The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-03-25
TWO CENTS.
Foreign Miscellany.


Foreign Miscellany.
General Flores, at the last accounts, was at Pa
mama. His former aide-de. camp and envoy to
England Is IN London.
rival chieftains viz, Balivisn, Veasco, and the
actual Pre- sident were In the field conending TOR
| the government, exclusive of other petty rebel
hous pretenders to authority IN various separate
| localities.
HANovKR.-The resignation of ministers was
officially announced, on the 10Th inst, IN the
cond chamber. The ground for this step Is, the
vote OF the above chamber respecting the recogni-
non OF the bill Of tunda mental rights Gas drawn up
by the frankie rt Asse mbly), ministers not being
prepared to make that bill Internationally binding
| In Hanover.
In the sitting of the Second Chamber, on the
10th ut, every seat in the house was occupied, in
the galleries, the diplomatic bench, and the report
ers' seats, the matter under debate being the dis
euss'on OF the ministerial letter relative to the in
| PRODUCTION Of the fundamental law Mr.. Strler,
the, Ministerial President, spoke above an hour
IN the course OF his speech, he said -
fear that Auatri. Which 10 Depicted - being weak
capable Of preserving the unity Of Germany nMa
duty incumbent upon every government TO eoneiliats
unity Of Germany, and NO person Is ssnsibls
this than but let not princes BE- forced to have
PEELED to make use Of power which they still pesssss
AUsTRA.-lt is asserted In one Of the Vienna
| journals that the town OF Arad has been taken by
the lmperalsts, who found fifteen cannon in 1t.
The Austrian Parliamentary committee on con-
stiutOnal matters has finished Its labors and sent
In lis report, with draft Of the plan Of the con.
sttuton of the empire. That plan Is very liberal,
| and almost democratic, and has a tendancy to fe-
deral principles. The empire Is to consist of ten
" crown-ands," with Governor, an admlnlstra-
ton, and Diet to each of them. The Diets are
proposed to Sit for two months in the year /; and
General Diet is to assemble at Vienna That Ge-
neral Diets to consist OF two Houses or Chambers;
the parliamentary duration of the Lower Chamber
10 fixed tor period OF two years, and that OF the
Ih,nA tar NV AVah tfA
the usual prerogatve of executive power. Each
province Is to have separate financial admins
tratiOn.
MAcAesAR AND CKLRBEs.--Accounts, via Slnga.
pore, have been received from Ceebes to the 18th
of November, which represent matters as quiet in
that quarter if we except the frequent attacks Of
pirates on defenceless prOws IN the Straits OF Ma
CAESAR, and the carrying oil OF the inhabitants OF
villages on the sen c0as tor the purpose OF selling
them into slavery. From these accounts it would
appear that notwithstanding the very severe chasi
steamer and COlumbine sloop of Borneo Proper,
and from the Spanards at BalanglgnI they have
this year been as determined as ever, although 1t
| is probable their number Is somewhat less. The
Dutch have great many gun-boa IN Celebes, but
these are no match Tor the large fleets of praticaI
prows that inest the Indian Archipelago What
| Is wanted H. a few steamers OF small draught of
| water and Of great speed. Since August last more
than thuy trading prows left Macasssr for SINCE
pore, mostly with valuable Bug,s cargoes, but
which have never reached Singapore, owing, 1t is
believed, to their falling into the hands of pirates
VI these lew instances may be cited, and may
explain the reason Tor others being no more heard
Of: On October Is, Prov was lost on the island
OF Aieatus, on her way TO Singapore; her cargo
consisted OF Blk plculs of tortoise SHELL quantity
OF rlce, and from 1900 to 5000 dollars in specie
While on the island they were employed In con-
structlng a small vessel from the wreck, when
they were suddenly attacked by Menado pirates;
several were wounded, but all succeeded IN getting
to Macasear with the silver and tortoise shell.
Again, on Nov. 7, another prov sailed for Singa-
pore with goods, valued at $1,000 gullders, which
was attacked and taken by pirates, when between
Kangrelan and the Paternosters. Not less than
seven pirate prows attacked the vessel, flring inlo
her al day, without attempting to board; the crew
defended themselves until their ammunition was
expended, and two Of their number killed, with
Six wounded, when, indIng no hope of holding
ont they escaped In the darkness OF the night and
returned to Macassar. These pirates threaten to
lDJure cur trade IN the Archipelago TO q greater
extent than anything that possibly be attempted
by the Dutch IN throwing open their ports to in
duce native traders to resort to them in preference
to going to Singapore. Some of our cOuntrymen
are attempting to settle at Mscasssr as merchants,
but meet with so many annOyances a. soon to
take disgust. The Scutterj, or militia, is q verv
heavy drawback which English ME rchants have
to suffer, although foreigners; whilst Chinese ira
ders, also foreigner are freed from service. NOT
wlthstandDg The latters property receives az much
protection from the Sutterlj AS other merchants';
and, whilst the latter are being drilled, under Z
| tropical sun, the willy Chinese pursues trade
without hindrance. The markets at Macassar
were well stocked with goods imported BY tho
BstaYsn maatschapp'j, and these monOpoIlsts,
with the WV of preventing English traders from
dong any business, continued to retail their mer-
cbaDdlse at wholesale prices. To csunterbalaace
these evils, Great Britain must establish trading
depot on one OF the islands to the south east OF
Macassar. BY the way, 1t is reported that the
| English government Is In treaty with the Portu-
2uese to purchase the latters half share of the
| island OF Timor (the Dutch have the other part).
Tor the purpose of making 1t a coal depot for the
steamers on the Sydney line Should this report
turn out TO be well founded, Timor would form an
admirable place for trade, and defy the Dutch
ports Macasssr and MenadO to offer competition.
RUssIA.--A Vienna letter, the Reform of Ber-
lin, states that the Cabinet at st. Petersburg had
been invited to send an ambassador to the COME.
rences at Brussels, but that It has declined giving
until It shall have learned the result Of
the mission to London OF M. COloredo, the Aus
| TRAN plenipOtentiary.
ANEcpoTE OF GEN. TwIeGs.-Much has been
said OF the peculiar manner and characteristic
daring Of this gallant officer hut we have been told
an cgote III regard to his fearless spirit which
equals anything Of the kind we ever heard Of Az
ter the city OF Mexico had been taken, or at least
surrendered by the authorities to Gen. Scott, a
fight BsuSd in the strepta of tho citv