provinces are abundant , the westher fine , business good , the people peaceable , and everything appears satisfactory . Toronto bad been visited by a | large and destructive fire . The Sfoerbrooke Gazette says that a meeeting was

      held in Sberbrooke on the 19 th inst ., at which it was resolved to carry out a long-talked of project of establishing a cotton factory at that village . A subscription was opened for 25 . 000 dolls ., is shares » I 100 dolls , each ; 150 were taken up on tbe Bpot , leaving 100 open . A gentleman from Massachusetts , acquainted with the manufacture , subscribed 2 , 000 dolls . A building wil be erected this fall , 40 by 80 feet , three stories high , on the site of the old saw mill , just below the Magogbridge . The British American Land Company baa given a choice of a water privilege , with the use of It rent free for twenty years . Machinery is to be employed to drive 1 , 000 spindles , capable of turning out 300 , 000 yards of c ' otten doth per annum .

      In addition to tbe cotton factory , knitting machines are to be aet going for the manufacture of woellen drawers , shirts , stocking * , fcci and arrangements have been made for making sewing ailk from the raw material . We rtgret to learn that the strike among tbe Irish labourers on the Beauhamoia canal , is of a more deeply disgraceful nature than , we first anticipated ; fc =- they not only have refused to work themselves , but , by

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      force of arms , are compelling a number of French Canadians , who were employed on the line , to abandon the work . Some of the contractors have made representations to the Board of Works , protesting that they are forced by Indies of riotous man to stop their works , and that , unless they are protected by a sufficient military force , they cannot resume their l \ bour . TBE "SALADIN . "—TBIAL OP CABB AMD GALLOwat . —The trial of Carr and Gslloway came on at Halifax . . Nova Scotia , on the 221 ult , and accordingly the assembling of the Court of Special Commission and the Giand Inquest of tbe county of Halifax for the

      purpose of Inquiry into the guilt of the prisoners Carr and Galloway on a charge of piracy . The court was occupied for a considerable time during tbe day , and the jury , after much deliberation , returned a verdict in favour of the pr isoners , when the Chief Justice addressed the prisoners , admonishing them that the events in which they had been concerned should Hiske an uneffaceable impression on their minds , and influence their future conduct They were then discharged , and { manifested the satisfaction they felt at tbe issue of the trial by ehaking hands with the jurors and others that Borrouuded them while they were passing out of court

      SOUTH AMERICA . Late fbom Mexico . —The New Orleans Picayune of tbs 18 tb instant records the arrival there of the British sloop-of-war Rose from Vera Ctaz . whence she sailed on the 8 th instant , bringing papers from the city of Mexico to 25 th of July only . Toe Rose was dispatched to New Orleans with the English mails which were intended for the steamer Tay , which ran aground on the Colloradoa on her way to Havannab . The officers of the Rose reported that the health of Vera Cruz had mnch improved , the fever having materially abated . Santa Anna has placed the remains of the brave and ill-fated General Sentmanat at the disposition of his friends in the United States . This is but an set of proper respsct to the memory of tbe dead and to tbe feelings of the living .

      The War on Texas . —In less than three months the Mexican army in three divisions will invade Texas . The Indian warriors on our borders and in our south-western territories will naturally desire to take part in the contest , and will light up the toreh of a fierce and savage wsr , unless prevented by the timely interposition of our Government United States troops should be stationed all along our southern frontier , with Instructions to prevent the savages of Western Texas , Santa Fa , and Mexico from committing depredations upon our Oitizani . The election for President of Texas takes place Sept 2 nd . Burlwouand Jones are tbe candidates . The first is in favour of annexation , the latter against it Jenea is supported by the influence of Houston , now President ; but it is believed the popularity of BurlesoQ will elect him . Jones is openly in favour of an alliance with England , and tbe establishment of a policy unfavourable to the interest * of the United States . —New York Sim .

      Mexico and Texas—It was stated in our paper of yesterday , that a messenger had passed through Corpus Christ ! with despatches from the Mexican Government to Texas . The despatches , it is to be presumed , consist of papers already published in this country , announcing the revival of a state of hostilities between Mexico and Texas , and particularly the proclamation ef General Woll , addressed specially to President Houston , a translation of which appeared in tbe papers of this city . It is reported , however , in the Galveslon Civilian , that " a renewal cf negotiations Is also invited under good auspices "; and we snail not be . surprised if this prove to be a fact . We have no belief in the sincerity of Santa Anna's pretended preparations for an invasion of Texas , and think it quite possible that while be is amusing his countrymen witfc formidable preparations for war , he is seeking elsewhere an apology for delaying active hostilities . —N . O Bulletin , Aug . 16 .

      Mexico is believed to be on the verge of another revolution . A letter from the city of Mexico , dated the Slst July , contains the extraordinary announcement that Santa Anna and the officers of tbe army have agreed to suspend the functions of the Constitutional Government during tba war on Texas , leaving the supreme control of the Republic in the hands of General Santa Anna , with power to force contribution * of men and money to sustain the war . It wai considered probable that the National Congress will be summarily dismissed by tbe President

      Extract of a letter of Captain J . L . Loberts , of tbe brig Ursula , at Bluefields , Mntquito shore , South America : — "This port is now in possession of the English , and a British flag flying here . A tonnage duty of 1 , 0 cents per ton on all vessels trading here or any part of the Mu » qoito ah ore , is t » be in force on the 31 st of August of the present year . An English man-of-war has been here and landed a Governor and some arms . It appears they are going to take possession of tbe coast as far down as Boco del Toro . The report here is , that the mau-of-was has gone down to blockade Salt Creek . " Lima . —Advices to tbe 8 th of Jane have been received at Baltimore . General Yivunco had retreated to Arequipa , pursued by General Castillo . It was feared that Vivsnco would embark for the Nort »» and not give battle , which would prolong the war for several months . Business dnll at Lim * -.

      31 ometid £ O , Jvly 1 . —This city is still besieged by land and war ^ r , by the combined forces of tbe Argentine Republic , under the command of Admiral Browo and General Oribe . The city is mostly defended by French volunteers numbering but Httle over three thousand ; and the besiegers are not numerous enough to dispossess them ; - but having entire possession of the surrounding country , they are able to cat off supplies of fresh beef , && , and ocr"uoually are fortunate enough to capture a straggler , who , if he happens to be a Frenchman , is sure to lose his head soon after . The English and French have here very respectable squadrons , watching tb . B movements of both partiesthe commander of tbe latter has by proclamation withdrawn his protection from all Frenchmen who bave taken up armB in this war and refused to lay them down again .

      There are rumours of bloody doings in Shelby and Harrison counties , Texas , near the Louisiana line . The " Moderators" and " Regulators , * ' as they term themselves , are arrayed against each other , and number about two hundred each . Several persons have been killed , houses burned , and plantations destroyed . This is truly a horrible state of things . Since writing the above , we learn , verbally , that one Davis , the leader of the " Regulators , " baa been shot ,-with twelve or fifteen Others . It i « farther Stated that General Henderson was abont to leave Shreveport to o * e bis influence to bring about an arrangement of tbe difficulties .

      A South American Inundation . —San Fernando . —How unfortunate has been the year 1844 for Yenezaela ; what evils have we suffered , and how much more are we yet to suffer before this fatal year is sepulchred ia the abyss of time . We bave now to present a relation of a new , a tremendous catastrophe to our fellow-citizens , if , indeed , we may be able to attract for a moment tbe consideration and commiseration of Venezuela to the miseries of this unfortunate province , which the iron band of destiny appears to wish to blot from the map of the republic . But how difficult will it be for na to awaken to these disasters the attention of our brethren , who also have to weep their own calamities ! No one , my friend , is now heard to speak of a crisis , of a want of bard money ( and this want is

      absolute ) , of the decay of our products , of complaints against the Congress or the publio authority . Of what importance are all these political topics to us now ? All are absorbed in the last misfortune that has prostrated us—tiie new deluge that has submerged and devastated San Fernando . San Fernando may now fce said noi to exist The river began to rise In May last , Bnd continued until it covered tbe entire surface of the land , and in spite of active and constant efforts to save ourselves , by opposing barriers and dikes to the force of the waters , the Apure has at least reached the height of two yards above the general level of the land , and baa inundated the entire community- The houses have also been flooded in all parts , and , notwithstanding we exerted our individual endeavours to oppose the

      advance of the waters by new intrfcEcbmenU , they have been filled to the height of two , four , and six feet ; some have wasted away , and fallen , while those that remain , although they still resist the dashing of the 'waters , oiust eventually submit to their power , and fai ] The streets are so many river » , in which the rapid current is scoring and penetrating deeper and deeper ; already deep wells and ditches axe formed , which , after the waters have retired to the bed of the river , will require much earth , much time , and many thousands of dollars to obliterate and level . Some families had formed under their roofs large hammocks , in which they thought to remain in safety during this violent tempeit ; others gathered themselves in the highest places that remained above tbe water , judging

      that the deluge would last but a few days . Xhe rise of the waters , however , continued , and everything has been covered for some weeks , excepting only a few houses which were defended by high dikes and parapets ; at last , tiie population , en masse , resigned the city to ita fate , and resolved to emigrate . Tbe Municipal Council met , in conjunction with tbe principal inhabitants , at eight o'clock in tbe evening of tbe 16 th of July , and then determined to remove the families to Sm Juan dePayara ; they put In requisition all the barges and small -vessels , and the day following began the movement San Juan and Carma guan have been rilled with the emigrants from our deserted city , and there now remain but very few families , and these are enduring a thousand sufferings and privations ; some of them have taken refuge in anchored barges . It ia frightful to see the few that yet stop in their houses ,

      surrounded as in a sibge ; they appear at their windows , contemplating the waves of the river as they roll impetuously more than a yard in height over the saturated land on which they had been accustomed to walk . But what do I see ? There is now no such river as the Apure ; it embraces in its course the Portogutzi , the Guarico , tbe Payara , and the Arauo . It stretches twenty-four leagues in width , reaching from Banco-Largo , in the province of Caraccas , to beyond the Cunaviche , in the Apure . And in this ocean of fresh water there are only to be seen some small islands on which man and beast , cattle and dogs , wild beasts and reptiles closely press , dying from the fatal element which threatens to devour them . We caught two tigers in the very centre of the population , snd have also killed many snakes . A oyman was encountered and killed in that which was once one of the principal streets of tbe

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      city . There are now n # honsea , no estates , no seedtime ; all has been levelled and destroyed by the fury orthetannd » Hon ; nor have we even a place ia which toDurytbe dead ; should the flood continue a month T wn ^ d 8 ha 11 ** the dead bodies of men , women , and children with those of the wild beasts of the mountains rand domestic annals all floating together upon the devastating waters . The Inhabitants of this province have applied to tbe Executive power for aid to alleviate their necessities . We hope the < jfOY « rdment will come promptly and generooaly to the rescue . We navei snffered more thsn Barinai and Matnrin , who were both succoured by Congress . BaiinaBand Maturin suttered by fire ; they lost their houses ; but we have lost our houses , our fields , a great number of animals , and that which la still worse , an entire year of labour , oucropa and ottr hopst—PMaiefphia Gazelle .

      WEST INDIES . Hayti . —Cape Haytien , Aug 9 —We have had no political disturbance in tfeis part of the island of late . The temporary " Council of Stite" hei been dissolved , the project of dividfoi } the island into states given np ; gnd the government is now , in all resteota , with the exception that there are no municipalities , the samo as More the late revolution , Port-au-Prince be . ng the capital ef the north , west , and south . In the Spanish part there is efcill trouble . At Santiago they have raised the Haytien &ig pjain , and are desir-° 2 * « d I 611 * " 011- At Porfc-au- Plata they still « u * tain the Dominican fl » g , and tbe authorities thtre have a « - ran « ed the basis of a treaty with the French , by which the latter are to receive u patent of the mines at Suman * fora term of years , with the right of settling on the Burrounding territory , for 2500000 SpanUh dollars

      ,, . This treaty is not likely to go into-effect , ** a large potion of the inhabitants are Jealous of fore ^ a iuterference , and especially dread the consequence should the French obtain a footing in the island . A majority is also opposed to a reunion with the Haytiens . There bas been some skirmishing at Smtingo , rnd about two weeks since , a brig at rived here from PorN Plata , under the Danish flag , with upwards of one hundred passengers who had been compelled to leave , or hold themBelvos in readiness to march against Santiago . President Guerriere and party are now on a tour through the ; west and north , and » re expacted here in the course of a week or ten days .

      Poeto Plata , St . Domingo , Aug . 12 , 1844 . — Since my last to you , relative to the political movements here , there has been a revolution among the chiefs of these people . General Duartft ' s party bas been put out by GKneral St . Anna , who reinstated those members of the junta that Duarfet put out . They have declared 8 t Anna Supreme Chief , who has declared the party of Duarte enemies of their eountif . Here , where I did expect there would have been some opposition , there was none , the people saying they did not tbinlc H worth while to flght for » man . Old General Villantive , who really made Mr , Duarte President , very quietly told him he was obliged to do here as the St . Anna government ordered , to prevent bloodshed , &o . At this moment they are hunting General Duarte , who is some where about town concealed ,

      Tbe government of St . Domingo hn called a congress , to make a constitution and regulate ether matters . They are to be elected on the 16 tb instant This measure bas been urged on them for a long time back , and now I am in hopes that the country will become more settled . This Duarte aff- > ir hri proved to a certainty that the people have no idea of fighting with each other for any one particular man . Their army being all Irregular , no one mm has sufficient influence to bring them to that position , or in actual collision with each other . In tbe west , tbe blacks » re endeavouring to consolidate themselves ; but , from all 1 can learn from good sources , they have not the means or the will of tbe masses to march on this end again . They owe a heavy debt to France , which they are iu no situation to

      pay-Eastern Haiti- ( From the Jamaica papers . ) Letters from the Island of S * Thomas , at the close of June , received in Port-au-Prince , announces positively the following occurrence at Santo Domingo : —Oa the 2 < r . h May tbe Junto , which had been organised as a government , having convoked an assembly of the merchants and other considerable personages of the city , tbe meeting beid In consequence was opened by a speech from a Senor Thomas Bobadillo , who concluded his harangue by pointing out the necessity of the citizens of Eastern Haiti accepting the protectorate of France . This protectorate had been offered to them in a promissory announcement by the French consul , M . Sucherean de St Denis . This proposition was strenuously opposed by several persona , especially by

      tbe Generate Juan Djrte , and Manuel Ximenes , who , declaring themselves determined to be independent of all foreign domination , the majority of tbe meeting disdainfully rejected the protectorate . Qn the 28 th following , the French consul having sent to the Junto another paper containing a specification of tbe terms on which they should entertain the treaty of protection , and concluding with a threat to withdraw from the country with the French residents , and with the vessels of war stationed at Santo Domingo , if these terms were rejected ; this document w-maccepted by the Junto , and signed by the members composing it , with tbe exception of General Duarte , who on the occasion sent in his resignation as a member of the Junto , and * s

      Commandant of the arrondissement ef Santo Domingo . By this convention Franco was to lend Eastern Haiti , now separate from the western part , three millions of piastres , for which she was to receive the Peninsula of Sauiana as surety till the money wai repaid . Upon this proposal being made and entertained , the French steam-Tessfel tbe Styx was instantiy despatched With tbe news to Port B&pUb . Jcan ( Port-au-Friuce ) , bringing a eopy of the accepted eonveution fur the Consul-Qaneral for Haiti , Levaaseur , and to Admiral Demotes . Tae French vessels of war in the roads of Santo Djmiogo , lauded their guns that they might be lightened so as to enter the river Czana , where they were immediately re-armed by taking in their guns , that they might act against the populace of tbe city , in case of necessity .

      After these Occurrences , Colonel Joachim Puello , who was in command of the place , having given orders to the centioels to fire on a . Frenchman called M&tipoine , who took it into his head to reply ' Frenchman" to the call of the guard on duty , this led tbe consul to threaten to fire on the city , if this order woa not instantly withdrawn . His will was obeyed ; but on tbe 9 th of Juue this same Colonel Puello , placing himself at the head of the population of tbe city of Santo Doming ** , proceeded to the government junto , crying out " Down With Bobadillot" " Dowa with Caminero ! " " Death to tbe traitors ; death to Delmonte , Xivier , Abi-tu , Francisco Ruir . and Bias 1 " They demanded tbe

      expulsion of the two first from the Ju . to , and their banishment , together with the others , from the country . Toe Junto were about to consent to these popular outcries , when these Messieurs thought it best to withdraw to the French consulate , and seek for protection there , and to urge him to execute his menace of cannonading the city . Puello and the younger Vtllenenva , and two others , were promoted to the rank of general of brigade by the Junto , hews having arrived at tbe eame time that tbe city of St . Jago in the oortb , on bearing of the proceedings st Santo Domingo , had detached themselves from tbat city ; and with the whole of the department of Cibao had proclaimed themselves & separate Republic , under the title of the Rupublic Cibao .

      The succeeding letters , which came down to the I 9 ' . hof June , represent the city of Santo Domingo in a state of complete anarchy ;—nobody would obey the governing Junta In the mean time Jonathan Puello had despatched emissaries into the interior communes . A a appeal made by him to the blacks and the coloured population , in which they were invited to resist the intrigues of France , who they eai

      This is enacting tbe drama of Tahiti over again . An intriguing French consul and vessels of war ready to enforce the scheme , and call it a voluntary surrender . Caminero is a . well known and artful seuundrei ; the three millions of dollars was the golden prizj which tbe plans of Bobadille and his pattizina were to divide . The declaration of independence by the virtuous men of St Jago was an effectual counterplot Saruina , the prize for which French intrigue Was running , is a part of the department of Cibao ; and by this timely separation of Korthern Hispaniola from Southern Satnina , It no longer remained ac tbe disposal of the traitors of Sjnto Djmingo .

      Later prom St . Kitt s . —We learn from Captain Babbsge , ef tbe barque Hecla , twelve days from St . Kitt's , that the day previous to his leaving , there was a very heavy hurricane there . T to British brigs were in port at the time , one of which parted both chains , put to sea , and arrived at St Thomas , leaving her Captain on shore . The other parted one chain cable , but brought up by the other anchor within cable length of tbe shore . When Captain Babbage came oat , the schooner Xsura had dragged her anchors till she was near the shore ; ' but succeeded in getting them , and proceeded to sea . '

      FBOM MataNzas . —Captain Lawless , of the schooner Robert Mills , at this port , from Matarzw 18 th instant , reports that on the morning of his leaving Mataczis , Vargas , the intended mulatto General-in-Chief of the contemplated insurrection , was shot with another of his accomplices . Capt Lawless reports very bad prospects for the coming crop , which will be at least from one-third to one-half sh » rt . —Providence Journal .

      FOREIGN MISCELLANY . Aden . —The Counter Francait publishes the following letter from Aden : — " Ton . ask me for som « details relative to Aden , which . may be denominated the Gibraltar of the Red Saa . I wish that this information may be useful to my country , and for that reason I send it . Aden , which was formerly called ' Portus Roman us , ' is a town of the Yemen , which , from its position and on account of its recent occupation by the English , promises to become an important commercial

      and military station , particularly now that Egypt is advancing towards the period when she will become a British colony . The town is built in the crater of an exhausted volcano , and is situate at the extremity ef a small peninsula formed of a volcanic matter , and attached to the continent solely by & low neck of land from fire hundred to six hundred yards vide , and which might ba easily isolated by a canal . Tbe harbour is a magnificent basin , capable of containing an Immense fleet , and is entered by a narrow passage between two other craters . It would be easy to establish

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      defensive works on the rocks aai rounding these craters , which would place the port in Bifety against any attack . One redoubt has baen already raised si ft security ngaintt tbe Arabs , ever ready to attack the English in their position . From this point to the gate of the tow a bri t ? sn recently traced a road of about a league fa length , by which the defile is reached which forms the entrance to Aden . This defile , which is being fortified at this moment with' » gate evidently constructed to resist Other attacks than those of tbe Arabs , ia about 100 yards long and four or flve wide . It is cut out of a rt Jr . which stands 150 yards above tbe level of the sea . A foraildable battery , commanding tbe entrance of the town , is in process of being erected above the rock on the left of the defile . A covered way witk an

      arch thrown from one rock to another unites the system of defence which tke batteries commenced on the summit of the rocks on tbe left will complete . The othev side ia absolutely nnsailable . From the most remote period these heights have been more or less fortified by the different nations who have had possession of Arabia . I ascended these heights , and I confess I was astonished to find tbe harbour bo epsily defended , and this impregnable position surrounded by a natural girdle of bas tions , which only wait to be armed to be capable ot annihilating the most formidable fl * ets . I experienced the most painful emotions at the Idea of the consequences of these preparations . I cannot comprehend how France and Europe regard with indifference England preparta ? a new Gibraltar on this road , fruitful In

      ric&efl , which extends from the European Ocean to the Indi »» i Ocean by traversing Eeypt We must not d # - cjive ourselves ; it is a new Gibraltar which is already erected at Elen . Read what is printed in an English elementary trentiBe entitled System of Universal G ? eography , page 661 : —' This peninsula has much resemblance to the rock of Gibraltar , and may easily be rendered as impregnable . ? The English Government bas taken possession of it . ' ' Aden has the advantage over Gibraltar of possessing aa excellent harbour which its peifectiy secure and capable of containing tbe most formidable squadron , and , consequently , of holding the key of the Red Saa against any power that exists . Last year three British officers of engineers came to Aden to study

      a general system of defence , of which the works executed at the entrance of the town are tbe commencement Everything marches silently towards one object , fatal to the liberty of the seas for every nation in Europe . The English act slowly in order to avoid any remark and in order to prevent those objections 'Which will one day be made , when it is too late . It is true , that England will reply to any objection— ' What we are doing is against the Arabs . ' Vain pretext , and a pure deception , for it is evident that they are intended for more than tbe muskets of the Badouins . To us French , the English Government would not perhaps have repea ' od what a superior officer of their nation said to me yesterdays—• Of what do yon complain ? Do you not perceive , that in consequence of the

      cordial understanding existing between the two nations , to labour to found at Aden a great commercial and military establishment ia to labour against barbarism for tbo interests of European civilization V Let us now examine the origin of this new acquisition of our arrival . By address and by violence , by a little good will rnd much force , the Arabs were successively reduced to see England establish at Aden fi » t a simple ; storehouse for coal for her steam-boats ; then it became necessary to place some troops , to guard the coal ; then other soldiers came to relieve tbe first , and both remained . A small wall was next built , in order , it wasi said , to obviate the

      necessity for so many troops , but tbe wall was constructed , and the soldiers remained . Then the year 1840 arrived —reports of war were circulated . It was fe > red that France would use reprisal * , and tbe English found themselves under the necessity of occupying Aden altogether . All that , be It understood , to resist tbe formidable attacks of some plundering Arabs , who would otherwise have realised enormous fortunes by stealing English coal . At present the recks of Aden are crowned with cannon . The only entrance to the town is fortified , and tbe gstrison ia already composed of two regimen *! of infantry and two companies of Indian and European artillery . "

      BATAVIA , MAY 7 . — Accounts from Macaaser announre tbe arrival , on the 26 th of February , of three bo-. ts , bringing the crew of the Belgian merchant brig the Cbwles , Captain Hoed . \ The captain , in his official repoit , states tbat on the 17 th of February bis vessel ran aground on the coast of Borneo , and at daybreak pirates were seen coming out of the Coe'z , and that their number soon amounted to twenty-four , which were speedily joined by other ? . Tbe captain and crew ruv ng in vain made i every attempt to get the ship afloat , even throwing tverboard part of the cargo ,

      resolved to abandon tbe ebip , which they did In tbree boats , the pirates approaching under a heavy fire . The Captain bmtag convinced bVnwelf that nobody remained on board , left tbe ship with the last boat . " Resistance , " he says , " was not to ba thought of . " The boati were followed for ! some time by the pirates , but happily escaped without any of the crew being killed or wounded . After [ ten days contending with contrary winds sad bad weather , and suffering much from the want of fresh water , they arrived , on the 26 tb , at MacpsBsr , where they were received in the kindest manner by the local iButhorities . —Java paper .

      The Journal du Commerr rd Anvers , speaking of the loss of tae Belgian brig tbe diaries , Captain Hood which was stranded on toe coast of Bornea . and afterwards plundered by the pirates , says : — "We understand that the government of tbe Duicb colony immediately dispatched a steamer to the placa where the sccident happened , and after having severely reprimanded the natives , exacted hostages from them , and an indemnity amounting , I it is said , to 120 , 000 gorio « . " | Mutiny at Ichiboe . —Bya letter received at Lloyd ' s from their { agent at Bristol , it appears tbat advices had been received by the writer ! from Ichiboe , of the 6 th July Is it , from which it appeared tbat serious

      disturbances bad occurred amongst a portion ef the vessels loaded at the island with guana ; tbat several parties had been put in irons , and forwarded to St . Helena . The officer selected by the committee appointed by Capt . Brooks , of her Majesty's steam ship Thunderbolt , to form a judicial body , bad elected Captain Alt 3 rt Hancock , ef the Victoria , osmmodore , who had deemed it advisable , the island being in a state of mutiny , to aend to the Cape for the assistai . ee of a man of war . The brig Canning hod been despatched for that purpose . Tbe number of vessels loading at tbe date of tbe letter abovementloned is represented to be between seventy and eighty , and the origin of the disturbance was from the new comers attempting to take precedence of previous arrivals in the loading of the vessels .

      COURT-MARTIAL AT MONTE VlDEO —A COUrt-martial was held on board her [ Majesty ' s ship Vestal , at Monte Video , on tbe 18 th of June , composed of Cipt , C . Taleot , Vestal , president ; Cuptain Sir T . S . Pasloy , Caracoa ; Captain C . Hotham , Gorgon ; Captain W . A . W . Willis , Frolic ; and Commander J . Russell , Ardent , to try Mr . George Durblo , late mate ot her Majesty ' s ship Alfred , on charges preferred against him by tbe Admiralty— " 1 st For general neglect of duty during the period ef bis belonging to the said ship ( Alfred ) . 2 nd . For uncourteous behaviour towards Commodore Purvis , and remonstrating with him on the discipline

      of the ship , in March , 1843 . i 3 rd . For leaving a boat , and neglecting to report two of tbe crew , although they were drunk on duty , he being the officer in charge of the said boat . " The coort , after some deliberation , found the prisoner not guilty on the first and third charges , and guilty on the second ; but in consequence quence of bis previous good character and certificates , and taking into consideration the time which bad elapsed since the date of the offence , they adjudged him to be most severely reprimanded , and he waa declared to be most severely reprimanded accordingly , i

      THE Cahgassians . —The : Bremen Gazelle bas an article from the Polish frontiers , September 3 , which states that the Emperor Nicholas has approved the plan of the Minister of Wf r for very vigorous offensive operations in the Caucrsus , and that he is resolved , if not to make the campaign in person , at least in the vicinity of the theatre of war . Count Nesselrode is hourly expected to return to St . Petersburg ; it is affirmed ttat he has communicated to the English cabinet the decided intentions of the Emperor respecting the war ia tbe Caucasus , and has obtained the aseurance tbat tbe assistance sent to the rebels by English agent * from Constantinople shall cer -f . —Hamburg papers , Sept . 13 . ;

      Falmouth , Sept . 15 . —The Sam Slick , of Lonaon , arrived off here last night , and reported tbat Mr . Wm . Vaughan , master of the British merchant brig Courier , having touched at Bathurst , in the Gambia , ou June 15 , ( whence she sailed on August 7 ) , had made a declaration to the authorities that nearly the whole of that vessel ' s crew , aa w « H aa the master and the captain , end some of tbe seamen of the bark Margret , of London , had been captured by the Moors , ( at tbe island of Arguin , on tbe windward coast of Africa , where they bad gone to procure guano . Seven men , including the chief mate

      of the Courier , bad been killed , and the second mate , Mr . Diines , was badly wounded ; he baa come to England by the Sam Slick . The Africonus , of London , Captain Isemonger , lying off Portendie , trading for gum , having heard of the tragedy , bad rescued the party by a ransom of £ 300 with great difficulty ; and six of the men , inolndiug the captain ] of the Margaret , arrived at Bathurst on August 6 . Three men yet remained behind at Arguin , being nnable to undertake the journey to Portendic Tbe captain and boat ' s crew of the Margaret were detained at Ar uin in , captivity more than three month * . :

      Dr . Wolff . —To the Editor of tbe Times . —Sir . — Permit me to inquire whether jit is the intention of the British Government to leave : the chivalrous Dr . Wolff to bis fate ? Whilst we are prompt in rescuing the Africans from bondage , should we not be energetic in our efforts to release from captivity the rev . gentleman , who has so nobly perilled bis life in attempting to obtain the release of those unfortunate offisers , Colonel Stoddart and Captain Gonoliy ? W . M . Db . Wolff . —We are informed that , after much correspondence , and obtaining from our own Government all the interference and aid it feels authorised to undertake for the release of D * . Wolff , Ceiptaia Gfover a few days Bince started for St Petersburgh , peraonally to Interest the Emperor Nie&olaa in tbe same humane and holy cause . We doubt not of bis success with that great Monarch * to whom we feel certain , from all lately seen or heard of him , it will afford no ¦ mall degree of

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      gratification to employ hi 3 utmost influence ia Bokhara to liberate the missionary from his perilous situation . Of Captain Grover's own exertions and sacrifices we cannot speak too highly ; they do honour to human nature : and if , from the mystery still hanging over the fa + e of our countrymen , they should te beyond tha reach of help , there may be other Europeans in Ufa who will reap the benefit of this proceeding . We pnt the "if , " because we hare only the assertion of tha barbarous King of tbe fact ; no public execution haa besn witnessed ; and immediately after he forced Dr . Wolff to write tbe let > 3 r announcing their deaths only last yeat , be immediately altered his course of conducts towards him , and threw him into prison , where he had no means of proving or disproving the truth . This does create a doubt , though a fearful and remote one . — Literary Gazelle .

      Attempt to Poison Prince Sba . hz « da . Timoor . —An attempt was made by some one tu poison poor Sfaabzida Titnoor , some three days ago , but fortunately it failed—failed so far that , in tbe manner tbe poison was administered , it did not prove fatal . It appears tbat the Prince is in the habit of taking some compound medicine , mixed in liquid in bottles ; on taking one of these doses he felt a pain in tbe chest—ot this ha took no particular notice , but on repeating the dose the next day he felt the same kind of pain , only more severs , He again , sext day , in the afternoon , took a third doacand immadlatly alter , on stepping into feu buggy , & O felt siek and giddy , when symptomB appeared in a violent form , causing him to vomit incestuntly , with great weakness in the limbs . He is now , however , from the

      providential rejection of the poiaou , recovering fast . One of his servants , a Persian and Sbir-z *? , in order Lm test ' tbe medicine , dr&nk a portion of tbe contents of the bottle , when the poison acted violently upen him ; but , on administering milk and other medicines ia time , he vomited blood , and is also doint ; welL The Prince's suspicions rest on two parties—viz cither on a party of four men who came from Dost Mahomed t » pay their respects , or some supposed villains who may have b / m seat byb ' i haif-hrotber , Fattehjtrag , who , in fear of losing the ancestral jewels in his possession , which right of belongs to Timoor , the heir and representative of Shah Soojah , may bave put up some one to do the act ; but th ' i < i a'l a supposition . —Agra Uklnr , June 29 ,

      Ma . Pbitchabd again . —The Re / orme states that " There are at present two English ladies at a boarding-school ia tbe Avenue de Martceaf , Paris , wh « were placed there two years Binee , when ? ix months ' money waa paid in advance , since which time tbe schoolmistress has not received any money , nor even heard from their friends . These young ladies are the daughters of Mr . Pritohard , ex-Coasui of Tahiti . When the schoolmistress heard that M . Guizofc was to pay an indemnity of 120 , 000 francs to Mr . Pritohard , she entered an opposition against this root being paid until the amount of her demand should bo liquidated . "

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      New Bastardy Law . —Sarah Biggins , a servant * applied at the Guildhall , London , oa Monday for a summons against a person whose name she believed to be Green , aad who had gone to Nottingham , as she had been informed . He slept for a few nights in an adjoining attic , and it being her custom not to look her room , in case of fire , he found his way into her bed . She had been delivered of a child , which was in the care of her parents . Upon examination it appeared that she had no corroborative evidence , and Mr . Alderman Hughes , for the present , deoHned to summon the supposed father .

      _ A Female Brute . —At Queen-square police office on Monday Catherine Stuart , about forty-five years of r ^ e , was charged with cruelty to three young children named Tyler . The prisoner cohabited with the father of the children , and although she was supplied with money to purchase them food , she was in the habit of feeding them on paunches . It appeared that she would frequently take them by the hair of the head and dash them from one end ot the room to the other ; that she bad knocked them dow a and jumped on them ; and on . one occasion bad thrown boiling water over one of them . She was remanded .

      Death of CAPrAiN Basil Hall . —We regret that we have to announce the death of this gallant officer , which took place on Wednesday last at Haalar Hospital , after a protracted illness , in the fifty-sixth year of his age . Captain Basil Hall wa 3 not only distinguished in the service as an able , enterprising , and meritorious officer , who had the entire good _ of his profession at heart , and who lost no opportunity of forwarding its improvement in every way that hig inquiring and discerning mind enabled him to do , bat he was also known in the world of literature , of which he formed a distinguished ornament . In his early life , in the command of a small vessel , in Btt

      unkuown sea , he rendered conspicuously interesting a dreary voyage to the north part of China , and the coast of Cores , by the publication of a lively , iatellu gent , and scientific account of a now pinole inhabiting the Loo Choo Islands . Since then his industrious and active habits havu never allowed him to visit & Bcene without recording its novelties , peculiarities , and politics ; aud wo have thus before ' the world bis opinion and description of both South and North America . His various nautical tales , told under the name of fragments , of which several series hare been published , proved the playfulness of his mind , and the extent of his observation .

      A Fight between two PoLrctMerr . —At an early hour on Sunday morning muuh excitment was caused at Winchmore-bill , by a report that a policeman , named Robert Hannant , had been murdered by A brother constable . This , though not strictly correct at the time , may , it is feared , be speedily verified , as the victim of brutal violence j lies in a very dangerous , not to say a hopeless condition . The facts , so far as they are known at present , are the following : —A cowkeeper here , named Bisley , had for some time previously had his suspicions excited by the diminished quantity of milk which his animals yielded , and was led to believe that they were clandestinely milked during the night . He had therefore determined , if possible , to discover the depredators , and

      had for this purpose procured the assistance of the police . The constable employed on this duty ( Hancant ) , who has long been stationed in this district , aad is much respected iu the neighbourhood for his steadiness and vigilance , was posted m the field oa ' . be look ont about four o ' clook a . m ., and speedily roco ^ nised the plunderer in the person of a brother policeman , named Harvey . Advancing towards him , for the purpose of apprehending him , he was met by the other with entreaties for his connivance ; which being refused they were speedily followed by a tremendous blow on the head , which broke the staff with which it was given . He , however , proceeded , and after much resistance succeeded in seizing his antagonist ; but was induced , on the promise

      of the prisoner " to go quietly with him , " to loosen , his hold , when the other immediately attrmpted to escape , and being again seized , drew a chisel from his pocket ( his staff being broken ) , and inflicted several severe wounds on the bead and arms of Hannaut . Though faint from the loss of blood , the latter had stiii sufficient strength to spring his rattle and maintain his grasp , till he waa providentially rescued from his perilous situation ( for it appears tbe other continued to nse his deadly weapon ) by another policeman , wfio found them struggling and covered with blood . This man happened to be on duty in a lane leading from Winchmore-hill to Eafield , and hastened to his assistance . By their joint exertions , afterwards aided by a man in the neighbourhoodthe fellow was at length 6 eoured , and

      , conveyed to the stat ' ' on-house at Edmonton . The wounded man soon after became insensible , and was obliged to be carried to his lodgings , where his wounds were dressed , and in the course of this morning his deposition taken , as his life waa considered ia a very precarious state .. It has since been ascertained , that besides the violent blow on the head , the constable has received no less than thirteea wounds in different parts of his body , some of a very dangerous nature . The unflinching courage of thia man in the performance of his duty cannot be too highly commended . On searching the lodgings of the prisoner , various things have been discovered which may tend to throw a light on some recent depredations in the neighbourhood .

      Tragical Occurbbkcb . — Oo Monday the most painful and intense excitement prevailed in South Molton-street , Grosvenor-square , and the neighbourhood , in consequence of the discovery of the following tragical and awful occurrence at the hoitf e of Sir . Manicom , baker , No . 84 , in the above named street . A female , named Mary Levy , aged eighteen years , whose friends reside at some distance in the country ; bas for the last six months been in the service of Mr . Manicom . Her conduct during that ; time gave every satisfaction , but lately a suspioioa had been entertained that she was pregnant , which , however , she firmly denied . On Sunday Mr . Manicom visited his wife and family , who are staying at Gravesendand on his return home at night the

      , door was opened by the deceased , who evinced , her usual good health and cheerful disposition . Oa Monday morning she was up at seven o clock , and half an hour afterwards , having prepared her master ' s breakfast ia the parlonr , ftt the back of toe shop , she left the room . About eight o clock , Mr . Manicom wanting her , ho rang her bell , which she not responding to , he opened the partou * doo * and called nor byname , but she made no answer . He then , thinking that she was at the top of the houae t ran np stairs , and , on reaching the ateond flight , waa horror-struck at beholding her lying on her stomach oa the stairs , which were in a pool of blood , her

      hand resting on the top one , and by her side an infant covered with blood . He descended rapidly , and , running into the street , alarmed the neighbours , Bsveral of whom returned into the house with him followed by Mr . Clark , surgeon , Marylebone-lane , who had been immediately sent for , and who , on her being raised up , examined her and pronounced her to be dead . The infant , a fine full-grown female child , was also dead , but had evidently been born aim and then strangled , the stringsi of its mothers apron being tied tightly round the neck . Richhokd . —The corn in thia neighbourhood is nearly all cut , and a great part has been got into stack ; another week of fine weather , and the harvest here will be completed .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 21, 1844, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1281/page/7/