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ST.. JONI, N. B., TELEGRArH OryIcE,
Thursday Evening, 3D.
The Cenbris, Capt. SHANNON, arrived at Halifax
al o'clock, August 2.
The Cambria spoke the Niagara about Is hours
out of Liverpool, and on the 4lh day out passed
the packet ship Shannon, of New York.
England.
Parliament is TO be prorogued on the 9th inst
The motion which Lord Brougham previously an
nounced his intention to Make with reference to the
French expedition TO Rome, was laid upon the
Peers table on Friday.
The resolutions embraced wide range Of sub
iects, and implied direct censure of the foreign
policy Of the government; and 1t is understood thai
the ENJOYS and agents in Northern Italy and in
Sicily will be fully noticed.
In the debate which took place on the 20th in
allusion to the cholera, Lord Ashley the Chairman
of the Board of Health, stated in the House OF
Commons on Tuesday last, that he had reason to
know that not one-half of the were reported.
Enough however is officially known to render it
certain that the epidemic is raging many parts of
the country to dreadful extent During the last
week 339 deaths by cholera were reported in Lon
don, which is more than double. the number Of the
preceding week.
AT Bristol, Plymouth, Portsmouth, and along the
whole of the south coast, it is raging in very ma
lignant form, and the mortality is very great. At
Liverpool the disease is rapidly increasing; the num-
Der Of cases reported for four days previous to
Thursday were, respectively, Ga, IA, IS, lO2.
Scotland continues to be generally exempt from
the scourge
Mr.. Macready, the celebrated tragedian, is edit
ing, and will shortly publish, an edition of Pope's
works
On the 18th July, the anniversary of the battle of
Aughrlm, very serious collision took place be-
tween party Of armed Orangemen and Catholics
near Castle William, county of Down. The Orange
party having celebrated the day at Tallymore, and
being on their march home, whilst passing a defle
called Dolly's Brae, found their party waylaid, all
the pass and surrounding hill occupied by an inn
mense number of Roman Catholics provided with
pixies and firearms, and plainly contemplating a
general massacre. The Professionals, aided by a
small party Of police and military, stood upon their
Defence and succeeded in forcing their way through
the passage after short struggle, in which forty or
fifty persons were said to have been killed or
wounded on both Sides much the greater portion
being of the Roman Catholic party. Thirty-eight
Rio Bonmen had been taken prisoners.
On Friday two medical gentlemen drove through
the county round about the scene of the contest,
WIN Tue view OF administering rceI 10 tnOSc VINO
were wounded, but they were refused admittance at
every house where they called.
The Cork Examiner, in abiding to the potato
crops, says the disease has appeared in few fields,
there be doubt but it is equally positive, that
yet, the general crop is saved, and in almost all
places unusually abundant and thriving. The gene
raj impression is, that it is SO far advanced that,
supposing blight to in the tuber will have been
out of the ground before such time as the disease
could have reached it.
Offers of several private residences have been
made for the accommodation of her majesty, during
her sojourn at Cork, which, is not her inten-
ton to stop out of the royal Yacht have been gra-
ciously declined.
The committee of the legislative assembly, to
which the question of the Propagation referred,
has come to the unanimous decision of recommend
ing that the assembly should be prorogued from
the 18th August to the 18th October.
The Budget will not be brought forward until
after the meeting of the assembly in October. We
learn from the department of Eurl that the Socialist
agents. undismayed by previous reverses, are still
very active in making proselytes among the pea
SAINTS The National announces that Prince Canno,
the son Of Lucien Bonaparte, and ex-president of
the Roman constituent assembly, has been arrested
at Orleans, by order of the government, on his
road from Marseilles to Paris.
1t is said that, having claim against his cousin,
Louis Napoleon, for money lent in aid of his cleo
ton, the prince came to France TO demand il; the
Cousins conduct against Rome having stirred up
his ire. 1t is said that the prince viii not be i'm
prisoned but that he will be forced to embark for
England or America.
The report of M. Combareld Leyel, on the law
Of the press, has been distributed Ii is favorable
to the measure of the government. The reslgna-
ton Of the five mayors of Paris has been attributed
TO some offensive remarks expressed in document
by the prefect M. Berger, amongst others, that il
was their misfortune 10 live under republic.
! The election to fill thirty-hve vacancies in the
Legislative assembly has turned out much more ia
vorable TO the government than was anticipated
With the exception of M. Jules Favre, who was
returned for Lyons, every one Of the newly elect
ed members are of the majority, and will support
the government as long ps the majority hold to-
gether. The Debats sees great cause for anxiety
in the passive victory obtained in the elections
victory due entirely TO the fact that an immense
number of the electors refrained from voting That,
says that journal, appears to be bad system. "Ii
| is an evil upon which cannot close our eyes.
! We are the strongest to-day, but we can find no
thing to show that we shall be so tomorrow"
Ii is admitted by all that coup de main is proba-
| be. The questions openly discussed are about a
consulate for life, the empire, Henry ", and
Compte de Paris. The change Of ministry is con-
sidered an event most certain TO occur within a
very short time. The Steele says Mole is to be
president of the council, Theirs minister Of the in
terror, and Fallon of foreign affairs
By decree Of the 18th inst, Gen. Lamorciere
has been appointed envoy and minister plenipo-
tertiary of France Russia, and he is said TO have
left Paris for the headquarters Of the Emperor Of
| Russia.
Baron de Rothschid is about TO leave Paris on a
trip TO Italy. 1t is said that his going is in con.
nexion with the indemnity to be paid by Pied
monte, which would necessitate a tour, and also
the unpaid half years interest on Roman bonds.
The progress Of the investigation into the affairs
of 18th June has become less active, owing 10 some
arrests recently made, and TO the discovery Of i'm
portant correspondence There is a talk also OF
certain revelations which will increase the number
Of the accused who to figure before the high
court of justice.
Sergeant Rather, the missing nsoniagnord, repre-.
sentative, has escaped to England.
l Italy.
The Pope has addressed an autograph letter to
General Oudinot, on the occasion of receiving the
keys Of the city Of Rome His Holiness congratu-
lates the General on the triumph Of order in Rome,
and expresses his hope that Divine Providence will
remove the difficulties that may still exist. he
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