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xpended upon, Belgium, which at the epoch of Let tunate nuptials with Holland was far the poorer, igh the most populous country, and—if now an ig kt, superstitious, and depraved race, in despite of the, .nse improvements and the advances in civilization led under the Administration of a paternal Govern•( at a boundless waste of the common stock—waoi Iparably more so then, when just released from the, tionate fangs of a deputed military despotism, and int manufactures, commerce, or industry. It is but therefore, that she should be called upon to refund portion of the price at which Holland has been so Lly taxed for her exclusive profit. A territorial divi- i of the debt must appear to every dispassionate ob r to be anything rather than a strict measure of jun to the ancient Netherland. Nor do we see hoviri ium can object—or rather Earl Grey and Prince grand for her—to so reasonable, and for her so clear ivantageous propositions as those we have been ing of.—Guardian and Public Ledger. THE " NULLIFICATION" (AMERICAN) QUESTION. our next page we insert the proclamation of Gene aekson ution what may now, we think, be called the ision of South Carolina from the North American a. The acts and declarations of the South Carolina ention, recited at the commencement of the presi s proclamation, prove that the revolt has matured to ;ree of determination, to expect which we were not ared ; though, as possibly our readers may remern we had all along anticipated that a separation must place sooner or later. The proclamation before top gh written with considerable ability, and in a verf, ming temper, is too long for our I.:nglish notion of instonments. It is, in fact, less a proclamation of paper of any kind than a law argument or thesis the duty of obedience owing by each integral state ' Federal union to the authority of the whole. Gene - 1 fackson, as we have intimated, argues very inge sly through this question, which the peculiar circum -;es and history of the states render a difficult one in ;ase. It is. indeed, scarcely possible to suggest any' kg in the course taken by South Carolina, which will ipply equally, or in a higher degree, to the revoltr that established the independence of the national n. The title by which the convention of South Cal a claims to sever from the union is the same, b, h only the states can justify their revolt from Grea fin, namely, that being the weaker part of a corn id state, it suffers hardships and injustice from tb Lger section or sections. There can be no questio in material suffering the people of South Carolin heir neighbours endure a great deal more from tb forced by the preponderating majority of norther* s, than the colonists of the eighteenth century suf from a stamp act or a tea tax. It is not, however imputation upon the president's talents, that a cod* aitical morality and public law may be drawn fro? iistory of his country, which can be used to vind!, revolt in the new world, as it has both prompted I vindicated it in the old. When he abandons the la 4, and assumes the tone of the magistrate, Gener s son speaks in a manner which the governments ol( old countries might imitate, with no small adval he laws of the United States must be exeented—l have a l lionary power on the subject—my duty is emphatic ,unced in the constitution. Those who told you that you mig zbly prevent their execution, deceived you—they could been deceived themselves. They know that a forcilP ition could alone prevent the execution of the laws, snow that such opposition must be repelled. Their obje' inion; but, be not deceived by names; disunion, by arm is treason. Are you really ready to incur its guilt? re, on the heads of the instigators of the act be the drew' usequences—on their heads be the dishonour, but on yo all the punishment—on your unhappy state will inevitab 1 the evils of the conflict you force upon the Rovernme. ur country, It cannot accede to the mad project of d of which you would be the first victims—its 'first magi' cannot, if he would, avoid the for of his duty', •nse9uences must be fearful you, distressing to yor j -citizens here, and to the friends of good governm a ;bout the world." language must be read with very great profit, 13' by governments, but by all who, like Lord Milto' t Doyle, Mr. William Brougham, Master in Ch.' and the several tithe murderers in Ireland, fanc,, !.ach man has in his own conscience a dispensin r, which entitles him to determine what laws 1 -what laws he will not—obey. They may be quit e that the successful prosecution of this doctrine 0 onsiderable extent will present them with a Gen' tckson to teach a very different lesson ; and we ma )y the way, that a very little more of the system ', ailed) government which we have seen during m a n ; might almost dispose conservatives to regard NO larm the access of such a gift. Undoubtedly a r . , in which the laws are impartially and vigoro usP t .red, is a better conservative government than a raocj rchy, where the just authority of the state is deserted timid or treacherous cabinet, and the laws trarnPleo with impunity by every ruffian who chooses to spur, There still remains, however, the important 0, 13 4 ition—can the American Union be maintained V,,.) xertion of firmness on the part of its magistrate o any wisdom in the measures of Congress? ‘i, j , 'e that it cannot, and we avow the belief with. ferje hat are the reverse of gratified. A civil war ro t or ;d States could not fail to be injurious to the ° ea of England, as well as to the happiness of ear , ican kinsmen ; and, according to present aPP the separation, which seems to be inevitable, d ;ly be effected without a civil war. We have a11 e ,., 0 , out the necessary effect of uniform laws, 1 1 1 ' " 0 1 ty of habits, in promoting that rivalship whie' l r e )idably cause the people of a great country to desr arati on. An element which has greatly accelerate ; likely to precipitate this process of division s . te j rapidly, is one which the Americans have treat industry and success, and in which cultiva they t si L with just pride, as far as pride in the accompli of an immediately profitable object, without reer ;sults, can be deemed just. This element of . o v i e d is steam navigation—steam navigation, desti . o f form so important a part in the future destitlY . „4 3rld. Before the discovery of this wonderful aler tek l ercommunication, the great rivers of the 1- I °,. ar v• ;, the St. Lawrence, Mississippi, and their tribti Is were channels of • export only ; goods "v 'ere 01 ted in frail barks, built but for one voyage' dc# 1 down the stream to the neighbourhood ot It s hae r, e or t. The vessel was then broken up , and mer and supercargo betook themselves homerva!':oifesf ourney of several hundreds or thousands o l the Jay case might be. This not only retained all ex port rade—for from the import trade a foreign foreigo tbe separated—it effectually kept all thf l e t 0 5 of the country upon the sea coasts. n ' the change wrought by steam navigrat.t-tia obi )urse by steam vessels up the MississipP' Southand afl d las down, has given to all the states k, if the Allegany mountains — Ohio, K ent of J a 'doa e ' and more than all the advant a g e n dent 01 ' coast, not only rendering them indePe state' e jealous commercial rivals of the east.ell erco :e manner the same opportunity of I in , an t ', 01 I by steam navigation on the St. ..I,avvreni„ex.o tes, has both broken the commercial conne re , the north eastern and the middle states o n f c. !_r,.. and greatly improved the goodundersta rratdos, the former and the British colonies,—tire. ;bet Brunswick, &c. When we are statillg_i s under' to be indisputable facts, let us not be 1" stood as Wishing for the division of the 'Pinion ; still less as desiring to replace any of its fragments under the Bri tish government. On the other hand, we should think the separation of the Union at present premature ; if for no other reason, because it must be accomplished by force, andlnust, therefore, bequeath a long legacy of embit tered feeling, as well as producing much immediate mi .wry ; and we should dread nothing so much as an in 9rease of our already unwieldy colonies, more particu larly under circumstances that would seem to laT Great Britain open to the suspicion of wishing to aggrandize cannot, however, be blind to the fact, that, from natural causes as these are, acted upon by the progress of that " art which is man's nature"—the present system of the Union must give place to two, most probably to three, independent states. The republican form of government will accelerate the process; but it will also, if the Ame ricans are wise, render it peaceable. Nothing, however, short of a Russian or Asiatic despotism can ultimately avert it; and such a despotism could perpetuate the herself at the expense of her American neighbours. We - Union, only by treating with indifference its afflicting operation upon the states that suffer by it. How the present quarrel may terminate, we do not venture to predict ; but the sentence of separation has gone firth, and, perhaps, it were better if the Americans would make up their minds to it as.an event not to be avoided. There is already less intercourse between the eastern and western states, than there is between either and Europe --and less community of interest than there is between the latter and England. How can all these States pos sibly go on together ?—Standard. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. The Paris papers of Friday . and Saturday, which have been received, are almost entirely filled with accounts of the King's movements in the north, and reports of Friday's proceedings in the Chamber of Deputies. None of them contain any article of general interest. It appears that some riots had occurred at Chchy, in consequence of the right claimed by the greater por tion of the inhabitants, who have adopted the new dissenting religious faith called " French Catholics," to the parochial church. The " Roman Catholic" priests and followers have insisted on keeping the church exclusively to themselves, and the consequence has been the interference of the armed force, and an attempt to resist them. Nothing more serious, how ever, occurred than a few broken heads, and it appears that the " Roman Catholics,"_ having the support of the government and local authorities, have succeeded in driving their opponents from the field. According to accounts from Brest of the Bth, orders had been received to fit out three ships of the line with the utmost expedition. Nothing certain was known as to their destination, but it was believed that an expedition to Hayti was in contemplation. The proceedings in the Chamber of Depu ties on Saturday were confined to the hearing of petitions with out interest. LILLE, Jan. 9.—Her Majesty the Queen of the French, ac companied by Madame Adelaide, and the Princesses her daughters, alighted at the hotel of the Prefecture, amidst the acclamations of a numerous crowd, and this morning, after ten o'clock, the King and Queen of the Belgians arrived, and were soon afterwards conducted to the palace, where the Queen, Madame Adelaide, and the Princesses, received them as they alighted, and the young Queen of the Belgians thiew herself into her mother's arms. We shall not attempt to describe this affecting scene, which excited in the highest degree the feelings of all who witnessed it.—Norwelliste. PARIS, Jan. 12.—The conferences between M. de Werther 4M the Duke de Broglie continue on the subject of the affairs °f Holland and Belgium, which seem to make but little pro gress, though the Prussian Minister is said to have now full ilowers from Russia, and Holland has also made him the organ °f its latest pretensions. Despatches arc almost daily sent by our Minister for Foreign Affairs to London, and by the Prus 4iatt Ambassador to the Hague and Berlin.--Quotidieitne. FRANKFORT, Jan. 3.—A courier was despatched to Paris a few days ago with a note to the French Cabinet, in which the Diet requires an explanation relative to the violation of the Dutch territory by Marshal Gerard's troops. A part of the Vrench artillery destined for the siege of Antwerp took the toad through Arlon, which belongs to the Grand Duchy of Luxembur g . The Diet is not disposed to subscribe to the deci sion of the London conference which incorporates this part of Luxemburg with the kingdom of Belgium, and it means to assert the rights of the King of Holland as a Prince of the con federation. The confirmation or the denial of this newsis impa tiently expected.—Journal des Debats, Jan. 13. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, Jan. 9.—lt is said that a courier was despatched Lesterday evening from the Department of Foreign Affairs to ondon, with the answer of the government to the last pro posals of England and France. '1 his morning it is said that three couriers have been despatched from the same department to St. Petersburgh, Berlin, and Vienna, who are the bearers of 4 Communication relative to this answer. With respect to the contents of the answer nothing certain is yet known. Some Persons affirm that the substance of it is, that his Majesty is re ad h y to enter into further negotiations as soon as the garrison ( If te citadel shall be given up, the embargo revoked, and our 8 48 restored. These, however, are only reports.—Handelsblad. January believe I can now state to you more posi tively, and on good authority, what I yesterday mentioned re n)enung the answer of our government to the proposals of lerance and England. The answer is said to be comprised in a counter-roject, which insists, in the first place, on the release of our ships and cargoes in the French and English ports, and the liberty of our countrymen who are prisoners of war.— Ifandelsblad. The Dutch papers have been occupied for the last two days with accounts of the dexterity with which a Dutch frigate, the Queen of the N e th er l an d s , com i ng f rom B a t av i a an d b oun d Dort, had escaped the cruisers of the combined squadrons 'Ft arriving off the coast. It was on the 2nd instant that he e ntered the channel, and finding a great many vessels steering a gtwards with an easterly wind, he flattered himself that all I , 4 'as at leace. He was boarded, however, by a Dover pilot •J O -, • which brought him a file of English newspapers, and om these he learned how matters stood. The weather 'being fine and the wind still easterly, he did not think it prudent to lumps till tio ‘lt n ik the ship up the channel, but steered in the same direc • • w ith the ships of the squadron in order to allay their sus ten o'clock at night, when the weather becoming sus thick and the wind at S.S.W., he set all sail and made his ay through the heads. On the following day, the 3d, he was to sight of - Walcheren, keeping in deep water, with the wind moderate at e as t, and firing a shot from time to time for a I ' pilot to come ou board, that he might run iu when t.:,f9luul an opportunity. After a tiresome delay a pilot came aim, but white working inwards on Friday, the 4th, he saw ~a„hip of war bearing down upon him with a press of sail, but ii:".nout showing any flag. Ile kept, in consequence, near the never in from twelve to eight fathoms water, but the enemy „Over lost sight of him, so that he was compelled to go into still '.lalluxver water to , keep beyond the range of the guns. In heeled Situation he caught the ground by the head, and the vessel th e with the wind, but hauling his sails taught, he fired off e whole of his guns, double shotted„ which produced such an Zfitation in the water as to set him afloat again. None of the t or es pilots having come to his assistance,_ he was obliged to A A B t to the buoys, and at last found an opportunity of sending " government despatches on shore, with a letter to the Vice- Van der Straten, requestinA,that a steam-boat might ',, , , l tediately- be sent to his relief. This was accordin g ly d one , y a ,;` ,the Queen of the Netherlands has arrived in safety at Hel t,``.Blnys, but has been prevented from proceeding to Dort in asoquenee of the ice. SPAIN. V o l' i,hQ King of Spain has formally protested against and re vic,,,ed the decree extorted from him during his illness, by t i i s 4 : ll he re-established the Salique law as the rule of succes -1414%, The old Visigothic law is now again the law of Spain, e females can inherit the throne. '1 he effect will be the th ud o f D on C ar l os , who is th e h ea d o f th e Ap os t o li ca l s , ! tile accession of Don Ferdinand's daughter, who, being in lai 'l " auds of her mother, will be of the liberal party.— th hether this arrangement will be acquiesced in if Ferdinand 7, 111 (1 die before his brother, may be reasoriably'doubted. Is. however, a mistake, to think that Ferdinand has made c tunovation on the old custom of onespain by his revocation of tb; 2alique law. Spain was not of the countries in which ier," Sall dwelt, and their law was never introduced until the V e sslou of the Bourbon Philip V. after the treaty of Utrecht. ili""us formerly have re i gne d i n Spain—for instance, Isabella. 11,1 1 , ( :e the accession of Philip, t o the present day, there has 10 no occasion of making it a practical question, the male 10 never having failed until now. Charles IN ~ however, z, 4 ' , intended to revoke it in 1783, so that it was the unques tle4 law of Spain only about seventy years. The succession v ze a 11111111111 THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. to the thro;e of that country, or, indeed, its existence, willere long be decided by reference -to other laws than those either of the Sall or the Visigoths. Every thing there indicates a break tp of the old system. ~‘ REPORTED INSURRECTIONAT MADRID. It will be seen by the letter of our Paris correspondent, that a report prevailed in that city of a movement in Spain. it was said, that both at Madrid and Toledo, serious insurrections had taken place in favour of Don Carlos. Nothing is more pro bable. The party of the Apostolicals, of which Don Carlos is the bead, is too strong to yield its long held power without an effort, 'and the authority of the Queen must as yet be very weak. If the priesthood continue to have as powerful a hold on the Spaniards as formerly, such an insurrection would stand a fair chance of success, at least in the beginning. The con sequence would be the establishment of a fiercer popish ty rauny, secular and ecclesiastical, than Europe had witnessed, for a century and a half; even in Spain. W hether there exist materials for a re-action, or whether those who now are at the head of the liberal party possess energy or honesty enough to make the proper use of such materials, should any exist, are questions which it would require a more intimate knowledge of the state of Spanish affairs than we can pretend to, to be adequately answered.—London Standard. The following is from the letter of our correspondent : PARIS, Jan. 12.—A courier has arrived from Madrid, bringing intel ligence of great importance, and of lively interest. Not having re ceived by him a direct communication, I can only supply you with the substance of two letters received by two of the first houses of Paris. These letters state, that an insurrection had begun at Madrid --that it commenced by an attack on the new Minister of War made by the people—that the troops were called out—that several shots were fired—that some persons were wounded—that a dispute had taken place between the royal troops and the volunteers—that the name of Don Carlos was pronounced—and that a party had retired from the city, and .a more general movement ,was expected. It also appears that a Don Carlos movement had been made at Toledo. This is all I know On the subject at the moment I write, but I hope to sup ply 7ou with details to-morrow. '1 0 this we are enabled to add the following details extracted from a letter with which we have been favoured by an eminent mercantile house in the city:— MADRID, Jan. 3.—Several royalist officers and of the Garde du Corps, suddenly left this city on the Ist and 2d instant, and, gathering. together the Royalist Volunteers of the neighbouring towns, marched in the direftion of Toledo el Bravo and Talavera. Their force con sists of no less than two thousand five hundred men. Troops have been hastily sent from hence to follow them. Last night there were assemblages.of large groups of royalists, who continually uttered the most offensive and seditious cries ; and symptoms of insurrection manifested themselves in the barracks of the Garde du Corps. We trust, however, they may have been allayed. In the palace the minis ters were insultedin the most shameful manner. The Minister of Grace and Justice, Senor I'ino, was even spit upon by his own guard. We are all in a state of the greatest alarm, and we fear that it may be now too late to amend the errors already committed. THE INSURRECTION AT MADRID.—The intelligence which in surrection in publiihed exclusively yesterday, respecting the in Spain, has been con fi rmed 'to-day. It began in Toledo, where a body of 1500 men presented themselves before the gates on the 31st ult., and summoned the town to surrender. A re inforcement (the sending off of which from Madrid we noticed 'yesterday) arrived in time to frustrate the intentions of the re bels, and they dispersed into the neighbouring mountains. A body of insurgents is stationed at Cabella, about seven leagues from Madrid; and troops are sent to dislodge them. In Madrid itself, however, much disaffection exists, and cries of " Down with female government , " " Life to Don Carlos," &c. &c. are abundant. According to the latest accounts, everything was quiet at Madrid on the 3rd; but we are of opinion that this in surrection, excited ar it is by fanaticism, may become most se rious. The news had an effect on Spanish Stock yesterday.— London Standard, Tuesday, Jan. 15. MADRID, Jan. 3.—The revocation of the will made in favour of Don Carlos by Ferdinand during his illness has so exasper ated the Carlist party, that risings have taken place in several parts of Spain. At Toledo the Royalist Volunteers have taken up arms, and the government have been obliged to direct their forces against them. A regiment of militia, a detachment of cavalry, and four pieces of cannon, have been sent to the scene of action in great haste to re-establish order, and it is already reported that tranquillity has been restored, the insurrectionists having dispersed without resistance on the appearance of the troops. Last night the capital was the theatre of provocations, which, happily, did not lead to any serious consequences. Crowds of people paraded the streets, crying, " Viva el Rey ! mueran los neyros muera el gobierno, viva el Rey!" The mean ing of these words is not very easily understood, unless the name of the Infant Don - Carlos be implied by the word King. A party of the troops of the garrison immediately put them selves under arms in order to restore public tranquillity, and several skirmishes took place between the military and the Car lists, in which there was a trifling exchange of wounds, from musket shots and the bayonet ; all, however, is quiet this morn ing, and government are taking measures to prevent a recur rence of disturbances. The Queen has issued a decree for the publication of the Acts of the Cortes of 1789, relative to the suc cession to the throne; one of which enacted the revocation of the Salic Law, promulgated May 10, 1713, destructive to the ancient laws of monarchy as to the succession to the crown. Charles IV. then caused to be drawn up a Pragmatic Sanction, that the events of which Europe and Spain became successively the theatre prevented from seeing the light before 1830, the period at which Ferdinand had it published.—Bayonne Paper. RUSSIA. The German mail of Monday morning brought an indignant article, dated St. Petersburgh, Dec. 27, contradicting, in the most positive language, the charges brought against the Rus sian government by the Journal du Commerce of the 22d of Nov. It denies the transporting► of the inhabitants of IV ilna and adja cent provinces to. the Ukraine—the sending of 40,000 Polish possessors of land to the Caucasus—the desecration of the ca thedral of Wilna—the wanton destruction of monasteries ; ad mitting that, in compliance with a canon prescribing that mo nastic bodies must be composed, at least, of eight persons, seve ral monasteries containing but two or three monks have been legally dissolved, with due attention to their interests, pecuniary and religious ; and, in general, contradicting all the accusa tions tending to foster the charge of tyranny against the Rus sian government. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Jan. 3.—The capitulation of the citadel of Antwerp is a most vexatious event for Many persons, especially all those whose confidence in the Dutch Journalists led them to join in the language of the Journal de la Haye, according to which a surrender was not to be thought of, but that General Chasse would devote himself and garrison to destruction, together with the city of Antwerp itself. Experienced military men were of a different opinion from the beginning ; they admired the brave defence of the Dutch general, and find the less reason to blame the capitulation, concluded on honourable terms just before the storm.would have been attempted, as General Chasse intimates in his report that the contest in the breach could not have been of any advantage to the Dutch arms. The military question may be discusssed or not : what we are now concerned with is the political question. The diplomatists do not find their in terrupted labours at all advanced by the interlude that has taken place. The whole task lies still unchanged on their shoulders, and we are curious to see what will be the first lever applied_ to put our heavy load in motion again.—.llleyemeine Zeituny. lIUNGARY. The proposition made by the Emperor of Austria to the Hungarian Diet, contains five recommendations. First, that the relations between the landowner and his subjects should be determined by a special law. Secondly, that the course of jus tice should be expedited, a criminal code framed, and the ambi guities to which processes have hitherto been subject, be super seded by a proper organization of courts of justice, and of legal proceedings . . The extension of this reco mmen d a ti on t o an improvement in civil law, particularly in matters relating to bills of exchange ? and to the rights of creditors, was the more called for, as it is notorious that whatever may be the extent of the debts contracted by a nobleman of Hungary, his person is safe as soon as he has entered that kingdom. The third clause recommends an equitable distribution of the public bur thens among those who pay them, as well as a reasonable dimu nition of the taxes raisedfor the private treasuries of counties. The fourth clause, assuming the long duration of the Diet, recommends that the burthen of the daily pay of the deputies should not be exclusively laid upon that class which already pays so much. The fifth clause contains a request for the re payment of a sum of £27,000 advanced by the Archduke Pala tine out of the Imperial Treasury. TURKEY. Through Holland intelligence has been received from Frank fort to the 9th instant. Letters had been received there from Constantinople dated the 20th of December, which gave a very unfavourable picture of the Sultan's affairs. It is stated that Reid Pacha, who had been expected to defend the strong posi tion of Koniah, had, in consequence of the hostile disposition manifested by the inhabitants, found it necessary, on the near approach of Ibrahim Pacha, to retreat upon Ackshebir, aban doning a great part of his ammunition and baggage. The Grand - \rimer, Redschid Mehemed Pacha, who soon after ar rived at the camp, undertook a reconnoissance at the head of 10,000 cavalry, to ascertain the enemy's strength. The result was, that he concentrated the whole of his force in the neigh bourhood of Achshebir, where he is resolved to fight a battle, on the result Qf which the fate of the Turkish empire may depend. HONDURAS. According to letters received from Honduras, dated 20th of November, it appears that proclamations to the following effect have been issued - by Colonel Francis Cockburn, the Commander in-chief of that Island :—The Orst orders, that any vessel laden with wood, the growth of a foreign country, shall be duly re gistered at the public offices of that settlement as at the ports of central America, and that a non-compliance with the terms of the proclamation will subject the vessel to confiscation. The second proclamation is against any wood being cut without the limits of the British settlement, and shipping the same without making any distinction between it and British wood, thereby evading the duties imposed on foreign by British act of Parlia ment: it fiirther orders that from the date of the proclamation (November 8) the consigner and captain of every ship clear ing from that port, laden with mahogany, shall make oath and give bond in the office of the secretary of entry and clearance that the wood shipped on board their several vessels is the growth and produce of lands actually in the occupation of Bri tish subjects, and cut within the limits of the settlement. In structions will be given to clear out foreign wood from this settlement, on the real growth and character of the said wood 1 being stated in the manifest of the cargo. NEW SOUTH WALES. At a meetinf , of the proprietors of the Bank of New South Wales, held on Saturday last, a dividend of 94 per cent. was declared for the half-year ended the 30th of June last; 8 per cent. to he paid to the proprietors, and the other 14 per cent. to be added to the Accumulation Fund.—Sydney Herald, July 23. A gentleman of capital is about to leave Launceston, by the first ship for England, with the view of purchasing a steam vessel to ply from that port t o H o b ar t T own . It i s believed that in the first instance he will proceed direct to Greenock, in Scot land, where steam boats were first introduced into Britain, and where they are still built in a superior manner. He will pur chase one qualified to make a voyage from the mother country in the first instance, to Van Dieman's Land, either by wind or steam, and will probably load her with goods and passengers.-- , Sydney Herald, July 9. learn, by letters from the Islands, that war has taken place between Tahaa and Raiatea. A sanguinary engagement ensued, in which 50 men were killed. The war was still raging when the Zebra left Otaheite, and th e Mi ssionar i es were a l arme d for the consequences, as it was feared their influence was on the decline. We much regret this, as every well wisher of these Islandi must do ; the Alissionary influence, in the absence of direct agency from Britain, being the only means of diffusing civilization amongst their inhabitants. 'Phis war is the first which has occurred since the change of religion of Otaheite - and the adjacent Islands ; and from the ferocity with which it is con ducted, it proves that the warlike and barbarous practices of these ingenious people are unsubdued.—Sydney Herald, July 23. Land at the new jetty, in Hob ar t To wn , purchased formerly of Mr. Reid, for 6001., has just b een o ff ere d 2,0001 for, which the owner refused. It has risen in price the last two months.— Sydne - y Monitor, June 30. MADAGASCAR. His Majesty's ship Isis lately visited the Island of Johanna, lying off the east coast - of Africa, and found it had recently been pillaged by a Madagascar chieftain, named Rhamanica, a fol lower of old King Ithadama, on whose death he thought proper to retire from court to prevent decapitation, a favour bestowed on the relatives and friends of a deceased monarch a . by the suc cessor. He was at first received a t J o h anna as friend, and had a quantity cf ground allotted him, which he partly cultivated ; but the life of a brigand appearing to have been more conge nial to his feelings, he obtained a dow, went over to Madagis car, collected a number of slaves, which he ostensibly landed for his estate, attacked the capital of Johanna, deposed the King, placed his successor ou the throne, levied a contribution of 2,000 dollars (i,400), which must have been a larger sum than the place could apparently furnish, and retired to the Island of Monaca, where he is now despotic. To prevent a repeti tion of these events, and also as a reward for the kindness and hospitality shown by the people to the crew of the Borneo, the King was presented with a quantity of arms and ammunition. On several, occasions, during the last two centuries, the greatest acts of kindness have been shown by the people of this Island to the wrecked Europeans. They are of Arab origin, send a pilgrimage to Mecca three tmes a-year, and decidedly adhere more strictly to the laws of Mandmet.than his faithful followers at Constantinople. Their manners appear simple, kind, and generous, but a custom prevalent here, of present for present, generally terminates to the disadvantage of the stranger. They consider themselves in some measure under the protection of the British East India Company, by whom a present is annu ally made to them. The Queen of Madagascar has lately manifested a disposition to cut off all communication with Europeans, and it was sup posed she would interdict the cattle trade between her subjects and the Mauritius. This, however, is now of little consequence, as a very successful trade has been opened for live stock with the settlers of New South Wales and that Island. The cause of that interdiction was supposed to be, that the slave trade was effectually stopped, and Her Majesty had thereby lost a consi derable portion of her revenue: she had no objection to sell a bullock and a human being together. So difficult was it to get rid of slaves, that at Mozambique the slave vessels were offering them at one dollar each, and no purchasers. At this place. the Portuguese had divided themselves into Pedroites and Miguel ites, and were about to proceed to open rupture. The Miguel ites had possession of the fort, but the otherparty was most nu merous.—Humpshire Telegraph. arz zSCEL IL. Z 1 2:Ii'US. TRADE IN PAISLEY.—The Glasgow Chronicle gives a favour able account of the present state of trade in Paisley. The weavers all in full employ, and wages are raised. DISCOVFRY AND APPREHENSION OF COINERS.-011 Friday afternoon, inspector Lincoln,. of E division of p o li ce , rece iv e d information that a gang of comers were in the habit of frequent ing a low hovel in Kennedy's court, St. Giles's, where coining, was carried ou to a great extent, and that individuals connected with the delinquents were there engaged in their nefarious pur suits. Lincoln, in company with Wilson, of the same division, proceeded to the place, anti, after waiting an opportunity, saw au old woman enter the door, and they instantly entered and proceeded cautiously to the first-floor front room, the door of which was fastened ; they heard female voices in the inside, and they immediately forced an entrance, and found two women seated by a large fire; a large metal spoon, such as is used in making counterfeit coin, was lying on the bob, and a melted piece of Dutch-metal was on the hearth. One of the women, who was recognised as the wife of Paddy Flynn, the noted pu gilist, exclaimed, on seeing the officers, "We are done." A bad shilling was found on the old woman, who took something from the bob and put it into her mouth. Lincoln immediately seized both the females, and ordered Wilson to search her mouth, on doing which ten counterfeit shillings were taken out. Plaster-of-Paris and other implements were also found in the room. The prisoners were taken to Hatton-garden police office, and examined before Mr. Serjeant Scion, when they denied the charge, saying that they had been trepanned. They gave their names Mears and Flynn. The husband of the latter was transported for life, having been the second in a prize fight in which St. Giles's champion was killed. The prisoners were remanded.—Times. LOSS OF THE SHIP PENNSYLVANIA.—Office of the. Charleston Courier, December 5.-4 P. M.—The Ship reported as being on shore, on Cape Romain, in our paper of Monday last, proves (as was supposed) to be the ship Pennsylvania, Capt. Patterson, from Ilavre for this port, with a cargo of Wine, Porcelain, Fruit, &c. The Pennsylvania sailed from Havre, on the 12th October. Nothing material occurred on the passage, until Sunday morn ing last, at half past six o'clock, when she struck on the outer Shoal of Cape Romain. At 9 o'clock, the main mast was cut away, and at II o'clock the m i zen mast shared the same fate. The wind was blowing a gale at N. E. at the time she went on shore, and the ship bilged and filled with water in one hour after she struck. The jolly b oa t was l a un c hed and manned, although at great risk of staving her, and Captain Patterson, with 111 r. F. Duboc and L a dy ; Messrs. F. ayolle, Rolie, M o nastere, and Maste r H ame l, (Cabin passengers) safely landed at Cape Romain Light.—The remainder of the crew and the in terms of the most un measure d boards,a and d the i a wreck e untilperil, t the Monday W wete i S n t o e r e n r i a a g g e , p w a h s e s7 w e i r th s g re r m ea a t i k relieved - from their distressing situation, by the pilot-boatash i ngton. The passengers speap raise of the unparalleled exertions of the crew of the Washing ton,nexed exertions, & the mate of the ship. They were all taken from the bowsprit of the vessel, in a small boat, six at a time; many of them helpless females and young children; (one of the latter said to be but three days old) ; the sea at the time running mountains high, and the breakers dashing over the boat, in such a manner as almost to whelm her beneath them at every stroke of the oars. Too much encomium cannot be bestowed on those who thus peril their lives to aid in saving those of their distressed fellow beings. One old lady, about 6 years of age, perisked on board the vessel, from fatigue and exposure. Six 01 the steerage pas sengers had been_ previously put on b oar d o f t h e BritiSh brig Charlotte. The Washington came up to town this morning with the remainder, 91 in number. r ille.ship and cargo, we undetotaud, will be a total loss. WHIG Cnuncti REFoust.—lt is said, that some members of the Conservative party have engaged to support the ministerial plan for the regulation of the Irish Church. We have no doubt, that every member of the Conser v ativ e pa r ty w ill sup port everyj ust. and good measure, no matter from what quartsq it may prkeed; but we cannot forget the vaunt of the Irish ministerial journal, the Dublin Evening Post, that the minis terial plan is one Which will meet the approbation of the Popk t h repealers; and we can scarcely anticipate that they and th e Conservatives will be f o und voting in concert upon a church arrangement.—London Standard. WHIG TURF FELLOWSHIP.--Jack Gully's parliamentary career is, we understand, to be a short one. The Marquis of Cleveland bas hinted to him that the Chiltern Hundreds are at his service,, and that, unless he accepts them, the devil another hundred from his lordship will Jack ever touch again. This is a new application of the system of exclusive dealing, for which it is said the noble Marquis is to be rewarded with a dukc. dom. Gully has long been the judge for the Marquis, and niw the Marquis thinks it time to judge for him. Well done Whigs:. —Old England. STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH INDIA.—SOHIe correspond-. ence has appeared in the newspapers relative to the establish ment of a more speedy communication between India and England, by means of a steam conveyance along the line of the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. '1 he East India Company, however, refuse to co-operate with his Majesty's Government and the mercantile body generally for this purpose. This ap pears to be a matter of surprise to many persons. We are at a loss to know why'it should be; and it really.seems rather too much to expect the company to go to the expense of providing steam-vessels for the convenience of their mercantile opponents. It may be said, that as sovereigns of India, they are bound to do so out of their revenues. but the London merchants bear no part of Indian taxation, and have therefore not the saner claim as upon the Government at home, whose expenses they in part defray.--Spestator. ASTONISHING ESCAPE.—On Monday evening ; at 8 o'clock, Mr. James Ilavard, of Brecon, was riding from liowlais to Merthyr, when near that part of the road in which Gellyfallog bridge forms. a rather abrupt curve, the sudden report of some Ere works caused the horse to spring with such violence against the parapet of the bridge as to precipitate Mr..Havard-over his head. Mr. Havard, by great activity, contrived to get hold of the stone work on the outside of the bridge, by. which he clung for some minutes calling for assistance with ou t b e i ng he ars. The stones by which he held aL length loosened and gave way; upon which he clung to others, which in like manner failed, till at length, being completely exhausted, _he fell into the Talk from a height of rather more than 31 feet. He received a se vere contusion on the head from a stone striking him as he fell, but fortunately sustained, on the whole, so little injury as t o be able to resume his journey th e following day.—Merthyr Gua, dian. PAYING FOR PEEPING.—A French Col. on the retired list, who had arrived from Paris for the purpose of visiting the citadel of Antwerp, was in despair at finding that, though rich and well known, he had no more chance of gaining his object than any common man. His vanity would not allow him to return de feated: but, at a loss how to succeed, he. consulted his friend O'Fai el, asking him what he would do in similar circumstances. "I would immediately put on -a miner's' jacket," said h e , "which, being that of a brave man, would b e no dishonour to me, and enter the citadel with the party that are just setting out." No sooner said than dune. The Colonel put on the mi ner's dress, and soon found himself in the interior of the for tress. Scarcely had he passed the gate, however, when Gen. Rulhieres appeared, and gave orders for 20 men to be counted oil' and set to work with all expedition. The disguised Colonel marched gaily at their head, and being among the very foremost was included in the detachment, aad set to labour in an obscure spot, without the slightest possibility of satisfying his curiosity, and was kept at hard labour till 4 o - clock, though he repeatedly attempted to explain-to the sergeant that he did not belong to the company of miners, being always silenced by some rude command to mind his work, and not lose his time in talking. The adventure at length reached Marshal Gerard, who, after being highly amused by it, compensated the Colonelfor his bad luck by sending him au order to be admitted the next morning into the citadel, and shown every thing he wished to see, and General Rulhieres himself had the kindness to receive him in person and accompany him to every point of interest. " MANY GO OUT TO FLEECE AND COME HOME SHORN."-- The Morning Herald, famous for its hatred of the practice of the law, in recording the fact that 8400 attornies had taken ork their certificates this year, proceeded to calculate how many poor devils would be fleeced thereby. The process adopted was Simple Rule of Three Direct: allowing 10 clients for each at torney, it was stated thus—if one attorney fleeces 10, then how many will 8-100 give ? In the Hereld of Friday, is a letter from an attorney, jealous, it might be supposed, for the honour of his profession : he finds an error al the calculation : he does not apparently think for a moment of denying that each attorney in business will fleece ten clients ; but, says he, many of those who take out certificates are iu fact clerks in the offices of others ; so that it would seem they only assist in the fleecingi and therefore that it takes more than one attorney to fleece' ten clients: nay, says the correspondent, in his office there are four certificated clerks ; so that, reckoning the attorney in chief, there Is only one attorney to the fleecing of two clients, whick will hardly pay. "If we deduct th a t num b er from the suns total, it wilt, on reflection, make a great difference."—Cer-, fairly ! The attorneys will not be much obliged to this de fender of the honour of the profession.—Spectator. PARISIAN ANTIQUITIES.—An extensive common sewer, now constructing in the Rue de la liarpe, has led to some highly important uiscovcries relative to the direction in which the magnificent palace of the Emperor Julian extended. The Ro man historian, Axamiauus Marcellinus, cotemporaryof Julian, says, that the palace and gardens f o ll owe d t h e directions of the Seine; but till now it was not known whether th e o th er parts of the building extended cast or west of the vast hall which has SO long been the admiration of the architect and antiquary. But the deep excavations that have been making for some time have disclosed a series of seven walls crossing the street in a westerly direction; to the head of the walls, crossed the str ee t, at the intersection of the Rue du Foin, which is at No. 53; therefore, the northern termination of this part of the palace is now ascertained ; the succeeding walls crossed the street in ascending southward. The entrance to the great hall is from No. 63, and the corner of the Rue des Mathurins is No. 75; here a wall turns to the eastward, and another continues up the fioa fse ; marriage itin MARRIAGE R d t o : Rue de la liarpe, to the south. These walls, which are from four and a half feet (English) to seven feet in thickness, are built of the common limestone of the environs of Paris, with intervening bands of red Roman brick. The mortar has ac quired such prodigious hardness, that to cut through the walls is a very difficult operation. l'he bricks are about 17 inches by 13, and li inches thick.—Paris paper. SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF JUVENILE VAGRANCY. —Captain Brenton, R.N., whose exertions in this cause are de serving the warm praise of every public writer, has succeeded in persuading the colonial . department to join the society in sending out twenty young vagrants to be employed in agricul tural labour in the Cape of Good Hope, where labour of this description is greatly wanted, and where subsistence in return for it abounds. This is the right way to stop crime. " Catch your thief young," can never be too often repeated. Thieving. goes on in a geometrical progression: the boy of ten steals ten times as much as the boy of twelve, and the boy of fifteen a hundred times,—to say nothing of the greater atrocity of his offences, and the number of comrades he draws into his society. Two thousand pickpockets' aright be spread over South Africa, among the different colonists, and never find a pocket to pick. Besides, who steals with a full stomach, plenty of work, and no bad society ?—they are little likely in those parts to have much soc i e ty, bad or good. This is the true penitentiary of small crimes. If the scheme is largely and cleverly managed, it must e l b s A o G t both pa rties? is the h e prove beneficial; we cannot, however, avoid feeling a species on the part of such a govern of contempt for the arrangement, frls up p bbery and murder. Why taper/anent, in a govern ment as ours, by which only half the expense. of sending out twenty boys is to be contributed, while the public daily suffers matter so thoroughly understood, so clear, so manifestly bene ficent — nu 6 r .P s e e c r ia y W o r f heaven. The virgin sends prayers to God, yet she sends but one soul to him : but the state the elect, and bath iu it the labour of love and the delicacies of friendship ; the blessings of society and the union of hands and hearts. It bath in it less of beauty, but more of beauty than the single life; it hath more care, but less danger • it is more merry and more sad; is fuller of sorrow and fuller Of j o y s; it lies under more burdens, b u t is support e d by all the strengths of love and charity, and those burd e ns are kingdoms, and fill s citi es , an d c hur c hes, and heavers itself. delightful. Mar r i age i s t h e mot h er o f t h e wor ld, an d preserves Celibacy, line the flv in the heart of an apple, dwells in a per petual sweetness, but sits a:one, and is confined, and dies iii singularity; but marriage, like the useful bee, builds a h ouse, and gathsirs sweetness from every flower, and labours, an t i unites int i societies and republics, and sends out colonies, awl feeds the world with delicacies, and obeys their king, and keep s order, awl exercises many virtues, and promotes th e i nterest of mankind, and is that state of good things to which God bath de signated the present constitution of the workl.--The Weddimg GO. t