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New-York, May 6.
. FROM ENGLAND.
The picket ship St. Andrew, arrived
yesterday from Liverpool. She sailed
on SCth March, but pul iulo Cork, which
shedid not leave until the Blh ult. and
iias furnished Corknapers of the 7th ult.
containing London nates of the 4th.
From these we learn that on the 3d
April, after a protracted debate, the
question was taken on the House of Com
mons going into a committee on Lord
Jfjtn Russell’s motion respecting the
Temporalities of the Irish Church, and
decided against the Ministers by a ma
jority of 33. The question involved
was, whether the surp.es revenue of the
Protestant Irish Churches should be ap
plied to secular purposes. The Minis
ters contended that admitting there was
a sitrplus revenue, though parliament
might direct the appropriation of this
surplus to particular purposes, those pur
poses must be confined strictly to the
promotion of the interests of the Protes
tant church. The opposition o»" coarse,
maintained the reverse, and Lard John
Russell’s motion went to apply the sur
plus revenue to purposes of general odu*
cation, without distinction of sect. All
the prominent speakers on both sides of
the House took partin the debate, and its
progress excited the creates! interest
throughout the United Kingdom,
From tho London Standard.
Action be'ween H. M. S. •• Canopus ”
end thru Men of TVar.— The following
extract from a private received
this morning from Devonport, has been
scat to usby arespcctablecurrespondcnt,
who has given his address. We great
ly question its authenticity, bat the letter
has the appearance of being genuine, and
with the exception of the paragraph be
low, refers entirely to matters of a pri
vate nature :
" An account has just been received
from Falmouth, stating that there had
n very severe engagement between
His Majesty’* ship Canopus, commanded
by the Hon. C.ipt. Percy, and three Rus
sian man-of-war, who attempted to pass
the Dardanelles, and were most gallantly
opposed by the Canopus. It is stated
that she was nearly cut to pieces, having
had eight men killed, and a great many
wounded during (he engagement.”
STILL. LATER FROM FRANCS AKD
li.V3I.AVO.
Designation of the Hellish Ministry. —
Commencement of the Debate on I lie A
meriean Indemnity. — Dca'h of Prince
Augustus of Portugal, Duke ac Leach
tenburg. •
The Ilavre’packet ship Poland, is arriv •
cd, having sailed on tho 11th ult. and
brings Paris and Havre journals to the
10th April.
The debate in tho Chamber of Depu
ties on our Indemnity, has commenced,
and we give the first day’s proceedings.
Lord Amherst it appears has been ap
pointed to proceed to Canada, as Com
missioner for the settlement of the difii
cullies which have arisen there, in lieu of
Lord Canterbury, who has been preven
ted going thither by a domestic calamity.
In reply to an inquiry in the House of
Commons, Lord Mahon admitted that
Lord Elliott had, with the-concunence
of the French and Spanish Governments,
been sent by the English Government to
the North of Spain, lor the purpose of en
deavoring to pul an cud to the system o)
carnage that had recently marked the
warfare there. He added that no part of
the object was to support the pretensions
of Don Carlos.
Havre, April 10.—The American fri
gate Constitution of GO guns, Commodore
Elliott,arrived yesterday from New-York
in our roads. This morning Commodore
Elliott landed for the purpose of travell
ing post to Paris, and receiving there the
orders of Mr. Livingston. This Frigate
is employed for tho purpose of carrying
the American Ambassador back to New
York, in the now very improbable event,
that tho vote of mil lions will be rejec
ted by the Chambers.
A singular coincidence of facts occur
red yesterday, the American packet ship
Albany arrived, bringing back our Am
bassador j also, the American frigate
Constitution, for the purpose of taking
home Mr. Livingston, the Ambassador of
the United States. And while these two
diplomatic arrivals took place, the
Chamber was discussing the question of
the American indemnity.—The very
question which led to this arrival of ves
sels, ami this recall of ambassadors.
Paris, April 10.— Designation of the
En gllsh Cabinet. —Sir R, Peel was on |
Tuesday again left in a minority on the
Resolution moved by Lord John Russell
for embodying in the Tithe Bill the ap
propriation principle recognized in the
late motion on the Irish Church, the
numbers being in favour of the resolution
285, against it 258—majority against
Ministers, 27. The Rt. Han/ Gentle
man had declared in the course of a most
able speech, in opposition to the motion,
that he could not consent to retain otlice
it it were carried, and consequent! v, on
Wednesday afternoon, he placed tlic re
signation of the Ministry in the hands of
the King.
The Duke of Wellington, on the meet
ing of the House of Lords in the evening,
announced that he and his colleagues
had tendered (heir resignations, and only
held their offices until the appointment
<rn their successors. In the House of
Commons, Sir R. Peel took his seat at 5-
o’clock, and was received with cheers
from both aides ol the House. Amidst
the continued anxiety, not a word could
bs heard until he rose/ Ife expressed his
deep reluctance to take the step which
he had felt himself compelled to adopt.
But looking to the little progress made in
public business since the commencement
of the session, and especially to the votes
upon the Irish church, concluding with
that of the preceding night, he had felt,
and his colleagues unanimously joined
him in opinion, that thev could not con
tinue to carry on the Government, with
advantage to the country; in conclusion
he reco.utncnded an adjournment until
Monday, to give time for new arrange
ments; which was adopted. Ashe left
tfie House immediately afterwards,he was
received by the assemb'od crown with
loud cheers. He was in excellent spirits,
and was followed by a vast number of
persons to the Home Office, bv whom he
was repeatedly cheered Qjlignani.
Death of Prince Augustus of Portu
gal—Twe english papers of 6th April
, contain the fallowing: Prince Augustus
Charles Eugcns Napoleon de Lrachten-
berg, consort of the Queen of Portugal,
died suddenly on the 28th March, under
an attack of quinsy in all the vigor of
youth—five days before the grace and a
gility whichdie displayed when accompa
nying his young Queen to a horse race,
were the subject of .general admiration. A
part of the people refuse to give credence
to so sudden a death, and many persons
seem to give faifh to suspicions of poison.
Portugal is still quiet, but this event may
sow the seeds of internal dissensions.
Theylignity of commander in chief which
has just been conferred on the Duke tie
Leuchtenberg has been given to the
Duke of Terccra, who is very popular
among the military.
Chamber or TDepvttei, April 9.
The President announced that the or
der of the day was the discussion on the
bill relative to the 23 million of francs
demanded for the payment of the Amer
ican claims.
The Duke de Fitziamcs ascended the
tribune, and ofcservecl that his intention
was principally directed to the increas
ed burdens, which a vote of 25 millions
in favor of the American claim would
impose upon the country. The moment
too for reviving that claim had been, in
his opinion, ipcwt ill chosen. He asked
how it had happened that in 1830, when
the thunder of the Revolution of July still
sounded in the ears of Europe—when
the ties which bound France to other
1 nations seemid on the point ot being
severed—-how had it happened that such a
moment had been chosen for the termina
tion of an affair, which, for twenty years,
had remained pending, and the settle
ment of which might have been indefi
nitely postponed, had not some myste
rious, but imperative motive operated to
Itn hasten conclusion? The Dnke de
Dassano, ro far from recognising the A
merican claim to the amount of 25 mil
lions had considered that the cession of
the Florida* would be perfectly satisfac
tory to America; and yet, in point of
importance, (he Floridas were not worth
the 20th part of the pecuniary value (80
millions,! obtained for the cession of Lou
isiana. He wa tat a loss to understand
why the Americans, who had derived
suen advantages from the occupation of
Louisiana, and whose prosperity might
be said to date from the existence of the
treaty which ensured to them the poases
sion of that vast continent,, should so
pertinaciously and so bitterly urge their
claims against France. The misfortunes
of which America complained had been
sustained by all the nations of Europe;
for those misfortunes America alone had
been already repaired a hundred told.
Spain had suffered from the invasion ol
1»03, which was as flagrant a violation
of the rights of nations as had been in
flicted by the Berlin and Milan decrees.
But what would notv be the position of
France, if the principle of strict, even
handed and mitigated justice, invoked
by America, were enforced in favor of
Spain ? Her claim was bv
the plunder of whole cities, by the massa
cre of peaceable inhabitants, by the vio
lation of every tie that bound man to
man, and all- the treasures of France
would be Inadequate to discharge the
account of blood. The Chamber ought
to recollect the different claims which
had been made in f avor of America—in
successive negotiations, 13 millions, 14,
11, 15, millions had been demanded.
Taking one demand with another, the
average amount Would he found to be
about 12 millions—that sum, he be
lieved, to be about (he just amount of the
debt. Ho thought the Restoration—
that restoration which had been
of prodigality—would not have olloml
merely 15 millions had it recognised the
justice of a claim of 25 millions. A
merica had first demanded 81) millions,
and in his opinion those eighty millions
were as justly due as 40, or as 26—-in
other words, they were not due at all.
Two curious facts were to be gather
ed from these documents The first was
that America considered France her
debtor to the amount of 90,600,000
francs! America was most generous in
excusing Francs from the payment of
65,600,000 francs, and the nation ought
to be grateful to Ministers for having re
leased it from so onerous a burden! "The
second fact to which he would refer
was, that Government had in 1881, sign
ed a treaty founded on accurate informa
tion-—which had reached it in 1834!
[A laugh.] The returns in question,
had evidently been arranged at pleasure
not only far the signature of the trea
ty, but after the vote of last year (for
the Chamber might observe that thev
were dated on the 7th June, and life
news of the vote had reached Wash
ington on the 6th May;) those returns
might have been of use at Washington
lor the division of the spoil which was
so anxiously expected there, but what oc
casion had France for them, as she had
only to pay ? America, however, was so
obliging as to send them in order no
doubt to help out the Ministers in the
discussion of this day* For his part, he
regarded the production of them at such
a moment as a proof of an understanding
between the two Governments, He had
besides to observe that the different
claims composing the sura total of the al
leged debt (lad often changed hands. It
certainlv would be a great point gained
could i( be ascertained precisely to" whom
tlic deljts belonged : who had an interest
in their payment, for the original credi
tors, hail long ago disposed of their rights
in this:,maUer. The debts had passed
into the hands of speculators, who had
purchased them at a cheap rate> the
claims had been bought' ami sold—not
in the public money market, but" in'the
dark mysterious haunts of the usurer and
the stock-jobber. (Sensation.)
These, however, were points which for
good and sufficient reasons could never
be cleared up. ‘lie would now 1 observe
that the Duke 3c Dassano, in.one'of his
reports, had stated that, in.his opinion,
the United States were more anxious for
the acknowledgment of the principle of
'the indemnifies, than for their amount. It
was upon these data that the Restoration
constantly proceeded, and they ought
never to "have been lost s'ght of, instead
ot throwing millions at the heads of peo
ple who did not demand them, and wtiose
preten.-ions would have been satisfied w ith
one-half; pretensions that rose or foil ac
cording to times and circumstances—ac
cording to the more or less prosperous
state of the governments to winch aeplica
tion was made; pretensions which from 89
millions, suddenly fell to 20 millions at
the moment when Napoleon had reach
ed tie highest pinnacle of big glory,
and when Ttis victorious army had cu
’cr (1 Moscow. The disasters of Na
poleon 1 aving commenced, the demands |
of Amer.cu were increased to 30 mil
lions, and in January, 1814, two months |
only before ’he fall of the Empire, the j
Duke de Vicence wrote to Napoleon,
that the Americans computed their loss
at 40 millions. It was not extraordinary
then, that in 1524, when the country was
in a most ffoarishing state, thege demands
should have fallen to 12 millions. These
fluctuations in tnc demands proved to
demons'titinn the shameful system of
j >bbing which had disgraced this whole
affair.
This vile jobbing was again apparent in
the pretended negotiation, in the course
of which an American, concealed behind
a band of speculators, was found to a
bandnn the special mission with which he
had been charged relative to the indem
nities. and renounce those indemnities
to which so much importance was now
attached, to obtain a certain numbet of
licences, to turn to account an affair in
which for these poor speculators, the
handsome profit of forty-eight millions
was in question. The Duke de Bassano
did justice to those infamous practices.
He (the Hon. Deputy) was willing to be*
lieve, for the honor of diplomacy, that
the Minister ol a great power would not
have played such part \f he had not re
ceived secret instructions. The Ameri
can Government wished for all the mon
ey it could get; it perceived a chance in
the licenses, and it took advantage of
Napoleon’s embarrassments to obtain
them. The original creditors, if they
had crossed the sea to'claim just rights,
would not have hazarded those rights in
dirty speculations. The friends ot the
Governmentglid: “when one owes, one
ought to pay, honor enjoins it.” He
could see no honor in this question, and
he feared the contrary would be appa
rent. The assertion was incorrect, that
the debt had been recognised by all the
Governments which had preceded the
present. Napoleon’s Ministers had pro
posed to him to satisfy the Americans,
but solely for reasons of State—to pre
vent them from seceding from his cause,
and form'ng an alliance with the English
But the Ministers of Napoleon had never
spoken to him of the payment of a jus.
debt to the Americans, but of a favor to
be granted to them. It was evident that
the payment of a just debt was no' a favor.
He thought, and prob ibly the Chamber
might think, that Napoleon’s opinion up
this question would be a precious do
cument. It was one that might be easi
ly procured. Napoleon, when with
the army, was in the habit «f writing up
on the margin of the reports which he
received, hid orders or lus opinions on
thy question’, submitted to him. These
original reports were in the archives ol
the'kingdom—and he would now ask,
why had the marginal observations been
[erased from ihe documents which had
been submitted to the Chamber ? In his
j idea. Napoleon’s opinion on this question
would be of inestimable value ; for the
Emperor was not easily duped ; lie was
one who had entertained as little par
tiality for crooked handed speculators, as
fur empty headed philosophers. (\ laugh.)
As to the different Governments of the
Restoration, they had long refused to en
tertain the idea of negociating except
on the basis of the indemnites due to
France for the infraction of the Bth Ar
ticle of the Treaty of Louisiana—an in
traction which reflected little honor on
the American Government. On the
appointment of every new Minister for
Foreign Affairs, the American Minister
renewed his claims, and invariably re
ceived for answer—“ Present your ac
counts, & we will furnish vou with ours.”
There the matter uniformly ended with
out any diminution of friendship on either
side—(Hear, hear.)—He had never be
lieved that President Jackson was se
rious in the threats with which he had in
sulied the French nation ; his message
would never have been published, had he
not considered himself assured of impu
nity. What could he have thought of
the wrath of a man, who had taken seven
months to give expression to that wrath ?
Might not some one have said to the Pre
sident—“ Threaten us; furnish us with
a pretext for apprehension”—for who
would have dared to say—“ Menace
France and she will be afraid t” Or
der! order!) The hireling journals en
deavored to excite apprehension for the
commercial interests of France; but
those interests were perfectly safe, for
not the remotest probability of a war
witli America existed. Even were it
otherwise, had France sunk so low a
mongst the nations of the earth that she
could be insulted, threatened, and terri
fied info the payment of her millions?
Was site to bend and bow in reverential
horror before the naked sword suspended
over her head ? Ministers, who had for
four years cemented such close bonds of
amity with England, might at least have
borrowed from that country a lesson ol
patriotism and of national dignity. They
might have learned from the example of
England, who certainly had never been
accused of indifference to her interests—
that national honor was the first and the
most sacred of all interests. The ques
tion now before the Chamber would ne
ver for a moment have been entertained
in a British Parliament, and the Minister
who should have dared to present it.
however exalted soever might have been
his station, would have been hurled from
his lofty eminence, and would have sunk
even beneath contempt. He had no
wish to adopt a warlike tone—he had no
dvsirc%» speak in the language of party
spirit, but ns a Frenchman, he addressed
himself to Frenchmen, He appeal ad to
their sense of honor—to their love of
country.. France wished not for war—
nor did she fear it. (Cries of hear, hear.)
France would never permit the colors of
Austerlitz to be degraded. Site would
preserve her firm and noble attitude,
nrotectgd by the arms which had never
failed tier in the hour of danger, and dig
nified by the innumerable trophies of her
glory.—(Hear, hear.) In conclusion,
he would demand that the decision of this
question should be adjourned till a spe
cial Ambassador sent for the purpose bv
the American Government, had made
suitablcreparation toFrance. He would
oppose the bill as the most disgraceful
that had ever been submitted to the con
sideration of a French Chamber. (Con
siderable effect was produced by the
speech of the hon. Deputy, who here re
sumed his seat,and was warmly ccngr-ru-l
lalcd bv several of the opposition mem
bers.)
The Minister of the interior said that
he might well be excused if he was una
ble to reply with calmness to the insinua
tions which had been made. He felt as
tonished, too, that the partizans of the
Restoration should have pronounced the
word indemnity—were they capable of
recollection—were they susceptible of
shame, that word would have made them
blush. The Restoration refused to pay
the American claim, on the ground that
it was not answerable for the debt of an
usurper; and yet that Restoration had
p-id in lemnitica to those through whose
exertions its cause had triumphed. Spain,
of which so much had been said, had re
ceived 1,8C0,0C0 francs of rentes. Such
had been the terror felt by the Restora
tion that it hsd paid every claimant; but
as the United States had"not an army on
the Rhine, they were not paid, (hear,
hear.) The present Government had re
cognized the American claim, because
convinced by the strictest investigation,
that it was a just debt. Was it not sur
prising to bear Hon. Deputies in the
name of the Restoration, talk of liberty,
dignity, ceremony, and a wise and pru
dent Administration ? For 15 years, the
Restoration had had the direction of af
fairs, and why, during that period, had it
given no proof of its superior acquain
tance with the science of Government ?
The fault perhaps would be laid upon the
ministers of that day. He was willing
to believe, that had the Restoration sum
moned to its councils such men as the
Hon. Deputy who had addressed the
Chamber before him, France would have
enjoyed liberty, dignity, and the bles
sings of economy, and of a prudent Ad
ministration ; but how then was it possi
ble to account for the blindness—the ob
durate foil v of the government of that pe
riod, which, while able to command the
services of men so distinguished for abili
ty, had allowed itself to be terrified into
the bestowal of its millards? (Hear!
hear!) He thought that a government
whose hands where stained with the
blood of the most illustrious generals ol
France, and whose partisans had filled
their pockets with an indemnity to the
amount of a millnrd, had no right to in
dulge in personal attacks. (Hear, hear.)
The Hoh. Deputy who had spoken before
hi m, had said that the dignity of France
had aeen compromised. \Vere there
any truth in the assertion, the present
Government never would have consented
to the termination to which the question
now submitted to the Chamber had been
brought. With regard to the insinuations
which had been uttered, he trusted that
if the members of that Chamber really
believed them to be founded in truth,
they would not for an instant endure the
presence of men capable of advising a
foreign nation to insult France with a
menace.
Had Ministers thought more of their
position than of their duty, they would
on the first rejection of the treaty, have
refused all further interference in the
question. They would thus have esca
ped an enormous difficulty, for he would
openly avow that the present was a Cabi
net question. They had been of opinion,
however, that men animated with a sin
cere love of their country, should think
only of the public welfare, which, in the
present case, undoubtedly required the
maintenance of amicable relations with
the allies of France. The commercial
interests of Lyons were also to be con
suited. The treaty might have been a
bandoned, to the detriment of that city
and of Havre, St. Etienne and Bordeaux,
but Ministers had acted otherwise, and
in so acting they had done their duty.
Last year perhaps they had not urged
their convictions with sufficient force up
on the Chamber, and on that occasion he
himself had intended to speak on the
question. But during his momentary
absence from the chamber, the article on
which be had proposed to present some
observations was put to the vote. For
these reasons Ministers had resolved to
present the treaty to the new legislature.
Their conduct had proved them to be ca
pable of braving every difficulty for the
sake of u principle, and their zeal and
devotion were certainly not to their dis
credit.
The question—did France owe a just
debt to America? Every Government
had decided that question in the affirma
tive. The Duke de Bassano had done
so, and the Duke de Vincence had ar
rived at the same conclusion. The se
cond question referred to the amount of
the debt; that had been the point in dis
cussion with every committee which had
examined the question. It had been re
cognized by the existence of positive do
cuments that France owed 24 millions,
but that 10 millions in addition to that
sum were capable of being contested.
Under these circumstances, the Govern
meuthad agreed to pay 25 millions. Such
was the answer to which he wished to
confine himself. He had made that an
swer from a wish to repel insinuations
the most odious—insinuations which nei
ther the country nor the Government
had merited. (Hear, hear, from the cen
tre.)
M. Lacrosse ascended the tribune
He maintained that, with a little more
tact and a little less precipitation, France
might have induced America to accept
15 millions. He thought the money of
the nation might be more usefully'be
stowed than on the Americans—it mi-ffit
be applied, for instance, to the payment
ot the arrears due to theaMerabers of tin*
Legion of Honor.
M Tesiucres, in a speech that excited
but little attention, supported the bill;
he, at the same time, approved of the re-’
solution of Ministers to accede to the
payment of the claims only in case the
national ditrniti sustained no injury.
The further discussion of the question
was then postponed till to-morrow,
We are in lehlcJ to the politeness of Capt.
Win. Robertson Jr. Agent of Transportation, far
the following statement of business done upon the
Rail Road, from the 271 h April to Ist inst:
Rail Road Operations. —Between Charleston
& Hamburg, (exclusive of Freight to the inter
mediate stations and passengers taken in on the
Road) from 37th April to Ist of May .inclusive 36
cars up. Freight amounting to §876,20
59 down containing 634 Bates
of Cotton, 75c. 520,5ft'
419 Passengers up and down 1666,80
Amounting to $3083,56
Col. Caspar J. Trotti of Bamwill District has
been duly elected, and commistioned Brigadier
General of the 3d Brigade, S, Carolina Militia,—
Aiken Telegraph.
From the A". Y. Mercantile .Advertiser, May 8.
LATEST FROM KNGUXD.
By the packet ship United States, Caps. Hold
rig:, arrived yesterday, we have received Liver
pool papers of the Illh, and London to the 10th
ult. inclusive.
The Peel Ministry having declaiod their inten
tion to remain in office only until a new cabinet
could tio formed, the country was anxiously wait
ing for the result. It appears that on the 9lh,
the King sent for Earl Grey to consult with him
on the present dilemma—that Earl Grey, declin
ing the perilous honor of being at tho head of a
new administration, recommended his Majesty to
avail himself of the services of Lord Melbourne—
that the King took this advice, and was waited on
by Lord Melbourne—and that of tho result of this
interview, nothing positive had publicly trans
pired.
The Sun hints that Lord Melbourne had de
clined office j but we think this unlikely, because,
whatever may be his private feelings' (much as
they must have been wounded by his abrupt dis
missal last Nov.) Lord Melbourne has a public
duty to perform, which he is not likely to shrink
from. If the state of affairs be such that re
sumption of office appears likely to bring matters
to a favorable issue, we do not think that Lord
Melbourne will hesitate to become Premier; but,
should he resume the great responsibility of that
office, he will be foolish indeed, if he does not
stipulate with the King for ample power to resist
any “ factious opposition” which he may receive
from that House of Incurables, the Lords!
From the Sun.
Earl Grey was elosetted with his Majesty for
two hours to-day. Immediately afterwards, Lord
Melbourne was sent for to the Palace, and re
mained for a considerable time with the King.
The rumor in the neighborhood of the House
of Commons is. that Lord Melbourne has declin
ed accepting office.
London, April 10.
A general belief has prevailed in the city to
day that strong efforts will bo made to form a
coalition ministry, in which will be comprised
Sir Robert Peel, Lord Stanley, and the moderate
Whigs. In consequence of this the money mar
ket has maintained its price, Consols for the New
Account at closing 925.
It is said that the young Queen of Portugal was
left “ In a fairway of giving an heir to the throne,”
and that her husband’s youngest brother would
marry her!
The Spanish contest continues without any
very decided effects on either side. Mina has is
sued orders for “no quarter,” and Lord Elliot,
who has proceeded on a special mission to spain,
(sent by England and France,) with a view of
stopping the barbarity, and of endeavoring to put
an end to the contest has renewed Ihe overtures
already made to Don Carlos to unite his eldest
son in marriage with tho young Queen.
London, April 7th.—ll'lhe British Ministry be
driven out of office, the whole patronage of the
Irish Government must bo under O’Connell s feet
—the whole policy of the Irish Government must
be under his suggestion—his fifty votes will hold
the fate of tho British Cabinet whether its chief
he Lo d Grey, Lord Melbourne, Mr. Hume, Mr.
Ward, Sir. S. Whalley, or Lord. J. Russell, at
his own precarious mercy.
The New Ministry. —The following is the
list of the NawCabinet that was shown in the po
itical circles in London, on Saturday evening, A
pril 8!
First Lord oflhe Treasury, Viscount Melbourne.
Foreign Secretary, Lord John Russell.
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Spring Rice.
Home Department, Lord Duncann’on.
Colonial Secretary, Mr. Ellice.
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lord Mulgrave.
Secretary, Sir John Cam Hobhouse.
Board of Trade, Mr. Warburtnn.
Lord Chancellor, Mr. Bickerstelh.
Woods and Forests, Mr. Littleton.—A*. Y. Jdv.
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From the Charleston Courier.
FROM \EW.VOIIK.
, On stilus ton, May 13.
Tho lino ship Saluda, Capt. Hamilton, arrived
at this port yesterday forenoon, in the short run
of four days and a half from Ncw-York.
A very considerable advance in tho article of
Flour has taken place in the city of New-York.
The Courier Hjf Enquirer of Tuesday says:—
‘‘Since our review of Saturday, there has been
a very great rise in Flour, hales of Western
yesterday at $6 60; Baltimore Howard-street
and Georgetown at §6 25 to 6 37; New-York at
§6 25. Extensive sales of Indian Meal at $2 75,
$4 and $4 12, and some holders are now asking $4
50. In Grain there lias been no material change.”
The same paper of the following day, remar is :
“The Flour market continues to show unaba
ted activity. Western common brand commands
$7 ; Howard-street, §6 67i a $7; Richmond Ci
ty Mills $6 75 a $7.”
On tho sth inst. 100 shares U. S. Bank stock,
sold at New-Yoikat I 111, & 200 shares at lllj.
The Races over the Union Course, commenced
on the sth inst: with a match race between Capt.
Stockton’s Morris, and Mr. Stevens’ Tom Moore,
two utile heats, fur §IOOO a side. The race was
won by the former, with great case. A sweep
stake, mile heats, of eleven subscribers, S3OO en
trance, half forfeit, then took place—five horses
started. This purse was taken in two heats, by
Mr. Uotl’s ch. c. full brother to Tyrant. Time of
first heat, Im. 50s.—2d heat, Im. ,525. A Trot
ting Match for S2OOO. one mile and repeat, was
then decided between Awful and Rail Road.
I'ho former horse won tho money in 2m. 465.
distancing his competitor.
The Courier and Enquirer gives the following
account of a distressing accident, which occurred
on board the steam boat Advocate, on her pas
sage down the North River, from Albany.
Steam-Boat Erplosion.~We regret to state,
that the boilers of tho steam boat Advocate, which
tell Albany at 3 o’alock, on Monday afternoon,
exploded on her passage down at Cocyman’s
Landing, and although we have not heard that
many lives were in consequence actually lost, yet
many of the passengers were seriously hurt.
The boat, we are informed, was landing some
light freight, when, the after ends of the two boil
ers were blown out with such violence that the
twa cabins were dreadfully shattered, even the
turlher end of the ladies cabin was carried away,
and some of the fragments afterwards found at a
distance of 150 feet from the spot. Ten or twelve
persons, as nearly as we could learn, were badly
scalded.
From the Charleston Mercury.
STILL LATER FROM NEW YORK.
Charleston, May 13.
The steam packet William Gibbons, Capt.
Wright, arrived last night, bringing our files of
New York papers to the 9th inst, inclusive.
Still later intelligence from Livoipool has been
received by the arrival of the packet ship United
Slates. Capt. Holdredge, with dates to the 11 ih.
Sacs of United States Bank stock at New
i ork on the 7th inst.:—2oo shares at 1114; 100
do do at 111 J. On the Bth, 91 shares at 112:
110 do do. at 112jj. On the 9th, 100 shares at
U2J: lOOdo at 1124: IBldoatll2j.
New Yontc, May 9.
The Washington Globe, of Thursday, con
tains tho following paragraph, which is probably
founded on information received by the Govern
ment.
“ Our private information from France is, that
the Packet which was to leave on the 16th of A
l>ril, will bring with it the good tidings of the
passage of the law providing for the indemnity.
The probability is, that the great majority antici
pated will bo somewhat diminished hy the indis
creet publication of Mr. Livingston’s corrospon
dance by Congress, to which tho President was
bound tn communicate it for its information, but
which the Houses were hy no means bound to
publish to the world. Tho treaty, however, will
bo fulfilled; and there is no doubt many will vole
for it, who are opposed to tho French Adminis
tration, because they dare not lake the responsi
bility w th their constituents of miking a rupture
with this country, which the President’s Message
shows to ho inevitable, if justice is withheld.”
Prom the Buffalo Whig—Extra.
Important from the IVest —A copy of the
Detroit Free Press, of the 29th ult. has just reach
ed us by the hand of a friend from Detroit, in
anticipation of the mail, by which it appears that
the authorities of Ohio aud Michigan have at
length come to an open rupture.
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The Governor of Ohio, who has a force of a
hout 500 troops collected at Maumee, has issued
hi* orders for the raising and marching of 10,000
men to that point, declaring that he never will re
cross the Maumee swamp until he runs the boun
dary line, and extends the jurisdiction of Ohio
over that part of our territory claimed by her.
Ail this he proclaims ho will effect, in despite of
Michigan and any assistance which tho United
States may a fib id her.
A whig speaker has been chosen in tho House
of Representatives of Rhode Island. The vote
stood H Y. Cranston, (Whig) 37. William
Sprague, Jun. (Jackson) 54. The committee
appointed to count the votes for Governor and
senator* to Congress bod not reported at 11
o’clock on the Bth inst. It was considered very
doubtful whether the result would be in favor of
the Whig or the Jackson candidate*.
The steamboat Dolphin, Capt. Pennoyer, arriv.
ed at Norfolk from this port, stopped at Smithville
and Beaufort, passing through Core sound and
Ocracock Inlet. This route was made to ascer
tain whether an inland passage could be found,
and Capt. Pennoyer states that it can be done at
a small expense-in clearing one or two narrow
passages and fixing stakes, -and lha* a vessc
drawing not more than 64 feet water, can make
the inward passage. This is a most important
discovery, and if passengers are conveyed up the
Chesapeake to take the Baltimore line, it will
become a favorite as it is a aafe route from this
city.
AFfttaiyivt:
stn'BDAr, may ijj, 1835.
“Be jutt, and fear not."
PERSONS INDEBTED TO US
Arc earnestly requested to make
payment before the 4th day of next
mouth, us wo have a largo payment
to make on that day. We will take
the risk of remittances by mall, nc
carding to tho w Terms** of tho paper.
MR. FORSYTH.
Our distinguished citizen, Mr. Fobstth, Se
cretary ofState, arrived in this city on Thursday
afternoon, from Washington, and took lodgings
at the Planter’s Hotel.
STEAM BOAT COMPANY.
The following gentlemen were on Monday last
elected Directors of the Steamboat Company of
Georgia,for the ensuing year: W. Tatloh, B.
Bubbodohs, S. C. Donninb, Wm.'R. Wabino,
A. Foiiteh, C. H. Camppikld, S. H. Fat, Tubs.
Pohse, R. Hutchison, R. M. Goodwin, & P.
M. Kollock, at Savannah; and Alex. Duew,
sndW. Habpeb, at Augusta. And on Tuesday,
Mr. Wx, Tatlob was unanimously re-elected
President.
AMERICAN TURF REGISTER,
Jhld Sporting Magazine.
The May No. of this valuable work, in addi
tion to its usual quantum of useful matter, con
tains an interesting article on the “ Turf warfare
between the North and the Sou;h,” which deci
sively settles the point of superiority in favor ol
the latter; and is embellished with a very fine,
spirited engraving of the “ Death of the Fox’’
For the table of contents, soe oar adver-ising co
lumns.
COLUMBIA NOMINATION.
We learn from a friend in Columbia county,
that, at a public meeting of the State Rights party,
at Appling, on the 13th inst. as previously an
nounced, the fallowing gentlemen were nomina
ted as Slate Rights candidates for the Legislature,
viz.: fj the Senate, the Hon. Abcheb Avaiit ;
and for the House of Hepresentatives, James F.
Hamilton, Robeut Gunbt, and Abner P.
Robbiitson, E quires—All “ good men and
true,” whose election will do honor to the county,
and the good cause they support-
ATriBXIAN tc NULLIFICATION.
The editor of the Athenian “ deprecates tho
doctrines advocated by” us. Will he have the
goodness to tell us what induced him to do bo,
since ho issued a prospectus for the establishment
of a Nullification paper in Mobile. It would doubt
less throw much light on tho subject, and if nulli
fication be erroneous, might correct the opinions
of those who believe in it, since we can see no
cause why the reasons which could convince one
honest man should not have the same effect on
others,
HTTELL’S MUSEUM
Os Foreign /.iteratnre, Science, and dirt.
We have received tho May No. oi this inter
esting periodical; and its table of contents-may
be seen in our advertising columns. Its selections
shew the usual good taste and discriminating
judgment, characteristic of the editor. Tho Mu
seum may be said to contain the concentrated
essence of foreign literature ; and as such, ought
to bo in the hands of every general reader, and
polite scholar. The present No. contains a full
length engraving of the celebrated Comte D’On
sat, son-in-law of Lady Blessington, and the
original of Bulwer’s Pelham —said to be the
handsomest and finest formed man in Europe.
SMALLPOX IN MOBILE.
Extract of a letter, dated
Mobile, May 8, 1835.
“ The Small Pox has prevailed in this city du
ring this spring. It commenced about the last of
February, and Continued till the Ist of May. It
lias now subsided—no new case having occurred
for a week, or more. It was confined almost ex
clusively to the blacks of the city. Only some
five or six whites were affected with it, not one of
whom died. Only about two out of 20, cases a
mong the blacks, proved fatal. The disease is
made lighter by improved modern treatment. Al
though a loathsome, tedious, and painful disease,
we here, do not consider it by any means a fatal
one; and it has consequently excited very little
alarm or concern among us.”
SOUTH CAROLINA,
Notwithstanding that that able print, the
Charleston Mercury, has taken up Judge While,
for the Presidency—which we deeply, aye, deeply
lament—we cannot suffer ourselves to believe for
a moment, that South Carolina will give her vote
to one of those who denounced, as treasonable,
her opposition to the general government, and
aided in holding to her throat, tho sword intended
to awe,or force her into submission. No, we can
not believe that South Carolina, the gallant and pa
triotic State, that first raised the arm of success
ful opposition against the usurper and usurpa
tion, dan take to her bosom the admirer
and advocate of that usurper and usurpation.
It is vain to attempt convincing us, that the
State Rights Party should give its tupport to
Judge White, because he is a less dangerous
politician. The Slate Rights party, or, at least,
we, as a member of that party, know of no poli
cian more dangerous, than he who contends, that
tho general government has the right to co
cr.c, at the point of the bayonet, a State that re
fuses to recognize tho operation of an unconstitu
tional law of Congress ; or, in plainer terms, a
State that has the honesty and independence to
oppose the unlawful acts of its general agent. This
is the monstrous and tyrannical doctrine held by
Judge White—a doctrine at war with every prin
ciple of republicanism, and subversive of its ve
ry essence, and which would equally, and as rea
sonably, sustain the general government in an
act abolishing slavery, as it would in the en
forcemcnt of a protective Tariff. Let the South,
maturely and solemnly reflect upon this, before
it assists in whetting the knife for its own des
truction. Vos, we repeat it, let them maturely
and solemnly reflect, that the advocated doctrines
of Hugh L. White, in the event of his being
elevated to the Presidency, would compel him, if
Congress should pass an act emancipating our
slaves, to assent to that act, and even direct the
arms of the Union against the Southern States,
if they dared raise a finger in support of their
chartered rights and domestic institutions. This
is no visionary or demagogical appeal to the
South—no declamatory verbiage, intended for po
litical effect—no trick or finesse, employed for
mere party purpose : it lives in the immediate his
lory of the times, and its truth is stamped by the
confirmation of every day’s experience. No man
of observation and reflection, who has noticed the
slow, but steady, firm, and advancing march of
our adversaries, can doubt the correctness of our
assertions. Is it not time, then, that we should
arouse from our false security, and throw off the
lethargy that seems to benumb and deaden our
very faculties I ' ,
“ Danger is most concealed when near,
And sends the dreadful tidings in the blow-’’
If we are fated to be victims to the cupidi
ty or oppression of others, in God’s name let us
not be willing and unresisting victims. At least
if wo cannot retrieve our lost rights, or sustain
those which ere threatened with destruction, la
the name of every honorable feeling, save us from
becoming accessory to our own ruin and dis
grace.
We have latterly looked to South Carolina as the
very citadel—nay, the forlorn hope of Stale Rights.
Let the Mercury, then, in the name of every ,
thing dear to patriotism, pause in the course it is
pursuing, and retrace its steps before it is too late
—lor, should its well-earned influence unfortu
nately carry the State Rights party along with it,
we have much reason to fear, that the time will
not be remote, when our adversaries will reign
“ lord of the ascendant,” and the cause of the
South, if not annihilated, be at least abandoned,
in despair.
BYCOPHA NCY.
The same disgusting spirit of adulation and
serf-like homage which followed in the train of
Andrew Jackson, begins to show itself, in the
ranks of Judge White.
The good citizens of Granville, N. C. recently
gave a public dinner, in honor of Judge White, to
Bailet Petton, Esq. one of the Tennessee
Congressional delegation. It would scarcely
be a mooted point with gourmands, which de
rived the greatest advantage on the occasion,
tho one who received the honor, or he who ate
the dinner. This way of eating a man into no
toriety by proxy, is unjust, inasmuch as the
object for whom the honor is intended, is the pro
per person to digest it. However, the Judge has
not much cause of complaint, for although not
present, ho was most abundantly stuffed, by those
who were.
But, it is fair we should state, that the dinner
was also intended as a mark of honor to Mr. Pet
ton. And, for what ? Why, would you be
lieve it 1 Because Mr. Peyton, “ advocates the
pietensior.s of Judge White to the Presidency”—
for the doing of which, the good hearted Gran
villitcs toasted him in a bumper, saying; “we ap
plaud him (Mr. P.) for his disinterested patriot
ism—we honor him for his independence,”—in
advocating his honor the Judge! Whereupon,
Mr. P. got up, stretched forth his hand, and
spoke. Ilis speech embodied a kind of biogra
graphical sketch of Judge White, in which tho
orator announces the important fact to the world,
that “ he kn owe no man that rides about the city
so little in ca rriages,” and that, once upon a time,
his honor left the plough-tail, hitched his horse in
the shade, and carried a law-student through an
examination lor the bar, on his plantation! O
he ! jam satis.
There is one remark, however, in she speech,
that deserves serious attention, for the very humi
liating and degrading position in which it places
the American people: “ The great body of the
people of tile opposition, (says Mr. P.) have rights
and interests at stake, and liberties to secure, as
well as ourselves[Generous concession! kind
hearted adrois=ion!] —“they are American citi
zens, who, having no candidate of their own,
claim only the poor privilege of choosing between
such candidates as we present”! A I poor privi
lege,' indeed! A very ‘poor privilege,’ tiuly! How
enviable our situation, to enjoy thus so eminently
the pity and compassion of our Jackson adversa
ries—and how grateful should we be for their
sovereign condescension, in granting us the “poor
privilege of choosing between «uch candidates as’’
they may chooee to “ present.” If this is not
sufficient to open the eyes of the State Rights par
ty to the abject condition in which it is the de
sign of our antagonists to place us, they muM bo
blind indeed. The party which suffer* itself to
become an object of compassion to another, and
receives as a boon, the “ poor privilege of choos
ing,” will soon lose all sense of self-respect, and
pave the way for its own destruction. But wo
hope and believe, that the honor—the pride—the
patriotism of tho State Rights parly, will save it
from the degradation and servility to which it is
insultingly consigned, by those who vaunt them
selves its masters. We owe it to our feelings, as
individuals, and our principles, as a party, to con
vince the people that we are not the political men
dicants and supple-jacks our adversaries would
make us, and that we yet possess enough of honor
and spirit to spurn their tender of the “ poor
privilege of choosing between such candidates
as they present.”
We hardly know which is the most fulsome
the spirit of domination, on the one hand, on the
man-worshipping propensity, on the other, as ex
hibited at this dinner. In addition to the toast
we have already noticed, the following was drank:
“ByT.T. Hunt: Martin Van Buren and Gen-
Jackson—
A wit’s a feather, and a chiefs a rod,
But Hugh L. White’s the noblest work of God.”
Not even excepting, we suppose, Amos Ken
dall, Whitney, Lewis, or “ free Tom Moore/’
Pope considered “ an honest man” “ the noblest
work of God”—but, it appears, the friends of Mr.
White think differently. Faugh ! what intoler
able adulation. But, by tho bye, how can they
help itl They must laud something, about their ,
candidate, and since they cannot, in decency,
praise bis principles, they must of necessity praise
the man. Their watchword, should reverse tho
old motto, as their cause does, and be, men no t
principles,
Messrs. Martin, Stanford and Lyman, Delegatee
appointed by this Circuit to attend the Baltimore
Convention, kft this place in the Stage for Balti
more, on Monday last, the 4th inst,— Southern
Banner.