The Welshman

WHY WALES SHOULD HAVE A WELSH I BISHOP. (From the Weekly Xen's.) I The demand of a Welsh bishnp for Wales opens many points on the subject of association which it is high time to take under serious consideration. The subject is not one to be settled by divines, nor is it by any means an exclusive question of patronage. It is, consequently, no answer to the demand to show that, because Welshmen occasionally attain high ho- nours in England, for that reason the Minister is at liberty to name an Englishman to any Welsh bishopric. The whole question Is here opened: what Jo the Welsh or any other distinct nationality within our empi'" gain by living within the pale of its customs and its laws ? The question is the same for Ireland, for the Scotch portion of Scotland, for British India, for each of our multifarious colonies. We know that the utility of the national bond is regarded differently in every portion of our empire that we have named. Our coionia! brethren doubt that much benefit arises from their as- sociation with Great Britain. The Irish protest against the union, and demand its repeal. The great nations of India are not allowed to say what they think. There can be no Englishman who, on looking these truths in the face, will not confess that something is very wrong some where, to which they owe their ex- istence. Two causes, we think, are not difficult to detect for this evil, whose magnitude no one wil1 deny. One is of a general nature, and, perhaps, more easily dealt with than the specialty which forms the other cause. It is too common to consider all that is done for or with the lands associated with England from too thoroughly English a point of view. Thus, for instance, in the case of this bishopric of Llandaff, more weight is laid upon the kind of which Englishmen would like to see in Wales than upon what the Welsh think of the matter. When the Welsh desire a man who can speak Welsh they are called Separatists What name should we give to the Irish if they demanded a bishop who was able to speak Irish ? What, again, would be the reply of the India-house or Its accessory, the Board of Control, if it were humbly insinuated that a Bishop of Calcutta ought to be familiar with Sanscrit or Hindustani? We know that the answer to this wilibc:—Bishops are appointed to Watch over the Church of England in those countries, and, if the population were consulted, we should have them named in Bengal by in Ireland by Papists, and in Wales by Methodists, or Heaven knows what sect. Very wel]; but how do people come to listen to other religious doctrines than those of the church, which the state has made supreme ? Is it not ùecanse the doctrines they adopt are preached to them in a language which they understand ? The Welsh are known to be exceedingly fond of religious discussions. Every Welsh periodical (for there are such) which strives for popularity treats on religious sub- jects and enters into which would astonish the English public. The Irish are the most 7-eliqiois people on the face of the earth, In the old acceptation of that term. The precept and inhibition of the priest are In Ireland supreme law. As to our heathen fellow- subjects, the mere fact of there still existing as many as treble the population of Great Britain says quite enough to condem our present systeul. For clerical Interests the case is clear enough. The appointments made In obedience to English views, and with utter disregard of the wants, wishes, and feelings of those who are associated with us in the nominal bond of nationality, close the door of the national church, which both the interest and the duty of its dignitaries enjoin them to open as widely as possible. But does not this principle run through all dealings with those whom we desire to govern ? The first thought in any measure affecting any portion of the empire 'a, how does it bear directly upon certain interests at home. This is what locks up church and state, as well as trade and knowledge, in the present harsh and disgracefully limited boundaries. Certain, special, small, but dearly-loved home interests are the altar on which all large statesmanlike views are offered to the idol of egotism. The true principle of association, which assumes that whatever is truly advantageous to any part is beneficial to the whole, is lost sight of in the attempt to foster these narrow, selfish views. Not that what is acceptable to England must be forced upon Wales, but that what will serve the Welsh must strengthen the empire should be the rule. But this is tantamount to saying that the patronage of certain families should be sacrificed to strengthen the empire. This is the real point to be dealt with.

FIRE AT THE MODEL ESTABLISHMENT OF BATHS AND WASHHOUSES, WUITECHAPEL. On Monday evening last, at a fe'v minutes past six o'clock, a fire, involving a serious destruction of pro- perty, broke out in the extensive range of premises erected by the Committee for promoting the establish- ment of baths and washhouses for the labouring passes, situate in Goulston-square, Whi'echapel. The names commenced in one of the drying-houses, a temporary buitding erected by the Committee with timber, for the purpose of testing its erRcacy, previous to building a a more substantial compartment. Contiguous to this erection was the washing department, containing 84 wash-tubs, and on one side stood the mangling-houses, and on the other the ironing compartment. The whole extended in one direction about 100 feet, and ia the other i 5 feet. The whole of the poor women who had been at work at the baths during the day having left, the dtying- house was filled, as was the usual custom, with towels to dry. This drying-ho'tse was heated by means of two radiating stoves, and there is Iitt]e doubt enter- tained that the heat of these machines was the cause of the nre. At the time stated above, some of the managing men of the establishment were greatly alarmed by perceiving a dense mass of smoke pouring through the different passages leading to the compartments in the extensive rane of premises. Upon gaining the drying- house the whole of the horses used for drying the clothes, were, together with the linen hanging tliereon, found to be in flames. builí1ing were several large tanks, containing in the whole, upwards of :000 gallons of water, and in order to guard aainst the nnages of fire, the committee ha;1 proper engine hose attached to these tank- so that in the event of an outbreak a ready supply of water might be brought to bear upon the names. The first thing attempted by the patties belonging to the premises was to ny to the hose connected with the tanks, and scatter the water over the fl Unf"r- tunatply, ahhough the roof was fortre the celling was formed of timber, and the flames hating reached the made, they travelled along the top of the buiiding almost with the rapidity of lightning, and so intense was the hpat from the name:, that the glass windows in the ceiling quickly became when the fire rushed through the opellins in imrnellse bod if's, rising so high In the air as to threaten with destruction the whole of the surroundillg houses. Numerous engines quickly but in pite of every exertion the work of continued, and it was not until past nine o'clock that the flames could be The damage done by this disastrous event is very considerable. The drying-house is entirely consumed, and all it containpd. The mangling and ironing com- partments are also destroyed, but fortunately nearty the whole of the tubs in the w¡:shhouses have escaped with trifling Although some of the other places are bumcd out, the iron roof is still lianging, but, owing to the ceiling under it being fomcd of timber, it is ver, seriously iiijuted, and, what is worse, the back wall i.< eonsiderab'y bulged out, so that it is feared that it "i)t have to be pulled down. Fortunately the prc- nu<os rtic insured fe>f £ 1:)00.

) A GLIMPSE OF THE SPIRIT 'ORLD. I (From the Ditnifi-ies If annual magnetism and its cognate wonders be and not idle dreams, they R,!ron JJ1onstrati,'p eviùence \If the of a power which operates of, or at dominant over, the earthly I<loernacle in which it is (.nshrint,ù. have to witness f':dra- of this natnre excited in out minds and deep solemnity and we call nut at all syrnpathisc with those who talk lightly of such subjects, or who \Yo'lld summarily dismiss the o\f'rpo\in which demands for them a place in the phenomena of riiiiid. The things which wchaverc-ccntlysecnand heardinconnexionwithmes- nioi-isiii are, we believe, in some respects peculiar, though they only form a part of that wonderful world it opens np, and which one almost has had all opportunity of more or less seeing for himself. the assent of suc h of Without asking or expecting the assent of such of our as have not had such opportunity, we to state what came under our own observation a few- nights aizo, and which is so strange that It will scarcely be credited by any except those who are conversant with mesmeric revelations. The patient in this in- stance was a female, who fell into a state of coma by unconsciousty fastening her gfize upon a particular object. She had never been in the state before, so as it is kno'vn: at anyrateno attempt hadbeenmadetiM this time to elicit from her any manifestations of a mag- netic or ph reno-mesmeric kind. the trial was now made it was completely successful. Benevolence, Consciousness, Tune, Mirth, Order, and other organs were in turns excited, and brought forth prompt and beautiful responses. Exhibitions of this kind, though mfirvell,,tisly enough, the public have been long fam'liar with, and we certainly wou)d not have recorded this cac had it stopped here but, quite inde- pendently of the design of the operator, new and more wonderfut performances were exhibited, such as we believe have before been It so oc- curred that in exciting Benevolence the finger of the operator unwittingly touchrd Initation, and it is sup- posed by those present, that the display which ensued was the result of the activity of this organ. From that time, and during about half an hour the patient became tike a self-acting machine, ope- rating with her own Bngers on her own facutties, and bringing out the most extraordinary manifestations. Placing the tip of the finger on the top. of the fore- head, she with her left hand pulled out from her pocket a handful of money, and with expressions of pity gave It to the Imaginary claimant upon her benevolence and this impulse was so strong, that It could not be abated till the finger was somewhat forcibly removed, and the faculty checked by the operator bringing that of Caution into p!ay. The back part of Atimentivencss was then touched by the patient, without the slightest suggestion from any one, and an unmistakable expres- sion of the features showed that water was wished for; when it was supplied it was swallowed greedily. The finger, in this instance, had also tQ be rcmoved, but no sooner was this done, than it was again placed near the same spot above the temple, and a loud cry for plums" wastheconsequence. In order to satisfy this peremp- tory demand, the key of a press was asked for, when the patient, as if to awaken her memory, transferred her finger from the inner part of Alimentiveness to Even- tuality, and searched her pocket for the key required, and gave it to her servant. The next organ excited by herself was Locality, accompanied with the striking remark to the aforesaid domestic, Oh, I have got a fine place for you." The centre of the right eye-brow (Colour) was next touched, and the appropriate excla- mation made, That gown of your's Is not a nice brown and you must get it dyed over again; and you should also get that light shawl made darker in colour." In a similar way Time and Tune and Mirth vrere excited and after that a display we had never before heard of, which, for want of a better phrase, we would call a ma- nifestation of Despondency. It was produced by the patient placing her finger immediately above the right- eye-ban. and pressing it upwards against a part of the roof of the eye-brow near!y equidistant from Colour and Locality. She had been laughing heartity a little before, but now was transformed into a Niobe all tears," and in the expressive language of Scripture, lifted up her voice and wept." What renders all this overpoweringly marvellous is the fact, for which we vouch, that the individual who thus exquisitely phreno mesmerised her- self, is in her waking state profound)y ignorant of phrenology, and could not, at the present moment, tell the position of one out of the ten or eleven organs which she called into activity by her spirit-guided touch. We may also state, as worthy of that the only faculty which the operator asked her to excite, was one whose precise seat lie had forgotten, namely, Acquisi- tiveness. Inobedicnceto the request, her finger was promptly placed above the car, the spot indicated by the bnsts as the position of the orgaii. have not the smallest doubt that all the thirty-three faculties would have been pointed out, if the experiment had been made; and, even as it was, our previous acquaintance with phrenology, acquired after considerable reading and observation, received an exactitude it neVer possessed before, from the communications of this mesmeric patient-herself, when in a moral state, being, as we have said, totally ignorant of the science. It is scarcely too much to say that, if Ga11 alld Spurzheim had been so fortunate as to fati in with such a one while on the threshold of their investigations,it would have saved them much trouble, as as have given thcm increaseù confidence in their system of philosophy. Only two or three simple experiments of a clair- voyautc kind vrfte tried. 'Bhey were the first we ever saw which succeeded, and, though not so strange as some which have been published, they are worthy of being stated. A watch was presented with the back towards her, and the dial-plate completely hidden, and she told the hour to a second. Five minutes after- wards the watch was presented in the same way, and the same answer was given. Of course, we expected that the patient was wrong this time, but no, the watch, as soon as she had first taken it into her hands, had stopped, and the fingers pointed to half past twelve, just as they did before. We thought the watch had not been wound up, bnt found that it had been so, and that its stoppage must have been caused in some other way. Not expecting much from the request, we asked the patient to be kind enough to mend the watch and set it going, that we might know how the time was getting on, when she took it, removed the scales, applied the key as if to wind it up, and immediately tick, tick, tick went the watch again and has continued to do so up to the time we write. Shewasnextasked to look at the Dumfries town clock, which was at least half a mile distant, and, we ueed scarcely say, totally out of site to the bodily eye, and to tell the difference between the time as shown by it, and by the watch, and, after looking for a moment in the proper direction, her reply was that the watch was five minutes slow, which must have been true, for three hous before they agreed, but as the latter had stopped five minutes, it must have been to that extent behind. The p&tient was taken out of her strange sleep In the usual way, quite uncon- scious of the glimpse of the spirit world she had obtained herself, and the gleams of its glory she had radiated on the unsalved eyes of others.

USE OF COLOURED GLASSES To AsstST THE YiEW IN Foes.—The fottowing curious observation is made byMr.Luvini,nfTurin,inatettertotheeditorof at Paris. if it be verified it may prove to be of importance to geodeticat operations, as weH as in observations at sea:—"When there is a fog between two corresponding stations, so that the one station can with difficulty be seen from the other, if the observer passes a coloured glass between his eye and the eye- piece of his telescope, the effect of the fog is very sensi- b)y diminished, so that frequently the signals from the other station can be very ptainiy perceived, when, with- out the coloured glass, the station itsetf could not be seen. The different colours do not all produce this effect in the same degree. Theredst'emsthemost proper for the experiment. Thosewho have good sight prefer the dark red, those who are short-sighted tike light red better. The explanation of this effect seems to depend upon the fact that the white eotour of the fcg strikes too powerfully upon the organ of sight, especially if the glass have a somewhat large field. On the con- trary, by placing a coloured glass between the eye of the observer and the eye-glass of the 'instrument, the in- tensity of the light is much dintini&Ti(.d by the intercep- tion of a part of the rays the observer's eye is tcss wearied, suffers less, and distinguishes bc'ter the outlines of the objl.'ctobsér\'cd.-McclLanics' Magazme. Nnw QuARTHR SK?s!Oxs Acr.—On Thursday the newacttoamendthe procedure in courts of general and quarter sessions of the peace in Engtand and Wales.and for the better advancement of justice in cases within the jurisdiction of those courts, will come intoforce. Its object is to make the !aw,in cases of appeal to quarter sessions, more uniform. This act will avoid teeliricalities, and estabHsh one practice throughoutE"g)andandWaif.s. It will also establish uniformity of time (at least 14 days) in notices of appeal by the act. The grounds of appeal must be stated in writing, which statements can after- wards be ain(?iided. 9essions have now a general to give costs in all cases of appeals and to prevent frivolous appeals, costs may alsu be awarded after notice nithough an appeal be not prosecuted. By this statute powcr is given, after notice uf appeal, by consent of the parties, and by order of a judge (without going to the sessions),to state the factsofacaseinthe form of a special case for the opinion of a court, and the judgment of the same to be entered at the the view of enforcing orders of sessions, it is provided by this act that proceedings may be removed into the Court üf Queen's Bencti, and be enforced as a rute of that court, and a)t the reason- able costs attendant upon such an application shatt be recovered as if the 81mI' were part of the onler. 1 his act does extend to aUappeats, and further improve- ments on the same subject are expected the next session. The bill was framed by Mr. Daincs,thG rre- sident of the Poor Law Hoard. Itisnowastatuteof theunitedkingdom. DESTRUCT'VE F;RE.—About 11 o'ch)ck on Tuesday morning a fue was discovprpd to be raging in the out- houspsadjftiniugthed'vcUingnfafartner named Philip Morgan, residing at Mapsygont.-n, near Sketty In a short period the stible, cowhouscs, and barn wpre in a blaze. A quantity of corn in the barn was destroyed. The fire was not comp)c'c)y extinguished until four o'clock in the afternoon. The d %veil itig-liouse esi-.I,,)cd the general cotifLgrat:on, the thatched roof having been relieved.

f THE DERMOXDSEY MURDER. Since the conviction of the Mannings a circums'ancp uf very cOlleiderable importance has come to light, if any doubt could possillly as to ttieit- gudt, woul(I to be almot upon the subject. It w.t! be remembered that, after the verdict had been pronounced the prisoners, the made a sl'(,l:'ch, ill which she asserted her inno- cp;ice,r.r.d appear{d to make it a strong point in her that sbe the deceased, and have been married to him if she }o,ad pleased. It has, however, since been ascertained that for some time hefore the murder O'Connnr had bf'en paying hi< addresses to a yonng woman, and they were On the point of being  ried; it is known that inlaiining and his wife were aware of the fact, and it is probable that, feeling the marriage woutd in all probability have the effect of breaking off all connexion between them, they determined upon the measure of getting possession of his property by murder. Another curious fact has also come to light. The triat, as our readers are aware, lasted two days, and the prisoners each day retired from the court for a short time to take refreshment. Of course when the prisoners were first received at Newgate they were narrowly searched, and every instrument with which they might indict i"jury, either upon themselves or others, taken away from them. Upon the second day of the trial, in consequence of something that came to the knowledge of the prison omcials, it was considered prudent to search the female prisoner, and in her pocket there was found a large piece of broken glass, a most dangerous missHc, well calculated to have inQicted very dead)y in- jury upon any person who might have been struck with i L. It was immediately taken from her, and thus no doubt, from the violence subsequently exhibited by the prisoner, some desperate mischief was prevented. How she obtained possession of this glass remains a mystery, and the only way in which it can be accounted for is by the supposition that it must have been given to her by some of the persons who were in the dock, a great many strangers having been, owing to the crowded state of the court, admitted into the dock during the latter part of the proemdiiigs. It was understood yesterday that the counsel for Manning have upon consideration, to abandon their application for a writ of error. The point, how- ever, whether she stands in the position of an a)ien will still be submitted to the Criminal Court of Appeal, and as that Court mwst be composed of five commissioners at the least, and the whole of the judges mav attend if they please, it is quite clear that a more competent Court for the disposal of the question, which, after all, is one of a very simple character, could not be imagined. The next sitting of the Criminal Court of Appeal wiU be on the 10th of November, and if the question should be sent before that tribunal it will, of course, be dis- posed of on that day. Manning has made some extraordinary disclosures re- lative to the murder and his former connexion with O'Connor, which will not be made public until after the execution. He persists in the statement which was handed to his learned counsel, Mr. SerjeantWilkins— That his wife shot O'Connor, and afterwards threat- end to shoot him unless he helped her to bury the body." Heseemedmore composed onTuesdayafter his interview with the chaplain, and several times wished to see his brother and his solicitor, Mr. Binns. to whom he wishes to make some communication. Mr. has not been able to have an interview with him yet, as he must ob- tain a special order from the magistrates for that purpose. His brother called at the gaol on Tuesday evening, and delivered a letter from his sister in the country. The letter was shortly afterwards delivered to him by the go- vernor, and the contents seemed to affect him in a great degree, as he wept several times while reading it. His brother did not see him. Prior to the trial, and while his unhappy wife was confined in the gaol where she now remains, she wrote several indecent letters to her husband, couched in the most obscene language and written in broken English. In none of them, however, does she allude to the murder, but she defies him to get her gold watches. Copies of these letters were shown to Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Parry during the trial, like- wise to the Attorney-General, but no attention was paid to them. She still continues in a very sullen mood, and speaks vetylittle. Her only remarks are, that she has been unjustly treated by England, and that she is in- nocent. The following letter, which led to the renewal of the intimacy between the prisoner Maria Manning and the murdered man, may prove interesting :— "Customs, St. Katharine's Docks, June 11, 1847. My Dear Mrs. ————, Not knowing your real name, I have addressed thisnoteasusual. IhopeitwiUnnd you. I cannot describe to you my feelings, and what I sincc I saw you last evening. If you were to know half you would have compassion for me, if I was the greatest enemy you ever had. I have spent a soli- tary and dreary winter, and a dull and mclaneholy spring, in anticipation of h;).ving a and pleasant autmnn. I hadgivcn up going into all society,and cut the acquaintance of evei-y fi-iciid I had, on your account, beiiig anxious to economise and secure for ourselves the means of making us happy and comfortable the rest of our lives. I had my month's leave of absence settled to commence on the 6th of August, when I thought you mii{ht be returning from the Continent, and intended to get married on the 7th, leave London for Boulogne on the 8th, and there spend the honey-month but, also, all these arrangements are now bliglited. You have a.H the comforts now that your heart can wnh for, anù 1 alii glad of it. For poor me theTc are none of these consolations left, but the sad of being disappointed. Ah, Maria, you have now acted cruel to Yne; why not, like a true professor of what you avowed, write and saty what you intended before you acted so ?— then, at the risk of losing my situation, I would go every step to Ifouse, and get inarz-ied to the being on the face of Cod's earth who could milke me happy; and Maria, dear, if you could only read the feel- ings of my heart, you would not do as you did. How- ever, it is too late to be speaking of these things now. \Ve must be reconciled, with the will of God, and hope aU things are by Him for a wise and lent purpose. Enough now of this sad and melancholy aq', ir-for so it is to nic, I hope we will always entertain the same kindly feelings towards each other that is due to old friends. I can speak for myself, and am sure I will. When shall I have the pleasure of seeing you here ? Bring your husband and any others you like. I wiU be able to show them the docks and the vaults, but mind, ladies arc not admitted into the vaults after one o'clock. I wish you would come soon. There is a ship froii-i China alougside my station in the doeks- the Viscount Sandon. She leaves on Sunday. There are three Chinese on board, and it would be a novelty foryoutosecthemwiththeiriongtaiis. You said you would call on me on Sunday. I in-isli you would, If you do, write and say what time, that I may be sure to meet you. You may be ablc to give some explanation in the matter, which may smooth it down a little. I wish I could acquit you of inndetity on the occasion. I hope that the blessing of God may rest on all your proceedings, and believe tne, under any circumstances, till death, yours very affectionately, PATKICK O'COXXOK." This letter was addressed Miss Maria Roux, care of Lady BIantyre, Sutherland House, St. James's." On Sunday morning, from as early ns eight o'clock, the Chaplain was engaged in religious consolation to each of the wretched convicts, and con- tinued till the hour appointed for Divine service. The Mannings then repaired to the chapel, and were, together with Jordan, who is also sentenced to death for the attempted murder in Dulwich-wood, placed in the section appropriated for condemned prisoners. In addition to the debtors, criminal prisoners, and officers of the gaol, who formed the coiigregatiuii, thNe were also present Captain WiUiams, the Government in- spector of gaols, Mr. Paynter, the magistrate of the and othcr gentlemen. The Rev. Mr. Roe delivered a most eloquent and impressive sermon, taking his text from the Gist Psalm, If Ethiopia stretched forth her hands," &c. Before the Litany the chaplain said, The prayers of this con. gregation are desired for those who are condemned to die." On the conclusion of the service the wretched con- victs again received the spiritual consolations of the reverend chaplain until nearly four o'clock, during which it is understood that he received some important communications from both the Mannings, but the nature of which is not at present allowed to transpire-the reverend gentleman, from conscientious feelings, be- lieving that the communications were'strictly confiden- tial, and should not be disclosed while the parties are living. It is, however, generally believed that they are ofa nature calculated to satisfy the learned Judge and jury by whom the cannings were tried, as well as the public at large. SINGULAR COINCIr)PNCE.-A curious coincidence was to us at Taunton last week, by a person upon whose veracity we can depend, which shows the in which that wretchcd woman (Mrs. Man- ning) was held by her husband's relatives. At the time of her marriage she presented her portrait to Manning's mother, but a quarrel soon arising. she de- manded the picture back again. To this the mother demurred, but one of Manning's brothers, with the aid ofacountry artist, made a hideous fright of thelike- nes- deHneating the worst passions that the human countenance can express, and then drew the represen- tation of a gallows over her head, suspending the hangman's rope down to her neck, little suspecting that in this mischievous act he waa really foretelling the fate of the original.- Yeo¡ëil 7'<Mte<.

ExECL"no;< AT JEnnuticn. On Thursday last, John Wilson, one of the two railway labourers con- victed at the recent Justiciary Couttat Jedburgh for the murder of William Lauder, at last St. Boswell's fair, underwent the utmost penalty of the law in front of the county gaol; the other man, Brady, who was also found guilty of the same crime, obtained a respite for three verbs, but respecting the course that the law wij) ultimately pursue regarding him nothing Is dethnthely known, though it is generally believed that his ben- tence wiU be commuted to transportation for life. Cnn.!s'ON AKD Loss 01 LtFE.—On Sunday a fata) collision happened about nine mi!es north-east of Bcachy Head. The unfortunate occurrence took place between the barque Mary, a large American Tess-e), and the brig Greyhound, from Stockton to Exeter, heavity laden. It appears they sighted each other at about three o'clock, the weather somewhat hazy, nhen shnrtty after, by some mismanagement, they came in contact with fearful force, the American barque cutting the brig down to the water's edge, and sweeping away both masts, She sunk almost immediately, only a portion of the crew having time to escape on board of the barque the remainder were either killed below, or wef carried down by the sinking vessel and perished.

-? -:7= I LATEST FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. I THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. Wetearn by the Paris papers of Monday.that on Sunday thePresident of the Republic reviewed the National Guards of St. Germains. The Presiùent was exceedingly weB received, and greeted with enthusiastic shouts of"Vive le Presi- dpnt Vive Napoieon There were a few cries of Vive t'Empereur and several of Vire ta Repub- tique'" One man shouted Vive )e Roi!" on which he was laughed at, but he added, "A has la Kepub- )ique on which he was arrested. There were a few, and but a fe'v, cries for the Rcpubtique Democra- tiqueetSociaie." M. de Faltoux waited personaliy on the President on Saturday, and in due form resigned into his hands the portfolio of the Ministry of Public Instruction. Great preparations are making at Li)te for the inau- guration of the statue of General Negrier, who was kitted in June, 1848, during the insurrection. Detach- ments from the National Guard at Paris will attend the ceremony. The adjudication of the coal contract for the Medi- terranean steam-packet service, which was to have taken place on the 29th, has been postponed. In the course of the discussion of the Budget of Maripe, in the National Assembly, on Saturday, M. Passy, the Finance Minister, proposed to repeal the ex- clusive privilege granted to French ships, in 1846, of importing tobacco into France; and also to reupa) the simitar priviiege, granted in 1848, to French vessels, of importing the coal which may be necessary for the Me- diterranean steam-packets. It will be remembered that, in France, the Government is the only tobacco importer and manufacturer, and, in consequence of the grant of this privitege the expenses were increased by l,300,000f. upon a revenue of 8,000,000f.; while with regard to coal the price had risen from 44f. a ton to 63f. a ton, as the result of this "protection;" and the taxpayers of France had to pay annuaHy, in consequence, a sum of 400,000f additional for the packet service. M. Passy, therefore, proposed to throw the carrying trade in to- bacco and coal open, an d there is every probability that he w)U succeed in so doing. The Paris papers of Tuesday possess little interest. The rumour of a modification op the ministry affords room for speculation in some of the journals, for want of a better subject to discourse upon. M. Odillon Barrot is again ¡¡¡,and suffering acute pain from his old disease. The discussion In the Assembly on Monday, respect- ing the state of sipgc in some of the departments, terminated in favour of the Government, a motion for the order of the day, pure and simple, having been pro- posed, seconded, and carried by a large majority. Nothing of the slightest importance occurred in the Assembly on Tuesday up to the period when the post left. Some cf the papers a few days ago stated that Austria, Prussia, and Russia, had forwarded a joint note to the government upon the affairs of Switzertand, which the Constitutionnel declares to be destitute of foundation. The riband weavers at St. Etienne have struck for an advance of wages. Several large orders being in con- sequence suspended, they have been sent to Switzerland for completion. THE FRENCH IN MOROCCO. I SOUTHAMPTON. TUESDAY Mf)RN!NG.—The Peninsu- lar and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Hindoston, Capt. Soy, arrived here this morning at an early hour with the heavy portion of the East India and China mails, in charge of Lieutenant Fancock. Her dates are-Alexandria, October 16; Malta, '20; Gibral- ter, 2.5. She brings .56 passengers, and on freight, specie va)ue f 30.000 and a large cargo of silk shawls. lOur accounts from Gibraltar by this steamer mention, that on the 22nd a Spanish steamer unexpectedly arrived at Gibraltar from Tangier, bringing all the French residents in Morocco in consequence of the French Charge d'Affaires having broken off negotiations ",ith the Moorish Government. The French Consul- General and VicG-Consul had embarked on board the Pomona frigate, and hostilities were to commence pro- bably by the bombardment of Tangier and Mogador, so soon as the French squadron should arrive. The French steam frigate Dauphine was dispatched from Tangief to Teuton on the night of the 20th, with instructions to the French Mediterranean squadron to rendezvous at Tangier. The reason of this unexpected termination of negociation was supposed to be on ac- count of the Emperor have decapitated a courier for- merly In the service of M. Roche, the French Charge d' Affaires, and whom the Government had demanded to to be up. On other points the Emperor of Morocco had ordered satisfaction to be given to France, and the H.)g of that nation was to have been satuted on I the 21st instant by the batteries of Tangier, but the French consul declined this partial satisfaction, and ordered all French subjects to leave the territory of Morocco. Tangier was perfect tranquil on the 21st mst. The Pasha was expecting instruction:! from the Emperor to place the fortifications in a atate of defence against any operations the French might commence. At Gibraltar wcre quoted for ninety days paper on London, 50i to 50; Spaniah pillared dollars 1 per cent. premium. RUSSIA. I The Juitt-ital de St. FeterSDnrg of the 18tti of October II statps that Fuad Effendi had a of the El11peror 011 the 1Gth, and was received in a manner due to his rank and the-friendly relations existing be- tween the two Sovereigns. The circumstances connected with his mission (the fo?irnal says) have given rise in the newspapers to the most extravagant rumours. Far from implying the refusal of the Imperial demands founded on the treaty of Kutschuk Kaimarje, with respect to the PoHsh rebels implicated in the Hungarian Revolution, and who have sought a refuge in Turkey, his mission is prompted only by the wish of the Sultan to understand, in an amicable way, and without foreign interference, direct from the Emperor, the interprcta- tiof) to be put upon the article of that treaty applicable to the individuals referred to. This direct application of an intimate aUy to the friendly sentiments of the Kmperor coutd not fail to be listened to, and the dis- tinguishcd reception with which His has ho- noured the Ottoman docs away with every false report, and justices the hopes that this affair wilt soon be settled to the mutual satisfaction of the Courts. HAMBURG. I General Klapka, with a number of his omcers, has been entertained at a grand dinner at the Hotel St. Pctersburgh, Hamburg, lately, by the Liberal members of the Constitutional Assembly. He is reported to have said- That had Georgey made an effort to obtain the same conditions for his army, before surrendering, as he had done at Comorn, there is no question but he would have obtained them; but his operations had shown a care of himself instead of his officers and men. He might have kept his army in the neld for some months tonger and with a due observance of the plan operations, as had been agreed upon, which was to have forced his way through the Austrian army into Stein- mark, might have placed Hungary in a much better po- sition to treat for a general amnesty and reconcdiation. Kossuth had also committed the fatal error of declaring for a Republic, which had also done the cause much harm." It is said that General Klapka intends publishing his memoirs of the late war in Hungary. According to an omcial statement, sent in to the Austrian Minister of War, the number of 160,lal muskets, 2.S70 pistols, 216,000 sabres, 2,073 tances, and 500 pieces o! cannon of different sizes, have been taken from the Hungarian army. A subscription has been set on foot here for the Hun- garian refugees, who are to proceed as soon as possible to I AMERICA I LIVERPOOL, MONDAY Mo!:N:KU—The British and North American Royal Mail Steamer, Canada. Captain Judkins, from New York and Halifax, arrived in the Mersey at midnight, after another very rapid passage of only twelve days from the former port, inclusive of her detention at Halifax to iandand receive mails and passengers. The most important feature In our news from the American Republic is the ralifying annouueement that the government of the Republic have issued a pro clamation, decreeing that on and after the 1st of Janu- ary, 1850, all British vessels with cargoes under British colours, entering the ports of the Republic or any of it-< territories, shall be admitted on equal terms with vessels belonging to the American, nation. The news from Canada is important, and still of an unsatisfactory character- An addresa has been issued by some of the Canadian people in favour of annexation to the United States. It had already re- ceived the signature of twelve hundred persons. In reference to this address, the Montreal Correspondent of thejVeM Yod. Courier says:—"But, as it is, the array of signatures is, to those who know the city, a most signitieant one it is, to use the cant word, about the most respectable thiJlg of the kind I oversaw; if, indeed, there was ever anything of the kind before, for it is not simply a repeal of a legislative union that is proposed, but a vacation of the royal authority, and a translation of allegiance." There was n" diminution i" the extent of emigration from New York to the gold region. The commercial accounts are of a very favourable character. Money was very abundant. The autumn trade had been active and pfosperous, and general con- fidence existed. A rj,]-s.<T ST\TH OF TuiNGs.—The Little Rock (Ark) Hanner of Sept. 18th contains a letter giving the p.T.rtictdars of several murders hi that State, from which we make the following extract:—" I will now give you au account of one of the outrages perpetrated in that unfortunate county. Marion. On Friday last ttncc of the King, wore murdered in cold blood. You recollect a battle that was fought at YeHviHc some time since between the Kings n.d Hvcretts. Some days since Mooney (the Sheritt of Marion county) and some ofthc Hveret.ts followed one of the Klllgs, who had moved from M.uion to C<mw:)v connty and settled. When Mooncy and company arrived at Kind's they found him in the act of moving back to Marion county. They took him prisoner. Kinu: tt'td them they rniglit tic liiiii, or do as they choose, as he would go with them pM'eabh' but that he did not think their intention was to take him to YellviDe, but he believed they intended to murder him on the way. Mooney and Kverctt. told him all they wanted was to take him back tot Yellville, and give him a trial hy the laws of Arkansas, which King very readily agreed to,and told them all he wanted wasafair an" impartial trial by the taws of his country, but told then* at the same time that he never expected to no where hecouldhaveatrial. Hisfather,brothers,andIthinK twocon?ifts, said they would go with him as long as he was uneasy. The Kings all went unarmed. Mooney and company numbered about 20. They were armed each with a rine gun, pair of pistols, and a bowie knife- King's family moved on, either ahead or behind the company, I do not recoHect which, but so it is—on the way two of King's little children were taken very sick. The night before the hellish deed was perpetrated King learned that one of his children was dying he pleaded for God's sake to let him go and stay with his ¡little dying child that night, and to)d them to chain hint. or tie him in any way, and go with him, so they would let him see his dying child, which was near and dear to him; but ail his prayers were in vain; they told him he could not see one of hia offspring die. The next mining King told his old gray-headed father that hc, his brothers, and cousins had'better net and take care of themselves, as he was conscious that the'r fate was scaled. The old man and the bovs {old him that they would stay with him, and die ail tOl'Tf'ther if the com- pany intended to murder them. At length the assassin? commenced dropping off, one at at a time, until only 10. or 12 were left to take the prisoner on to where his fate was to be for ever decided. Mooncy started to leave the company two or three times, but would return in time and take some one of the Everetts aside, and to them for a short time, and again leave the company' When he returned the third time, lie took a man out, and talked to him privately for half an hour, when left the company entirely. The rest of the assasslS then left the road, with the Kings, and went some dis' tancc into a deep hollow they there wanted the to get down off their horses, but they refused. i6o!BS one of the party gave a sign for all hands to reprint their rines. which was done In quick time; they the? asked the Kings again to get down from their horsed thpy still refused, when one of the company gave, the sign to shoot, which was obeyed, and the tiring corn' menced. Two of the Kings, the old man and one of hi&- sons, fell about 30 steps apart, the other son's horse ran about 200 yards before he fell. They then shot his horse and killed him. The horse fell across his legs and broke one after he was dead. The other two Kings (the cousins} mnde tlieir escape. They ran down their horses, and hid themselves until dark, and then went to the settle- ment, raised a company, and went with them to YelIvillCf where they got help to bring In the bodies of the three that were murdered. North of YellviIIe, two lDeØ: Coker, and Churchman, were playing cards on Saturday evening, Sept. 1 They fell out about the times, when Coker drew his knife and stabbed Churchman in the breast ktUing him instantly. Hampton Tutt, of Mariol county, was shot at a few days ago, while riding along the road. It is said that he has left the country. John Everett went to Lebanon, in Searcy county, a few days ago, and attempted to kill John M. Hen-dey, but wa< prevented from committing the bloody deed at the time- He will kill him if he stays here." HISTORICAL Coi!<C!DE\CES.—The shows that since the year 17S9 all the revolutions ibé France have been effected under Popes bearing the naØ18 of Pius. Louis XVI. was dethroned and decapitated* under Pius VI., the Directory was overthrown undet Pius VI.; Napoleon fell under Pius VII.; Charles X- was dethroned and driven into hopeless exile under Pius VIII.; and, nnally, Louis Philippe I. was depose and banished under Pius IX. Some may suppose the world will come to an end under Pius.X. SINGAPORE, SEPT 7.—Her Majesty's brig Albatross, Commander Farquhar, arrived here on the 3rd instant from Borneo, and was followed next day by the Ho- nourable East India Company's steamer Nemesis. Both vessels, assisted by the Royalist, 10, Lieutenant Commander Everest, and the Ranee, a small steam tender belonging to the Meander, 44, have been lately engaged in an expedition against a large piratical force, of the organisation of which the Rajah Brooke had had timely notice, and ample means for checking their pro- ceedings had been provided. The whole of the naval' force at the disposal of Sir James Brooke, under the immediate command of Commander Arthur Farquhar, of the Albatross, was stationed oH the entrance of the Lakarran on the banks of which, but far in the interior, the villages which form the abodes of the pirates are situated. On the 31st of July the piratica force, consisting of about 1,000 men, and embarked ia 120prahus, showed themselves at the mouth of the river.and were immediately attacked on all sides by the Nemesis and Ranee, and by the boats of the Royalist and Albatross. The Nemesis, besides the damage done by her shot and rockets, run into and sunk several of the prahus, occasioning an immense loss of life. As one large prahu was attempting to escape after the melee was over, the Nemesis ran her down, when bet crew, about sixty in number, clung to the paddle-wheels as they went round—crushed, torn, and smothered, but all eventually killed. The scene beggared all descrip- tion. The destruction of the piratic-il force was com- plete, eighty-seven prahus having been sunk or cap' tured, and the loss on their side was estimated at tweb'e hundred men, while those of the British consisted only of a few slight casualties, with the exception European seamen in one of the Nemesis's boats. Many of the pirates who escaped our shot, rockets, and the paddle-wheels of the Nemesis, subsequently perished miserably in the jungle from hunger. LoLA MoKTE:i An.\iN.—The Assemblee ,Nationale gives another letter from its correspondent at Barcelona respecting Lola Montcs. It is dated the 20th, and is as follows :—" My provisions are realized the husband of Lola Montes, 4S hours after his departure, wrote to net from ltIataro, imploring pardon. He besought her to allow him to return to her feet. He terminated hi* epistle thus :—' If you have ever to complain of me, show me this letter, and it will be your talisman.' Mrs. Heald set out next day by the railway, and some hoara after brought back Mr. Heald. According to what he states, he declares that others persuaded him to depart, but scarcely had he been separated from his wife whe" he desired to return three times he attempted to escape on the road, but too good a watch was kept o'ef him. At last, when he arrived at Mataro, he refused M go any further, and then wrote her the letter alluded to above. When returned to his wife, he complained t" her of all those who had persuaded him to .break hi" chain. Mrs. Heald is in the greatest anger her eyet. dart Hre and if ever she meets with those who wanted to separate her husband from her, I do not know what may not happen. It is said that she is about to publish a statement of her late adventures." GoLD FlWI CAHFo:t'<;A.—Mr. Richard Holmt>s, late of this town, arrived from California, by way oC New York in the Canada steamer, on Sunday evening last. Mr. Holmps was well known in this town aS foreman to Mr. Richard Crossley, boot and shoemaker, So nth Castle,street, and subsequently in business for himself in Whitcchape). A little more than two years ago his premises were burnt down, and he left this country for South America. Not liking the country, he started for California long before the gold fever set in' and he has resided there altogether about 18 months. He left San Francisco on the 2nd September last. Du- ring a part of last year and at the beginning of this year he was at work at the mines, and has realised very handsome sum, as he brings home with him -501b. weight of pure gold. He favoured us with a call yes- terday, and showed us some of the gold dust, with several large pieces of the precious metal, which he had picked up from the beds of the rivpr. The largest piece of pure gold which he secured weighed eight ouncesand ahalf. He states that thereisnodoubta great deal of gold is in the country, but with that excep- tion,headded. it is not worth a straw." For three months last year he never slept under cover of any kind, and the softest bed he could indulge in was a rock. Everything is exorbitantly dear. 0 He left 220 saUs of vessels at San Francisco.Lil e17)ol Jllercu1'!I' iHR MEDITERRANEAN FLEET.—All sorts of inCOf- rect reports are in circulation in the French, German and English papers as !o the whereabouts and destina- tion of the squadron under the immediate personal command in chief of Vice Admiral Sir W. Parker, B.trt., C.C.B. One authority places it at Malta, another at Corfu, and a third announces the arrival of a squa- dron of observation in the Bosphorus, and counts the numberofgur.srned asa salute. We may state, the information of our readers, that the Sect, consisting of the Caledonia, 120 Howe.120 Queen. 116 Prince Regent, 90; Powerful, 84; Vengeance, 84; Thetis, 36; Dragon, 6, steam-frigate; Rosamond, 6, steatC sloop, were at Corfu on the 4th instant, and were about to sail for Athens that day. The Odin, 12, steatn- frigate, was the only man of war sent to Constantinople, and she arrived there with dispatches on the 3rd. The Bellerophon, 7S, Captain Baynes, C.B., off Leghorn. has been ordered to join Sir W. Parker's squadron at Athens. The gallant admiral will then have seven sa'l of the line wit!) him, mounting €92 guns, with nearly 6,OOPmen. MURDER OF A P'TMAN.—Oo, Saturday night last a brutal and murderous assault was committed upon the person of George Hunter, a pitman belonging to Cowpen Colliery, near Elyth, and which, we are sorry to say.. resulted in his death the. following morning. Deceased had been at his brother's house, at Cowpen-lane, on the above night, and was returning home to Cowpen-squarc between 9 and 10 o'clock, when two men, each armed with a stick, rushed upon him near to tile Cowpen North Pit, and beat him in a mnst savage and brutal manner. His cries brought one of the waggon-men, named Turnbull, from the North Farm to his assis' tance, when the assassins ran off, the darkness of the night favouring their escape. Hunter was immediately conveyed home, medical aid was procured, and every attention paid to him, but without avail; he sank rapidly under the inj uries he had received, and died o" Sunday morning, between 9 and 10 o'clock. The unanimous opinion in the neighbourhood is, that the horrible deed had been perpetrated by some of the pttmen, to whom deceased had become obnoxious by his refusing to conform <o their proposal of restricting themselves to a certain amount of work per day. We hope that every effort will be made, and no expense spared, by the owners of the colliery to rind out the guilty parties, and bring them to justice. Hunter, who w:ts a quiet, steady man, and much respected, has lef* a widow and three young children to deplore hia un- timely end. It is said that, previous to his death, he said lie knew the guilty parties, but declined giving their names. An inq\let was held on the body at the Ridtey Arms Inn, Biyth, on Tuesday, before Mr S. Reed, coroner, and a respectable jury, but in order t'' give time for having a })()st mortem examination, te- inq'testwas adjourned until thf 31st inst. Hunta B remains were interred in Biyth churchyard, on \Vednes_ day afternoon In the presence of a vast assemblage o' persons. Two brothers, named Gleghorn. belonging ? Cowpcn-Rquare, ha\'e been apprehen(led on s\Jspicion 0 being concerned in the murder, and after being ex amined, were remanded to Morpeth