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have set out from’ London on'the Ist in cB King of ioe aig in 18 1833, the Marquesses'of Dragonetti, Tor- | from Ghuznee, it will be a satisfaction to our readers’ to 
Prussia has founded a ames class of the order Pour le |‘tond, and Des stheures, found ad a society the ob bjec t of | learn; 't nt the general character of our affairs in Affghan- 
Mérite, to be conferred on persons who have distinguished whic Fr re to render assistance to the shepherds and culti- istan ae assumed a m 
themselves in the sciences or arts; the’ riumber san the | vators of the great plains of Apulia, to introduce j " co 
meénibers of the German witzGn being fixed a t thirty. them Merino sheep, Thibet- goats, the best modes of mna- from Calcutta to the 24th April. The follow ming is a sum- 
3 The ‘order will also be conferred on eminent theeionake nuring, agricultural tools, models arms, &c, is | mary of the events which have trans spired since the last 
3 number of whom i ns not fixed, but is never to excee pon nny te the Royal sanction in 1834, and the | mail. The division under Gen. ham Sriginally a Ben- 
€ i * Banco de In al artillery officer, have gained the renown of opening a 
member the vacancy must be filled up; but on the death | for a loan were concluded with M. Van Haken, banker at re ass hitherto consi tiered t om Porsche to Be "6c 608: ai 
4 of a foreign member this is not necessary. _ Among the | Brussels ; 9 an anonymous a Ae s immediately | which even Nadir Shah was obliged to purchase, Having 
a foreign’ members in the class of science, including, it seems, pene d, with a capital of two millions of audend, divided | taken due precautions, this division, consisting of Hi M. 
a “the belles lettres, are Mr. Faraday, Sir J; oie! and | into ee shares ‘of 100,000 duc ste “ehbe again subdivided | 9th reg, of infantry, and the 26th, 30th, 33rd, 53rd, anid 
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deceased, but for along time without success. sae other | stake, they have applied to their respective Governments, | the period of the attack on the Akhbar Khar "4 
persons were shortly after assassinated in the s © mys- | entreating them to use their political influence, in order | who with 6,000 Affghans had invested JelNicbed exhibited 
terious manner, and great alarm and exc citement t prevailed that justice may be rendered them. The eapolitan Go- | much eagerness, as if to aid the tribes around the pass in 
. in the town. At length, havin: be suspicions of _ vernment replied that the affair regarded the tribunals, defending it. On the evening ~ be th April he caused 
* police having fallen on a woman o had i be een in and that the coanae should have had recourse to them. a feu de joie to be fired, in hono , as he said, of the re- 
habit of weyuing: for one of the murdered persons, they ~ is stated that the king has not only refused the inter- pulse which the British troops had met at the entrance of 
ention of Rome and alee, but also that of France. | the pass near Jumrood. But Gen. Sale, not deceived by 
: they ode we es woman, who ulti imately confessed On the other he nd it is affirmed that Holland has no | this stateme , communicated to him by spies, resolved to 
her connection a band of murderers, who had com- | intention of coming to ets hostilities with Naples on the | anticipate what he considered to be an intended retreat of 
titted all the avers alluded to, as well as many others. question. the Sirdar, and on the morning of the 7th April sallied 
She stated that having murdered the parties, the bodies Ma.tra.—Accounts a from this island state that | forth to attack the A a camp, and succeeded in com- 
were immediately cut in pieces, which it was her duty to | the squadron under the command of ice-Admiral Sir E. ae routing Ak ora Khan and re 6,000 men, burned 
‘dispose of in different parts of the town. The discovery | Owen, put to sea on the 30th ult., and on the 24th, after | their mp, and retook 4 guns f those seized at the 
f ~20f these circumstances has produced great excitement in exercising the guns, was seen standing to the northward. aitaniee of Khoord Cabuil in Jan. “ast, “the restoration 
* eve and its neighbourhood; and the prisoners, | On the 11th ult., Prince Frederick William of Prussia, | of which was regarded by the troops with fGen honest 
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_ , Saved by the police from the hands of the mob. It is not Naples, under the assumed name of the Count of Glatz trifling ; but the death of Col. Donnie; whe fell at the 
i yet known how many persons wi been destroyed by these | Bein g desirous of seeing the effect of the shells, or hollow | head’ of ‘his regiment during the sortie, has occasioned 
amurderers, but it is feared that they are erous: and | shot, fired from the large e guns ofour steamers, which he } gener regret. reverse, which is not considered of 
N had heard d proved so effectual at Acre, Admiral Sir E. great importance, has been sustained by Gen. England at 
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the coast, in H.M. steamer Devastation, where some | to Candahar, His force was com osed of 5 companies 
shells were directed against af rocks, doing such power- | of H. M. 41st reg., 6 companies of the light battalion of 
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u precise execution as quite satisfied the Ro yal alee Infantry, | troop of light ¢ avalry, 4 guns of Leslie’s 
visitor. His Royal fifghuess returned to Naples after a se brigade, and 50 hace = hehed, having in charge a con- 
few 2 in the island. edical stores 
se y the arrival of the Levant mail we have wget with 1,500 camels, ae > Sestinved for i relief of 
rec vid "edits ces from Constantinople to the 17th ult. aie troops at Candhar. The convoy pro , wit 
Tateftightics had been received from Beyrout, announcing | encountering any gre bebetaclés, and withdul recéivi 
e breaking out of an extensive rebellion at Latakia. | notice from the inhabitadtts of a contemplated 
According to the last accounts from Syria; brought to | resistance,'to the pass, where e arch feed 
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Constantinople by the mail from Beyrout, Omer Pacha | that some field-works had been erected: An attem ~ 4 
" debe ene at Deir-el- Kammer, where he had received on made, os sending ne men to attack these works, to 
nsiderable tropes re: of anians, amounting | dislodge enemy, w ey showed a strong force of 
altrethes to 8,500 men; and other troops are said to be | infantry and cavalry. Capt, May, of the 4ist, was shot 
follow the same destination. The accounts from | déad; aswell as several of his men ; and Major Abthorp, 
Beyrout give a serious erin of the misery prevailing | of the 20th Native Infantry was ‘seriously wounded, from 
amongst the Christian population of Lebanon since the | the effects of ‘which he died’ the following “day: The 
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last fetubbshibs: d of the atialty practised by the Al- the olved not to risk the loss of the 
anians towards the tes. It d that th d made a ski reat to a neighbouring village which 
orte evades all the representations made on this subject | he defended, and Seana ‘to Sunraeae where 
by the British Ambassador, in conjunction with the repre- cn himself and waited for troops, then on 
sentatives of Austria and Prussia; and that although the | the march from atone and Suki to | to araies him. te 
Vizier, Izzet Mehemet i replies to each note | loss thi the 
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eer oy the fortress | the light battalion. Of the 20th, 25th, and 6th 
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of Mount Lebanon, and suffers the ians to plunder | Bombay Native Infantry there were killed 9 and 18 
the Christian village which Nad SiciceeB the attack of the | wounded. The great difficulty of the petition - Guétta 
Druses. The eves prisoners lately captured, as noticed | appears to have been the want of forage he camels, 
in a former ber, by Omer Pacha, had arrived | and the efforts o yovernment bie: td prot ed to- 
at’ Constantinople Sayd Pacha, the son of Mehemet | wards enabling the troops to proceed onwards as speedily 
Ali, has been nominated to the Pachalic of Sidon. a as possible. As a contrast to this reverse, a force from 
fall of Izzet Mehem acha’ ig now revs dahar sent by Gen. Nott to meet Gen. England, hav- 
f|tain. Two-of his is principal s siatetiaa have been eipelled ing been attacked, after two days’ march bya — body 
by Riza, so that his own downfall is considered imminent. | of the enemy gallantly repulsed the assailants, and com- 
Halil Pacha will, it is said, in that shan be Kecenhien. The tes them to take to flight. The Affghans are described 
negotiations relative to the Greek question were still ood as fighting with reckless bravery, and charging up to the 
ing, the Porte ppearing disp< to treat with King | bayonet’s point; in consequence of which they suffered 
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m it was believed that an English steamer would rem is stated to have abundant provisions, but ¢ thir ee a a rant 
TY Was held in n thato city on the 23d ult., at which a at Con ‘ae bl in order to convey his Fecallaney t 4 of ammunition. It is said that the pass of 
See hat was conferred upon M. de Bonald, Arch- now be easily turned. The most serious redatais how- 
bishop of Lyons, with the usual formalities ; and that on eee intelligence from Al eThe ag is to ng ck, and that which is most likely to produce the gree 
a4 Same occasion the appointments of the Bishops of | 16th ult. There no political news. The ish c mpression, is the surrender of Ghuznee. : 
tiers, Angers, and Rodez, were confirmed. The King | sul, Mr. Sodaare had addréssed a circular to the British vivre dered this important fortre 
f Naples arrived at Palermo on the 16th ult. His visit, re on the 13th ult., informing them that h March 
hich was un xpected, is sai en for t - | received a letter from’ Boghos Bey, acquainting him, by igns as his reas 
certaining whether the laws are strictly and im- | order of the Pacha, that the t ould be ren- | s* days, that he w 
ally enforced in this part o ominions. Private | dered free from the period of gathering the ensuing crop. 
ters from Genoa, dated the 25th ult., mention the de- } Private letters en us that Capt. Basil Hall and family, 
ture of Mre Brunel for London, but add that other | after having performed their tour to Thebes, in Upper 
lish-engineers remain ‘at enoa, to complete the sur- | Egypt, pr Bee e iris, and completed no less success- 
hes for the projected railway through Piedmont. fully a visit to the Holy Land, h ving made an bie 
© noti the difference at present | to river Jordan and t Z Sea. They have 
ing between the’Nea eapolitan Government and those of gone on to Greece and Cons tinople. j 
um and Holland, respecting the question of the Tavo- _ Inp1a.—We have re ccived the details of the Indian j # 
di Puglia. «As our readers m ay not be aware of the | news, a brief extract o which ven in our 
Of eee te Of this difference, the Beet brief account | comm ic 
i ap i ierency th may be interesting. It Notwithstanding the jaf unfavourable 
