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~»iturtuiy to iMouDiii?'# LONDON, SEPT. 9. -IFIF Paris papers to Thursday's date have reached S. town. They are principally occupied with our Queen's visit to France, and express considerable re- gret that her Majesty did not extend her visit to the capital, where the extensive preparations there made a few davs since created hopes that such an intention was entertained.—Much anxiety is fe't in Paris a' the non- arrival of the Indian mail.—The irialof several persons accused of having formed a secret society for the pro. II pfixation of the doctrines of communism, with the inten- tion of subverting the established constitution, was concluded at Toulouse on the afternoon of the 31st ult., after a duration of thirteen days. by the acquitipl and discharge of all the prisoners.- Tile Moniteur publishes a roval ordinance authorising the formation of a com- pany for the construction of a railroad from Avignon to MarseiHes.—A sad event happened in the Seine at Ihvre on Tuesday. M. Pierre Varquerie, an old sea captain and a merchant of Havre, was in a sailing boat on that river, accompanied by his son, aged ten years, his nephew, C. Varquerie, and the young wife of the latter, the daughter of the celebrated French author, M. Victor Hugo. A sudden squall caught the sail, cap- sized the boat, and all four persons perished. The melancholy occurrence has caused much sensation. Madrid journals to the 31st ult. having been received. They contain minute details of the military revolt on the night of the 27th ult. It appears that a battalion of the Principe Regiment of Infantry quartered in the convent of San Francisco, demanded of their Colonel the fulfilment of the promise held out to them by Nar- vae7, of licencia absoluta, or freedom from further service. The Colonel instantly apprised General Con- cha of the mutiny. and the General forwarded a message to General Narvaez. The latter mounted his horse and rode to consult General Serrano, the Minister of War, and the Political Chief. Measures were promptly taken, the whole garrison placed under arms, and a numerous body of cavalry posted at the Puerta del Sol. General Narvaez proceeded to the convent of San Francisco with a strong force of the Regiment I of the Princesa, where he negotiated with the seditions battalion, and prevailed on them to lay down their arms without a contest. The General then secured the disarmed soldiers in one room, the corporals in a second, and the serjeants in a third and drew out every fifth man bv lot to be shot, regardless of the promise that had been made to them. This step however was stre- nuously resisted by General Serrano and several of his staff; and Narvaez finally contented himself with insti- tuting a summary court martial, by which twelve of the fingteaders were selected—eight of whom, five serjeants, two corporals, and a soldier, were condemned to death, and four others to hard labour, namely, one serjeant for six years, two- corporals for two years, and one private for one year. The first-mentioned eight were immediately shot outside the gate of Toledo, in the pre- sence of strong bodies of horse, foot, and artillery. The civilians are grea'ly shocked at the execution of the soldiers, who merely demanded the dismissal pro- mised them.—The Municipality had decided that the anniversary of the revolution of the 1st of September, by which Queen Christina was compelled to abdicate the Regency, should be celebrated as usual. A grand Te Deum was to be chanted on that day, and at night the city would be illuminated.—The accounts from Barcelona extend to the 5th inst. On that and the two preceding days sharp engagements took place between the military and the insurgents without any definitive result. His Majesty the King of Hanover arrived at Antwerp on Monday morning last, on board the Dover Packet steamer. His Majesty was accompanied by a nume- rous suite and five carriages; and proceeded at noon by a special train for Liege, on his route to Cologne — The Augsburgh Gazette of the 2d inst. states that the Pontifical and Swiss troops dispatched from Bologna had defeated the insurgents at Bazzano. and captured several prisoners. It is added that other armed bands had been seen in the neighbourhood of Ravenna and Forti, and were pursued by the gensdarmes. A court- martial had been appointed to try the prisoners, and summarily punish those who should be found guilty. A private letter affirms that Commodore Purvis has received dispatches from England and it is said he has received orders to cease from any interference in the contest between Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, and that Commodore Brown would consequently blockade the latter city forthwith.— A severe storm is reported to have occurred at Maldonado, in which her Majesty's sloop Fanlfime and a French barque were losf, and thirty other vessels driven on shore.

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