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      " And I will war , st least in words , ( And —« nould my chance so happen—deedi , ) With all who war with Thought !" « 1 Ainklhe * ralittlekird , whoiing « Tl . people by and fcj will be the ttronger . -Bi » oir . REVELATIONS " OF AUSTRIA . ^ M ^ itiiBt ^ e ^ z ^ ^^ toJS ""** *** *** *** A We ^ v d seS ! for almost all that can be told of we say set de ( J M gecret 3 reveaied so pro . iSSuStUZA «* which the **•« ™ £ Xrto envelop their 5 S te »

      _ Austria is the China of Europe ; the arch-conse rntive of the existing state of things . It is the inccbus c rashing some of the fairest portions of Enrope . Nations the most dissimilar in language and otier n atural , political , and social characteristics , are brought together" under one government , and compelled to submit to the barbarous , mind-crushing despotism of Vienna . Poles , Italians , Hungarians , B ohemians , Tyrotee , Ulvrians , Wallachians , Transj Iranians , < kc , 4 c , are subjected to a yoke which annihilates liberty , prevents happiness , and forbids pr » gress . Thirty-two millions of people are ruled by gome seven . or eight millions ot Germanswe beg Germany ' s pardon , we . should say Au , trianswho are themselves the slaves of the Kaiser . The

      Austrians are the gaolers ot the abovenamed nations ; while those nations are compelled to supply the force necessary for the subjection of each other . Italian soldiers are transported to Galicia to act as the executioners of Poland ; Hungarians are seut to Italy ; Tyrolese to Bohemia ; and so on throughout the empire . Besides this , class is set against class in the conquered countries , that the government may nnre easily subdue the vanquished . The recent bloody massacres in Gallicia were deliberately organise d by the government in accordance with this infernal policy . In 1830-31 , when the Hungarian aristocracy exhibited an intention of inarching to the aid ot the Polish patriots , the Austrian government paralvsed the Hungarian sympathisers , by employing

      ajainst them the means recently used for the destruction of the Polish nobles . Mental liberty and morality are both proscribed under the Austrian sv'tera . The censorship exists in the utmost rigour , acd education is used hut as the means of rearing m nd-bound slaves . The government appoints the teachers , prepares the books , and enjoins the exact laaguage in which the teachers impart instruction , Much has been said of the happy state of the population of Vienna ; but the capital affords no illustration of the condition of the people of the empire , ¦ M oreover , Vienna is , before all others , the abode of frivolity and diia ^ luteness . Gambling , waltzing , and

      licentiousness , form the occupation and enjoyments of the debased aristocracy , more barren of great Barnes than any other aristocracy at present existing . The late confiscation of Cracow has directed universal attention to the three devil powers combined together to resist the progress of freedom . The fact that Cracow has been appropriated by Austria , Combined with the bloody tragedy—rivalling that of St . Eartholemew—enacted in Galiicia in the spring of last year , by Austrian agents , has caused social attention to be directed towards Austria . At this moment , therefore , any revelation of the state and policy of that despotism must be more than ordinarily interesting .

      A book has been recently published , entitled " Revelations of Austria , " from the pen of M . Koubr&kiewicez , an ex-Austrian functionary , which has helped to throw considerable light upon that " mystery of iniquity" over which Ferdinand reigns and Metternich rules . The book comes before us edited by the author of " Revelations of Russia . " a trustworthy authority , whose works have been of incalculable service in unveiling the mysteries of Eastern Europe , and the enormities of the Russian system . We reserve to the conclusion any remarks we may fed called upon to make in opposition to some of the vi » ws of the author . For the present'we shall confir . e ourselves to extracts illustrative of the Austrian system under which M . Koubrakiewic-rz was born and brod . and in the service of which he passed many rears of his life .

      THE HOCSZ OfHASSBUKQ . Oat of twenty-one dynasties which gOT « rnand oppress Monarchical Europe , or that reign and not govern , there are eighteen of German oruin . Amongst these the first place is occupied bj the dvnasty of Habsbnr ; , from which proceed the Sovereigns oi Austria since the 13 th Century , of which AdolpbuB , Count of Ilabsburg , was the founder , and which reckons in all , according to the genealogical almanack of Saxony , forty-fire legitimate members , of whom twenty-seven are Princes and eighteen Princesses .

      Absolute sovereigns formerly bore the title * of Despot t , and after that of Kaiser , ? the two first of these titles became rather a detestably ignominious , than an honourable epithet , in consequence of the abuses committed by absolute Monarchs ; the title of Kaiser , on the contrary , na » sanctioned by the French , Polish , and Rus . eisn Scripture , which enjoined to render up K . ais > r , iCtcsar . Cttart Tzar ) that which is Kaiser ' s , and to render U ]> to God that which belongs to God , thus the Austrian sovereigns have taken , and retained up to the present , this latter title of Kaiser ; and their wives that of Kaiierinn , the princes and princesses bearing that o ! Aicbdukes and Archduchesses .

      The present Kaiser , Ferdinand the First , it is said , displayed , up to the age of eighteen or twenty years , some cleverness and independaace of character ; it was presaged of him that when he became sovereign he would not follow the immutable system of his father , Francis the First , so much so that he was disliked both by his father and by Metternich , who were desirous that Francis Charles , the second son , who inherited all the systematic qualities of his father , should succeed to the throne . Being one day out hunting in company with his father , Mr . Metternich and other sportsmen , the Archduke Ferdinand narrowly escaped being killed , by a shot fired at him , but the assassin was never discovered . Another time an Austrian officer fired a pistol at him , within a few yards distance , but be missed him . This man , when discovered , was found to have had an access of madness .

      Different reports were circulated in Galicia as to the true auttors of these attempts , called Austrian aeeideitt . It is said , indeed , that the conjugal impotence , epilepsj * ni iraberillity of Ferdinand , are only the consequences of such acridenb . * * The Kaisers owe their numerous acquisitions to marriages , treaties , and for the most part to their perfidies . They have rarely been fortunate in their expeditions , wlen openly combating with military strategy and taetics . They have rarely won victories , but almost always succeeded by calling into play the springs of hidden influences ; and by employing a subterraneous strategy hare generally triumphed over their adversaries .

      They have never despaired , however bad their position . More than onee , during the last two centuries tb » ir monarchy has been on the paint of crumbling in the dust , through the loss of unfortunate battles , and nnre than once they have come out triumphant , by following those tortuous paths where cunning is of more avail than strength . M . Koubrakiewicz enters into a long account of Austrian treacheries , citing such famous personages as Henry' the Fourth of France , Wailenstein , Duke of Friedland ; Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden , and Napoleon , as the most illustrious of the innumerable

      Tictims of Austrian perBdy . The statements he makes are curious , and the inferences drawn so astounding , that we should be compelled to refuse absent did not the recent horrors in Gallicia assure nx that there is no act too vile or villainous , base « r bloody , that the despotism of » ustria would hesitate to perform for the furtherance of its hellish ends . Our author ' s review of the designs of Austria pursued through many generations for the destruction ot Poland , forms a chapter in the history of that ill . fated country ; exceedingly * interesting , but we must piss on to facts belonging to the present time .

      THE ACSTBIAX ADMINISTRATION . In order to be more sheltered from all attack , and all reproach of absolutism , the Kaisers transfer the charg « Oi the management of the government mechanism , to a ffl ' . nistw who bears the title of High Chancellor , and who is commonl y styled la Poland , Austrian Visier , in consequence of the analogy of his functions and authority with those of the Grand Visier in Turkey . The two other ttinis ters of police od finance , as well as all the pr « siaiuts of tribanaU&nd chanceries , are mere clerks of this Grand Chancellor . The administration of all political and judicial affairs " concentrated in Vienna . Political affairs , comprising those of the clergy and of religion , are managed , or de-« Hed without appeal , by ( the Chancellor of the court ( Hofkanzelei ) . Financial affairs are managed by the Kaiier himself , and by the chamber of accounts ( Hofkunraerl .

      The Austrian empire consists of divers people , and promisees . At the head of each province , excepting Hun-S" 7 , there is a governor , who has his council , called Cubernium . The counsellors , the secretaries , and other ofiktrg which compose the Gubeiniem , are named by tba Raiser or by his chancery . The governor has a right to decide on all matters even against the advice « f his counca He is the political representative ; and in cases of necessity or of danger , the absslute master of the pro-Ti -ce . * Tyrant is derived from the Greek word Tujawor and signifies King or Prince . t *>« pot comes from ttatortit and signifies sovereign fialtr . t hcaur comes from the Greek word ianaj which is transi ted into French by Ccetar , into Polish by Cttart , ta aBauUb y Tzar , into Gtmtn ljj Kantf ,

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      The chiefs of the temporal and « Diritual .- « . THK Oi UlCIAir Dm -S"Aisaasf ^»—< t a ! " SndT" 1 ' ° " "" "" *'"" ' ¦ »•»*—• 2 gtt ~ Z £££ iSP-XX S *^ - -5 ^ KrJ 2 rr ^ ; l !• * Princes <»» nts , and Barons ; the third fcttate contains all the Szl . chcis or ancient Polish Militia wtticU the kaiser had assimilated to the Germanic ^ ni ghts ( Ruter . ) In order for a Silachcic to app « ar at the diet and bear the title of Nuncio , he must be acknowledged as Kni ght by the Emptror , and pay to the Kaiser < 5 florins ( £ 6 ) yearly , as Seignsrial tax . . » n > nli mi ) »<«> . < ... . u . . ... 'PWtnal army , the

      That is to gay for the right of exacting forced labour from the Polish peasantry . The fourth estate comprises two deputies from the capital , Leopol , one of whom is always Burgomaster of Leopol , and the other a citizen of Lepol , chosen by the Burgomaster . The Burgomaster is always a thorough bred German , and a stranger not only to the town but also to Gallicia ; he is besides a secret councillor of the Kaiser ' s ( Geheimrata . ) The Diet , thus composed , meets and disperses on the day fixed upon , by the Kaiser . It is expressly forbidden the Diet to interfere in all matters relative to public ad . ministration . It is only allowed to occupy itself with the means of augmenting the productions of the country . The right of petition is granted to it on condition that the petition be signed by the Governor .

      THE CENSQBSD 1 P . The Austrian censorship is fur more systematically arbitrary than that of any other of rte absolute states . The introduction and reading of newspapers and Polish books , printed in Russian Poland , were , until the insurrection of Poland , iu 1830 , even more strenuously forbidden than French books and newspapers . In order to persuade and force th-a Poles indirectlj to learn German , a little more liberty is accorded to German than to the Polish authors . All that is destined to appear in print , all drawings , engravings , and paintings , must pass a censorship , and meet with its appro > al .

      It is forbidden for Austrian subjects to have their books printed by foreigners , without the permission of the aulic chaucery , at Vienna . Constantine Slotninski , an ex-oScer of tbe French Empire , Chevalier of the Legion of Honor , Imperial Commissary of his department , Librarian to the Polish library at Leopol , a celebrated jurisconsulist , and a distinguished writer , had received a small prayer book , printed in Paris , and sent to him in secret , either by a friend or by an Austrian agent . He had been long suspected by the police of patriotism and love of Poli-h nationality . At midnight his house was surrounded by Dragoons , and he was dragged from his bed . His wife , just out of her confinement , was toru from the embraces of her husband , and clinging desperately to him , was stunned by the butt-end of their funs , which caused her to expire upon the spot . Slotwinski was sentenced to twenty years hard labour { ad eareerem durUtimum . )

      In all Austrian Poland , there are bat five printing establishments , three at Leopol , one at Taraow , and one at PrzemjsL This last belongs to a Pole , and only prints religious songs ; the four others to Germans , to whom this privilege it almost exclusively accorded , lu all Austrian Poland there is but one newspaper , in German and Polish , this last is composed of four pages in quarto , and is only allowed to print news unconnected with politics , as contained in the Austrian journal , the " Observer , " edited at Vienna by the private secretary of the High Chancellor . The censors of the newspapers are atthe same time the functionaries or paid agents * f the Emperor .

      We have good authority for stating what the author does not seem to be aware of , that Slotwinski it now out of prison . Let us here add that the Polish nobleman , Zaboklicki Vincent , Zalewski Leon , and others who freed their peasants , were arrested and punished as rebels , condemned and tent to Spielberg . To return to the censorship , —

      STATE OE OAUICIA . In Gallicia the wretchedness of the Burghers , Jews , and particularly of the peasantry , surpasses all that can be conceived . The Polish peasants can afford even black bread only three or four months of the year : they live the remainder of the time oa potatoes , with the exception of three or four months in the spring ; when driven to subsist on green meat , extreme privation renders thase poor wretches sallow , their bodies swell , and fever carries away thousands—particularly children and aged persons—every year . Out of a hundred children born , at least sixty die before the age of six , and it is rare in Gailicia to see a peasant seventy years of age . At the sufiie time G allicis . produces three times as much corn as would properly support its population , which amounts to upwards of four millions , but the taxes are so high , and money is so scare , that very of ten the whole crop does not suffice to pay the Kaiser his direct taxes .

      A Polish nobleman who has but a single village , consisting of forty or fifty peasants' huts , with three or four thousand acres , with mills , ponds , and public houses upon them , is ofteu not able to pay the schooling of his two sons . Out of one hundred proprietors the property of ninety is seised , sequestered , or eventually sold to pay tbe taxes , ( jA body of the landholders made a written declaration iu which they assigned over their property to the Kaiser on condition of his granting them subsistence , but the Kaiser refused to accept their offer ; he even desired the authorities in future not to transmit to Vienna such declarations of which he could not take cognisance , Begging is forbidden , but there is no provision made f » r the poor and aged .

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      NEW ZEALAND . The barquelMary , Lerens , arrived at Plymouth on the 9 th of January ; lett Auckland , September 20 . Iler Majesty ' s ship Castor , 36 , Captain Charlei Graham ; her Majesty ' s ship Racehorse , 18 , Commander George J . Hay , and a sloop-of-war , " not the Carysftrtd , were at Auckland . A native chief , of Ranghietas tribe , was prisoner on board one of these ships . The settlement of Auckland is in a most flourishing condition . The Government are erecting barracks upon a most extensive scale . Happily for this settlement the neighbouring tribe , that of the Waicata , the most populous on the island , is friendly disposed towards the settlers , for whom they willingly labour for hire .

      CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . Cape o / Good Hope papers have been received to the 10 th of November . Reinforcements of troops had Arrived at Graham ' s Town , and several vessels had succeeded in landing provisions at Waterloo Bay . A severe gale had visited Algoa Bay from the south east , and extended along the coast , causing much damage to the shipping . Five vessels were driven ashore in Algoa Bay , and there were one or two shipwrecks at Port Elizabeth . There was good reason to hope that the Kaffir war was at last ended ; and as the British authorities had had very wisely exacted unconditional surrender , there is a prospect of such arrangement as will secure tranquillity upon the extended frontier of our South African possessions for many years to come . Macomo having submitted , Sandilla was inclined to follow , and , as a earnest of good faith , had already ordered his subjects to surrender part of their arms . Both the Kaffir and Tambookie chiefs were submitting .

      FRANCE . A serious corn riot took place on the 4 th instant , in the market of Lencloitre . The price of wheat was 23 f . the hectolitre , when a man named Rabreu presented himself , accompanied by several peasants , and asked to have it reduced to lot ' . This not being complied with , the crowd rushed on the sellers , and cut the corn sacks , so that in a short time the market place was strewed with wheat . The National Guard was called out , but the riot becoming more and more serious , the gendarmery were obliged to act , and the peasants continuing to press on them , and to overwhelm them with stones , they were forced to use their [ sabres , and 2 men were killed . Night put a stop to the disturbance , and the Prefect ef Vienne , being informed of what had taken place , sent from Poitiers a squadron of Cuirassiers and a detachment of the troops of the line .

      Symptoms of increasing distress in Paris are perceptible . The number of persons who avail themselves of the relief afforded by the power to obtain bread at a reduced price through the benevolence of the public was augmenting . The Municipal Council of Paris voted on Friday , without opposition , a sum of 238 , 000 francs for that object . The Echo Agntolt states , that within the last three days the price of flour had increased in the Paris market by nearly on * franc per sack . The quantity sold on Saturday amounted to 7 , 328 quintals . Very little wheat was offered for sale on that day , and the priced evinced a tendency to rise .

      DREADFUL DE 9 I 1 T 0 T 10 S OF THS POOR—SKUIOTJS DISASTERS The Rtforme remarks , that whilst the Ministerial journals are filled with details of the distress existing in Ireland , they are silent with respect to the Bufferings of the labouring classes throughout France . In corrobor&tion of its statement , the Reformt publishes the following letter , dated St . Aingnan , the 3 d inst . : — " Disasters of every kind are being accumulated on our heads . Inundations , dearness of provisions , and riots , —I repeat riote ; simple peasants , ordinarily most peaceably , have had the great temerity to complain too loudly of their sufferings , to menace the authorities , and to destroy som » measures used by dealers in corn which were found to be deficient in capacity . This demonstrate prodused ft * UH

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      from the officers of the Crown , to St . Aignan , accompanied by an immense military force , when some poor wretches were arrested and condemned to pay fines and suffer imprisonment , whilst the inhabitants are compelled to feed and lodge the troops despatched from Blois . Our small towns presents the most afflicting spectacle . At tours the prisons are filled to excess . All the towns in the neighbourhood , as Rornorantin , Chatillen-sur-lndre , and Montrichard , are treated with equal severity . When will all this finish ?" The Heforme publishes also the following letter from Yvetot , in Normandy : — 11 mm tha nffippm nf tha Hmgrn fnS ) i . ' nnili . »/ , _

      The misery existing in this country is frightful . We reckon 300 indigent families , out of a population of 10 , 000 . Charitable workhouses have been established , where all the unemployed are received , but those houses entail considerable expense on the in . habitants ; and notwithstanding the collections made , and the other means adopt ed to procure funds , it is to be feared that the available resources of the town will be speedily exhausted . " Tho Journal det DelaU states that serious disturbances had taken place in the department of the Vienna , in consequence of the high price of com . Several National Guards who attempted to prevent sacks of wheat from being pillaged were disarmed ; and even a body of Gendarmes were obliged to retreat before the victorious mob , and to entrench themselves in their barracks . These occurrence * took place at the mr . rket ot Lencloitre , near Chatel Ilerault .

      opening op the fresch chambers . On Monday the French Chambers were opened with the usual roonarchial fooleries , not forgetting the usual military precautions for the purpose of shielding " his Majesty" Louis Philippe from any extraordinary exhibition of the " loyalty" of his faithful people !

      THE SPEECH . " Gentlemen , Peers , and Di-puties , — "In summoning you to resume the labour of the session , my first wish is that you should afford my Government all your cooperation , in order to relieve the sufferings which this yenr distress a part of our population . 1 have hastened to order the measures best calculated to attain that object . I trust , that by the firm maintenance of order , by the liberty and security of commercial transactions , by an ample and judicious application of the public resources efficiently aiding the zeal of private charity , we shall mitigate these trials , with which Providence sometimes visits the most prosperous states . " My relations with all the foreign Powers afford me the firmest confidence that the peace of the world continues secure .

      "The marriage of my beloved son , the Duke de Montpensier , with my beloved niece the Infanta of Spain , Luisa Fernanda , has completed the satisfaction and consolation which Providence has vouchsafed me in my family . This union will be a fresh pledge of those good and intimate relations which have so long subsisted between France and Spnin . and the maintenance of which is as desirable for the prosperity as for the reciprocal security of the two States . " I have reason to hope that the affairs of La Plata will , before long , be adjusted conformably to the views adopted by my Government , in concert with that of the Queen of Great Britain , for the re-establiBhment of the security of our commercial relations in those countries .

      " I have concluded with the Emperor of Russia a treaty of navigation , which guarantees to us , by a just reciprocity in our maritime relations with that empire , advantages which it was important to us to preserve . " An unexpected event has impaired the state of affairs founded in Europe by the last treaty of Vienna . The republic of Cracow , an independent and neutral state , has been incorporated with the empire of Austria . 1 have protested against this infraction of the treaties . " At home the constant progress of the public revenue , despite of causes which might have checked it , demonstrates that the activity and resources of the country continue to increase . The finance laws , and various other laws relative to important improvements in the legislation and administration of the kingdom , will be submitted to your deliberation .

      " The great public works which we have undertaken shall be completed with the perseverance which the interests of the cnuntry command , and with the prudence indispensable to the maintenance of public credit'' You will also have to direct your attention to measures calculated to second in our African possession the progress of colonization and its internal prosperity . Tranquillity , so happily restored in Algeria by the valour and devotedneBS of our army , permits us to examine maturely that important question , respecting which a special bill shall be presented to you .

      " Gentlemen , a common feeling animates us . You are all , like me and my family , devoted to the happiness and grandeur of our country ; and already long experience has enlightened us as to the policy best suited to her interests , both moral and material , and which must secure its present prosperity and the future pacific and regular developement of its destinies . I expect with confidence , from your patriotism and wisdom , the co-operation necessary to the accomp lishment of this great task . Let us assist each other n supporting the burden , and France will reap the fruit of our efforts . " Paris . Tuesdat Evening .

      Both Chambers sat to-day . In both M . Guizot laid on the table a number ot documents relative to the affairs of Spain and Cracow . In the Deputies , the monthly bureaux were organised in the usual manner . All the presidents and secretaries are Conservative members . When M . Guizot presented the documents alluded to , a number of Deputies rushed forward to see what they consisted of . There are in all nine documents relative to Cracow , and 25 on the Spanish marriages .

      PORTUGAL . THE CIVIL WAR . Advices were received on Monday from Lisbon to the 8 th inst ., brought by the Achilles steamer , which had put in there for coals . An action had taken place at Braga , between the Miguelite General M'Donnell and the Queen ' s Troops under Baron Casal , in which the former were defeated , after a loss of a couple ef hundred men . Several attempts had been made to effect a coalition between the Septembristas and the Miguelitea , upon some common principle of public policy , but hitherto they had ¦ ucceded only to the extent of uniting both against the Queen—the settlement of their own differences being deferred until they had disposed of " the common enemy . " Whataproapect for the country ! In the mean time both parties were concerning their whole military force in tht neighbourhood of Oporto , which will doubtless soon bocome the scene oi a decisive contest , GERMANY . A frightful » tate ot destitution prevails in Germany . In Cologne , the superintendent of the poor has distributed 36 , 000 tickets for bread at lower prices , besides 20 , 500 lbs . of bread gratis per week , and 7 , 000 portions of soup every day . Besides this there is an association for the relief of the temporary distress , which distributes clothing , blankets , &c . The most frightful distress reigns { throughout Elberfield , one of the great manufacturing districts of Prussia . Most of the weavers are without employment , and the Eolniiehe Zeitwnq reckons the number of idle looms at no fewer than 3 , 000 . The workmen are reduced to beggary , and those who cannot submit to this degradation are dying with hunger and cold * Great distress has prevailed for somo time past in the Duchy of Brunswick , and the severity of the frost has much increased it .

      Thf Confiscation of Cracow . —A Vienna letter of ( the 31 st ' ultimo , in the Rhenith Observer , states that the Swedish Ambassador at the Courtof Austria has presented a very strong and digmGed protest in the name of his Sovereign , as one * of the parties to the treaty of Vienna against the incorporation ot Cracow . Arrest of Communists . —The German Journal o f Frankfort of the 6 th states that several arrests have taken place at Magdeburg , of persons supposed to be iu correspondence with the Communists of Berlin . PiiNcn expelled from Vienna . — Jan . 1 , — The few copies of the London Piwh , by extraordinary permission , were yesterday officially demanded back . The number in question contains a caricature of tbe sovereigns of Russia , Prussia , and Austria . Tho wits of Vienna say , on New Year ' s eve Punch was very unexpectedlylprohibited .

      SWITZERLAND . BTMPI 0 M 3 OF REVOLUTION . Two popular meetings , lately held , in the canton of Friburg , having been attended with some disorders , the Government had published a decree on the 28 th ult . forbidding such assemblies , and directing that the authors and promoters thereof should be regarded as preachers of sedition and disturbers of the publio peace , and , as such , apprehended and punished with all the rigour of the Iaw . The Government wentBtill further , and ordeyed the Prefect of Estavayer to arrest two leadere , ef the Liberal party , Messrs . Faseland Duruz , wb . wli order was executed on the 31 st ult . On hea- fing of this violent measure , the people rang thet > x » in in

      several'illages , and iu a short time a bo dy of some hundred men , mostly armed , marched i . « to the chief town of the district , singing " the Marseillaise , " and demanded of the Prefect the \ mmediate liberation of the prisoners . The functionary was obliged to accede to their injunction , after which the insurgents organised a sort of insurrectionary committee . The Council of State of Fi .-iburg , apprised by expreis of these events , despatched on the 1 st instant two of its members , Messrs . Griset de Foreland Techterman , to the insurgentdi itrict . The agitation , in tai mean while , had spread through tbe French portiOD of the canton . The German part , on the other hand , which is peopled by an ignorant and fanatical peasantry , threatened to rise in BUpport of the Goveromeat . On the * SdinsUnt the liberals held ft

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      Breat popular assembly at Bulle , the prin ^ l town ° fthe district of G'U * ere , at which it was revived to support their friends of Estavayer , and to make common cause with th em , should the Friburg Government attempt to reduce them by force . On their side the authorities of the Canton de Vaud , withia whose limits the district of JEstayayer ia included , had determined to refuse thd > militia of Friburg a passage through their territory . The Government of Berne was invested , from the 1 st oi January , with the direction of the federal affairs , and , being compoBed almost exclusively of Radical ^ it was deemed probable that it would afford the iworgeHts every assistance in its power . g i i , nM . . t t > .. ii . ., . ~

      ins ikmjrrection . Since the above was in type the following information has been received from Berne , dated tbe 7 th instant : — "Yesterday a body of from six to seven inndred men arrived at Morat , from Eatavayer and ! its environs , and at night , after concerting measure with the inhabitants of that place , they commenced their march towards Fribourg . Another column W 3 » to arrive at the same time from Bulle and Gruyeres in order to attack Fribourg on both sides ; the Government , however , had on the previous evening ordered a battalion to that point , and on the arrival ot the insurgents the tocsin was sounded , and kept ringing during the whole night , in order to call to the aid of Fribourg all the able-bodied men of the German part of the canton between that place and Berne , and which part of the country is devoted to the Government and to the existing order of thiags . The

      Government has called an extraordinary meeting of the Grand Council for the Oth . The Government of Berne , now the Vorort , has ordered to the frontier two companies of infantry and two of cavalry , and has ordered other troops to hold themselves in readiness . No news had been received this morning , but it appears that the Government of Fribourg maintains itself , otherwise accounts would have been received of its abdication . It is besides stated , that the Government of Berne has decided on not tolerating tho residence in that canton of M . ileinzen , a German , and the author of a very violent publication against tho sovereigns of Germany . He had previously been expelled from the canton of Zurich . The Bernese Government held its first sitting of Directory on the 5 th , and announced to the diplomatic body that it had taken on itself the direction of affairs . The letter conveying this information was couched in very conciliatory terms . "

      A letter from Bale , of the 8 th , says : — "Theinsurrection is spreading , and has reached Murten , and the districts of Bolle , Gruyeres , and Stofes . On the evening of the 6 th , the Castle of Mdrten wai carried by assault by the insurgents , who made the Governor prisoner , and then marched on towards Fribourgh . The Regency of that canton has taken up arms , but the Government of Lausanne has refused a passage to the troops , composed of a buttaiion ofinfantry and a company of carabineers . A report ] is current that two hundred volunteers from Murten and Stofes have entered Fribourg , but other accounts state that they have arrived before that city , whare they await reinforcements from Bolle and Romons . It is , however , stated that , at the first newa of the insurrection , the Executive Council marched two companies of infantry on ¦ Newneck ; that the first battalion and the company of carabineers were to occupy Schwatsenburg , Lanper , and Newneck , whilst the second battalion would be held in readiness to aci as circumstances required . "

      POLAND . Private letters from Galicia announce that the Austrian Government had published a new ordinance relative to landed property in that province , which reduced the | number of corvees ( days on which the peasants are obliged to work for their landlords ) from 52 per annum to 26 ; and , in [ some cases , to if or 18 . The inhabitants of tho different districts of Galicia were , in consequence , , convoked to receive a communication of that ordina ' nee , which the government considered calculated to satisfy their exigencies . To the great astonishment of the authorities , however , not a single district , even those which had not participated in the recent atrocious murders , would sign or accept the ordinance . All declared against any amount of forced labour being in future required of them , and insisted that the land they cultivated should become their property .

      ANOTHER CIRCASSIAN VICTORY . —GREAT SLAUGHTER OF THE RUSSIANS . Information has just been received of a Circassian victory over the Rusiani on the coast of Abassia . The engagement is said to have taken place at Karatoprek , on or about the 17 th of December , and cost the Russians 700 men . There has been severe fighting in Daghestan , on the other side of the Caucasus , and it is said the Russians have had 3 , 000 men at once hors dc combat . The War in the Caucasus . —According to accounts from Tiflis , in the Gentian Journal of Franktort of the 5 th , the successes of the Russians in the Caucasus have been much less decisive than the St , Petersburg Journal has stated , and have not had the effect of discouraging the natives frem new efforts in favour of independence . Schamyl continues to display much vigour , and has the command of important

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      UNITED STATES . FREEDOM OF THE PUBLIC LANDS . The National Reformers have adopted the following memorial for public signature : — To the Congress of the United StateB : The undersigned , citizens of the United States , respectfully represent—That , in their opinion , the system of Land Traffic , imported to this country from Europe , is wrong in principle ; that it is fast debasing us to the condition of dependent tenants , of which condition s rapid increase of inequality , misery , pauperism , vice and crime , are tho necessary consequences ; and that , therefore , now in the infancy ot the republic , we should take effectual

      measures to eradicate the evil , and establish a principle more in accordance with our republican theory , as laid down in the Declaration of Independence ; to which end we propose that the General Government shall no longer traffic , nor permit traffic , in the Public Lands yet in its possession , and that they shall be laid out in farms and lots , for the free use of such citizens ( not possessed of other land ) as will occupy them , allowing the settler tho right to dispose of his possessions to any one not possessed of other land ; and that the jurisdiction of the Public Lands be transferred to States or territories only on condition that such a disposition should be made of them .

      A memorial to the State ( of New York ) Legislature has also been adopted , concluding with the following demand : — Thai a law may be enacted , embracing the following measures , until they can be mado a part of tho Constitution : — 1 . A limitation of the quantity of land that any individual may hereafter acquire in this State , say to 160 acres . 2 . The exemption of the homestead of each family , not to exceed 160 acres , from alienation for any future debt or liability , or in any manner except by the joint oanscnt of husband and wife , where such relation may exist . And we respectfully request that by every , constitutional means you will endeavour to prevent all further traffic in the Public Lands of this State , and of the United States , and cause them to be laid out in farms and lots for the iree and exolusive uso of actual settlers .

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      ADVANCE OF THE CHOLERA . Trebisohdk , Djjo . 7 , 1816 . The cholera is pursuing its march towards Europe . We have received accounts from Tabriz to the 24 th of November , by which we learn that the scourge had ceased in that city . During eight days no case had been declared . The disease had carried its ravage * to Choi , Makou , and Baiasid . This Ia 6 t city , of which the population had been several times decimated by the plague , is situated on the Turkish territory , adjoining the Persian and Russian frontiers , to the south of Mount Arrarat . Thus the cholera is approaching the Black Sea by tha ro&d taken by the caravans , whilst it ascends , in another direction , the banks of the Euphrates and the Tigris , shaping its courae towards Syria . Europe , therefore , is menaced on two sides . Notwithstanding the intense cold which prevails in Aserbeidjan , and on the table lands of Turkish Armenia , the scourge has extended thither . Neither the elevation of a town nor th »

      cold appears to destroy the terrible epidemic . An English physician who resided in Persia stated in a letter to me that no town in that country , with a population exceeding 10 , 000 souls , has been spared by cholera , with the exception of those of Salinas and Urmia , which are situated on the Turkish frontier . When spreading from Mesched , where the disease first broke out , towards the west and south , it appeared to have passed over several vasji districts , leaving behind it several populeus towns , but at a later period the malady always returned and desolated the localities which it had hitherto spared . The population of Tabriz , which counted 125 , 000 souls , i& now reduced to 100 , 000 . More than 15 , 000 perished , and all the foreign merchants have quitted it . The Augtburgh Gazette of the 5 th inst . publishes a letter from Udessa , which announces that tho cbelera had passed the A raxes , and bad committed great ravages in tho neighbourhood of Seljean and the Caspian Sea .

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      Singular Death from Scalding . —On Wednesday afternoon an inquest was taken before Mr . Baker , at the Bishop Blaize , New Inn-yard , Shoreditch , on tho bod y ot Henry Annell , aged ten years , the son of a butcher , residing at No . 5 , Spencer-street , in that neighbourhood . On Tuesday afternoon , the 5 th instant , the deceased was in the slaughter-house of Mr . Miller , butcher , in Shoreditch , with his father . He was standing on the copper , which was full of boiling water , placing some bladders in a bag , when the lid gave way , and he was immersed in the boiling water . He was immediately extricated from tbe copper , and both his legs were found to be most frightfully scalded . He expired on the Mewing Saturday . Verdict-. Accidental death . "

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      IRELAND . FAM 1 NK AND FISTILBNCB . The papers are filled with what may be termed the annals of Irish misery . Our only difficulty is in selecting from the accumulated and terrible mass , nuch a synopsis of tbe general state of the country , as may Ia ° j ° . givc aD accurate idea of the suffering now Sand ! y the ilUfated vmUm of the sister ThpW W ? WK 8 T RIDIlrO «* CORK . dF ^* iK v ? . % - rt ? i * r vatinn liavp op / .,, 1 i- additional deaths by stariSc ^ dSHa , £ fJsrsf Bantry - The dent of tte Cork Replrm J ? iurm shed h * * correspon-Bantrt , Jan . 5 . —It is m * painfHi fl ,, f , , , of sir wquciU held here tins dny dUty t 0 in mm The jury unanimously agreed win ,,,,. taltatiou , th « t the following yJ » Z I am 0 H > e , death , by starvation , vi * .:- * 0 " Camo t 0 Jlleir ———

      Catherine She .-ihan , a child , tn-oyeara old w ^ a- * tho 26 th of DecenrteHast , and had lived for ' swerS ? . " previous to her death on sea weed , part of which w produced by Dr . M'forthy , nhoheM apoit mortem ex * animation on her bod > . The other details in this case are most h ' . art-rcndincr . Michael Sullivan died a * Skahana , on or about the 4 t 1 i © f December , from the effeats of eating too-hearty a meal , * hich he had received through charity , atltv being previonsly exhausted from over-loag fasting . Richard Finn , was convcyedtinto this tow . Ton the 14 th of December , in a car , for theyurpose of talcing him to the workhouse , when , in the street , the Very Btv . Thomas Barry , parish priest , was obliged 3 o hear his eonfession before ihe public , and before be had time to complete his sacred duties the poor man expired 1 .

      JohnDriscoll was working on one-of the publio'works on the 25 th of December ; on his return home he Ml fx bausted for want of food , and was Sound dead ot » the mountain of Glounlough on Die following morning HiR wife proved that he had eateu nothing for two dnys-previous to his da « th , except a quantity of boiled wheat , and that he frequentl y had a rtmilar fast . Jeremiak Carthy entered the shop of Mr . Robii-t Vickery , of this town , when he fell senseless , and died in three hours after at the workhouse , thouRh being kindly attended to b y the Rev . Mr . Freeman , Dr . Jagoe , a * d the family , before his removal . Michael Linchan was found dead on the lands of Ibane on the 18 th of December last . He was on his way home from Bantry after purchasing somo food for his mother and brother ( which were all his family ) who were then lying in fever ; there were some turnip peels or skins found in his stomach .

      Head constable Grant then stated to the magistrates thatthere were three other similar cases , but the bench , considering it too late to proceed with hearing them , they were postponed for a . future day . While the court wa « sitting the Very Rev . Thomas Barry reported another victim who had fallen on enterinj ; the workhouse , before ho had time to administer the sacraments to him . 1 close with sending you the remonstrance of the jury as handed in by their foreman , Mr . E . O'SulUvau . That we feel Hour duty to stato , under the correction of the Court , that it is our opinion that if the Government of the countrj shall persevere in its determination of refusing to use the mfians available to it for the purpose of lowering the price of food , so as to place it within the reach of the labouring poer , the result will be a cacrifiee of human life from starvation to a frightful extent , an ! endftngcrment of property and of th « publio peace .

      Ihe following summary of the deaths in the othei portions of the county is from the Cork Examiner :-

      SKIBBEEEEN . In the parish of Kilmoe fourtean died on Sunday . Three of these are buried in coffins—eleven are burieii without other covering than the rags they wore when alive . And one gentleman , a good and charitable man , speaking of this , sayi-. " The distress is so appalling , that we must throw away all feelings of delicacy , " and another sajs— "I would rather give a shilling to a starving man than four and sixpence for a coffin . " One hundred and forto died in the Skibbereen work , house in one month ; eight have died in one day . And MCarthy Downing states that " they came into the house merely and solely for the purprse of getting a coffin . " The Rev . Mr . Clancy visits a farm , and there , in one home , "he administered the last rites of religion to six persons . " Oh a subsequent occasion , he " prepared for death a father and a dnughter lying in the same bed . "

      TheRav . Mr . Caulfieldsees " thirteen members of one family lyincr down in fever . " The Rev . Mr . Fitzpatrick retires to rest at three in the morning , and rises after a couple of hour * 'heavy sleep . It ; s the same with his coadjutors . Dr . Donovan solemnl y assures a public meeting that the people are " dropping in dozens about them . " Mr . Marmion says that work on the public road is even more destructivs than fever ; for the unfed wretches have not energy enough to keep their blood in circulatien , and they drop down from the united effects of cold and nunger—never to rise again . DINGLE .

      The Rev . Mr . Gayer , of Dingle , in a letter which will be found elsewhere , says— ' the people there are dying by inches ; " that he wonders they are so patient as "to lie down and die , without breaking open the Government stares , " and that two-thirds of the " population should perish if food be not cheapened there t " CBOOKIUVEN . A correspondent writing to us from this locality , says — " There have been fifteen deaths of starvation in thU locality those last seven days , all leaving widows and orphans .

      TRACTON . Sixteen Deaths feom Stabvathhc — The following appalling letter , from the indefatigable but sorrowing Rector of the district , is addressed to the Chief Secretary for Ireland , Tbe details in this able letter are sufficient to take hold of the officials at tbe Castle . " To T . N . Redington , Esq ., Sec , 4 c , &o ., Dublin Castle . " WUilst a remedy oxists in the law , or the exchequer , tie government will ' protect the people from starvation . '" " Tracton , Carrigaline , Cork , Jan . 5 , 1847 .

      " Sir , —At an extraordinary sessions held at Ballyfeard , on last Monday three weeks , for the Barony of Ktnnalea , £ 8 , 000 of our money became available to the government for the relief of our poor . Since then , and at this season of destitution aud death , twenty-seven additional men have b « en employed—ninety . seven men have been employed on three new works , and seventy dismissed from works in previous operation . Those who have been guilty of this neglect , are answerable to God and man for its consequences . 1 went to our Relief Committee last Monday fortnight , thinking the works presented for would be opened , because I knew they could ,

      I went yesterday week . I went yesterday , even this doy au adjourned meeting of the Commitwe , has been held ; still no road , no work , no relief , all despair . I returned home distracted and disgusted . Distracted , to know how to answer the gaum groups who gathered around me , whose faces published their own famine , whilst their tongues only recorded that of their children . Disgusted , that human misery and human life could be so slightly appreciated by authorities paid for tho protection of the people . If I did not remonstrate against such conduct , I would be a renegade to my feelings us a man , and my duties as a pastor .

      " As your bonevolence made an impression upon me , I address myself to you . We have in our relief district ( to which alone my remarks apply ) 1 , 200 , in cruel need of employment ; half that number , I think , are iiile , aud h . lf the idle with their families are literally famishing . " Now , Mr , Secretary , the words heading this latter were spoken by you to me at the Castlo , last September . A similar pledge was given to tho nation , by Lord John Russell in his placo in Parliament . Have the government kept their faith thus officially plighud ? The coffinless corpses of Mayo will answer , No . The starved skeletons of Skibberet'D will answer , No . That damning response will fiud an echo hore , and almost in every mountain side and village in tbe kingdom . Over sixteen deaths occurred in my parishes Cor tliu lust ten days . I am

      morally certain that each and every one of them w ; is occasioned and accelerated by want of food and tire . Buckley , of Ballyvorane , and Sullivan , of Gtysterhnveu , died suddenly . Buckley dropped dead oa the works , after a journey of three miles before day . His wite will make affidavit , 'that he had not sufficient food the night before he died , and that she and the rest of her famil ) lived thirty . six hours ou wild weeds , to syare a bit of the cako for him , ' ( In this case a corouur ' s verdict was given without sight of tbe body . ) This horrifyiag economy is practised by scons of families in this district . Similar effects must be expected frora similar causes , I fear we must bury the diad ' coffintess' in future . M v God !! what a revolting idea ! Withoutfoort when blivc , without a coftln when dead . Could such a calamity befal England on account of the failure of a vulgar esculent 1

      After some further forcible observation the writer thui concludes : — " 1 conjtreyou , thjougk the mercy you expect from God , to put the lately presented ronds of ous Barony into immediate and simultaneous operation . If you heed this earnest prayer with the insolence sometime ) characteristic of office , I declare my innuenco in preserving longer the peace of this district at an end . I declare the same of my order elsewhere srailarly cbcumitanced . If tbe clergy fail to preserve the peace of the land at this crisis , then you must procure scabbardless troopers and hand over to them fo » hire , tba money that would have saved the people and preserve the peace . The correspondent of the Cov& Constitution sayB : —

      An outrage was committed near Glengarriff on Friday night . The house of a man named Sullivan was attacked by five men with their faces blackened , four ef whom entered tho house and demanded Sullivan ' s money , which he refusod . They then put him on his knees , one of them being armed with a bayonet , another with a pike , and a third with a knife , and threatened to cut his throat . Sullivan ' s wife besought of them to save his life , and she would give up what money they had . She then took the money from a hole in an outhouse and handed to them . One of the fellows then took » suit of clothes , but another desired him to leave them after him as they might lead to their discovery , and they retired taking with them £ 15 , which they bad been handed . Cows and sheep aro stolen every night off . the lauds in the baron ; of Bautry ,

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      After closing my last letter in Skibbcreo a case on curredwhichlthlnkitrightto state . Going Z £ hotel yard , I perceived an unfortunate woman rush bv me and take Up some fish guts wlich lay in a fetid pool and retiring she oat them ravenously . On ^ tting ou side the gateway she ruled fora few paces and S fell , but , while bing exhausted on the street with the "Rava ge ferooity sho continued to gnaw the dlsgvwt-Suoo , Jax . O . —Alaiimino Sfhbad of FKrEn . — t ever was never before so rife , or so destructive , in bligo . The fever-hospital is crowded to excess , although ten new beds more than the house h-as , in . tended to holtl were lately put up ! Again , on Tuesday last , two Jitte orphans , of tender years , were admitted into the poor-lionse , and it appeared by the recommendation ( f the warden , th . it theiv father mother , brother , and sister , had died the week inel viously of typhus fever ! To show the state of the workhouse itself , and the deplorable condition of iw

      inmnti .-s . vo publish the following extract from Dr . Knott ' s report to the board , read at the last meeting : — In ennseqoence of the great amonat of illness in tbs workhouse , whfrfr is daily incrensinp , I am again reluct , antl y obli ged tobrir / y the subject before you . Three h »« dred anil forty . three are at present on the sick list , a ?« at majority trf which are cases of dvsufltery and fever , clin i ( ive neweOTes <) f feTor ( w » lcllT ?» a » ebten yve . ., „ . fl ? Renohiff to- the Fever Hospital , in eonse-« li t « S ° i " he ' ' u 1 l >' ' an < 1 upwards of forty of dy-IhavP-i ' nT i ' * ' pln ' ' rithlntIle la 6 t ftwdaj-B . and SJ * "'* «»<»« aW , , which ars highly in . mates % nr Pr 6 nrt ra " iaVy lhrou < h tlle ™«™ ° f llle in - ^ S ; s ; Xnr spi > cdiiy >^« ~

      in ev 1 J' " ^'" aftnuKh «« lr .,. nw P « r / on . the ¦ Z , m - ent 1 frwl : «** o «*»»» u . to the hospital , ion- B ; t W T a' * " "' o" > HT * " * tltu ! t on ! But it is-not tht-worktouse , nor in the hosoital thedreadfuPdlsease is maJHn ,, m 0 St hnvoe but « S wretched howl homes offfle starring pedantry , h no upper parts of the county they are huryin , , them without coffins ; even nr our own town it is no unusunl thing to see a funeral nccompnnied by no . human being but the driver of the can upon which' the hody is placed , in its thin shell . In short , things are beginning to wear the siime aspect they always wear - . during the existence of a plugue . imicKs or jcot > .

      m . . The hoarders and speculat -rs are still at work , driving their hard calling , careless of the misery they inflict , provided only they cam turn a pennv to t .. e utmost possible advantage . Cwmplaints of famine prices are sounding fvom every corner of tbe king , dom and that such- should be the case can excite but little wonder , after reading tbe two following statements . The first is from the- Stigo Journal .- - We have had since our last jmWicsuiou very large arrivnls of Indian corn and' barn-l fllmr into this port . There are large quantities-in the linnds of private speculators , many of whom are persons who m-ver did business in the -rain or flour traufc before . In fait the

      temptations to speculate , from continually advancing prices , have been so great , that ull th- capital of this country has been turned into that cli « nnd . In this to « n at present there are not less than-10 , 000 barn-Is of flour held on speculation . We have ulsolitaid from n person well ai-quainti-d with the country , districts , that every comfortable farmer in this county has liis pntire produce of uram on hand . We can hardly b * surprised nt famine prices , v , htu such hoarding takes place . It is a great consolation , however , to know that the speculators will defeat their cupidity by th ' cir own nets . A few wetk «

      over , and the tide will turn . When the hoarding of speculators , the granari-s of farmery the reserved stock of the commissary depots , and the foreign imports of our merchants , shall be thrown on the market , { here will be a- reaction most favourable to the distressed poor , though very unpleasant to speculators . G * ain has advanced ia price here this wuek—oats being 34-s . to 80 s . per 24 Rlone ; oatmeal , 22 s . to 21 s . a hundred . Indian meal ia market , £ 18 per ton ; in some places it is told for £ 19 . The second ia from the Westmeati Independent : — r

      The price of bread is still increasing , while we are informed that corn is falling , and that vast importations lire daily arriving in the English markets , and being reshipped to this country , yet we feel not the iffect . Hroud is now charged 3 d . per pound : the bakers throw the blame on the millers , the millers on the fai'tor , the factor on the importer and farmer , and between them the public is mulc ted . The bakers say , " Give us flour chaap , and you shall have bread at a proportionate price . " The miller complains of tlie high price of corn —so that the onl y source from which we can trace tha evil is the extortionate monopoly of the corn dealer ? , mi for thifc evil there does not at present appear a remedy ; Lord John Russell will not interfere , and under a species of political economy , the Liverpool capitalist is allowed to increase his hoard and fatten upon the miseries of a famishing people . It is inexplicable to us how a British Minister can govern by such policy ; how a people can bear up against such privations .

      ATTEMPT AT MUHDRR IN NOIITH TIPBERiRY . A letter from Nenagh says r—Once more the blood of the murdered man cries to Heaven for vengcauce—yes , the reign of terror is abroad , and as usual , the bloody assasiin stalks about untno . lested—yes , and armed to the teeth , without the least fear of being prosecuted ; so much for tbe liberty to ana themselves . The victim in this instance was a man of the most upright character , who filled thft situation of process-server for some years , and had gained tbe good will of all who knew him ; an . l for this , and this alone , he fell a victim to the deadly bullets of the oursed Tippe . rary hired assassins . Tbe facts of the case are us

      follows : —As Mr . JeoflYey Donohoe was proceeding from Nenagh to Billinanlougb , where he lived ,, within two miles distance of Nenngh , and within 1 W yards of his own house , two men passed him . One of them saiO , ' God save you , ' as they passed ; Donohoe turned round , and one of them had a pise « l presented at his back , and before ho had time to utter < v word , lodged tho contents ( two slugf ) in his left side , and then dteamped , ooii 6 ciousthat they han done their duty . " Pbor TonohoB still lingers In great pain , but every moment he is expected to be re . lieved by death . He has eight children to bemoan the untimely fate of one of the best of fathers . All society must be put a stop to if this state of things is allowed to proceed . Every servant boy has his « wi \ arms , and his

      percussion caps m his pocket , ever ready for the bad work . It was on Saturday evening ,, between four and five o ' clock ) this horrible attempt at niurJor was committed .

      FOOD IUOT 9 IN DUO&ItEDA . The Drogheda Argus contains the t ' olkwlug ' . — " We regret to- find , that outrage * and attacks ou the bakers bread carts and baskets are oecoming frequent in Drogheda . The constabulary force here are almost fatigued to death -with extra « lufcy as escorts to the bread , floutvand other provisions leaving town . It is absolutel y necessary that a troop or two of dragoons should be stationed here to protest propertyleaving the town ; and we fear if the evil increases , it will be imperative on th ^ authorities to svoar in the respectaWo householders as special constables . "

      FOOD RIOTS .. Dublin , Jan . 9 . —The parading of famine mobs , and attacks upon bakers shops have cosaniriiced even in Dublin . On yesterday morning ,, between seven and eight o ' clock , a ntinibVrof Able-bodied men , evidently from the rural districts , amounting to between 40 and 50 hn number ,, came in a body down Great Britain Street . They surroun < W- a- bread cart belonging to Mr . Walsh , bnker , of No . 3 ; Dorset Street , and at onoe commenced riilinu its content * . In spite of the resistance of the driver , they succeeded ia taking away forcibly twenty loaves of bread and about ft dozen rolls , value aboui 10 s . or 11 s . They then went off , somo devouring the bread with evident Toracity .

      Attsrwards , between one and- bwo o ' clock , n body of twelve peasants assembled hi M-ariWmijjh Street , in front of the houses of pvov . isiim dealers and demanded bread . The men were relieved at <> nch place , and some gentlemen passing by at tin- time , pave thsaisoraenioiwy . They proceeded »» w » MarlliormigU Street to Eden Q ^ iay , and again stopped lu-t ' ora tho poor of Mr . Coyne * the bread ami biscuit imUvv residing there , and repeated their demand for bread ; but t-n seeing the police-approaching they rvtired , and passed over Carlisle- Bridie in the di ' rovtiou of Westmoreland Street . A mob surrounded the slvip of Mr . Jeli ' ers , baker , ; of Church Street , bat the vo ' . ke Wins »» the vicinity , they were called on , and suttvedud in dispstvng the mob . Several bread carts were stopped in tk 9 outlets of the city , and their contents tiiken .

      Owing to tbe early haw .-mil tho unexpectedness of tho outbreak , they were eiuvMcd to cavvy < m their depredations without let or hindrance . 'Hie rioters had the appearance of country people ,, anil came from the northern outlets ot the city . When thuy hail reached Abbey Strt-ot two polio imia iutert ' eivd , and endeavour ^ to diapurse tho crowd , but without any effect , several men exclaiming tint they bail been wit bout food 21 hours , and t hat brsnil' Ley should have . They then marched in " close oarfer" towards Mary ' s Abbey , where there are great , numbers of provision and cook-shops .

      The correspondent of tha Times says , tho rioters continued thvir depredations up to IU o ' clock at night , anil owing either to thu inequality of numbers or want of energy in the police . sucvveiled ' in i > liniilciing a great number of bakeries in tho nufchboujhood i f tho Liberty as wull as in tho northern emls of the city . So formidable lud the appeal mice ot ' bho mobbecoiuo towards evening that tho inhabitants of Nicholas Streot , Thomas Street , and the streets adjacent , closed their shops and suspended business by tho adrice of the police authorities . In l'atrick Street tho orowd oame into collision with tho constabulary , the

      result of which was that two of the latter were beaten , one , it is said , very severely . The alarm created by the outbreak was considerably heightened by a report that some of the ringleaders were possessed of firearms : and on making inquiry of spectators of tho riots the statement was repeated in tho most positive terms , although it is not alleged that there was ' any disposition evinced to put them into use , and it is thought they wore displayed solely to intimidate such as might feel disposed to resist their demands . This morning ( Saturday ) , at an ear y hour , the work of plunder commenced afresh , and seteral bakers' Bhop g

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      J anuary 16 , 1847 . ^ THE NORTHERN STAR . » —__

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 16, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1401/page/7/