The St. Landry whig., 1844-12-12

nlt. The discussion on the Address In reply TO
the speech from the throne, was brought to Q
close on the 25th tilt.
Al bill introduced into the Chamber of Peers,
for the abolition of slavery in the Portuguese pos
sessions in Asia, was opposed by Ministers, and
rejected by a majority Of % votes against le.
MoRoeco. A6d-e -Kader and the Moors.-A
letter from Ofan, fthe 10th ult. mentions a re-
port that the Moors had again attacked the
French, on the frontiers, and that Abd-el-kadcr
was in that direction exciting the fanaticism oil
the tribes. The Spahis and q battalion Of the
45th Regiment ofthe Line had accordingly mar
ched on that day to reinforce the5column OF Cen
eral Lamoricicre.
SwITzERLAND.-The Zurich Gazette announ.
ces, that son the oath ult., after a discussion
whichlasted from 8 o'clock in the morning till
Z o'clock in the evening, the Great Council of
Lucernes resolved to recall the Jesuits, and con-
fde to them the education of the youth of the
Canton. This grave resolution was adopted by
a majority of 20 votes TO "a"
GREEcE. Atheas.1The Kings ffete was cole
hrated with the usual rejoicings. The Grand
Cross Of the Order ofthe Saviour was conferred
upon M. Metaxe. The discussions in the Cham
bers have been very warm.
ISp1A.-The chief intelligence relates to dis
turbances in the southern Mahratta country
which has been some time in a disturbed STATE.
Some ofthe malcontents seized two ofthe strong
/ hill forts, where they hoisted the standard Of re.
volt against the Raja of Kholapora. They con-
sist chiefly of Arab troops, who placed themselves
under some bold leaders, and babe defiance TO
the Raja and his allies. A force was sent by
the British authorities to disperse them.
InScinde there had been some fighting with
the Reloochees but, at the last dates, tranquility
/, prevailed.
CH1NA. Canton. The news from China comes
! down to tHe beginning of August. Trade was
dull at G &hton, but extending itselfto the newly
opened korts. From the Chinese papers, we
Il learn THAI disturbances had again taken place al
9 Canton. The English last year, repaired the
walls ofthe Companys garden which had beer
Il broken down at the fire in 1912. They put on /
e gate, and were in the habit of walking, playing
at quoits and otherwise amusing themselves. o.
n the 18th of July, the Chinese endeavored to fore,
themselves into the garden, but were opposed
Upon this they threw brickbats, and broke dow
the gate, compelling the Englishmen to take re
fuge in q boat, in which they made their escap
!; to the consulate. On the following evening,
|, party Of Chinese went armed with brickbats, an
attempted to take possession of the other garden
Resistance being offered, they commenced a
n in~discriminate attack upon all the foreigners VIII
came within their reach. Several America
gentlemen Immediately armed themselves, an
drove them from the front of the factories. Sti
,e continuing to throw brickbats, they were fire
upon, and one man killed, and another wounde
in the arm, which ended the affair for the day
- The English and American consuls applied t
the Chinese authorities for a sufficient force t
protect the factories, and a message was sent
the American man-ofswar at the Boeue, to II
quest assistance. intelligence ofthe DIST inform
ID Us that no further riotiIgEad taken place, nc
he was any likely to occur At present, though it wa
Il quite certain that the authorities at Canton wcr
either unable or unwilling to adopt measures su
fciently vigorous to check the riotous dispositio
of the commonalty.
IN The Samarang has been fired upon by til
y. French man -ofwar. We have not been abb
TO to ascertain particulars, but we vouch for the trut
~ ofthe report which has reached us. Capt. Geer
ne would do well were lie 10 publish the facts ofth
case. Indeed, the French are every where 0
fering ~indignity and insult to the British flag
he Though we deprecate war, we cannot put up an
ng longer with such MISUNDERSTANDING Courier.