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LATEST FROM EUROPE
An arrival At Boston, brinRa london
papers to the SOth November.
A most tremendous riot occurred n
Lyons, IN France, about the 2lst Of No
Sember, between the manufactu
and workmen, arising frou the distress
ed situation Of the latter. which CON.
tinued Tor three days, the rioters hav-
ing obtained possession Of the city,
which wss piliaged and set ON FIRE IN
all qusrtess. Large 6res were made
on all the public squsres, into which
were thrown ell the books, stock, fur.
niture, &c. taken from the plsndered
houses. The National Guard took the
part Of the manufacturers, and can.
nonaded the rioters, which continued
at intervals up 10 the last date, which,
however, represented e6sirs in 4 more
quiet state. The Duke Of Orleans had
left Paris for Lyons IN consequence Of
the distracted state Of Affairs in that
place.
Extract Of letter, dated LYONS,
Nov. 22: "A sharp onading - 70.
ing on from the city, a. also from the
Croix 4eoosses, which IS not yet taken.
Up TO ten o'clock I have seen carried
past my window upwards Of 500 killed
and wounded. The uumbess killed on
the other side must be enormous. rs
every cannon brings row Of them
down."
The Paris Moniteur Of Nov. as.
says: "if the Government shall At
tack Lyons. il will be reduced to ashes
before 60. 900 workmen under arms
will surrender. If the masters xli a.
dept the thrift (ef wages) all will be ar
ranged without shedding q drop more
OF French blood. Hope and believe
this will be the case"
Adsspatch received by the Govern
ment, also dated on the 25th, says:-
"The theatres and the shops are re.
oPened--the tranquility Is perfect"
A bulletin harmonises with the nc.
count given by the Government, that
the workmen are ready to return to
their labour on having the tariff adopt.
ed.
Mr.. Atkinson, . passenger, states
that as he was leaving London on the
evening Of the 3Oth, criers were an
nouncing in the streets, publications
in type which ,Douid contain accounts
Of an insiTrecfion at Lisbon, AND rHx
SLIoHr OF DON MIGUEL.
The dreadful scourge, the cholera
morbus, (says . letter to the London
Courier,) is making fearful ravages in
Smyrna, having in all probability been
brought from Alexandria, where, By
the last accounts, eight hundred per.
sons were dying daily.
The cholera At Sunderland, Eng
land. 10 still progressing. From the
commencement Of the disease, Oct.
&c, there had been a9l cases, deaths
eighty-six.
Extract Of letter to the editor Of
the London Courier, from a physician
at Sunderland: ~ saw some cases this
morning in the temporary hospital,
with Drs. Barry aud Daun, and with
the parish surgeon, Mr.. Embleton.-
The effect at FIRST sight which a case of
real cholera produces on the mind, can
neither be described or conceived
The whole body becomes torpid and
oonvuised, the eyes sunk, the counte-
nance Of blue livid colour, the voice
scarcely audible, and the abdominal
viscera seem ~ IL they we're pressed in
q viees. II patients recover FROM this
stags 81 the disease, which seldom hap
pens, typhus fever ensaes; therefore
new character 10 given to the disease"
The bUREINo cases continued to ex-
cite much alarm in London; one Of the
offenders, by the name Of Shields, had
made Q confession, which led to the
arrest Of several persons.
by later arrival al New York
The Cholera ia England. The Ger.
tainfy Of the prevalence Of this fearful
disease in Sunderland, to an alarming
extent. and its appearance in Neweas.
tie, forms the topic Of deepest interest
In England, at the present moment
Holland and Belgium. The King
OF Holland has sgain been invited 10
accept without alterations, the twenty
four articles agreed upon By the allied
Ministers At Lenden, az tha basis Of
the separation between Holland and
Belgium, and has again refused. wish
ing again 20 negotiate aceOrdink to
some accounts; bot according toosksrs.
having secret encouragement for tax.
ing this course from the great powers
Of the north.
Portugal Lisbon dates are TO the
18th November inclusive. Though
there is no confirmation Of the oral re-
port brought by the passenger in the
Colombia vhO heard IL in Londou on
the evening Of the 30th. that Don Mi
guel bad hed, and there was general
disturbance 10 bis kingdom, Tiers Is
nothing incompatible with such a state
Of affairs, in the extracts published In
The London papers. The Lisbon Ga