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LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1856,

While the dungeons of Naples, and the cruel-
ties of King BOMBA, their keeper, are engaging
the attention of the French and English Govern-
tents, a cry reaches us from some well nigh for-
gotten victims of oppression in the pestilential
prison, 6,000 miles distant, to which a pitiless
policy years ago consigned them. The parties to
whom we refer are Europeans—Frenchmen—and
their prison is the island of Cayenne. What sort
of a place that is may be imagined when we state
the name given to it by these exiles—it is the
"Island of Despair !" If our Government doubt
the propriety of the designation they have only
to refer to the Emperor NAPOLEON, who is per-
fectly informed on the matter, having sent the
miserable wretches there, and being accountable
for their treatment. It is well the cry in ques-
tion did not reach Europe sooner, for if it had
what a telling argument BOMBA might have made
of it against French interference, and what a taunt
for the British Government !
What political sympathy these men may fairly
claim from Englishmen we are not prepared to say.
It may be none. The voice .f humanity, however,
pleads very powerfully on their behalf. Whatever
they are or are not, they are men—not a few of
them educated gentlemen—and their cry is very
heartrending. The reader has but to turn to
another column to be assured on this head. There
he will find a letter from Limns BLANC, through
which they are suffered to speak. The cruelties
known to have been perpetrated in French Guiana
on the poor exiles have not, we are now told,
ceased. To have them transported to a pestilen-
tial island, far away from friends and home, is
not enough, nor to keep them when they are there
either—though years have elapsed, and an admir.
able occasion for showing them mercy has pre.
seated itself—they must be made to endure all
that brutal malice can inflict. They are "un-
speakably tortured," and that "on the flimsiest
pretences ;" and have the mortification to reflect
that, confiding in the specious promises of their
Imperial gaoler, the people of this country and
other European countries believe them to be com-
paratively free, and enduring no other pangs than
those of enforced exile.

Let the poor wretches speak for themselves,
They are not criminal convicts, but politica,
prisoners—men who never were tried at all, but
were condemned and expatriated wholesale. "Out
of five men lately arrested for some talk it had
been the fancy of the overseer to invent, two
were tied to a stake and dealt with as the most
vile criminals. As they were reluctant to submit Without at all sharing in, or wishing to per-
to an ignominious punishment, soldiers were called pstuate the foolish panic, owing its origin to the
for, who, rushing
-upon the victims, bruised them recent cases of
poisoning, it may be well to draw
With blows, tore off their beards, and, reckless of attention to the necessity for adopting some men-
the shrieks with which wild beasts would have sures for the protection of the public against the
been moved, bound them with cords so administration of powerful poisons by evil-di..
fast as to make the blood gush ! To posed, non-professional individuals. The subject,
relate all we suffer, is more than we can possibly undoubtedly, is one exceedingly difficult to deal
do. Our cheeks kindle with shame, and our with, and accordingly demanding much considera-
poi Su -
hearts are bleeding. Suffice to say, that while tion. Do as we may poisons will alwa
the French Government has its clemency cried up within the reach of the intending ys be
everywhere—there are Frenchmen in Guiana who posing a wholesale ban were placed on so
the ner.sale Pof
ours of Des
do gasp for life. Nor
are they allowed the so- everything that can be placed in the category of
j the Island of pair, bumble as it is ; poisons by the druggist, a measure which nothinc,
barbarous administrators drag them violently on but the extremest ignorance and folly could seri-
the continent, to compel them to a
labour of eight ously contemplate, the safeguard of the public
hours a day in the marshy forests, from which would be very far from complete. Iregetable
pestilential vapours are continually rising, i 3 We and mineral poisons are to be had independent of
refused to submit to this outrage upon laws, to any trade agency, and were they not, what is to
this murderous attempt ; we claimed promised protect the public against " the surgery ?" So
liberty, The answer is dcat/t—a magnanimous long as the practice of medicine involves the v.v.

hibition of poisons, poisons will be kept in
surgeries, and it should be remembered that it
was from a surgeon's assistant PALMER. got the first
parcel of strychnia, and from a surgery Dove got
what sufficed of that deadly medicament to destroy
his wife. The druggist, however, must sell poison
unless the public are to be delivered over to the
dispensation of Dr. MORRISON or Professor HOL-
LOWAY. The great majority of people cannot
afford to call in the attendance of a doctor in every
case, or in anything like every case, in which the
use of drugs which, taken in excess prove poisonous,
is according to our present notions deemed neces-
sary. They must have these drugs, and, setting
the claims of the great body of druggists aside,
they will have them. The tyranny involved in
the prohibition would be intolerable. Of course,
when thus speaking, we confine ourselves to such
poisons as preparations of opium and the like, pre-
scribed in works on domestic medicine and by the
petticoated doctors, so to speak, of tradition. A
good deal most always be left to the druggist's care
anddiscretion. There can be no objection, however,
to making the sale of such powerful medicines as
strychnine, veratrine, morphia, &c., penal,
unless the party requiring any one of them pro.
duce a certificate of approval by a medical man.
So far as our knowledge extends, the public are
gr9tly indebted to the class of well-educated
druggists for the care and judgment they con-
stantly manifest for their protection. The great
drawback to confidence in the efficiency of such
discretion is the extensive sale of drugs by incom-
petent persons. Having thus cursorily noticed
this important subject, we pass on to another
immediately connected with it, viz., the necessity
there exists for the public being duly informed of
the measures to be adopted in cases of poisoning,
supposed as well as real. The first thing that
should he done is to send for a doctor. As,
however, considerable delay, and that at the
most critical period, may take place before
his services can be made available, the heads
of families should make thernsel ves acquainted with
the symptoms produced by the various poisonous
drugs in use, and the most approved means of
counteraction. In most cases there will be little
difficulty in ascertaining what the poison taken
really is; so that, save in cases of secret poisoning
with intent to kill, there need be no delay in the
exhibition of an appropriate remedy. A broad-
sheet* now lies before us which may be recom-
mended as furnishing much useful information,
both as to the symptoms produced by a number
of well-known poisons, including strychnine, arc.,
and the treatment to be adopted in each case with

the unfortunate patient, the object of the author
being not to supersede the employment of a
medical man, but to prevent that waste
of time and opportunity which render too
often his services comparatively valueless.
One caution he particularly enforces, and, as it
cannot be too extensively circulated, we repeat it
for the benefit of our readers. Until putre-
faction commences there is no absolute proof of
death—not even a cessation of the beating of the
lieut. So long as the mus3ular irritability of
that organ is not exhausted flare is ground for
hope ; and until the death of the patient is beyond
the reach of doubt, no effort for his restoration
should be given up in despair. The contents of

the broadsheet are enriched with notes by " an
eminent physician."

* Poisons : their Effects and Antidotes. By E. A
J. T►mothy. H. 11. Collins and C 3.

REVIEW OF TRE GERMAN TROOPS AT
.131WWNDOWIV BY THE QUEEN.

On Saturday afternoon ber Majesty and H.R.H.
Psiuce Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wa'es, the
- Princess Royal, and a few more of the Royal family,
cr s;5l from Osborne to Browndown, to review the
troops of the British Foreign Legion, encamped there.
Her Majesty arrived at the beach at Broa-ndown at about
half-past four o'clock, and was received by the Lieuten-
ant Governor, Maj n--General Breton, commandant of
the camp, Colonel Wooldridge, by a number of the offi-
cer 3 of the staff and garrison, and a guard of honour
from the 22d Regiment, with its band. Two of the
r ,3 al carriages were in waiting for her Majesty's use, in
one of which her Majesty and Prince Albert took their
seats, and in the other H.R.H. the Princess Royal took
hers. Her Majesty and H.R.H. Prince Albert were in
plain clothes. The road from the beach to the camp,
about three quarters of a mile in length, was guarded by
the 22d Regiment and a detachment of the Legion. The
troops to be reviewed were drawn up on the Down in
line, two deep, and presented a fine soldierly appearance.
They consisted of the Ist and 3d Regiments (.4 the Bri-
ti-h German Legion, numbering about 2,000 men, Her
Majesty drove i❑ front of the line, accompanied by the
officere in attendance, the band of each regiment playing
appropriate tunes. Afterwards the troops formed in
open column, and marched past the Queen in quick and
slow time, and no body of troops could have presented
a finer appearacce. Some other evolution took place,
after which her Majesty and the Court went over the
camp, the troops being drawn up in companies in front
of their respective encampments ; her Majesty and suite
walking round the whole of the camp and entering some
of the tents to view the accommodation, &c. This be-
ing concluded, the Queen, the Prince, and the Court
drove to the new forts constructing near Browndown
and made a lengthened inspection of them. The royal
patty then returned to the beach, and re-embarked on
board the Fairy, at half-past six, under a salute from
the ships at Spithead.

THE jUN. LON :0 0 5 MON DA Y VN I N UGUST 25, teise,

LATEST NEWS.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.

This morning the Royal mail steam-ship Ara-

bia, Captain Stone, arrived off Point Lynas.
She was to leave Boston on the 13th inst., with
the mails from the United States and British

is about to be appointed minister plenipotentiary
in Mexico. The SAIIIC journal states that the state
of Portugal is not satisfactory, and that there is
agitation in the army. A letter announces the
departure of the ex-Minister of the Interior, M. P.
de la Escosura, for France.

A letter from Vienna, in the Cologne Gazette,
says :—" 'We learn from a good source that Russia
will not consent on any condition whatever to the
cession of Boigrad."

The Military Gazette of Vienna says :—" The
officers charged with the mission of examining the
improvements effected in England, Belgium, and
France in engineering and artillery arms have re-
turned here, and it would appear from their report
that the superiority in these arms is on the side
of Austria."

The German Journal of Frankfort, of the 21st,
says :—" Baron d'Oitensacken, Count Pahlen, and
the young Count de Nessolrode, have arrived here
from St. Petersburg."

General Count de Kielmansegge, formerly Mi-
nister of War at Hanover, has just expired in flirt
city, aged 79.

The King of Greece arrived at Darmstadt on the
19th, from Ludevigshov, in company with the
Empress-Dowager Caroline of Austria. Their
Majesties are on a visit to the Court of Hesse.

Tho Fcedrelandet of Copenhagen, of the 18th,
says :—" Mr. Buchanan, the English Minister
at our Court, who had been summoned
to England to give some information to his
government on the subject of the Sound dues, re-
turned to his post the day before yesterday. We
are informed that he has brought with him the
pleasing intelligence that the British Government
is disposed to accept the proposition of capitalisa-
tion made by Denmark. Mr Buchanan, who in
returning to Copenhagen passed through Berlin,
states that the Prussian Government also adheres to
the proposal of our Cabinet. The powers most
interested in the question—Russia, Sweden and
Norway, England, and Prussia—are thus agreed
on the point of accepting the Danish proposition ;
if to this it be added that the United States have
made offers to the same effect, there is every reason
to hope that the commerce of the world *ill be
soon relieved of one of its most heavy charges."

THE STATE OF OUDE.

The following is an extract from a letter dated
Lucknow, June 15 :
" The late native officers of the Oude Govern-
ment draughted into the commission have proved
a failure. They are quite incompetent to perform
the duties required of them, and have one and all
expressed their desire to be otherwise provided for,
and it is in contemplation to place them in appoint-
ments for which their previous career fits them.
The Toolshupoor Rajah showed significant tokens
of insubordination and disaffection, and several
dacoities occurred in his territory. His rabble re-
tainers—ruffians of the worst character—had large
claims of arrears against him, and being unable
himself to pay he let them loose in his villages. A
force was sent which did its work without firing a
shot. The Rajah fled, and Wingfield rapidly pur-
sued and captured him. His forts are occupied,
his rabble followers p tid up, and his country will
now be settled anu a handsome allowance given
him. The clever and admirable manner in which
Wingfield has effected this will gain for him great
and deserved praise. He is decidedly our best offi-
cer. Had the Rajah succeeded in getting away
his followers would have kept us in hot water all
the rains, and the example might have been fol-
lowed by others. As it has happened the lesson read
to all malcontents is most salutary. The complete
discomfiture and easy capture of a Rajah against
whom the King's forces could do nothing, and who
constantly defeated him—who for three years has
defied all authority—have so stronglymanifested our
power, and futility of any attempt to oppose it, that
I am quite certain this bloodless campaign will be
the first and last one. All the rest of Oude is
tranquil. The largo Talookdars are paying up and
discharging the large bodies they were compelled
to retain in their own defence, to protect them from
the rapacity of the King's Amils. People are re-
turning to the houses and lands from which op-
pression and insecurity of life and prospects had
driven them ; and everywhere there are the most
willing obedience and submission to our authority.
The lull and absence of incident, indeediare so won-
derful as almost to seem like the power of magic,
and, one might be inclined to believe that it was
the slumbering which precedes the burst of a vol-
cano ; but there is such a cheerful resort of all
classes to our officers, and such a complete adop-
tion of our system, that [ am constrained to believe
that it is real, and that the people really hail us as
their deliverers. All claims against the late State
have now been adjusted ; and though the sum has
been enormous, yet this act of justice and the
means it has afford( d the people of comfortably
settling themselves have very largely contributed
towards the attainment of the present state of
tranquillity, and it is perhaps a fortunate circum-
stance that the dawn of our rule has been ushered
in by so large a measure of justice. There is but
little crime. This city is profoundly tranquil ; still
the elements of mischief are in existence, and, if
stirred up, we might even now be pla3ed in an
awkward predicament. We are daily becoming
stronger, and in another month our police will be
efficiently and completely organised. The re-
venue is coming in. Of the rubbee demand
there is only 18 per cent. balance in Luck-
now. G—'s division is heavily in arrears ; but
that part of Oude has for years never paid revenue
without coercion. - Christian's division, Khyrabad,
is working like the machinery for the administration
of an old settled province. This has been brought
about by the unprecedented exertions of our officers.
" All have been exposed to burning heat, and
have identified themselves with the interests of
Government. I wish my Lord Albemarle and some
of those gentlemen in the Lords and Commons who
assimilate the work and duties and responsibilities
of ludian officials to those of colonies resembling
this country in no one particular had been with
Wingfield, or any deputy-commissioner, during
this season, and I am sure they would maintain
unbroken silence hereafter on Indian topics.
" The poor King has bitterly rued the day he
quitted Lucknow. lie has had to pay 56,000 r. for
his passage down in two steamers, and the Peninsu-
lar and Oriental Company have called upon him to
pay 75,000 r. in fulfilment of an agreement made
with them by Captain Bird on the King's part ;
and I believe he has been warned of several claims

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which are likely to be preferred against him if he
ever sets his foot iu England. Aghai Ali Khan,
of Sultanpoor, has been called upon to make good
25,000 r. He and the Minister were the worst of

all the harpies who preyed on the kingdom. A
board of works has been organised, but it is not yet
in operation.

" The troops, including her Majesty's 52d, are
all exceedingly healthy. We have early and heavy
rains. The river is quite lull. We are enjoying
exceedingly pleasant weather for the time of year.
The city is undergoing cleansing and ventilation,
and is already much improved. Our judicial duties
are daily becalming heavier, but more regular and
less miscellaneous, and when we get the establish-
ments settled I' hope our courts will be in regular
working order. At present the revenue occupies
an undue but unavoidably large share of attention."