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From The Sandwich Islands.-Letters from an
officer Of the u. ship Constellation, dated Oahu,
9th August, state that the ship would sail for
California on the 10th August, leaving Valpa-
raiso about 1st December, for the United States.
The Constellation has been on the China station,
but comes home round the world" and was
so far on her way on the Sth August Speaking
of the case of the Ariel, schooner sailing under
| American colors, and engaged in the opium
smuggling trade, the writer says, that it is the
practice Of some Americans to send out clppers
to China, transfer them to some renegade Amer
lean, and turning the regular crew on shore, sail
them under our flag for the English. PHI. Chrou.


SIERRA LEoNE.-By the schooner Ida, Howard
SO days from Sierra Leone, we learn saws the
New York Tribune, that the British brig of war
Spy had captured three Brazilian slavers One
had 553 slaves on board. The vessels were con-
demned and sold, the slaves liberated, and the
crews allowed TO go where they wished.


Temperance in Germany Several of the Ger
man princes are initiating Father Mathew, in
propagating temperance societies. The King of
Bavaria has published his decree, by which all
the municipal magistrates are obliged to become
members and heads of new temperance societies


Tares in Dublin.--In Dublin, 10 be munich
pal elector, man must pay about dozen local
taxes within specified time. The result is,
that Of about $4,000 householders, the new
Rurghers list contains only about 5000 names.


The French mint has struck very fine medal,
In commemoration of the visit of Queen Victoria,
to the Chateau d'Eu. On the diverse is the
profile Of the young Sovereign of Great Britain,
and on the reverse the following legend: as nj.
Victoria, Refine d'Angletere, visite S. M. Louis
Philippe, Roi des Francais, au Chateau d'Eu, en-
Septembre, 1843." The die was cut by NJ.
Borel.


There are said to be 293 lodges Of Freemasons
in the kingdom of France.


There is a good deal of saucy wit in Lord
Byron's anecdote of the fair astronomers: He
says, some literary. ladies being asked how they
could be sufficiently interested in astronomy to
spend so much time in watching the heavens,
replied, that they had great curiosity to see
whether there was really MAN in the moon.