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A Weekly Hournal of Politics, Liter

‘This is true Liberty, when Freeborn Men, having to

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advise the Public, may speak free.’’---Enuripides.

. Monday, December 19, “1864,

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TO CARRIAGE MAKERS: | POETRY. | carried ip procession through such streets | spiracy of his enemies, and that the man flag-ship, producing written documents, pro- of cheap seats ’’ and ** good accommoda-j|sent. The foreign element w reely jor an RARRAAA P said to have been sacrificed died from a|mising, on bebalf of the Prince of Chosiu, | tion,”’ were particularly numerous. i Tonalosbes was expected, and there were

IRON, STEEL, AXLES, ! BOLTS & NUTS, to be had very cheap for Cash at W. E. DAWSON’S YPecember 5, 1864.

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GOODS, | COMPRISING ONE OF THE Largest and

to be found in the Colony, is now offered at prices which will compare PAVORABLY with those of ANY HOUSE IN THE TRADE. BEER & SONS.

letober M1, 1804

THE FIRST NIGHT FROM HOME

Alone in the stranger's dwelling, I gazed on the quiet sky ;

The musical breeze was swelling With

The moon rose up in her beauty,

odorous spoils on bigl Sole queen of the night to reivn ; And like courtiers on their duty,

Glittered the stars in her train.

For a moment thought was turning ro the dear ones true and kind ; Bat I quelled the homeward yearning, And cast regrets behind The future that lay before me Seemed clothed with a holy light ; Aud I felt a change come o'er me

As I gazed on the sky that night.

I felt that the boy's wild dreamin 7 x

! Was changed te the man’s strong aim ;

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And bright o'er my spirit gleaming, A ray from the futare came.

The hope star of my eXistence Already gladdened my son! ;

And through the measureless distance,

I saw the radiant goal.

I felt the laure!'s twining In their fadeless lustre bright ;

And the stars so calmly shining, Seemed like crowns to me that niyht.

TRINITY HOUSE, Georgetown !

“ue subscriber, in calling the attention

of the pablicin GEORG ETOWN and KING'S COUNTY ina general, to bis present ENLARGED STOCK of BRITISH ani COLONTAL MER

CHANDIZE, which forme a selection seasonable, |

waried and useful — in guaiity, the best-—in price the lowest, — would, at the sume time, most res ectfiully state that all Book Accounts, Notes of jaund, and other sureties, dive him at the Ist instant, must be paid on or before the Ist JANUARY next, 1365, as a coutemplated aeration in his business

at that period will cuase the then unpaid amounts | MMYDIATE prosecution,

to be anded over for which, of all thiugs, should be prevented.

For Sale on Commission! |

The room seemed lit with the spiendour Of gems from the crown of Fame ;

And the wind grew soft and tender

| When I thought it breathed my name.

But through my beautiful vision A murmur seemed to glide : * Oh, trust not thine heart's ambition, ‘Twill prove but an erring guide Thou may'st deem it pure and earnest, i And its present form may be Like the fame for which thou yearnest, Exceedingly fair to see.

“For the present it may nerve thee i With a strong and steadfast wil! ; But it will not always serve thee,

\as were passable, while the people implored ithe aid of the saint to protect them from ‘the ravages of the deluge. After being 36 hours exposed to wind and rain on ithe roof of a railway station, one of the offi- ‘cials and a telegraph clerk, seeing no bope | of relief, east themselves into the flood, and ‘succeeded in swimming to Algemes’, the | nearest station on the line, about two and a half miles from Aicira. The second night |was much more terrible than the first. | Days bad passed —day, the time of hope— and bo succor bad arrived, or could arrive. |The rain aguin fell in torrents, the light- ) ning flashed with terrific vividness, the roll- ing thunder, peal after peal, sueceeded— } ‘And then all was hushed, Save the wild wind and the remorseless dash Of billows; but at intervals there gushed, Accompanied with a convulsive splash, | A solitary shriek, the bubbling ery Of sowe strong swimmer in his agony.” | About 100 square miles—the most fertile and populous that the province of Valencia jean boast of — have been thus inundated. The waters swept with terrific foree and in- jeuleulable havoc through fertile valleys, jeonverting them into desolate and depopu- lated deserts. Albalat, a village near Al- |cira, was completely under water, {rom the nearest approach oaly the steeple oj the church could be seen. For the present /no estimate whatever can be formed of ihe |amount of damage doue to property or the | number of lives lost.

ITALY:

BRIGAND AFFAIR.

Near Acerra, about seven miles from Naples, on the road to Rome, resided a no- torious character, with his wife. They were concealed by a friend in a subterranean |chamber or vault, and might long have es- ‘caped detection but for the price of 2,00 |ducats which had been placed upon the fel- llow’s head. This was too much for friend- ship. His protector a few days since an-

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snake bite. The weather in Madras has been very boisterous, and some damage hae been doue to the shipping in the roadstead.

JAPAN.

SUBMISSION OF PRINCE NAGATO, AND FREE NaViGaTION OF THE INLAND 8EA.

Prince Nagato, as is right and proper, is to pay the expenses of the Allied Expedition in Japan, Admiral Kuper's despatches re- present the operations of the Allied squadron to have been, if anything, more complete than we had supposed, and there can certain- ly be nothing left to be desired, so far as the immediate object of the expedition is con- cerned, There is not a Japanese battery or gun remaining on the shore of the Straits, and the presence of an English, Freneh and Dutch man-of-war, which have been left be- hind, will prevent the fortifications being re- newed. We are still in ignorance of the result of the engagement upon our diploma- tic relations with the Tycoon, but such an effectual display of our power cannot fail to produce the most happy effects. The Admi- ral was in communication with Sir Rather- ford Alcock, and the finale arrangements as “to this portion of the territory of the | Prince of Chosiu’’ rest in his hands. They | will, we trust, be decisive. While it is evi-

dent that¢he Japanese are at our merey ia |any similar encounter, it is equally plain | that they have the power of causing us con- | siderable annoyance by their resistance. The | operations were rather more lengthened thaa bad been reported, commencing on the 5th of September, and not being thoroughly completed until the 10th. The Inland Sea, of which we have now obtained the free na- vigation, is eutered on the west by the Straits of Simonosaki; on the east it is closed in by an island, on the north and |south of which, however, it is entered by |two channels. The fleet forced the passage ‘of the Straits from the east, entering the Ln-

“nounced to him that he might safely appear, jand Sea by the south-east channel, It as-

that no opposition should benceforth be of- fered to the tree passage of the Strai:s. It was thought proper, however, to insist on a requisition for peace under the Prince's own hand, and after a delay of two days this was obtained. The terms of peace fall in with what Sir A. Kuper calls “ the very satistactory character and the bumble tone” of the Prince’s communication. The Ad- miral confirms the report that the Prince claimed the direct authority of the Mikado| | and the Tycoon for his recent acts of hosti- lity. The envoy prodaced, we are told | written communications to establish this statement. If this be the case, it may con- | siderably add to the importance of our vic- tory, which will then be a direct blow at ‘the central Government, and not merely the local chastisement of an irresponsible poten- tate. The Admiral himself thinks he has '“ reasonable grounds for the presumption | that, apart from the brilliant success in a | military point of view, and the great extent of the injury inflicted upon the Prince of Chosiu, his power and prestige, advantages of an important nature, in a political sense, ‘may very possibly result from the presepce /of the Allied Squadron in these Straits.” ' Lf, indeed, the Japanese are capable of

idrawing any conclusion adverse to their ‘own self-importance, the display of so much

| power, exerted by several Kuropean uations | |in complete unanimity, must induce them at | least to acquiesce in the necessary results of | their treaties. It would be interesting to | | have some more detailed accounts of the | ‘circumstances of this action. What, for, ‘example, is the character of the 62 guns) ‘which the Admiral bas captured? He) speaks of the Japanese riflemen as though ‘they were armed with rifles, and from his| ‘speaking of engaging a battery at 3,000, | yards, we might suppose that the Japanese | ;were furnished with rifi.d guns, Their shot certainly seems in some cases to have been destructive. It is clear, however,

windows of the several houses in front of the drop were well filled, while numbers were sitting on the roofe. Preachers of various religious sects were scattered about, and worked with commendable zeal in the

distribution of tracts. In one part a three-|

jointed fishing rod was employed, to which was attached a scroll with the inscription, ‘* Be sure your sins will find you out ;"’ and in another instance a party of men was sta- tioned, one of whom held up a walking stick with a text attached, while the others dis- coursed on seriptura! subjects and took part in reading and singing hymns. All of which is peculiarly English.

r. Cappei, of the German Latheran Church, had an interview of about two two hour’s length with the convict on the morning of the execution. The latter en- deayoured to produce the impression that be was innocent. There were other sins, of which he said he was gailty, bat whenever he was pressed with reference to the murder he evaded the subject in some way, or, to use Dr. Cappel’s own words, afterwards in con- versation with the sheriffs, ** he hid that

articular sin under his garment, as it were.”’ he following account of the closing scene is taken from the London Times :—

‘* After the convict had been placed upon the drop, and the rope adjusted round his neck, Dr. Cappel addressed him with great animation and solemnity, said, ‘‘ In a few moments, Muller, you will stand before God ; I ask you again, and for the last time, are you guilty or innoeent?’’ He replied, “1 am innocent.’’ Dr. Cappel said, ** Yuu are innocent ?"’ repeating his own words in the form of a question. Muller answered, ‘*God Almighty knows what I have done.’’ Dr. Cappel, *‘God Almighty knows what you have done!’’ again repeating the convict 8 own words : ‘* Does God know that you have done this particular deed?"’ Muller replied, ‘* Yes, I haye done it,’’ speaking in German, in which language the whole conversation wasconducted. Ihe German expression ased by the convict was ‘‘ Ich habe les gethan ;”’ and these were bis last words. The drop fell, and he soon ceased to live. So greatly relieved was the Rev. gentleman by the con- fession that he rushed from the scaffold, ex-

certainly less women and children than before. | There was ribaldry and obscene talk and filthy jests, and sickening groans, bat tho ‘physical discomfort due to the rain, had the effect of ebibling the mob into some semblance of order, and it was not until after dawn | that the base brate instincts had full sway, (and the shrieks and rompings, the fight and ‘savage horseplay were at their height | From six to seven o'clock men and women | flocked into the pens until the Ludgate-hill end of the Old Baiiey was crammed, and the barriers beneath us were hidden by the erowd. Amid the thieves and prostitutes, the broad and muscolar ruffians and the rag- ged shouting, shrieking lads, might be seen here and there a form arrayed in broadcloth ‘and clean linen, who looked nervously to the right and left uutil all doubts were solved, and his hat was immediately broken in and lost. ‘The red coats of the some half dozen soldiers present, the gaady staring bonnets of some of the women, the gold-lettered ribon on the cap of a man-of-war'sman, all stand oat prominently by the side of the tattered gar- ments, the greasy head-coverings, and the unkempt locks wherewith they are surround- ed. Every moment was now altering the condition of the crowd. During ana of two minutes from the open window Gilt- spurstreet had been invested, and the few ——— of space in the direction of Holborn lied ; and as far as the eye could reach was a tightly packed mob of evil feces, many of which seemed to belong to fiends rather than men. A fanatic, who to the full as blasphe- mous as the mockers who parodied him, was proclaiming that, ‘‘in four hoars Maller will be in heaven, while thousands of you will go straight to hell.’ The familiarity with which this man treated the most sacred /names would have been ludicrous if it were /notshocking. He was angrily addressed as \a ‘* ranting bugaboo,”’ and warned to “* shut |up’’ under the a of ** hammering,’ — 's0, yielding at length to the fierce demands lof t e increasing crowd, he proeeeded to si- lently distribete tracts. It was as awful to ihear young lads pretend to read from these the confessions of Muller jestingly, mingled with coarse oaths, and the stolen words used by the tract writer, as it was to see group of three convert the slips of paper into moc

claiming, ‘‘ Thank God! Thank God !”’ and

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Cetober 3, 1364

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October U4, 1364

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It can neither help nor save ; From its wiles thou cin’st net borrow

A spell to charm the grave

** Go learn from the wise old sages, Go learn from God's own Book ; Alone to the Rock of Ages, We may thro’ the future look. Ge seek thee a firmer standing Than the sands of fume cau give; Secure for thy final landing,

The shore where the angels live.”

NEWS BY THE ENGLISH MAIL. SPAIN.

DREADFUL HURRICANE AND INUNDATION NEAR VALENCIA.

The river Jucar, which has its source

~*among the mouutains of Cuenca, flows

through and fertilises one of the most pro- ‘ductive districts in Spain. Many are the

villages of from 500 to 2,000 inbabitauts, |

but the two principal towns are Alcira and Carcagente, of about 30,000 and 20,000 in- habitants respectively.

cia by rail ou the Madrid line. Of late | years Kngland has been supplied with large | quantities of Valencia oranges grown in the neighbourhood of Alcira and Careagence. Rice, Indian corn, and silk are the other staple productions of these towus. mer of considerable heat and drought—nor

a single shower having fallen between the |

SUih April and 25:h August — has been _Sueceeded by an autumn o! unusual severity. , Uctober was more or less stormy through- out, but on the Ist instant the heavens as- sumed a threatening aspect. On the night of the 3rd there was a copious fall of rain, which continued on the morning of the 4th, and towards the eveuing it seemed as if the windows of beaven had opened, and another deluge were inevitable, che rain descending in torrents. As night approached, the wate: ia the streams, rivulets, and raévers cose with incredible rapidity, and the rain fel! ‘faster and faster. Before midnight the towns of Cullera, Alcira, Carcagente, and Jativa, with manz adjoining villages, were ‘submerged in water. la Alera done, which is the largest of the towns just men- ‘tioned, apwards of 200 houses near the | banks of the river were completely swept \away; others have fallea since, aad gangs {have bad their foundations sepped. The | poorer elasses, whose houses were of one storey only, were obliged to get on the roofs to save themselves from being drowned. Thousands from their house-tops anx ously jjooked for the morning. There was no es-

cape. The water had risen to a height of

six or eight feet in the highest parts of the town—ia the lower parts whole houses were covered. In the convent of Curcagente the }water was 15 feet deep. Except cats and ‘dogs, Got a single domestic or farm anima! bas been left alive. Now that the waters jhave subsided, the streets and houses are full of the dead carcasses of borses, mules, doakeys, pigs, goate and sheep. On the first entrance into the town 21 corpses were | found ia the streets — how many wore are to be foand ia the houses that have fallen, how many drowned in their beds, and bow jmany swept away with the flood, n0 one presumes to estimate. Already about J] 00 \corpees have beeu taken to the church, but ‘there is no place of interment for them, searecly a vestige of the cewetery having been left. At the railway station some seventy labourers who bad beea employed ,on the railway saved themselves by getuag on the rouf of the station and adjoining warebouses. The station is about a quarter of a mile out of Alcira, and on higher ‘ground ; yet in the waiting-room the water was six feetdeep. Morning eame, but with ‘the morning vo succor for the poor isolated, inundated inhabitauts. Ai! communication with the adjoming towns and villages had been completely cut off. The railway had | been swept away in several! places, but even had this aot been the case, it was for miles from six to eight feet under water. The telegraptic wires were broken, aod it was not till near miduight ou the Oth iustant that, at al! bazards, Seuor Mas, the ciyi! | governor of Valencia, aod some other intre- pid individuals, waded through water and wud waist-deep into thetowa. The accounts ‘given by the officials and labourers who ‘fouod refuge at the railway station are heart-rending. These were the first to be telieved, owing to their position ; and they ‘state that belore the waters rose to their /extreme height their own position wag ren- ‘dered more horrible by the cries of agooy ‘from the town. At first the image of San _ Bernardo (the patroa saiut of Alcira) was

| as the police were not near, but immediately on raising his head above ground he was | felled by an axe, wounded in several places |with a knife, and left for dead ia a ditch ‘near at hand. The friend then descended ‘into the vault and despatched the wife ; but | the brigand, though mortally wounded, was | not dead, and had strength enough to craw] 'to the station of the National Guard, where {he deposed that bis protector had long been | his accomplice, receiving two-thirds of the

;sembled on tue 4th of September at the is- 'land of Hime Sima, within the seas, the ap- | pointed rendezvous, and consisted of nine English vessels, three French ships carrying between them 49 guns, four Dutch vessels earrying SS guns, and one chartered steam- ship belonging to the United States, carrying one gun, Ou the morning of the 4th they | left the anchorage of Hime Siwi, and arriv- }ed in the afteruoon before the entrance to | the Straitz, but anchored that evening out On the oth the

from their ready abandonment of their bat- | sunk down in a chair, completely exhausted teries, that they were completely over-|by his owa emotion. After recovering he whelmed by our artillery. Their stand in! yepeated in English, in the presence of the the palisade, and the steady firing they | sheriffs and under-sherifls, and the represen- maintained upoo a body of troops advancing | tatives of the newspaper press, of whom there at the double, until they were within 50) were four, what had ——— met yards, is a considerable proof of coolness | bim #nd the convict, precisely as ae Tee

and discipline. Lt will be long, we hope, | inne. nee

; aa The convict has left behind him a written before we have to engage im any similar! and sealed document, whieh has been placed | struggle, for the loss of 15 men killed and) jn the bands of the sheriff, but who forbear |50 wounded is a sacrifice not to be made for the present to make it public, after his | without absolute necessity; but whenever confession on the seatfuld, until they shall

| bave reported the fact to the Court of Alder-

play-bills, and feigns, by sign and gesture, that they were in a theatre, and in ecstacies of meriment at the humors of the gallows stage. The morning was at this time dull but fine, and the wet fallen in the night soon furnished material for rude practical jokes, some of the men, rash enough to venture iuto the crowd while wearing a hat, had it whisked off, jamped upon and soaked in mud, When thoroughly charged—and they seemed to be as absorbent as an ordinary sponge— these hats were flung into the air, or at the people sitting at open windows, or were pass- jed on from hand to band, amid the shrieks

The former is 22) and the latter 25 miles distant from Valen-.

A sum- |!

profits; and that he had murdered his OW" | of range of the batteries. wife, Woo was buried not far distant. The! state of the tide did adt.allow of their com- man then fell dead, the friend and protec-| moneing the engegement until two o’clock tor Was arreste 1, an 1, instead of getting (bin the afternoon, but at that hour the fet reward, will possibly be condemned to irons for life, unless the Judge Lastructors are tampered with, as they still are; and this man may get off wildly, as many other at- rocious villains have done during the last two or three years.

oue engaging the batteries in front, and the other, the light division, preparing to take them in flank. As soon as the ships open- ed fire it was returned and kept ap with | much spirit from the Japanese batteries, but | about balf past four fire from two bat-

PRUSSIA. ALLEGED DIFFFRENCE BETWEEN THE 4ND HIS MINISTERS.

It is said that a serious difference of opin- | land the storming parties that evening; but ion exists between the King of Prussia and before the Admiral’s orders could be known the Prince Royal on the one hand, aud M. |a small detachment of Kazlish and Dutch de Bismarck ou the other, in relation to the | bad landed, and succeeded in spiking nearly Duchies. The minister thinks the best plan | 4!! the guns in one of the silenced batteries. would be, having regard to the iterest of | On the 6th the Japanese recommenced the ithe Duchies themselves, to annex them to | engagement by firing with some effect upon Prussia, but the King is of opinion that tke the advanced squadron, Their first shot Duke of Augustenburg’s pretensions are! killed two persous aud wounded several legitimate, and ought to prevail. It occurs | ethers ou board of oue of the French vessels, to us that this alleged struggle between the and on her retiring to ber former position ambitious minister and bis not over-wise| the Tartar “ was instantly and repeatedly sovereign may be a sham fight. | struck by the fire from the fort ;"’ but on the

| squadron returning the fire the battery was MURDER IN GREECE.

A letter from Athens gives anything bat |@ pleasing picture of the state of things in ‘that country: ‘Two days ago, M. Xan- this, sub-chief of the police at the Pirawus, was killed by a sabre cut by a man pamed Mairodimos. The motive of this murder is not known. An inhabitant of Messenia, a man generally respected, was kille? by a pisto] shot at the moment when he was leaviug a mil! which he possesses in the neigh- borhood of that town. The murderer has not get been discovered. Three days ago a number of mea residing at Pyios had a/ the carriages and platforms, and blowing up quarrel with three brothers residing at! the magozines. This was accumpliched by Zak ynthe, and killed them all. The quarre! | four o’clock, and at that hour the force was ia said to have been caused by differences in | ordered to re-emburk, as the rugged and im- political opiuiuns.” penetrable nature of the country would bave ; wade it dangerous to leave any post ou shore during the night. An unfortunate delay,

KING

were fired afterwards. At this point all was ready for disembaikation, and the small-

queror, auder Capt Alexander, ana the Ma- rines, under Lieut.-Col. Suther, together with 350 French and 2UU0 Dutch seamen and warines, soon succeeded in landing withou' any accident.

the principal batteries, and met with only a (rifliag opposition. ‘They succeeded in dis- mounting and spiking all the guus, burning

INDIA.

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REBELLION OF SHE 8 AGRURS—UNSETTLED staTE however, in consequeuce of one of the ships | having grounded, was the cause of the pria-|

OF THINGS IN CARUL—EXPECTED FAMINE. We have received files of papers from cipal loss during the whole engagement. The Bombay to the 28:h Qetober. The Wagh- Japanese seem to have retreated from their urs have again risen ia rebellion in Kattia- | batteries to the woods and bills behind, and war, and defeated the Guicowar'’s troops baving posted themselves at the head of a sent against them. A small! Britise foroe, | valley, bad considerably annoyed the body under Major Deunis, aceompanied by Major of men under Capt. Alexander's orders by Keatinge, V. C., the political agent, has firing into tueir flank as they maiched along left Rajkote to quell the insurrection. Things the batteries. Capt. Alexander, therefore, are in a very unsettled state in Cabul, IL: | determined to dislodge them from this posi- ‘is said that the Ameer would not te able! tion, which was protected by a moat, and ‘to return to his capital for some time, as eight-foot wall, anda palisade, According- the people around Turkhistan are in a state|ly, supported by the Marines, he charged ‘of insurrection. The King of Bokhara bas | rapidly up the valley. The Japanese stood opeoly sympathised with Urzul Khann, and (0 their pest uotil tke foree was within fifty is expected to espouse his cause. Lt is ra- /mored that the latter will shortly be set at)thcir arms aud fled in confusion. liberty by the Ameer. The advance of the maintained, however, a very hot aod danger- Russians up to Kohan, according to the|0us fire upon the advancing troops, aud half Delhi Gazette. is confirmed. They are re- | of our whole loss was incurred in this ebarge ported to have defeated the Khao at Tasi» —viz.,7 killed and 26 wounded, cur whole kund, and thea to have eutered and loss being 15 killed and 50 wounded. Af. occupied Kohan. The Viceroy has been ter this, however, the whole force re-em- at Lahore, wlere be beld a grand Dur- barked leaviog in ourhands, as the result of bar, which was attended by some 600 the day’s action, eight batteries out of the rajahs and chiefs, at which the Rojah of ten whieh the Prince had erected, the otber Kuppoorthulla was invested with the in- two lying round @ point of land. Ou the signia of the Star of India. Extensive pre- followimg day, the 7th, the working parties pafations are goiag on for the Bhoottan ex- landed tor the purpose of embarking the pedition, aud a strong native force will guus already captured, aud towards the af- shortly be ready to take the field. The ‘eraoon an advanced squadron rounded the Bhootesns are said to bave made arrange- poiut we bave referred wo, iu order to attack meats fur coliectiug together about 22.000 the two remaiuing batieries. Oa the Sib troops ou the worth-east frontier. Sir U, fire was opeued npon these, bui it was not Trevelyan is said to have been suddenly at- returned, either frow the Japanese being al- tacked with severe illness. The aecounts ready couviuced of the uselessness of resis- from the Purjaub and from Guzerat inform , tauce, or in cousequeuce of a shell exploding us that the crops have to a great extent one of their Mageziues, A force was there- failed, and that there ie wore thar a prob- fore lauded to destroy the batteries and em- ability of famine. Sir Herbert Elwardes bark the guus, aod no further resistance was is suid to be alarmingly ill, and will have Offered. By the eveuing of the 10th 62 to leave for Engiand almost immediately. pieces of ordnance uf various sizes were em- Mr. David Sassoon, a well-known Jewish barked in the fleet, aud every part, there- merchant, has applied to the Secretary of fore, of the Prince of Chosiu’s preparations State for permission to ereet a statue to the was either destroyed or removed. Since theu late Prince Consort in the gardens of the the Adwiral satisfied himseit by personal ex- Victoria Museum, at Bombay. The Rajah amination of the entire Straits that uo batter- of Sillinghut, ia Chota Nagpore, bas beea ies rewain io existence on the Priace’s terri- accused of sacrificiug a humau being at the tory. Un the Sch, while the demolition of the sbrine of Remkunee, and bas been arrested batsories aud the ewharkation of the guns by the police. He declares it is a con- Were iQ progress, au envoy appeared on the

went into action in two principal divisions, |

soon silenced, aud only straggling shots |

arm cowpanies of the Euryalus and Con-!

They at once, under Admiral | ¢e ‘ . 2 . len KKuper's personal direciious, assaulted all |

yards of them, but then they threw down} They’

we are foreed to gain anuther such vietory,

| we cannot wish more than tbat it should be | ‘achieved as gallantly aud as successfully as

in the present instance.

| THE GAPFERE OF THE FLORIDA, | | EXTRAORDINARY INSOLENCE OF TIHE- UNITED

STATES MINISTER AT RIO. | Immediately on the reveipt at Rio of the |

news of the capture of the Florida, the Bra- zilian Government addregsed a note to Mr.

}

| Ofieal. In his reply, dated October 14, to! [the note of the Brazilian Government : — | i? Mr. Webb vigorously repels from his Go-} 'veroment and bimself all suspicion of com- | | plicity, directly or indirectly, with the act of | {the captain off the Wachusetis, which was

not, he states, authorised by any orders or | instructions of that officer. He accepts the | statement made in the note of the Brazilian | | Government as exact in every part, reserving

'to himself the right of making subsequent | | corrections of it. The Government of the

| United States has always directed him, he | jcontinues, to express its confidence in and

| friendship for Brazil. Mr. Webbsays he has

learnt with deep regret that a commander of

in American ship of war, without instrac- | tions or authority, hag taken on himself the

responsibility cf capturing a rebel cruiser in

the port of Bahia, and finds himself able to

assure the Imperia) Government that every

reparation will be offered to it that honour

and justice require, more promptly and

frankly than if the same act had been perpe- | trated in a harbour of the most powerful

maritime nation of the world. This repara- | tion will, however, be given ander protest, as ithe United States Government denies the | right of giving the character of belligerents

to those who are in rebellion against the | legal Government of the United States. The) Brazilian Government has ordered courts of

investigation on the conduct of the officers of | its ships and forts in the Bay of Bahia on the | occasion of this outrage. Fall instructions | have, it is understood, been addressed by the

Brazilian Government to its Charge d’A ffuires | at Washington to require satisfaction and re-

| dress for the capture of the Florida.”’—Mr.

Webb in the course of his despatch enters

into a long argument to the effect that the! Confederates should not have been recognised

us belligerents, but excuses Brazil and other

| neutral Gouernments on the ground that they

had fulluwed the example of England, whose

object in doing so is stated by Mr. Webb as

follows :—*‘ Beyond all, peradventure, the

object of Great Britain in recognising as bel-

ligerents those in rebellion against the Go-

vernment of the United States, was—if we

take her leading press and the speeches of

her leading statesmen in and out of Parlia-' ment as exponents of her purpose—to accom- | plish by indirect means what she did not deem | it pruduent to attempt by sa more manly

course. She had just as much right to de-

clare our Government destroyed and the! Union broken up by & recognition of the so- | vereignty and independence of our rebels| within two weeks after hearing of the rebel-

lion as she had to give them by proclamation | the rights of belligerents. But she wanted

the manhood to do this in the face of Europe,

and the just indignation which she would

thereby have brought upon herself; and she,

therefore, in the exercise of her discretion,

resorted tu & measure which she well knew

wes a casus deli, but which she foresaw we, were not in @ position to treat as such ; and | the consequences of which she bad a right to | suppose, as did our rebels, would eventually

Se 2 disruption of the great American Re-

public."—Mr. Webb also says, in disavowing

the act of the Wachusetts :—*> [t was neither

ordered nor authorised by the Government of

the United States or the undersigned ; and it will be to his Government, as it is tu the un-

dersigned, & souree of wery sincere regret

that if such an event must of eacessity have

occurred, it did not take place iu the waters

of the Power which, 15 daye after bearing of the rebellion in the United States, joyfully

and hopetully proelaimed our rebela a * belli-

gerent’ Power—an aet which her prees and

people and our rebellious States lovked upon as certain tu bring on our country al) and more than all the evils actually inflicted, by adding to them the dissolution of the Ame-

sican Union.”

THE EXECUTION OF MULLER.