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THE WAR The annexed hit at the unending Florida War is from a “down-east - ' paper: Ever since the creation, By the best calculation, The Florida war has been raging, And tis our expectation That the last conflagration Will lind us the same contest waging' And yet 'tis not an endless war, As facts will plainly show. Having been “ended"' forty times In twenty months or so Sam Jones. Sant Jones, tli.su great unwhipped. Thou mak'st a world of bother. Indeed, we ipnte suspect tllo't art One Davy Jones's brother “The war is ended," comes the news, W e’vc* caught them in our gin. Tin* war is cn<h*tl. past a doiiht. “Sam Jones has jiwf conic in!" Hut, hark' next day the tunc wr change, And sing a cuunter-slrain; “The war’s not ended,” hcliold, Sim Jones is out again!" And ever and anon we hear, I’rorluuiird in cheering tones, Our General s hud—a battle no, A “talk with Samuel Jones! For ought we see. while ocean rolls, i As though thet»e crafty Seminole* Were doubly nerved and sinewed.) Nor art. nor force can e’er avail. Hut. like some modern premium tale, The war's **to be continued." CENTRAL RAIL ROAD This road is now complete, and in daily use to the 70 miles station. It is graded lor upwards of 40 miles beyond this point, but the process of laying the superstruc ture is slow. We have assurances from the chief Engineer, a point in ISurke county,HO miles distant from Savannah,w ill be reached and in use in the month of June, and that every effort will be made to complete it to the crossing of (lie < fre ebee, 101 miles from Savannah, bv the Ist -November. Now, it appears to us, that if proper arrangements were made bv the company, of store houses, agents, &e., at the SO |miles station, great inducements would he offered to our fellow citizens of the interior to send their fall supply of goods by the Rail Road to that point, and thence to be wagoned to their place of des tination; and we would remark to our fellow citizens of the interior, that at that point they would be within 30 miles of Louisville, *2l) of Waynesboro, 50 of Au gusta, 00 or 71) from Sparta, Milledgcvilte and Sandersville, and not over 100 miles from Macon, and great expense and delay in getting their goods would be avoided, whilst the facilities in getting their produce to market would lie as great. We earn estly recommend this subject to ail con cerned, under the full belie) - tint this road needs only to be used, to be duly appre ciated as it deserves. |Saw Georgian. We have board fears expressed bv some that the news of the sale of the Union Rank Bonds would prove incorrect. Wo are enabled to state on the authority of letters received from Col. (iambic, that the loan had been negotiated, and that (lie first instalment would be transmitted to New York immediately. Col (!. was in Liverpool on the I st of March and expect ed to return home by the Great Western, to sail about the 281 h, and has prolnhly ere this arrived in Non \mk. The happy el ti ct produced by this intelligence is man ifested in the cheerful countenances of all classes of the community, and will give life and animation to business. The mer chant, the planter, the mechanic, each partake in the general benefit, and all w ill be relieved from that embarrassment u Inch has so long crippled the energies and enterprise of our citizens. To Col. (■amble, Florida owes a debt of gratitude for bis indefatigable exertions in effecting this negotiation, and for the services thus rendered the country in the time of her greatest distress.—[Tallahas.se Floridian. “Pi.tins ok Tut: Ska."—The schoon er Pearl, which left New York, on the -Dili ult. for New hern, N. C. was run ashore on the 751 st, about four miles from llatteras, for the purpose of saving the lives of those on board. She had previ ously shipped a sea, which washed a sai lor, (William Bird, of New Jersey.) over board, broke the captain’s leg, and bruis ed the male and one of the men so severe ly that the former had to be carried be low. 'Die same sea stove both boats, car ried away the main boom, stove the lee bulwarks, weather quarter, & c., leaving the vessel a complete wreck. At this time the condition of-all on board was indeed perilous—the vessel on a diiigerous lee shore, almost unmanage able, with but one man of the w hole crew left capable of duty. Remembering the old adage, that “while there i> life there is hope" and trusting in tin: assisting mer cy of an all ruling Providence, the m*scti-, tfer.sf after consulting the officcrs and crew exerted themselves to run the vessel on shore as a last and desperate chance for escape. This was happily accomplished about half past eight o'clock at night, un der the encouragement of the Captain and directions ol the Mute, who, bruised and injured as they were, exerted themselves to the utmost of their power. At day break they found they were near Cape llatteras, and soon afterwards ail reach ed the land in safety.—[Baltimore Amer ican. “Zounds! I shall go out of my wits” once exclaimed a cholerick old gentle man—“ Wei!,” said a bystander, " you wou’t have far to go.” 1 LATE FROM THE EAST INDIES, By private letters, received at New York, via Salem, dated Colombo, Island of Cev lon, Ist Dec. last, information has been received from our East India squadron. 1 lie Columbia and Joint Adams felt Bom bay on the last of October and after touch ing at Goa and other places, arrived at Colombo, on the 23«1 November. On the 30th, the American Consul at Point <le (Julia, applied to Governor Mackenzie for nil English armed vessel, to be des patched to Quallo Battoo, and give the news ol the plunder of the Eclipse, and the massacre of part of the crew. The next day our squadron got under way for that place—the crews ol both vessels vol unteered for the expedition, against the Malays, and we shall no doubt shortly hear of another summary chastisement in dicted on those audacious plunderers. MARYLAND. The legislature of Maryland adjourned on the tith instant after passing several im portant laws in regard to internal improve ments. One of them authorizes the con version of the six per cent. bonds issued by the State to the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company and Chesapeake and Ohio ( 'anal Company, into live per cent, bonds. This bill unlocks the State’s B:},- 00(1,01)0 subscription to the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company, and renders it at once available for the purposes of the Company in the prosecution of its great work to the Western waters. Another law grants the guarantee of the State to | the bonds ol the Susquehanna and Tide , Water Canal Company, to the amount of . 8 IJIOO, OOO. Another appropriates .$750,- i 000 for the completion of the Susquehanna : Rail Road. And another makes a furth er appropriation of $1,37.7,000 to the < hosapeake and Ohio ( anal Company. j A ugii'ta Const. The .N itional Intelligencer, 17th in-i. ; says:—We learn from the Army ami Na jvy Chronicle that a Board is now sitting ; in this city, composed of naval and civil olliccrs, assembled for the purpose of cou ■ suiting on and devising the best plans . and models for steam vessels of war, three of which were authorized hv an act of the late session of Congress. The Board i is composed of the following imliudiials: i Commodore Stewart and Capt. M. C. Per • | ry, of the Navy; S. Humphreys, Esq. i Chief Naval Constructor, ami Messrs. Hart land Lentil.ill, Naval Constructors; Mr. | I lass well, Engineer of the F. S. sicum- ) ship Fulton; and Win. Kemble, Esq., one j of the proprietors of the West I’oiut Fotin- 1 i ‘ify. Tut - . S w im.s B v\ii Mom \ wit not r | t\- ou .M.it — V, e are crcilil.lv informed! that there is in the Savings Bank of this' city an amount of 8 I ,500,(Mil) ami over remaining unclaimed, hoih principal and - This singular accumulation of money : without an owner, arises from various causes. Mmy ol the poor Iri-li, people j whom many persons believe and call im i provident, thoughtless, ami what not, dc | posite their little earnings in the hank, ! leave the city m search of work, and then lo«e their vouchers, die, or are prevent ed, by other contingencies, liom drawing • out their deposits. We have heard sev eral very curious instances of i!jis kind, which we uiav give me of these dat s. [V \ Herald.' Texts vm> Mi.xiio —We learn from a source entitled to the utmost credit, that there is every | reliability that the dif ficulties between these Republics will be amicably adjusted, and lienee the appoint ment ot Mr. Ree as Minister to Mexico. A peace between hot It countries will he equally beneficial to both parties: and we hope before rite lapse of many months, to announce so desirable a result.—[Mobile Courier 3311i u!t. l*tMsinif.N r ix Ritwtn: Ist. am). —The Providence Courier of yesterday, alluding to the late trial and Qonviction ot a man named Benjamin, for manslaughter, says he w as sentenced to five years solitary con finement at hard labor in the State Pen itentiary. The law of the State makes manslaughter punishable with imprison ment not exceeding ten years, at the dis cretion of the Court. For the information of those who are unacquainted with the State Prison Dis cipline, and to hold up its terrors as a preventive of crime, we give a faint outline of a few of the rules adopted at the Rhode Island prison. , The convict is taken to a preparatory room, where he is divested ot his clothing. He is then clothed in the uniform of the prison, and lias lus head shaved. He is now led, blindfold to the door of the cell allotted to bun, incarcerated in the cell, and locked up. The prisoner is thus lost to the world. His name is no longer known in the establishment, and he is designated only by the number ol Ins cell. From the moment, during the period of his confinement, he is to hold no commu nication with any one but tlie keeper, nor to behotd the person or face of others, lie is put to labor in his cell, and that and the Holy Scriptures constitute his di version and means of instruction. Those who would avoid such a living death, should avoid the patli that leads to it. — [Boston Courier. —T, toacE ok Habit.— A toper in New Orleans taking a ciieck to a bank to be cashed, was asked by the teller, ‘how he would have it?’ he answered instantly, 'cold if you please, and without sugar.’ BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE. TIIE ADVOCATE. BRUNSWICK, (Ga.) APRIL 27. IK®. BRUNSWICK AND FLORIDA RAIL ROAD. With pleasure we lay before our readers the I following letter written by Col. J. M. White, the late distinguished Delegate from Florida, ‘ giving his views in relation to this ino<t im portant undertaking. The letter is addressed to the Hon. Thomas Butler King, of this ' County, to whom we are indebted for the priv ilege of laying it before our readers. There are few men whose opinions are en titled to more weight than those of Col. White llis opportunities for making correct observa tions are derived from his intimate knowledge of the conditions and prospects of every part of his own country and from his extensive travels in Europe, where he has enjoyed the rare advantage of seeing all the public works of importance which have been actually con structed, or are novv in progress. W’e are rejoiced to add this statement to ' the mass of concurrent testimony which we have heretofore published in favor of this en- | terprise,—and when we survey its great im portance, our astonishment increases apace, i that ilia country where money is nppropriat-1 ed to so many [objects of doubtful utility, the Brunswick and Florida _Rail Road is not at tiiis inoment._completed instead of being in the incipient stage of its progress. New (Means alone if she consulted her best interests, ought to have taken the lead in this matter. Rail roads do virtually an nihilate space, and one which brings New (Means so near to New York and consequent ly nearer Europe, ought to be regarded by her “ citizens with special favor. . I lu anticipation ot the advantages of this : route, we learn that Mr. Stockton has deter- 1 mined to establish a line of post coaches from this city, to the Chattahoochee. Steam boats at either end of the line will convey passen gers to all the ports on the Atlantic and on the Mexican Gulf. New Orleans, April 2,1839. Dkaii Si k, I have been gratified to learn from various sources, of the extraordinary progress you are making (under all the disadvantages of the fi nancial arrangements of the country) in your great work of internal inprovement. It is a noble enterprise, and justifies the time, atten tion and energy, you have displayed in it. I am as you know thoroughly acquainted with the country from the Atlantic to the Gulf of Mexico, and have deliberately considered the . practicability, as well as the benefits, of the construction of a Rail Road from the South Atlantic to the w aters of the Gulf, to avoid the circuitous and dangerous voyage around the Florida'Capes. 1 have made a personal ex amination ot'all the Rail Roads of any conse quence in this country and itt Europe, their ob jects and results, and 1 do not hesitate to say that the one in which you are engaged, in j my humble judgment, w ill be the most use- 1 fnl and profitable in the world; the most impor tant Rail Road in England How constructed, or in progress, runs from the Metropolis to the i sea ports. Those projected in France are in tern! and Ibr the same purpose. The one re cently constructed by the King of Belgium, is from Antwerp to Brussels, and thence to Co-, ley,ue on the Rhine. These Roads are intend ed to transport passengers and merchandise, from the capitals to the sea-ports. The Rail Road from Brunswick to the Ports am! waters of the Gulf of Mexico .will he the thoroughfare of the two great Geographical divisions of the continent from the North East,, to the South West. It will annihilate time and distance. There can be no other route by sea. river or land, to compete with it. The completion of that Road will bring New Or leans and New York in juxtaposition w ith i each other. We have now three routes of getting from this city to New York—naviga-' tion by sea—by steamers up the river and over j the mountains, or in the miserable coaches by j day and night through the southern states. — ! Each route requires as much time as a voyage to Europe, and ten times the hazard. By the completion of your Road the time of arriving at New 7 ork from here is reduced to five days, or six at the most remote calcula tion. Large steamers can run front this city 1 to Pensacola, St. Andrews, St. Josephs, Apal achicola and St. Marks—from each of which, passengers can reach the Rail Road by water or lateral branches, within a few hours. Be- 1 tween the rising and setting sun they are transported to Brunswick, the finest Port on the South Atlantic, where steamers run to the Chesapeake, the Delaware and New York Bays, in two or three days, and incoming South, passengers jot Washington. Charleston - and Savannah, can reach Brunswick bv sea, inland navigation, or by land, and are deliver ed m New Orleans before one can be rolled, tumbled, jolted and pressed, from this place to Columbus, m Georgia. The whole interior of Georgia and Alabama would find it more con venient to deScend the Chattahoochee and take the Railroad to Brunswick, than to attempt any other route. The whole valley of the Missis sippi from the South of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico, would find this the safest and spe diest route. The floating population of this great city, now almost incalculable, would be doubled by this safe and commodious mode of travelling. The North would send out thous ( ands who are threatened with consumptions, 1 to the Southern and Western coasts of the Gulf of Mexico, and our planters and citizens would refresh themselves at Saratoga in the hot months. The Brunswick Rail Road would connect two great naval Arsenals and Depots at the best Port on the South Atlantic and on the Gulf of Mexico. Men, Military stores, Arma ments,&c. could be furnished from all the states south of the Allegany mountains upon the southern Atlantic sea Board with incredible celerity. No one can look to the present po sition of this country, and reflect upon the geographical or political condition of it, with out perceiving that in the event of a war with any European power, that war will be waged iri the Gulf of Mexico," and upon the South- Atlantic states, now tiie most exposed parts of the Union. Nearly all the European powers j have possessions in the West Indies. Their expeditions must there be fitted out, their ob ject would be the blockade of the southern Ports and the capture of all vessels trading to this city. Your Rail Road ill furnish a safe trans portation of men, munitions of war, and trade, [ from the western waters to the Atlantic. In a national point of view for all the great objects of naval and military operations it is of incalculable advantage to the United States. It is not confined however to the U. S. The new Anglo-American Mexican Republic of Texas is destined itself to be a great nation. It has a territory larger than France, audofun- 1 paralleled fertility. The whole of this region will find your Rail Road the readiest commu nication to tin; South Atlantic and Eastern states of the North American Union. In less than five years steamers will run daily from several ports in Texas to all the principal bays and towns on the coast of the Gulf of Mex ico. ! I do not doubt that in a very few years the long contemplated communication at the Straits of Darien or Panama will be abandoned and a route from the Rio del Norte to the Gulf of Calafornia through Texas will be substituted. ’Plie passage from the United States to China and India will be effected through this line of; communication, connecting your Rail Road by steamers with one from the Itiu Bravo del Norte to the Pacific; you can calculate how soon the passage can be made from New York to China or the various ports of South America on the Pacific. I will not enlarge—in my humble judgment the civilized world does not furnish a position for a Rail Road so useful or so profitable. The rich merchants and enterprising citizens of this great commercial emporium must see, i when the advantages are developed, and the j practicability demonstrated, that next to the father of rivers, supplied by nature, no object of public improvement can be so advantageous to them. You may consider these random thoughts, though incoherently thrown together, yet to be my deliberate opinions. I am, with high considerations of respect, Your friend, JOS. M. WHITE. Hon. Titos. BtTi.Ett Kim;, Brunswick, Ga. . GLYNN SUPERIOR COURT. The Superior Court of Glynn County, Judge Henry on the bench, held a short session in this city last week. There was a large amount of business on the docket, much of which was disposed of, and a good deal of which had to be continued, owing to the limited session of the Court. The truth is, there is not sufficient time allowed between the sitting of the Wayne and Mclntosh Courts to render that strict ad ministration of justice to which parties having suits in this Court are entitled—the conse quence is, cases have to be continued from term to term to the great inconvenience and expense of those interested. On the first day of the session, the case of the State vs. Robert Emmet Ilooe, indicted for voluntary manslaughter, was called. This case, which has excited considerable interest in this community, has been unavoidably con tinued for three or four terms. About a year since the accused came to bis trial, at which time, from the testimony of Mr. George May, a witness on # the part of the State, he should have been honorably acquitted; but contrary to the charge of the Court, which was decidedly ' in favor of the defendant, the case having gone to the jury w ithout argument from the counsel on either side, a verdict of guilty was returned. A motion for anew trial, upon the j affidavit of the bailiff of the improper conduct j of some of the jury, was without hesitation granted by the Court. Mr. Hooe, being a Lieutenant in the service ! of the United States, it is very difficult for him to give his attendance twice a year at this C..;A-f, fl’rfit'lie is extremely anxious to have a fair trial, having no fears of the result. Infor- j mation having been received, just before the, opening of the Court, from Capt. Ramsay, an important w itness on the part of the defend ant, of his inability to be present, in conse quence of an accident having occurred to him m Fredericksburg, while on his way to this place, by which he was confined to his bed, a motion was made for a further continuance to the next term, which was granted. A witness on the part of the prosecution, who was absent when the motion for a con j tinuance w-as granted, having afterwards ar rived, a motion was made to the Court, next i morning, by the defendant’s counsel, which was granted, to reinstate the cause oil trie docket, bo that the accused might be per mitted to proceed to his trial. Tiie counsel for tiie defendant, although much to his disad vantage, also made a motion which was acced ed to by the counsel on the other side, that the testimony of Capt. Ramsay, which was re duced to w riting by the Court at the former trial, should be admitted in evidence.. A pannel of 4ri Jurors was then presented, who, at the in stance of t[ie counsel for the State, were put upon their voire dire , but what w ith the challen ges made by them, (two jurors only being ob jected to by the counsel for the defendant) and the declaration of those who had expressed an opinion as to the innocence or guilt of the ac cused, the pannel became exhausted, when it appeared that only two jurors had been sworn. It being impossible to summon ano ther pannel in season for the present (prm, the case had to be continued. Air. Hooe appeared much disappointed at the result, as he will have to be in attendance at the next term of the Court. He has the satisfaction, however, of knowing that this serious delay of justice has enlisted in his favor the warm sympathy of a large majority of our citizens. The State vs. Thomas F. Hazzard. This case, in consequence of not being able to pro cure a jury from the pannel of forty-eight, ow ing to peremptory challenges, and the large number of those who had formed and express ed an opinion in relation thereto, was also or dered to be continued. » James Frnen was found guilty of an assault, and fined $25 and costs of Court. Win. Greene was convicted of harboring a slave, and sentenced to be imprisoned in the jail of Mclntosh County till tiie 2d Dec. next. There were several other cases on the criminal docket, some of which were not sus tained, and others continued till the next term. CC )M M EIICIA L CON MENTION. This Convention met according to previous arrangement in the city of Charleston, on the 15th inst. Col. James Gadsden, of Florida, w-as called to the chair, to organize the Con vention. Delegates from five Slates and one Territory were in attendance, to the number of 211), one hundred and seventy of which were from S. Carolina—the remainder were from North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Ten nessee and Florida. After the Delegates had registered their names, the Convention was or ganised by the appointment of Asbitry Hull, Esq. of Georgia, as President, and Chancellor YVm. Harper, of S. C., Mitchell King, of N. C., Spencer Jarnnghin, ofTenn., Col. E. Ham ilton, of Ga., C. T. Pollard, of Ala., and Wnt. J. Mills, of Fa., as Vice Presidents. A committee of twenty-one was appointed by the Chair to prepare business for the Con vention. Gen. Haync offered a series of resolutions which were referred to the above committee of twenty-one. On the second day of the Convention, eight additional delegates i’rgip South Carolina, three from North Carolina, arid three from Georgia, appeared and took their seats. Chancellor Harper, from the committee of Twenty-one, stated that the committee had agreed to report the resolutions of General Hayne, with some amendments, and that they had adopted reports on a Direct Trade with Europe, Ac. The reports and resolutions were read, and on motion of Judge Longstrcet, the considerations of the several reports and res olutions was postponed to the next day. We h ive not room to give the reports and resolu tions this week. On the third day of the Convention, after the minutes of the previous meetings had been read, two more delegates from South Carolina, one from North Carolina, two from Georgia, and one from Alississippi, appeared and regis tered their names. Col. Arthur P. Havnc offered the following resolution, prefaced by an animated address, in which he shewed the good already done by previous conventions, illustrated their tenden cy to unite the South socially, and commer cially, and above all on that great issue on which hang the welfare of the South and the harmony and duration of the Union. Resolved , That this Convention recommend to the people of the Southern and South Wes tern States, to appoint Delegates to meet in Convention at Macon, in the State of Georgia, on the first Monday in Alay, IS 10—to contin ue to present the interests and objects of this Convention before the people—and that sepa rate and distinct Committees for each State and Territory represented, be appointed by the President of this Convention, whose duty it shall be to take all proper measures to secure a full representation from every part of those States—and whose duty it shall also he to at tend the meeting of the Legislatures of their respective States, for the purpose of promoting by all proper and honorable means tiie objects of this Convention. The resolution was seconded by Air. J. Cowles, of Alacon, and adopted by the Con vention. ,« f. The Convention adjourned on Thursday, the 18th. An important decision to American mer chants lias been made in Boston, by Chief Jus tice Shaw. It was on an action brought against a commission merchant to recover the differ ence between the price at which a lot of goods was sold, and the price limited by the owner— an advance having been made upon the con signment by the commission merchant It was ruled by the court, says the Boston Times, that “a commission merchant having received goods to sell at a limited price, and made ad vances on the same, has a right to reimburse himself, by selling said goods at a fair, market price, if the consignee refuses upon applica tion and after ft reasonable time, to repay the advances.” LATE FROM EUROPE —ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT WESTERN. The steam ship Great Western arrived at New Y*ork on the 15th inst. from Bristol, whence she sailed on the 23d ult. Dates from London and Liverpool to the 22d, and Bristol to the 23d Alarch are received. The intelli gence in regard to the North Eastern Boun dary difficulties are pacific. Cotton had ad vanced and was selling in large quantities at J-8 to 1-2 and. per pound higher than at last ad vices. The following summary is from the New York papers: The proceedings in Congress on the bound ary question, with the memorandum agreed upon by Mr. Fox and Air. Forsyth, Ac. Ac., were received in London by the packet En gland on the 20th of March. - So far as we can judge from a hasty glance at the papers be fore us, the temporary adjustment of the dis pute appears to have given general satisfaction and even the most ultra of the anti-Ainerican journals have manifested a degree of moder ation on the subject which we hardly ex pected. The Bankers' Circular. —We have the Lon don Bankers’ Circular of 22d—the latest, and probably the only copy in this country, as it was sent off at 7 o’clock on the evening of that day. Its leading, article is a temperate, and, (for that side of the water,) very intelli gent review of the border difficulties between Alaine and New Brunswick. The writer un derstands well the character of the border de mocracy, and of Governor Fairfield, likewise the motives w hich prompted iiis windy action. Not tiie least idea of a war is entertained. PARLIAAIENTARY PROCEEDINGS. The great question of the corn laws ex cluded almost every other topic, in both hous es, throughout the week ending on the Kith ol Alarch. In the House of Commons it was brought up by Air. Villiers, who moved that the House go into committee of the whole to consider these laws—supporting his motion by an elaborate and skilful speech. In the course of the debate Lord John Rus sell reiterated bis preference of a moderate fixed duty. The debate was brought to a close on the 18th, the motion being negatived bv a vote of 342 to 11)5. In the House of Lords a discussion arose upon a resolution moved by Earl Fitztvilliam, that the corn-laws had failed to secure that steadiness of price which was essential to the best interests of the country. The resolution was supported by Lord Brougham and the Earl of Radnor, and opposed by the Dukes of Buck ingham, Richmond, and Wellington, die Mar quis of Lnnsdawne, the Earl of Ripon and Lord Melbourne. It was negatived by vote of 224 to 24. In the course of the debate the Duke of Richmond solemnly declared, that if the corn laws were repealed he would sell his property and depart with his capital and retainers to some happier land. And Lord Alelbourne af firmed, with great vehemance, that the pro position to abolish restrictions on commerce was the maddest and wildest that ever wus conceived. Lord Brougham gave notice, immediately af ter the vote was taken, that on the 15th he should move that the house go into committee to consider what is expedient to be done with respect to the corn laws. Steam conveyance to America. —We are ex tremely happy to learn, that her Alajesty’s gov ernment have entered into a contract for con veying the mails, by large and powerful steam vessels, from Liverpool to Halifax, and thence by branch steamers, to Boston,and in the sum mer to Quebec. The mercantile interests, not only iu the North American colonies, but also in the United States, will be gratified to learn, that, instead of a monthly communica tion, as formerly, steamers will now be des patched on the Ist and 15th of each month. The enterprising contractor has engaged with those able and scientific builders, Aiessrs. Wood, at Port Glasgow, to build three ships of 1000 tons each, in which Robt. Napier, Esq. is to place engines of 400 horse power. From the past success of Messrs. Wood and Napier, we doubt not, when their vessels are on their station, in April, 1840, they will be quite un rivalled; and moreover, that the cute observa tion of “Sam Slick,” that “the route via Hali fax is the shortest wav to New York,” will bo verified bv demonstration.—[Glasgow Courier. BELGIUAI. The Chamber of Deputies, after 14 days of debate, agreed to accept the treaty as propos ed by the London Conference, by a vote of 58 to 42. The assent of the Senate was con fidently expected. The decision of the Chamber caused no excitment out of doors. The dispute between Belgium and Holland may be looked upon as settled. FRANCE. The elections having resulted unfavorably to the Cabinet, the ministers again tendered their resignation on the Bth, and it was accepted. Alarshal Soult was then sent for by the King; and subsequently AI. Thiers was also called in. Negociations for the formation of anew cabinet were in progress until the 20th. On that day the new ministers presented to the King an outline of the policy on which they would come in, as follows: Ist. That France should declare war against Don Carlos. 2d. That France should declare to Austria that she would not allow of a mar riage between an Austrian prince and the young Queen Isabella, as had been proposed by Prince Metternich. 3d. That the affairs of Belgium must be considered as settled. 4th. That the war against Alexico should be per severed in. sth. That the conversion of the five per cent, rents should be adopted, tith. That certain concessions should be made to the growers of beet root sugar. 7th. That the question of electoral reform should be adjourn ed. Bth. That the laws of September should be revised; and oth, and principally, That the Presidency recite should be insisted on, or, in other words, that, except on very state occa sions, the King should not preside at the coun cil of ministers. To these conditions the King refused his as sent, declaring that if necessary he would rather submit to be deposed than accede to the terms insisted on; but the latest postscript from Paris says that he afterward withdrew his re fusal, and expressed his willingness to accede to the conditions. RUSSIA. The emperor of Russia, convinced of the mischievous effects of the lottery on the poor and industrious peasantry of Poland, has pub lished a decree, ordaining that the lottery shall be abolished in the Kingdom of Poland on the Ist January, 1810.