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Letters from France of Thursday's date, report that Government ' had received a telegraphic despatch, announli that the Pope had sent a Message to the French Ambassador at oirie, declaring that if any French troops should attempt to land at Ancona or Civita Vecchia, orders had been sent to the governors to fire upon them. it was also reported, that, with the concurrence of England, several .regiments would be immediately marched on the Spanish frontiers, with a view to keep FERDINAND to his good behaviour.
The French Three per Cents. on Thursday closed at 67 f. 70 c.
The Dutch quarantine is finally settled at forty days for infected, tind ten for suspected places.
The Reinha de Portugal, with Don PEDRO and suite on board, was spoken on the 16th instant, in lat. 40° bug. 220 W. by the Pigeon packet, arrived at Falmouth from Rio Janeiro. The Pigeon has brought on freight 120,000 dollars, including 40,000 saved from the wreck of the Thetis frigate.
Letters from MUM) state that a dreadful storm had been experienced there on the 23(1 of September, and that no less than 1,405 dead bodies had been picked up along the coast. The column of water that dashed against the Praya Grande was tremendous. The largest stones and slabs of granite were hurled against the doors of the houses on the beach. The quay before the English factory was completely washed away.
Letters from Vienna state, that a dangerous typhus has broken out in different districts of Galicia, which has attacked ten thousand indi- viduals--citizens, peasants, and soldiers. It is attributed partly to dis- tress, to the severe system of guarding adopted against the entrance of the Poles and of the cholera, and to damp and unhealthy weather.
An ordinance of the French Government, dated 1Sth February, states the various periods of quarantine to be observed in respect of the different parts of the kingdom. They are from Yarmouth to Ramsgate exclusive, as well as the ports of the Clyde, ten days ; from Ramsgate inclusive to Portsmouth exclusive, five days ; from Ports- mouth inclusive to the Clyde by the West coast, and from the Clyde to Yarmouth by the West and North coasts, navigation is still free.
The Times of St. Thomas's gives the particulars of the devastating fire which occurred there on the night of the 31st of December. The office of that paper among the other buildings fell a sacrifice to the flames. From 600 to 700 dwelling-houses were consumed ; but, including ware- houses and out-buildings of every kind, the number destroyed was not less than 1,200. The loss of property was estimated at between 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 of dollars. It is remarkable, that in so ex- tensive a conflagration, occurring in the middle of the night, only one life was lost, and that by accident. So vivid were the flames, that they were distinctly seen from St. Croix, a distance of forty miles and from the city of Porto Rico, a distance of seventy-two miles, from both which places vessels were dispatched with offers of succour.
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