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FBAKCEL—Several of the political chiefs of the Legitimist party are preparing to Irate Paris for London , to meet ihe Duke of Bonrdeanx , who it appears has seat them a special Invitation to that effect . M . Berryer Teft Pans for London on ThWBda ; morning . The Marquis < Je Preigne will start on Saturday , end MM . de Larcy , de la Bonrdonnaye , and several others will follow . M . de Chateaubriand has written to the Duke of Bourdeanx to say that nothing but the bad state of his health prevented him from accepting of his Hoyil Higbness ' s invitation . The Duke of Bourdeaux ' s arrival in England is looked npen as an event of no small importance , not only by his own party , but by the supporters of thepresent dynasty . It is evident that there is some alarm felt as to its -ultimate effects .
! The trial of the fifty -t even persons acensed of robberies in the Fanbonrg Saint Germain , wa 3 brought to a close oa Tuesday week , when a number of ihem ¦ were convicted and sentenced to heavy punishments The following are the sentences : — _ "The jury terminated its deliberation at half-past seven , and the Court resumed . The result of their deliberation iras , that Courvoisier , - Ganthier , Lahrne . Flaehai , ihe female prisoner Roche , Mathien , Droin , Josiiu , Ohsaet , the widow Gobel , were guilty of the charge of being authors or accomplices of robberies , or attempts to rob , 1 > j false ievs , or breaking open inhabited houses . That Loire ; Fabre
Bossleier , the wife of Courvoisier , the wife of Josien , Engerer , the wife of Jacques were guilty of complicity in the same ws , having knowingly received and concealed the property stolen . Four of ihe prisoners were acquitted . . The prisoners who had been convicted -were led in by their guards . The wife of Jacques still wore her veil of black lace , ker black satin bonnet , and gown of black silk ; she was supported by a female attendant . She had hardly taken her seat ere she bares into tears « nd . sobs . Goorvoisler sat on the highest bench next his wife , whom he closely embraced , in his arms .
"The Advocat-General having demanded the judgment of the Court , Gonrvoisier rose in a furious and menacing manner , and shaking bis fist at the jury , said , 'Tfonhave condemned an innocent woman It is 1 , 1 alone , who have ruined her ; yon are a set of scoundrels V He was immediately removed from the Conn . "The President then read the sentence of the Court , as fellows : —That Conrvoisier be condemned io hard labour in the galleys for thirty ; years , and Ganihier ^ to the same for twenty-five years ; the -female prisoner Roche , and Labrne to the game for twenty years ; Flachat to eighteen years , Droin to fifteen years , Jof ier to seven years , Cbanet to six years , and the widow < Jobel to five years of the same punishment . The other prisoners were sentenced to imprisonment for periods of four and five years each , accompanied by public exposure . "
Lobd BBOtGHAM has arrived at the Hotel Menrics , Paris , from London . —GaRgnants Mes ~ sengzr . Oh the 8 ih tut ., at two xjl * & severe shock of earthquake was sensibly felt at Messina . Many of ihe inhabitants got up and walked tho streeis till daybreak . The France on Friday was stopped at the posf , and also seized at its offices . Two hours afterwards M . "Frederic I ) ol ! e , its responsible editor , received a summons to appear to-day before the examining magistrate . On Wednesday , while the great hell of the cathedral of Notre Dame was bsing rung , the clapper gave W 3 y , and the enormous mass fell down ihrongh two floors of the tower , and lodged on the third .
SPAIN . —On the 24 th a heavy fire was opened on Barcelona . Tflis fire , with an hoar'a intermission in the middle of the day , lasted till sunset , and was probably the severest that the city has hitherto sustained . The celebrated bombardment of Espartero nsks in comparison with it ; for on that occasion , it "was Monijoich alone that fired , and then under 1 , 000 projectiles ; whereas , on the 24 th , to the fire of that fortress was added that of ihe citadel and forts of San Carlos and San Fio ; and altogether considerably above 2 , 000 projectiles of one ' kiador another were hurled against the city . An cfScer of file Belvidera counted 900 from Montjaich alone , and the fire of the citadel was much hotter . The accounts tromthe town represent the loss of property
as very great , while some thirty persons alone were Mlled . Dnring the day the city kept up a brisk fire against the citadel and the villages of Gracia Sarrea , and Sans , the inhabitants of which completely deserted them . At the former place several lives were lost . The Junta are laughing at General Sanz , and isking advantage of the two -days' cessation of active hostilities to repair all their defence ? , and are now engaged in forming a strong battery in the Ataraxraas , and protecting it from the fire of Mont-Jnich . It ¦ will probabiy be finished to-morrow , and Is generally snpposed to be chiefly directed against ibis place : Monfjnich calmly looks on , and scorns to distnrb the works save by a shot or two at rare intervals . When all this will end nobody piesnmes ie guess , for the same game seems to be going on at
both Saragossa and Gerona ; and till either one or the other is taken , the general has no' intention to enter Barcelona . He is , however , sfcrengtlieniEg iimselLf bj rvsing a corpa of 4 , 000 p&tnela . similar to those within the city , to tffectnate his blockade , ¦ which has not hitherto been properly done , as every one is aware that fresh provisions enter nightly . Only the night before last 250 sheep passed the lines and entered the city . The projectiles thrown into Barcelona from San Carlos and Mon'jnieh on that day anionnt to more than 1 , 000 . On the morning Of the 24 ih tbe black flag , which has b * en so long flying ever Atarazanas , was pulled down , and a black and red one hoisted in its place . The black flag jaeass ** no surrender , but rather death , " and tbe fcher signifies "death and blood . "
ixiDAT Mobhisg , Oct . 27 . —Several substantial farm-boDFes , situated at the foot oFiJonfjnich , are now in flames , having been fired dnring the night by fee patu'ea of Barcelona , owing , probably , to their aentinels being annoved on the walls by the enemy ' s skirmishers , who come down at night and ke « D a perpetual fire of musketry on them . It-was at first supposed the fire waa in tha Atarazanas , as seen from this place in the grey of morning , but nnfortanaiery tbe peasants , as is usual in civil contests aid the sufferers .
HtGHXT ISPOKTAKT . —( Freni the Correspondent of Hie Times J—Madrid , Oct . 28 . — Serious , news has arr ived hTe to-day from Gslliciaand from England , or rather pooking to caase and effect ) from England ria Gallicia . We learn that a Spanish committee , sitting in London , has organised a plan of re-action in favour of the Central Junta and of E ^ artero , or < to speak wits precision ) to overthrow the present Provisional Government . The first step has already been taken boldly , judiciously , and successfu lly at Tigo , "where General Iriarte landed from the Peninsula steamer ; and where a pronvneiamenio was made on the 23 rd inst ., and maintained after a sharp firing with the Provincial Regiment of Lugo , Which attempted to take the rebellions
Ayqntamiento prisoners , but was repulsed with loss , and iheir Colonel wonnded , from the position which fee Centralists had fortified themselves . The evtnt has caused s great sensation in Madrid , and the Centralists her * have again taken couraEC I am » SSnred that a General at present in tliis ci-y Is prepared io leave to-morrow to take the eommsnd at Tigo , whftreit iSE&id that money has already arrived , and whither the " disaffected" of Old Castile , Astulias , Gailicia , Estremadura , and the outlaws in Portugal , are already hastening , as to " a rallying point where they are always sure of a retreat to England at the worst . " At present their hopes are high , and instead of contemplating-antscape seaward , they are in strong expectation of supplies from that
qnarter . The G&llician towns have risen , but Sar&gossa has surrendered ni > on terms to Concha . There was news of the 29 : h from Barcelona . Reinforcements had arrived from Tarragona , but ft ere had been no fir ing . Leon had submitted on a compromise . The cannon of Gsrona was still heard dnring the entire of the 1 st inst . A letter from Bayonne of the 1 st instant , says the Journal des Del&ts , annonnced the entry of General Concha into Sarsgossa , on the following term ? : — , l- -AS the Kational Guards who are entitled by the law io form part of the National Guard were to retain iterr arms . -JL The frae corps and all those organised by the Jnsnjwna were to be disarmed and dissolved . *» «„; i * > Mrae : paliiy , £ nd ProvisionalDepui **! ? - ™? " *> e equally dissolved ¦
_ . TnoltnS 6 ° fic £ rs l th ' e aray who had-joined in the 5 ^ a » 22 SS ? lhWM » * depriTed of *™ ^ S ^ Si ^ is ^ s ^ ton , but who so Anally failed , bus W « ie ^? om f ^ t- T £ C l S Etate that he w « to haTe ? miarked rn the Austrian steamer , but on the populace at the Paaens leanung that mci was the else it resolved oo his destruction , and on the carriage Teaching the Firaas , be was only saved fromdeajh by the presence of misd of the coachman , who , putting his horses to ihea speed , returned to Athens . He was again seat down with an escort of forty Lancers , hut these eoald not even defend the car-2 U £ e through . the exo ^ ei * and -with d-Senlty sue ceeded in getting it . again on the hish-Toad u > Jkihens . ~ Bb was at last tmbaried from the coast on hoard the Greet steamer , which took Mm to
JSjra . On the 30 th instant ihe Juob assembled in great immbexs to hoot M . Ehalli , the late Minister of dumiCj TTho trs 3 to embark on board the Austrian Steamer . After much JDeffactaai persuawfn , the military dL ^ persed rhe rioters , bst -sdihcnt finng en them » and oVy n * -ing the flits of : he ; r swords . M . ' Bfi&lil : was di « ni ? ed ia an officer ' s nni ' nrin . arc ] j taken k » 4 he Pi re is bv >! . P'scato ? : in his car .
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riage , and embarked for Andros in the French Bteamer Tartare . The following appeare in the Times of Saturday : —We have boen favoured with the following very interesting extracts from a letter written by a Madame Sissini , a daughter of Marco Bo'zaris , to her sister , one of ike Maids of Honour to the Qseen of Greece , translated from the Greek : —
• MissoLONGHi , September . "My Deadest ROSA , —At length the enigma 1 » solved . Lst ns all glorify < Jod with one voloe—( yet how can we do this mfilcJeDOy f ) —tor the manner In which it has been accomplished . I shall sot be able to sleep this night for thinking that daybreak must bring me a letter from you . Indeed , I am somewhat un-. aay lest tfeis sadden shock ahould have been too much for you—bnt it cannot be , but you will write to me . and write with extreme minuteness . I never bo regretted anything in my life , as that 1 am now at Miwolonghl , and not where I could be with you , and hear -with you , and Bee with yon . so msny new and glorious things . In xnch excitements how have yon and our dear mother fared ? How ahall I describe to you the enthusiasm of
poor MlMolonghi ? It was three o ' clock on Sunday when Kat&tya came to my uncle * , with that blessed number of tbe Age , which I half comprehended in tbe first moment of astonishment , and afterwards clearly Understood . Shall I confess it J Shall I conceal it from you ? I am , O ! my slater , a very ChieftainesB . I could not restrain my tears . A moment afterwards everybody knev the news , and the th-illing mnslc came to play before our house . Then yon sibonid have seen how tbe wen seemed to be electrified . 'Constituiionfor ever rose to the skies . Everybody embraced everybody—the cold grew -warm—the -weak powerful—the children young men—the old men youths . In the evening was a very numerous asrembly , the " Symposium" of the citizens to celebrate the event The next morning was the ' Boxolosy , " i . c , thankrjriving in the church , ¦ wbich I went to hear . You can Imagine how It penetrated into my very sonL Afterwards a multitnde of us women went to i be parade of the troops ^ to hear them take the
oath to the constitution . There was then a review ; after which tfee soldiery feastei Xast of all , proclamation was made to hold these days for the fntnre as national festivals . Ib not this rij ? ht ? Yes , my belied sister j henceforward let us rejoice to show our sympathy in the festivals of our husbands , by appearing in them in our most honouraMe esrb . Thonab Btmnee , tbe reqnest win not be unfitting us , that the King Bhcrald be ours too , and fcnow that we a ' so are fiis . O that be might at leng th truly estimate this movement which baa taken place—this second rertntration of Greece . O who -will not Iqts and honour bim , if he giTen "his heart to what is good . Yes , believe me , could our King at this moment cast one glance on bis snbjects . he vonld be proud of governing them . Bat this will be more likely to be felt by bim -when he shall trnly know , and rightly estimate , those whom we consider to be his worst enemies . " Yasiliki Sissini . "
Letters arrived from Athens of the 20 ih ultimo , Ktateing that the most perfect tranquillity prevailed throughout the province ? , and the elections of deputies to the National Assembly were to have been clo ? ed on the 2 ? nd ulfc . A letter from Trieste of the 25 th nit ., quoted by the Reforme , states that the revolution had excited a great sensation among the Greeks of the island of Candia . The Sphakiote , who inhabit tho western monntains , had , it W 9 S faid , already taken arms to shake off a foreign yoke . The establishment of a liberal constitution in _ Greece renders the Candiotes more desirous to be incorporated with the Greek kingdom . The island of Samos wa 3 likewise agitated , and the Governor had demanded reinforcements from Constantinople .
EGYPT . —Letters fron Alexandria of the 16 th nit . announces that the Yiceroy of Egypt bad given orders to place 40 , 000 men immediately under arms , in order to reduce the Pasha of Soudan to obedience , who had declared himself independent of Mehemet Ali . Ahmed , Pasha of Soudan , is described as a man of remarkable sang froid , and brave as a lion . Tha revolt of Ahmed has caused Mehemet Ali serions uneasiness , because in attack ' ng Ahmed lie attacks tho Porte . ITA 1 . Y . —A ramosr was abroad in Paris oa Thursday thai disturbances hsd broken out at An' -ona , between the Pope ' s troops and the Swiss Guards who are in the pay of his Holiness .
PRUSSIA . —( lmportani to ( he Freebooters ) . — Zoixt £ b . eiu . —Bkbijh , Oct . 21 . —The importance attached by the English to their commercial relations with Germany is sufficiently nroved by the fact , that since the sssemb ing of the Z > lvercin Congress , no less than seven agents are here in addition to the members of the English Embassy , who ara very numerous These agents are from Manchester , Liverpool , London , and other pans of England . They spare neither pains nor money to gain admittance to the meetings of the Dongres ? , and they endeavour to convince ns that it tcou / i be very
wnfortunate for Germany were she io depend on her men manufacturing industry , instead of having her wants supplied by England . The strenuous exertions made by these English agents have excited a considerable sensation here ; but they will produce an effect totally the reverse of that which i 9 intended . The conclusion of our commercial treaty with North America will haves most important influence on our tradfl , industry , and navigation ; it will also have its effect on ihe Hanse towns , by rendering them xm »>> le much longer to forbear joining the union . —Kcln Zeiluftx / .
AtttERiCA—Ujhted States—Wehave this week received several eopie 3 of the Wxlliamshurgh Democrat , from which wp give the following extracts : —* Abolition National Convestjox—A Convention of the " Liberty party" has been sitting at Buffalo . The delegates selected James G . Birney , of Michigan , and Thomas Morris , of Ohio , as candidates for the office of-President and " Vice-President of the United State ? . Twelve states balloted . Advance , champions of justice . At ths recent election held in Lousiana , the voters of that state , by a majority of four to one , decided in favour of a State Convention , for the purpose of reforming tho Constitution . { Will they reform their Constitution , by abolishing slavery 1 Until they do so they arB traitors to the " rights of man . " 3
A meeting of the New York labourers has been held in the Park . They passed a strong and sensible resolution in vindication of the working man ' s rights . They declared that they will not fupport any man for office or emolument who will not aid in fixing tne standard of labourers * wages at a dollar a day . There have been two or three hundred houses in Man-lla destroyed by fi > -e . The democracy of Massachusetts have re-nominated Marcus Morton for Governor . They have chosen Van Buren delegates to the National Convention . Constitutional Reform i ? the order of the day . In New Jersey the people are out for an amendment of the Constitution of that State . The Whigs , true to their interest , oppose it tooth and nail .
Repeal in Amkbica . —The W'Uuimslurgh Demorrat has tbe following remarks in relation t-o tue Repeal Convention recently held at New York : — The National Convention , which assembled in New York , ltst week , for the purpose of aiding the Irish people in obtaining a Repeal of the Union , was a failure^—a miserable , contemptible failure . They adjourned , after three days of unmeaning ceremonial , and personal bickering . And who could expect anything else of them t What did tee motley assemblage who met in solemn burlesque of the spirit of Liberiy ^ what , we ask , did they know about the Fubjeci which Called
them together ? Just as much as too veiled Prophet commands them to know—enough to hurl at the British Government the thunders of ibeir moral persnasion—and annihilate the Union by the " united action ef their peaceful phyeical force" !! . ' It is melancholy to contemplate tbe inhuman Government of England trradirg out the lives of the Irish people under the iros-shod hoof of desdespotism—to see that people struggling and upheaving for freedom—to see all their energies palsied—all their efforts rendf-red not merely inefficient , bnt quite ridiculous , by ihe gross , glaring , colossal knavery of tbeir mercer-ary and treacherous leaders . O , it is melancholy indeed !
But though the picture is a melaneholv , still it is a natural one . Bigoted narrow- souled men—slaves of prejudice and unreasoning dnpc 3 to custom—are not the iraterials with which to establish popular freedom . Before men are fis to enjoy liberty , or herald it to other ? , they must rise pnprior to sectional bigotry . They mus ; meet all me :: —of whatever clime or whatever creed—as brothers in the cause of human regeneration . Above all things must they understand the principles of liberty . They must know that liberty and self government axe
synonimous terms . They must not Fufivr tfeeir leaders to do the thinking for th ; m . They must not import opinion cut and dry , nor dare to add cr diminish from the importation any more than if it were God's word . If the frier . d 3 of Repeal in this country deport themselves after this ic ^ hion . ii is no wonder that their " Rational Coiivemioii" made itself an object of derision for the " slvree days" of it 3 isistccce . It is no wonder fh -it it disappeared , like a will o J tbe wisr—havinp clf-etcd noihing . save add ing to the bewilderment of tlvo benighted ^ ravelltr who looked up to it for light and guidaace . "
The " Lakd of Libekit !"— The girls in Philadelphia who make caps for ihe eiaf > loj ; r . g cap salesmen , have struck for higher wsgt 5 ; ard no wonder , for it is stated that they are allowed only thirty cents -per week for their -work- There is much imposition practised upon this class of toeiety in all the large cities . They are not half compensated for their labtnr- ; many seamstresses , who have families , rang unable to rroenre , with tho utmost industry , as Jnpch as will supply thcm . ^ lTes and children with comfortable food ar : d Jc ^ in * . [ Tha Americans ^^ . \ Tfify i h n lhe % '/ or « » system ; and it eaoid 'he re ? ii ! L' !] ' Dr . Ea-idge , who wss triod fc-r fr-rucry Fcir-e two je ? u S ? go , has be-. n j . u . hy of iiu 3 cuctioj ; 3 ad death Tfc € ' ro > Lvrvfih ,-Lcro v , ~
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of a youne girl in Philadelphia . Having deserted her , his unhappy victim took refuge in the Almshouse j where she put an end to her life by swallowing corrosive sublimate . Chabge OF Rape . —Captain Jehn Y . NiobolRoa of the Bhip Hwkway , waa arrested on Tuesday last , upon the charge of having committed a rape upon the person of Miss M . At Potts , a cabin passenger on board his ship on her last voyage from Liverpool to James River , in Juno last , and the next day brought before the Mayor , who opon hearing of the testimony , decided to commit him to answer the charge before the proper tribunal of the Universal States . Later Intelligence ha 3 arrived by the Great Western , which reached Liverpool , oa Thursday , the 2 ud . Thb Elections . —The Jou-nal of Commerce of the 19 th ultimo , gives the following statistics of the results : — '
" TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS . "The Senate when fall , comprises fifty-tiro member ? . At present there are five vacancies , viz : — " Two tnTenesaee , one in Maryland , one in Illinois , and one in Missouri- The three first will be filled with Whiga , and the two last-with Locos . Of tbe senators already elected , twenty-six are Whigs , including M » Rives , of Virginia , whose politics are of the impracticable order , and twenty-one Locos . Adding the vacancies , the full Senate wi . 'l stand—twenty-nine Whigs and twenty-three Locos . Whig majority in the Senate , six . "HOUSE OF KEFRESENTATrVES .
" Under tbe new apportionment , the house will comprise 223 members , of these , 201 are already elected . Their political affinities will be aeen by the following schedule ,-which also shows the loss and gain to each party , comparing this Congms with the last . Of tbe 201 members elected , it appears that sixty-three are Whigs , and 138 Locos . In the last Congress from the States and parts of States , 125 Whigs , and 96 Locos . Whig majority , then , in the said States and parts of States , twenty-nine ; Loco majority now , seventy-live . Difference , 104 . "
" The sum of the matter 5 b , that there will be a decided Whig majority in the Senate , while In the house the Locos will be to the Whigs in the proportion of more than two to one . The two houses will thus be a check upon each other ; and strong patty measures ou either side -will be Eure to encounter opposition and defeat The real interests of tbe country will be quite as safe under there circumstances as if either party were predominant in both bouses . *• On the question of the tariff , party lines will not be tbe guide exclusively , a number of Northern Democrats being favourable to protection , while sevcal of the Southern Wblga will go for low duties . " In the Southern States the yellow fever had been very destructive , but it was , on the sailing of the Bteamer , disappearing . Cheese was becoming a very considerable item in the export to China .
Sooth American Atrocities . —We find the following in the Patriote Fmncais , of Monte Video , relative to the massacre of two French subjects , which has been already frequently alluded to : — "The fate of the two Frenchmen whose imprudence caused them to fall into the power of the infamous Oribe , is at last positively ascertained . Eye-witnesses have related to us the torture which they were forced to endure , ana which we should still refuse to credit , if too many proofs of the ferocity of the cowardly lieutenant of Rosas did not compel us to believe matters otherwise absolutely inoredible . When we were informed that our two countrymen had been taken to the camp , notwithstanding theories of the Bacque Spaniards , who , like wild beasts , were
anxious to fall on this feeblo prey , we though ; that Oribe , to give the lie to what is " related of his sannuinary orgies , would grant them their lives . But it appears that the more crimes this monster commits , the more he requires to satisfy his cruel appetites . We : scarcely have power to relate what follows . Oneein the hands of Oribe , our unfortunate countrymen were exposed naked to the insults of the rabble wearing the livery of Rosas ; they were forced to pa * s through the camp between a double line of those wild beasts , to whom the unfortunate prisoners were given up , in order that each might wreak his vengeance on them some with a sabre cut , others with a bayonet wound , and a third party with a spear-thrust . After the martyrdom in the camp of the legal President , came that which our brothers had to suffer outside . There tho same insults , the same torments—still the same state of nudity—the samo
wounds from swords , bayonets , and lances . The executioners hsd , however , received orders not to wound their victims mortally—torture was required to prolong their agony . When life appeared on tho point of ebbing away , their last breath was taken advantage of to inflict on our unfortunate comrades the most refined torment ? , and such as the most savage Indians have still to learn from the subjects of Rosas . The two unfortunate men were thrown down and tied to stakes ; monsters in human shape dared , with a sacrilegious hand , to inflict on our brothers ihe punishment of the seraglio ; then opening their bodies down the middle , they tore out the entrails and hearts of their quivering victims . Even then their rage did not stop , and however unlikely —however impossible—may appear the last act ot thi 3 frightful drama , it must , however , be told ; afler having cut the throats of our brothers , they took oS slices of flesh from their bodies to make asados of it . " OVERLAND MAIL FROM INDIA . Important Intelli g ence . Mukdeb of the Maharajah—The Great Liverpool steamer arrived at Malta on October 30 th , having left Alexandria on October 26 th , and bringing the Indian Mail dispatches from Bombay by the Bernice steamer on October 2 nd . The oiht-r dates are—Calcutta , 2 Ut September ; Madras , 22 nd September ; Singapore , the 16 th of August . The overland mail conveys the momentous intelligence of the murder of Sbere Sing , the Maharajah of Lahore , together with his two sons and his own wives and those of Purtaub Sing . This fearful massacre was broueht about by a band of conspirators
of which Dhyan Sing , tbe late minister , and Ajoet Sing , a brother of the widow of Kurruck Sing , ( Shere Sing ' s predecessor ) were the heads . The assassination of the monarch was committed by AjeetSmg ; and he shortly afterwards slew his accomplice , Dhyan Sing , whose sob ( Heera Sing ) toon avenged the murder of hJ 8 Bire by the slaughter of Ajeet ! Dhuleep Sing , an alleged son of Kurruck Sing , is on the throne , and Heera Sing has been appointed prime minister ; but the greatest possible anarchy prevails , and the lives of those now in power are not worth much . The revolution is thought likely to lead to British interference in the affairs of the Punjaub , and to an eventual annexation of that fertile country to our dominions .
The following is from theDe / M Gazette : — Murdeb of Shere Siko and his Son Purtaub Sing . —This event took place at tbe north gate of Lahore , about one and a half mtlefrom the pal&co , at half-past nine o'clock on the morning of the 15 th . The conspiracy was formed by Azed ood-deen and iJhyan Sing , and it fell to the lot of Sirdar Ajeet Sing to execute it ; Sirdars Golab Sing , Lena Sing ( jlajeeteea ) , and Soochet Sing were also concerned ; Dhyan Singh made the arrangement by proposing to tbe Maharajah to inFpect Ajeet Sing ' s troops , which the Maharajah said he would do the following morning , and orders were accordingly issued . On the Maharajah ' s arrival at the parade ground , he found fault with the appearance and condition of some horsemen purposely placed to attract attention , when Ajeet Sing became saucy , words ran high , and drawing a pistol from his bosom , ho ( Ajeet
Sing ) shot Shore Sing through the head , the ball having entered his right temple . General Ventara and his party attacked the murderer , but being opposed by a powerful body of troops , were defeated . Ajeet Sing cut up the Rajah ' s body , placed his head on a spear , and on entering the town met Prince Purtaub Sing ' s suwane , which was immediately attacked , and the prince killed ; the palace was taken , and ' Duleep Sing , ' the only remaining son of Runjeet Sing , a lad ten years old , proclaimed to the throne . The treasury was thrown open and the troops paid up all arrears of pay ; every child and all of Shero Sing ' s and Prince Pertaub Sing ' s wives were then brought out and murdered ; amongst the rest was one of Seere Sing ' s sons , only born the previous evening . Troops were Bent off to guard all tbe ghauts , and all of the opposite party ( except Ventura , who escaped ) made prisoners . "
Further Particulars . —Halv p ast Two , pm . — We have this moment received ihe following authentic intelligence of what has since occurred at Lahore : — " Ajeet Sing , after having killed Shere Sing , was returing to tho fort , and met Dhym Sing ; he told him he had done the deed , and asked him to return ; he got into Dhyan Sing ' s carriage , and when they got near the gate of the fort , Ajeet Sing stabbed Dhyan Sing , and sent his body to his brother , Suchet Sing , and his son , Heera Sing . Theso two individuals surrounded ihe city with their troops , ihe people inside continued pluuderiun all night . " In the morning ( 16 ) , Heera Sing having entered the fort , seized Ajeet Sing , Lena Sing , and others , and having put them to death , exposed their heads in the plain , and threw their bodies into tho bazaar . Duleep Sing has been put on the guddee , and Heera Sing made vizier . Six hundred men were slaughtered ou bo ; h tides . "
This is ft most important event , for it proves £ ha . fc the empire founded with so much labour by RuDJeet is on the eve of dislocation . Rucjeet died in June , 1839 j his son Kurruck succeeded .: Ba died , and was followed by Nao Nehal Singh , who was killed at his father ' s iuneral . Shore Sing succeeded , andhe has been killed , and a child placed in hi 3 roonij to become a victim in his turn . As if it -were in anticipation of the events of Lahore , a Isr /; e aimy bad been ordered by Lord Etlenboroc ^ ft to pTty-we to assemble en the banks « f ; he Jurnj . a . Oid-trs were also issued to have a U'Jy of I 3 . i £ 3-1 trccps £ CLt to occupy Stinde , from
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whence the Bombay troop 3 were to be withdrawn ; but doubts are now formed of the feasibility of that movement , as all the Bengal force will be requisite to protect the frontiers against the Sikha . Taere are 16 , 000 now in Scinde . Sir Charles Napier is at Kurraohee the troops in . Scinde are generally healthy , except the newly arrived ones at Sukkur that have some from Bengal . The greatest interest is excited in India by the revolution in Lahore , which , it is expected , will terminate in placing that country , with nearly 4 000 000 inhabitants , and a revenue of upwards of £ 2 , 000 , 000 sterling , under the dominion of Great Britain .
In the interior of India tranquillity prevails . Gwalier appears quiet for the moment , although there was great alarm created there when the intention of the Supreme Government to collect troops became known . Bundelkund is also at rest . In the Nizim's territory a change has taken place by the removal of the old Prime Minister Chimdoo Lall , who has bc-en succeeded by a relative . 'fen of the Bauder robbers have been convicted , and transported beyond seas ; eight for seven , and two for fourteen years . The prosecution was a private one , the costs being subscribed by the mercantile community ; a sufficient proof of tho groundlessness of the absurd charges of apathy brought against them .
Lord Eiltnborough remains at Barraokpore , whence he is expected to proceed soon to the northwestern provinces , tie is still abused by a part of the India press , but another portion supports his aotions as tending to produce good results . Sir Hugh Gough has taken the commaud of the army . \ The monsoon haa been eminently favourable to the agricultural products of the country . Much sickness has been prevalent at Agra , Delhi , &o ,, iii consequence of want of rain . By tho laJt aocouuts , however , some had fallen , though hardly enough for cultivation , and a better season than was anticipated will be the result . In Bombay , too , and in many parts of the Deccan , the rains had been and still are scanty ; but at Bombay enough had fallen to make up deficiencies , and a plentiful supply may be looked for in this month and next , of which I am thankful to say there appears every probability .
It appears there is much sickness among the troops in the upper part of Seinde , owing , it is said , to' the fa'l of the waters ; in one corps alone , the 55 th Bengal Native Infantry , there are upwards of fire hundred on the sick list , and medicines very scarce . It is said that the Bombay troops will be entirely withdrawn from Sciude , and their places supplied by Bengal regiments . Her Majesty's 18 ch was to uo to Scinde after tho raius . Sir R . and Lady Sale were on their way to Calcutta to embark for England .
There has been a vast . flight , or flights , of locusts , whioh have , apparently , laid wasto a bolt of country , extending from the right bank of the Ganges across the Dooab , and penetrating over the Jumna into Giwalior . They committed dreadful ravages in the districts of Furukabad , Etawah , on both banks of the Jumna , and at Dholpore in the Gwalior State ; and it was feared later accounts would thf w much more damage to have been committed . Tho following are tho particulars : —On the 16 th of September , about five , p . m ., they came ovtr Futlehghur , the principal city of the Furukabad district , and in an hour ' s time they had stripped every vestige of cultivatiou , breaking down large branches of trees with their weight , r roai Etawah , a traveller going down
the river Jumna , writes , on the 17 ; h , that the ravages committed have extended for miles . la passing over the boat , the noise is described as being like distant thunder . But a letter just received from Dholporo states that the flight passed over it on the Hth , that it came from the eastward , and after remaining twenty-eight hours , took its departure in the same direction , so that there must have been more than one fl' ^ ht to have been simultaneously at Etawah and at FuUehghur , dist mt nearly 100 miles The destruction to the crops in that portion of the north-west provinces , through which , in a month or two , troops will be passing , is stated to be enormous . The revenue of oourE © must be given up , and taken in connection with the state of affairs in the
northwest , it must altogether be looked on as a most grievous calamity . Affghamstan . —It is said that Dost Mahomed is making preparations for war against Bokhara ; and that he entertains deaigna upou Perhawur and Cashknore . Doubtless , as soon as the news of Shere Sing's assassination reaches Cabul , an expedition will ba fitted out against these places ; and then , if wp do send &u army into the Punjaub ,, a collision must once more occur between the British and Affghau forces ! It is stated , on pretty good authority , that emissaries have also been sent by Dose Mahomed into our territories to report to him on the state of our position , so that ho may be au fait of any events bearing on himself or his prospects .
The d ; fforeut uatiuns who are spread over the immense tract of couuiry known as the kingdom of Cabul amount in tbe whole to about 14 , 000 , 000 , whioh contribute to the population ia the following proportions : — AfiV ' hans 4 300 000 Bcloochees 1 , 000 . Tartars of all descriptions ... 1 20 < i , 000 Persians ( . including Taujiks ) UOO . uiO Miscellaneous rriDe 8 30 , 000 Mahomed Khan is stated to have been gradually losing ground amongst the chiefs in the neighbourhood of Cabul , and that his pecuniary necessities have compelled him to act with great severity towards tho poorer classes of the city , in order to
obtain-a revenue ; he haft even gone to the length of issuing a decree , enjoining all persons possessed of any coin of the East India Company ' s manuf c ture to produce it forthwith ( o him under penalties . These exactions encouraged the inimical Sirdars of the neighbourhood to hope that they might b <* aided by the populace in an attack on tho Dust , and , consequently , they appeared in open arms against him . Nothing daunted , the Sirdar , as he is now more generally styled , met and defeatpd them , and the victory , though on a small scale , will go some way to , strengthen his authority for a time , while his continued exactions must , we apprehend , excite a feeling 1 of distrust which may become ultimately dangerous to his rule , and lead to a second , but local , subversion of his government .
Jamaica . —A moat violeat thunder-storm passed over the town of Savanna-la-Mar , on Wednesday , the 13 th instant . The sloop John , laying in pore at the time , waa struck , and ber topmast coupletely shattered , as well as her guff top-ail , which was stowed away ; the upper part of her lower mast was also slightly injured . No other damage occurred that we have heard of either among ths vessels in port or on shore , except that a cocoa-nut , tree was also stricken . Immigration . —The Colonial Gazette han a long article on the subject of Emigration , the writer of which must have had prodigious conceptions of its utility . Speaking of its social benefits ha f-ays but ; "For the worldly minded , there are greater prospects of gain . " If the worldly minded leave their own country for the purpose of gain ¦;— as far as
this island is concerned we oan vouch tor their disappointment . How stands the case- Here , tho laboureiB are anathematised for their idtotess ; on the other hand ; they justly complain , thai they are not paid for tbeir labour ; the fa . ot is that the people—at least the g reater part of them—are too wise to work for nothing , and the proprmtoro are too poor to pay them * Is there in all this the shadow ot an excuse for Emigration ? if the labourers h ^ i-a —advanced , and Bti ) l advancing as they are m civilized life are yet unmanageable what can bo expected from an influx of negroes almost in a suite of barbarism ? unless itia intended to enforce labour by the lash . If again , there be not sufficient capital to meet the demand of the present labourers ; in what manner the worldly minded are to gratify their peculiar passion here we canuot tell . —/ Wmouth Baptist Herald .
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WRECK OF THE EUKOPE , OF DUNDEE . ( From the Dundee Warder . J We have been favoured with the following letter , containing an account of the wreck of the brig Europe , Captain Bridie , of this port , in Narva Bay , ou the 9 tn of October . The writer is a townswoman , tha wife of the captain , whe , along with three children , was on board at the time of the calamity : — " Dear Brothur , —According to promise I now write you a few lines , mentioning the particulars of the loss of the Europe . Wbea we brought up in Narva B * y , about five P . M ., on the Otb of October , it was blowing strong from the north * 'west , Which is the direction which raises the lieavy Bea in the bay She was strongly moored : and John felt tbe utmost confidence
in the cables and anchors . She rode very heavily , the bowsprit dipping at every sea . The gale still increasing , at nine or half-past nine o ' clock , all bands had newly turned in , and the watch on deck , ween t > ne gave a tremendous pitch , and the watch caLed out , *• Starboard chain broken . " John ran on dtck , aad immediately Wo heard tho cry that tha larboard clnua was gone too . John then came dovrn , aad told us to rise aud dress , and prepare for the wciat He thun Ijent on tbe other anchor , but it won id not hold , and we drifted rapidly on shore . We lifted little Jack , and all sat at the foot of the cabin stairs , ready to come on deeki when called . When among the breakers , for the
safety of oar lives they then slipped the chain aad loosed the head sails , to force her through the breakers . She struck with tremendous force , and continued striking with every sea that broke over ber . In this trying state we remained , during the whole night . The crew came aft into the cabin . During tbe whole of ihv time they behaved very well . Here 1 must nets many merciful circumstances attending our case . It was i > ot a dark night , it waa moonlight ; the part of the coast we struck trus not lock , it was a eaiuty beach ; she did not go bio :. dsiuo o : i ; in that Cjse every sea teat struck her -ftouid Lavo swept her deck ? - . Going bead on sh « was much less exposed to the violence of the sea , and wo ca : -ot eufflvKutiy wonder and prdau Gtd for tiic
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composure of mind we all possessed throughout . She has been a remarkably atout ship , or she never would have stood as she has done . She liea in a situation that precludes the possibility of her being taken off . Tbe first night she lay toere she bedded seven feet In the sand , and is ! now much broken , towards morning the gale moderated , and it was twelve noon ere we left tho ship . We are now living in a village two mOes from the wreck ; the crew are encamped on the sand . i " October 14 , ! l 843 . "
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Caledonian Railway . —It will be seen by advertisement in another column that the railway from Lancaster is now decided . The capital required from the cotiHties of Westmoreland and Cumberland , namely— £ 100 , 000 , is guaranteed , and the Company will be constituted at a meeting to be held in Kendal on Monday next . We congratulate thedistriot on the success of this measure , the importance of which can hardly be ¦] over-estimated . —Carlisle Journal . On Monday ] evening a Coroner ' s inquest was held before Mr ; Biggs , at St . George ' s Hospital , on
the body of William Marshall , a # ed 40 , a bricklayer . On last Saturday week , the deceased had gone to a rangd Of buildings near the Kilburn-gate , and while standing beside the shear-logs ( a species of triangle used for raised stones , &s . ) , the poles gave way and struck deceased to the ground . An alarm | was at I once raised , and the deceased was conveyed to the ; above hospital . It was found that the sixth and seventh cervicalvertebraea were broken , and the spinal cord greatly injured . The deceased lingered till the ; 3 rd inst ., at five ia the afternoon . Verdict— " Accidental deatb , with deodand of Is .
on the shears , j Destructivei Fieb near Bond street . —On Sunnay morning , between the hours of five and six o ' clock , a destructive fire broke out on the premises belonging to Mr . Shepheard , hat-manufacturer , situate in Barlow ' s-mews , New Bond-street , and adjoining the backs of the houses in Bruton-street . Owing to the highly inflammable nature of the contents whioh fed ] the flames , the fire spread with , the greatest rapidity , and in a space of time incredibly brief , the entire ! floor forming the hat factory was in a blaze , and owing to a brisk wind the flames were carried up the staircase to the other stories . For some considerable time after all the engines were at
work , the fire appeared not to abate , and it was not until after seven o ' clock that it was evident the fire began to yield beneath the efforts of the firemen , and tho vast volume' of water they were casting upon it . In half an hour or go after this , the conflagration was completely extinguished , but not before that part of the building used for the manufacture of hats was , with its contents , entirely consumed , and the upper portion very extensively injured . The furniture for the most part is also destroyed . Nos . 3 and 2 , Bruton-street , also , the former belonging to Mr . Su , ith , perfumer , and the latter to Mr . Baker , grocer , have both sustained great damage by fire nad water .
There is a very remarkable case in the Gazette des Tribunaux of this day . It is mentioned in a letter from Mont-du-Marsan , Oct . 19 . A man named Dupony waa arrested some time ago on a charge of murdering a shepherd boy in his Service , thirteen years of age , and named Beauvoisin . The motive for the murder was said to be his desire to get the boy out of the way , as he had been committing a robbery of an orchard with the son of Dupony ; and the father was afraid that , to save himself , he would confess the offence , ! and give evidence against his son . Dupony ' s wife land two sons were also arrested . The elder son proved an alibi ; the yonger declared that he had heard the cries of the victim , aud the
wife gave a circumstantial account of tha murder by her hasband . The body , however , could * not be found , and Dupony protested his innocence , adding that his wife and 6 on had spoken falsely , in the idea that they would thus save their own lives . The mother and son subsequently retracted , but no attention was paid to their new declaration , and Dupony was about to b ' e tried for the murder , when who should appear but the boy Beauvoisin himself ! He stated that he had fl . ad from fear of the consequences of the robbery , land had heard only by chance that his inaater had been accused of having murdered htm . Dupony was of course liberated . —Letter from Paris . . !
Heroism im | Fhance . —A curious document is published in the Moneteur , in the shape of the report of all heroic deeds and acts of devotion , which ha . ve come within the cognizance of the Minister of the Interior from the 5 th of January to the 9 th of August , and are deemed by him worthy to be distinguished by EoniH honourable recompense . The greater portion of them consist in tho saving of persons from drowning and fife , and a very large proportion of the actors are public servants either ia the civil or military department . Some of the more striking instances of courage we shall cite in detail . The first on the list is , perhaps , the most deserving example of cool determination and contempt of death . A young girl of eighteen , returning from
Nantua to Brenor , on the 24 ih of December , had missed her way while crossing tho mountains of A in , a chain which is bordered by frightful precipices . Enveloped in a dense mist , and deceived by the darkness of the night , the unfortunate girl contrived to make her way by successive descents across a series ; of steep rocks , when suddenly missint < her footing ) she was precipitated down an abyss , but by a miraculous chance was retained ia her fall by the branch of a tree protruding from the almost perpendicular side of the precipice . Her cries of distress attracted several of the inhabitants of Neyrolles , who came with torches and endeavoured to aflbrd her succour , but were unable even to perceive her . Fires were kept up throughout the sight .
and the victim was called upon to take patience till the morrow . At last the day dawned , and snyeral persons adventured to climb up the rock , but at a certain distance it was impossible to proceed further without making a regular escalade , and she could only be saved by one who feared not to expose his life . Such a one was Carrod , the father of a family , who devoted himself to this act , and after fronting a thousand dangers at last succeeded in delivering the unfortunate ! girl , who had remained suspended over the abyss for twenty-two hours . Another instance of persevering intrepidity took place near Aigues-mortes . j Three women were returning from the town of Cette , when at the entrance of the canal a storm assailed them , and their trail oraft was
suddenly submerged . It , was then five o'clock in the morning and a ' man of the name of Moulin , a witness of the catastrophe , threw himself into the canal . After the mow unheard of efforts , he was at last fortunate enough to -seize and bring ; ashore the three wrecked women . Tnis act was rewarded by a first class silver medal . One of the acts of heroism recorded is connected with a somewhat curious circumatauce , namely , the falling into the Garonne of a lady aeronaut , while attempting an ascent in her balloon . The lady ' s name is Lartet , and she was saved by a young man of twenty years of age , a baker ' s apprentice , a stranger to the town , and who threw himself into tho river down a deep descent of
more than twenty-five feet , without auy previous knowledge of the oharac . er of the stream into whioh ha wag adventuring . One of tho names in the list of these exemplary ; characters is that of a little girl of twelve year- of , ' age , Drin > iselle Boyer , who succeeded in saving two children and a young girl of fourteen , who had fallen into the large basin of Montfaucon , which she did by throwing harselt' fljt do . vu and plunging half her body into the water , being held baoklonly by ihe tfforts of a litilo boy of four years old . —jJT . ua is ll ft iory" of watch Fraiice may oe promi . | rio « v diffsrvnt io the ravages and butcheries perpetrated in Africa under the uamoS of " Heroism" and " Glory" ! l
The Non-Intrusionists—Parish op Moy—Curious Case . —The pari&h of Moy , in the Presbytery of Inverness , iajat present in a singular condition as respects its ecclesiastical matters . About , five years a ^ o , Mr . Maclaii -hlun , the minister , applied io have his son appointed his assistant and successor , stating that his age and ] infirmities prevented him from adequately discharging his duties . His request- was compli < d with , and vir . Thomas Maclauchlan was accordingly protkuted by Mr . Mackintosh , of Gedijes , though uot ; we believe , without some exertion on the part of the Presbytery aud resident heritors to prevent a veto . The assistant did tho duty , and matters went oti tmootuly , till the Church agitation commenced . The mi Ulster stuck by the
Establishment , Out his son j tiued the Secession , and carried wi h h'm raascf ot 'he people , who , like those of Dxvi . it , had long onti .-rtaii . ed peculiar notions as to Church Ji > c rintt and tiihCipline . The aged minister hinjsi It ni-xi wi-ut t . o tho fluid ministrations , and at a late Ci'lebratimi of the communiou service , the rvntular t-ptciaclt * was presented of a parish ministi r j lning withi the avowed enemies of tho t stabli » hineu' , ami sattc ioning them with his presence aud coumuuiojjiu ihe in >* t solemn of religious ordinance ? . Tijt- Luimli c .-urtrh was of course n'glected —noou y was d-n < -. Tne assistant was preaching to the Faun- pcopl-, i . m he had become a Free Cnurch minister , & <> : ¦ ( . if- u-c . fU i » nt . oi doors , though he still lived ia ihe w- < fcu , ;; s >>¦ m ^ , we suppose , less Dra , atiau than iht * pulpit . Tlv Presibyittrjr ' nave-preis&d upon Mac auciijati , senior , tho necessity of getting another afeH ^ . iiit . as . iiev ,-rv extent of ilie Secession ,
uu er the au-piccs oi the late assistant , rendered this the mor--ii « ccc .-ury ; but the minister declines to do so . * ' Five j t jrs a ^ o , " he says , " I required au assistant to uoltho dntj , but 1 need none now , as there is no duty ko 0 o ! " He still , however , lifts the stipend , while the p .-ople t ^ o to the Free ' Church , or stay at home . The Prvaby ^ ry . 'we understand , intend insisting upon Mr . Maulauchlan providing as assistant , whiohjwill be an expense to the minister and break up the comfortable family arrangement . Matters , how . ver , -i-aud a > present in the state we have described . Tae parish tnintster goes to the Free Church , aud .-iill ota .- ^ s his ntipuud from the Ksfablist . mtM , -iv / MIt- tho Fr ^ w Church miui&u-r l . dges in the p < iri h imn-e . Bu many cases . of reai suileiinu liaAt-occU ! s * . u ! -y > lio v . er ^ y q ; u ;« iii £ th . ir li \ iugS , t ! : &t li . wcj-. wj ; ire he ; au , iiy oi ' ono ia msttr wui bu at !• . » ! £ 80 pt-r aaiium richer uy the Sfc-tssiou , wi > li (; u | uiiy ; i > it usr . d trouble , is wuribv if itcord . — Iixvctur-n Cvune / -.
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Singulab Accipkmi . —Oa Sunday aft ernoon , aa accident occurred to an elderly female" named Hannah Newell , 51 years of age * who had been deprived of the sight of her right eye for many years . It appears that she was engaged jn remoying eome articles of furniture ia a lumber-room ia her housed and upon being spoken to by one of her family , she turned Bharply round . to answer-her .- Ia so doing her head came in coutaot with a chest of drawers , by which she sustained a severe Jaceratioa of her left and only organ of sight . In a moment she was stricken with total blindness , and upon being conveyed to Guy ' s Hospital , it was discovered by Mr . Lessler , the oculist to that establishment , that the ball of the eye was rent from the base up
wards towards the pupil . The moat prompt aad judicious remedies were applied , but fears are entertained by the oculist that the powers of vision ara entirely ; destroyed . 7 The Lash again . —Notwithstanding all that bas been said and written by philanthropists , philosophers , politicians , and statesmen , against the Armj being made the scene of cruelty , slavery , and slaugh . ter , red-coated tyrants are found , in defiance of those opinions and sentiments , to bare , score , and laoeratd the bodies of those brave fellows , whom chance of birth , or some other fortuitous event { not merit ;) place under their ' command , and leave at the mercy of their barbarous nature . This is the mode adopted by pers 6 ns calling themselves Christians and gentlemen .
and bearing the Queen ' s commission for enforcing military discipline , reforming our soldiery , and attaohingthem to the throne . It was supposed thai military brutality had reached its acme , when % noble ( I ) peer on the Sabbath day , and in the very room , where ,, but a few minutes previous , waa preached ** Glory to God on high , and peace to mem on earth , " had the flesh torn from the naked shoulders of a fellow being ; but another and a ; deeper tragedy has just been enacted by a red-coated savage —a tragedy so appalling and revolting , that even the African , barbarized as he is , cannot look upon it without shuddering . It is thus recorded in the Malta paper , dated October 15 th : — " A drummer of tha 42 ad , named M'Culluin , dropped dead last week
whilst , he was flagging a soldier , who was sentenced to 150 lashes for drunkenness and striking his corporal . But this is not the most melancholy part of the affair . The dead body of the drummer was removed to the rear of the regiment , and a fresh one supplied to inflict upon the soldier the remainder of his punishment . " Can any thing more barbarous , bloody , or brutal , be conceived I May not the savage justly and tauntingly a&k , upon witnessing &uch ft scene , is this a sample of British civilization ^ British humanity , British laws ! And above all , he may ask , is it in conformity with the principles of the British Church , which according to Britain ' s boast , has so enlightened , humanized , and elevated mankind I When the brutal debasing custom of flogging
criminals through our pnblic streets was the law and order of tbe day , were the officers of justice enabled to record one solitary instance of an abandoned depraved character being reformed by such a punishment 1 Not a single instance of that , kind is oa record . Oa the contrary , sad experience proved that the wretch who was thus degraded , gave himself ia despair to the indulgence of every vice and criminality , until the law again caught him in its meshes , and again wreaked its vengeance upon him . So it is with our soldiers . Once a soldier ' s buck is bared and torn to pieces before bis oomardes , his spirits are gone—he deems himself a being who can never look his comrades in the face—ho seeks an oblivion of his degradation in drink , and often , while his brain is
phrensied by ardent liquors and his soul torn by despair , he crimsons his hands with the blood of his tyrant , and terminates his own career . upon the scaffold , the object of his companions' love and admiration for having rid the world of a brute , whose greatest delight was the bloody spectacle of a fellowcreature writhing ia agoHy aud covered with gore If during the long-protracted sanguinary war ia which this country was some years ago plunged , a dangerous outpost was to be guarded , a redoubt te be attacked , a forlorn hope to be carried , or a grand manoeuvre to be effected , would an infantry regiment , the adjutant of whioh made it a hell for its soldiers —would a cavalry regiment , whose commanding officer amused himself by flogging his men on the Sabbath-day , or would a regiment in which , whea one drummer dropped dead , a fresh one was brought from the ranks to finish the bloody work of tearing
a fellow-oreature s bapk , m the performance of which his predecessor dropped dead , be selected for those duties ? Undoubtedly not , as experience fully proves . The regiments to whom such duties and posts of honour were coufiued were regiments officered by men of humanity , who , instead of flogging their soldiers to death , won their affections and secured their attachment and zeal by acts of kindness . Nothing but the most reckless disregard for the discipline ana fidelity of the Army—nay , nothing Bhort ot the most insatiable thirst for blood , can instigate commanding officers to lacerate and tear tbe quivering flash from the naked shoulders of their equals in the scale of humanity , and often their superiors ia the field of battle , danger , and death . It is a brutal barbarous practice , which public opinion condemns , humanity execrates , and religion reprobates , and must be therefore , expunged from the laws that tolerate its exercise by monsters in human form . —Weehty Dispatch .
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London Corn Market , Monday , Nov . 6 th — The arrivals of English Wheat have been oh a very moderate scale , and of but middling and . inferior quality owing to the prevailing damp weather . The demand for all descriptions was inactive , and factors are compelled to give way in price for that obtained on Monday last , of from Is to 2 i per qr ., and yet a portion of the supply was leftover for Wednesday next . Tnere was only a scanty supply « f-foreign Wheat on offer , yet the inquiry for it was very dull , and the prices gave way quite Is per qr . higher . Ia bonded parcels nothing was doing . Although the show of Barley was small , all kinds , except tha very best , mot a slow demand , at quotations barely equal to those noted last week . The few qualities
of new Malt on snow were readily disposed of at late rates , but old parcels were a mere drug . The limited state of the arrivals of Oats caused the inquiry for that article to be steady at full currencies . Old Beans were the turn higher ; but in new ones , as well as Peas and flour , next to nothing was doing . London Shiiheield Cattle Market , Monday , Nov . 6 ra . —The arrivals of Beasts from all parts of England were moderate , but fully adequate to meet the wanes of the buyers . In Beef a fair average amount of business was transacted , and In some few instances the quotations were enhanced above those obtained on this day se ' nnight about 2 d per 8 ib 9 . Some extraordinarily fine Scots were disposed of at is per 8 ibs , but this was by no means a general quotation ; however , we quotTithe highest prioe of Beef at 33 lOd per gibs , at which figure a
good clearance was readily effected . Thero was some well made-up Beasts in the market , but the quality of the supply , as a whole , was inferior to some past seasons . The . numbers of Sheep were much less than those exhibited on this day se ' nnight , yet the majority of them were in good saleable condition . The mutton trade may be considered as steady at , in most transactions , a rise in jthe currencies of about 2 J p-r 81 bs , the primest Old Downs ( --vhioa were scarce ) realising 4 s 4 d per 8 ibs , and very iW of any kind left , the market unsold . Calves , which were in large supply , met a very idull inquiry , aud last week ' s depression was with difficulty suppt > r : cd , tht ) top price not exceeding 3 j lOd per 8 bs . From Ireland , about 300 large hogs were received , while tho supply of English pigs was extensive . Small porkers sold freely , other kinds of pigs slowly , at late rates .
Wool Markets . —The pnbhe sales of wool have been brought , to a conclusion under somewhat favourable auspices . The biddings have , for the most part , ruled firm , and the prices realized have been from Id to 18 J per 1 b higher than at the previous auctions . . Privately a fair business is doing , at fully the above advance . Borough Hop Market . —We have had a very firm demand for new hops since our last reports * and the quotations have advanced fully 2 J per cwi . In old and yearling hops , little is doing . The duty is still called £ 135 , 000 .
Borough and ^ PiiALFiELD 3 . —Although the arrivals of Potatoes at the waterside in the past week have not been to say extensive , tho demand has continued in . iotive ,- but without any material alteration in prices , which rule as follows : —York reds , 50 i iO 70 s ; Scotch ditto , 30 s to 60 s ; Devons , 55 s to 60 s i Ddvons , 55 s to 6 O 3 ; Guernsey aud Jersey , 45 s to 50 s ; Kent and Essex whites , 45 s to 50 $ per ion . Tallow . —This market is firmer than for some time pabt . Thfre are buyers at 4 ls 5 d for all tha year , and Sue Y . C . on the spot is scarcely to be had at 42 a . For the spring months the quotation 13 423 3 d to 42 . 6 d . The hoiae supply ia very . good ai 433 to 43 i GJ net cash .
Liverpool Corn Market , Monda ? , Not . g .--During the last seven days wa hate had a liberal supply of Oa , 's , with a fair quantity of Wiiea .: aud Flour from Ireland : 500 brls of Flour and 1 , 400 bris of Oaimaal have also arrived from Canada , i'ho importations of Grain , &c . are otherwise light . The demand fjr Wheat has been less active than , during tho three preceding weeks , and we have to quota prices generally 24 to 3 d per bushel lower than oa this day se ' nnight . Flour , too , has sold slowly , aud is 6 d to Is per sack cheaper , We havo continued to experience a fair country demand for Oats , at previous rates ; best mealsne ait 2 a 4 Jd to * -S
5 £ d per 45-bs . Oatmeal haa found a steady salej new at 2 Ua 61 to 21 s 6 d , old at 19 a 6 d to 203 0 * per load . . No clmtica as regards iiarley * Beaaa or Peas . Manchester Corj ! Maeket , Satubdat , e * o * - ° ' —Ae our nutiket this morning holders of 'y " v " W 6 re not anxious sellers ao lower prices , ana to » busiuess done wa ? , consequently , small , at a d « fl 1 '" ot Id per 70 . K- ^ . i . om uiei a dull sale , ani . ^ fuliy Id ptr - ZSOhs cheaper . Fur Uattoeal »^ was au active inquiry at improved pnce 3 . ^ " 1 ^ raise our quotations in accoriaDce 61 per ' •" ( Jacs were m fair request at foriner rat-. 'S .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 11, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct676/page/6/
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