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Accounts have beeen received from Dr. Wolff, dated
Malta, 26th of October, on which day he sailed for Con-
stantinople. Tbe doctor writes in great spirits, and ex-
presses his gratitude for the kind reception he has met
with from his old and new friends in that island
King Louis, the soverefi
sent his son and heir to I

n of Gabon, in Africa, h

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11 the Characte-ii-s7tic—s-

TTA—INDIGO SEASON, 1843.—According to the
ceived from the various factories, the forthcoming
crop of Indigo is likely to exceed all precedent. The
Friend of India states that it will probably exceed rather
than fall short of 150,000 ma
NE

W BANK IN AFRICA.—The establishment of a joint
bank at Algiers, is announced. Its discounts are
to be regulated by the rate allowed in that country, which
is ten per cent. per annum. Its principal object is to re-
vive the commerce of the place, which is suffering from
want of capital.

MEXICO.—The accounts from Mexico confirm the
statements recently put forth in this country, to the effect
that the Mexican Government has issued a decree pro-
hibiting foreigners from engaging in trade in that repub-
lic. Naturalized foreigners, foreigners married to Mexi-
can women, and those who reside in the republic with
their families, are made exceptions to the prohibition.

BELGIUM.—The king of the Belgians opened the Cham-
bers on Tuesday, with a speech, in which the following
of Great Britain has re-

passages occur
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given to Belgium a proof of lively sympathy in vi-
siting some of our provinces. Happy in the opportunity
of exercising their ancient hospitality, our population have
displayed an earnestness full of cordiality, by which my
august niece has been able to appreciate the good spirit
which animates them."

A PLEASANT COMPANlON.—According to a Berlin
letter, a merchant highly esteemed in that city, found
himself a few days ago in one of the chariots of the An-
halt Railroad train, with only one other passenger, who
was a young man. When they had passed Ludwigsfield,
the merchant suddenly seized his fellow-traveller by the
throat, and endeavoured to strangle him. He, fortunately
being strong and courageous, defended himself in a strug-
gle which lasted till they arrived at Trebbin and stopped,
when his cries brought him assistance. The merchant
was taken out and found to be in a violent paroxysm of

madness

COLONEL STODDART AND CAPTAIN CONOLLY.—The
last Overland Mail has brought a letter from Lieut. Vin-
cent, Bengal Artillery, whose narrative of the imprison-
ment of the Cabul captives excited so much interest in
this country; this letter is addressed to the Rev. Dr.
Wolff, and dated Meerut, Sept. 18, 1813. Mr. Eyre be-
lieves that Colonel Stoddait and Captain Conolly are
Will alive, and is anxious to join Dr. Wolff in his expedi-
tion to Bokhara. " You have of course heard the story
derived through Colonel Sheil from a Persian, who pro-
fessed actually to have seen the graves in which Stoddart
and Conolly had been buried. This story has, however,
been contradicted by two highly respectable Jews, both
of whom I know intimately, and whom I believe to be
honest and upright men. They have both received letters
from Bokhara, mentioning both officers as still alive, and
information has been received from other quarters that
the two graves were those of two servants who bad of-
fended the King."

SIR C. NAPIER AND HIS ARMY.—The following ex-
tract from Sir Charles's speech at the dinner given to him
by the officers of the force at Hyderabad on the 28th ult.,
is highly characteristic of the gallant General, and will,
we are sure, be read with deep interest. In rising to
return thanks on his health being drunk, Sir Charles
said,—" I have heard, gentlemen, of a General spoiling
an army, but it appears to me that the force I command
-wishes to spoil its General, and I will now explain in what
manner I mean it. First, you win two battles for me ;
secondly, you made me Governor of Scinde ; thirdly, you
give me a regiment ; and lastly, you made me a Knight
Grand Cross of the Bath. I feel and appreciate your
kindness, favour, and friendship. Gentlemen, the good
order and understanding that exists in a British army is
mainly attributable to the messes of the service. When
officers meet at a mess, the General and the junior ensign
are on a level ; every one is at full liberty to express his
thoughts and feelings as they emanate. On parade the
laws of reason and discipline combine to make him obey
his commander. We are all gentlemen by birth and edu-
cation, and consequently on a par. This is also a reason,
gentlemen, that I feel your testimonials of friendship so
keenly. It is not with any idea of favours or honour
that you thus befriend me. You are all far too superior
to such base ideas. Thus, gentlemen, the best feelings of
my heart, be where I may, will be linked to you with the
march in the desert, the battles in Scinde, and the dinner
in the plains of Hyderabad."—Bombay Times, Sept. 16.
PARISIAN TRICK.—A short time ago, a French lady of
fashion, young, gay, and lovely, decided upon the purchase
fa shawl. The " Rue Richelieu" is celebrated for shops
abounding with that sine qua non of a Paris belle, and
t other the lady went. After, of course, a long perplexity
of choice, the one which was cbarmant, delicieux, and all
that sort of thing, was chosen. Little, poor lady ! did
she dream how one from without was watching all her
proceedings within ! But to proceed. The choice being
happily effected, the purchaser turned to the " comptoir,"
where, as usual, a well-dressed woman sat as book-keeper
and receiver-general. Scarcely had a billet de banque for
five hundred francs been laid upon the desk, when a dash-
ing bearded and moustached man entered, made direct to
the lady, gave her a tremendous box of the ear, with the
words," Very well, madam ; I'll teach you to buy shawls
without the permission of your husband"' fhe lady
fainted—the man took up the billet de Longue, put it into
his pocket, and, looking unutterable things, departed.
The men and shop girls of the establishment hurried to
the aid of the unfortunate wife--salts and smelling bottles
at length restored her to her senses—with one accord a
shower of pity fell upon the martyr_ nna

..use upon
Madam ! how I pity you ! He is a
monster ! How sorry lam for you that you have
uch a husband." "My husband ! He is no husband of
mine ; he is a thief !" The reaction was instant: all
within the shop ran into the street and shouted stop thief !
stop thief ! much to the astonishment of many innocent
Pedestrians, and countless splphides, "eidadines," and
other conveyances which chanced to be passing. The
clever rogue had long since effected his escape, with the
c Ilmness and dignity of an offended husband.—Cheltenharn
Looker-on.

A
beatiful Oriental Proverb runs thus • " J patience the mulberry leaf becomes sa.tin."With t;m

IRELAND.

The following, from our own correspondent, appeared
in our Second Edition on Tuesday last :
Nov. 13Tur, Four o' Clack,

DUBLIN

The COurt of Queen's Bench has just refused the tra-
versers' motion for a copy of the captiori. The members
of the court were not unanimous, Judge Perrin differing
from the majority, being of opinion that the motion
ought to be granted.
Judge Burton stated that at first he nos inclined to agree

with Judge Perrin, but after mature consideration he had
altered his mind. •

All the members of the court delivered their opinions

at great length

Mr. Whiteside again to-day, on a new ground, at-
tempted to move for a list of the witnesses. but the court
would not hear him, as he had not given notice to the
Crown.

Mr. Richard Moore then withdrew his notice to move

to set aside the rules to plead, as he said the Court by re-
frtOing the previous motions, had taken from under his
feet the only ground on which he could support them.
Mr. Macdonough then withdrew a similar notice of mo-
tion, for the same reason. The traversers are to plead
to-morrow, on which day notice has been given to the
Crown that the traversers will move for a bill of the par
ticulars of the charges intended to be made, although,
one would think, the indictment was specific enough.
A large quantity of barricading materials has been
brought to the Castle, by a party of sappers, for the pur-
pose of fortifying it, but they have not yet been set up.
Half-past Four o' Clock.
A Proclamation Isas just been issued by Mr. O'Connell
most earnestly entreating the people to remain quiet ;
from which it would seem he has great doubts of his
power to restrain them at the present crisis from break-
ing out into open violence.

Their Lordships sat at eleven o'clock on Tuesday.
A little before one o'clock, the motions of curse hav-
ing been heard, the case of " The Queen v. Samuel Gray,"

was called on

Mr. Whiteside (Queen's counsel) proceeded to move an
arrest of judgment on his client, who had been found
guilty at the last Monaghan assizes for firing with intent
to kill. [The circumstances of the case are, as Judge
Crampton said, rather curious, and involving some very
novel points. The prisoner, who was a very prominent
member of the Orange Society, had made himself ob-
noxious to the Roman Catholics of his neighbourhood,
and much was excited between them. Gray was a
man of violent disposition, and always went about well
armed. In an affray some years ago, he was accused of
shooting at a Roman Catholic, and has since stood no less
than six trials, in the first five of which he was acquitted,
but, as his opponents contended, merely through the par-
tiality of a jury of his co-religionists. At his sixth and last
trial he was found guilty, but having challenged a juror,
and having had his challenge overruled by the Crown, he
has been kept in custody till the question of right could
be decided before the Queen's Bench.] His learned
counsel proceeded to state the above facts, and to argue
against the legality of the course taken by the Crown in
disallowing the prisoner's challenge, which, if proved,
would consequently lead to a new trial.
In a few minutes after, whilst the Judges were consult-

ing on Gray's case,
Sir C. O'Lognlin rose and said, my lords, in the case
of the " Queen against O'Connell and others," the
parties are in attendance, this being the last day of plead-
ing.

The Court, in answer to Mr. Whiteside, stated that
Gray's case would stand over.

Mr. Bourne, Clerk of the Crown, returned in a few
moments, having received the oaths of the traversers to
their pleas in chamber, and immediately after the traver-
sers entered the Court, attended by their attorneys, who
proteeded to hand in the pleas to the clerk of the Crown.
All the nine pleas having been handed in, and some of
the parties having been sworn who had not previously
taken the necessary oath, the plea of Mr. O'Conaell was
read by the clerk, in compliance with the request of the
Attorney-General. It is very brief, and in technical terms'
is a plea of abatement, on the ground that by the statute
of the 56th of George 111. the witnesses examined before
the grand jury who found the bill ought to have been sworn
in open court, and were not.
A similar plea was entered on behalf of LI

her tray-

The Attorney-General immediately rose, and called
upon the Court to allow him until the next morning to
look into this plea more fully. He certainly did hope that
the Court would not receive it until be had an opportunity
of doing so, and o‘ addressing the Court on the subject.

The Lord Chie(Justice.—l do not anticipate any ob-
jection on either side ; but as a member of this Court, I
do say that four o'clock is not a proper time to enter into
this matter.

Their Lordships then rose, and the Court adjourned.
The course taken by the Counsel for the defence ap-
peared to take the law officers of the Crown by surprise,
as it seemed to be generally understood that there would
be an application for an extension of time to plead.

_ 3eneral, and others of the counsel for
the crown, argued at great length on Wednesday that the
traversers were bound, if they intended to put in pleas of
abatement, to have done so when they were charged with
the indictment. Not having done so, they were tierefore
too late now with such a plea.
After the reply of the counsel for the traversers
The court decided that the plea of
pleaded in sufficient time

orney-

abatement was

The council for the crown then demurred to the plea,
and contended for their right to proceed forthwith with

the argument

The council for the traversers, however, refused to argue
the question without due notice being given.

The court agreed with the latter,' and a four-day rule
s granted, so that the case would come on on Monday

DREADFUL OUTRAGE IN TIPPERARY

'rom the Nenagh Guardian.)

" On Sunday evening last the family circle, at dinner,
of Mr. Thomas Waller, of Finnoe, within a mile-and-a-
half of Borisokane, consisted of that gentleman and Mrs.
Waller, a young boy, their grandson, son to Mr. John
Francis Waller, Miss Vereker, sister to Mrs. Waller, and
Mr. John A. Peraddel, brother-in-law of Mr. Waller.
The dining parlour had two entrance doors. one from the
hall, and the other leading to theaks in connexion with
the kitchen. Mr. Braddeil sat the head, and Mr. Wailer
at the foot of the table ; and just as the last dish of the
first course was being removed Mr. Braddell perceived a
man, armed with a pistol, in the doorway, which was near
to Mr. Waller, and who presented it at his head. Mr.
Braddell cried out ' Waller, you are murdered ! ' and,
immediately starting to his feet, was about to rush against
the fellow with the chair he set upon, when he perceived
himself covered by a blunderbuss in the arms of another
villian, who was in the doorway which entered from the
itll. Mr. Braddeil then rushed upon this fellow, and
the chair forced him into the hall, when the shock
ck the flint out of his deadly weapon. The old but-
ler, a venerable and worthy servant, pushed the young
boy under a sideboard, and with a garden tool used for
plucking up weeds, be inflicted many severe blows on the
ruffian who levelled the weapon at his master. There
were in this murderous attack seven persons, and as des-
perate and sanguinary a battle then ensued as ever we
heard of in a private dwelling. The villians succeeded in
wresting the garden tool from the butler, and with it, the
butt of their fire-arms, a bar of iron, they found in the.
hall, and the coulter of a plough, they beat to an unmer-
ciful extent the two gentlemen, the two ladies, and the
aged butler, who was only able to crawl to the alarm-bell,
which he rang violently, on which the party made off,
leaving, as they supposed, their victims butchered. The
alarm-bell brought some of the neighbouring gentry, who
found the dining-room and hall more like a slaughter-
house than those belonging to the mansion of a gentle-
man. The entire family were in a complete state of in-
sensibility. Dr. Stoney, of Borrisokane, was instantly
sent for, when it was found that Mr. Waller and Mr.
Braddell were dreadfully injured ; Mrs. Waller lying un-
der the table in her gore, being struck down by the blow
of a bar of iron on the back of the head, and Miss Vere-
ker in a similar or possibly a worse state. Next morning
Dr. Dempster, of Nenagh, was early in attendance, and
the sufferers were examined and their wounds dressed.
Mr. Waller's left arm has both bones broken, there are
eleven cuts on his head, and one of his eyes is dangerously
injured. Mr. Braddell was brought into Nenagh on
Monday. His head is awfully bruised, so much so, that
it cannot yet be ascertained if there be a fracture; his
eyes are frightfully injured, and his body severely beaten
and hurt, and on being undressed his clothes were found
to be saturated in his own blood. In fact, it will be im-
possible for some days to ascertain the extent of the in-
juries inflicted, or if there be any hope of their surviving
this murderous, brutal, and unmanly attack. We have
learned that some of the murderer; have been seriously
wounded, and that !here are strong grounds for suspicion
against some parties, and great hopes entertained of
bringing the delinquents to justice. They must have en-
tered the house by a back door, which is usually securely
fastened at an early hour in the evening, and they must
have taken their shoes off before they ascended the back
stairs which led to the hall. A number of magistrates
and other gentlemen visited the scene of this atrocious
outrage on Monday, viz., Major Priestly, Messrs. P.
Carroll, T. G. Stoney, T. B. Dancer, T. Sadleir, T.
Brereton, resident magistrate, J. Fitzgerald, &c. Tues-
day morning at eight o'clock there was a consultation of
the medical gentlemen. Mr. Wailer, we are happy to
say, passed a tolerable night. Mrs. Waller is going on
favourably. Miss Vereker is in a most dangerous mkt'
precarious state. Mr. Braddell is in that state that it
will be impossible to say for a few days what the result of
his injuries may be. We have heard some persons are
already taken up for this deed of barbarity."