FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE

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| The Royal Mail Steamer Cambria, which will | leave Liverpool tomorrow, will take to the United States the most heart-rendng intelligence which it

 has ever been the lot of the journalist to record

 refer to the dreadful news just received from French Africa, where frightful tragedy has teen enacted, under the name of warfare, such as the | 1 history of centuries affords no similitude The horrid tale Is soon told; the official Gov | ernment organ at Algiers endorses the awful facts

 to the eternal disgrace of France. The unofend- | l ing inhabitants of the Dahara, the Arabs, live chiefly in immense caverns, and when the French |

 troops pursue them, they take refuge in these deep, dark places. In the middle of June, finding them selves closely pursued, they rushed to their usual place of refuge; eight hundred men, women, and 1 children sought shelter in an immense cave, and being completely enclosed in this natural fortfca- ! ton, they were attacked by the French soldiers | who applied fire to an immense heap of faggots for | two days! The powerful flames, constantly fed with fresh fuel, caused the mountain rocks to crack and fall; the thick smoke tiled the cavern, and the red hot flames darted their fiery fangs amongst the living mass inside Then the shril sounds of agony, from eight hundred human voices, were dreadful The furnace, however, soon stifled the sounds of woe that first came forth, swelling in laundering tones-even the French soldiers, still engaged in heaping faggots upon the flames, shrunk back appalled, at their horrid work-the groans of 1 the dying were soon hushed within that mighty | sepulchre! When he furnace had become cool, the troops entered the cave, and found five hun persons, still breathing, were taken out into the open air, | and two-thrds of this number soon expired-and thus, by act of atrocity, six hundred hu- | man beings were suffocated and roasted This | act committed by order of the commanding of- icer, Pellissier, whose name will go down to pos- terty, linked with that of Robespierre and other cannibals of past ages.

 The deplorable state of affairs in Ireland-the conflict at New Zealand-the civil war in Mount Labanon-the troubles in Switzerland and Spain, sink into comparative insgnifcance at the side of | this mammoth crime in French Africa.

 During the present session of Parliament, Sir | Robert Peel has been able to carry every govern ment measure, by very large majorites; placing 1 confidence in his strength, the Premier had only to stand up in the House of Commons and hint | that he in favor of one hill or opposed to an- | other, and his trained troops immediately marched | forward, only to conquer There are signs, how ever, in the political field, which indicate that the great leaders power is not destined to conne for 1 ever. s A minister with large majority" says the leading journal of Europe, (: like tradesman with great capital, may go on for long time in bad way, without coming to ruin. He may break into his principal, over and over again. without be-

 ing comnelled to rel;nGush his business; but the time will come at last, when he will be under the necessity of doing The Wings have already afforded an instance of the inevitable failure that results from course of reckless extravaganza or unprincpl pled expediency. They commenced with ] large capital, which they dwindled away by de- grees and Sir Robert Peel is doing the same thing, ] as speedily as possible. The stock of popularity

 which the Ministers had at one time 10 back them. has long been sensibly diminishing, and the pro- ceedings at some of the recent elections serve to show that the government is in very bad odor."- i Although have long and carefully studied the po- litica events of England, yet have taken no deep

 interest in them, unless they were for the benefit

 or injury, immediate or remote. of my own coun- try-as for instance, the great financial scheme | hy fhnp hv scb tho

 duty was abolished on cotton, and great number l of articles which eXport-the sliding scale corn law too, has attracted my attention. and

 have frequently attended the League meetings and watched their effect upon the masses of society,"

 the movements too, respecting the slave trade, and other great questions must always deeply interest | an American. In looking at these important sub

 jects cannot but observe minor objects, and it

 is from these that the spectator can discern the

 signs of the times. Ministers have encountered

 no serious defeat as yet, but their immense major ities have in one instance, been greatly reduced.

 When the learned Macanley recently moved the

 second reading of the Scotch Universities Bill, his

 object being to abolish religious tests in the Scotch

 Universities, the member eloquently set forth the

 sound principles of the bill and then left Sir Rob-

 ert and his troops to demollsh them. The debate

 that ensued was interesting, and he result was m-

 portant: for the result shows that the remarks

 which have quoted respecting the Premer's di-

 unfinished capital, literally correct. Neither

 the Premier's advice to his comrades. nor Sir James Graham's powerful opposition, could conceal the

 weakness of Macauey's opponents. The govern

 ment, for inc first time f,embied !-out of two

 hundred and twenty -four votes, which were given

 for and against Macauleys motion, the majority for

 the government was only eight pofcs! This is a

 great fact, for it is the greatest defeat the Premier

 has had for long time. To the political qucs- Il ton (" who could take Robert Peels place, if he

 should resign" shall make answer-for it is

 too important to be discussed in this letter. The

 Russells and Palmerstons have governed, and so

 have the Feels and Grahams-they are all able

 politicians but the rapid changes that are going

 on to ameliorate the condition of the people of

 Great Britain, force upon the attention of Govern

 mept, a new and enlarged policy, and the states

 men who are deaf 10 the prayers of " the million"

 will sooner or later find that public opinion will

 prove triumphant in the end.

 The Scotch Free Church recently presented

 petition to Parliament, complaining that the land

 owners of Scotland refused to grant sites for their churches Those refusals are justified by the land

 owners, on the ground that the seceders have ut.

 tered calumniating sentiments against the nobi-

 tv, gentry, and clergy. The Morning Herald takes

 up the subject, and quotes in detail the very Ian.

 guage made use of by the seceders. "So long,"

 says the Herald, as those reverend agitators,

 lerred to by the Duke of Buccleuch, Tn his reply

 to their charge, wander up and down the country,

 calumniating the nobility and gentry, 1t IS unrea

 sonable in them to expect any sympathy from

 those who see this line of policy systematically

 pursued. These agitators irritate the landholders

 by their abuse and then complain that their claims

 are disregarded." The Herald quotes from the or-

 upon the parochial clergy :-" dotards"-" ene-

 mics of God"-" rebels against Christi slaves

 of Caesar." Dr. Cunningham calls the Church of Scotland :" Synagogue of Satan" In the north

 of Scotland, the poor people were told that the Tk sa tL. At