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ie egin the works of the Moscow railway in the spring, 
which are to be RErinc oe ly executed eh pit & The 
t 6,400, y hav 
authorised the oe of Stieglitz ad negotiate 
loan of fifty millions of silver rubles, to be seeannett in its 
construction. Only eight millions are to be taken up in 
the first instance et expenses of —Further 
particulars of the destruction of Kasan have been received. 
t two fir +t ch occurred in the latter end 
August, were merely the precursors of the dreadful 
eaimstropho which befel this city on the 5th September. 
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dam is estimated at a8 vat 000 rubles banco, of which 
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ALY.—Letters from ee of the 23d ult. mention the 
Pope’ s return, on the prece ing day, from Civita Vecchia 
where. his holine a Be spent some days for the bene fit 
of the sea air. His rn ha dbe a! somennat accelerated 
by the illness of the friend of his h, Mo gnsienor Tra- 
versi, Patriarc Constant nop, wha died the day be- 
fore the Pope’s ite to Rome. e sam aes speak 
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t the 
entire district had been cae water, and the destruction 
f prope i e 
ed. In Ravenna nd. 
time of the fair, when the floods that entered the market- 
place Swept away bo oths and mercies besides drown- 
of criminal di soed te which, by ‘order of the Pope, have 
been drawn up by a committee composed of the most 
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ishe sh the perect equality of all 
citizens before the. ane thee no person can be withdrawn 
ral j h no exceptional 
tribunals except the perience ones, and those only for 
r in orders or crimes demeanours 
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committed in the exercise of their functions. The punish- 
ment of death is preserved, but restricted to a very small 
num nber of crimes. A ! othe er punishments evidently. have for 
they 
are inflicted. As to foreigners, the enactments ‘which re- 
late to them are exceedingly liberal. After a delay of two 
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are no longer to be amenable in criminal m 
police, suhoritieas but to the ordinary tribunals, and in all 
oF “nlight ‘offences ‘with axiennaiiog gifpumsiances rl ae 
ae cands mned to the smallest eet ee ne 
—Letters fro om Constantino af lst 
ult. pra that the fall of Izzet Pacha has eee little 
cha rim, who still remains Reis Hed, P patie 
tablished a system of terror in order to stifle resistance. 
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Every day 
families, ah monet others, the two sons of the senator 
omen tte g The Opposition is said to be gaining str eogth 
a8 ~ cee oe in behalf of Prince Michael i 
s 
—Letters from Alexandria of the 21st ult. men- 
news, of which ave a summary 
pint ie pi, 30th of or ace 
ordered | 
received the welcome notice for a movement, was 
i. ae ae two divisions : the one under General Eng- 
towards Qu 
removed, was sta ted to have taken place. 
geme nts. hi 
gal troops was not paeelentee.. ee expected thatthe troops 
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panko to ua ai there th as sickness prevailed, ae his ra 
ther 
eedy The 
en considerable, for besies the “ “i ustriou 
Kinber ah bea ‘Gen eral Pollock, a considerable b 
ected 
cu eee awe was $ bait ph} thé passin of vrclistabad ted the 
sai an 5. suc 
edigu ee for pee pome ie weakest) eet none, which, 
when she. ai ivid ate equ ally 
Fortunately this alarming intelligence ‘has n contra- 
dicted by the Ministerial papers of this retin: and the 
tandard” itself has shown its inconsistency with the 
ies received from official sources. The “Times’’ states 
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whom 
We trust that ee fatare reports o of disasters in Affghan- 
istan may adm uch easy refutation.’’ 
isa—The ws from China is dy 1. ah She . une. 
It contains the t of the captu 
f Chap the 
18th May, | which ws was 3 effected without loss to the “British ; ; 
, Violen 
sistance was made f from a Joss-hous use, into which 30 
surrendered they would be cut to pie unexp ly 
n British companies. Co omlinson of 
he 18th Royal Irish, was killed, and Colonel Mountain, 
and Capt. Campbell, and Lieut. rell wounded, e 
Tar ended themselves most desperately ; and 
as not until the house fell upon them that about 40 
ere taken; the rest perishe s reported that 
15,000 China troops landed on the Island of Chusan, 
virtually abando y 0 overnment, 
and that.a great many ju re. in readiness. 
among the shipping, with two and three chained 
together ; 
was | but stance 
written in very oa wee just after receiving clots By x! Didi dda spa Sah ef phish fants Exlenpe, = 
} dane had st 
sent me all 8 we round the jeland, WS | burnt the brush- 
for other fire-ships.. An apprehension prevailed that but 
little woul effected this year, in consequence of the 
‘She that had taken place. e want . vigour in the 
ion of the muc Pp 
icularly 
* s the season | for sailing along the coast, w vithout a 
A allowed to pass over. The expe edition was, howeve 
said to. m 
Since the arrival of the mail a Pear ee peo currency 
in political circles, that oe ertures have been made by an 
influential party in China to the British anthorities} in that 
country, the objects of which are to depose the Emperor, 
Khan was willin to treat, Lady Bae nave if a. ener 
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It appeared to be ex 
forme we quar Paty ‘that little or no huneene™ 
de the a of the ese 
, are conside 
rer to ai 3 the fatalities ye f Tact year were owing 
on 
British aden th =n to a Carpi or patri 
had declared 
revol 
Great Britain, “both political and commercial, 
ay NITED Srates.—The Great Western steamer from 
w York arrived in Kingsroad night, after 
a a ge of 13 days. Throughout the ys they had 
contrary wind son bad weather, and dur 
ve days they 
could not see the The Great Western! oh 7 York 
on the. ne sat ings ni ig o 
Sa passenger by her 
‘ orpeth is- pi 
hea he san is ‘said to be h gratified by his visit to the 
was alread 
ighly 
— d States... The contest for the idency was y 
inning to excite the publicmind. Mr. Clay was spoken 
of - the Whig party, and has published a letter contain- 
ing his si soi n the public policy of the American 
Government. The diate on which he insists as essential 
to the administration are:—‘t.A soun al currency, 
ig Fe by the will and authority of the nation ; an ade- 
uate revenue, with fair protection to American industry ; 
just restraints on the ai Power, embracing a fur- 
‘ther restriction on the exercise of the veto; a faithful 
administration of me public: domains s, with an equitable 
the dpoambent af th the presidential office to a single term. 
The opposition party is o be dvited between the 
merits of Mr. Van si ana: Mr. b 
ton treaty appears to have given Laikacgratile satiatection, 
but ei poet this there i is no news of importance from the . 
United 
Ln news from Canada is = great import- 
extreme liberal party, and those particularly who have 
been distinguished as _ leaders of the French apesiant, 
r 
b ege who took an active perk in the late insurrection, 
for ae arrest in 1837 a reward was offered by Lord 
fo st 
n 
offices give a seat at t 1 rove 
Other SEPleypss mpm seats at the Council 
been besto towed on Messrs Girouard (also con 
