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London, England, 1845-04-09 00:00:00

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The Afrique, published at Algiers. says :—" Abd-el-Kaci(l'
is at Bon-Beida with 1,000 caveiry. le menaces the Beni-
Met Damns, and the Douy-Thabets. Several tribes are Ere-
paring to join him ; amongst them are mentioned the 1)15.
sident-Djeffras, . the Ouled-Mahrs, and the Beni-Matiics,
Colonel G6ry has gone in pursuit of the Emir. The ii'ilL,l°
i province is n a state of agitation. The movement of i!,0":,
el-Kader is attributed to the determination of the Empo"
of Morocco to exlel him from his territory."
A letter from Amsterdam of the 6th, states that agr
portion of Bois le-Duc was under water. The dykes at El
and Driel had given way in two or three places. LT
tern front Groningen, of the 3d inst., state that it was
pected that the dyke of the Iloornsche Diep would also o,'°l
give way, and thereby cause an inundation over a portion 0
the provi;.ce of Friesland.
From Cologi.e. April 4, we have the following
have been nearly thirteen days without accounts from t''
upper countries, on account of the inundations. Near Carls`
rube the waters are seven feet deep. The railroad hail
Bruchial and Weistock is submerged. In the village
Stein, fifteen persons and a great number of cattle have Der..
drowned. At Frankfort, the inundation has reached tw
Roemerbeig. The Danube has also overflowed its bank'
At Nuremberg, the correspondent Journal could not -be rt,„"
lished, as it was impossible fbr the compositors to reach
printing-office."
The Bremen Gazette of the 31st ult says :—" A terribld
catastrophe has occurred here. The Weserteisch V')ke
through its banks this morning at six o'clock, near IN!'
tenthur. The waters are rushing with irresistible fail
carrying away trees and houses. All the commimicallo,..ll
are cut off. At ten o'clock a dozen houses fell in, and so";
afterwards thirty-three others disappeated. Sever 31.
have been lost."
On the night of the sth of March a fire broke out in the Ss
tional Theatre, IVashington, caused, it is said, by the qtr.
lessness of one of the company, who was dressing, '-"„;
theatre was wholly destroyed, together with some seveg
or eight dwelling.houses adjoining.
• The Captain-General of Cuba has issued a proclamatio.ol:
ordering all vessels arriving at the ports in. that island
slaves on board to be confiscated.

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At the Gloucester Assize , Mr. Baron Platt sentenced
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man named Lewin Cliffitrd, to seven years' transportstil:
for having forged a receipt to a post-office order, for the Pia
pose of defiauding Moses Smart. The prosecutor Was
prisoner's grindfather. The prisoner himself belonged to
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Cheltenham p6lice-fitrce.
Humphrey Jones, a broker's clerk, and William Th°-•
a custom-house locker, were convicted at Liverpool, of c"';
spiracy to defraud the Customs revenue. The jury re(' /4
mended that Bibby might receive the slightest. punishment,
that the law would permit, in consideration of the oileNi
duties imposed on him, and the lax attention to duty •N"1-.,
had been paid by some of his superior officers in -the C`!.511
toms. The defendants were not sentenced, as they "
have to be brought up for judgment in the Court above•ro
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At the Central Criminal Court, Mary Ann Pritchard tot
Flaxman, was indicted for mat rying James Flaxmao on ally
19, 1843, her husband Henry Pritchard being then 1111,,,
Pritchard was a sailor, the prisoner had heard nothing of b,r,,
for five years, and the owners of the ship bad stopped
allowance for three years, on the presumption that heft,
(lead. The jury, under the direction of the Comnion

geant, immediately acquitted her. td
Charles Elles Was sentenced, at the :Middlesex SeSsio°s'
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;Yen vests' transportation fm• stealing nine lergaielle -
,•om the Rose and Crown, Crown-street, Soho. laSt
Mr. 13. C. WHIIs awitt, of the Quadrant, who Wes
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week charged with having obtained from Mr. Hearne, ',;1„.
liamentary agent, Pall. mall, two bills for 1,1001., by frail'',
lent pretences, alleged to amount to the offence of larcle
appeared before Mr. Maltby, at Marlborough strcet, tor tio
adjudication of the Court on the evidence produced at !,,i;
prev lona investigat ion. The Magistrate said that hio,'lto
carefully considered the evidence he felt himself bottriu
discharge the defendant.
COuIvi—rAsTIXONABLE.
-Baron and Baroness Lionel Rothschild will give gratt
entertainment on Sunday next to their Royal Highrlesses„...o4
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Hereditary
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Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelits•
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Sir Robert Peel has cards out for a Parliamentary 05„4.
on Saturday next, at his private mansion in Whitss
gardens. '
Viscount Melbourne entertained Viscount and Viecoe-E.O
Palmerston, Lord and Lady Beauvale. and a select nall,•wie
dinner on .Alonday evening, at the Noble Viscount's 13.0w7-
South-so ed. fOr
Lady Brougham yesterday issued cards for a series 0 001
assemblies' for the 1611 and 30th instants, and on the..
and 18th of the ensuing month. the
The Earl of Aberdeen, as Ranger of Greenwich Park .1100,
room of her late itoval Highness the Princess SoPhili,
tilda of Gloucester, 'has taken possession of the edige_teds
grounds; and the noble Foreign Secretary has eileD
portion of the establishment of the late Princess. • ••. A the
The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde o'lllo
Ladies De Burgh have arrived at Paris from Naple-4•• teeit
noble Marquis and Marchioness are expected to arrive at „jog
mansion on Carlton House-terrace at the close of the e°
week. 10
The Earl of Ellenborough has arrived in town front
seat in Gloucestershire. His Lordship has a grand w"
party on Saturday next. • ed
Mr. George Byng, M.P., and Mrs. Byng, haye arnvoef
St. James's-square, from Wrotham Park, Barnet, where t too
have been passing the recess. We are glad to learn tlite
of
Honourable 'Member continues in a very aatisfectory etas
health. 110
The Archbishop of Armagh and the Honourable st
Beresford, who are still at the ArchiepiScopal ralac,est,
Armagh, are not expected to arrive in Charles-
James's-Square, until the end of the month. .
IVIISCELLANEous.
For some time past a great number of vessels have re,
prevented from entering the Channel owing to the late Pre,
'calling easterly winds ; many have arrived from the
Indies, and been compelled to beat about at sea fur sortr'4l
past. Yesterday morning, at all early hour, the wind
round to the and numbers of vessels availed Woe
selves of the op; ortunity of reaching their destination Scrip.
Thames was literally covered with vessels ofditierent dets
lions from all parts id the lab, Staral
On Tuesday afternoon, ut four o'clock, an
explosion took place on the premises of Messrs. Collint:ivel'
and Davis, vinegar rye, Biers, of Union-row, Carnht..„oth
which caused considerable excitement among the inhabota,
et
and destroyed much valuabl, properly. It appears til:lej
the time above named, several men were busily engitnsiie'
the building, who were alarmed by . hearing a lonuiatof
which was timnd to be the still which had explode",„,
tearful violence, fot•ei,g out the windows and injuring A-111P
the men with the scalding liquid, which soon igniteueoll
communicated to the building. The fire was subset° or
extinguiAted, but not bet; re the building
was near 0,03
~umed. The adj,il;ing premises, in the occupancy of
and Son, were much damaged. - to`fr
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The youthful violini.t,
,ter Day, has arrived n tee
from Brussels. He brings with hint the most flatteriagrs:
timonials from M. de lirriot and other eminent rUtt4.,esiJlnd
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re',atrd to his astonishing powers as a violinist. He :
master the most intricate passages with the greatests
elegance of style, and his intonation is considered (0;1! Dee,f3,
The lion Francis Scott, M.P. for Roxburghshire,
npp,)inted Parliamentary agstrt for the district of Port
ROYAL ARTILLEKT.—WooLwIcn, APRIL 0."--:•te;
thin Bent's company, Ist battalion, and Captain C011;°:re
company, 9th battalion, embarked at the .ducky aril cosro
Thursday morning, in one of her Majesty's steamers,
ve.ance to Chatham, where they are to embark in tbe
troop :shit!, reola commi,sioned at that port, for a P
to Canada. "I he of the troops of this branch;..,
st rytee has been remarsably good during the past sehaecoini
old., one sergeant and one drummer go out with
Pa les to 111, up the deficiencies in Captain Symoni" to M
caused by the pi•omotien of a colour serge
sergeant-major and,return to head-quarters, and Wed 00
mer by entering the ranks. An accident bore° tinitia,
morning by the breaking of a perch of one of the am 1'
waggons of the field batteries when at exercise,_ the ,0101
havinii, thrown down the three gunners and drivers, tbei',,
upon it, and fallen upon the breast and face of one I)eiottl
named Robert Arthur. The wounded man was imaitteedri,
conveyed to the Orinance Hospital, and prourptl sloo_l4
to by-Dr. Stewart, who was in waiting to receive otr,
hearing of the accident. The two other gunners fortu.
escaped with slight injury. • • se
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HONESTY' ITS OWN REWARD.—As ',reve-e
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vent was passing Sling the Bayswater-road, on Sstr
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he found lying in the road a bunch of keys, togethe_4l
some seals, of rather curious workmanship. The
took them home, and in the spirit of simple honest net
them to his employer who advised the finder to lox
an advertisement, which would no doubt soon appear'ete
mately the drill man found that the seals and key s mete,
to 1.
property of the Queen An officer of the police 00,
Palace with the finder, when the Queen gave him coritP,
reward, while Prince Albert adtied 101. more, As
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fo'
meat to the poor fellow's honesty.
We understand that the consideration,glelAY
the purchase of Osborne House and estate was 260ropeil
said to be 2,000/. less than was first asked for-that UP"
when it was contemplated to be taken as a marine
her Majesty and the youthful Royal Family.

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