Valenciennes. The new plan is, that the mail which now
goes only to Cambray, and then turns off to Lille, shall in future proceed to Lille from Amiens ; and the Valenciennes mail will carry the correspondence tor St. Quentin and Cambmy.
The Courrier Bilge of the 17th instant states, that the Duke of Wellington has made a chum upon the Belgian Government of 270,000 florins, for three years' pay as a Field-Marshal of Belgium and as In. speetor- General of her fortifications.
Accounts from Munich of the 9th instant mention, that for some months past an organized body of men, amounting to between 400 and 500, known under the denomination Haverfield Rauber, or Mord. brenner, have been perambulating the country and proceeding from town to village in separate bodies, without molestation from tile authorities. They constitute a society, the existence of which goes back to the re. motest times of German history. Their occupation is a species of knight- errantry, but confined to the protection of the peasants against their land. lords ; and it appears that they have given several proofs lately that their principles have not degenerated, by pulling down and burning the castles of two obnoxious nobles, and shooting the steward of one, who was suspected of having killed a poacher on his estate. This it seems, was all en rigle ; and nothing was said on the subject, as the King had seriously expressed Maiself against an interference with an institution so connected with the annals of ancient Germany. His Majesty's pa- tronage of a revival of olden Teutonic times has, however, not bees proof against the subsequent exploits of these free bands. Several Go- vernment establishments have been burnt ; and among them the cavalry barracks of Freising, a town about twelve miles from Munich, which have been set fir to three times within the last twelve months. The Govt., ninent has, therefore, at last taken the alarm, with the idea that politics have made an inroad into the ancient creed of the Haverfield Rauhers. Troops have in consequence been sent out against them; and it was expected that among the prisoners which might be brought in there would be found many of those students who some months ago filled the prisons of Munich through indulging in an expression of their political opinions and wishes.— Times.
On the 27th, ‘28th, and 29th of August, an erdption of Mount Ye- S111:us, produced ravages awfel to contemplate. Thousands of families were seen flying from their native land, old and young dragging through heavy masses of heated cinders. Fifteen hundred houses, palaces, and other beildings, and 25110 acres of cultivated land have been de- stroyed by the fire. The eruption had been previouly expected from the cliy ing up of the fountains. The first explosion destroyed the- great cone situated on the top of the mountain. The abundance of it& in ed matter produced flashes which darted through the mountain's fisnlcs. A new crater burst open at the top of the great cone, and in- undati d phin s%:h torrents of lava. The King aid the Ministe3 basteced to the seat of the catastrophe, to console the u 'fortunate vie- ems. The village of St. Felix, where they first took repose, had al- ready been abandoned. The lava soon poured down upon this place, and in the coerse of an hour, houses, churches, and palaces, were all destroyed. For Clages, some detached houses, country villas, vines, beautiful groves, and gardens, which a few instants before presented a magaificent spectacle, now resembled a sea of fire. On the f.'d instant, at the time of forwrrding this account, nothing but stones and cinch rs were ejected, and every prospect ested of the erupfon being soon Lt a close. The palace of the Pi ince of Attayauno and WO acres of his land are utterly destroyed. The cinders fell during an entire night over Naples ; mind if the lava had taken that direction, there would have been Pi end to that city. —Galiyaani's Messenger.
The steam nasigat'on between Constantinople and Vienna will com- mence early in the ensuing year. One set of boats destined for the Upper Danube will navigate betwein Vienna and Galutz in Moldavia, and a le-ger class will there teaverse between the latter and Constanti- nople.
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