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and tact oi Lieut. Wnrrren and hi. admir- nl staff, have smoothed down Mosiem prejudice. removed local Opposition. and. thus brought about opportunities for ex- . ploration and excavation such as never‘ occurred before; and besides large uuui

bore of Arab lziliul'ul‘s have been trained? to the Work. and are eager to be employ-l ed ; and the exact points for successful ex- 1 plorsu‘ons srcno'w well known.“ p

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DISTRESS IN LONDON-HARPUL FA-l MIN}: 11! ALGIERS AND PALESTINE. I

{Ll/idea L‘or. Half/nu Chronic/e )

liut there is worse than the hard weather to distress Europe now; there is an awt'ulcry of; hunger in Luudau. and a wail more terrible i still from the peasants of East Prussia sndl their neighbors on the Russia side of the line; ' and more appalling still rises the cry of the starving populations at both ends of the Medi- terranean, in French Algiers and in Palestine. There would seem to be recurring years of famine to sweep the nations-whu a French writer. I observe. terms “ the ’I‘ypllus of hunger“——j mt as the cholera has its periodic ! rounds.

before tlns new apparition of so many coun- tries starving simultaneously strikes the heart with new dismay. As for London. the poor she has always with her, yet never before were her poor so great and so miserable a multitude. The financial cmbsrussmenis of commerce. the costly strikes of trades union. the failure of foreignanutkets have all told hsrd upon the humble working classes, and transformed liosll of them into helpless pnu~ pet‘s. 'I‘llcre or“ nine parishes in East Lon- don from which the spectres of want and dis- ease are never wholly exercised, in spite of

all the charity and poor law machinery usedl

to charm them from their lurking places. This winter the distress has been aggravated by the dullness of trade. which threw thou- lands of shipwrights of the river, and others. out of work. and by the bitter cold. Week by week miscry and wretcheducss spread more widely. Week by week the grant and generous stream of English liberality iiowcd in a golden current to assist the poorrguardi ans of these parishes. But the distress in- creased, till its enormous proportions expand- ed, not merely week by week, but day by day. The sufferers are not of the usual pauper classes; they are, for the mostpnrt, workmen on whom the ruinous depression of trade has fallen as heavily us the cotton famine on the Lancaster operatives. Recently a mass meet- ing of the unfortunate Poplar and Bethnnl Green hands irks held in the silent shipyards of the Isle of' Dogs,- nnd rcsol ' us were passed earnestly praying. not for L y. but for 0. chance to earn something. no matter how little. at their trades. Some oftlic stories told at these meetings were incxprcssibly sad. Most of the men for the last two years had been unable to “ do a band's turn" for the maintenance of their t‘nmilies.——’1‘hree tile- chauics wllo had been honest and industrious, when they lost tlié chance of WOlil 111 London, went off to tramp in search of employment. and walked everywhere for it. besought every- where for it; nndcverywherc found neither help nor hope; till after seven months weary travel, they returned sltoelvss. rugged. foot- Iorc and henrtsrre to find their unfortunate families woefully reduced by want, and the bailiffs in the house to destrain for arrears of rent. Men who wrought hard for years, wives who toiled and sated and took pride iii their nest though humble household stuck, and never let themselves think of coming on the parish. are now huddled together with their famishing children like rats in cheerlcss attics, «without food to eat except it niorsel of work- liouse bread wllieh .niocks the hunger of the youngest among them; with scarcely it stick of Drieplueiucsnoaq «cyan b». 7319411911. .3 in) significantly numerous in each wretched dwelling. Ofcourse, the greater the destitu- tion the more the relicfis diminished by its divi- sion among so many, and who you hear that a faulin of nine persons rec ves from the parish six loaves and three shillings a week, vou can readily estimate how heavy a charge is laid upon the hands of privat - charity. The poor-law guardians endeavor to get some work in return for the little relief they nii'ord; yet men and women wasted with want and with aching hearts cannot work long; nor. would those waiting for their turn permit the l others to enjoy too long the chance of earning the pittancs for which they are tlirouging round the " Union" doors from morning till dusk—shivering and waiting. hour after liourl in silt nt suffering.

Onc poor young mechanic with n smi'ul hand for his proper work, and it proud Eli dish heart, left his wife and two children the‘ flier morning to seek bread for them from the workhouse table. lie was sent to earn his share fly breaking slollcll in the yard—and he tried his best. Hut the hunger that. had sub- dued him so far as to ask for relief, had cruelly reduced his strength; yet he toiled the but part of the day and was paid—two pence. Two pence—land three at home besides him- self to keep alive these bitter and sorrowful nights! ile durst not go home to meet the misery of his disappointed children with his two pent-c. lie novvr went home. He went mad. He went down to the old empty ship- yard; and when his white faced wife—God help her—come to look for him. there he swung from the beam whereon he hung him- self in his frenzy. Another, an. while her husband was absent in scan. of work, had to carry almost the last ragsi‘of needful clothing left her to pawn for u mouthful to out. She wrapped her child in a shawl she meant to pledge, and clasping it in her hslf naked arms went shivering in the biting wind of one ofihe coldest days I ever saw in Lon- don. The poor crcalure was as cold as on icicle herself. yet. she suddenly stopped with a scream as she felt soln thing (a lder still meet her breast, and knew witth-‘Mrible in- stinct what it was—the dead body of her child killed by want. and the wind. '

From other parts of the country come tragic stories of starvation. Martha Harris was the widow of a railway contractor who had been one time Well ofl‘; but died insolvent. she pnrtcd with her furniture bit by bit. and like many A poor, dnwnheartod woman tn London to night. sold marriage-ring for broad. and then in em to the poor house. It was crowded and repulsive to hrr. and before who'fluld sufficiently forget what rho had been to take quietly to its dreary life. she came out nnd looked for work. she found none. and gur- nient after garment was sold to keep body and soul together. One December morning she lay before u firelcss groin when all the sweet glad bells front the venerable spires of Oxford rsng out the holy chimes that told it was Christmas morning. The poor heal-t took a faint hope of life from these sounds— surcly Merry Christmas that filled so many homes with Joy would not forget her. She threw her putticont down to a neighbor nearly as poor as llcrsclfin the lowcr s nry of the wretched tenement. and begged at it might. for God's sake. ho pledged for n. o of bread.

..h;.':.-':II no shops open that happy holiday. nd again she replied with

not the sake of Him who

' Nun-d. Tile charities ‘s "3,3"? Ipqrt'ui acts of tattered vr . u '~‘ libor was last article Sinfu'ilfidmsd'" {gap r... u... slipped her hand out a: gnu-i. I": be the Christmas gm‘sml was u.A f s on, “3' till». living. Nothing is... heard of‘lfl: lo. "I "in r u. - s

the next, till at evening mo mi no", u, up and found a naked corpwqg an eggpt room; the broken arm-clung m“ "I "I:

The itorror of the famine in indiu. . and of the famine in China. hardly Ili‘hsidcd '

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These are heart-reading incidents. yet they ed at. Vill; are told as necessary and exact illustrations , cut; or the London bully New: says '—

ot‘ the fearful calamity which now burdens‘. the community. 0f the whole slumber of sum-ring poor in London. I cannot give an: accurate estimate. but it is announced t nut in . East London ulolle where the workhousvs, are all crammed more full than shcep-pensi would'be. there are still nearly fifty thousand; pnupers who cannot be housrd by the Unions 1 and get "outdoor relief." If we add to tllesei large proportions of the poor who struggle proudly with their misery rather then hold, out their hands for parish old, we only guess ' that this mighty Babylon almost as far sur- passes other cities in her sorrows as in her glory. It is cheering to know that Govern- ment and the public are combining to provide a proper machinery for immediate relief in a more substantial manner than heretofore, and 1 hope to be able to write more satisfianrily of “ poor humanity“ in Exist Londo ext time.

NEWS SUMMARY.

Br the arrival of the steamship ‘Cl'ly ofl Washington at Halifax. we have Enropcani dates to the 911i inst. A fresh element is to be introduced into the Alabama contro- versy. by a statenmlit about to be publish ed by a London underwriter. The purport of his return will be to show that a very large proportion of the loss caused by the dcpl‘adations of the Alabama has fallen upon England and other European coun« tries, whose underwriters have insured tho vessuls destroyed and damaged. ‘ The longer this affair remains open. the more it will become complicated.-~ The ofll- cial returns of the Bank of England show a decrease of £149.000 in specie in its vaults during the week ending Feb. 13th. .———lu the ilousc of Commons, M. chcrre gave notice of his intention of calling the question of the Alabama claims on the fill 01 Match. This, no doubt. will create a lively discussion. Mr. D‘Israeli brought in :1 Bill to prevan bribery and corruption in c1ecllons.——Tho grout distress in star- ration in London still continues. In another column we publish llll extract from a letter in the llslilux Morning Chroniclr. which is most appalling—1n Cork the Fcniaus are still attempting outrages, and riotous attempts have been made to rescue Capt. McKay. Two men have been ar- rested and identified as the men who shot the two policemen on the above occasion. 0n the 1111i another attack was made upon the police in the street by n mob, who pc The police fixed bayoucts and charged upon them. A short and desperate fight followed, ill which several of the Fenians were buyoueted. one was killed. and seve- ral were wounded. Tito trial of Lennon ended. and it verdict of guilty of murder. felony and treason was givelmgainst him. No doubt he will meet the same doom as did Allen and other Feniaiis. Mr. Sulli- van, ol the. Dublin Iris/unis". has been in- dictcd for publishing seditious articles. This is about all the Fenian news we have.

l to rise ill arms under the guidance of the

Czar, to put down the Ullllili'ili empire

cd from the Abyssinian Expeditioli.’ Gen. Napier was at the frolit pushing in the advance. and the hostile forces were draw- ing nearer to each other. Reports have

lied them with stones and brickbats.'

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III a. The Paris correspond—

“ Nothing but a general war can tion ltaly irons whatever into it may [11011501110 French Emperor to decree for ii-~i-. Vic- tor Euimanucl is paral d. and indulges no other hope 01 preserving his throne. or areiunant of it. titan the )i'otectiuu heI may get in return for obcdi to ol‘tlels 1mm the Tuilel ice." The Pro ncial Corin- cil at Coscnza has recently given a positive contradiction to the assertion made by a, portion of the foreign press that the south- ern provinces of Italy desired scpzu'utton- front the kingdom. ‘ Although ltussis has recently assumed a more modest attitude. iii the Eastern question. fears are entertained that the in- trigues she has been cai‘ryin‘g on for some tion: are likely to produce trouble. 111 Bulgaria. Bosnia. and Surviatberois gr at agitation. and proclamations are in circu- lation calling: on the. Christian lmpulatious

and humiliate lllu “rotten “est.” Ac- cording to the Illtft'pelidullce Bclye. M. de Irivnli-ttc has drawn up and lin'ival'dcd to the llnlliv'i'tli ircpol't on foreign ailhiis liis Excellent ~ ~ icloso alliance lit-tween France. l’l'llu . and Austria. with a view to an to ltngs .——'l‘ho (.‘zur. ' l. nsscrls that. according ncu received from War- ‘iny 01 200,000 men lastlybe uni,

saw. at sembled in. the kingdom nl Poland as soon

as the Weather })i*1‘IIIlH. The troops are to he. chi-'in stationed in the districts ad- joining the Austrian frontier. and sumo of [1101“ will live in tents, their tuaiutcnallco being exacted from the owners of landed property in Ille kingdom. The Berlin correspondent of tile Times says that. " if this intelligence is correct. the national party at the Court of St. l'etetsbuvg must be assumed to be strong enough to attempt acct-taint pressure upon the resolves of the Austrian Government in Eastern 11'- laii's.“——-All the Russian fleet. available for service is being equipped for a foreign expedition.

UNITED STATES.

Advices received from Alabama report

i the elections progressingfavorably for the 'rew constitntion.—-—-'I‘wont -iive

‘lluiis recently arrived in the Unite States from Movie. under charge of the BishOp

; been nominated for the presidency of file i Texas Pacific Railroad. Philadelphia 1 said to be the second m:muiacturiug city, of the world. it has 1,266 mills and mali- ufacturic .——l)ickens is prolcrrcd 820,-, 000 ill coin to read thirty times iii San Francisco—Rogers of the Journal, is, the richest newspaper man in Busted—4 lt casts New York $100,000 per day for islcigh rides. A single mile. 01, the Western Glass.) Railroad cost 8220:000. -—-—-A new Mormon lliblo has been pub- lishcd iii Illinois. A few yours ago for- tunes were made iii San Francisco by re- ceiving imported grain and distributing it through the State. Fortunes are ‘now made by exporting grain ironi San l-ran- ciscu. In Europe ten years ago they ku'cw California only as the land of gold; but already more Californian grain in vulueis sent to Europe than Calilornia gold. The grain crop of 1807 was more valuable than the gold crop. The dis- parity wiil be greater the. present yeardor gold has seen its best days in California. while duringr the coming season the culti- M'lllE"’l-10sll‘l’..§ibi9 tell. bushlllllaib American journals state that the recent. Sensational despatclies from \\'nsllingldn, i'espeetingthe Alabama claims were more- ly intended tot political effect :iildvstock-

reached Auncslcy Buy that skirmishes lrid already taken place between the British; advance and the forces of King Theodore, l but no particulars cl'tlle lighting: 0 given.l Official dcspatehes froin (ion. Napier are anxiously awaited. '

It is reported that the Pope has declined to enter into negotiations for the revision of the Austrian Concordat. and that Prus- sia has made advances lor elmflF diplo- matic relations with ilomu. In reply to an address presented to the. King oi Prus-i sin by it deputation oi‘ ltomau Catholics' from lilicnish Prussia, his Mnjcstyavowcd his determination to protect the interests 01 his Catholic subjects and the dignity and indepeudancc ol' the Pope.

The announcement of .1 fresh I’l'eiichl loan of “0.000.000 Hines has not been received very iavorably in Paris. it is contended that the 1' ct oi the loan not ex- oecding the above amount proves the Gov- ernment to have only pacific iuicatious.:is that sum would be wholly inadequate to meet the expenses of a war.-—-—Pcnca1ul relations between Prussia and France are generally believed to exht. it is said that, in reference to the Italian affairs and the Eastern question. Prussia has recently shown herself more willing to enter into the views and wishes oi the Emperor Na- poleon than she was former nd that circumstance has. on the part 1m French Emperor. produced a corresponding «lis- position iu avoid all that might be cslou- lnted to displease l‘l'ussiar—‘lieporls are rifo iit Paris that the King of ltaly medi- tatcs a coup tl‘ctal. and that. five divisions of the army have been mobilised. The truth oi~ this statement is doubted. but events of a very disquieting character are occurring in various parts oftlic kingdom. and particularly in Naples. where an iii- sul‘rection is imininent.—-—Reports are current in Paris of a contemplated change in the Ministry iii deference to the wishes and sentiments oi‘the Liberal Party.— An article has appeared in the I’afl't'r. with reference to the efforts made at Naples, and encouraged at Rome. to secure the restoration of the llourbonds. The Patric declares lhattlle French (iovernuisnt has confidentially communicated to the Court of liomo the hope that the Papal Govern- ment will neither lay itself open to sus~ picion nor compromise the present situa- tion. The Liberls reports iroln Nopch that the Italian authorities havn lately discovered that one-franc pieces are circu- lating. some with the only of “ Francis 11.. King or the Two Sicilics." and others With that of " Humbert I.. liing of North-

"ll I . obvcmy'"“301h these coins bear on the

tion

11 u “Rh “I h'lll she

rcnisinlng furniture; the lit-ad um... .ith one mil to its back; her other" had bitten through , and thn deliriqu ago" . 1| coronei"s 'ur

mum-d. and w n they came. J y w“ m stricken bond lild found s suck to cover do. “:23 LL- Ls-Jy of one who had been I lsdy.

unite povcrg: now compassingthu a “"“Y and contetnplnll "w"! of a conic

for of tliu French is ostructiou of Italian 1 ng a return to the devotion, which he brunet»

‘ (1:18.000.

jobbing purposml. All units in saying that it would be lnaducss for the States to enter upon a war with Great. Britain at present. The following is a full and complete list ot losses by the g ‘11: fire which or- curi'cd on Tuesday oi Hing. The total insurance was 811.137.1115. Total loss $2!— Unly $35,750 was in lioston companies as follows: New England 810- 750; American $10.00!). National 8.3000. And in other Insurance Companies. its follow ‘: ill Chi tgo Companies 3114.375; 11] Cincinnati Companies 8.37.000: iii New York Companies $360,000; in Providence Colitponil‘ 816.625; ill liartlbrd Coiiipali- ics. $133.1 ' AlbanyCompanies 829.000; iiiisccllam us. except lioston. $311,500.‘ San Antonio. Texas. Jan. 1505 ;-—l)cs- patchesjust l'ecclvvtl here stain-s th it sci -'c indiail battle was fought at cmnp Lancaster. which is two llllllill'uil.l\11il i‘o "v miles north-west. ol this place all the in I’et-os. and is gairisonell by a c’oxnpany of colored cavalry belonging to the command oi General llsteli. The lndiaiis.ahliutouc illilll' lid strong. attacked the camp at 4 o‘clock p. in.. while 1110 company Were watering their horses. in the dark .throc, men were killed. a number wounded, and thirty horses captured; but the colored soldiers indicated in good order to the post. where, getiil lht'il' Spencer env- bim-s, they iuriously assaulted the ravages. driving them into the. old post work in. l‘ the unp. when: the. light lasted until late in the night. when the indians guru way in contusion. 0n the night of the 2811) the indiaus venewvd the attack. but were rl-pulsi-d with great slaughter. leaving the ground strewn with bows. arrows. guns. blaukcts. cunts. pistols. and knives, but carrying oil'all their dead and wounded. During the battle a number oi white men were seen among the Indians, wearing confederate gray uniforms. and apparently directing their muvoilniuts. ' ‘

Nova :flflTIA.

Repeal! is still the cry in Nova Scotia. ()n the 17th a very warm and animated debate took place in Pruvim-ittl Parliament on the Ropes] resolutions. The lion. Joseph Howe left llnlil'ax on Friday the 15th. for England. as one ol the Delegates from Nova Scotizt to the imperial Parlia- IIII‘nI, to have the Union repealed. ill! will be followed by the other Deb-gates in a few days. How far they may be suc- cessful we do not pretend to say. but no doubt they will get a hearing and be ell-l nblcd to lay the grievances of the people of that Province before their Sovereign. A new anti-Union newspaper has been started in Halifax, culled t to “ Nova Scotia Re )eoler." A dcspatcli was forwarded to I'oronio thunkng the citizens of that place for the reliefnil‘ordcd the distressed fisherman. and stating that no ~further subscriptions would he chnivod.

NEW submitter.

The annl Legislature of that Province was opened on the 13th inst. Ills EXCI'l- lcncy. in his speech. congratulated the Members on the pi :perity ol the Province and the success of its fisheries tinting the past cur. lie l‘urlhcr remarked that “ wlitlc circumstances beyond our control have, to a certain extent. dumped the prospects of our enterprising shipbuildcrs, yet. I trust. that with the continuance of prime in Europe and the consequent ini. prove,ch in the trade and commerce of the world. combined with the facilities for, Hlllpbuildiu r in this Province. and the MU