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      aSSP ^ s as ; # SSSsS * 3 night fev air , afraid of hd ? suftSed ifTw ^ toT ? k ' sszSi siil ^ Cure of T iipJm Fever when Su msed to be ' «< tU ioinl of Death . sSats ^ &jttsa-sauiiiimi

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      The Earl of . Aldborough . aircd _ of a live . " «»« Stomach Complaint . Extmt of a letter from his lordship , dated TilU Missis Leghorn , 21 st February , 1845 . .. ' Sjk , —Tarious circumstances prevented th « possibility of ray thanking you before' this time f « r- your politeness in seniing me your pills as you did . I now take this » pportunity of sending you an order for the amount , and at tha same tim « t * add that your pills hnri effected a cure » fa disorder in my lirer and stomach , which all the most eminent » f tha facultj at home , and all orcr the continent , had not be « n able to effect ; nay , not eteM the waters of Carlsbad and Marienbad . I wish to hare another box and a pot of th » Ointmemt , iu case a » y of My family should ever requir * tithar . —Ysnr most obedient serrant ( gigaod ) , Ai » B 0 itoi- « n . —To Professor IIoluttat . These celebrated pills aru wonderfully efficacious ia ihe following complaints : — Ague Female lrregula- Serofula , Asthma rities King ' s Eril Bilious C » m- Ferers * f all Stone and Grarel plaints kinds Secondary Syrap . Blotches on the Gout toms

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      DR . LOCOCK'S ' FEMALE WAFERS , Have no Taste of Medicine , Aiid are the only remedy recommended to be taken by Ladies . They fortify the Constitution at all periods of life , and in all Nervous Aftections act like a charm . They remove Heaviness , Fatwue on Slight Exertion , Palpitation of the Heart , Lowness or Spirits , Weakness , and allay pain . They create Appetite , and remove Indigestion , Heartburn , Bile , Head Aches , Giddiness , 4 c . In all Tropical Diseases , a proper perseverance in the use Of this Medicine will be found to effect a cure after all other means had failed . . t ^ f Full Directions are given with every box . Note . —These Wafers do not contain any Mineral , and urny be taken eitUev dissolved in water or whole .

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      BEWARE OF IMITATIONS . Unprincipled persons counterfeit this Medicine in the mode of PILLS , < fcc . Purchasers must therefore observe that none are genuine but "Wafebs , " and that the woro > , "Db . Locock ' 8 'Wafers" are in the Stamjs outside each box . Observe .-The Counterfeit Medicines have words on the Stamp so neaelt BESEMiiLiNc TnESE , as to mislead the unwary . Purchasers must thevefoi' 6 strictly observe the above caution . . Agents , —Da Suva and Co ., 1 , Bride-lane , Fleet-street , Li * Ion . Sold by all Medicine Vendors . Price , Is . ljd . ; 2 s . Dd . ; and lls . per Box .

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      Instant Relief and Rapid Cure of Asthmas , Consumption , and Coughs . And all Disorders ot the Breath and Lungs , is insured by DR . LOCOCK'SPULMONIC WAFERS . The'truly wonderful powers' of this remedy have lalled forth testimonials from all ranks of society , in till quarters of ' the world . - The following have been just ree -ived : — ; ; ¦

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      The particulars of many hundred cases may be had ji'om every Agent throughout the Kingdom and on the Continent . Dr . Locock ' s Wafers give instant relief , and are a rapid cure of asthmas , consumptions , coughs , colds , and all disorders of the breath and lungs . To singers and public speakers they are invaluable , as in few hours they remove all hoarseness and increase tlic powcrand flexibility of tho voice . They have a most pleasaat taste . r ¦

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      GOOD HEALTH , GOOD SPIRITS , AKD LONG LIFE , SECURED BY THAT HIGHLY ES-: TEEMED POPULAR REMEDY , P ABB'S LIFE PILLS Parr introduced to King Charles I .- ( See "Life and Times M . W LItE . -Hundreds who have kepftlwh- beds for years haw been so speedily re-iuviSoratCd w ™ , » ints on of new Wood , and consequently of new life and < : ir »» YrMi by the use of PAUlfS LIFE PILLS , and at t ^ iS ' earance amongst their fellow beings who had long « hem up as incurable , is looked upon as the greatest ofthe many great wonders of this miraculous age m . iI ! fS . t-They increase . tlie strength , whilst most other medicines have a weakening effect upon "the svstem tVt any one take from three to four or six P ius e& e . Sv ssas : a ?» &a £ Secondly-In their operation they Ko direct tn th , toase . After you have taken six or LeVpilTs Vou ^

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      W BA M < ' > « ' 9 ajo UUUl CiVVcIt 10 0118 S AN El ™ SIi : ™^^ i ^ iii 5 i ^^ * ABERNBTHY'S !» TET OINTMENT . What a painful and noxious disease is the Mn « i T ~ i " ' p l ^ i i l fiSiHlsifsii pSiil ^ pSiii ^ f ^^ m ^^ m ^ m ^ p ^^^^^^^^^ i ^ ^^^ SS ^^^ ^ tsS-BL ^ s ^^ ~ ™* » 8 ~ 7 nriMnr 7 o 7 sI PAUL'S EVERT MAN'S FRT . ^^ SiSSs ^ = ; ! 853 ftsfe& 5 sasif 9 jS wfcsrw 8 ££ r ? a ? ssss 1 Garland , Mann , Bea « C " ^ , so * , Heaton , S » eeton n „ ^ are-road . retaU b ^ i i smMmmmm t V i ? hton i Ferris and Co BH ^ ir - Ull > 5 wCS ^ ' Aber « een ' . iwf i . s | le : > » e , Darlington ! & 3 i&i& ^ $££ 5 $ sS it II « 1 ' . Ipmv ch 5 Tuacl , Cn PSR ! . V yrass > He « Butw u ? head : Wm ^ EdiX ^ ¦ Drummond , Dundee i y ^ MtM ; Aspinall . UwrnSS" * & ? Gvee " . Jersey Miln « . t ' Sh w Wwnb cw £ ™ "tfj ! lr e' » X Guernsey ; K * ' ¦ w aftssSS . ^^ ss &aS 5 HSS ?

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      ¦ xperience their effect ; the disease upon you will become ess and less by every dose you take ; and if you will persevera in r egularly taking from three to six pills overy day , your dis » as « will speedily be entirely removed from the system "Thirdly—They are found , after giving them a fair trial fir a few weeks , to possess the most astonishing and 'invigoratmg properties , and they will overcome all obstinate com » uunts , an * restore sound health ; tliwe is a return of giert appetite shortl y from the beginning of their use ; wkilst their mildness as a purgative is a desideratum greatly required by the weak and delicate , particularly where violent purging is acknowled ged to be injurious iff . gteadof beneficial . As n general Family Medicine they are

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      If Mankind are liable to one disease more than anotlter , or if there are any particular atl ' ections of the human body we require to have a knowledge of over the rest , it is certainly that class of disorders tvented of in the new and im . proved edition of the . "Silent Friend . " The authors , ia thus sending forth to the world another edition of their medical work , cannot refrain from expressing their grati . fication at the continual success attending their efforts , which , combined with the assistance of medicines , exclusivel y of their own preparation , have been the happy cause of mitigating and averting the mental and physical miseries attendant ou those peculiar disorders ; thus proving the fact ,

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      FRANCE . The Minister of A griculture ancl Commerce has l * r . ;?? . nted lo the As-embl ythe bill relative to the Aswe-aiions for Mutual Reiief , as imposed ana dnvn up lij the President of the Republic This psoject differs a go , od deal from that which has f cwnay come under the consideratioH of the Assembly . It inJroiluces the intervention of the jovernm-ni in the fynadation sad developemeut of these associations . The donation proposEd by the hill is l , 000 , 000 f . per annum , comprised in the ordinary estimates of tbe Minister of Commerce , and forming a social fund fd relief and the basis for contributions of a voluntary kind . The obi ? ct of the new

      associations is thus dtfined : — Relief to opertiirei rendered unable b y wounds or sickness to pursue their ordinary avocations , and the defmin z the fu-Krai expenses of deceased members of tbe " associatier . Three systems are coacurrentl j suggested for the baaefit of the working classes—one . the creation o = ft savings bank , where t-u * operative shall deposit his savings tosuppnrt him when , out of employment ; a caisse de retraith , formed also of his savings , and destined to bu maintenance when rendered unable by ild age to earn his livelihood ; and a cawse det tecours mutuelt . m the event of illness , or wounds , incapacitating him for labour . With respsct to the firs ; , tue state leaves the operative at perfect liliertv to transfer his savings to such a fnnd or not « s lie

      , may think proper . As to the second , the state indue ;! , him to contribute to it * support by the attoo ion of premiums after a certain specified pertud . In » Ve third the action of the state is more sensibly felt . Every Essociation of mutual relief must , with a v : ? k to a legal authorisation , have one co-associate for -very four operatives belonging to the association , * h > : will perform a portion of the duty without par . ticijmion iu its benefits . The government engages to obtain the intervention of all over whom it has influence in every class of society . In order to give gre « er weight and aulhori'y to the establishments the Pr esident of ihe Association will be named by the President of the Republic .

      'J re Court of Cassation rejected on Thursday the appeal of the members of the Association , termed , ' La Solidarlte Republicaine , ' against a decision of the ( nfrrior Court , by which they were sent for trial before the Court of Assiae for Paris . A letter from Foix , of the 12 th inst ., states that II . Armand Marrait is canvassing the department of tie Arie » e , where a vacancy has been created in the representation by the conviciion of M . Pilhes , a rep-tentative of the people , before the Hi gh Court of J -sstice at Versailles .

      ' ¦ ccounts from Perigneut of the 7 th inst . mentier : hat a captain of " the National Guard of that to ? -i ia 3 been condemned by the Court of Am * s of the Uiinlo .-ne&r having with a cumber of Socialis ' . s crif-J' live la guillotine . ' Tse Moniiour' contains a decree by which the last six battalions of the Mobile Guard are to be distended on the 31 st inst . I : we aro well informed , says the Consthutumnel ' government intends to suhject to a kind ol itiilfcary

      ora-in'sation a certain number of functions in the low-.. r ranks of the administrative hierarchy , such as tho-e of rural postmen , gardes champelres , canlonniers , and some others whose numinalir-n being wi . Mn Uie attributes of the local authorities , places the . nominee in a situation of isolation which deprives him o « all kinds of advancement , whatever may be h s intelligence or good services , lu future governmerit wiil ( 3 isj ,: ise of ihe greater number of these placrs in favour of old soldiers .

      This is a serious measure ia pursuance of the centralising system . Louis Napoleon is fcvidnuly be . v . i in carry ng out his plan of gathering all the reigns of authority into his own hands . " We shall soti sf-e n-mtnations of gamekeepers inv-rted in the ' Mffliiteur '—Snnoks ( I know no fquwaknt in Reach ) to be gamekeeper , vice Snooks , dismissed . A letter from Toulouse , of the 15-. U inst ., annou . ces the a : quittal , by a jury of that iown , of JMA 5 . J = not , Lu ?« t , Berruyer , ViHa , Foust , Foicarie , Baiilard , and Sallcs , prosecuted for having conspiral to overthrow the government . A letter from Chalons sur-Saane states that the .

      acq-uttal of the political prisoners of that town , pro'jonncsd by the Court of Assizes of the Cotsd'Or , gave rise a fc . v days back to some disturbance . Some of the nu-n who -were acquittal being ex peered by the railway a number of persons col-Ieciv « i about four o ' clock lo receive them . Only one of them , however , arrived , but he was greeted Klt ; i loud cries of Vive la Repiibliqjie Democratique ef Sociafe / The erowd shortly a * t « r separated , but re-assembled about eight o clock in . the evening , sinjiii * revolutionary sones . and crying nut A las

      lei Shoes 1 Fiveat les Hougesl The Snb-Preteci , the Procurear of the Republique , and the Colonel of iae 22 nd Rfgimsnt of the line , immediately aclcJ in concert , and the crowd was dispersed Calta was restored , aud it was supped that the town again enjoyed -tranqaillity , when about mid-, night cries ofA las les Blar . cs ! Vivent les Rouzfis ! were heard near the Lyons gate . The me ? , so effendiig were arrestai , and the town of Chalons then remained quiet for the rest of ihe nig :: t .

      The 'Courrierd Auvergne ' slatfs that an attempt at riot was made last week at Trevol ( Ailicr . ) with cries of Fire la Rep"Mque Sociak , A las les Wanes ! A judicial inquiry into the maittr has Commenced . Taxation . —Daring the past week ihere has been a prf'iacisd de ' . iai-j iu the LegiEk ' ive Assembly , on the t . xcise tax on spirituous liquors , which , it wiii be recollected , wsa repealed by the Censiituein AsseniMv . After an animated discUNaiun , Hit : Chamber can •« so a division ou Monday , and tte&ded to take into onuMt-raissn the clauses of the Ministerial bill , for lo-iiupuiiug the tax for a limited period , l > v 445 to 229 .

      A Isltf r from Belle Isle states that at the departure of the last deiacament of the prisoners who had been amnestied , the remaining prisoners broke out isto oper ; revolt , because they also hz . i not th * benefit oi the ^ ninesty . They shouted Vive la Repabliquc demticrat-que et sociale , ' and begun to break down the woodwork of their rooms . Colonel Pierre , in command , called out tbe garriso : ; and arres ted tf n oftherinsleaiJers . The other prisonerstheu discontinued their riotous proceedings . Ona of the ten Who had been arrested attempied to make hi 3 escape , was shot dead .

      ITALY . Rvme , Dec . 7 . —M . D . Corce \ lus ha ? returned to KomR from Pottici , and positively announces that 11 . Baraijuay d'flillier ' s mission has hren unbuccessful . The Pop ? , he says , will not return to Rome . The cause assigned , he adds , by ttecuomiltt , U ite fear of a coup d ' etat in Paris . It is generally supposed thai 51 . Paraguay d'tiillieis will send in bis resignation . Letters of tie 1 st , from "Verona , announce an aggravation of the state of siege in consequence of

      frequent cor . flicts between the Austrian soldiery and the people both of ths . town and country , who were exasperated beyond hounds at their insolence . It ¦ was forhuldcn by a proclamation to sing or cry out in the streets ; places of public resort were closed at ten : the patrols and sentries were enjoiued , upon OCcaswns of the least insult , to make u < e of their arms . The opening of the Teatro Filarmonico is put iff for a month . There , also , the cold was rsceedingly ssrere ; ihe heights about the city were covered with snow ; the Adige rolled down large fragments of ice .

      The little Republic of San Marino is occupied by Austrian troops . Letters from Terracma state , that 4 , 000 of the Spanish troops in the Roman Stales embarked for Spain on the a > . h . The remainder ( 3 , 000 ) were to follow . Accounts fram Rome of tfee 8 th state , that the contracts for the provisions ef the French army b&ve been lenewed for thrae months . PIEDMONT . — From Turin , the news of the 13 th inst . is , that , out of 16 S known elections , the Conservatives had obtained 101 , the remainder beiug for the radicals and the Left and Left Centre . Twelve elections in Piedmont were still unknown , and those of Sardinia Proper were not yet published . The * Concordia' states that M . Pinelli is appointed ambassador at Madrid .

      AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY . Vikkxa , Dhc . 10 . ~ There was posted about Yienna to-day a placard announcing three sentences against fugitive offenders by theosurt-martiat . One of these sentences was death b y the rope , * h jch was executed this morning , upon a figure stuffed with straw , a gallows being erected for this purpose on the glacis before the Neother , where the murderers ot Latour suffered . The name of the condemned , Kuchenbacber , was inscribed upon a tablet . ffise ^ to the gibbet . The two others , Unterscbill Md Redl , were condemned to twelve yean' im . pttsonment with hard labour , in keavy rons , and ¦ wer e officers : a the Austrian service . Unterschill

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      is accused of haying taken part in the murder of Latour . The heavier sentence against Kuchenbacher was motived by his having been brought up at the cost of the state , and joined , after his flight thp rebels'in Baden . 8 ' According to tbe ' Lloyd ' s' correspondence from Pesta Paul Nyary has been set at liberty . The « Prag , ' an evenin g paper of Prague , Was 8 UD . pressed on the 7 tb . Ou the day before " five students were arrested . AN-AncHtcAL Results of 'the Tbiump h of Order . —Symptoms of the humour with which the Servians receive their new Woiwodina are al ready manifested in S yrmia . Letters of the 25 th

      represent that country in a state of complete anarchy . The Banal commissioner and magistrates exercise no control whatever over the lawless multitude , and shrink intimidated from the assertion of their authority . The still existing Servian commission has sent instructions to the county authorities to receive no command but theirs , not even those which are issued from Vienna . InCsalma the imperal dragoons were refused teams for draught ; and when thrae were seted by force , the inhabitants fired on the soldiers , and a sanguinary conflict ensued . fcA t Kuma quarters were refused to a squadron of cavalry , who thereu on stormed the houses on which thev were billeted .

      TURKEY AND RUSSIA . Constantinople , Nov . 27 , —Diplomatic rela . tnns still continue suspended between Turkey and Russia . The Porte refused to consent to the expulsion of the Polish refugees established in this country previous to the late movement in Hungary , but the Turkish ministers recognise the right given to the Czar by the Treat y of Kutchuki Kiardju to demand the expulsion of Deoibinski and his companions . The note of the Sultan ' s government to M . de Titoff written in this sense has been forwarded by the Russian envoy to St . Petersburgh . This note has been approved of by the French and English ambassadors . Sir Stratford Canning and Gen . Aupkk bofi seem very anxious for the settlement of the present question . They have had more than one conference with M . de Titoff , and

      used what arguments they thought best suited to smooth the way towards a renewal of the friendly relations between the Porte and the cab net of St . Petersburg b . The llus » ian minister said that , though he felt the force of the reasons put forward by Sir Stratford canning and General Aupick , he could take no step in the matter till he had received fresh instructims from bis government . The Porte , as well as the French and English ambassadors , see in M . de Tjtoff ' s conduct nothing but a wish to gain time . The Russian envoy and his gsvernment knew full well that the Porte had no objection to expel Dembinski and his friends from the Ottoman territory ; but that the expulsion of other Polish refugees established here since the revolution 1830 would be refused . The last demand of M . de Titoff was

      made in such 9 way that it was impossible for the Sultan ' s ministers to understand whether he wished for tbe expulsion of all Polish refugees or only those who had taken part in the late war in Hungary . M . de Titoff pretends that he is in the same state of uncertainty , and that the vagueness which tbe Porte observtd iu his demand , was simply the con . sequence of tfie nature of the instructions which he had received from St . Petersburg . In the conferences which the Russian envoyiiad with the Eng'ish and French ambassadors , he said it was simply the doubtful nature of his instructions whieh prevented him from accepting the reply of the Porte and renewing diplomatic relations . * He also spoke

      in the saae sense to the Giand Vizier and the Minister of Foreign Affairs . Tbe Porte and their allies are seriously annoyed by tbe conduct of the Czar and his envoy . It can sca-cel y be called du . plicity on the part of the Emperor aiid his representative , for the veil which c Aers their real motives is very transparent . No answer can be received to the note of the Porte , which M . de Titoff has ( ornardedto St . Petersburgb , till the middle of next month . And when the answer does arrive it will not be difficult to find fresh means for keepin » the

      present question unsettled till the end of spring . The Emperor ia playing a safe gamp . He has sowii the seeds of discontent amongst the rayah population of Turkey , and his agents are " still daily occupied with the same wotk . His hopes of " a disunion between England and France ere still lively , if we are are to believe information which has reached Constantinople from a high source ; and the latter object onee attained the Czar vfoulti find in the heart of Turkey itself materials for the ruin of this empire .

      The ' Constitulionnel' says that it is assured thai a courier arrived the day before yesterday in Paris , with the news of the conclusion at Constantinople r . t a treaty putting an end to the Turco-Russ ' an dispnte , and that after beihg signed by MM . Titoff and Sturmer , it was sent for ratification to Vienna and St . Peiersburgh .

      ALGERIA . The Monitner Algrrien' of the 10 h announces that after the capture of Zaatcha , all the tribes of fieZihan , who had been waiting the issue , hastened to the camp of General Herhillion to give hostages for their submission , and for the payment of fines inflicted on them . Colonel Daumas , alter having established the French authority in Bou Cada , and among the neighbouring fractions of iheOuled Nails , had sent force against the Ouled-Ameur-ben-F « radj ' owing to tlv : unsatisfactory replies they had made

      to his demands ; and on the 29 th ultimo an engagement took place at Djsbel-Messad , which ended by the defeat of the enemy , and by their tents anil great part of their flocks falling into the possession of the French , after which they made their submission . The loss of the French in the affair was only a few killed and wounded . The defeat of the Ouled-Asnear-ben- Feradj , joined to the taking or Zaatcha , caus « d such a profound impression , that another imponant iraction of the same tribe , which had been resisting , made its submission also

      CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . We have received Cape of Good Hope news to the 27 th of October , brought by the Windsor . They abound with reports of meetings held to protest against the colony being made a penal settlement . The convicts still remain on hoard , the Neptune , in Simon ' s Bay . Tbe anti-Convict Association are determined lo carry out the ' pledge , ' and will listen to no compromise—no middle course ; their united cry is , ' Send the Neptune away ! ' and nothing short of it will satisf y its members or the colony at large . At a meeting at Worcester , a resolution was

      passed entreating his Excellency to send the Ncpvuue immediately from Die shore , as the only means of restoring the colony to its former peace and prosperity ; ' but ( continued the resolution ) « should the base design ot Earl Grey bs persevered in , vre will rather effer ouv last drop of blood than that his colony should be degraded io become a penal settlement . ^ Those shopkeepers who have taken the pledge' have tbeir shutters partiall y closed , as a demoistration of respect to public grief , while those who remain entirely open are avowrd and abandoned by their regular customers . Such is the substance of the principal news conveved by the above vessel .

      INDIA AND CHINA . Bombay , Nov . 17 . —The present mail is unusually barren ; there is scarcely an event which will pro-re interesting to the Eiglish reader . The health of the Marquis of Dalhousie is said to bs still further failing him . and it is not thought probable he may , at the end of next month , bid adieu to India . When last heard of , he was on his way from Simlatowards the provinces , whence he would visit Lahore , and probably Peshawur , thence des . cending the Indus to Kurrachee , taking a look at Mooltan on the way .

      Conflicts with Pirates . — Hong Kosg Oct . 30—The proceedings of the pirates , our interference , and the extensive slaughter committed bythe gunsofour shi ps-of-war , are the topics of general conversation amongst the Chinese Her SffSfct' r 4 ^« ^ affair with a large fleet . Just prior to the de S £ A 1 £° " ! Eur ° P fl » C" £ i £ . was sent after some pirates who were renortoH tn have landed and destroyed the town o ^ Li This fleet consisted of thirteen ; t , o of th larmt tnenignt . Jn the morninz thp rVncn «» Tr ^ OiArtSS ? r ^ " « s steamed between them and the shore . The SI ook the Columbine in tow , carryS her nearT argest of the junks : during the Vase L rl , !

      «™ goton shore , and $ p junk anchored near two small fom The Columbine ' s boats were loWered M " » " « ii « l / for the purpose of cutting the 2 out , rteb 0 at&being ander the command & iwfij B « d ges . After baying exhausted their * S

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      • ion , it was resolved to hoard the junk , in which operation several of the pirates were driven overboard . Mr . Midshipman Goddard , observing a man going down the hold with a lighted match in his band , followed , but before this officer could overtake the man an explosion took place . On the first appearance of the smoke Lieut . Bridges jumped overboard , dragging a seaman with him , by which tteans both escaped unhurt . Two marines and one seaman were killed , and eight wounded . Mr . Goddardwas mortally wounded , and died on his way to Hong Kong . Of the crew of the junk ( about ninety ) it is said that only one escaped . The Canton , with tkc wounded ,, was despatched to Hong

      Kong , accompanied by a request for assistance to pursue the main body of the fleet , which was much too strong for the Columbine . In two hours notice ; he Fury was under steam , and proceeded to the assistance of the Columbine to a place called Mirs Bay , about seventy miles distant from Hong Kong . The piratical fleet was observed at anchor , with flags flying at their mast heads and the crews dressed for the occasion . The Columbine keeping to seaward , the Fury proceeded toward * the junks , and , approaching the latter , they opened a deadly fire , which was unheeded and not a single shot returned from the Fury , which vessel steamed at twelve knots through the entire fl- > et until she sot between the

      pirates and tbe shore , when , having cut off all chance of escape , the Fury anchored . The Fury ' s , bulwarks were thrown down , and the guns opened upon the junks , throwing shells with such precision that scarcely one failed in its object . By noon fourteen of the largest junks were burning . As the junks were firing , the crews were seen to land and escape over the heights , carrying the wounded with them . Parties of marines from the Fury suoceeded in shootinga few of these runaways . A wounded man was taken out of the water ; he said the shell which took away his leg struck ten other pirates , including their chiefs , Chui-Apoo ; the latter was wounded in the back , but managed to escape on shore .

      NEW SOUTH WALES . ANTI-CONVICT MOVEMENT AT SYDNEY . We have seen the result of the anti-convict movement at the Cape—a triumph over the Colonial Secretary after passive resistance and a novel kind of rebellion by starving her Majesty ' s public officers and troops as well as seamen . By the last file of newspapers from Sydney we are informed , of the manner in which the Secretary of State for the Colonies is reapecced in New South Wales , and it would appear prudent in a wise govern , ment to remove from office a man who has , by his

      public acts , so thoroughly and so generally disgusted the population of our colonies . Demerara has been for the last three years in a stale of rebellion and of great hostility to Earl Grey , having refused the supplies called for b y his tool , Governor Barkley . Ceylon has been subjected to military law , i . e . ' the abrogation of all civil rights , ' by the governor , Lord Torrington , who has acted under orders of Earl Grey and has received the sanction of her Majesty to the hanging and shooting of the unfortunate iuhabitants of that fine . island , which has been rendered a scene of barbarous military executions and banishment .

      The approbation of Earl Grey to the atrocious conduct of More O'Ferrall at Malta , in refusing an asylum to the unfortunato patriots from Rome , has disgusted every thinking Englishman ! The proceedings at the Cape ought to put to shame Earl Grey and all his colleagues—the violation of public faith oa the part of Earl Grey did excite an expression of disgust to an extent that we believe has never before heen manifested by the inhabitants of any British colony towards a British Secretary of State ; and the triumph of the inhabitants , after their union against Sir Harry Smith and his troops , ; s an event that will be related in every British colony , and held out as an example of the course to lie adopted against all worthless proceedings of tbe Colonial-office .

      \ V « annex an extract from the ' Launceston Examiner' that expresses very foicibly the position of Earl Grey in the hearts of ( he inhabitants of Sydney . At a public mening , in the open air , of 6 , 000 persons , the chairman of the meeting stated that , ' in defiance of all good faith , they had a large detachment of c-Hivicts poured iu upon them- ;' " and Dr . Aaron , the first speaker , stated that ' Earl Grey had been guilty of tyranny and faithlessness , ' and the meeting came unanimousl y to the following resolutions : — 'That considering the arbitrary and faithless manner in which this colony has been treated by the Ri ght Honourable Earl Grey , this meeting most humbly prays her Majesty to remove that nobleman from her Majestv ' s counsels . '

      ¦ ' rhat it is indispensable 10 the well being of this colony , and to the satisfactory conduct of its affairs , tliat its government should no longer be administered by the remote , ill-informed , andlrrfspmnible Colonial-office , but by ministers chosen from , and responsible to , the colinists themselves , in accordance with the principles of the British constitution . ' 1 That considering the discourtesy shown by his Excellency the Governor to the former meeting and to its deputation ; this meeting abstains from appointing a deputation , to wait upon his Excellency with the preceding resolutions and address ( which merely embodied the resolutions . ) but requests the chairman t . transmit them , to him , with a written [ request that his Excellency will be pleased to forward them to her Majesty the Q . icen for her gracious consideration . '

      The example of the United States is now held up at all the meetings in the colonies , as proper to be adopted a » ainst the maladministration of Earl Grey ; and responsible government is now everywhere demanded . We think it time for Lord J . ttussell and his colleagues to attend to the signs of the times . The Body and Papers of Mr . Kennedy , who perished in exploring the north-eastern portion of Australia , have been found . A correspondent 0 ! ihe' Athenseuni' has forwarded an extract from a letter written oa board the ' Harbinger , ' a vessel which sailed in company with the * Freak , , in pursuit of these objects . ' On arriving st the place we

      armed two boats ' -crews . They went ashore , aiid were successful iu finding and obtaining the papers , and burying Mr . Kennedy vculiout any bloodshed . This was much to be wondered at ; but it was chiefl y owing to the wise measure of Captain Simpson of the ' Harbinger , ' who ordered tbe men to fire a volley over the heads of the Indians while they « ere in ainbush > This had the desired effect ; for uo sooner did they hear the report of the muskets than they were off , at a quicker pace than our people cared te follow them . ' It will be seen , that nothing is said of the three men left by Mr . Kennedy at Melbaurtie-bay , whose recovery ( though against hope ) was one of the objects with which the Freak' was commissioned .

      • UNITED STATES . The recent altack of the London Times' on the credit of the state of Alabama , has excited much resentment amon ? its inhabitants . We certainly are a very thin skinned people , and a sour English paragraph U noticed and commented on in all parts of our country . . It appears by an official report , jusl Tiade to the Alabama legislature , that the forei gn debt is diminished from nine millions to five millions of dollars , and the interest now 10 hi provided for hy t ? xation is only three hundred thousand dollars . The state has also promptly paid the interest oi her debt , and intends to do so till the principal is exti

      nguished . We cannot conceive wh y the ' Times ' is so rabid in its articles on the financial affairs of this country , It is doing more to disturb fie peaceful reiatiow of Great Britain and the United States than can well be imagined abroad . It is rousing a deling of resentment as bitter as it is inopportune , and if neither the good sense of the English people nor the admonitions of its friends inhmh places can check its rancour , they will before they know it enjoy the sat . sfaction of having to pay " a few more mdkoni of pounds sterling , foran angrv aStmen of future controversies , arising solely fron . the bad

      ' nJiv \ t ° ' ; ' , thfi corre 8 Pondent of the DalyiNews , ' . ' per last steamer , an account of a small affair in Mosquita , , here a party ouS&i having been robbed and maltreated b y the negroes mustered force enough to attack , and destroy a town of H& r Ven 8 ¦ ' \ f me Say ' . llie awhoriiy of a highl y respcclabls person . wh 6 was in the squabble , that the American side of the story S be found worth listening to . The British agents re endeavourmg to make * dreadful case of if , but audi alterampartem . ' A very respectable Scotchman , long res . dent in that part of the world , called X ~ r t ° . \ Satu . rda and l ^ ned from him , that verv orlf 7 T ^ ? PpeMed on the San Juan > very great and favourable changes have already have hVpn C « nf Tk c antl T ° h 0 U 8 es and luniljer E S T . Up the Sa ° Juan in sch ( » which have beetle to get up « uhm forty miks 0 £ the

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      California a free Statk . —Tbe steamer Empire City arrived at New York , on the 11 th inst , She brings intelligence of the holding of a Convention to form a Constitution for California . The Convention commenced business on the 4 th of September , by choosing Robert Semple , of the District of So nora , President . The members took the oath to support the Constitution of the United States . Some were opposed to organising a State government ; but a majority of the Convention were « { a different opinion , and the objectors gave way . The vote stood eight to twenty-eight . The first section of the Constitution affirms , in the words of the preamble to the Declaration of Independence , ¦

      that all men are by nature free , ' &c . The seventeenth section refers to slavery , and is thus explicitly worded : — 'Neither slavery , nor Involuntary Servitude , unless as a Punishment of Crime , shall ever be tolerated in this State . '—So far satisfactory . But how speedily do the Californians forget their assertion about the equality of all men ! They no sooner set about settling the suffrage question , than they begin forthwith to contradict themselves . Indians , Africans , and descendants of Africans , are specially excepted , as not lo be allowed the right to vote , or , of course , in any way to interfere with the measures of government . Thus is the coloured man , go where he will , under the flag of the United States insulted and degraded . We are thankful , however , for the clause prohibiting slavery . This is the result of the large emigration

      from the Free States . It is probably different from what was anticipated by our slaveholding government . The South , no doubt , hoped to extend her patriarcbial reign over the territory , In this , Calhoun and company are disappointed , Slavery will not be permitted in California . — ' North Star . '—( We observe in the Washington correspondence of the New York Tribune' a statement to the effect , that Mr . Calhoun will resist the admission of California as a stale into the Union , with a restriction of slavery as a part of its organio law . He takes the ground that California has no right to exclude slaves , and thsreby exclude slave-holders from her soil , the sovereignty over which . belonged to every citizen of the United : States , and must be exercised by their representatives iu Gongress . We may expect a tough contest therefore ' on this question in Congress at the ensuing session .

      HORRIBLE MURDER AT BOSTON , UNITED STATES . Tbe American papers are filled with accounts of a horrible and mysterious ttagedy at Boston , which had created very great excitement . We extract the following from the many and varisus accounts published . . ... . The mysterious disappearance of Dr . George Parkman , of Boston , had been a theme of comment iu that city for some days . He left his residence ona Friday , and was ntt heard of utitil the Friday following . Meanwhile , a reward of 4 , 000 dollars was offers d for his discovery . ( From The 'Boston Evening Transcript , ' Dec , 1 . )

      'Since last evening our whole population has been in a state of the greatest possible excitement in consequence of the astounding rumour that the liody of Dr . Parkman has been discovered . and that Dr . John W . Webster , professor of chemistry in the Medical school of Harvard College , and a gentleman connected by marriage with some of our mos . t distinguished families , has been arrested and imprisoned on suspicion of being tbe murderer . Incredulity , then amazement , and the blank , unspeakable horror , have been the emotions , which have agitated the public mind bs the rumour has gone on , gathering countenance and confirmation . Never , in the annals of crime in Massachusetts , has such a sensation been produced ., The principal reasons for the suspicions assigned are as follows : —Dr . Parkman held a note for 450 dollars against Professor

      Webster , which had lon . 5 been overdue , and upon which , although it was Eecured by a mortgage of . some real estate in East Cambrid ge , the doctor had stveia \ times importuned for the money , and been from time to time put off . At length he applied to the officer who disposed of the tickets for Professor Webster ' s course of lectures , to know if there was a sufficient-balance due for the professor to take up his note . This circumstance is said to have greatly incensed Professor Webster , who , on Friday morning of last week , callcd . at Dr . Parkrann ' s house , No . 8 , Walnut-street , and left word 'if he ( Dr . Parkman ) wanted his money on that mortgage , to call at the Medical College about one o ' clock that afternoon . —The doctor is known to have proceeded to the College at the time specifier!—was seen to enter by several persons in the vicinity : but was never seen

      to come out . 1 It is said Professor Webster admits that Dr . P a rkman was at the College about the time mentioned , and that , although lie asserts he paid him the 450 dollars , he cannot show a receipt for itwhen it is well known that Dr . Parkman was very methodical in his business matters . It is also stated , that dnring the whole of the past week , Professor Webster has kept himself very secluded — that his rooms at the College have been kept constantl y locked — circumstances quite unusual with him . i ? rara these and other alleged facts , such suspicions were aroused that , in the professor ' s absence last evening ,. Mr . Epbraim Littlefield , who has the care

      of the College building and grounds , was induced to break the partition wall to the vault under the private laboratory of Professor Webster , in the basement of the building , and there discovered one leg and a portion of the trunk of a human corpse , in a condition which made it apparent that the remains had not long b 8 en there deposited . The discovery , with the fact that Professor Webster is not an anatomist or surgeon , but simpl y a chemist , and having , nothing professionally to do with the uissec lion of bodies , was sufficient to give rise to the astounding suspicion that Dr . Parkman had thus been most foully and diabolically murdered . Professor Webster was accordingl y arrested at his residence in Cambridge , by officers Clapp and Rice and lodged in Leverett-sireet gaol last night to await further

      developement . We learn that a fur . iht * and a thorough investigation was made in the professor ' s laboratory . this morning , when in the ashes of his furnace were found pieces of bone from the skull and other parts of a man ' s head , tare , tner with several false teeth , some coat buttons and some grains of ge \ d , apparently from a watch m elted down . On the stairs leading from the laboratory to the lectnre-room above , were found spots made bv a strong acid capable of destroying marks of blood * h \ ch wnglrt have been ftere spilled , or of almost mslantiy consuming the flesh , if thrown upon the perron . - It is known that Dr . Parkman carried a gold watch and wore some artificial teeth but as yet we do not learn that any real identificalian lias been made concerning those ar ticles , or of the por . tion of tbe bodv found . ' r

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 22, 1849, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1553/page/2/