SUMMARY OF NEWS.

It has been stated on very good autltori- ty, that there is a great Inland Sea in Afri- ca, about twice as large as the Black Sea. Mr. Rebmann, a missionary at Moinbas, is the discoverer. This sea is to be called ‘_‘ Ukerewe.” It is situated between tlte Equator and the tenth degree of south latitude; and between twenty-three, and thirty degrees east longitude. Our young readers irtay easily make it on the old itiaps for themselves.

A Mossrsa CUCUMBI-:l'..--Tll9l‘8 is now growing, says the Lotvcll‘Massachust=.tts Journal, in the garden of Mr. Pindar, in this city, a eucuinbertneasurittg 48 inches in length, and over ['3 inches in circumfer- ence at the largest parts.

On the Ospray coining tip the Harbour’ on Wednesday evening last, the oflicersl tried to ﬁre the gun as iistial; but being damp, she woultl not go olf. 'I‘hi- boat was then opposite George's Island; nrul it was? not until art hour and ti halfaftcr .~lie reach-

ed the wharf, that one of the stewards, duous duller, befrre new operations are irntlv?r=-'t-.c-ritscicrruc. 'l‘ril-utcs such as the one now pro-;

named Sullivan,attcmptcd l0(ll'1i.Wlll(l charge . when strange to say, the cli-urge ignitedi and shattered his arm so severely, that no‘; other alternative for relieving liirri of intense ~ pain tliart cutting oil‘ the limb was availa- 'ble. This operation was accordingly per- formed on the ensuing morning it l)rs. Jennings and Slayter, with remarkable skill and SUCCQSS.-—Rt‘COI‘(f€r.

In the London Times of the lltlt inst., it is stated that there isa prospect of a steam route being very shortly opened between London and New York in the northern, and Atistralia and other places in the southern hemisphere, by way of Pana- ma. The project is set on foot by a British Capitalist, largely connected with American trade, and it is proposed to run large teanicrs from New York to Panama, and to enter iitto arrangements with the London West India Mail Company to take the passengers from England to that point. rom Panama large Steamers are to pro-' ceed to Tahiti, in the Pacific, a. voyage of IS days, where the chicfcoal depot is to be kept, and where their voyage is to end. Steamers from Sydney and Melbourne, a voyage of 13 days, are to meet them at Tahiti, when the Passengers will transsliip from the Panama Steamers and, proceed to Australia. This plan, ifcarried into effect, will bring New York within 45 and London within 60 days of Australia. It is calcula- ted that more than one thousand persons per month will take passage in the English and New York Steamers.

Mr. T. Tobias, Annapolis, has this year raised a bunch of squashes from ariiiglo and, weighing in all four hundred and eighty-/ire pounds! One of the six weighed ll‘) pounds.

Tm: Wasr luau SQUADRON.—Hcr Majesty's ship Powerful, 81, Captain T. L. Massie; the Cornwallis, 60, Captain Wellesley; the Pembroke, 60, Captain Seymour; and the Rosamond, 6, puddle- sloop, Commander Crolton, are all ordered immediately to leave Spithead, to reinforce the “fest India squadron under Rear- Admiral Fanshawe. The first-named goes to Jamaica, and the other three to Bermu- da. Rear-Admiral the Right Hon. Sir M. F. F. Barkeley. K C B., arrived at Portsmouth from the Admiral yesterday, and went out to Spitliead in the steatnyaclit Vivid to inspect the above ships, and im- parted instructions to their captains, after which he proceeded to Chichester.

It is understood that the cause of these reinforcements is the rece tion of informa- tion by the Government o several men-of- wnr being in course of construction by American shipbuilders for the Russian

Government. These vessels, it is reported, are to be intercepted, as the American government refuses to discountenance their construction .—London Paper, Oct. 13.

A heavy froshst was experienced on the Ken- nshoc River on Sunday last, which carried away sovergl bridges, s clothing mill, two ssw-mills besides two factories. The river was higher than

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ly injured, amounting in the sggreg no to tho_snot- mous sum of sixty-seven millions of dollars. It is

the cﬁcct of arresting the attention of the U. Government, to the importance of Western into- rests, so for as the great rivers and lakes are con- cerned.-Monmsl Guru

HASZARIYS ’.»GAZE'I"l‘E, NOVEMBER 7.

Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Strange Jo- ce yn, of the Scots Fusilier Guards, has bi.-err appointed to the commzurd of the ‘2d Ritlu corps of the British German Legion. Colonel .locel_vn, who entered the army about nine years ago. erved in the Riﬂes in Canada, in Lord liar- diuge's stall‘ in India, and in the (Jriniean campaign from the landiii- in Kalauiita liay to the assault on the Hill: of.ltine. lle headed his company of Guards at the Alina and at lnkermann, and was distinguished not only by ltis gallantry and coolness, lrtit also by his good fortune. tor .he came out of the two battles‘ without so niuclt as a scratch, and he is one of the few oﬂicers who, through the Criineaii war, never had a da_v’s illness. In appointing Colonel Jocelyn to a command of the 53d German Riﬂes, Lord I’anmure has, for once at |east,pnt the right man iriio the right place. Colonel Jocelyn, though only just 30. has so-‘It more of real war than most t-four old general.-'; and he is one of the tiien to _whoin we lmrlt forward as likely to be among the young generals that are to t'evive the fauna of Iillllblt rll"dlL‘t__')'.

GENERAL SiitirsoN.—'l‘hr: Puss 6(I_‘.'S :— :\s the town of St.-bzrstopol has now f.-illen. it is pro- bable that General Simpson will no lon_'er tliirzk liitnself coinpolledtu retain his coiniiiairil. lit- has sulferrd severely in lir.rl‘.lr, and nray not uuiruturally desire to be relic-vt:tll'ioiirlirs ur-

tis report:-d tli.1tUerr4~r.-l (ltitlririutt-ri Willi return home. The tttsk of Iilltlltl-_1 :. lllccess r, or (x'ener.'il Simpson will he tltlli-‘nli. 'l':it-‘, names of Cvsneral 'l\larkh:tiu and Gent.-r:ii l-'._vr«~. are both mentioned ; each has a reputation, -llltii either appointment would be popular.

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Parser: .‘-lrznrsciriicor-‘i-‘ A .\losi:.—'['lu= Patric states that a private letter received by a Russi'tn family in Paris, announces that Prince l\lentr-xel:i- koll' has become it Monk. lie has enrolled him- self,itis said, in a monastery near ‘.\loseow.

l’irocirt:ss Oi-‘ DltGUl1Ztlll£t)'l'YI’lNG. I Niepit-co, the co-laborvr of Daguerre, has,; after years of study and e.\‘[iL'l'lt':tt'£', succeeded in! nltnost pcrtirctiiig the art whit-,h his a.-so-: ciate tliseovurted. “ I have. lri««_-irti," Silvsl he, “ ttillr ft'[l|‘0dllClllE in the miiitrrit oh'~rr:n- ra.coloredr.r:r:rvingzs, llIi’i. iittilicirtl and iiatural‘ flowers, and r ~4tl_v, dead |i:i'.t'rt', a doll tlrevsi-(I in stulls of dill? irt colitis, aitl i|l\\'tt_‘.'> tiirnnit-d with gold r-..t. silver lace. l have til-litllittl all the colors, and what is !lltIlt' ..\'tr;ior.!in;iry and curious,tho gold and silver are tlepit-toil with. their metallic lustre, and rock crystal, port-el:iiu and alabaster are depicted \\'lllt the lustre natural to them.”

Puni.ic rr:I:t.mo IN ST. l’r.1-icitsirtiiro. ,r

The St? Petr-rshurg C"l't‘t:.~‘pt)lItlt‘ll! ol'tircPrc.¢sc,‘ writing on the 26th tilt., s-ri_vs;—“ Since the whole ofthe Court quitted our capital and the principal ministers act.-oinpanied the Emperor to Moscow, there has been received here no news respecting events in the Crimea. Complete uncer- tainty and melancholy sadness prevail; and it is at St. Pelershnrg especially, that the boyards‘ iirost manifest their discontent. Reviews and par- ades cherished their warlike nrrlour. These have ceased, and the absence of the high fuirctionrrries, civil and military, who have followed the l-Iinpe- ror,,le:ivcs the nobles at leisrrrc to consider the ditiiculty in uhich Russizi lllls heten placed by the war of the East. I-Ience their tliscouragernent, which manifest itselt openly lll their tvords. More- over, adding to their discontent. certain pamphlets pass more easily from hand to ll-‘Hid, and cherish thee melancholy feeling. The discontent, it is impossible to deny, has reached the lowest classes of the population, and the peasants are now st, ing to escape the conscription. This is not all.‘ A practice which has heart rare in the Rttssiau: army is extending itselfou a lame scale. I iriean the desertion of soldiers, winch has become so- marked, that the government has C0'lsi(ltll‘('tl it ne-N cessary to adopt measures and apply perralties; which are quite unusual against those who desert‘ their colours." l l Letters from the Finnish coast mention, that se-J veral persons, most of them Mayors, have been? arrested in Finland, by order of the military com- uiandants in the various districts. 'l‘lie causes ofl tltt-so arrests—8U in ntimber—are stated to be.’ political.

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Advices from Tripoli, in Barbary, state that the Turkish reinforcements which had arrived here have defeated the insurgents.

Honitirn.n Sitcnirici-: or Ltri-2 or! run Wt:srictm Wnsits. IN Foitrv-roan Yarns.- Frcm Lloyd's forthcoming gteitmboat Directory, we learn that since the application of Steam on the Western waters, there have been thirty-nine thousand six hundred and seventy-two lives lost by steamboat disasters, three hundred and eighty hosts and cargoes lost, and reveal y boats serious-

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to be hoped, that this forthcoming worlt will h S

for several years post.

the Master Cutler, from Sir E. Bulwer Lytton : —-*- Knebworth-park, Stevenage, llerts, Sapient- ber ‘.!ti.—-Sir,—l have the honour to enclose you u check for £10 in aid ofthe Roebuck Testirno- tti.tl. contribution to this well merited tribute, I waive ultogotlrer the consideration of Mr. Roc- btick’s especial politics. by it to mark my approval of the art he took in the it ‘ ointment and proceedings of th

Eehastopol Committee.

'that it will last four times longer than the

suitable for commercial purposes in time of peace. and for transports in time of class of Steamers, such as those of the Cunard and other pocket-lines, without which England could not have transported her own troops, and those of her allies them while there.

'l‘us Roaiiccic ’l‘trsriuoxrrtt..—-'I‘he following ettcr has lN.'0Il received by Mr. F. T. Map '

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Permit me to add, that in m slight

I do not even desire

0 not ask xnyscff where l liu.vo agreed with or differed from Mr. Roebuck in the opinions he has expressed or tlre line of policy he has ado ted. I desire only, as a ineutber of the British ’urlianient, to con- vcy my sense of the dignity conferred u on the n;tii0lliI.l assembly by arty iuati who, wtatever he the party he espouscs, brings into its debates eorutnr..iding intellect anti uniinpcaclted in- togrity. England, it is true, hits many men thus nobly clntrueterized, but none in wlroin more con.-picuously than in your representative the rt-gar-d for her material interests is occurri- p.tnit:tl by anxiety for her honour and pride in her l‘t.‘lltI\\'ll ;-—uone who. wlretlrer he be right or wrong in the eyes of otlrt-.rs, woul more rigidly abstain front the wrong or more firmly inaintain the riglit, according to the lights of his own jtnlgirient anti the dictates of his own ,

pr-so-1 are rnonunicnts to living worth more‘ t-sis.-i_'; (il':ti:.§lll£tl than those wliielt we devote to,» t'.r-, t=.t-ad. lr‘-tr l know not, wlty we should: delay our tokens of respect to those wiro dc-‘ servc them, ttntil the heart that otir syinpatlry could lr-ate gladdent-d has cemtctl to heat. As their cannot read the epitaplrs inscribed upon the innrlilt-. that covers them. so the tombs that we erect to virtue often only prove our repen- tance tlrut. we X]tl»_'l\‘(.‘IC(I it. when with us. I rejoice that in this case. its due ttppreciatioii comes before the sense ofits loss I have the honour to be, Sir, your very obctlient. servant, l‘itl\\':u'(.l Iiultvcr l._vtron. ii. '1‘. .\I-appin, I‘ib‘t1., Master Cutler."-—l.omi}ni 1-‘opcr.

I‘il.Et."l'ltlC C.t.\'sox.— Mr. D. C. Mitchell, of the l)urnl'rics Militia, hits ittventcdttn electric cannon. It is tired without 1‘. tozicli-liole, lay int-ans of electricity. The condticting and iron- conducting wires were introduct.-d itrto the cun- non during its iriutinl'.-it-titre. and cut olf close‘ to the surlnce ; so that iii the evcttt of tho grin falling in the hands of tire cneiny, they wouldl fail to discover, at least for sortie time, how the cannon was tliscliurgctl. Ilavingno touch-hole it cannot. of courso, he spiked, and it is said

present. ordinary cannon.

Altlerniait Salomon, a Jew, has been elected Lord Mayor of Londot, for the fol- lowing year. This is a very strange step. --—The Lord Mayor, though not a Christian_ will be under the necessity ofnttending the

-Established Church.

Lord Stratford de l{cde|ill'e, the very ex-, eellent Britislt Ambassador to Constanti- nople, is to he recalled, owing to some ; dillicultios between him and the Sultan about the Prime Minister. Thus will the (flit-istiaiis of all denominations in Turkeyl lose itit active, conscietitiotis, nitd pious, friend. The Cliristiatt population of Turkey | is still far frotrt bring in it safe and happy condition. This is not so iituclt the fruit of the Sultan, as of his subordinates. Lord: Elgin is spoken of as Sir Stratford's sue-‘ cessor.

SPAIN has entered into the \rVostern Al-7 liancc and is to send 30,000 inert to thel Critnea forthwith. The government of! that unfortunate country seems to be acqui- g ring unwontcd stability; and tire property of the clergy is selling well-—tlie pope’s allo- cutioit notwitlistanding.

A startling tnanifesto ltas been put forth, signed by Kossuth, Mazzini, and Rollin, rt-commending n siinultaneous rc-I volutionary rising all over the continent ofl Europe. The Iluiigarian, the Italian, and i the Frenol:nr.rri, unit» tr» tlcrrotiiicc all l'('lgll- ing dynasties and tit':~'ptili.~‘llls'2 and ti gigittr _ tic insurrection ofthe tletrtocrats of all these f countries is loudly invoked, and the move-.’ ment faintly shadowed out. Italy is to give ‘ the signal of revolt. This is the foolish and premature attempt of etfete fanatics. It will lend to no useful result, btit rather the con- contrnry, inastnuch as it will induce despots to be still more stringent in their measures.

The Press ofilic ilinited urging upon the Central Government the im eriitivo necessity of encouraging the building 0 Ocean Steamers,

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The reader will recollect our having recently

reprinted from the Siccle, Paris journal, an article generally supposed to have been at least dictated if not written, by Louis Napoleon, in which, whilst all due praise is accorded to the iutrt-pidity of the French troops in carrying the Malukof, and thereby hastening the capture of Fsbssiopol, it is frankly admitted, that without the commercial Marine of England, the allied armies could have accomplished nothing in the Crimea. Which in plain English. ineuus that.

Scbasto 0/ iI'v.'t' 1'IIi]tr'r'gn(tbicagainJl eitlie-r.Franc:

or England xx’.-r_§; ‘e-/ram/ml, but the combined Mili-

tary rcsources ofthe toriner in Men. and of the latter in fvlaratiine supremacy, assured ultimate victory to their arms, beyond all question.

Arguing from these facts, the New York Cou. rier cf Err:/urier concludes that“ it is the dirty of American State-strrrri to secure to the United States ll Steam Marine equal to that of England, ” and, in order thereto, that “ (ioverninent must come to the aid of commerce, abandoning to eornprtitinrr those litres where such t-xtratisoiis aid is not In‘! dud, in coiisequcrrt-it of t-oinpotiirg line; not lreiirg stistaint-d by other Govt.-riitrn-iris."

The object of tire. article from wlrreh we have quoted would uppr-.:tr to be to prepare the Govern- ment at \‘t':rslii.1i;_rioir for air applicaiiori about to be'iu:ult- to (Yr-it-_rr'r-ss. t-.trl_v in its next st.-.~.--ioii, for anotlier liur cl .‘~tt::iiiislrips hettvt-err the ports of New York and l.ivr-rpool. to run the alternate \\'v-vlts wiili tho (Jolliiis Itnc. 'l'lte Cuurirr 4- I'.'uv,»i1ir'tr insists that there "is alrsolute necessity for such it llllt‘. " and that " irow is ||l'l'(‘l.*'t‘ly the time to or_;-.-.irize it. “ The (Ititiartl line having been SllS|lt'litlt.'tI for nearly a yt-ar. ~' it’ we now sulrstiiuie at: Arneriezn lino, says the (‘oi1rit'r, for tlie one \\illlIll'.tWll, there need he no fear but it will be rrlruiitlarrtly stistniiictl. \\'t- lno!,- to its suc- ce~‘s tltrough t7ong'c~'s, front lh-- fart that those tvho :t.~k for it will do trothing to build up airy had fccliitgs l)t’l\\‘t‘Oll thcnt :tiitl llll‘ Collins’ line the great merits of which they (.'tItii.‘t‘tlt‘., and seek not to rain: i'i-om it any of its ricltly earned com- pt::t~’atioir."—-llali 0.1‘ Sun.

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'l'ni~: llizsr Fiui~:.\'n is run C0rxrin'.—At a recent inspection of the Crimean veterans, an artiller_vnutn, named Davis, who had lost both his arms. was introduced to the Queen. She inquired iniittttely into his case, and expressed it hope that he would get it. goo pension. " Have you any friends to look after you?” graciously asked the Queen. “Sure, n.n't please your nrajosty," t-raid Davis, with that arch git antry peculiar to his countrymen, “liaveri’t I the best friend in the country, when I have yourself?” The Queen smiled, and passed oit : but she immediately ordered Davis, a. pair of steel arms in lieu of those he lost in the Crimea, and he had, it pension of2s ti. ay conferred upon him,tbough only two years’ service to reckon.

Nicitot..ui-:rr —'l'he interest wlticli formerly at- tached to Sebahtnpol is now being transferred to Nicholaielf, on the River Bug, formerly the se- eond, now the chief naval arsenal of Russia in the Black Sea. Here the Russians have their naval stores and all that remains of their Black Sea tleet. 'l'he ‘zar is now at Nicholaieﬂ', and it is supposed, that the object of his visit is to cor.- cert llle:i.$UI't'.s with the Admiralty for making the place another -‘ebastopol. By some authori- ties, the river is said to be so shallow, as not to allow oflzrr-_-e vessels coming up to the town, ex- cept dnriug the spring llooda; by mliem thg cliatrnel is said to be from [mu-to six fathonig tlN’p. Tltisa Very important question to the allies; for iltlierc should be any si;.vn~' of Sebas- lopol rising frotn its ashes and re-appearing on the ling; or it tho army, when driven lrorit the Crititca, should repair to the eouutr_v lying be- sween the Dniepcr and Dniester. as is prophesi- ml, the allied lleet would doubtless be ambitions to do unto Nicliolaietf, even as they did unto Swttaliorg. '

._?.o._j. Tun Si:ir-llititiss 'I‘iu.troiui-ii.—-Since the dis- astrous termination of the recent attempt to lay the sub-marine telegraph wire between Cape Breton and thd coast of Newfoundland, "(made in thelrttter part oft\ugust,) the impres- sion has been prevalent, that the project was nluintloned. So for front this, the gentlemen engage-tl in the enterprise are sanguine of suc- cess, and only await the return of another warm St':l.~ti)n to repeat their endeavours, as the in mtlrs or‘ June and July are the only ones wr.t-;r tlto wire can he laid with safety. In the meantime, a settlement will be made with the London insurance companies respecting the lost wire, which will either be restored, or its loss be compensated for. As to the ultimate re- covery of the wire, there is said to be no ques- tion, as one end remains fast to the Newfound- land slioro, and with the aid of suitable mechanical apparatus it may be drawn in. Its entire length is forty miles. he laud portion of the line, extending from Cape Roy to St. John's, a distance of 400 miles, is very near completion, so that the next steamer from that direction is ex ted to bring intelligence that it is done. '1' s tslegrs hio company expect to incur no absolute loss in their recent misfortune, except in point of time. The present year, however, was upon ed to be on important one, ﬁnancially, on account of the value of European intsl tics,

, to the Black See, or supported

ll!‘ sad the large revenue it mighthsvs slo ed.