MISCELLANEOUS.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume IV, 8 November 1845, Page 144

MISCELLANEOUS.

Yankee Vapouring. — The New York Sun, in speaking of the differences existing between Great Britain and America relative to the Oregon territory, says, "It is the height of madness for England to talk of a war in which all Europe would be involved, and in which five millions of her domestic slaves, or operatives, with other millions of her oppressed men in another part of the United Kingdom, would be active participants. Is she prepared for domestic insurrection at home ? for the severance of her colonies ? for Irish independence ? for Scotch nationality ? for the repudiation of her national debt and universal bankruptcy ? If she is prepared for all these events, then she may war with the United States. A war for Oregon would be popular with the people of the United States, and the British ministry may find, when it is too late, that in proposing this alternative, they have committed an error which must result calamitously for that arrogant despoiler of nations over whose destinies they now preside."

The Free-trade Bazaar, in Covent Garden Theatre, closed with a kind of impromptu pro-menade-soiree, enlivened by music, which Mr. Alfred Novello, his sister Sibilla, and other musicians, volunteered. During the exhibition about 100,000 had paid for admission ; goods, valued at £20,000, had been contributed as free gifts ; 400 ladies had acted as stall-keepers ; and the goods unsold are to be conveyed to Manchester, for a Bazaar there, gratuitously, for love of free trade.

Magnificent Present from the East India Company to Mehemet All — The friendly deportment of the Pacha of Egypt towards our country is about to be acknowledged by the Court of Directors of the East India Company in a manner worthy of the greatest political and military power of the East. A silver fountain of extraordinary magnitude and exquisite workmanship, intended as a present to Mehemet AH from the Company, has just been completed by Mr. Smith, of Duke-street, Lin-coln's-inn-fields. It is upwards of ten feet high and contains 10,300 ounces of silver. It is richly ornamented with fruits and flowers, the likeness of beast, bird, or fish being scrupulously avoided, in deference to the feelings of good Mahomedans, among whom its permanent resting place is cast.

The French in Algiers. — A letter from Oran, in one of the Paris journals, states that the cavalry of Abd-el-Kader has already had several engagements with the tribes friendly to the French ; and that either fear of or affection for the Emir has again aroused a great portion of Algeria to action. The letter adds, " Notwithstanding the great strength of our army now in Algeria, it will have quite enough to do to put down revolt, without thinking of new conquests. This Abd-el-Kader is a most extraordinary being ; at the moment when we imagine that he is crushed for ever, we find him again in the field at the head of a large band of courageous and fanatical Arabs, ready to lay down their lives I in his cause." — A letter from Toulon states that the Emperor of Morocco was, at the date of the last accounts, endeavouring to capture Abd-el-Kader. The brother of the Emir, Sidi Said, who had been sent to Fez to calm the anger of the Emperor, had been killed there, some accounts say by order of the sovereign, others that he fell a victim to the populace. The Wife of Don Carlos. — The Legitimist journals in Paris announce that the wife of Don Carlos is dangerously ill. The death of this lady might have a great influence on her husband, for it is under her advice that he resists all attempts to induce him to abandon his pretensions. Singular Voyage. — The brig Ma, Captain Robinson, belonging to Aberdeen, lately sailed from Stromness for Davis's Straits, in scarce of black lead and other minerals abounding in that icy region. She is furnished with a mineralogist.