loss of men on our side is trifling; that of the enemy has been very severe. I have the satisfaction to say, that the most perfect cordiality subsists between the Army and Navy, such as promises to insure complete success in all the subsequent operations. The troops began to embark at day-light this morning, and, notwithstanding the great want of boats, were all on board the transports J. WAINWRIGHT. Killed and wounded. Total, 2 killed, 1 mortally wounded, 5 severely ditto, 4 slightly ditto,

at noon.

Moola Hussum, the Ternate, Nautilus,
and Fury were anchored off the town,
and the troops, preceded by the gun
boats, approached to the attack, which
commenced at 2 o'clock in the afternoon
of the 27th ult. The enemy made no
resistance until the troops came close to
the very strong fort, and 'attempted to
force the gate; he then commenced a
fire, I am sorry to say, most destructive,
as your Excellency will see by the ac-
companying return, added to that of
Lieut.-col. Smith, to the government.
The piratical vessels, 11 in number, 3
of them very large dows, were in the
mean time burnt by the seamen; and
the gun-boats and the cruizer Fury,
which, being of light draught of water,
had been towed within musket shot of
the fort, kept up a ruinous fire, which
very much shattered it by sun-set; the
Sheik then consented to yield up the
place on the following day to the English,
on the part of the Imaum of Muscat, to
gether with all the property in it be-
longing to his Highness's subjects; this
was accordingly carried into effect, the
Sheik departing after Lieut.-col. Smith
and myself had guaranteed his personal
safety. The fort having been delivered
in trust for the Imaum to Sheik Dewish,
the head of the Benismain, a tribe of
Arabs who have always been firmly at-
tached to his Highness, I sailed next
morning in La Chiffonne, leaving the
Mornington to bring on the cruisers and
the transport to Burka, off which place
I anchored this day. The several officers
and men employed with me behaved so
as to merit my warmest approbation.
The marines, under Lieut. Drury, were
landed with the troops; and Lieut.
Chichton, of the Chiffonne, assisted with
a party of seamen in dragging the howit-
zer close to the fort. The loss of the
enemy has been very great; he acknow-
ledged to upwards of 50, independent of
those who were killed in the towers ad-
jacent to the fort, and driven over pre-
cipices to the Eastward thereof.

La Chiffonne, Burka Road, Dec, 7.
Sir, My letter of the 14th of November
will have given yourExcellency an account
of the proceedings of the ships and vessels
under my orders up to that date. On
the 17th the vessels in the pirațical port
of Linga, amounting to 20, nine of them
large dows, were burnt without any loss
on our side, the inhabitants having
abandoned the town on the approach of
the ships. The contemptible holds of
the Jowasmees, called Congo, Bunder,
Mallum, and Hemeram, were next re-
connoitred, but no vessels were there,
I then dispatched the cruizers Ternate
and Nautilus to the Eastward of Kishma,
to prevent the escape of the Luft pirates,
while I entered the channel between that
island and the Main, at the Western
end; but having got the ship I command
aground in endeavouring to work through
it, as I had no pilot acquainted with the
navigation, and as I found the channel
was too intricate to pass without buoying
the shoals, which would have taken up
too much time, I determined to proceed
to Luft by the Eastern Channel, leaving
the cruizer Vestal to guard the Western
end of Kishma. His Majesty's ship the
Caroline had been previously detached
to Burka Road with the heavy trans-
ports. On the 24th ult. the Ternate and
the Nautilus joined; and having pro-
cured pilots at Kishern, I proceeded up
the Channel in his Majesty's ship under
my command, with the ships and vessels
named in the margin*, and arrived off
the town of Luft on the 26th at noon.
Twenty-four hours having been expended
in fruitless negotiation with the Chief
* Mornington, Ternate, Nautilus, Fury; Transport, Mary.

I have, &c.

J. WAINWRIGHT. Killed and wounded.-2 killed, 7 dangerously wounded, 3 severely ditto, 15 slightly ditto.

ABSTRACT OF FOREIGN OCCURRENCES.
HOLLAND.

ABDICATION OF LOUIS BUONAPARTE.

Amsterdam, July 3. "Louis Napoleon, by the grace of God and the Constitution of the Kingdom, King of Holland, Constable of France. To all those who may see, or hear, or read these presents,

health.-Hollanders! being convinced that nothing more for your interest or your welfare can be effected by me; but, on the contrary, considering myself as an obstacle which may prevent the good will and intentions of my brother towards this country; I have resigned my

rank

The strong symptoms of dissatisfaction which have been manifested throughout the Papal States, and which the dignified Clergy are suspected of promoting, have rendered it necessary for the Gover-the `nor to collect in the vicinity of Rome an armed force of 26,000 men. Many of the French troops were, until lately, quartered upon the inhabitants; but, in consequence of the numerous assassinations which this dispersion occasioned, it was abandoned, and the cathedrals and other public buildings have been converted into barracks for their use.

Salcetti, the relative of Buonaparte, and his unprincipled agent at Naples, &c. some time since died suddenly at ·Rome, as is supposed; from poison.

stances have transpired, which tend to confirm the suspicion of the Crown Prince having been poisoned; in consequence of when, a physician has been arrested. The greatest possible military precautions appear necessary to preserve the tranquillity of the Swedish capital.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

CANNIBALS. Some Sydney Gazettes have reached town, one of which contains an account of a Cannibal expedition from the Fijee islands, of which Mr. Thomas Smith, second officer of the Favourite, Capt. Campbell, who was unexpectedly made prisoner by the natives on the 7th of October last, soon after the arrival of the vessel at those islands, was compelled to be a witness. A large fleet of canoes sailed from Highlea on the 14th of October to make war upon the island of Taffere, or Taffeia; they arrived there on the 12th, and had a desperate conflict for some time with the natives of Taffere, who were also in their canoes, but the latter, overpowered by greatly superior numbers, were forced to give way, and fled on shore. The canoes were taken possession of, with only one captive, an unfortunate boy, who being presented to Bullandam, the relentless Fijee Chief, was ordered to be slaughter

the window, and, if I may judge from his gestures, which were too significant. to be mistaken, set the mob at defiance. This exasperated them to such a degree, that they discharged a volley of stones at the coach, one of which struck the Count in the face. The Count immediately or dered the postillions to stop, jumped out of the coach, and with great difficulty reached the nearest house. At that noment Baron Silversparre, the AdjutantGeneral, arrived; and, on demanding the cause of the riot, the general exclamation was, Count Fersen has murdered the Crown Prince. Silversparre then told them, that the King had ordered him to declare that the Count should be arrested and tried. The mob then huzzaed, and began to disperse. The carriage had in the mean time advanced a little, and stopped in the square. In half an hour after, the Count came out of the house; and, in approaching the carriage, the mob suddenly rushed upon him, tore the star from his coat, pelted him with stones, and murdered him! So ferocious were the assassins, that they tore the clothes off the body of the Count, and exposed his naked corpse in the street. The Life Guards came up; the people were told to disperse, but in vain; they pelted the officers, &c., used most threat-ed, as it was his determination that not a ening and abusive language respecting the Queen and Countess Piper, and became more and more outrageous. The soldiers fired, and a great many were shot. The Council of State assembled. Countess Piper, sister of Count Fersen, was arrested, as well as Mr. Rossi, principal physician of the deceased Crown Prince, and sent to the fortress of Wrexholm. When the insurgents were informed of these proceedings, and that Count Fabean Fersen had resigned his office as Lord Chamberlain, the public tranquillity was somewhat restored. In the night, the mob attacked Count Ugglas's house, and broke all the windows, but did no farther damage. Today, cannon is planted in the squares; and orders have been issued for several regiments to march with all possible expedition to the capital."

Stockholm is considered to be still in a state of agitation, and to have a ten-, dency to tumult. The Diet was appointed to assemble on the 23d inst.;. and, as a measure of precaution, they are to meet at Orebis. The brother of Count Fersen had requested an enquiry, in order to negative the reports in circulation injurious to the character of the latter, and which had been granted. No fewer than five attempts have been made to set Stockholm on fire; and some circum

single life should be spared. This ruthless sentence was immediately executed with a club, three blows from which the youthful sufferer endured, and then expired. The body was afterwards given into the charge of an attendant, to be roasted for the Chief and his principal associates. The horrors that immediately succeeded the defeat the most sensible imagination can but faintly represent. A massacre was determined on; and as the men had escaped the fury of their conquerors by flight, the women and children became the chief object of search -on which mission a canoe was dispatched, and unhappily the fatal discovery was very soon made. On a signal from the shore, numbers landed, and a hut was set fire to, probably as a signal for the work of destruction to commence. Within a cluster of mangroves the devoted wretches had taken sanctuary; many might undoubtedly have secured themselves by accompanying the flight of their vanquished husbands and relatives, could they have consented to a separation from their helpless children, who were no less devoted than themselves. A dreadful yell was the forerunner of the assault; the ferocious monsters rushed upon them with their clubs, and, without regard to sex or infancy, promiscuously butchered all. Some who