The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-12-09 00:00:00

REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT IN FRANCE. DISSOLUTION OF THE ASSEMBLY In our second edition last week, we announced the startling, but perhaps not unexpected news, that Louis Napoleon had effected a movement which completely overturns the Constitution of France. We now subjoin a copious and connected narrative of all the circumstances attendant upon this important revolutionary operation. On Monday night, after a brilliant reception at the Elysee. according to the statement made by the . President in justification of the step lie has taken, he was informed that a meeting was held in General Changarnier's house, attended by M. Thiers, M. Baze, and others of the chiefs of parties, at which it was decided that the coup against the President should be made on Tuesday—that is, that he should be arrested. the Assembly prorogued or dis solved, and the Republic abolished. It was considered necessary to take steps immediately, and at an early hour on Tuesday morning the principal streets of Paris were occupied by a large force of infantry, cavalry, am lery, and the following decree was pc . the wal In the name of the French people. the Pi lent of the Repub- sted on the walls Ily is dissolved, and universal suff 9 1st May is repealed. convoked the electoral col whole of the Ist. The National Ass is re-established. 2nd. The law of tl 3rd. The French people from the 14th r to the 21st December, 4th. The state of siege is decreed in the tary division sth. The Council of State is dissolved. 6th. The Minister of the Interior is charged with the execution of this decree. Louts NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. In addition to this decree, proclamations were issued 'Jy the President to the nation and the army, which we subjoin APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE. Frenchmen,—The present situation cannot last much longer. Each day the situation of the country becomes worse. The Assembly, which ought to be the firmest supporter of order, has become a theatre of plots. The patriotism of 300 of its members could not arrest its fatal tendencies. In place of making laws for the general interests of the people, it was forging arms for civil war. It attacked the power t hold directly from the people; it encouraged every evil passion; it endangered the repose of France. I have dissolved it, and I make the whole people judge between me and it. The constitution, as you know. had been made with the object of weakening before hand the powers you intrusted to me. Six millions of votes were a striking r rotest against it, and yet I have faithfully ob served it. Provoca ions, calumnies, outrages, found me pas sive. But now that the fundamental part is no longer respected by those who incessantly invoke it, and the men who have al ready destroyed two monarchies wish to tie up my hands in order to overthrow the Republic- my duty is to baffle their per fidious projects, to maintain the Republic, and to save the country by appealing to the solemn judgments of the only Sovereign I recognise in France—the people. I, then, make a loyal appeal to the entire nation; and I say to you, if you wish to continue this state of disquietude Ind malaise that degrades you and endangers the future, choose another person in my place, for I no longer wish for a place which is powerless for pod, but which makes me responsible for acts that I cannot hinder, and chains me to the helm when I see the vessel rushin,, , into the abyss. If, on the contrary, you have still confidence in me, give me the means of accom plishing the grand mission I hold from you. That mission consists in closing the era of revolution, in satisfying the legi timate wants of the people, and in protecting, them against subversive passions. It consists especially to create institutions which survive men, and which are the foundation on which something durable is based. Persuaded that the instability of power, that the preponderance of a single Assembly, are the permanent causes of trouble and discord, I submit to your suf frages the fundamental basis of a constitution which the assem blies will develope hereafter. 1. A responsible chief named for 10 years. 2. The Ministers dependent on the Pixecutive alone. 3. A Council of State formed of the most distinznished men, reparing the laws and maintaining the discussion before the legislative corps, 4. A legislative corps, discussing and voting the laws, named by universal suffrage, without the serutin de liste which talsi- Ices the election Al,. GOCS.,•kr.• 5. A second Assembly formed of all the illustrious persons of the nation ' • a preponderating power, guardian of the funda mental pact and of public liberty. This system, created by the First Consul in the beginning of the present century, has already given to France repose and Drosnerity. It guarantees them still. Such is my profound conviction. If you partake it, declare so by your suffrages. it, on the contrary, you prefer a government without force, mo narchial or republican, borrowed from some chimerical future, reply in the negative. Thus, then, for the first time since 1804. you will vote with complete knowledge of the fact, and know ing for whom and for what you vote. If I do not obtain the majority of the votes I shall summon a new Assembly, and lay down before it the mission I have re ceived from you. But if you believe that the cause of which my name is the symbol. that is, France regenerated by the re volution of 'B9, and organised by the Emperor, is still yours ; proclaim it to be so by ratifying the powers I demand of you. Then France and Europe will be preserved from anarchy, ob stacles will be removed, rivalries will have disappeared, for all will respect, in the will of the people, the decree of Providence. Done at the Palace of the Elysee this 2d of December. - - Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE PROCLAMATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC TO THE ARMY. Soldiers!—Be proud of your mission • you will save the country. I rely upon you, not to violate mission; laws, but to coin 'nand respect for the first law of the country—national sovereignty—of which lam the legitimate representative. You long suffered, like me, from the obstacles that prevented me doing all the good I intended, and opposed the demonstra tions of your sympathy in my favour. Those obstacles are removed. The Assembly sought to impair the authority which I derive from the entire nation ; it has ceased to exist. I make a loyal appeal to the people and the army, and I tell them—Either give me the means of insuring your prosperity, or choose another in my place. In 1830, as well as in 1848, you were treated as a vanquished army. After having branded your heroical disinterestedness, they disdained to consult your sympathies and wishes, and, nevertheless, you are the elite of the nation. To-day, at this solemn moment, I wish the voice of the army to be heard. Vote, then, freely as citizens; but, as soldiers, do not forget that passive obedience to the orders of the chief of the govern ment is the rigorous duty of the army, from the general down to the soldier. It is for me, who am responsible for my ac tions before the people and posterity, to adopt the measures most conducive to the public welfare. As for you, maintain entire the rules of discipline and honor. By your imposing attitude assist the country in manifesting its will with calmness and reflection. Be ready to repress all attempts against the free exercise of the sovereignty of the people. Soldiers, I do not speak to you of the recollections attached to my name. They are engraved on your hearts. We are united by indissoluble ties. Your history is mine. There is between us in the past a community of glory and misfortunes. There shall be in the future a community of sentiments and resolutions for the repose and grandeur of France. _ _ (Signed) Louts NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. Palaciorthe Ely see, Dec. 2 The Prefect of Police addressed a proclamation to the inhabitants of Paris, stating that the President, " by a courageous initiative, had baffled the machinations of parties," and submitted his conduct to the people, calling upon thorn to make " Order" their watchword, and de claring his intention to put down any attempts at dis turbance. At about eleven o'clock an attempt was made by about forty members of the Assembly to force their way to the Letislative Palace, but they were all turned back. The Tuileries Gardens were closed, and a report was current in the crowd that, in the course of the day, the President of the Republic would take up his residence in the palace of the Tuileries. Several important political arrests were made at a very early hour in the morning, amongst whom the following are mentioned :--M. Dupin, the President of the National Assembly ; Bedeau, one of the Vice-Presidents ; Generals Cavaignac, Changarnier, and Lamorciere; Gen. Perrot, ex-Commander-in-Chief of the National Guards, and Gen. Foltz, ex-Chief of the Staff; Col. Charms, M. de la Rochejaquelin, M. Roger du Nord, Nadaud, Michel de Bourges. and M. Greppo and other members of the mountain. It is rumoured that General Cavaignac made great resistance, but was overpowered. Orders were, it is said, given to arrest M. Thiers, but he did not sleep at home. The President of the Republic, attended by a brilliant staff, left the Elysee at about half-past ten o'clock in the morning, and went along the Quais. Ile was saluted with loud cries of " Five la Republique ! Five Napoleon !" The number of representatives who presented them selves at the gates of the Legislative Palace was about 200. After being refused admission. on the ground that the Assembly no longer existed, having been dissolved by the President, they proceeded, by invitation, to the Mairie of the Tenth Arrondissement. M. Daru, one of the Vice- Presidents, took the chair. After a deliberation. con ducted in due form, and at which the short-hand writers of the Moniteur were present, the conduct of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte was declared to be illegal, and con trary in every respect to the Constitution. In conse quence, they affirmed him to have forfeited all claim to the high dignity of President of the Republic, and passed a decree pronouncing his decheance, in conformity with Art. 68 of the Constitution. Another decree freed the officers of the army and navy, and the public function aries, from their oath of obedience to Louis Napoleon. The High Court of Justice was convoked to judge the President and his Ministers. This decree was signed by all the members present, with M. Daru's name at the head. After these proceedings, a body of Chasseurs sur rounded the building. M. Berryer addressed the crowd from the windows, announcing the measures the repre sentatives had taken, but he was coldly received. The meeting was dispersed. M. Daru was arrested at once, and M. Cremieux afterwards in the street. The President wrote an affectionate letter to M. de Thorigny, and also to the ministers, declaring that his mind was made up—that he could not allow himself to be sacrificed by his enemies, who were conspiring at that moment; lint that, as he was unwilling to compromise them in any way by implicating them in his acts, he thought it better they should resign. It is unnecessary to say the request was complied with at once. The new ministry appointed is composed of M. de Morny, Interior ; M. Theodore Ducos, Marine • Fould, Fi n ance ; Rouher, Justice ; M agne, Public Works ; M. Lefevre Durnfle, Commerce ; St. Arnaud, War ; Fortoul, Public Instruction ; Turgot, Foreign Affairs. MM. Ba roche, Drouyn de L'Huys, Admiral Cecille, MM. Mon talembert, Lucien Murat, and 73 other distinguished members of the National Assembly, form the new Council of State. The Minister at War addressed a circular to the Gene rals of the Army and Chiefs of Corps. The soldiers are to vote for the election of a President within 48 hours from the receipt of the circular. ‘• Yes" or " No" simply is to be replied to the following propo. sition • The French people wishes the maintenance of the autho • rity of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, and entrusts him with tin powers necessary to fran;,!' a Constitution on the bssis men. WEDNESDAY'. BARRICADES AND LOSS OF LIFE Things went on smoothly enough for Louis Nat... until about ten o'cl oc k on W e d nes d ay morn i ng, at whicu hour a representative of the people, M. Baudin, a mem ber of the Mountain, suddenly appeared on horseback in the Rue St. Antoine. He wore a travelling cap, and cer ried a naked sword in his hand. He was followed by six other representatives, and they all wore their insignia of representatives. The hour he appeared was that at which the workmen of the Faubourg leave their workshops to go to breakfast. M. Baudin's appearance attracted a great many groups, whom he harangued, and summoned to take up arms for the delivery of such of the representa tives arrested who were in the prison of Mazas, which is in the neighbourhood. He was aided in his efforts by his colleagues, and soon the cry of " Aux arnies I" was heard. A great deal of agitation was the cons , quence; and many of the workmen ran about to look for arms. Their first attempt was made against the guard-house of Montreuil, which they surrounded, and soon succeeded in disarming the few soldiers that were there, overpowered as they were by numbers, and at a distance from all aid. Others of the insurgents set about making barricades, and succeeded in making two, which, however, were very fra gile, being composed only of an omnibus, a dune-cart, and a cabriolet. The moment these indications of hosti- litv were of ved, expresses were despatched for aid, and in a very short time the insurgents were caught between two detachments of the troops—one from Vincennes, headed by General Maralay, and the other from an oppo site direction, under the orders of General Courtiges. The troops had received orders not to fire unless they were attacked. They advanced les armes au bras up to the face of the barricade, when they were fired at. One sol dier was killed, and one or two wounded. The troops immediately returned the fire ; M. Baudin, the representative, was killed on the spot, and, it is said, six or seven of the other insurgents wounded. A woman who happened to he passing near the place was mortally wounded. The insurgents, who were not in very large numbers, fled in all directions. The barricade, such as it was, was taken, and the soldiers advanced to the second, which they as quickly took and removed. Detachments continued to arrive, and soon the whole of the Rue St. Antoine was occupied by the troops. The whole operation of taking the barricades, which were at the corner of the Rue St. Marguerite, did not oc cupy more than seven minutes. In the removal of the barricade of the Rue Rambuteau on Wednesday night, some insurgents were killed, and three soldiers killed and wounded. A group of about 200 men continued shouting and singing on the Boulevard des Italiens, until half-past 11 o'clock. They were particu larly noisy as each detachment of troops or regiments detachments moved along the Boule ts during the greater part of passed. St ardsand the adjace the night. THURSDAY zhting re-commenced at an early hour on Thurs. Among the excitements to disorder on ght was a procession carrying the body of a Wednesday representativ either Baudin or Madier de Montan, upon a litter through the streets. The procession came down the Boulevards and then turned down a bye street. They were charged by a body of troops, and two of the men carrying the corpse were killed. An attempt was also made to pillage the shop of Lepage, the armourer, of the Rue IV' '• -0. lit. Sew " I, arri." Qwere _tinelieu, during Lne nigh _ral In —we .ve. erected before day-break. They were destroyed by the troops in the morning. The accounts of loss of life vary ; about twenty of the insurgents were either killed or wounded, and some made prisoners. Only one soldier was killed and a few wounded, during these morning in surrections, which were suppressed by eight o'clock. Some thirty of the old leaders were arrested. About twelve o'clock the insurrection broke out in ear- Fresh barricades were constructed in the Rue St -d near the Porte St. Denis. A re,- resentative appeared on this barricade, and read the placard signed by Victor Hugo. When he had finished the people gave a tremendous shout of Vice la Republique ! A similar barricade was erected opposite to the Porte St. Martin, and others at the mouths of the streets westward, to pre vent the soldiers from circumventing the insurgents. All the houses in the neighbourhood of the barricades were occupied by insurgents. At the corner of the Rue de la Grange Bateliere there was a large barricade, and shots were fired on the troops from Tortoni's coffee-house. Several people were killed in the Rue no Grammont. M. Sallandrouze's carpet manufactory was riddled by cannon, and it is said that thirty people who were in it were killed. At about half-past one o'clock an enormous body of about 50,000 troops moving along the Boulevards was fired on from some neighbouring passages and houses. The fire was instantly returned, and again answered by the insurgents, and a combat ensued which lasted briskly for upwards of half an hour. Cannon shots and musketry were at the same time firing further down the Boulevards. At half-past four o'elock, p.m., the fire, which had been kept up briskly for the last two hours, had nearly ceased, at least in the neighbourhood of the Boulevard des Pa liens; 'but regiments of Lancers were still stationed in the neighbourhood, with their carbines loaded. Shots were fired from the Cafe Anglais, opposite the rue Lafitte, where some of the insurgents were concealed ; they were at once replied to, and the firing kept up for some minutes. There was fighting, also, in the Rue Ri chelieu. All the houses from the Rue Montmartre to the Porte St. Denis, and beyond, have their windows com pletely smashed. Many are shattered by cannon. The insurgents made lodgments in some of the houses on the Boulevard des Italiens. A house at the corner of the Rue Louis-le-Grand, close to the Ru• de la Paix, and opposite the Rue de la Chaussee d' Antin, was entered by the insurgents, who fired from the win dows on the troops; so that on this point there took place a regular engagement between the besieging soldiers and the insurgents, which ended of course in the former entering the house and making prisoners. A similar event took place higher up, at the corner of the Rue Grange Belvidere, opposite_the Rue Richelieu._ _ _ The Daily News publishes a letter from Paris dated Friday morning, which gives an interesting account of the progress of the insurrection. We subjoin some ex tracts from it : " Between the Porte St. Denis and Rue St. Montmartre the Boulevard was one wreck and waste, not a soul to be seen anywhere, the windows all smashed, and the pave ment glittering with glass. The cannon had done their work of destruction on several houses. Ido not suppose that many persons could have been killed, for I saw neither any dead body nor any trace of blood. There was a barricade in the Rue Montmartre. " Hearing at noon that barricades were forming on the Boulevard, opposite the Porte St. Denis, I walked up in the direction, and penetrated as far as the spot. The barricade was already half formed. The pavement was torn up in every direction. The people at work were few in comparison with the immense concourse of people looking on. There were not more than ten blouses among them. The rest were all in coats, and looked of the class of clerks and shopmen, with some one or two of a more determined and intelligent aspect directing. In all there were not two hundred at work. Some of these were tearing up the iron railings near the Porte St. Denis. Others were upsetting a diligence, which they filled with paving stones. All carts and carriages of every descrip tion were seized, and went to the completion of this ugly structure. I was surprised to see no people with arms. The people had broken into the Court of the Alessageries, near at hand, and wheeled out a succession of diligences, which they upset to form the staple of the defensive work. The fighting men were ready to grasp at any and the iron railings seemed destined to be used weapon, as pikes. " A similar barricade was erected opposite the Port St. Martin, and others at the mouths of the streets westward, to prevent the soldiers from circumventing the insurgents. All the houses in the neighbourhood of the barricades were occupied by insurgents. All the Persian blinds of the houses on the Boulevard des Italiens as far as the eye could reach, were closed, and, it presently appeared, not without reason. Still fresh columns of infantry rolled from the direction of the Madeleine ; and last came the artillery. When the General and his staff reached the Chaussee d'Antin, the mouth of which, as well as of all other streets opening on the Boulevards, were occupied by picquets of lancers, a halt was made. The cavalry wheeled halfround, and drew up in a line along the pavement, while the column of infantry passed through them and marched up the cleared boulevard. Meantime a battalion of brisk looking little fellows, in dark suits, who were in fact the famous sharpshooters of Vincennes, marched behind, and dovetailed theirlinesalternately with those of the regt. of infantry. The spectaclewas extremely grand. As faras the eye could reach on either hand stretched this imposing column ; and stilt when they moved forward fresh bayonets poured from the west behind. The column formed in order of battle, marched on up the hill, while the Chas seurs de Vincennes ran forward at the pas de charge. The crowd, which closed in after them, could get no fur ther than the Chausee d'Antin, from whence they gazed anxiously after the troops, their sympathies being evi dently with the insurgents. Whenever a solitary orderly galloped down he was hooted. But wherever a picquet of lancers was stationed these demonstrations were very soon coerced by a charge, which set the whole band of specta tors running down the street, and taking refuge where they could." The greatest loss on the part of the " insurgents" on Thursday was on the Boulevard Poissoniere, the Rue Montorgueil, Rue Montmartre, Rue Transnonain, Rue St. Mery, and the Porte St. Denis. Thirty-five bodies were found in one heap on Friday morning in the first-named street, in addition to those that had been removed. Several prisoners taken with arms in their hands have been shot Emissaries, said to come from London and Switzerland, have been arrested. The night of Thursday was perfectly tranquil. The troops left the Boulevards at 7 o'clock for their barracks. The heavy cavalry from Versailles bivouacked in the Champs Elysees. By the last accounts the number of killed on Thursday is stated at 300. The state prisoners have been transmitted to Tram, the President's old abode in Normandy. M. Odilon Barrot, who solicited an arrest on Tuesday, has been indulged : he, M. Tocqueville, and others, have been added to the number of the captives. M. de Broglie, M. Keratry, and M. Daru are also under restraint, but permitted to remain in their own houses. The proclamation summoning the people to a revision or reconstruction of the constitution, was generally posted up. The following extracts explain its tenour " Art. 1. The French people are solemnly convoked in their respective districts for the 14th of this present month of De cember, to accept or reject the following plebisciste _::`:l'..pe,yrensh people wills the maintenance of - he authority vapoieon Bonaparte, and delegates to him the powers necessary to frame a constitution on the basis proposed in his proclamation Df the 2nd of December.' " Art. 2. All Frenchmen, aged 21, and enjoying their civil and political rights, are called capon to vote. They must justify Vior being inscribed on the ele c t ora l li s t s , i n con f orm it y with the law of the 15th of March, 1849, or having fulfilled the con ditions required by the said law since the formation of the lists." FRIDAY. The information received as to the state of affairs in Paris, on Friday, was that the government had issued placards announcing to the inhabitants that the insurrec tion wai snpressed ; and that the news from Lyons and the provinces was perfectly satisfactory. The Pfrsident had issued a decree restoring the vote by ballot, which he had abolished on the 2d of Decembtr. The most important streets were occupied by the troops, Great agitation still reigned, but there was no firing. The Government warned the public not to believe in the thousand false rumours that are flying about. The account up to eight o'clock on Friday evening was that the insurrection was completely subdued. The mode of voting of universal suffrage by secret ballot had been favourably received. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1851. SATURDAY, The insurrection is now regarded as completely extin. guished. All future difficulties that may arise will, it is generally said, be of a political character, such as it would be premature to talk of. In the combats of Thursday, and in the military occupation of the different parts of the capital, only one half of the disposable forces in the hands of General Magnan were employed. The President, as ustril, goes about attended by a brilliant staff, and is hailed with enthusiasm by the soldiers. All is tranquil in the 'city and the departments. The shops are all open on the Boulevards. It is said that several sentences pronounced by court-martial have been executed. A dispatch from Ham announces to the Government that the prisoners had been lodged iu the citadel. The journey was effected in the greatest order, and no incident occurred. On Friday a man was seen tearing down the proclama tions at the corner of the Rue de Rohan. A sentinel on duty expostu'ated with him, when he struck the soldier, who, retiring a few paces, shot him dead on the spot. SUNDAY M. Thiers has been set at liberty. Orders have like. wise been given to release M. Roger du Nord. The Montagnard representatives—Mathe, of the Allier, and Huguenin, of the Ilaute Saone, M. XAvier Durrieu. the editor and seven sub-editors of La Revolution, have been arrested. M. Dussoubs, the Montagnard ex-representative of the Flaute Vienne, was killed at the barricade of the Rue N..uve St. Eustache while carrying a red flag. The following article has been Officially communicated to the journals : " All the evening mails have arrived. No unfavourable news. Nevertheless the chest of the receiver of the register duties was pillaged at St. Geugoux, near Chalons sur-Saone, and a wealthy proprietor was compelled to contribute I,ooof. Some Gendarmes and Dragoons have set out from Chalons." The Moniteur publishes a decree of the President of the Republic. placing the departments of the Saone et Loire and the Allier in a state of siege. A letter from Toulon of the 2d announces that Admiral Lasusse had received counter-orders, and would not quit the neighbourhood of Toulon. the division of Admiral Dubourdieu had arrived at Cadiz, and was expected daily at Toulon. (From the Morning Chronicle.) Paris is perfectly calm. Five members of the Mountain were arrested yesterday. A great number of the insurgents have been arrested. There are 290 prisoners at the Prison Maras. The trials have already commenced before the Council of War. Car tier is appointed Commissioner Extraordinary for three departments. Other commissioners are also appointed, and a number of prefects are dismissed. (From the Morning Post.) The Socialist disturbances at Nievre still continue, but with every appearance of being speedily suppressed. The Government paper, Constitutionnel, says, " Yet all is not finished. Socialism, strongly conAttuted, has a government ready prepared. It has its representative, rather say, its Committee of Public Safety. Even in the smallest villages the victims are marked for the execu tioner. Let all good people hold well together." GERMANY. Some sensation has been excited in consequence of the new King of Hanover, who is blind, having taken upon himself the command in chief of the army, as by this means he assumes the patronage of everything connected with it. The Hanover Gazette, of the 24th ult, contains an official article, in which it is stated that the new Ministry and the King have no intention of violating the Constitution, or abandoning the laws respecting the orga nization of the country. The article states, also, that the new Cabinet has no idea of adopting, more than has hitherto been done, the foreign policy of Austria. Not withstanding this denial, the new Ministry is considered as of a decided reactionary and Austrian tendency, and their nomination is a triumph of the aristocratical and privileged orders. The funeral of the late King of Hanover took place on the 26th ult. On the previous evening a solemn service was celebrated, amidst the tolling of all the church bells, in the chapel of the palace. At midnight the coffin, ac companied by that containing the remains of the late queen, who died in 1841, was conveyed to the palace of Herrenhausen, escorted by the first dignitaries of the kingdom, and by detachments of the royal guard. The inhabitants of Herrenhausen were assembled in the avenue leading to the palace, bearing torches. The public were not admitted to the ceremony of interment. SPAIN Some of the letters from Madrid allude to the proposi tion made to the Cortes by the Spanish Government in favour of a reduction of the duties on dried fish from the tariff of 1849 back to that of 1841. This is a boon that has been ardently sought by our fishermen, and will be a great relief to our trade in that article. General Narvaez made a striking speech in the Senate the other day, from which one would suppose him to be the most ardent Constitutionalist existing, and the most opposed to anything like violence. He said very frankly, and it may be truly, that there were a certain number of " necessary men" in every country, and that he was one of them ; he added, however, that he was ready to serve in any capacity where his patriotism, his experience, and his talents could make him useful. IMPORTANT FROM MOROCCO The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Indus, Captain John Soy, arrived at Southampton on Sunday, at about one o'clock, from Alexandria, which which place she left on the 22nd November, Malta 27th, and Gibraltar 2nd December. During the homeward voyage of the Indus she experi enced strong westerly gales, between Alexandria and Malta, and also strong gales across the Bay of Biscay. Her Majesty's ships Queen, Ceylon, Trafalgar, Albion, Ganges, Superb, Spiteful, Bellerophon, indefatigable, Terrible, Modeste, Encounter, Ardent, Aledina, Medusa, Herculus, Dragon, Oberon, and Caradoc, were at Malta when the Indus left. When the Indus left Alexandria, there were four Egyp tian line-of-battle ships, three frigates, two corvettes, and one steam frigate there. The news from Gibraltar by this arrival is, that the bombardment of Tangier, by the French ships, would not be carried into execution, the Emperor of Morocco having satisfied the demands of the French admiral. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Tagus, Captain Russell, from Constantinople, Smyrna, &c.. arrived on Saturday night at about eight o'clock. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Papers from the Cape to the 4th of October have arrived. They do not, however, furnish much of interest relative to the Caffre war. Letters from Graham's Town, to the 27th of September, report everything to be quiet in the vicinity of Caffreland. We understand that at some of the smaller outposts the soldiers are suffering from want of regular and suitable supplies. At Fort Cox, for instance, they are much troubled with the scurvy, none but the officers being furnished with bread and fresh meat. The others are supplied with salt provisions and biscuit. Round about the fort the Caffres are digging up and plant ing their gardens, either with a prospect of being able to hold their country or of having peace restored before the time of harvest comes round. Affairs among the tribes beyond the Kei are not in a satisfactory state. A restless, turbulent disposition is said very generally to prevail. At Somerset all seems pretty quiet, but at Cradock and the neighbourhood matters look again very gloomy. The Tambookies are reported to be coming out in great num bers, plundering and destroying all before them. Mr. Gilfillan's camp has been attacked, and plundered of the cattle and sheep. Eight Fingoes are reported to have been killed, and many others are missing, who are sup posed to have shared the same fate. What loss has occur red to the enemy in this affair we have not heard. Information has been received from General Somerset that a strong party of about 100 Caffres and Hottentots have entered this neighbourhood by the way of De Bru in's Poort. We may, therefore, soon expect to hear something of their doings. The various burgher posts have been warned of their presence. A considerable number have also made their appearance on the Bush man's River. _ The Essex, Captain Pixley, from the Cape of Good Hope, has brought advices to the 19th of October, having made the voyage in 43 days. No fresh military movement had occurred, but the depredations of the Caffres continued to increase. In the neighbourhood of Lyndoch the far. mers had suffered greatly from marauding attacks, and many, apprehensive of the consequences, had already left the district. It was feared that further disaffection had taken place not only in the native tribes but also in the native troops, and, under these circumstances, several arrests had been ordered. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY. - The Adelaide Observer gives the following particulars of the recent discovery of a fresh-water lake in the interior of Western Australia : " Mr. Philip Oakden, in prosecuting discoveries lately for runs, has discovered a fresh-water lake of some extent towards the northern extremity of Lake Torrens, and has claimed for the adjacent country an occupation licence. He was directed to it, we understand, by information re ceived from the natives—and access to it can be gained only by crossing a salt-water swamp. This discovery tends to confirm the impression that Lake Torrens re ceives the drainage from a tract of high inland country, the continuance, probably, of the ranges which, in Wes tern Australia, tend to the north-eastward ; the main drainage is probably towards the northward, and creates the large rivers which are known to flow in that direction Probably it may yet be pr _aired that Cooper's Creek emp ties itself at the head of Lake Torrens. The attention of the Government must soon be turned towards fresh ex ploration ; our total ignorance of the vast tract lying north and west of the settled districts of the provincf, being dis.- creditable to us, and not a little tantalising!" INDIA. The Overland Ma!l has brought accounts from Bombay to the 3d of November. They do not possess much poli tical interest. Our relations with the hill tribes of the north-west fron tier still continue in an unsatisfactory state. Sir Colin Campb.-11 is to proceed at once from Peshawur with a force of 2,500 or 3,000 of all arms to chastise a powerful hill tribe called the Momung. Coke, Daly, and the whole of the Kohat force, accompanied by the Deputy Commission ers, Captains James and Pollock, had already marched for Hingolee, about 60 miles to the westward of Kohat, to take possession of the recently annexed district of Meer anzie, siruate in the valley of the Door, The annexed ter ritory is said to be well cultivated, and the Kohat force has hitherto been received by the inhabitants with every demonstration of good will. There has been a serious Mussulman riot at Bombay. It was occasioned by the Parsee editor of an illustrated Guzarette newspaper (in each number of which is given a life and portrait of some remarkable historical character) having published in the series (next to one of Benjamin Franklin) a life and portrait of Mahomet. The whole Mussulman population, however, 145,000 in number, con sidered their faith to have been insulted and outraged by the publication. The police dispersed the mob as soon as they could get at them, taking upwards of 100 prison ers. The riot only lasted about half an hour. No lives have been lost, but many are dangerously wounded. No means have been taken to ascertain the amount of pro perty plundered. Its value is stated by the police autho rities and their organ, the Bombay Times, to be under £l.OOO. and by the other local papers to have exceeded £15,000. COMMERCIAL. BOMBAY, Nov. 1, 1851.—Money begins to be some what more in demand, and government securities have receded a little in consequence.—Cotton Piece Goods: The market has continued tolerably steady, and when allow ance is made for the interference of the native holidays, a considerable amount of business has been transacted. Prices have not improved, and almost all are selling, both - bleached and grey, at nnremunerative prices. CALCUTTA, OCT. 22, 1851.—Business has been doing on a very restricted scale, and considerable languor and want of spirit mark both the export and import depart ments of our business. In the former demand is extremely languid, and the general scale of value is decidedly lower; heavy arrivals of produce from the interior during the past fortnight have made considerable additions to the already large state of stocks in the market, and the natural conse quence is that holders now begin to evince a great anxiety to move off their goods, even at a decline on the low prices ruling previous to the holidays. AMERICA. The North American Royal Mail steam-ship Canada, Harrison, commander, errived in the Mersey on Tuesday afternoon, from New York, whence she sailed on the 19th ultimo, bringing the usual mails, 51,300,000 specie on freight, and 50 passengers. The United States mail steamer Georgia arrived at New York on the 19th ultimo, with £1,439.650, and about £ISO.OOO in the hands of passen- gers. The steam-ship Daniel Webster had also arrived with specie on freight to the amount of 5117,570, and 5500,000 in the hands of passengers. The California had arrived at Panama with 270 passengers, and the New Orleans with 300. The United States and Liverpool mail steam-ship Bal tic, Comstock, commander, with advices from New York to the 23d ult., arrived in the Mersey on Thursday even ing. She left the wharf at noon on the 22nd, but, on reaching the bar was unable to cross on account of the state of the tide. She put back, and remained until 8 a.m. the following morning, when she resumed her voy age. Stormy, head winds prevailed during the voyage; aad on the 27th and 28th she experienced a violent gale from the N.E. She passed Holyhead at 3 15. and ar rived in the Mersey at 9 15, p.m., after a passage of 11 days 8 hours and 30 minutes, mean time. The Baltic brought 49 passengers, and £'1,044,323 and £12,000 in specie on freight. The Royal Mail steam-ship Africa, Ryrie, commander, arrived at New York at 2 30, p.m., on the 19th ult., after a run hence of 11 days 7 hours 15 minutes. The screw steam-ship Glasgow, Stewart, commander, which sailed from Glasgow on the Bth ult.. arrived at New York at 8 30, a.m., on the 23d, after a run of about 15 days. The United States and Liverpool mail steam-ship Atlantic, West, arrived at New York, at 2 a.m., on the 23d ult., after a fine run of ten days 18 hours 10 minutes, mean time. ARRIVAL OF THE CAN.IBRIA The royal mail steam-ship Cambria, Captain Leitch, which sailed from Boston on the 26th ultimo, arrived here yesterday morning, shortly before nine o'clock. The Cambria sailed from Boston at 12 20 p.m., on the 26th ult. At 115 a.m. on the 28th, she arrived at Halifax; and, after receiving mails, &c., proceeded to sea at 2 50 a.m. On the following day she experienced a severe gale from the N.E., with a very heavy sea, and had a succession of strong winds throughout the remainder of the passage, chiefly from the southward and westward. At noon, on Sunday, was abreast of Kinsale Head ; at 4 35, yesterday morning, received pilot ; and at 8 54 saluted the Rock Light, after a run of 11 days 15 hours and 54 min. mean time, including the detour to and detention at Halifax. The Cambria brought twenty-three passengers, and 4'607,800 in specie, on freight. On 30th November, at 3.10 p.m.. passed a large American steamer, supposed to be the U.S. mail steam-ship Humboldt; and on 2nd December, at 1 p.m., exchanged signals with another large American steamer, supposed to be the U.S. mail steam-ship Pacific. • The Royal Mail steam-ship Asia, Judkins, commander, arrived at Halifax at 8 a.m., on the 24th, and at Boston, at 4 10 p.m., on the 25th ultimo, after a run hence of 10 days 8 hours and 20 minutes mean time. List of passengers per Cambria :—From New York— Dr. Joyce, Messrs. J. Belfield, W. L. Richardson, W. R. Haskett, H. B. Haskett, Haggart, G. W. Langland, J. Finula, J. J. Nesbett, S. Crump, Haigh, G. Caught, J. Gallagher, Schowler, J. Trudjan, J. Pope and daughter. From Halifax—Lieut. Griffin, Dr. Mure (11th Hussars), Mrs. Carson, Miss Thompson, Quartermaster Paton, and Mr. M'lntosh. There is not any news of importance by this steamer. Washington advices inform us that there was much speculation as to what the President would recommend in his Message. Among other things, it was ru moured that he would call the attention of Congress to the establishment of a Mint in New York. A letter from the above city, dated the 24th ult. contains the following :—" This city begins to wear quite the ap pearance of life and bustle. On the meeting of ever)? new Congress, there are numerous applicants for the va rious offices at the disposal of the two branches, besides selecting a speaker, (quite an important matter), pur chasing political influence, &c., to say nothing of the dis cussion relating to the nomination of a candidate for the presidency. Douglas and Buchanan appear the most pro minent on the Democratic side, whilst no other name is heard on the Whig side than that of Webster. The Democrats came in with a numerical force in their favour, and they will have it all their own way in disposing of the subordinate offices pertaining to the two houses. Mr. Clay reached Washington on the 22d ult., rather enfeebled in health. _ _ The Ithaca Falls woollen-cloth mills were destroyed by fire, supposed to be the work of an incendiary, on the evening of the 23d ult., loss estimated at 50,000 dollars, partly insured. The New York Kossuth Reception Committee propose that he shall disembark from the Humboldt at Quarantine, and remain there over one night with Dr. Doane. On the following day the steamer Oregon will be despatched to bring him to the city. He will be received by the city authorities at Castle-garden, and subsequently will be conducted to the Irving-house, where a great dinner will be given to him, on the evening succeeding his arrival in the city. At Baltimore, the Kossuth Reception Committeee have decided, on his arrival there, to have a grand procession of trades, military, and firemen's associations. The schooner, Newbold, Captain Maine, was capsized, previous to the 24th ult., on Lake Michigan, with about 30 persons on board, all of whom were lost. A snow-storm visited New York, Baltimore, and Cin cinnatti, on the 25th. Late Halifax papers contain the following :—" We experienced a heavy south-east gale here on the 22d. Telegraph line down ever since. It commenced to blow hard at ten, p.m., and increased to a hurricane from two to four next morning. Much damage ensued to the wharves and shipping, particularly the coasters. Some vessels were disrnasted, and others sunk. The loss amounts to some thousands of dollars. Serious damage was done to fishing establishments, and vessels on the coast." --- The Webster Convention had met at Fennel Hall, Boston. Deputations were present from a large number of the commonwealth, and from all the principal cities. The floor of the hall, which was provided with settees, was full half an hour before the time appointed for opening the meeting, and the galleries also gradually became occupied until the hall was completely filled with the friends of " Webster and the Union." The Christiana rioters, on a charge of treason, had been formally arraigned, and their trials commenced at Phila delphia. By an arrival from Gonaives it was reported that a treaty of peace had been concluded between the Haytiens and Domincians for four years, both parties to give 12 months' notice to commence hostilities. The Boston papers contain some later news from Venezuela, but it is devoid of importance. Jenny tind was at Boston, _where her concerts ap- I peered to be more attractive than on her former visit. Catherine Hayes had appeared at Albany, and met a most encouraging reception. The Empire City, from Chagres via 'Javan na, had reached New Orleans on the 24th ult. She had 585 passengers, most returns from California, and about 844,000 dols. in gold dust. The inquest on the bodies of the unfortunate sufferers, who were killed at one of the New York public schools, on the 20th, had not terminated. The funerals took place on the 23d, when the city of New York was the scene of universal sorrow. _ _ We have later news from Mexico. From the advices now to hand we learn that Mr. Letcher had addressed a note to the government, enclosing the order of the execu tive department to General Twiggs, commanding him to use all available means to prevent military expeditions from leaving the United States for invading the republic of M exico. During the late disturbances at Cordova three or four persons were killed, end as many wounded. It is said that Durango is in a horrible condition. The inhabitants, driven by famine to the most desperate straits, are emigrating in large numbers ; added to which the depredations of the Indians are carried on with increasing audacity. This state of a ff a i rs on th e ; Rio Grande has produced the greatest excitement in the interior ; many persons there interested in the restrictive system are fearful that the pressure will force the government to abandon its tariff laws. The Constitutional says that the government has already distributed IPA° dollars among the soldiers sent to suppress the revolution. The return of the Neptunal to Vera Cruz excited a good deal of alarm. _ The vessel reported that she could not enter the Rio Grande on account of the low stage of water. _ W an Great fears were entertained - for Tampico. It thought that a garrison of 1500 men and a steamer of war would be necessary to defend the place. The authorities of the State of New Leon have adopted and seconded the measures of Avalon, Canales is determined at every hazard to maintain the integrity of the territory of the Republic, and to suppress the insurrection. The Mexican administration sees in the mov , ment only what its leaders proclaim an effort to force the govern ment into an abandonment of its long cherished restrictive system. . . The opposition in the country affects to look deeper, and to discern a hidden motive for the acts of the insur gent chiefs COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Nov. 25 The money market both at New York and Boston was steady. Sterling bills at the former place were reported to be tame, at 1101 to 110 i. The New York Journal of Commerce says, "Notwithstanding the large outgoes of coin, the money market continues easy. Some capitalists, preferring to wait the developments of the future, untrammelled, are limiting their accommo,lation to loans on call ; while others, sanguine of an easy market, are buying good commercial paper liber ally. The offerings at most of the banks continue compara tively light, and the pressure which was felt here seems to have been almost entirely transferred to the interior." At Philadelphia, money was in fair request, at 8 to 10 per cent. on strictly prime paper, at short dates, and 12 per cent. on long time. The Boston Traveller of the 26th ult., in its monetary article of that day, makes the following remarks : " We are not passing through a crisis in our money market, but nevertheless the commercial world may well say that the state of that market is peculiar and anomalous. In good old times,' to which reference is so often made by men who remem ber but the better part of life's past history, we know how much specie was in this country, how much in England and France, and, true to our birthright, we guessed the rest. "The calculation was then comparatively simple. The few elements were readily evolved. Imports and experts; the amount of bullion in the country ; the amount of bank note circulation and a few similar items, helped out with a given amount of cotton, and the future was foreseen. But now this country has become an agency and carrying-place for nations." The New York Courier and Inquirer of the 25th says : " The active demand for money, noticed last week, continues, and the rates are firm." From the same paper we extract the following report of the markets : COTTON.—The sales reported on 'Change were 1,100 bales, including parcels of fair Uplands to arrive at 8 13-18 c. and 8-gc. The Atlantic's advices have somewhat strengthened the views of holders, without increasing the confidence of buyers, who consider the movement advised in Liverpool as an effort to attract shipments. That prices will continue to increase until checked by free imports or the advice of them, all on this side believe ; but that free arrivals will turn the scale they also believe, and consequently few are disposed to run the gauntlet. It becomes, therefore, more difficult to fix the time of free ship ments, which we believe will not take place until the foreign limits are raised now fully one halfpenny too low to admit of execution. LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION New Orleans Mobile .5- Texas Uplands. Florida, Inferior Ordinary Good Ordinary Middling Good Middling Middling Fair . Fair Fully Fair Good Fair Fine 7* a 71 7.+ a 71 7 a 7-1 7i a 8 71 a 8 8 a l* Si a 8* 8* a Si Si a 8/ aB* 81 a 9 9 a9* 9 a9* None. 94. a 9i None. None. a 10i None. None. None. None. None. None. None. None. None. Stock in city, in all hands, estimated at 15,000 bales, BREASTUFFS. There has been a fair demand for common brands of Flour, and prices are well sustained. We quote superfine. No. 2, .83 50 to , 83 ; common State, 33 87 to -B'3 93k; Winsconsin, Ohio, Michigan, &c., 94 to $4 182 ; fancy brands of Michigan, .8 . 4 06i to 434 12k; pure Genesee, £4 061 to £4 12i ; good Ohio, $4 to S 4 63 ; fancy Ohio, S 4 182 to $4 371 ; fancy Genessee, 182 to S.t 373 ; extra Ohio, In diana, and Michigan, S 4 50 to 34 75 ; and extra Genessee, £450 to S 4 623. Wheat is in moderate request, at 91 to 100 cts. for Genessee, and 92 for white Southern. Indian Corn continues on demand at 60c. for Western mixed, 60c. for New Southern Round Yellow, and 58c. to 59c. for heated Western. PROVISIONS.—Pork has been sold at $l5 for mess, and -f/l3 62ic. for prime, and at the close of to-day's market higher prices were asked. Beef is rather heavy. Sales of Lard have been made at full prices, and Butter and Cheese remain at previous rates._ _ _ FREIGHTS.—TO Liverpool: Cotton, id.; Flour, Is.; Wheat, 4d. ; Cheese, 20s. To London : Measurement good , 255. to 30s. ; heavy goods, 205.; Beef and Pork, 4s. to 4s. 6d. per tierce. To Havre : Cotton, id. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT NEW YORK.- NEARLY FIFTY CHILDREN KILLED, AND SIXTY SERIOUSLY INJURED. A very frightful accident occurred at a school called Ward School, near Charles-street, New York, on the 20th ultimo, arising out of an incident of a trivial charac ter. The school house is a magnificent four story edifice, with a winding staircase from the first floor to the upper landing. This stairway is not spiral, but is formed of short flights of stairs wir.ding round a square well. The first or ground floor is used as a playground for the scholars, and is paved with flag stones. The second story of the building is occupied by the primary department of the institution ; in the third story is the female depart ment of the upper school, and in the fourth story the male department. The entrance to each of the school rooms is from the landings of the stairs. The outer side of the stairs was guarded by an ordinary wooden banister, of no great height, and not firmly secured at the bottom, or where the balusters were connected with the stairs. This description of the stairway will enable the reader better to understand what follows. About two o'clock in the afternoon, one of the teachers in the female department, a Miss Harrison, was taken with a fainting fit, and in order to her recovery she was carried out into the passage way, where a cry was raised of " Water I water !" by one of her companions. This cry was not understood, or else the scholars thought that the water was wanted to extinguish fire, and the next mo ment the cry of " Fire !" was raised, and spread like wild fire through the building. In a moment subordination was at an end. The children from the primary depart ment rushed to the stairs, as did also the scholars on the floor above them. The stairway was soon filled, and the press against the balusters so great that they gave was , precipitating the children over the stairs down to the ground floor. As the rush increased, so did the numbers that were hurled over the stairs into the space below. Two of the female teachers made an effort to stop the children ; but so great was the panic that their efforts were vain,and they were themselves hurried along with the current, and despite their efforts were carried over the stairs into the space below. Nearly sixty children received very serious injuries, and were girls from Bto 12 years' old. The boys are about the same age. As might be expected, the loss of life was dreadful. It is known that forty-two were killed by falling from the stairs, or from bruises and in juries, and that others are likely to die. Some of the boys , jumped out of the windows, and one of them had his neck broken by the fall. There were altogether in the building but a few short of 1,800 scholars. Hundreds on hundreds went over the stairs, until there was a pile of human beings —a mass of children—eight feet square and about twelve feet in height. Those that were on top, were, of course, but slightly injured, but as soon as these had been removed, the most heart-rending spectacle presented itself. Body efter body was taken out ; many of them, lifeless at first, came to when they once more breathed the fresh air, but many, alas, were beyond aid, and death was but too plainly marked upon their palid features. Some were injured by the fall, and lay writhing in agony ; some moaned, while others shrieked with pain, and others again, when released, started off tor home, apparently unconscious of the awful scene through which they had passed. Many of the dead, dying, and wounded, were taken to the station house, where the entire lodging-room of the policemen was turned into an hospital, and their beds all used as couches for dead bodies of injured children. This was, indeed, a sad sight ; parents, whose children were missing, came here to confirm their hopes or fears. Here might be seen a lifeless body, with an agonised mother standing over it, wringing her hands in the excess of her grief. There was a father looking the picture of sorrow, as he beheld the form of a loved one that he had so lately parted with in health ; and then further on was a family standing round the bed of a little one, whose painful writhings gave evi dence of the patient's sufferings. One after another the bodies of the dead were removed ; and at length litters were provided, and the wounded were carried away also. Nearly one hundred families either mourned the loss of children, or watched anxiously over the forms of the wounded. A coroner's jury bad been empannelled to en quire into this sad occurrence. The building has only been in use about a year. " THE PRESIDENT'S LADY."—Mr. Fillmore is a law fully married man, of excellent character, and unimpeach able morals, and why the papers persist in calling Mrs. Fillmore the " President's lady," instead of giving her the honourable name of the " President's wife," we can not imagine. The same incivility was practised towards Mrs. Polk, and we called attention to it at the time. Lady and female are fast supplanting the good old names of wife and woman. We suppose that the same dandyism will find out some new names for father and mother. Lady is a beautiful word in its proper application, but it o es not mean wife.—Providenee Journal. THE LATE MARSHAL SOULT.—Marshal Soult, whose death we announced last week, was the last and the most renowned of Napoleon's marshals. He died at the Chateau of Soult-Berg, near his native place, St. Amend, in the department of the Tarn. It was in 1769, in the year which gave birth to Wellington and Napoleon, that Mar shal Soult first saw the light ; but so ob scure was his descent, that little has been said of his parentage or ex traction. His military instincts appear to have been developed even before that ex t ra ordinary stimulus which such prepossessions received from republican enthusiasm, for his first, like his last, service was under a Bourbon king. At the age of 15, be entered the Royal Regiment of Artillery, from which corps he was speedily transferred, with a lieutenant's commission, to a battalion of Grena diers. At the battle of Ileums he was yet only a colonel, but even in that capacity he found opportunity for exer cising such seasonable discretion that his military reputa tion was established on the field. Colonel Soult became a General of Brigade in 1794, and within four years from that time was intrusted with the command of a division. N apo leon detected in an instant the talents of the rising general, and from this moment the name of Soult is rarely absent from the history of Europe. He fought in every war, almost in every field, if not with invariable fortune at any rate with unchangeable skill. Since the last revo lution, Mantua Soult, enfeebled by age, but still intellec tually vigoroug ; lived in retirement, in the enjoyment of boundless fame iii7d ample fortune, IRELAND. Grand preparations are making for a banquet to the Earl of Arundel and Surrey by his constituents at Lime rick. Cardinal Wistman, Mr. Sheriff Swift, and a large body of " Saxon " visitors have promised their presence. The death of Col. Sir H. B. Seymour vacates a seat in parliament for Lisburn. It is stated that Sir Jas. Emer son Tennent is about to be introduced to the electors as s candidate. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Goodman, commanding the division of the 27th Enniskillen Regiment, stationed in Ship-street barracks, Dublin, expired yesterday week at his quarters. The gallant officer's death is attributed to a severe cold caught in the discharge of his military dutiet. It is stated that, the Roman Catholic Hierarchy of Ire— land have resolve(' not to celebrate the rites of marriage` between a Protestant woman and a Roman Cathohc man, unless the woman consents that all the childreashalt be brought up as Roman Catholics. It is added that Dr. Wisentan will uphold the priesthood of this country in a similar determination. SCOTCH v SETTLERS IN THE WEST.—Three Scotch• farmers arrived in this port by the Rose steamer, on 'Wednesday last. Two of them proceeded with a largo stock of sheep, amounting to upwards of 500 head, in the direction of 'Westport, where they have rented large farms,• and the other has settled in this neighbourhood, having taken the farm lately occupied by Mr. Crawford, at Scardee, within a few miles of the town.—Slige Chronicle. According to the Galway Vindicator, the evictions con tinue in Connemara. On the 24th of November, Mr. John Robertson, with his party of bailiffs, proceeded to the townland of Ballinafad, evicted two families, consist ing of eight persons, and levelled their houses. On the' 25th the same party visited the townlands of Derryvick reene, Giencoaghan, and Letty, evicted ten families, con sisting of 61 individuals, and levelled their houses. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A CLERGYMAN.--The Rev.- Edward Elwood, rector of Kilmactranny Glebe, has died under the following melancholy circumstances :—Ott Monday morning he left home in perfect health, and pro ceeded on his way to Sligo, having in his gig a young lady who had been on a visit to his house. The g i g com ing in contact with a stone, he was thrown out, and the Rev. Mr. Feeny's, P.P., residence being close at hand, he was brought into it, when he declared he was dying, and in a short time afterwards ceased to live. A NEW COFFEE. — Doctor Moorehead, of Tullamore, medical attendant to one of the unions in the King's County, has discovered a new, nutritive, and wholesome substitute for coffee. In his report to the board of guar dians with which he is professionally connected, he says — If attainable, an excellent and wholesome beverage, and adapted 1 o adult infirmary cases, might be prepared from the common garden parsnip, by cleansing, cutting, toast ing, and grinding it, and serving it as coffee. It gives a similar taste, and in some respects superior to many of the compounds sold under that name. ACTION FOR LIBEL.--A case of libel was tried on Tues day in the Queen's Bench, Dublin, in which a lady of fortune named Dopping was the plaintiff, and Mr. Fred. Lucas, proprietor of the Tablet, the defendant. The libel complained of was the insertion of a letter purporting to be written from Clonard, where the plaintiff has ex tensive estates, and bearing the signature of a " Tenant Righter," in which Mrs. Dopping was charged with being an exterminator of her tenantry. The damages were laid at £5OO, and the defendant pleaded a special plea, under Lord Campbell's act, that the article was inserted without malice and without gross negligence; and that as soon as possible after the action was b r ought he inserted a full and ample apology in his newspaper, and had also lodged £25 in court. Both plaintiff and defendant are Roman Catholics. Verdict for plaintiff £350 damages, and 6d. costs. THE LINEN TRADE OF ULSTER.—The Northern Whig supplies the annexed report of the state of the linen trade in Ulster :—" We are glad we can, at length, congratulate those engaged in this important branch of trade on a perceptible improvement in their business. During the past week, confidence and a mare hopeful feeling for the future, have superseded the gloom and uncertainty which have pervaded so long. In linen yarns a large amount of business has been transacted ; the manufacturers, feeling that prices have receded to the lowest point, have freely supplied their wants. The stocks in the hands of the spinners in England and Scot land, as well as those of this country, are unusually lowr and from this circumstance, taken in connexion with the immense falling off in imports during the past year, we fear that no considerable reduction in the price of flax can be looked for, but on the contrary. we anticipate still higher rates during the early spring months." FRUITS OF RIBBONISM.—We have just received in telligence of another of those fearful results of Ribbonisra which stigmatise Ireland in the opinion of the civilised world. Mr. Bateson, brother of Sir Thomas Bateson, of Derry, and agent to Lord Templemore, was waylaid and attacked within a short distance of the town of Castle blaney, on Thursday evening, at about five o'clock. His skull was fractured, and he was otherwise inhumanly beaten. On his being discovered, he was conveyed to the hotel at Castleblaney, where he remains with scarcely a hope of recovery. No cause is assigned ' • he is known to be a gentleman of the most humane disposition, and characterised in his transactions with the tenantry on his employer's property by benevolence and consideration. He is attended by Dr. Young, of Monaghan, and other medical gentlemen of the neighbourhood, but his case is said to be hopeless. By the journals which reached Dub lin on Saturday morning, it unappily appears that the work of the assassin has been completed by the death of the victim, who expired on Friday evening in great agony. —Dublin Evening Mail. The Kilkenny Moderator has the following rather re markable statement in reference to arrangements now in actual progress towards the establishment of a peasant proprietary in that peaceable county. The zentleman who is making the experiment is a Mr. P. R. Welch, the proprietor of Owenstown, who for the last few years, during the extreme privations to which the tenantry, generally speaking, have been subjected, has been the fostering and parental protector of those over whom Pro vidence has placed him. At a recent meeting of his tenantry, Mr. Welch proposed them an opportunity for " each to become the proprietor of his own holding" by the payment of an annual instalment by way of purchase money, with interest, in lieu of rent, the latter to decrease on the payment of each instalment. The term of years for payment of the purchase money to vary from 50 to 30. At the meeting above mentioned, Mr. Welch remitted to his tenantry 50 per cent. on their last year's rent, beside allowing one-half of the poor-rates out of the moiety coming to himself. The same reduction was also made by Mr. Welch in the rents of 1849 and 1850. CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN DROGHEDA.- 4 poor man, who some two years ago was received as a pa tient into a Dublitt hospital, chanced there to see a col/ of the Scriptures, and when dismissed from the hospital the change made in his mind became so apparent, that in Drogheda no Popish lodging-house would harbour him. Every means of employment, owing to his had healtl?, was lost, but he still continued firmly attached to 1 0 adopted creed. It would be needless to record the man)" persecutions which this inoffensive man endured, and the continued deprivations of every kind which he sustained - Since the coming here of the agents of the Church Mis" sion, they employed him in delivering handbills and post ing up placards for the course of controversial sermon s now being delivered in the parish church of St. Peter- This employment delivered this poor man from the bit terness of absolute poverty ; but his enemies, and the ene mies of that truth which he professes, some days ago way' laid this unfortunate person at night. The ruffians at tacked him —one, striking him with a stone on the het' knocked him prostrate, while the others fell upon when he lay senseless, and with furious knocks and blow; left him almost for dead. Such is the civil and religia li c liberty exercised by the Pope's partisans in a Protester land, under a Protestant government, and where they have so lavishly boasted of their liberality and peer sanctity for years. The persecution against M‘Kon e not cease here ; on his sick bed, where he has been e,`;`, fined ever since this ruffianly attack, when visited 11 r Rev. Mr. Askins, curate of the parish, the Popish lel; ing-house people could scarcely refrain from interruPtv,3 the minister in the performance of his duties. It u j e c then thought expedient to remove him to a more „di abode. A car was brought to the door, and some floe attended to have him carried out from the abode °t ie d, semi-heathen, when a mob of some hundreds asserniLd, who threw stones and mud, shouted and called !In v and struck and assaulted the persons engaged i n the moval of the sick man.—Droyneda Conservative. FEARFUL COLLISION ON THE GR E AT WESTERN RAILWAY. An accident happened on Thursday on the " 1 ,1C1) Western Railway, Cheltenham branch, near ' Stroud' s'i o g caused much consternation in the neighbourhood, ariesio, from a collision between the parliamentary down tr A and a portion of a heavy goods train left on the line. cie j down goods train from London for Swindon de s loree the incline towards Stroud, having suddenly th e " in scotches," at the rate of twenty miles an hour , :tionf great alarm of the officials at the Tetbury-road )-ndol! who were aware that the parliamentary train from J- 4( d an was then due. That train was due at Tetbury-re,e;oo- shortly after the runaway trucks had passe d it, teue;ger s t e h n e g t e r r uc tr k a s i , n s c m a a m sh e in in g t s h ig e h m t. lit T er l a ie lly dr t i o ve p r ie o ce f s tl: t e in :: c s n d oi h: train immediately shut off his steam, and rele, rse d in to ae engine, but in a moment the passenger train daeu!stter ing the goods on the road in all directions• eilbut of the passenger train was also completely disable d ' fen' the driver (Ribble) and the stoker escaped with , ' ol io severe bruises. The passengers in the parlianaentary a , o f Sever I 14 were thrown together with great violence.• them received very severe bruises a nd laceratielorea about two hours and a half, the line was sufficiently to permit of the traffic _This 011_,; dertaking EAST K ENT AND MAIDSTONE RAILWAYS-- I ", i ' - oil is promoted by the principal noblerToth gentlemen who have heretofore supported the ~, s od Eastern company against their rivals in 1845-6, see ' . for who, therefore, feel entitled to have their own clalo3'oo accommodation granted without further delaY• the genuineness of the scheme. Each member o,_..cs; names of the promoters furnish a sufficient guars mem ber managing committee has commenced by taking 100 5 1 ' l 6. and public meetings have been held at Canterbuir;;B es chester, Faversham, and Sittingbourne, and in %woos, the promoters 'nave received a general and tinibeLLo: support in the most spirited manner, a large " , IP' shares being allocated in each of those districoi, 001 population on the proposed line is unusually gir,ing il here is every ground for believing that the one of the few now before the public that holds out Po tain prospect of being highly remunerative As sercial undertaking, • maderta+,. cer,