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rently not satisfied with the manner no which his supposed mom-
plke grappled with his master, cried out that the best way to secure
so dangerous a witness was to cut his throat. A large was
actually drawn for the purpose, wbeo, maddened by his danger,
the proprietor, dashing the. weapon on one side with his arm,
rushed upon bit assailants, uttering loud cries for assistance.—
The gendarmes made their appearance at the critical moment,
when the delay of even a few seconds would have been fatal.
The robbers, though surprised, fought desperately • at length
one fell, covered with wounds—three were arrested, and two
succeeded in making their escape at the time ; but one of these
was taken into custody the same evening, as he was attempt.
ing to cross the Adour, and the other in his own. bed the next

FRENCH PAPERS.
From the Gazette7l7lrwace, dated Tuesday.
PARTS, OCT. 19.
After quoting the observations of the ckntstitsstionael. on the Ma-
nifesto of the Emperor of Russiii, the Casette says
We were well convinced beforehand that the Constitutionnd
would not allow more moderation to the Emperor of Russia than
it is used to snow to any other Sovereign. But the proofs which
it brings to support its opinion are so false, that we cannot dis-
pense with refuting them.:
‘• It is entirely false that the Turkish Provinces are to he occu-
pied for an indefinite time. The entire evacuation will take place
immediately after the payment of the indemnity.
" The war contribution, far from being so considerable, as was
said at the beginning, has been reduced by General Diebitsch, or
will be so by his Imperial Majesty.
" There will be no castles occupied in the Bosphorus, either
tensporarily or indefinitely; the treaty is formal upon this point.
" Lastly, The whole territory of Turkey is to be evacuated,
and the Ottoman empire, with the exception of some places in
Asia, remains as it was before the war. The article of the treaty
laying down the limits, and which designates the Pruth as that of
the two Empires to the north of the Principalities, is irrefragable."
Every one of the Liberal Journals has to•day an article against
Russia and its Sovereign ; whether this arises from concert or not—
whether the Col:4W Directeur has given enders or not, it is ne-
vertheless true that this unanimity of sentiments and views in the
organs of revolution is very remarkable.
There have been victories and conquests, after two long and san-
guinary campaigns. Oaght this contest to be without any result
for Russia? Nobody can think so ; least of all those who have been
the most violent instigators of the war.
From the Courrier Francais.
PARIS, Om 19.
The English Journals find in the Treaty of Adrianople an inex-
haustible source of reflection. They do not reproach the Emperor
Nicholas with having profited by the advantages of victory; every
other person in his place would have done the same; but in con-
sidering the Articles of the Treaty, and what has transpired of
the secret articles, they are come unanimously to the conclusion,
that the Ottoman Empire exists no longer, except in name, which
in fact is the conclusion to which every impartial person must
come. The English Journals begin also to perceive that England
and France have played a pitiable part in this affair. They note
-ee what ought to have been done to prevent results which they
must now witness, powerless to influence them. They trusted to
the skill of the Duke of Wellington, and they perceive too late that
.heir trust has failed.
What is strange in all this is, that some of the English Journals
and fault with France and its public spirit. There ought to have
been, they say, a close alliance between the two countries, and un-
fortunately; nationajprejudices are still cherished in France—the
hatred of England has revived with increased strength. These
Journals are deceived—the prejudices they condemn are disappear-
ing Irons amongst us. We do not hate the English Nation, but its
Government—the aristocratical caste which keeps it in subjection,
and endeavours to stifle the germs of liberty among all the nations of
the earth. The aristocracy and its representative, the Duke of Wel-
lington, have sent a Ministry to us, the enemy of free institutions,
the enemy of our national glory, of our recollections—the enemy
of France such as it has been made by half a century of revolu-
cons, of triumphs, of misfortunes, and of progress towards an im-
vested state of social order. This empoisoned gift, thrown
amongst us as a sign of friendship, has revolted the national sus-
ceptibility; a voice has been lifted up in every part of France
against the alliance to be imposed on us at this price; but we have
never confounded the English Nation with the well-justified hatred
we express towards the Duke of Wellington, any more than we
have confounded the just and noble cause of the Irish Catholics
with the despicable diatribes of the meddling O'Connell.
It must be remembered that there was not at the time of Mr.
Canning, in the public opinion of France, the least sentiment of
hostility to England. Canning. wished for civil and religious liberty
for his own country, and for every country of the globe. He would
not have employed his ascendancy to inflict on France an oppressive
Ministry. He would not have hesitated when danger threatened
tit.: independence of Furtipe, any more than he hesitated to repress
the plots of Spain against the liberty of Portugal; he would not,
Above all, have displayed an ignoble condescension for the monster
who is destroying the ancient ally of England. This connivance has
borne its fruits. While a barbarian inspire is effaced in the east of
Europe, it does not depend on a faction favoured by Wellington that
Another such an empire does not rise ift the west. The Camarillo
of Ferdinand has recognized Don Miguel : this Prince acquired a
title to his favour by his attempt on his father; his perjury and
the executions which have followed have completed his claims.
Den Miguel was too much in harmony with the Spanish system,
that there should not be between the two States a close bond of
union. The Lame sympathy must soon induce our Ministers to
imitate the example of Ferdinand. This recognition may be
important for the satisfaction of the two Princes, but it
is of no importance to a political wotid. That a government
with strength, without money, without credit, with-out influence.
should recognise a tottering government that a breath would blow
down, cannot make either of them stronger than they now are. In
honour of the approaching marriage, however, an amnesty is pro-
mised to the Spaniards, and they may appreciate this amnesty by
the official connection between Ferdinand and the most terrible
inflictor of executions that ever desolated a country. There are
moral considerations to be deduced from this recognition. We
shall confine ourselves to one. The Holy Alliance has made legi-
timacy the national law of Europe. If the Monarchs interested in
preserving this right tread it sti readily under foot, can they sup-
pose that this will be the ready method of making it be greatly
venerated by their people?
Fasacx FUNDS.--Pmas, ocl...i9.—Five per Cents. 108 f. 20c.
Three per Cents, 821. 9.5 c. Bank Actions DOM.
Finnan FUNDS.—Neapolitin Renter,ialc. Cert. 89f. 2.5 c. Royal
Spanish Loan, 761. Perpetual Spanish Annuities, 525. Hayden
Loan, 3451.
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• VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.

From the Hobart Town Courier.
Aram 18.—Wheat during the week has been sold for cash at
Cs. 6d. and Ts. per bushel, Seme smutty samples were disposed of
at the Jetty as low as ss. a bushel. Flour 245. per cwt. Potatoes
are generally sold at from ss. to Gs. a cwt. or ld. per pound. Fresh
butter is scarce at 3s. a pound. Eggs, Ls. 6d. a dozen.
'f be Van Diemen's Land establishment has, we learn, received
an additional grant from the Home Government of 20.000 acres,
on account of the severe losses of the Company by shipwrecks.
&c. and the great expense already incurred in the colony.
A man named William ' Riddell was executed at Sydney on the
2.3 d March for murder. He was a native of Roxburghshire, in the
south of Scotland, and was known to have very religious haits
until he was 20 years of age, when he became a disciple habits
notorious Carlisle, and was ukinutely transported for sheep-
stealing.
MAT 9.—The late season has been particularly favourable to
vegetation, to a degree, indeed, as would scarcely be believed in
England. A Kangaroo apple plant (a species of mianum) that
was planted twenty months ago, not three inches high, is nine or
ten yard% round, and from two td three high. The native shrubs
that were planted about the same tight round Mr. Moodie 's beau-
tiful lawn in Davey street, from two to three feet high, and with a
stem about the thickness of the little finger, are now many of them
upwards of twenty feet in height, and, about a yard from the
ground from ten to twelve inches round. Some pumpkins which
we have seen grown in the gardens of Hobart Towel, average from
60 to 701bs weight, and about live round.
MAT 115.—. The whale fishery, which has osemenced unusually
early this season, promises to be most suaripeaful. No less than
ten fish have already been caught by the two establishments down
the river ; and at Oyster Illy and the other eatt stations they have
been equally fortunate. • Resides the Clarence, which is fitting out,
we have now five different establishmeow actively at work, each
of which have front four tp five Wanton/toyed.
MORYSN,' May 16.
Since I wrote you last week the natives have committed another
murder. Two men in the employ of Mrs. Mary Smith were in the
act et cr Abe South Rek with some floor in a cart, when a body
of natives rysionded them ;de Of the men could swim, and got
ma?
the other. btreould sot swim, hsto the river with him for safety.
He ke tMs head above water elms as he could, until obliged from
weak .40 kit him go, at the semedase he observed him bleeding in
ottm
• the he • supposed he had received a spear wooed. The mass
sunk s y her, and has not simo beau found. Liast. Shadier*
with the of his detachasem, hoe bees is• permit of them all
tida week ; heMbee got eight of two mem, but twigs on the opposite
side el an immense tier, it was nitensibis in cosortra with them.
' They still remain in this quarter. Very little is thought is them
days of a man or two being murdered by those barbarous sages.

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