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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. The Message of the President of the Republic it appears to have given general satisfaction. The internal state of the country is stated to have considerably improved since the month of June, 1841), owing to the good understanding exist itig between the Assemhlyand the Executive Power. The Message goes on to state that the financial affairs have been gradually advancing, owing to the judicious policy ol the go- vernment— that public works have been much attended to, particularly the railroads, from which great benefils must arise — that agriculture and commerce, though weighed flown hy peculiar circumstances, are improving, and that the labours of the executive would never be wanting 10 alleviate those classes (romthesuftetingstowhichtheyareexposed. On the subject of armaments and foreign affairs, the President is eminently moderate and pacific. The foreign policy of the government was then reviewed, and the document concluded with the re- commendation 01 conciliation and disinterestedness to all parties. Notwithstanding a boast in the President's Message, of the great reduction that had been effected in the army, alld the promise that stiitfurthet reductions should he made in the military forces, we find, in the Moniteur, of Saturday, a de- cree for adding 40,000 men to the army, by calling out the 11'- mainder of the levy for 1849. The object 01 this sudden increase in the military force is thus explained in the Gonstilutionel :— Up lo the present, the struggle lay especially between the Sovereigns, the people being no more than spectators. Cir- cumstances have changi d this state of things, by setting lire in all directions to national pride, by awakening patriotic suscep tibilities, and hy calling pupular passions t,1 enter into th" disagreements of crowned heads. In a word, all (iermany is in arms; it becomes, therefore, necessary that France 81101IId complete her military effective. The government has pro- claimed in the Message the neutrality of France,so tongas French interests should not be compromised but it is neces- sary to be in a position, under all circumstances, to make this tteutrahtyberespccted. Such is tlie object of tlie calling out 0f a part 0f the class 0f 1840 GERMANY. Advices from Berlin, of the 15th, are of a pacific character. The reply of Austria to the Prussian propositions has been re- ceived, and is favourable. The Court of Vienna concedes to the Prussian Cabinet the non-recognition dejure of the old Confederation, but still the Frankfort Diet is to be the organ of that body dejacto. The Prussian troops are allowed to occupy part of Ilcsse Cassel. Nevertheless, a Federal army will proceed to the pa- cification of Hesse, as well as of llolstein. In the course of this intervention, the Prussian troops will be allowed to remain on the Ktappe roads. Orders have been dispatched to stop the advancc of the Fe- deral troops in Hesse, so as to prevent a collision. The New GII:1:efte of Prussia contains the following — We are credibly informed "1'0111 Vienna that the Austrian government will declare that it is prepared to stop its nrma incuts, and to limit itself to those already made, it Prussia will pursue a tlirnilar course." The Cologne Gazette exhibits great displeasure at the with- drawal ol the Prussian troops from llesse Cassel. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. A cannonade wns heard alollg the whole 01 the Rcndsl/llrg line, 011 the 14th, at Hamburgh, buc thc result was not known when the last accounts left. TURKEY. [FROM TlIK BOSNIAN ritONHRIt ] The siege of Mostar was to commence on the 1st instant. The insurgents of Vognizva have received a mortal blow Irom theSeraskicr In consequenceof this defeat, the inhabitants of Mostar petitioned for an amnesty, and declared themselves ready to accept the condition* proposed by the Porte. Imme- diately after the ratification of the act of subjection, the Se- la>kier will proceed to Travnick, to quell the insurrection which has broken out at Carinthia. Accounts from Bulgaria state that the Christian population are in the actual enjoyment of all the privileges promised them by the Porte; that the concessions guaranteed hy the Porte are not, as usual, paper promises, but carried out to the letter. The rayahs now enjoy precisely the same privileges as the Turks. This sta'e of things is said to he entirely owing to the justice end humanity of Rescind Pacha. INDIA. The Overland India Mail has brought intelligence from Bombay to the 17th ult., and China to Sept. 27. No event of political importance had occuired in India Proper .since the departureofthc previous mail. The bill tribes on the Kobat frontier were again manifesting a hostile disposition, and the passagethroughtheirdehteswasinterrupted. It is again an- nounced that the works on the Bombay Railway hare been commenced. In China, the insurgents were getting the bcter of the impe- rial troops. Numerous bands of robbers were burning and plundering throughout the provinces of Kangsi and Canton, and after the capture of the city of Kintschan, the insurgents had advanced to within one one hundred and twenty English miles of Canton. News had reached Singapore of a victory gained by the Dutch over the Chinese, in the Sombas river, in Borneo, after a severe engagement. ft was reported that Sir James Brook's mission to Siam had proved a complete failure. AMERICA. The royal mail steam-ship Asia, Captain Jenkins, with ad- vices and letters from New York to the (5th instant, arrived in the Mersey, at half past seven, on Sunday morning. The Asia has 300,000 dollars specie on freight. The royal mail steam-ship Africa was passed hy the Asia, at 7 A,M" on the 7th instant. Among the Asia's passengers is Lady Emmcline Stuart Wortley, on her return from u tour in the New World Much anxiety exists at Washington relative to the peace of Boston. Rumours of an outbreak against the slave hunters had been current. The President, however, was resolved to suppress tbediitordersandentbrccthefaw. Several slave hunters had been shot in various parts of the Union- A proposition had been presented to the Virginia Reform Convention for the ex pulsion of all fiee negroes. On the 4th instant, a grand dinner was given to Amin Bey, by the merch; nts of Boston. The Secretary of the Treasury had issued the usual quar- terly statement of the revenue accounts lor the United States, by which it appears that the receipts from the 1st of January, to the 30:h of September, were 15,622,440 dolls. 65 cents. The expenditure, 6.580,954 dolls. 7J cents. Mr. George Thompson, the corn-law lecturer, had arrived at New York. Upwards of ^60,000 sterling value of gold had been re- ported on its way from San Francisco. Late accounts had been received from California, by tele- graph, by way of New Orleans, announcing another great con- flagration at San Francisco. We extract the following from tlie journals:— The scam-ship Alabama, Captain Foster, arrived at New Orleans, on Friday, the 1st instant, fiom Chagres, with late and important intelligence from California. The Alabama brings 108 passengers. "Accordmg to our btiefteiegraphie dispatch, dated on Friday, at New Orleans, there has been another destrnctiye fire in San Francisco —the third conflagration that has visited that citv within the laRt six months. This last disaster ended in the destruction of over one hundred buildings. The loss is estimated at 500,000 dollars "These repeated losses by floods and fires in California have fallen heavily upon some of our commercial ftouses and it is not unlikely, from the immense accumulation of goods tor the fall and winter trade in San Francisco, that the losses by our merchants will be as heavy ftom this third confla- gration, as from tither of the preceding, it the purport of our brief dispatch may be relied upon, "SanFrancisco has to contend with two great disadvan- tages. It is built of wood, and chiefly of pine, the most com- bustible of all timber, which, after exposure of six or seven months in the dry season, becomes as inflammable as tinder. The focationot the city, too, is perhaps the windiest in the world, a strong t;ale for the most of the day blowing in from the sea, a suction created by the intense heat of the great in. terior valley.. •« Besides, there is of necessity as yet an imperfect police system in San Francisco, a large and increasing loose popula- tion, and a great want of fire-engines, and an efficient fire de- partment. The city, therefore, has to run all the chances of its combustible materials, the effect of tlie late niy season, the winds, and a large idle population and the only wonder is, that it has escaped so well. This last destructive fire was itn medialely to be retrieved, and although it fell heavily upon the enterprising people of the city, it did not add much to the finan- cial crisis mentioned by the last ai rivals. But there is another side to the picture. I he good and bad come together. By the regular steamers-the Georgia. Cherokee, and the Empire City-due in a few days, 3,000,0(.() of gold dust are expected. The winter or lainy season was about setting in i the miners, with thclr gold c ust, were leaving the mines for San Francisco, and hence the unusual shipments anticipated. The accounts from the mines ^aie good. New discoveries continued to be made. With plenty of gold, San Francisco and New Yoik can submit to the losses of a fire and inundation now and then. ASCENSION OF CAPTAIN JOlIN TAGGART'S FLYING MACHINE. (From the New York Herald, of October JI, Jcol. The announcement that auving machine wou'd go up from the i'hatched Cottage Garden, in Jersey city, yesterday aftei noon, drew several thousand pernios to that place, to witness the exhibition of the wonderful invention. I he stnpof land lying betweccn the Morris Canal and the bay was the spot fixed upon by the proprietor of the machine to test its capacity, and three o'clock was the hour tiled upon for its ascension Innumerable casks of acids, for the generation of the gas, were prepared, and the inflation went on fineiy, while the thousands of curious visitors inspected tlte machine. which wasexpectcdtony. Thecarwasofthcshapeofanatboat. and had two arms like those of a windmill, be used as a propelling/power, and a long rudder, made of cotton goods, with which to direct its course through the air. Three o'clock camp, but the balloon was not ready,and the people grewintpatient. Pretty soon, however, the inflation was stopped, and the car brought forward. Some difhculty here occurred, and it hecamenecessary again to put on the gas, to give the ballooll more power. About four o'clock, all things being ieady, the proprietor took hill geat in the car, and one universal shout rent thc air. as he severed the l'ope, which bound rhe balloon to thp. earth. The grea'est public curiosity was now manifested, and ilie balloon waved to northward, with the wind. It rose, bea.iti- ( II ? for a tew feet, and gently descended into the Morris fully lor a tew uci, hjs wai8t. Ag soou as thls canal, lmmerni g I cannon, on hand for the was done, all was righr. A purpose, was fired, tin gu car taken to the boat was at once dispatched, an ffpre n|ade ,aSt t0 the north side ot the caiul, when t I „f starting, to balloon, for the purpose of ta i <■ tjje canal, one of try it again. When about ij u,C(,mi„R (earful the ropes btoke, and tho a|)(1 t||(, bal|oon and ear lest they should be can. ^ftHt on t|ie.Kro»iidf looking up rose rapidly, leaving t'ie { was followed by a veil ward at his loss. This n* B en;oy t|,e 8port very much, from the people, who seen east direction until it was The balloon ascended i" a .|,e immense crowd dispersed, lost sight of in the distance, an ^,lt»prietor of the balloon, chuckling over the ill luck 0 .,) w;|S not announced. The time for the second ascct>t,l^

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