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Tue Cuor.siu.-—According to the Cork Ennsinsr of Wednesday, there is no longer the slightest doubt of the fearful pestilence having visited that city.—Dublin, so far, continueswholly free from the disease. Diari-limit, however, is still prevalent; and, worse still, fbver of the worst type is raging in’ a considerable extent. ‘ ’ *

A recent balloting for recruits at Berlin dieclosed the fatct that the male pa ulntion is physically degenerating in heig t, and conformation.

It is asserted in the London Jilceriiser

-and the Mrmingvfleiwfl, that the Home

Secretary, Lord Palmerston, has refused’ the usual Queen's letter, ordering collec- tions to be inride for the Society for Propo- guting the Gospel in Foreign Parts, owing to complaints he had heard of the working of that Society; and when remonstrate

with on the subject, by a leading Right Rev. Prelute, and some influential members of the Cabinet, persisted in his determination —tho matter belonging solely to his depart- ment-—and is said to have added, that this was not the only Church Society which

. would in future be excluded from the privi-

lege of a Queen's letter. It is supposed that after this determination of Lord Pal- merston--if the report be correct--it will be impossible for the Duke of Newcastle and Mr. Gladstone to remain in the Cabi- net with him.

At the recent Hitchen poultry show a game cock and hen (from a Rajah in India) were valued at £l,000; and a hen ofa new species called Pturmi ans, or grouse-footed Polands, consisting ofa cockered and three pullets, perfectly white, was valued at £200. <

Sriair Riirriivcs.—-The Paris correspond- ent of the Literary Gazette writes," “ Such is the terrible effect that it has created, thntit has altogether weaned. some persons from their ordinary avocations, has be- wildered foolish women, and has actually sent an eminent Paris banker, a depart- mental perfect, snd two or three high functionaries, stark staring mad."

The screw steam-ship Marshall, 300 tons, has been lost, and all on board. She leli the Elbe on Sunday, having on board a valuable cargo, a I50 emigrants. On Wednesday one of her boats were picked up in the North Sea, and has been brought up to Hull.

The anniral consumption of ivory in Shef- field is about £30,fIl0 in value, and about five hundred persons are employed in work- ing it up for trade. It may be fairly esti- mated that l8,000 Elephants are killed every year for the purpose.

The Rev. G. Fletcher, who has just com- pleted his l06th year, preached last Sun- day in Hope Chapel, St. Luke's, London.

One ofthe large perfume manufacturers ofGi-nsse, South of France, uses annually 80,00.) pounds of orange blossoms, 54,000 pounds of rose-leaves, and immense quan- tities of other sweet-scented flowers. ~

At the Privy Council, held, on the 25th, Parliament was‘ordered to be further pro-

‘r-ngtied from the'29th ult. until the 3d of

January, 1854, when, ifthe Eastern ques- tion be not settled, the Legislative session will probably coinmence.

We learn‘ that Mr. S. \’Vilkes, a miner, subscribed a guinea a day towards, the Wesleyan Missionary Society for the year I8-5;’; for the year I853 Mr. Wilkes is sub- scribing seven guineas a day; and another astounding promise ‘of 49 guineas a day has been made for the year I85-I.

A Lirsasiiv Cac:sUs.—lt is estimated that Charles Dickens realized £15,000 by the advertisements in which the numbers of Bleak-house were enshrined; as the lowest price for each advertisement was £I, while many were paid for at the rate of.£5 or £6. Household Words prcd’uces,‘Yit'is said, an income of about .£«l0liil,~tl'iough it is entirely in the hands of an assistant editor, Dickens himself contributing but one article weekly.

AIBRICAI IEWB.

C A L1 1-‘ 0 R N I A . '

Intelligence had reached there of the in- tense exciiements created in Sonora by the report of the sailing of the fillibuster expe- dition. Troops were sent to Sonora from Guagamas, and it was reported that General 'l‘acon was on the march there with 20(1)

c . mfgovernor Gautlara _had authorised the settlement of a Colony of German at So-

nora.

A Company "of U. S. ,Dragoons had an engagement on the let near R.ogue'River with a party of Indians. Ten Indians were killed and two Americans, besides a number of wounded on both sides.

The squatters have had al meetin at Sacramento, and passed exciting resolu- tions. Ania ‘other-‘ things, they declared Captain Sutter’s claims to-he invalid, and that the lands upon which S_acraiiieuto is built helon to the United States, as over- floved land: Large numbers ofenil rants were-arriving by the Gila route. a one case's party of ‘twelve had been sttpcked by the Apaches, and all but one killed.

The mining news is generally favorable. The miners on the River beds were prepar- in to leave on‘ account of the near approach 0 the rainy nelson. '

The Magnetic Telegrs h line between San Fraiieiaeo, Stockton, cramento, and Mai-yville, is ia'wpers_tioe - ’

New OILIAII, Dee. I8.-—8eriIe Jane preeieiined ' refer.--A private letter, dat- ed .Vera Cruz, Otli, states that Sen. Santa Anne was proclaimed Dictetcrifcetea ears, with the consent of all the principal ates

aad cities. 9 503 OWPI. Whivll Vlltetl “- ” Mm.

- - ‘It’ .r..~i.*,‘.o...'.i'.i§a‘ii.‘.: x......s...‘..’r..'i..*.;.:

ter, -Mr. Gadsden, bad demanded of Mexico the immediate confirmation of the Garay

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whom-‘my hat'l’lre"en.wiliipping'-via! chor- mous whip.-'7 The poor fellow stated that he had been ke t chained for four da s, hi_iv-

grent, orth'e United States would

session of the ‘llesilla Valley. '““1"' I

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Tun Hsrirns.—Yestenlay, Professor Charles Ariihun. of Columbia Cisllage, most of whose nu- rnuous works. have been issued from the grass of the l-lsrpers, forwarded to those gentleman

50. to bespprnpristeil l'nr the benefit of the nectar tous ‘female opsniiiv-is’ who were thrown. out of employment by the late fire. .' "

We understand that offers of as-i-tance to the amount irfst least one hundred unrlforty I dollars have been tendered the Messrs. Harpers. frmri individuals with whom they have had no previous connection. Another grant‘ in! 0'5’ dance of the synipstliy sccordo-d_'n..|l=Im "1,"-6 business community, is the offer of the various insurance companies to vi-sivsilieir sixty days of grace. and settle at once for their several liabilities. A larger quantity of books have been saved lrom the conllsgrstion than was supposed. and it is expected that iln-v “ill be able to fur nieh a portion of the January number of the magazine on the usual day ufpublicatiun.—N. Y. Eve. Post 1315

Civn. Was iii Psau.—.By way of Panama we are informbd that Dbiiaihiio Elias has raised sir insurrection in'ilte ‘north of Peru, and seems de- termined to upset the present govsr nt. lie but sttemptnwas at Tumbes. but he ailed mise- rably ; the few men he had with him were all is- ken prisoners, and he narrowly escaped the same fate ' He is now at Chiclago, near Lam- bsyequs, among many of his friends ‘and parti- seas.

The government consider his movements. so dangerous, ilist Gen. Torrico, the iniuister of War, has gone with three hundred troops to the north to put down the insurrection at once. I019 news of his success in so doing is daily expected with much auxieiy. Elias seems to possess Iii- dumitsble energy and perseverance, but lacks judgment; and the more reflecting part of the community seems to think he has played his part out in Peru, and that he cannot succeed in his

eeigns. ' . -

The Bolivian army in the south liss eased the frontiers of Peru, headed by General lzu him- se This movement seems to have astonished the Peruvisns, and at once aroused them into ac- tivity. The President, General l-Icheique is pre-

ring to leave immediately and take command of the troops himself; meantime Belzu has every chance in his favour, there being no able Peruvian general to oppose him.

‘i hepnsitiun of the government may therefore be regarded as somewhat critical; in the or , civil. war is dreaded. from discontent, w.ih Elias as its mover; and in the South. the invasion by the Bclivisne. whom it may be no easy matter to

- repel. Tirade has resigned as Mlnlll€r,‘Illd goes

mg been ipped ievery.-slay; a during vdide time..reee‘rvie¢i only food_tc barely support life. The only_eX- plsnation that-the parties arrested gave, was, that the man whom they had chained was indebted to the amount of $400 to one of their number, and that, as he either would_not or could not pay it, they were obtainin satisfaction in this novel manner. -—.&lts aisfornia JV'or. l5

Tris Linrss or l)s'su'sccs.‘—-Her walk and action are as graceful as her figure and face are prepossessing; but beyond the riaain (yes) and in (no) of conIersation,'yoii can seldom get a word from her unless you are a very intimate friend of the family, and then these young ladies are as fond of a little .romping or quizaing as their more ac- complished and more Telnflant sisters of the North. It is a mistake to imagine that the natives of the Turkish empire are wholly excluded from any friendly intercourse with the women of those countries, a tale which

,_has_gairi“ml credence and beelimrneveringly mbintained’ by travelleri, ‘few of whom have ever had an opportunity of testing the truth of the report by personal experience. A- mon st the higher classes of the Greek per- sussion, in particular, every freedom ex- ists indoors; young ladies not only show themselves, but, after serving the guests

_with cofi‘e_q-a,iid~ewee,tmeeiI. they will seat

themselves on" the edge of the divan, and

,soon manage to join in the conversation.

. This state oflfreedom exists to a greater or

I lessdegreevtill the young girl iahetrothed;

5 then it is not considered decorous that she

isliould be present whenever her intended

} bridegroom visitsthe hogan. neither should i she hear his name mentioned. Even a- . moo st Turks, and more especially in the

} villages and smaller towns of Syria, the

1 young Mahommedan sees and converses - with the future object of his love till she . attains her eleventh or twelfth year; she is ,then exi;ludrd,fr9l!\ the society of men; but

womanhood has already begun to develcpe

. itself in the person of the girl of ten or

eleven years old in these climates, where they are oftentimes wives and mothers at

i thirteen. Hence love exists between the

| young couple before the destined bride- igroom urges his mother to make the re-

I quisitc proposals of marriage. He loses

on I mission to this United States ; he Ill eui‘ceed- j sight of his Indy‘-love an pooh 33 [he gutgj-g ed by PM S-ildam 'l_'h° tl“'"° °"""“"°“'“ l''"‘’ i open womanhood, though he mav, by means not yet published theirreporg, and liriais are ten») ofa third puny’ catch an occgflanal gimp” ' i t at Ilflh . . ler]t‘Ilatl;:°’|ll'1‘al‘Lli:‘ uesui|i'i.y?'n' ma ‘grin. of 0'f‘ttihei-_ otf litelr rCfl.lllE(E:| ‘as slip passes so an: fro, crossed the Dessguaderu, in_ the vicinity of Aspra, I 3 "C Y 3"" " _ '3' ma "°“5o ‘W ° Pen’ on rsfis. with two battalions of foot and one I nus; but not a single word or one bewricb- squsdron of cavalry. in all about seven hu-idi_rd ; ing kiss can the despairing lover hope for men. the Peruvian villagers reireaiiniz‘biil'i-re liim'l. uniiil gho is brought home to hi. hougg, hi.

‘Par ianient, and that the Hon. D. G. Daly,

ceed Sir

as he advanced in the country. Thus far t‘-are ha. been no fighting, hut Peru is raising_a volati- teer force, which, with the national l.'Il,l_|l‘tl. w‘ hasten to meet the invader.—-Boston T?‘¢W11€"‘-

Faun (hano1t.—The overland arrivals conii L nued to be large. Many parties hsdeuflsred severslv on the root; some having been reduced 1 to eating their horses ’ .,

Dr. Evans, _of Governor, Stevens, surveymgv expedition. arrived at Portland on tire 28th, He reports favorably on the Railroad route fioin the head of the Mississippi to Puget Sound.

Governor Lane is pledged lo advocate a division of the Oregon territory.

_ . .

We siniierely trust our Island is rapidl return- ing to that liealihy and salubrinirs state ft} wliicli it has hitherto been so remarkable. for some drive past we have not heard of a siiiule_ new case-' of Epidemic. and it will he noticed by our obituary column, that but few deaths have occurred the past weelf: Tlic Hoepilals at Ireland Island and at Prospect are free iif fever paiii-iiis.aiirl.we soon hope to hear that the ‘- 'l‘eneilus" Hospital Ship. and Ports Island Estalrlislrmrnt are in‘ a like state —God grant that the awful.disease with which we have been so grii-vi-iiislv tried has i

used from amongst us.--Bermuda R. Griz 6th. I

We had a heavy gale from the South Ens. mi | the night of Wednesday last, which riearly com- j pleted the destruction of the fruit siill remaining on the trees after the long N. E. storm. The growing crops of potatoes have sutlered very materially.‘ 'l' he temporary roof on the Tower of Trinity Church was blown ofl'.—IIi.

It is stated in the (‘sands papers that“ Lord Elgin will return to Canada in time to o nthe coming session of the Provincial

(Provincial Secretary’ in Canada.) will sue- Edmund Head as Governor of N ew-Brunswick .

A correspondent of the Miramii-hi Glean- er says that an old man, a native of England. named John D. Shotton, aged 88, was born- ed to death at Cocugne, while in astute of;

intoxication’ He was atone time a_ wealthy A

man. . 1 N 0V A SC OT! A .

smears-r s-rirapf! H Damage to "rt in Her’ as arbour- CAl'mt|tp¢'l' bhiicn down, 4':

One of the severest gslee I-laliisx misfortune to encounter for many on Friday evening last. on ult.

lt common soon after dark and continued without intermission till daylight Saturday morn- ing. The W presented a fearful appear- ggcg of devastation on Saturday.

The whole of the flooring cf the MsrkekiWliarf was ripped up. and the Isnlis thrown about in scattered confusion. e.North side of Market Wharf ihelune. of Windsor, and the Flora, of Prince Edward leland, had their stores psrily stove, with other dsrnsae—boih rrpsrsble.

miuoit in run cirr

‘has had the , years took place I

w

Fences have have been blown down in all rliiec- ‘

iions. Psrt'cf the llailiag round St. Paul's Church is blown down let. Chimney on Mr. Vsss’e Building adjoining the Colonist Oflice was blown down on the roof and ‘crushed itln.

Csiaass Puitisniir.nr.—Yesterds .aller- carryin away with him a fair you noon, Capt. North made quite a aul of who he Chinamen, from a house in Happy Valley. to whom he was uti The attention of Capt. North was atiract- for sisgbt l lines: to the contrary, they are ad by a crowd arzound the door, who were to this day every loving aadhsp y cell a. lideuing to cries of! mill Inside. Caytr St age to say. neither under‘ a we of

roses. who was

lgnivful consort and partner for life; then, and not till then, commences the_ rest so- clusion of the ladies ofthe Turkis bar-em. .—Tlrs Thistle and — the Cedar of Lebanon.

Love-,miim_t_,o IN ‘run Eas'r.—At this time several l$r;itish,of,l,icers were travelling gver_ Syria is all directions .0... 'ploma- tic missions. -Those endeavoured ‘t ascer- tain the exact capabilities of every town and village, as regards the number ofmen that could bear arms; the number of cattle, horses, 8tc.; the arms and quantity of am- munition, and the proportion '-that the Mos- lem population bore to the Christi Of these gallant officers, one was eent_ to Damascus, and whilst residing there he was very much captivated by the beauty ofthe Moslem ladies. On first arriving, this gay Lothario was well received by the grey,- bearded authorities: but soon he lost caste; re rts and complaints were of every day occurrence; this white stran er would er- sis! in making love to the oslem la ice, and the _ Mpslem, girls would persist in ;m_aliing love tp him.. This wasa dreadful state of afiiaii-s; but this was not pll, for even the old Armenian patriarch was rous- ed into wrath b discoverin thata timid little Armenian girl was actua ly head-over- ears in . ve with the feather-crowned stranger, or rather with his money. There was no standing this. The people said it was it cryin shame, and reportedit to the Cadi; the Cadi coin lpinedtq Ne ‘id Pacha; and"'the Pticha," ows'_s'dili'd of the old school, and a right down Freak hater,,com-_

lained to the“ commander-in-chief of the English forces at Beyrout. The command- er-in-chief sent several officers up to Da- mascus to investigate the case, which was tried in open divan before the Pacha, who summoned such as had char es against the gallant ofiicer to appear be ore 'm. charges brought a ai_nst him were twofold. First, that‘ he fhd en'ded’toured to ubvert the minds ofthe, people from ren_de' g due homage to Ottoman authority _by asking

them such si niflcant questions as, for in-‘

stance, if the ‘nglish were to lay siege to the country, with which of the powers would you side? The second charge was, the lieoious oflhncc of making love to some score of Turkish damsels, besides the Ar- menian lady in question. The first charge was thrown out as frivolous, absurd, and nnno ing; the "second was fully proved. I acte as turjamen Bashi to the court of in- quiry, and from the circumstance of the gentleman being in a.forei n,Iand, I was uatui-ally disposed to lean rat or to the side ‘of the Eu lishman. The Mahommedans .obnerved t is, and were ver spiteful a- gainst me. The result of all t is was, that the military entlemiin was advised to lea 'e Damascus; ut he, availin himself of s moonless .,nigliti, put a termination to the whole affair by starting off for the sea-coast, widow, me’

me i and,

New in ii sail found it Chissiiisii iii zit”; avg gasps. ls;u.sge“,“nnd it would sppm-,

captured his_hevirt by «lane g, and

cessaryi such expi-eisuivefithings as e es and flowers are brought into play.—--- Ii_s Thistle end the Cedar of Lebanon.

A Pie-runs or Duisscus.—Damaseus, like moit Eastern towns, has noth' to boast of in the outside appearance it its rough unwhitnwaghed houses. "Its streets are iiawrow, dark and intrica_te—crcwds of peop|e'—‘earavans ' of esmels— niulhs-— and troops of donkeys are all perpetually on the move, though‘ .not with that rapidity of locomotion so striking to a foreigner on his first visit to Lcndon..,The stranger is struck dnnib with astonishment anddissppoirtmeiit .' He has heard so much and seen so little, that his list exclamation is 'sure to be, ‘Can this really be Sham-al Shaiif?—-the much-praised Damascus;—the so-styled paradise of the East!’ Yes, stranger, this ’ir the justly celebrated Damaacus; but the secret cause of your amazement lies bid as the kernel in the shell of a not, the outer surface of which is the walls of the houses, while within lieu concealed the swest_kernel. Open the street door of rough unpolished» w ;and alter carefully closing the same, as if by magic, the whole train of your thoughts and your discontentement will be diverted into another channel, and you will. be struck with surpriseand admiration, as the hidden beauties of‘ the city. will then burst upon your view. The same may be said with regard to the ladies of Damascus, notoriously the handsomest women in the

st—Houris', whose bright 'eyes have ofli'ered'an endles theme for the poet's son . Forms e_iiveloped in white and coloured iscrs-—features muflled up and completely disguised by hideous hlack- veils. That man must needs be a magician who could identify his own wife or sister from amidst the herd of ghostly figurescontinually, ilittin to and fro in‘ the streets; ‘though now and t en some Eastern akruii (coquette) may even here be found slily contriving to allow the light of her sparkling eyes to beam through this dark screen. Here also is the- same mystery, and the beauty lies concealed within the outer shell. Now standing inns spacious quadrangle, exquisite- ly paved wit marble, we take a hasty survey of all around us. In the centre is a square basin of clear crystal-like .water, in which gold and silver fish are playfully swimming about, and in the middle of this birkat a fountain continually throws its sportive jets to return in showers‘ of pearls u n the man pretty little flowers that are panted roun the borders. An arcade, supported by elegant colums, runs round‘ three sides; and the fourth side of the quadrangle is occupied by the lower apart- mentso the house. The corria (or cor- nices) are all ornamented with Arabic inscriptions, both in poetry and prose, having invariably Scripture texts. ln little _/istalciares, or parterres walled in with marble slabs, a few choice orange and men trees are carefully cultivated; and .it _is diflicult to say whether the sweet of their blossoms is_ not rivalled, or even surpassed, by the delicious fragrance of the roses and rich Hag-hdad fit! (or dwarf jesamine,) which so thickly cluster about their roots. Of the interior of such a house- no one could have given a better idea then did his Excellency Mahomed Pasha, the late ambassador to the court ofSt.,.}ameses, who happening, ‘during his residence in London, to give a ball, fitted up some of the apartment to as to exactly represent the interior of a Damascus house. These rooms were the leading topic‘ of chit-chat among the faehionables of London for many weeks afierwartls.—TIie" Tlifstls and (lie Cedar if Leborton.'

Tm: Pivrrsr DICIPTIVI HI:N’s Nrsr.-—-This is one of the most ingenious contrivatices of the age, and is the invention or-a down out Yankee. The design is to deceive poultry into the speedy and liberal laying of eggs. and which is accom- plished b the peculiar construction or the ma- chine. t the hottomof the nest there is a trap- door. which works on a hinge‘. being supported by aspring. The moment an e 3; is pin on this, the trap opens and lets it fell thrdugli into a cush- ioned apsrtnient prepared for its reception. The consequence is that the bird, just as she is proper. iag to caeltle glances at the neat,_snd seeing nothing,it actually reasons itself into the belief that she hes not laid at all, and resumes her posi- tion on the nest in hopes of making a more suc- . csmfol effort. ’