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^ greatly »««££ , n lace of Car, 

 „&* legate a Raven ^^ 



* irrfV tbUitV of dispensing with the 

 ^e probably r ofpeasan t S 



G-»* -J ? P S Vototeers was still spoken 

 XTn*,,. of Po»tifi«i ^ t in eX ecut!on, 



^thought that thii plan, P was at Qne Hme 

 ^U^ disordersin tbe Stages. nai ^ 



2SSto re-establish the x be made tl 



CSernment is f" d £ ^opinions. The con rt o 

 "*" ^/ dissaminaWS J lber , al ^ on]y in its internal 

 » ^'SlS re.ations.-From Naples we 

 Wt in its diploma 1 "*; Caserta was lnau . 



*- ** ""Cbv theKingTn Person, and that it will 

 m oontb b| the K » i It ; s latended 



j «» the p«b lc m a ej gg _ 



iJ* wrawleted, to reai.ii r:»Tr«<.r 



i rest ; 0re tiie money to the people he had plundered. Ti>e J Government is said to be sincere now in its determina- 

 letter was presented by Mr, Calvert the Vice-ConsaJ, .' tion to abide by the regulations of the trtstty, which. 



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G.t tf«--f °~ u , n " \""Tr om Athens bringing reports 

 ^nwd on Christmas-day >™ u _ fhp fe elin? acainst 



tarful 



very gre« . «~ -- , 

 Vdtices, however, had 



^ttwlto*, the Geyser left), but no mention 

 Otft w a* —o t lu ' . . , on the authority of a 

 to »deof the repot .tod. « * ^ ^^ 



»" rt, % l fr,T^be -"Tbe National Assembly has 



iX* *%i ^ ^ ten days -, The . labours - °l 



m £* « n the address and the charter having just 

 _5 V, the deoarture of the last courier. On 

 Kbf pro e ofSdress was read and distributed 

 ^teWbly. The discussion upon it was postponed 

 Su ttS* *■ order that the plenipotentiaries might 

 Tire time to mature their opinions, which appeared the 

 Z** ■eceiiarj because the project of the commission 

 Rencountered serious opposition. It has been even 

 K P ro«t*l to it that it does not indicate the unhappy 

 antes which produced the reforms of the 3d (16th) of 

 Jatember, and, in general, of not having been sufficiently 

 Sllenic. This omission having been considered by a 

 great number as a mark of indifference for the events of 

 that great day, the Ministry, to do away with all uneasi- 

 ■Mt warding the future on the part of the officers who 

 wpported the demand for constitutional reform, proposed 

 yesterday in the National Assembly to ensure the 

 active service in their several grades during their life- 

 time. This proposition was adopted by acclamation. To- 

 <lay the general discussion on the address was closed. 

 Amendments will be proposed on the several paragraphs. 

 Among the most prominent of the speakers who sup- 

 ported the address were MM. Mavrocordato and Tri- 

 ooupi, and on the other side MM. Petsalis, Costakis, 

 and Aielos." 



Russia — The following notice has been issued by the 

 Finance Department :— " Conformably to the first article 

 of the treaty concluded and signed at London on the 8th 

 '(20th) of December 1841 between Russia, Great Britain, 

 Austria, and Prussia, for the total suppression of the slave 

 trade, the Russian Government has delivered the first 

 license to English cruisers by which those cruisers are 

 authorised, in the seas where the reciprocal right of search 

 ■ay be exercised, to search and detain according to the 



er Kussian colours 



accompanied by Captain Robinson of H.-M.S. Orestes. 

 After/ some demur the Caim steam consented to reim- 

 burse the British residents; but afterwards, on the 

 departure of Captain Robinson in the Orestes, broke 

 his word, and on being remonstrated with, by Mr. 

 Calvert, answered in the most abusive language, em- 

 ploying very offensive expressions with respect to her 

 Majesty. The Vice-Consul knowing that the Orestes, 

 which the Caimacam thought to have left the station, 

 was cruising in the neighbourhood, despatched a messen- 

 ger with an account of what had taken place to Capt, 

 Robinson. The latter having forthwith returned to 

 Lemnos, landed his marines and the greater part of his 

 crew, and marched with colours flying to the residence of 

 the Caimacam. Being admitted to an interview, he 

 demanded an instant and ample apology for the insult 

 offered to her Majesty, stating that if it were delayed for 

 a moment, he would set sail to Constantinople to lay the 

 affair before the Sultan ; and adding that, though with 

 the force he had brought he could immediately compel 

 the Caimacam to give satisfaction, he would not do so till 

 he had been authorised by his Government. The 

 Caimacam, dismayed by this conduct, acceded to all the 

 demands, and made an apology for what he had said in 

 presence of all the local authorities. — Letters from the 

 Danube state that a plot for the overthrow of the present 

 order of things in the districts of the Danube and Bosnia 

 has just been discovered and numerous arrests have 

 taken place. This plot appears to have had the same 

 purpose and object as the recent conspiracy of Braila, and 

 the traces of a scheme of the Polish Propaganda directed 

 on the Sclavonic populations of the Danube are percepti- 

 ble. .'-The leaders have fled. Throughout all Bulgaria 



ukases, insinuated into the Greek Christian Churches, The various committees had been formed and the reports 



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will prevent all discussions with other foreigner^.' Tin* 

 treaty is looked upon in the East as the most signal 

 triumph of the British Plenipotentiary, for it renders 

 nugatory all the attempts of the French and American 

 diplomatic* missions lately sent with such pomp to the* 

 Chinese cmst. Sir H. Pottinger *.ho had gone to Macao 

 to attend the funeral of Mr. Morrison, is stated to have 

 regarded the supplementary treaty of such importance 

 as to have sent a steamer specially with it to Suez. The 

 state of trade at Canton was not satisfactory, owing to the 

 tricks of the old Hong merchants and their adherents the 

 linguists. The state of trade along the coast however is 

 said to be satisfactory. Howqua, the celebrated Hong 

 merchant, had died at the age cf 75, leaving 15,000,000 

 dollars' worth of property. The celebrated Commissioner 

 Lin has also paid the debt of nature. The Rev. Mr. 

 Gutzlaff has been appointed Chinese Secretary in the room 

 of Mr. Morrison. Amongst the deaths in China are men- 

 tioned F. R. Foote, Deputy Commissary-General, and 

 Capt. Haviland, of her Majesty's 55th Foot. In Hong 

 Kong the sickness has arisen, according to the Chinese, 

 from the nature of the waters of the islands, which they 

 pretend cannot be used for any time without the worst 

 result. It was even asserted that the British authorities 

 contemplated the abandonment of that island since the 

 death of Mr. Morrison. 



United States. — The mail- steamer Acadia arrived 

 at Liverpool on Saturday in a few hours less than eleven 

 days from Halifax. She left that place on the 19th and 

 Boston on the 1 6th of December with eighteen passen- 

 gers. The news from the United States is without inter- 4 

 est. Nothing worthy of note had occurred in Congress, 

 where the business of the session had hardly commenced. 





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. t uuuu UC11 » a .mig unaer Kussian coiou 



whii^ «e Mspected of being concerned in that trade, 



.^ bv h/F nn . g i! he V ° yage ° n Which ^ ™ e 

 niW' Sh misers - These licenses signed 



?iTS Ru l^r 81 ? ?° ard of Admiralty are drawn 



i«S, i£ c ^L g f' - Gennan ' and Swedish ian - 



W« to „tT r, horiMd t0 exercise the right of 

 ^K* Signal Whlcb ^ as been 4recd 

 lU "IT te § FTn 8 Wh ° Signed toe treaty of 



^u*~em » 7oitt T^ V 5 8ayS : -" The U ^ ase 

 «*fato theTmerior a f J u WS fr0m the frontier dia- 



** effect. X^ToOoSS 11 "" 2*"* Carried 

 ■Mwre. They ZZj PerSOns are affected b 7 this 

 ^ of resideoV au 7L PaSSp ° rts which in *eate "their 

 Property sold off w^hin 7r are , eXpected to have al * their 

 ?■* *kich the W« k W dayS afrer - , '~The monu- 

 Ko ^ in coILT:?: has . caused to be erected at 



°* E»peror MnZ'Tl a [ e these w <>rds taken from 



cr t ■*£tt - erUhed in Russia - and 



«aeefo r& k: ttr «k »as J M .«:.. 4 . , r . 



««Wly J 



of Br t _ 



Mr. Sn^u*"^ 7 re «eion« ^ -^TT . iiV ua » sunerea are 



are read by the Popes. In those documents all the 

 believers in the Greek Church not yet formally united 

 are desired to be firmly bound to each other, and assured 

 that In case of need they may be certain of high protection. 

 India and China.— The Indian Mail has arrived, 

 with letters and papers from Bombay to Dec. 1. The 

 principal items relate to the prevalence of sickness in the 

 newly- acquired possessions of Scinde, and Hong Kong. 

 The accounts from Scinde state that of an army of 13,000 

 men about one-third was in the hospital. The cause of 

 the sickness is said to be the unheulthiness of the climate 

 after the subsiding of the Indus, when the exhalations 

 produced by a glowing sun over an extensive muddy 

 surface are exceedingly dangerous. Fortunately, the 

 mortality was comparatively little, as most of them easily 

 recover, although much debilitated from the fever and 

 boils. There appears to be but little danger apprehended 

 from any of the neighbouring tribes. Sir C. Napier was 

 at Kurrachee, where his wife had joined him. He 

 purposed to go to Hyderabad in the beginning of De- 

 cember, and, with a considerable body of troops, to 

 proceed to look out for healthy situations, at which 

 the troops are to be stationed in future. At Lahore, 

 Heera Singh, the young Minister, the son of Dhyan, 

 who was the all-powerful Minister of Runjeet and of his 

 successors until his death in September last, appears to 

 retain power. He has the child, King Dhuleep, in his 

 custody, and is now said to have obtained the aid of 

 Goolab Singh, his father's eldest brother, and a leading 

 Hill chief, who at the head of 22,000 men came in the 

 beginning of November to the capital. Goolab Singh is 

 looked upon as hostile to the British, and will it is 

 thought bring about a decided conflict, by influencing his 

 nephew and the Court not to assent to any proposals 

 coming from the Government of India. A crisis how- 

 ever was expected when the Governor-General shall have 

 reached the banks of the Sutledge. Several corps of the 

 British troops were in movement in that direction. The 

 number of troops at Ferozepore, Losiana, and Umballa, 

 was estimated at 14,000 men. Major-Gen. Hunter com- 

 manded at the two former places, while Major-Gen. Sir 



10th Nov. 



from the different executive branches of the Government 

 had been delivered in. A rumour prevailed that Mr. 

 Fox, our ambassador at Washington, was about returning 

 home, and that his place would be supplied by Mr. 

 Packenham, late British Minister at Mexico. It was ru- 

 moured that the Democratic party had given up its divi- 

 sion, and that the friends of Mr. Calhoun had consented 

 to their being absorbed by the partisans of Mr. Van 

 Buren. It was stated that this is on the understanding 

 that although Mr. Van Buren is to be the President of 

 the ensuing election, Mr. Calhoun is to command the 

 votes of the Democrats in 1843. The great booksellers 

 and publishers of America are joining the authors in me- 

 morialising Congress for an international copyright. 



Canada. — The news from Canada is more important 

 than that from the United States. The remnant of his 

 ministry upon which Sir Charles Metcalfe relied had 

 not been able to command a majority. The attacks of 

 Messrs. Baldwin and Lafontaine, declaring that the 

 Governor-General wished to keep all nominations in his 

 hands, were answered by Mr. Daly the only member 

 of the late cabinet who remained in office, and Mr. 

 Price who had given notice of a motion condemnatory 

 of the Governor's proceedings felt obliged to amend 

 it into a milder shape. Government pressed several 

 amendments in vain, and Mr. Price's motion was 

 , carried by 45 votes to 24. The vote was followed up 

 by an address of remonstrance, urging that according 

 to the resolutions of the Legislative Assembly of the 

 3d Sept. 1841, the members of the Provincial Ad- 

 ministration were entitled to be consulted on all Crown 

 appointments to Office. Sir C. Metcalfe in rep y declared 

 that far from running counter to those resolutions, he 

 considered them as constituting the necessary guide of 

 every administration. It is stated that his Excellency 

 notwithstanding the difficulties in which he is involved, 

 continues firm in his determination not to recall any 

 member of the late Government to his Council. The 

 Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Counciimen of Kingston 

 had presented an address, assuring him of their strong 

 and unaltered confidence in his administration of the 



manned at tne two lormer piduca, «"^ ^°j»' *V. " .,, • _ 



R. Dick had the co— of the «M-nta-l ^-to^o^ ^ ^ ^.^ ^ 



e of the 18th 



* r ' b J»"ng Isl a " a l , pU , a . ted a >>out a fortnight 

 .^rtedtat &• l f ° *!»<* he had been re- 



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Tr £ >« tuereC ' J ' r t !! Cted t0 inTesti S*' e *« »•'- 

 **J£«»*m, which is r p eJC / CUt ! 0n was wthotued 



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^; it % ^ »pect. t e ::r ly assume a ^^^ 



•hich iZl fr ?» the (W p!l ent execu ' il >» « Constan- 



*■» »f the c m the i mm „ • ? , ro "S remonstrances, 



** *<"* raTi,' and he ,e b^ dlS S race of ^ Presi-' 

 H^^J? Mt a ,!,„„,., uc verbal assnran.o. ~: .... 



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divisions. Lord EUenborough was to start about the 

 26th of Nov. for the north western provinces, invested 

 with every power to make peace or war by a special act 

 of the Legislative Council. The report from Cabul that 

 Dost Mahommed had been murdered has turned 

 out to be a fabrication. His position, however, is 

 far from an enviable one. He has named his 

 son, the notorious Akhbar, to be Governor of the Hill 

 country near Jellalabad, whence it is thought that he will 

 attempt ere long the invasion of Peshawur. Peshawur is 

 described as in a dangerous position, for there is no longer 

 an European General to defend it, and all the plunderers 

 around the Khyber Pass are anxious for an opportunity 

 to sack it. In central India the affairs of Gwalior are 

 at present most interesting ; the Army of Exercise is 

 assembling at Agra. On the l?th November a dispute 

 took place between some of the troops at Gwalior, which 

 ended in their fighting with each other, when 400 were 

 slain on both sides. Kb*sgeewalla, the usurper, who 

 some months ago had endeavoured to oppose the influence 

 of the British, had been taken prisoner and nearly sacri- 

 ficed by the insubordinate and enraged soldiers. He was 

 saved with difficulty, and the insurgents appeased merely 

 by the promise that he should be given up to the Company. 

 —The news from China extends to the beginning of 

 October. The most important intelligence was the arrange- 

 ment of a supplementary treaty between the Chinese and 

 British Governments ; one clause of which is for the pur- 

 pose of guaranteeing to all foreign nations the same 

 privileges of trade as to the British themselves. Tbw will 

 have the effect of rendering unnecessary all negotiations 

 between the Emperor and the other Powers. The Chinese 



New Zealand. ,„, 



this colony to the 27th Julv. The New Zea and Colo- 

 nist contains an address of Police Magistrate M'Donougb. 

 giving an account of the result of the recent contest at 

 Wairau. After stating that Captain Wakefield and Mr. 

 Thompson had fallen, Mr. M'Donough proceeds as 

 follows-— "It is mv conviction after obtaining evidence 

 from all quarters that the affray was not the result of any 

 premeditated design on the part of the natives, but that 

 on the contrary they sought by every means to avert it, 

 and did not fire a shot until five of their party had fallen, 

 including the wife of Rangihaiata, who at the moment 

 bore his own son in her arms. Upon receiving the 

 disastrous intelligence, feeling it to be of the first im- 

 portance to obtain authentic information of the intention 

 of the natives, I immediately put myself in communication 

 with those persons who were in a position to furnish ac- 

 curate reports on the subject, and I have the satisfaction 

 of informing you that the natives of Waikanae, at whicnv 

 place Rauparaha first landed, refused to allow him to re- 

 main among them, lest the friendly relations which had 

 previously subsisted between them and the English set- 

 tler, might be destroyed, and that I have every reason 

 to believe these feelings to be shared by almost ail the 

 natives upon the coast. No apprehension therefore of 

 any aggression on their part need to be entertained ; but 

 if from any circumstances a hostile purpose should be 

 cherished bv them, I have made arrangements which will 

 immediately put me in possession of the fact, and enable 

 me to make all necessary preparations to resist it. A. 

 meeting of magistrates had been held, at which resolu- 

 tions were passed requesting Mr. Spain to proceed in his 



