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ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS. GENERATIVE •INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE, Thirty-first edition, illustrated with Twenty-Six Anatomical Engravings on Steel, enlarged to 196 pages, price 2;. 6d; by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps.
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_FRANCE . The details connected with the reception of the President , at the various towns he has visited in the course of his popularity hunting journey , constitute the staple of the _Fiench intelligence this wee According to the correspondents of the ' Times 'who are , for the time using , _ultra-Buonapartistshis recaption bas everywhere been of the most enthusiastic and brilliant descri ption . Tbey are _obliged to admit , that he has everywhere been
greeted with the cry ' Vive le Republic , ' while the anticipated exclamation , Vive le Empereur' has but rarely been heard , and when raised has heen vi gorously responded to hy the opposite party ; but they try to accuuat for this decidedly _rep-ablican manifestation of feeling by alleging that the parlies who cry for the Republic are hired for the purpose , and stimulated i _= y Kqaor . Tne absurdity of the allegation is so evident that it would be waste of time to attempt its confutation . One incident is worthy record
•—On visiting _jfixin he went to a bronze . statue of the Emperor erected upon tbe estate of SI . _floisot , a _grenadier of ibe imperial guard , who accompanied Napoleon to tbe Isle of Elba . It appears that one of il . _Noisoi _' s dearest friends is Colonel Guinard , no * langu _i shing la the prison of _Doulleus , in consequence of a sentence oi tie high Court of Versailles . M . Noisot , influenced doubtless hy a gene " tous feeling , did not fail , after the ceremonious compliments of reception , to allude to the painful position of his old comrade , and to solicit the exertions of the President in his behalf . Neither Louis Napoleon nor his suite were prepared for such a serious close to the commonplaces of a formal
reception . The President made answer with ihe _offendi-d air of one who finds himself trapped into an affront . It is sufficiently well known tbat the constitution does not allow the President tbe prerogative of pardon ; nor was M . Noisot probably ignorant cf what all France knows , but merely solicited the exertion of the President ' s good offices . The answer of Louis Napoleon is thus given b y t be correspondent of the Pays ' : — ' I have come spontaneously to thank you for the pious homage which too have rendered to the Emperor in erecting this statute to bis memory . Yon address a reproach to me which I was far from expecting . The men of uhorn yon speak were condemned by the uieh
Court of Justice ; itis the lair which has attacked tbem , and we must all respect it . Wben the period for amnesty shall have arrived it will be for tbe National Assembly to decide on their fate , and not for me : ' aad the Prince turned on his heel . Now , it is not to be forgotten that the government of Louis Napoleon had exerted itself to the utmost at the second and third reading of the Transportation BiU to insert a clause for the purpose of shipping off Colonel Guinard and his companions in captivity to Nouka-hiva . The law is , tbat in order to _grast a pardon , the executive must obtain the concurrence of the Conseil d'Etat ; but for an amnesty the consent of the Assembly is requisite . As Guinard is admitted on all hands to have exerted himstlfto the utmost to prevent the foolish
outbreak of tbe 13 th of June , and only to have joined ia it from a false _Reeling of honour , one could hardly have singled out a safer instance for pardon ; or one whicb would ha more popular ; and to _prouijss ihat the matter sbould be referred to the Conseil d £ / at , would bave been a course at once prudent , opportune popular , and humane . But the occasion was lost ; tbe expressive reproach oi tbe faithful companion of bis uncle ' s exile at Elba _, that Louis Napoleon bad proposed a measure for transporting like a felon a gallant and distinguished officer of the empire , must have gone borne wiih singular force to the mark ia the presence of tbat bronze statue ; and the ungracious umbrage with which so natural a request was received , will be _longer remembered than the bits of ribbon which are hung upon frost-bitten remnants of Ihe grande
armee . At Chalon , after having , as usual , bestowed numerous decorations on the military , he turned towards the quay to embark , but was waylaid by a g roup of weeping females , who implored mercy for their sons and brothers imprisoned for political motives . These Lonis Napoleon treated more graciously than he did M . Noisot , and promised he would propose the matter to the Conseil d'Etat . At all the various towns on the route to Lyons tbe usual hubbub of cojuicting cries arose . On landing in tee second capital of France he was greeted by a stunning shout of' Vive la Republic ! ' from assembled thousands . « V : ve le President ! ' was also
heard , _tittt * Vive Napoleon ' ' and 'Vive 1 'EmpereurJ ' were completely drowned in the larger and louder cries . Tbe President went to the cathedral , where he heard mass ( it was the great fete of the Assumption , and the day chosen by Napoleon to _honour bis own patron Saint . ) Then he repaired to the Preiectnre , where he received the civil and military authorities , and renewed in tbe court the old soldiers of the imperial army , who bad been gathered from all sides togelber for that purpose . The President , having bestowed numerous decorations , was on tha paint of retiring to repose himself , when a deputation of inhabitants from La _Guilloliere , said by my conservative correspondent to amount to three
thousand , presented themselves to protest against tbe disrespectful resolution of tbe majority of their _municipal ttmncfl , who refused to visit the President . At a banquet , in the Hotel de Ville , the next day , he delivered a speech which bas created considerable excitement among all parties , by its allusion to the date of the empire , and his _inferentially claiming power on imperial dynastic grounds as well as places _himself above the Assembly itself by virtue of t he 6 . 01 ) 0 , 000 votes , which raised him to * tbe office of President . Tbe object of my voyage is , by my presence , to encourage the good , to _r _t-assore the alarmed , to jud ge by myself the sentiments and wants of the country . This ta _*_ needs your con currfnee , and in order tbat I mav obtain tbat con "
_currence , it is my duty to tell yon what I am and what I wish , I am not the representative of a _partv , bnt the representative of two great national manifestations which , in 1804 as well as in 1848 , aimed at saving by order the great principles of the Frecca revolution . ( Cheers . ) Proud , therefore , of my origin and of my flag , I will emain Hue to both , I wilt be entirely at th service of the couutry , whether it demand from me abnegation or perseverance . ( Cheers . ) Rumours of coups d ' etat Have perhaps reached you , _gentlemen , bat yon did not believe them , and I thank you . Surprises and _usurpations may be the dream of parties _ni'hout support in the nation , but Ihe elect of sir millions of _suffrages executes , not betrays , the wishes of the people- '
As a set-off to the _official accounts in Ihe ' _MsniteuT , ' we take the _fol' . owinji description , given by tbe cerrrspendent of the ' Ever . enteut _, ' of the President ' s recepf . on at Lyons on the 15 th iust : — 1 ght a M . —Six hundred old soldiers of tbe _empire have _assembled at _Uslleccur ; five or & ix have kept their uniform , _othfrs are in blouses , with schakes . 30 , 000 countrymen , at least , have arrived at Lyons frum the _departments of _ti . e Ain , the Isere , and tht- _Lsire . The curiosity is immense , the calm pfrfeet . Oa all sides _lidiculuus proclamations are placarded . N ; nc a m . —Tbe troops are formed in file from the Ghana la St » Jean , following the quays of the Sacue , crossing the stoce bridge along the qcay of the revolution to the entrance of tbe cathedra ) , by the Pont Tdsit . Ten _ it .
_—L'Hirondclle _, No . / , is in sight from tbe Observance between the coasts of Fort St . Jean and Pierre Seize . In this vessel is the President of the Republic and his suite . The crowd collected on the two bills _ieceivehim whli a deafening cry of'Vive la Repnblique . ' lie disembarks : the gamins cry ' Vive la Prince ; ' the _Perachics ( ibe inhabitants of the quarter Perrache ) cry 'Vive le President . ' Five or six cries of * Vive rEmpereur' are faintly heard , hut are soon drowned b y cries of' Vive la Repnblique from ail side ? . The standard bearer of the vieux de la tieille lowers his dig to the imperial eagle ( a flag of 1815 , ) and cries , taking off his three-cornered hat . « Vive la _Repiiblique . ' Tbe cortege commences its march , and crosses the file of troops . Tbe officers cry . waving their swords , ' V . ve la President ;' tbe soldiers rest generally silent . , these who speak err , 'Vive Is President '
- « T here are few flags in the town ; hardly any hut at the cabaret * , which are all decorated , tbey having _hser . orderfd to do so by tbe police , under pain of being closed . " We are in a state of siege ! f All alo : > _% the line of march curiosity is alive , bnt ' no enthusiasm . 'The people attend silently the passing ofthe President . If any Buonapartist cry is uttered the -people are silent , if any imperialist acclamation is made His soon drowned in cries of * Vive la UepuV lique _! ' : Generally the cries are rare , _-eicept-ai the Jock out . 1 have heard some cries of _'Vive _rAnmistie ! ' At the moment I write racing and jousting , are taking _illacefbntteSabne . ' . '"¦' ' . [ _.. ' . ¦ ' . '¦ ' ,
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The moderates are tbe actors in this joust , for which they have been paid 1 , 200 francs . The principal occupation of the _oroouords has been to present to the ' nephew of tbe uncle so many p lacets , thai the 15 tb of Aagust may may be called at Lyons tbe journee des placets . ' Iu tbe square of the Prefecture , at the bouse of a restaurateur at 25 _sous , a second representation of tbe banquet of the gendarmes , mobiles , at the Elysee bas been given . After drinking cries were uttered _of'Vivel'Empereur , ' and ihe guests showed themselves at the windows with their serviettes on their arms , g lass in hand , and mouths full , shouting this imperial cry . No replies were made , tbe people laughed , and ihe agents of tbe police arrested no one . In conclusion 1 must tell you that the heroes of the day are the soldiers and the Republic and the empire of whom tbey made use fer the show .
Leaving Lyons the rente of the President was to Strasbourg , where he wis to arrive on tbe 22 ll ( l . Several officers ofthe National Guard at Strasbourg , who were appointed to receive him , have given in tbeir resignation rather tban compl y wi t b tbis duty . It is calculated that the journey of tbe President , with his suit , costs 24 , 000 francs a day , taken from the secret funds and from the President ' s income . M . Morin , the Republican candidate , has been returned for the canton of Thiron to the Councilgeneral of the Eure-et-Loire . M . Dupr & m , the Socialist candidate , has been returned for the canton of Valence to tbe Council-general of the Gers . M . de Baltic , the famous _novelist , exp ired on Sunday night last .
A member of the Committee of _Perraansnce bas received a letter from the Prince de Joinville , which contains an explicit declaration of his opinion that the question for France can only lie between the legitimate monarchy and the republic ; but tbat a 1 repnblique princiere' is chimerical , and cannot last . As to the monarchy of expedients , which we have had for eighteen years , a second trial of it would be dangerous in the extreme . It should seem from tbis tbat Prince de Joinville bas turned Legitimist . ill . de _Larocbejaqtielin bas written a cloudymisty letter to ihe ' Gazette de France' respecting
what he terms _» The pretended Legitimist Congress ' at Wiesbaden . lie denies tbat any ' specia l rendrzvous' was given b y tbe would-be Henry V . but states he was very gracious , though reserved , to those who waited upon him . All that the writer lets out , as te the result , is that past divisions were condemned , and that they ' left , promising vety cordially to use all their efforts lo march as one man on all questions , ' and' in the next session have the same eyes , feel the same conscience , and lake an absolute direction . ' What the rule of Henry V . would be , if placed on the throne , may be judged of from the following , extracted from tbe Viennese correspondent of the Daily News' : —
' M _> Benal , who keeps the leading hotel at Frohsdorf , has since the advent of the Count de Cbambord and his court been honoured with a great ircrease of company owing to the numbers of travellers who corns lo pay their respects to the Count , especially in the spring . To meet this increase of patronage by a corresponding liberality in the administration of his establishment , SI . Benal became a subscriber to most ol the principal newspapers of Austria and Europe , a measure whicb be was able to carry out moie com p le t el y , as his hotel is beyond the radius _withjo which the existing press ordinances apply . M . Benal ' s premises are held on advantageous terras under tbe count
himself . A few days ago the host was astounded by a message from the count , communicated through his steward , to the effect that the lease , which would expire in the course of some * eeks , would not be renewed . On inquiring the grounds upon wbich his most gracious Majesty King Henry V . had heen advised to take this resolution so sorely afflictive to the _interrogator , M . Benal was informed that the proceeding was intended to mark his Majesty ' s displeasure at ths conduct ' of tbe inn-keeper in subscribing to subversive and Radical newspapers , a dull journal published at Brunn being at the same time indicated , and it was added that bis Majesty regarded the buyers of . such journals as _contributing to maintain the cause iu which they were published . Up to the present moment all the
endeavours of the stricken hotel-keener to procure a reversal of his sentence , wbich to him is almost one of death , bave been in rain . He has volunteered the most solemn promises instantly and for ever to discontinue his subscription to tbe 'Presse , ' the Bmnn journal which had caused the difficulty , and to exclude from his establishment any papers which his Majesty might ba pleased to proscribe . Tbe onl y reply vouchsafed is that the king ' s resolution is unalterably fixed , and that he would he surrounded h y no persons in any relation ol whose political soundness he was not well assured . This little incident of the court at Frohsdorf appears to justify Napoleon ' s well-known words , applied to the ancestors of the Pretender : — 'Those people bave learned nothing , have forgotten nothing . '
GREAT INUNDATIONS IN BELGIUM . By the Belgium newspapers it appears that nearl y ths whole of the country bas been laid under water , to the serious destruction of property of aU kinds , though as yet no great loss of life is rpported . At Brussels tbe water has been so hi gh as to give serious anxiety . In many of the suburbs the water was five feet high . The quays of tbe Cbarleroi canal had been carried away by the torrents , and four men drowned at one place . In the Faubourg de _Flandre , fifty houses had been thrown down , and an immense number of cattle lost . Boats were to be seen navigating the streets in masses . The whole of tbe suburb of Anderlecht was still under water , according to tbe latest accounts . In the fish market , a large house , in tbe occupation of Gerard and Co ., carriers , came down with an immense crash , and fell into tbe Serine .
At St . Josse _Tennoode . outside Brussels , the waters were still very hi gh by last accounts . At Laeken , the residence of the King , they were on the increase . The communications between Brussels and the stations on the Northern Railway were all interrupted . It was not till late on Sunday evening that a train could getforward to Antwerp . Similar intelligence is given from a great number of other towns . Some disiricts are reported as entirely inundated . In the vicinity of Mons , the river Haine threw down a great part of the Mons and Manage railway , three enormous breaches were made _, and , of conrse , all communication _stopped .
The ' Independancc Beige , ' dated Charieioi August 17 tb , says : — 'All the lower town is under water ; the tributariesof ths Sambre liaveoveiflowed and are so many torrents bringing down a deluge of water . The railway is submerged , and the travellers by yesterday ' s train bad to pass the night in the upper stones of the station . The limber and sleepers , the property of the Eiqueliiwes Railway Company , have been carried away by the flood , and p lanks , billets , and logs , are everywhere seen fl'iatiiig about , Sums of charcoal , corn , hay , and ihenev . ly-ga ' hertd harvest , have been carried awavhv tbe torrent . '
The journals of the 19 th report an increase during the night ofthe water * to the height of two feet and a half , and at half-past ten of that date not the least abatement was discernible . _Ssveral walls bad fallen down . In the Rue de Semiuaire _, of' Narour , the water was upwards of ten feet in height ; the gendarmerie were compelled to quit tbeir barracks . The aspect of the Sambre at its confluence wiih tbe Meuse is terrific ; ihe billows are dashing six and nine feet high . From Lille we learn that the Marque has overflowed and carried away t . e _hardest in tbat nei g hbourhood . The . bridge . over the river was _catried away _juit as a number of peasants were watching the rise of the waters from its summit . Tbe parties were saved without injury . Houses have fallen before the torrent at Lille , and communications have been cut off in several directions .
ITALY . The ' Constitutionnel '• publishes the following from Rome , dated ( lie 10 th : —* A capital sentence has just been pronounced against a man named Pinto , who on the 2 nd ult ; assassinated his fatherin-law . This murder was _yaf tended with such atrocious circumstances that it appears certain that the sentence will be approved of by the Popi _\ . and that tbe execution will take placef aftrr the , fete of the Assumption . This will be the first time that Pius IX . will have sanctioned a capital condemnation . Malefactors ; b ° wever , bare recently become so
audacious in their proceedings that severity has become an imperious necessity . On Saturday last , a frightful attack was committed in Che environs of Rome onthe family cf an advocate , who had taken up their residence in a country-house " , in the evening of that day , the advocate , after finishing his business ih . Rome , went as usual to his country bouse to pass the Sunday with his family , when , he " . wis met by his servant , who told him" that bis house had been attacked ; hy robbers who were pUlagVdg _iti'The advoca t e , who _wfe armed' with a-double-barrelled gen , on coming to the house found the , door ' guarded ¦ l . _, . ¦ _- .. ; : . ' : . Oil ' . _Vfi .-: _i-j ; . :. ¦ _¦ ¦ . ' " ' ' ' ' - '
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by two . brigands , both of whom he immediately shot . He then entered the bouse , when he W _8 S suddenly surrounded by five or six men , with whom a de 3 peraie strugg le , took p lace . He was overpowered by numbers and killed . The servant , in the meant ime , had run off to procure assistance , but unfortunately it arrived too late ; ihe robbers had taken to _flightjleaving behind them their two dead companions . The wife of the advocate was weltering in her blood , but still breathing , and a little girl ot nine years of age wa s hanging to a beam . She was immediately cut down , and hopes are entertained of saving her life . No cine has yet been discovered of the
robbers . There is much talk here of an arrest wbich has just been made by the police at Naples of an in : dividual who had arrived there under an assumed name , wi t h an English passport . This individual passed himself for some one . of consequence , and wart provided with letters of recommendation and credit . A search-at his hotel led to the discovery oi very important correspondence witb the principal revolutionists of France , Italy , and Germany . The port of _Repetta was yesterday the scene of a sanguinary quarrel between a liberated convict and a young
man whose father bad been killed by the former . The young man having been grossly insulted in a public-house by this fellow , prudently left tbe p lace to avoid a conflict , but finding himself closely pursued by the man , who had armed himself with a pitchfork , he in bis own defence laid hold of a long knife , wbich was lying on a stall , and plunged it into the breast of his aggressor , and laid bim dead at his feet . The young man immediatel y surrendered himself to the police , but it is thought tbat the act will only be considered as justifiable homicide .
PIEDMONT . The quarrel between the government and the Jesuits still continues . The latter , thoug h stunned for a moment by the energetic measures of the Piedmontese government , are recovering from the blow . Their organ , the' Armonia , ' bas resumed its publication , and forei gn diplomacy comes to their aid by demanding the expulsion of tbe refugees most hostile to the clergy . The government bas just signed , at the dictation of the Austrian minister , an order for several of these to quit the Sardinian ter » ritory .
Meanwhile the Archbishop of Turin has found an imitator in Switzerland . M . _Mariliez , the episcopal conspirator of Fribourg , has ordered his clergy to abstain from all relations with the civil power , even before the tribunals , and authorises them to receive no t hing from the state , that is , with the exception of pensions and benefices . On the 9 th inst , about nine in the evening , an imposing demonstration was made at Alexandria , under the windows _« f the Peres Servile monks . The populace did not commit any acts of disorder , but gave the government distinctly to _understand that tiie time had arrived when a reli gious order who consumed without producing anything could no longer be tolerated .
HANOVER . By order of the government the police has issued a _steck-brief ( writ of caption and pursuit ) against the twenty or more refugees who came from London to Altona for the purpose of offering their services to the government of the Duchies , but were not only rejected , but ordered to quit the Holstein territory forthwiib , under penalty of arrest . The steck-brief directs ali Hanoverian _authorities to arrt > st any of these individuals who may be met wiih ; and , in case they should he subject to ' mry previous charges to commence their pnsectrinn forthwith ; if not , to see that they be conducted , under _escvrt , to their place of domicile .
AUSTRIA . Letters from Vienna of August llth say * . —An in creasing varience between our government and that of Sardinia has shown itself of late . Its principal ground , apart from * the offensive tone iu which the Turin papers are allowed to speak of the imperial government , is to be found in the growing _influence of England , which seeks to injure tbe commercial interests of Austria in Sardinia . At this court , tbe government is greatly disap pointed at the cold greeting with which the late partial amnesty was received . It was expected that when the men of the October revolution were released from fortress imprisonment , the streets would ring with the clemency of the Emperor ; but the enthusiasm was for tbe victim ? , and tbe government was only thought of in coiinesi u with its hall-kept
promise . It is utleily _impossible lo explain the singular policy of the Austrian cabinet , wliich is continuing its measures of oppression , while endeavouring to puff off its grace . Just os men are pardoned for their share in the events of 1848 , persons suspected of participation in the same insurrection , and who until the present mnmemt have been unmolested , are seized , thrown into prison , and made the subjects of legal processes ; and this is the conduct of the government , no t onl y in Austria , but in Hungary .
DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES . Intelligence from Hamburg , _undfrdate the 17 th iust ., is to the effect thata naval engagement had taken place on the previous evening , _bntween a Danish steamer and two Danish _g « n-boats and the Holstein steamer and two guu-boais . The fight was carried on at intervals till eight o ' clock on the morning of the 17 th , when the Danish force retired . One of the Schleswig gun-boats got on fire , but the flames were promptly extinguished . Neither army bad thought proper lo risk another battle .
GREECE . King Otho having resolved to visit his family in Bavaria , bas appointed his wife regent during' his absence , and this produced a ministerial crisis , two of the ministers having resigned . Every one of the public journals seems to think a crisis is at hand . It is said the country is to be placed under martial law till the return of the King .
INDIA . By the last mail it is announced that Sir Charles Napier has resigned his command . The cause of his eatly resignation of bis high and important office being , it is supposed , an assumption of authority on his part beyond the limits of Kis ofiice . Sir Charles conceives that this authority ex . tends to the decision of all purely military questions , without reference to the head of the governmen t , and in two or three cases that have come before him . has reduced his theory to practice . One of these was the disbanding of the 66 th B . N . 1 ., a measure which is said to have . been resolved on and
promulgated without once consulting the opinions of the Governor-General , who , while willing to defer to tbe superior military judgment and experience of tbe head of the army , could not allow bis own precedence to be thus openly slighted without a protest . It is accordingly believed that the Governor-General addressed au official wi gging to Sir Charles Napier on his undue assumption of authority , which led him to tender his resignation . ¦ One of the most noticeable events of the past three weeks is the mutinous rising of a gang of Sikh prisouers , coming from Allahabad to Calcutta . Tbe river _stfamer _Berbampooter , _Captain-CawJev
with tne Kakegunga cargo boat in tow , commanded by Mr . Stout , embarked thirty-nine Sikh prisoners at Allahabad for Calcutta . Among these were Narain Singh and Golab Singh , aildsome others : ol the most turbulent Sikhs , wkom it was judged unsafe to leave in the neighbourhood of the Punjab . For security , they were placed in fetters , and then linked toge t her b y a single continuous chain ! , ' . Tlie guard placed over them _consistr-d of eighteen jnen ; two being old and infirm iiaiks , eight gaol guards , aiid eight _teeka _buikundaws _., ' ThereI was a quantity of _jtpecie on hoard belonging to government . The vessels started from Allahabad oh the 18 th ;
andarrivedat Patnaon the 22 nd ; tbey look in coal and , wood , and about noon resumed their downward pro -: gres 9 . After some hours the boats reached a place ; called _Futwa , about eLht miles below' the native ( own of Patna .. The prisoners bad been amusing ' themselves during the day with making 'inquiries ' respecting the gunduck , ; a stream which , fallB into ' the Ganges opposite to Patna , its _. _depth ,. fords ; di-j rection , & c . 'When , near , Futwa , " two of the < p ' _ro-j sobers solicited temporary relief from ' iHe ciin « e . cVing chain , aud their request was complied with . Iu ., a ' moment , a whistle frotti Narain ' Singh gave the
signal to the whole gang to 'rise ; and ' . every tn ' aiv _spruiig ' r up , releasinghimseif ; as be could from ' ' the . long chain / and _rusbing to the place _' of arms whrre the guards had very consideratel y '• piled up tbeir loaded muskets , between themselves and the _prisoners . . There were only four men on guard at the moment . . These were quickly overpowered and _disarmed , two were killed on the spot _> one _. bolled with wounds , another without scathe . The Sikhs proceeded _immediately-to possess themselves of the arms . -By this time thei alarm was _. given _^ jMr _. Stout , of ithe ' ' KaJeeguuga , roused by the clattering of the let . ' _? ? , _ft _W _* _mM cause , arid was immediately _assaijed ; he , . however , escaped foiwatd untamed
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and notified tin a _tate of affairs to tbe steamer . Captain Cawley , with officers and passengers , crosse d over the connecting beam to the cargo boat , hut as they were merely armed with sticks and swords , they could do nothinir against the loaded muskets pointed at them . The apparent inaction of the Sikhs during this interval is explained by the fact that the liberated men were merely covering their comrades ' efforts to extricate themselves . The Sikhs were nearly prepared for action , when their antagonists had fairly retreated to tbe steamer . They now commenced a rattling fire upon the steamer , and would have done great damage , but for the huge pile of firewood taken ou board at Patna , and stowed
away aft , which served as a useful bulwark . A rapid search convinced the garrison of the Berhampooter that they had no arms on board fit to resis t with , and as a storm from the freed Sikhs was imminent , a council o ' f war resolved upon running ihe vessels ashore on the Patna hank . No Bonner thought than effected , and the crew endeavoured to get ashore as fast as tbey could ; wbile doing so they were exposed to a severe fire from tbe cargo boat . One of the naiks and two of the gaol guards were killed all together , to others wounded and three lascars . In the first _shirmish , two of the prisoners bad been severely wounded ; they were , while still alive , thrown overboard in the river , by tbeir
comrades . The Sikhs were now sole masters of the two boats . They then boarded ihe steamer , and found on board a sergeant ' s wife who had been unable to effect her escape . They were about to fall upon her , when Narain Singh interfered and saved her life and honour , t houg h he could not prevent her from being plundered of all her property " A search was then instituted for the company ' s treasure chests , but ineffectually . The cabins and lockers were all rummaged and small sums of money abstracted . Slender provision as this was they were now compelled to turn their _thoughts towards
escape , and , finding themselves unequal to navigating the steamer , they lauded . Two buals were discovered and seized , and in them tbe larger body of the prisoners crossed to the side opposite Patna , making off in the direction of the Gunduck and Nepal . The officers and crew ot the steamer made direct for Patna , and as soon as the alarm was given a large force was despatched to the spot and in search of the fug i t ives , both from Patna and Dinapore . Thirteen were recaptured , among whom is Narain Singh . There seems little doubt but the rest will also he taken , that is such of tbem as escape siarvation .
From Peshawur we learn that three ofheera ( Lieut . Pollock , and Mr . B . Saple , assistant-commissioners , and Lieut . Miller , of the Guide Corps ) nearly fell iuto the hands of tbe Affreedies in the passes . They had determined on riding over to the post of Kobat , ¦ and had entered the passes when they were met by a special messenger from Captain Coke , 1 st _Punjaub cavalry , commanding that post , advising ther return , as they were waylaid . Fortunately they took his advice and returned ; All our negotiations with the Affreedies have been broken off .
INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO . The Overland Singapore Free Press , ' of Jul y 1 , says ; ' Nothing of importance has occurred in Sin gapore . during the . past month ,, affording matter for remark ; with the exception of some atrocious murders perpetrated on peaceful and unarmed fishermen and boatmen , in the Sirangoon river and near the Red-cliffs , by Malays , who appear to have been led to commit these crimes principally for the sake of tbe _sina'l quantities of rice and other articles in the _pessession of the parties attacked . ' Piratical attacks are said to have been made b y Chinese junks upon native trading vessels in the China Sea , hear the entrance of the straits bf Sin _g apore . In both cases the pirates were unsuccessful .
Reports are me that the Siamese are m a state of much alarm on account of the approaching visit of Sir James Brooke . JAVA . —The disturbances , in Bantam seems to be nearly suppressed , and there are no accounts from the refractory district in Sumatra with the exception of a small expedition against a petty chief in one of tlie islands off that coast . The Dutch authorities at Sambas , it is reported ,
have lately been under the necessity of taking proceedings against the Chinese settlers on that part of Borneo , in consequence of their refusing to surrender a sampan pufcaf , which was introducing opium into the Chinese districts , in violation of the opium monopoly enjoyed by the Sultan of Sambas . An attack had been made upon tbe Chinese , and it was reported that two or three Dutch officers bad been killed or wounded , but according to last accounts the affair was still undecided .
COLuMBO ,, July IL—The leading event of the month has been a political demonstration on the part of the burghers , resulting in strong expressions of loyalty to England's Queen and attacbrnent to the British rule , and equally strenuous assertions of their dissatisfaction with many ofthe acts of the local government—especially of its headi Bad as " matters have gone on under Lord Tor . rington _' s rule , we venture to assert that not half-adozen people in Ceylon would hear without dismay a confirmation of the rumour speculated on by our Indian cotemporaries , to the effect tbat the island is to be handed over to the East India Company . We trust ne such doom is in store for us . We are now merely impeded in out onward course * , swamped in the company ' s over-grown dominions , we should be thrust back a century ' at least .
CHINA . By the last overland mail , we learn tbat the fatal epidemic prevailing at Canton and its vicinity is . _decreasing . The otber news is unimportant , consisting , mainly of struggles to evade custom ' s duties , and conflicts arising out of the smugg ling of opium into the country .
:. NEW . ZEALAND . , W e bave received papers 'from Auckland , New Zealand , to the 16 th Marcbi The New Zealander ' of tha t da t e , after stating there had been reason to apprehend a _long-dreadud collision would take place on the Gth , between the contending Wakaito tribes , gives a narrative of some fearful manifestations that were made on that day , and when a conflict , in which scores , if _not'hundreds of lives mig ht have been lost , was , to all human appearance , averted only b y the influence and exertions of Mr . Wallis , a missionary . Happily the affair ended in speeches of mutual defiance . The papers contain no other _matter of anv interest . .
UNITED STATES . -The Asia , Royal Mail steam ship , arrived at Liver _, pool on Saturday , having made the run , in _veiy boisterous weather , in less tban nine and a half days , from Boston . _, In the Senate a bill has been introduced since tbe failure of the compromise pf Mr . Clay to establish tbe territorial government of New Mexico , and defin _^ the boundary of Texas . This bill , it is understoodi ' _-is likely to pass , as also one for the admission . of California into the Union . The southern slave-holding ' influence appears to have abandoned its attempts to introduce slavery into the slate ol California , or any other , biit tbeir object is to give _Tesas ' _- ' as much territory as possible , in order to
carve out of that _vucujih slave states to he adequate to the'preservation of the _mnch-coveted balance of power .: If this can be done ; tbe south will doubtless be satisfied .: This possession of tilings is somewhat increased in interest by the arrival at Washington of a special messenger from , the Governor of Texas to tbe President of the United States , informing , him of _> the intention of the . _Tmns to support their claims by . force of arms . . _^ . Fifteen hundred' men have volunteered to proceed to Santa Fe ; and ' fif . teen thousand' more , were ready . ' We _perceiva in tliis something of ttie character of tbe south . ' To ' make the threat _planning they resof ted to the / usual _mcihcd of ' multiplying by ten . ' The President ' s message in reply is said to intimate his deierminaiion to resist aiiv aggression on the pari of Texas
by _forced of arms : ' . - ' ' •¦""• -Since tbe late successful competition of Collins s line o !/ 8 teamers with those of CunarqYthe greatest enthusiasm has been excited on tbe subject , Ainew impulse has been given to . steam navi ga t ion , and the keels ,-of ... some enormous ; . ships . _hayef been laid . Among ) other , designs . on ; . loot is , that hof , a line of war steamers between New Y q tk , and Baltimore to Liberia ' ,, ori the coast of Africa , for the ! double
purpose of suppressing the slave trade and _xolonisiri g the negroes . The price of passage for free negroes over . twelve years of age to he ten dollars , ' and for ( hose under twelve years five dollars , The emi gration is'to be under the control of , the Colonisation Society :- It is understood that the assistance of the government by a mail , contract , aiid some advances by the _waybill be required . The proposition meets _witttifavour _, and ibasbeen _^ reported 'favourably ' 'to the ( House of Representatives , ; h .:-. f - »• • • ;
_^ Ai yeryilarge steamer * has . _beenilaunched in > . New ; Xor _. _kjtOiply , to _. San _Jusn de Nica ' rague . ilt ja . _not-be-j lieved . that / the routeas . _atpresent . ' _intendeii . tobe _usedY'll he practicable before the lat . _of October . If
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it can be made so the general impression is tbat the Isthmus of Panama will be abandoned by the Americans . The friends of the Tehuantepec route are much p leased by the promulgation of a treaty witb Mexico for the improvement of the transit in tbat direction . It has yet to receive the sanction of the United Stales senate . The select committee of _theUnited Slates senate , to whom was referred tbe subject of tbe personal altercation between Messrs . Beitton and Foote , on tbe 7 th of April last , have at length made a report . It _contain a vm dry narrative of tbe facts , and expresses the opinion that Mr . Benton did meditate an
assault upon Mr . Foote , and Mr . Foote bad reason to think so ; tbat Mr . Foote retreat * d as Mr . Benton approached , and gained a position whence he could point a revolver with effect at his assailant , though he did not actually do so . In short , the committee came to the conclusion , that it was very wrong to indul ge in personalities , or carry fire-arms in the senate , and _concluded with recommending just nothing at all I The correspondent of the ' Dail y News ' says : — _'Yeatrday ( Monday , Aug . 5 ) a n . ob of German tailors , several hundred strong , being on a strike for higher wages , attacked a building where cheap
work was done , and demolished the interior . The police , in attempting to arrest the ringleaders , were resisted . A serious battle took place , two of tiie tailors were killed outrig ht , and several badly wounded , before the mob was quelled . There has been for the last few weeks a general organisation of the labourers in this city , for the purpose of coercing their employers to allow them higher wages . In most instances tiieir demands have been comp lied with , The tailors say that they work sixteen hours a day , and can only earn from four dols . to six dols . per week , while their employers make an enormous profit on the work which they perform during that
time . ft is a singular circum ? tance that all these complaints come from tbe foreigners , _lery few Americans have anything to do with these proceedings , except to give them _particu ' ar direction , and t o make tbem useful in a political point of view . The Tribune' encourages all these complaints , and mixes up socialism with the advocacy of the rights of labour . Most of these strikers come to this
country ih a perfect state of destitution ; now they demand a division of tbe profits of their employers . Tbey are so flattered by our demagogues , that their heads are easily turned , and to hear them denounce the American ' aristocrats' with barricades and death itself , reminds us of the scenes in the countrips from which they have been expelled . They will pro ! _ dy he brought to vote at the next election for candidates who will p ledge themselves to favour their views , and this will bs the upshot of the
matter . ' The * New York Tribune , ' after giving the police version of the story which throws the blame upon the tailors , gives tbat supplied by its * Labour Reporter' as follows : — 'Our reporter learned last evening that a committee of German tailors , went on a visit to Bloomingdale yesterday afternoon , to get such tailors as had not joined the German society to do so , as it was rumoured two " sub-contractors ' on ' Southern work were dealing out coats at less
than the rates . This committee was met by a _stronr detachment of police and other persons , who attacked the tailors , killing two of them , dangerously wounding others ; twenty-five arrests were made ; some of the wounded men were taken to the station and Hillenbrand ' s Hotel , where the society usually meet . It is said that on the assembly of these tailors an alarm of fire was raised , and a large body of firemen entered a' factory' shop and took out the 150 coats to be made at low wages , which was tbe cause of the dispute . '
The tailors are going to demand a strict investigation of this matter from the authorities as early as possible , and both the American and German Societies adjourned early , to meet at an early hour this morning . As usual there are hundreds of statements about this matter , and the truth can only be known after the trial , The tailors were not armed , which explains , as tbey . say , for the few police hurt , to whom they intended ; to do no violence . The clothes were taken , to the Tombs . We leave the whole matter without comment .
Tbe prospects of the cotton crop are decidedly unfavourable-the plant is from two to four weeks later than it was last season—the recent fine weather has caused it to grow luxuriantly but tendernot in condition to withstand a droug ht of heavy rains , and , poorly adapted to meet a frost at any time during the month of October . Accounts from Georgia state tbat ' rain is much needed for cotton , and it is beginning to dry up , scorched considerably . ' Corn , on the contrary , appears to be doing well , and there does not appear to be a doubt that the cereal crops will be great and of good quality .
The state of North Carolina , long a Whig state , has been carried by the Democrats . This is the result of the abolition movements made hy seme of the Whig leaders at Washington .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 24, 1850, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_24081850/page/2/
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