The Pembrokeshire Herald and General Advertiser

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. THE BONAPARTE FAMILY.—The French govern- ment has given permission to the ex-King of Holland, Prince Jerome Bonaparte, and family, to reside for three months in Paris. This is understood to be a preliminary step to their being permitted to take up their permanent residence in France. Prince Napoleon, the son of Prince Jerome Bonaparte, ar- rived in Paris on Thursday. DEFKAT OF ABD-EL-KADKR BY THE EMPEROR OF MORocco.-The Semaphore de Marseilles of the 23rd ult. brings accounts from Oran of the 18th. On that day the authorities of Oran were informed that a new engagement had been fought, on the road of Tazato Fez, between the troops of Abd-el-Kader and those of the Emperor of Morocco. The encounter was disastrous to the Emir, who experienced a se- vere loss and was compelled to retreat It appears even that Abd-el-Kader, apprehending the conse- quences of a check, which might have completely changed the friendly disposition manifested towards him by the Moorish population, had demanded an interview of the Lieutenant of the Emperor. The frightful massacre of the Arab tribes in Morocco, re- ported in the Paris journals, appears, by more recent arrivals, to have been greatly understated, owing to a press error of the Algiers journal L' Echo d' Oran, from which the report was taken. A typical error," says that journal of the 18th Sept., was committed in our last number. In the report of the extermi- nation of the tribes of the Hachems and Beni-Amers we gave their numbers at from 1,200 to 1,500 only it was 12,000 to 15,000 we should have printed -and it would have been more exact to have stated a higher number." Those unfortunate tribes took refuge among their fellow-religionists in Morocco, who exterminated them in cold blood, flinging the children over precipices into ravines. A few scattered fugitives, not amounting probably to one hundred, were all that escaped to bring the bloody tidings of the extermination to the Christian invaders, the original curse of the country, and the cause of such wholesale massacres. SPAIN. RUMORED FUSION OF THE MeDEBADOs.-Accounts from Madrid of the 20th ult. state, that a perfect understanding exists between Generals Narvaez and Serrano, and that the conferences which took place between those two personages on the 18th and 19th induced a belief that the two great Moderado fac- tions-the faction of Narvaez and that of Salamanca -were negociating to arrive at a ministerial arrange- ment which would unite the whole of the party before the convocation of the Cortes. General Cor- dova, minister of war, and General Ros de Olano were strenuously exerting themselves to promote that fusion, and had announced their readiness to enter a cabinet over which General Narvaez pre- sided. ESPARTERO.-M. Gurrea, who arrived on the 21st in Madrid, was the bearer of a letter from General Espartero to the Queen, and of another to the govern- ment, expressive of his gratitude for the decree which restored him to his country. It was believed in Madrid that Espartero had made up his mind to pass next winter in London. DEFEATS OF THE CARLIsTS.-The Gazette publishes a despatch from the Captain-general of Galicia an- nouncing the complete destruction of the band of the Carlist chief El Ebanista. Another despatch states that the column of Panades had overtaken, in the vicinity of San Saturni, a detachment of fifty men of the band of Caletrus, which it completely dis- persed, recapturing the parish priest (Felix Coll), a prisoner among the rebels. ITALY. THE OCCUPATION OF FERRARA.—The Augsburg Gazette of the 24th ult. publishes the following letter, dated Turin Sept. 20:—" The Pope has written an autograph letter to the Emperor of Austria, and another to the Empress, in order to induce a friendly termination of the differences respecting Ferrara. It was expected at Rome that the Pope's letters would accomplish their object, the more par- ticularly as the Count de Lutzow had declared him- self favorable to the Pope's views. It was suggested to place Russian troops on guard at the gates of Fer- rara, in place of Austrians. It was hoped that the Austrian government would accept the compromise offered." The Augsburg Gazette of the same date contains a letter dated Vienna, the 21st ult., which announces that the affair of Ferrara had assumed a favorable turn. THE INSURRECTION AT LUCCA.—The Journal des Debats states on the authority of private letters from Lucca, that it was with the greatest difficulty the wife of the hereditarv Prince of Lucca, who is sister to the Duke of Bordeaux had been prevailed on to quit the capital. She reproached her father-in-law and husband with pusillanimity, and intreated them to remain, It was much regretted at Lucca that her advice not been followed. The Duke and his family were received on the 18th ult. at Modena by the sovereign of that principality. THE NEAPOLITAN INSURRECTION.—-The following, dated Naples, the 2lst, appears in the Nouvelliste de Marseilles of the 26th :—A report is current that Girgenti and Marsala are in a state of insurrection but there is nothing positive on the subject. What is certain is, that arrests continue in Sicily, and the popular irritation is at its height. A general rising is hourly expected. The government continues to send munitions of war to all points. In the province of Molisa all the disticts of Darino have raised the standard of revolt. In Calabria the insurrection has extended to Catanzaro, and the insurgents are said to have fortIfied themselves in Gerace. At times divided into guerillas, at others acting in a body, they fall on the royal troops, and cause much ravage in their ranks. It is said that the 8th regiment of the line was not inclined to fight, but was compelled to do so by the colonel, and sustained great loss. The arms and uniform of the dead, which were brought to Naples, are considerable in number. The insur- gents of Cazena, against whom General Statella had been sent, have joined the bands of Romeo. A general amnesty and a reform are spoken of; but lit- tle credit is attached to the report. It is asserted, how- ever, that an important labor with this laudable object has been entered upon by the prime minister, Pietra- catella, with the authorisation of the King." The Nouvelliste de Marseilles of the 24th ult. quotes a letter from Naples of the 19th, announcing the de- feat of the royal troops under the orders of General Nunziante, by the Calabrian insurgents in the neigh- borhood of Gerace. The letter adds that the com- mander of the latter, named Romeo, immediately or- dered out his own prisoners for execution. ABDICATION OF MARIK LOUISE.—The Nouvelliste of Marseilles says, that in spite of the denial given by the German papers to the announcement of the re- tirement of the ex-Empress Marie Louise, Count r lquelmont has had a conference on this subject at Verona with Mr. Ward, minister at Lucca. The abdication of Marie Louise appears to be settled t v? °n^ a fixing the pension which must be made to her. It results from these circum- stances, if they should be accomplished, that the reigning family of Lpcca would be called on to suc- ceed the ex-Empress at Parma, and that the Duchy of Lucca would be incorporated with Tuscany, the whole m virtue of the treaty of Vienna. SWITZERLAND. MILITARY PREPARATIONS.—Letters from Berne of the 22nd ult. state, that military preparations were proceeding with considerable activity on the part of the federal government and the sonderbund, and that a collision was deemed imminent. The canton of Zurich had demanded the speedy dissolution of the league, and, in imitation of Berne, had granted a considerable sum for the organisation of the militia on a respectable footing. Those two cantons, the most populous and wealthy in Switzerland, can alone bring into the field 40,000 men perfectly drilled, armed, and equipped, and maintain them during two months without any detriment to their finances. The Aus- trian envoy, Baron de Kaisersfield, continued to re- side at Zurich, from whence he was strenuously la- boring to prevent the governments of St. Gall and the Grisons from instructing their deputies in the diet, which is to meet on the *18th of October, to Vote in favor of the adoption of coercive measures against the sonderbund. There was, however, very little probability of his attaining that end. The French ambassador, M. Bois-le-Comte, whose position in Switzerland was extremely unpleasant since the ill-judged advice he presumed to give the president of the Vorort, at the same time that he os- tensibly supported the states of sonderbund, had undertaken a tour through the French districts of the canton of Berne, to ascertain if the population which is entirely catholic, would be disposed to side with i their co-religionists of the seven cantons of the league. The ambassador was to proceed thence to Lucerne, with a view to moderate the warlike dis- I positions of his friends. He would afterwards visit the primitive cantons and sojourn some time at Zurich, where he was to meet the representatives of Austria, Russia, and Prussia, in order to consult with them on the situation of Switzerland, and devise means of counteracting the moral support given by the British cabinet to the liberal cantons. The English government," says one of those letters, "re- garded the state of affairs in our country as suffici- ently serious to warrant the mission to Switzerland of a member of the cabinet, the Earl of Minto, Lord Privy Seal. That statesman, who has just passed two days at Berne, had frequent interviews with the president of the directory, M. Ochsenbein, to whom he repeated the assurances contained in Lord Pal- merston's despatch of last month, to the effect, that England would oppose all intervention on the part of the foreign powers having for its object to prevent the confederation either from introducing into its con- stitution the reforms it might deem. necessary, or repressing, by the means sanctioned by the federal compact, the revolt of the ultramontane league." GREECE. DEATH OF COLETTI.-The following is the report to M. Guizot by M. Piscatory, the French minister at Athens, of the death of M. Coletti, who expired on the 12th ult.:—" Monsieur le Minstre,-After a struggle of fourteen days-the most energetic that a very strong constitution and a very firm soul can sus- tain against a desperate diseaae-M. Coletti is ex- expiring. The end of this day will probably be that of his sufferings and life. By such as shall have be- held him in his last moments, his death will be deemed a part of the glory of that good and great citizen. He has lost nothing of his mental strength and calmness. From the first moments he discoursed about his disease and pronounced it incurable but although convinced of the inefficiency of all remedies, he accepted them from his friends. Every day the King has come to see him. His Majesty would de- mand the last advice of a man whose loss he deeply feels. Yesterday while striving to check his tears, the King attempted to converse with him once more. M. Coletti had me called for, in order to support him as he sat in his bed; but already had his strength deserted him, and taking the King's hand, he said, 'I had, Sire, a great deal to tell your Majesty, but I can no longer do it; God will perhaps permit that I may have strength enough to-morrow.' To you also, my friend,' said M. Coletti after the King's departure, I should have a great deal to say, but it is impossible. Thank your King and Queen for the kindness with which they have always honored me. Mention me to my friends of France. Convey my farewell to M. Guizot, M. de Broglie, and M. Eynard. Until the last moment I have followed their advice, so far as I have been able they must be pleased with me. The King has just told me that everybody, my ene- mies as well as my friends, takes interest in me. This is pleasing to me, but my work is not accom- plished. If I could have commenced it twelve years ago, I should now die in peace. I can speak no more; lay me down, I would fall asleep.' From that moment intervals of calmness and fits of suffo- cation have rapidly succeeded one another. In the moments of delirum he is to be heard repeating the songs of his youth. Ten months ago you told me, Monsieur le Minstre, that it was not yet time for M. Coletti to join Plutarch's battalion. Ced has judged otherwise of it!" A Paris paper gives the following extract of a letter from Athens :—" A letter from Athens of a very recent date informs that the very day after the death of M. Coletti, very serious dis- cussions arose with respect to the division of his political succession. The Charge d'Affairs of Eng- land, Sir Edmund Lyons, having learned that the king on the solicitation of M. Piscatory, appeared decided to confide the presidency of the council to M. Rigas Palmidas, Minister of the Interior, went to the king and signified to him that the choice of that personage, a declared enemy of England, would be regarded with a very bad eye by the government of Great Britain." SOUTH AMERICA. AFFAIRS OF THE RIVER PLATE.—Accounts have been received to the 23rd of July. The papers now brought throw some light upon the motives of Lord Howden in raising the blockade, as far as England was concerned. It would seem that, up to the 15th July, affairs progressed rather favorablely, and that, pending a reference to Europe of matters in negocia- tion, General Oribe was induced by foreign envoys to grant a suspension of hostilities. Lord Howden was satisfied with the conduct of Oribe but, finding the government at Monte Video would not agree to sus- pend the war, he at once withdrew the intervention of England, and ordered the commodore to raise the blockade of Buenos Ayres and the neighboring coast. This step appears to have been taken without the occurrence of Count Walewski, and to have exasper- ated a section of the Monte Videans against his lord- ship. Yet, notwithstanding, his lordship before he left the Brazils obtained a guarantee from General Oribe for the person and property of all Orientals, with the exception of General Rivera, who will be permitted to leave the country, with a pension for life; and that no Buenos Ayres troops be allowed to enter the town of Monte Video.

DARING EXPLOIT AT PETERHEAD.—Some weeks ago, the vane of the steeple of the parish church at Peterhead ceased to traverse on its spindle. James Wright, (known by the sobriquet of steeple Jack,") offered to take it down from the steeple, which is 126 feet high. By means of a kite, Jack contrived to throw a rope over the cross irons below the vane and thereafter he ascended the giddy height in gal- lant style, in presence of a crowd of applauding spec- tators. The dragon was then unfixed from the com- manding position it had occupied since the erection of the spire in 1806, and lowered to the ground. During the time it was regilding, the adventurous climber pointed the whole steeple with Roman cement, using no other contrivance for his support, or for ascending or descending during the tedious opera- tion, than a swinging seat with a counter-balance, suspended from the spindle of the vane over the pul- ley. He also fastened a lightning conductor from the top to the bottom of the steeple. On Saturday se'nnight he again fixed the dragon in its old position. At the hour appointed for replacing the vane, half- past two o'clock, it blew a strong breeze, accom- panied with rain and a number of the people, assem- bled to witness the exploit, endeavored to dissuade Jack from proceeding but, heedless of danger, he set to work, and in the almost incredibly short space of an hour, he completed the whole work of ascending the spire along with the vane or dragon, replacing it again on the spindle, and descending to terra flrma.A.berdeen Journal. The death of Sir C. Dashwood elevates to his flag the officer that hoisted Nelson's immortal signal at the battle of Trafalgar, England expects every man to do his duty." Lieut. John Pasco was senior lieutenant on board the Victory at the time, and was raised to the rank of commander six years afterwards, to that of post-captain, after lingering thirty-six years on the list of captains, having been fifty-two in the service. He has at length obtained his flag. By his promotion Rear-Admiral Pasco loses £292 a year. EXTRAORDINARY TREE.—-We regret to state that during a late heavy storm, a portion 6f the famed lime-tree at Neastadt in Wurtemburg, was blown down by the wind which prevailed. This tree, which was planted more than 500 years ago, is 36 feet in circumference at the base, and the twelve main branches of this gigantic trunk were as thick as oak branches of this gigantic trunk were as thick as oak trees, being more than six feet in circumference. These twelve branchlets, thickly covered with foliage, formed a circumference of 450 feet, and rested upon 115 props which since the year 1554 were for the most part set up by noblemen, bishops, and other persons of distinction. The trunk of this once ma- jestic tree is now standing a mournful wreck of its ancient beauty. A match between three Liverpool tea-brokers came off in Cheshire, on Monday afternoon. The start was from Tranmere Hotel, at half-past four, and Estham Hotel was the goal. The distance which, we believe, is about seven miles, was accomplished in one hour and twelve minutes by the winner. The personal appearance of the rival walkers was exceed- ingly dissimilar. One gentleman was tall and light, and it was thought he would walk fast, but was hardly expected to hold out. The second was short and rather stout, but as it was thought he had plenty of go in him, the betting was not much against him. The third looked most like a winner, being middle-sized and well built. The first gentleman won by about 200 yards.—Liverpool Albion. Mr. Batty, of Astley's Royal Amphitheatre, has just imported, from Ceylon, an infant elephant. This interesting mass of vitality is about 4 feet 8 I inches in height; and seems already to evince "IJ the sagacity of his species, MELANCHOLY REVERSE OF FORTUNE.—An inquest was held on Tuesday evening, at the Wheatsheaf, Holywell-street, Strand, on the body of Cecilia Wat- kins aged sixty-four. The body lay at No. 42, Holy- well-street, in a room containing no more furniture than an old sofa and two broken chairs. The de- ceased was very respectably connected, and for three years previous to July last kept a lodging-house in Howard-street, Strand. The last year of her resi- dence in Howard-street, she was in the deepest dis- tress all her furniture was seized for rent. She would often have been without food for days, if it had not been for the kindness of one of her friends, Mrs. Longmore, of No. 35, Arundel-street. She was, besides, very reluctant to make her wants known. In July she removed to No. 42, Holywell-street, and there continued to live upon the charity of her friends, and a little money which had been sent to her by her brother, a clergyman, and one of the minor canons at Chichester, and an allowance she received from the Governesses' Institution. On Friday, one of her friends found her at home, without any food, and only lid. in money about her. This, and more that was given her, was expended in fuel; but the de- ceased was then so ill, that she could not leave her bed, and on Sunday morning last was found dead. Mr. Farquhar, surgeon, said, that the cause of death was pulmonary consumption, accelerated by want of J»roper sustenance and attention. In her room were ound some letters, showing she had recently received post-office orders from her brother, who had also ar- ranged to make her a regular allowance but it was believed, that she expended the money in paying her debts. Verdict Died from disease of the lungs, ac- celerated by want of sufficient sustenance and atten- tion. In the course of the inquiry, the Dean of Chi- chester entered the room, and denied a statement, in a morning paper, that the deceased was the sister of the late Dean of Chichester. The Leicester proprietary school, an institution founded on the most liberal principles, for the pur- pose of supplying a superior seoular education to the youth of the town and neighborhood, for want of support, is to be given up, at Christmas next. It af- forded accommodation for 300 boys. The building is to be sold, for the liquidation of the liabilities and the benefit of the shareholders. O.UIE-LAws.-We understand that the premium of twenty guineas, offered by the East-Lothian Anti- Game-law Association, for the best essay on the moral, social, and economical effects of the game-laws, has been awarded by Mr. Bright, M.P., and the other judges, to Mr. John Chenie Shepherd, farmer, Gleghornie, near North Berwick. It may be men- tioned, as another indication of the universality of the feeling against the game-laws among the tenant far- mers, that Mr. Shepherd, the successful essayist, is a conservative and a protectionist, and distinguished himself by debating the corn-law question against Mr. Cobden at Haddington.—Scotsman. A DROWNED GOD.-A native correspondent of the Calcutta Christian Advocate relates the circum- stances of the watery death of the idol god Mudun Gopal, of Biruee, a place situate on the eastern bank of the Ganges, about two miles south-east of Ghos- para." In the beginning of the Bengalee new year, the idol Mudun Gopal, together with the divine spouse Radhika, was conducted, according to custom, to the Rajbaree, or palace at Krishnugar, to receive sacrifices and offerings from, and to confer blessings on, the royal family. The term of their auspicious presence being over, the preparations were made for their return to the temple at Biruee; but while they were returning in a pansee-boat a violent gale arose, by which the vessel was capsized, and all were sunk beneath the water. Mudun Gopal was held in great veneration and respect; and, in the time of Dol, vast crowds of pilgrims were assembled to present offer- ings at his temple. MISTAKEN AVARICE.-It turns out, after all, that even in the county of Northumberland there are large stores of old grain. One extensive farmer in Bamburghshire has no less than 1,700 bolls of wheat, another 700, and another 500, which might have been sold at the rate of 120s. a quarter in the month of May, but which will not now produce half that sum.-Newacsele Journal. THE CASE OF HUTCH INOS.—This malefactor is now lying under sentence of death in Maidstone gaol, and will be executed, probably, on Thursday, if not re- prieved. It is now eight years since any malefactor was executed in Kent. The unhappy man still con- tinues earnestly to protest his innocence, as he did on receiving sentence, and appears keenly susceptible of his dreadful situation. We understand that his friends, with the assistance of Mr. Ballantine, his counsel, are taking measures to procure a commuta- tion of his punishment.—Maidstone Gazette. We have heard of a curious transaction, by means of the electric telegraph, which is said to have oc- curred in our London Stock Exchange, on Wednes- day. 500 shares were bought at a certain price in the market; the news, per telegraph, was sent off to one of our provincial towns, and, in hour, advice was sent back that they were sold, with "go tt again." 500 more were thereupon bought, the news trans- mitted to the agent, who immediately disposed of the shares, of course, to a profit.—Herapath's Jounal. DISCOVERY OF MANUSCRIPTS.—The workmen, while repairing some wainscoting in the mansion of Mr. C. Bathurst, of Sydney-park, Gloucestershire, in remov- ing one of the panels, fell upon a recess, in which they discovered an old table, on which were laid several books of the fifteenth century, a pile of manu- script sermons, many of which had been preached before crowned heads, a silver chalice, which ap- peared as though it had been burnt, and an old news- paper. The mansion was formerly in the possession of Sir John Wintour, a distinguished catholic and royalist, in the time of Charles 1. so that in all pro- bability, the documents were hidden there in the days of the revolution. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.-On Monday week, as the seven o'clock evening train from Ayr neared Kilbir- nie, the engine came in contact with a cow which had strayed through the insecure fence guarding the line. 1 he cow was killed on the spot, and the con- cussion was so great, that the last five carriages were thrown off the rails. None of the passengers were hurt, although, we are sorry to add, that one of the guards, a most deserving man, of the name of John Johnstone was knocked from the top of the carriage, and slightly bruised.-Renfrewshire Advertiser. We regret to state, that the noble first commis- sioner of the woods and forests, Lord Morpeth, met with a serious accident last week by a fall from his horse, which has since confined him to his room at Castle Howard. It appears his lordship's horse stumbled and threw him, by which he sustained some contusions on his face, and other bruises. His lord- ship we are happy to state, according to accounts re- ceived at Carlisle House on Thursday, was going on favorably. ROBBERY OF BILLS TO THE AMOUNT OF £ 4,000.— On Sunday evening week, as a gentleman of this town listened to one of the out-door preachers, oppo- site the Custom-house, his pocket-book was taken from his pocket. It contained bills to the amount of £ 4,000. One of them had only five weeks to run. Of course, there is sufficient time to prevent the pay- ment of the notes, and the pieces of paper will be of little service to the thief.-Liverpool Mercury. INCENDIARY FiRM.—On Thursday morning, about four, a fire broke out in the stack of Mr. Lister, of Coleby Heath, Lincoln. A wheat stack, three straw stacks, and two or three other stacks, were consumed. An incendiary fire occurred at Ropsley, near Gran- tham, on Wednesday night, on the premises of Mr. John Swain three corn stacks and a straw stack were destroyed. Chinery's Farm in Penfield-lane, Bocking, which, within the last twelve months has been the scene of devastation from incendiaries, Was on Sunday night again similarly visited. A large stack containing twenty tons of hay, about one acre of oat-straw, two-and-a-half acres of tare stubble, half a load of wheat-straw, and a number of farming im- plements, were destroyed. On Saturday week an alarming and destructive fire broke out in the rick- yard of Mr. Gale, at Little Brickhill, Beds, which not only consumed the whole of the contents, but also the farm buildings and part of the adjoining premises of Mr. King, maltster, destroying property to the amount of upwards of .C3,000. Mr. Gale's property destroyed amounts to about £ 1.500, insured in the Phenix Office; the farm buildings are the property p y of Sir G. Rose, amounting to about £800, insured in the County Fire Office and Mr. King's loss about the same amount, insured in the Phenix Office. The grand depot of the Great Western line, at Swindon, is receiving an accession of workmen, not- withstanding the vast number in full employment there. The new town, which has risen like another Birkenhead, with its manufactories, is highly worth inspection. It is said that the company will soon be enabled to commence building a railway first-class carriage on Monday morning, and turn it out com- pleted on the following Saturday. t An institution is about to be established in Lon- doni for the education and maintenance cf nurses, and visitors for the sick and poor. The proposed establishment is to be conducted on religious princi- ples, in strict conformity with the discipline of the Church of England. Young women, anxious to de- vote themselves to the sacred wotk of attendance upon the sick, will receive in this institution such training as may best fit them for a very arduous of. fice. They will be under the guidance of expetienced matrons, and the parochial clergy. The proposal is attracting considerable attention throughout the county. The Lord Bishop of London is to be pre- sident of the institution. THE SALE OF AHSKNIC.—The Times of Saturday has a long article on the subject. The following paragraph contains, however, the pith of the whole, and contains a recommendation which is well worth attending to :—" We might go on multiplying almost endlessly the possible and almost probable instances in which the lives of the innocent may be destroyed for want of a very easy precaution in regulating the sale of arsenic. The adding of a powerfully nauseous taste to the deceptive sweetness and slight acid which are said to be its present characteristics, or the in- troduction of a strong coloring property, would not injure its efficacy for any proper use, and would thoroughly deprive it of its power in the hands of a secret assassin. We hope to see our advice taken without delay, for of all the horrors with which our criminal annals have been recently stained, none are so revolting or so frequent as the crime of murder in the domestic circle by means of arsenic." DEATH OF DR. CURRAN.-Dr. John Olliver Curran, whose illness of fever we mentioned some days ago sunk rapidly during the latter part of Saturday, and during the night of that day, and, notwithstanding all that the skill and brotherly aid of the ablest men in the profession could effect, the fatal typhus claimed him for its victim, and he expired at 9 o'clock on Sun- day morning—another bright name added to the list of martyrs of the medical profession in Ireland. Dr. Curran had but entered his 27th year. He was a professor of the practice of medicine to the Apothe- caries' Hall, a licentiate of the College of Physicians, a graduate of Trinity College, a member of the Royal Irish Academy, and attached to all the literary and scientific institutions in this city.-Dublin Paper. MR. DOUGLASS AND Mit. GARRISON MOBBED IN AMERICA.—William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass, now on an anti-slavery tour to the West, were quite ill-treated at one of their meetings in Har- risburg, Pennsylvania, lately. Douglass furnishes an account of the fracas to the New Yorio A7iti-Slavery Standard. Several volleys of unmerchantable eggs," he says, were poured through the windows, filling the room with the most disgusting and stifling stench, which he calls slavery's choice incense," and one struck friend Garrison on the back, sprink- ling its essence all over his honored head." A pack of fire-crackers were also exploded, causing much ex- citement and alarm. Cries of Throw out the nig- ger were shouted by the mob outside, atid stones and brickbats were hurled, when he left the house, protected by some of his colored friends. Douglass himself escaped without injury. -Philadelphia Daily News. ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR.—A Common Hall was held on 29th ult., in the Guildhall, for the purpose of electing a chief magistrate for the City for the ensu- ing year. In consequence of the announcement of Mr. Alderman Wood, that it was not his intention, on the present occasion, to become a candidate for the office, the proceedings presented but little interest. The names of the different aldermen who had not passed the chair were called over by the com- mon-serjeant. A forest of hands were held up for Mr. Alderman Wood, Mr. Alderman Hooper, and Sir James Duke. The sheriff then declared the election of the livery to have fallen on Mr. Alderman Hooper and Alderman Sir James Duke. After which the recorder declared that the choice of the Court of Aldermen had fallen upon Mr. Alderman Hooper. Mr. Alderman Hooper, having been invested with the gold chain of office, returned thanks. He assured the livery, that during the year of his mayor- alty, the rights and interests of the citizens of London should be carefully watched over and protected. Thanks were then unanimously carried to the lord mayor, the late sheriffs, &c., and the Common Hall was dissolved. DOMESTIC SERVANTS.— There are five societies in London, established for the spiritual benefit of its poor. The District. Visiting Society, the Pastoral Aid Society, and the Scripture Readers' Association these three are in connection with the Church of England. The Christian Instruction Society is chiefly maintained by the dissenters. The fifth is the City Mission, which is supported by churchmen and nonconformists. Not one of these societies has an agent to domestic servants, although they are equal to the population of the county of Monmouth -134,000. The police, exclusive of the city, are under 5,000; yet the religious public pay for an agent to visit them, at the different station-house- Cabmen, Germans, Italians, Lascars, and others, a visited but the domestic servants are unvisit except by one colporteur; and seventy of them required to visit every servant monthly. This poiteur sold in the mews and squares, in the west London, 5,000 copies of the Scriptures in six mon' NEW BISHOPRIC IN AUSTRALIA.-It is intended, soon as the necessary arrangements can be made, create a new bishopric for Western Australia, tht chief town of which is distant 1,200 miles by sea from South Australia. For the present, the colony will form an Archdeaconry in the recently-erected diocese of Adelaide, South Australia. From accounts just received, it appears that the church is fast ad- vancing steadily in those parts, and growing in the affections of the people but yet the districts are so widely separated, and the missionary laborers are so few, that Albany, King George's Sound, has not been visited for two years, being distant 300 miles over- land .—Morning paper. RUMORED LAW CHANGES.—The Dublin Evening Post contains the following:—" A statement has ap- peared in some of our London contemporaries to the effect, that Chief Justice Doherty is to retire from the bench, with a British peerage, to be succeeded by the present Attorney-General in the chief seat in the Common Pleas and other appointments, rendered necessary by this change, are set forth very minutely. A paragraph of a similar tendency, framed in an official shape, was transmitted to this office by some anonymous correspondent, but on making inquiry in the proper quarter, we ascertained that there is not a shadow of foundation to the story." THE LATE COLONEL STODDART AND CAPTAIN CO- NOLLY.—-The Friend of India, of the 29th of July, says, on the subject of those two unfortunate gentle- men,—" For some time past there has been a rumor that the King of Bokhara had put to death the in- famous Abd-ool-Sumud Khan, who has been rendered so notorious by Dr. Wolff's narrative. It has now been confirmed, in a letter of a merchant at Bokhara, to his correspondent at Cabul. The king struck him on the head himself with small axe, upbraiding him with having instigated him (the king) to slay Stoddart and Conolly. This information gives additional confir- mation to that which was, indeed, too evident previ- ously,-that those two unfortunate officers were positively put to death by the Cocuaander of the Faithful. Their relatives are, we fear, still buoyed up with hopes of their existence, which it ia natural for them to cherish; but the present intelligence placcs the report of their death beyond a doubt." CURRENCY CONGRESS.—Several gentlemen who take a deep interest in the currency question, are to meet this week in the metropolis from all parts of the country, for the purpose of holding a currency congress. The congress is expected to sit for several days, and will probably commence its labors on Thursday next. We are also informed that several of the gentlemen who are to be present and take part in the proceedings are members of respectable bank- ing firms in the provinces, and that others are part. ners in mercantile houses of high standing. T-^ere are, we are told, some differences of opinion among them as to the precise footing on which the cirrei f of the country ought to be placed, but all are agreed on the propriety of an immediate and entire r? of the Bank Restriction act of 1844. The great jority, we may further state, are for a recurrence paper currency, and the re-issue of £1 lIotes.- server. [It is stated in a letter from Birming that a great meeting on the currency question w be held next week in that town.] An Indian paper states, that while a boat, tr by six Malays and laden with rice and ss ascending the river of Lingey, in Malacca a phant, which was swimming in the river dTveu, while rising perforated the bottom with one of tusks. Such was the strength of the animal that lifted the boat on his back. '\n:1 inc-n threo, "0:1 but the men sncceded in swimming ftiho the boat and var$t) i^tantlv swok,