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Ano-eL-Kanen’s [merisonMENT.—A eorrespondence has taken place between the Marquis of Londonderry and Louis Napoleon, regarding Abd-el-Kader. The Hour continues in confinement at the Chateau Amboise, on the banks of the Loire, and the Marquis obtained the pri- wiege of an interview with him. He was received with touching dignity by the old chief. who confided to him a re- quest that he would procure for him an andience of the President. The Marquis thereupon addressed a feeling letter to lastis Napoleon, describing the condition ef the captive, and appealing to the gene- rosity of the French government for his Jiberation, reminding the President that tae same Marquis of Londonderry, who was now writing this request to him, had maade in former years a similar appeal to Louis Phillippe, on behalf of Louis Na- poleon, the prisoner of Ham. The an- swerof the President was that the ac- @ourthad “ generally interested him—the captivity of the Emir had ceaselessly weighed on his heart, and that the new Prench Ambassador to Constantinople had just been charced to study the ques- tien. But with regard to the wish of the fallen chief for fn audience, the Presi- dent could only see him to communicate gvod news, and until that was possible we niust decline his request.

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Durtizs ro Tur Departren.-—A false, sad notion has injured many, that we ewe it to departed friends to die to those who remain, to die to our race, to feed on dark pictures of life, to reject the bless- iugs which our kind Father has strewed in our path, because some have been taken froin us, [t ought to be the influ- ence of bereavement—of the banishing of loved ones from our sight, to give us more reverent and quickening conceptions ef the spiritoal nature of the undying soul, of that futurity through whieh our faculties and affections are to expand into diviner life and felicity, and under this hope we should desire to enter a nobler field of action, now that the de- parted have gonp to see, to love and serve the jrifinite Father with anew fervour end elevation of spirit—and we should strive to si Moathize with them, to be joined with them by partictration in their progress. Weare apt to feel as if noth- ing we could do on earth bears relation ta what the good are doing ina hicher world : but itis not so. Fleaven and earth are not so far apait. very disinterested act, every excrifice to duty, every exertion for “ one of the lastof Christ’s brethren,” every new insight into Gods Works, ¢very new wnpnise given to the love of truth and goodness, associates ns with the departed, ond as trnly heavenly as if we were acting on earth but in heaven, These are common truths, but we do not feel them. The spiritual tie between us end the departed, 13 not felt as it should be. Our unten with them daily grows étronger, if we daily make progress in what they are growing in.— Channing,

“Sir.” said 2 member from the As- sumption district in the Lomisiana legisla- ture. “I’m here, the proud representa- tive of my constituents; [am here from the psrish of Assumption, and while I stsnd upon this floor, Land Assumption ure of a piece.” * Yos,” said a member opposite, “and you are the d dest poece of Assumption that was ever heard ef,”

Ke VOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS IN HAYTTH. Advices from St, Domingo, stote that

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at Cape Haytien, and in other parts of the Island, in consequence of the deser- tion ef the prince Soulouque, who had gone into the interior to raise forees for the purpose of supplanting the black Emperor Faustin the first. In about six days h® returned with twenty men. With those he approached the yates of the city (Cape Haytien) when he gained an accession of forty others. ‘This force being too small to warrant success in case of atiack, he then withdrew and led off into the mountains. All this was done without molestation, the people at that piace having no authority from Port au Prince to act in opposition to him.

At about the time of sailing Capt. Gil- key was informed by the American Con- sul, Mr. Wilson, the army had been ten days oathe march toward Cape Hayti, probabiy to settle the disturbance.

So great was the panic caused by these inovements, the Custom House had been suspended, Jt was the opinion, that in the event of his failure, Soulouque, unless he should make good hig ecape,would be de- stroyed.

UNITED STATES.

TERRIFIC EXPLOSION OF A LOCOMO-

TIVeé BOILER AT PATERSON, NEW

JERSEY.—SEVERAL LIVES LOST.

Karly yesterday morning, the manu- facturing district of Paterson,New Jersey, was thrown into an alarming state of ex- citement, on the information that a ter- rible explosion had taken place at the machine workshop of Messrs. Rodgers, Ketchum and Grosvenor, by the bursting of a locomotive steam boiler, whereby four men were instantly killed, and some fifteen or twenty injured, the recovery ofsome of whom is considered very doubtful.

It appears thata locomotive of superior workmansiip, weighing twenty-two tons, made for the Rochester and Syracuse Railrord, had just been completed, valued at $8,000, and that morning was undergo ing the last test, when it was to have been transported to its destination. Yesterday morning, a fire was made in the furnace, in order to make the final test of its ca- pacity for steam, having been twice be- fore sieamed up forthat purpose. As the tire kindled up, and the steam was rising, the pumps were set in motion, when the boiler burst with a fearful explusion. Tae effects of the explosion were confined al- most wholly within a compass of thirty feet square, and those without it were un- injured, except experiencing a shock. The locomotive wag thrown fro: the first sto- ry to the roof, and in its descent lodged on the sill of the front second story door, having turned a complete somerset. The building itself was injured only within the space mentioned, except by the break- ing of windows, inost of which are shat- tered and broken. There must have been something like 150 men in the building at the time. [tis almost miraculous that the explosion was confined in its effects to the limits it appears to have been. The accident is attributed either to an imper- jection in the iron, or carelessneas on the part of those trying the engine, and at pre- sent it wonld be unsafe to venture an opinion ss to which was the cause.—Vew York Herald.

REVOLUTION AMONG THE PiTTt-

COATS.

The lrdies are onthe skirts of a re-

form, corona reform of skirts. Since

Amin Bey came to this conntry, they have talked much of Turkish trousers and short robes. Some, more daring, have gone a litt’e further. They have taken the frockecat and pantaloons. Mrs. Kemble, two years ago, set the example,

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by Miss Bloomer, of Seneca Falls, and

others. Mra Swigshelm jumps into rhe style, also, In Syracuse, N. Y. it is quite the rage.

A Ton or Booxs Franxen!—The Louisville Courier notices the arrival of seven large bags filled with books, &c., directed to Senator Borland, under his own frank. This.makes twenty bags in all, weighing over one ton, which this senator has franked home to hia own ad- dress. [hata model of econowy that ‘ar Republic ts, to be sure. ]

Tarpure To Jenny Linp.— The New York Firemen intend presenting Jenny Lind with a splendid gold box, contain- ing a parchment copy of the vote of thanks passed by them to her for the $3,- 000 donation to the Fire Department fund. The box is 7 inches inlength by three in width,and weighs twelve ounces. They also intend to present ber with a complete copy of Audubon's “ Birds aad Quadrupeds of America,”

Mork prstureances AT Bostax.— The Boston papers mention an attempt of some of the coloured inhabitants of that city to tar-and feather one of their own race, nimed Thomas P. Smith. Sase- quently another attack was made upon him ia the street, but he was protected by the police. The brother of Smith was ar- rested for attacking one of those imph- cated in the tar and featherattempt with a hatchet. |

Some of the Ladies of Toronto have formed an association in aid of Fugitive Staves, who are daily landing on their4 hospitable shores. ?

Innumanity or A Fatsea.—A boy eight years old. named Jolin Craig, was found Friday night ina stable in Multon Street,where he had broken injand taxen the blanket from a horse, and put it upen himself. He was taken by a Watchman to his father, who lives at No. 40, Char- lestown street, but he would not take him in, becanse the boy went on a fishing ex- cursion yesterday. without his consenat.— So the boy was taken back to the Watch- house for the night, and this morning was left to care for himselfi— Boston Bee.

TreRrriBete Exprosion or GONPOWDER. —This morning between | and 2 o'clock, about eight kegs of powder, which was stowed inashantyin 39th street, near llth Avenue, by carelessness of the la- bourers there engaged, ignited, blowing the shanty to atoms, and also destyoying other similar edifices im the immediate neighbourhood. Many Irish ijabourers were in the midst of the fearful scene, but strange as it may appear, not one of whom, as ig reported were injured. Wheel bar- rows, crow bars, grubbing hoes and other implements of labour were thrown with violence into 10:h Avenue. ‘The shock was 8 violent that it awoke and terribly alarmed almost every person within a mile of the catastrophe.—. Y. Express.

The Sacramento Times is of the opin- ion that the entire population of the State of California is distributed as follows:

in the northern mines, or that seope of country lying north of San Francisco and Fexther river, we give a population of 20.000. Feather river, with all of its mining tributaries, 25,000. Yuba,40,000. Rear river, 4000. Vhe American fork, 50.000. The southern mines, or all that portion of the mining country of Califor- nia lying south of the American river, 30.000. ‘The San Joaquin valley, 10.000. The City of San Francisco, with the po- palation sesttered in its immed’ate neigh-

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ley, including all above San Francieee, 40,000. ‘The coast, or that portion of the State which hes below San Francisgw, bordérin upon the ocean, 20,000; in ali, a popiiation of 314,000, which we beliew: 18 13 nearly correct as the means at hand will allow us to approximate,

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GREAT BRITAIN.

A remarkalby fine piece of glassware hes deen manufactured at Paris, for the exhibition. It is a large decanter ; blown from a very pure and clear materi- al, and sufficiently capacious to allow three persons of moderate size to sit in- side, round a table three feet four inches in diameter, the height of the decanter from the bottoin to the level of the mouth isten feet, and the circumference’at the widest part 30 feet. Tie stopper weighs J2 pounds, and the whole decanter I388.

MINISTERIAL EXPLANATIONS.

Inthe House of Commons, in reply to an inquiry by Mr. Anstey, Mr. Hawes stated thatthe Lieut. Governor of Van Dieman’s Land had thought it his duty to withdraw the tickets of leave which had been gran- ted to the three prisoners, M‘Manus, Ot Doherty, and O: Donohue, in consequence of their misconduct, in acting in direct disobedience of the regulations, by deli- berately leaving their districts without leave, and that he had sen'enced theta tu. certain terms of imprisonment,

rd Naas moved that the House do,

forthwith resolve iiself intoa committee to gonsider the present mode of levying the duty on howe made spirits in bond. He described the mode of collecting the duties upon these spirits, and the injury and yexation which it inflicted upon the distiller, and whilst the revenue would be no loser by changing the mode of mea- surement, which would net unsetile exist- ing arrangements, it would consi¢er.bly increase the consumption ef whiskey without an increase of intemperance,

Lord John Russell ssid he considersd this a motion to reduce the duty on Scotch and Irish spirits, and regarding it as a question of revenue, this was not atax he was prepared to reduce, nor did he think it fiir to give an advantage to [rish and Scotch spirits over English.

Afier general discussion the question was takea, and the numbers onthe deci- sion were equal—Ii57 on each side: wherenpon the Speaker, according to usage, to aflord an opportunity for ancther division in the cominittee, gave the cast+ ing vote in favour of the motion.

Mr. Roebuek. after this fourth defest, put it tothe noble Lord whether it was Wise or politic to retam the Government, If the Elouse was so blind tothe interests of the country asto keep Ministers in that state, let the Honse bear the respon- sibility; but the rovle Lord, out of re- ward for his own personal character, shouki not lend his authority to such a state of things.

Lord John Russell said he respectfally declined the advice tendered to him dv Mr. Roebuck with respect to his personal character. Thankrug him for his good intention, he shou'd take care of his per- sonal character himself. The course which the Government ought to take upon auch an oecasion wes a matter of very erave import. Resignation of Goverament volved very serious consequences, All he could say was that he trusted thase wha generally supverted the present Miv- isters would give them credit for weighing the rxituation they were in, and wouid believe that whilst they were indieposed om the one hand to allow the charecter of the Government to be impaired, they wonld not on the other band, throvgh a sense of defeat, take ihe hasty course of immediately resigning office,