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CHRONICLE & SENTINEL. | ~BY r J'. W. &W. S. JONES. JAMES M. SMYTHE, Associate Editor DAILY, TRI WEEKLY & WEEKLY. OFFICE IN RAIL ROAD BANK BUILDING. TRR.MS—DaiIy Paper, per annum, in advance**slo Tri-Weekly Paper, “ “ “ " *5 Weekly, (a mammoth sheet) “ ' ‘ 2 ('ASH SYSTEM.— In no case will an order for the i \ per be attended to, unless accompanied with the money, and in every instancewhen the time for which any subscription may be paid, expires before the re ceipt of funds to renew the same, the paper will ! e discontinued. Depreciated funds received at valuo in , this city, j From the Columbus Enquirer. Colonel Towns—General Clinch. In the few remarks we made a short time I since, as to the causes which induced Colonel I Towns to resign his seat in Congress in 1836, I we had no desire and very little expectation of attracting the notice of the Democratic Auto crat of the Federal Union. That paper, always ready, but not exactly always able to defend its associates, comes to the help of the demo cratic candidate with full as much of zeal as knowledge touching the particular matter of the original accusation. The charge was that Colonel Towns, whilst honored with a seat in Congress and representing the people of Geor gia in that body, relinquished his post and de serted his constituents, to enter into a land speculation in Mississippi. Will the ‘ Federal Union’ deny this on its own authority, or will it have the goodness to obtain from the party accused his authority to make the denial? It may be that we know more about this matter than appeared upon the face of our first arti cle. Our cotemporary, in order to break the force of the charge and save the Colonel from the awkward position in which his mysterious movement then placed him, informs us that a public dinner was given in Talbotton, at which the s ubernatorial aspirant gave as a reason for his resignation, that the Hon. Hugh L. White had received the electoral vote of Georgia. What was this dinner given for ? Does the ed itor of the ‘Federal Union’ remember? Was it as a compliment to the Colonel for his able and faithful services in Congress? By no I means. We remember the small affair, as if it was yesterday. A few of his personal friends, feeling how deep and bitter was the feeling which pervaded the whole State, got up the picayune show in order, if possible, to break the force of that universal censure that was bearing him down. But to the reason of the resignation. Was it because White had re ceived the electoral vote of Georgia? What had this event to do with his seat in Congress? Col. Towns had been elected by the democrat ic parly, and at the very moment he resigned, the State was ruled by a democratic Governor and a democratic Legislature, with an over whelming majority. Did he think by retaining his seat he was likely to misrepresent the prin ciples of the majority—and did he quit his sta tion on a matter so purely conscientious ? No party in Georgia ever did nor ever will believe ; such an arrant attempt to hoodwink and ham- i boozle them. The rest of the delegation, with one exception, were of the same school of pol- | itics with Colonel Towns. Why did not others ' also resign ? \\ hy were they not taken with i the same squeamishness about resigning, that so suddenly seized upon their more conscien tious colleague? Were they less honorable— less disposed to how to the will of the majori ity ? Was he the only' one of that delegation whose scruples forbade him to hold a seat in Congress, ai.er Hugh L. White had received the vote ol Georgia? Away with such stuff! No man that has sense enough to find the way to hispig-pen, can befooled by any such flimsy excuse. But again. When the Colonel was elected the last tune to Congress, where we e his scruples? The whigs had just then elected their Governo , and had a large majority in the Legislature; but still he slips in from a whig ; district and leels no compunction about hold ing a seat. Go to; that excuse, as given by the ‘ Federal Union,’ will not do. The Colonel, or his organ, must try again. Byway ol set-off to the yet unexplained conduct of the democratic candidate, our ex cuse-maker turns upon us, and with considera ble bravado wishes to know why Gen. Clinch resigned his station in the army. The friends of the old Hero are not afraid to meet this question, and to answer it. He did resign, mid | did so under circumstances that would have compelled any honorable officer to quit the ser- ! vice. Gen. Clinch had tried in yam to imp ress on the minds of the then President and the Se cretary at War, the importance of preparing against an outbreak of the Seiniuoles. He ap pealed to the powers at Washington to fur nish him with a force adequate to the coming emer gency, and whilst the authorities were coolly mak ng up their despatches denying the danger and withholding the means of curbing the sava ges, the war-whoop was raised along the w hole extended Irontier, tne shrieks of women and children mingled in every breeze, the weak perished in their weakness, the strong fell in their strength. Clinch was ordered to subdue the savages, and “conquer a peace.” But where were the men or the means to do it? | With a handful of half-famished soldiers he ' scoured the country, exposed to the whole force of the enemy, and finally, having chased the 1 wily Indian to his gloomy hiding place, charged them in the swamps of the Withlacouchee, and won a victory as important to the people of Georgia as any that has graced the annals of 1 the country for many a long year. What was ; his treatment? Was he honored by thenarrow souled partisans at Washington? was he from that time forth treated with decent politeness? No. Then, as now, his services were under rated, and his superiors, feeling the rebuke of his better judgment, determined to supersede him. Clinch felt the injustice of their conduct; he knew fie hud done his duty, and the country knew it, and he felt that all the action of the Government was a direct assault on his reputa tion—and so feeling, he resigned his post and flung his commission in the lace of as poor and pusillanimous an Administration as ever waged a war, or disgraced a country. Old Clinch was not the man to bow to the edicts of i; ower. He felt that lie was a Ireeman, wronged by those in power, and finding that he was pre vented Irom doing lurther service by the malice of those who then held m their hands the des tinies of the country, he quit the army and re tired to his iarm. is Hie • Federal Union’ satis fied ! What would our colemporary have done under similar circumstances ? Don’t tell us that you would have remained in the service, ami Dave submitted to all the injustice which I insolence in office could fling on a patriot and ! a soldier, ion would not have done so, ifvou ; have within you a particle of that chivalry | winch is the boast of your native Stale. No, no. We cannot, will not believe it. But we are done for the present with this matter. The conduct of Gen. Clinch, in every thing connected with the Florida war, exhibits him as a man of judgment, in forseeing the danger, and energy in meeting it, all unfurnish ed us he was, when it came. The soldiers and i. officers of that bloody campaign bear but one \ testimony ol his gallantry, humanity, generosi- i ty and kindness. No officer there or else- 1 where, in view of his unmerited treatment, ! blamed him for resigning when he could no j longer serve without dishonor. Every one re- * greited to part with him, and, from Gen. Scott * down, bore ample testimony to his high quali- ? ties as a soldier, a gentleman, and an otricer. j This is the man that the war-making democracy i of the land would crush—this is the man that I must be trampled under foot by the creeping things that worm their sinuous way to power. But the deed is not yet more than half done. Tiie voice of the unbought people has yet to be heard before his doom is finally proclaimed. That voice never yet sacrificed such a man as General Clinch without cause, aud without crime It is true, the friends of his present I opponent have blown up their candidate to most enormous mental dimensions since his nomination. But this is all wind. Old With- j lacoochee’s proportions are solid and subslan- j tial, and he will stand the wear of a candidacy j and come out, like pure gold, the brighter for j the rubbing. (Efironule cini) Sentinel. axj gust a, ga7 TUESDAY MORNING, AUG. 1847. FOR GOVERNOR: DUNCAN L. CLINCH, Os Camden. State Policy—State Finances —And the Issues they Involve. W £ have already shown that Democratic, and not Whig Legislation, prostrated the credit of the State. It is easy to show that it was not Democratic, hut Whig Legislation, which re stored it. The Constitutionalist referred to the Legislation of 1839, 41, and 42, when the Dem ocrats were in power, as the true source of a revival of the prosperity of the State. It has already been seen how the Legislation of 1839 cast the ship ofState upon the breakers of Democratic finance. Let us now, for a mo ment, examine that of 1841. What if this Le gislature did consummate the Biennial Sec sions act? The Whig Legislature of 1840 voted for the same measure. But the Legislature of 1841 reduced the pay of the members, from five to four dollars. What was the pay of the Le gislature of 1836, 7, 8 and 9 ? Five dollars per diem, and five cts. per mile. In the first two years and the last, the Democrats were in power. In 1838 the Whigs had the majority in the Senate aud the Democrats in the House. Was it anything extraordinary that the Le- I gislature of 1840 should continue the same pay. The Democrats reduced it to four dollars per diem, and four cents per mile in 1841, but, iu 1842 their patriotism got at a lower ebb, for they raised the per diem to four dollars and fifty cents and the milege to five. At this Session of the Legislature they added 25 per cent, to the tax act. True, but in 1841 they got into power upon the cry of repea? of the tax of 1840, im posed hy the Whigs. They succeeded, passed a bill to reduce the taxes 20 per cent., and Gov. Me Donald defeated it by keeping it in his pock et. Ju 1842 they passed condemnation upon themselves, by not only letting the Whig tax remain, but by adding 25 per cent, to it, aud this our neighbor parades as Democratic resto , ration of Slate credit. It was the Whigs of 1840 who took .he only sa<e and proper step to ; restore it. The Democrats vainly opposed it, i and finding that nothing else would do, finally ! deferred to Whig policy, aud like all new con verts rushed into it with zeal. Theirs, howev er. seems to have been a conversion brought about not.hy love but fear. It was not so much | from a love of the State as the fear of the peo ple. But the Whig Legislature of 1840 made the Central Bank meet the monetary demands of the Stale, and this is charged as agreatcrime ! We are at a loss to see how it was criminal to pay the interest of the public debt—to pay the public servaiTs for their services—the public creditors their just dues, aud to make provision for an annua’ reduction of the public debt.— All the funds of the State were in the Central Bank, aud hence, it was very natural that tiie State should look to that source for the means of meeting its obligations. Much credit is clahued for this Democratic Legislature, lor prohibiting “the lurther issue of Central Bark notes,” and requiring them I ‘ to be burned as they werepa’din.” Governor i Crawford and other leading Whigs are charged with opposing it. They opposed the hill because there was nothing in it to prevent the corninuance of the Bank, and re-issues at a future period, ifa succeed : ug Legislature should see proper to repeal the bill then under discus sion. The Whigs were iu favor ol putting the Bank to rest, by repealing its charter, and they opposed the Democratic bill in the hope of suc ceeding with their own policy. Tne bill passed, however, and, in its progress was rendered as good as it was, in part, by amendments proposed by Whigs. It is charged that a supplementary report of Governor Crawford to the Representative branch in 1842 did much to impair the credit of the Bank. That report exposed the bad management of the institution, its favoritism, and the plain ne glect of duty ami the public interests, on the part of its managers. It is quite probable that these exposures may have opened the eyes of the people, may have shown them the conse quences ahead. But for this timely expose they might have, and iu all probability would have been far more disastrous. The report was well-timed, full of startling truths, and did much to resist the tide of secret evil which was rolling on and spreading its destructive waves over the credit of the State and rights and pros perity of the people. The Constitutionalist states that, “in No vember, 1843, State Bonds and Central Bank hills were at about six or seven per cent, be low par only.” That, as they were nearly at par oefore Governor Crawford was installed into office,as Governor, he could not have pro duced that result, nor could the Whigs, f r the Legislatures of 1841 and 1842 were Democratic. The Constitutionalist states rightly the value of Central Bank bills about the Ist of Novem ber, 1843; but he is far from being right us to tbe Bouds of the State, By referring to the tables we find that, November Ist, 1843, those bonds were quoted at from seventy-five to se venty-six. Thus, they were at a discount nearly four times as great as stated by that pa per. They sold rapidly at seventy-five to se venty-six on the first of November. On the 29th they were firm at eighty, and December 29th, they could not be bought for ninety cents. Nov. Ist, Centra! Bank bills were at 6to 7; on the 29th from 4to 7, and Dec. 29th, from 3to 4. Thus, it will be seen that these bonds and bills, particularly the former, rose rapidly in value soon after the commencement of Governor Crawford’s administration. Why had they rose in value before ? Be cause of Democratic legislation and policy ? Not at all ; but because of those of the Whigs. Was the Democratic policy of authorising the Central Bank to issue millions of its bills with less than $50,000 of specie on hand, calculated to enhance their value ? Was the Democratic be policy of borrowing hundreds of thousands of t 0 dollars at 8 per cent, to loan out at six, calcu- y lated to effect that result ? VYe can easily ima- vi gine how much worse the case Would have been if the Whig Legislature of 1840 had fob lowed the advice of Governor McDonald, who recommended, in a message to that body, the borrowing on the credit of the State ofseveral millions of dollars more, forTthe purpose of loaning them out, through the agency of the P Central Bank. h We intended to recapitulate briefly the delete- e rious action of the Democrats on this subject, r ' and the beneficial Legislation of the Whigs. — But we will close for the present, as we fear to v be tedious, and will have the opportunity, and c will take occasion to do so, at some suitable pe riod before the election. The claims of Georgia Democracy to tin- a equalled finance, must, we opine, be set down, v either to political strategy, public mockery, or g farcical pretension. s - ■ t Whig County Convention.—At a meeting of the Whigs of the Fourth Ward the follow- ing gentlemen were appointed delegates to the j j County Convention to nominate candidates for j tiie Legislature: Wm. 11. Goodrich, | I sham Thompson, J AS. T. WoOTKN. y Hkai.th of New Orleass.— The official list * of Interments in the City of New Orleans from 9 ' A. M., of Monday, the Kith August, to Tues- t day, the 17th, at the same hour, was 64, ©('which i 52 were of Yellow Fever. < ~ ' m ~ c Yellow Fever. —The N. O. Delta of the IBth iust. says : The list of interments for the twenty-four hours preceding nine o'clock yesterday, exhibits an alarming increase in the number of deaths by Yellow Fever. Fifty-two deaths in twentv-four hours is certainly, con sidering die sparse ness of our population at pre sent, a large number and shows that the dis ease has assume 1 an extensively epidemical character. That number is about the usual weekly mortality of our city. This time last i year, we think, the deaths in our city did not f exceed sixty or seventy a week—at the present ( rate they would be 448 per week. This is tru- | ly a frightful increase. The weather yesterday ( was pleasant in the shade, hut very hot in the sun. The southern wind blew freely, and al- J « together the atmosphere was not unfavorable to health. i The probability is, that at least4oo,ooo immi- j grants will land on the shores of the United j ( States mid British North America, during 1847. i From the Baltimore American. Mr. Clay. 1 It will he graft v'lug :o the friends of this dis- 1 tlngmshed c'fizen to know fhrt he is enjoying 1 himself at Cape M ay, and, with improved health, freely participating in all the pleasures * and enjoyments of that delightful watering J place, li is perhaps the most remarkable fea ture : i the : n 'unions of our country, ihA a man v* no e tale «t and fame has pene aled be 1 remo .est corners of the car.h, and whois t o\y * o»e of n.v i ecs noo'emcn ’ c.»n with 1 Lis fellovv-c .ilzens, unrsnira'nad and n*>'entered, by pomp and useless parade. ! 1 The ib'lowing lively letter is from the Fhilo delphia Inqu re**: Cape Mat, August 18. 1 The great man to ■ ived here on Monday eve- i niug, and was me. at the landing by nearly all j the visitors on the t 'and. As soon as it was ( ascertained that i e was on board the Robert Morris, the multanc'e» omcnenced shouting and 1 huzzahig; and vvhe i re pat foot on shore, ( their joy appeared o 1 aovv no boundA The . ladies waved the'r hand -e'ch'cfs from the car riages to welcome him cud amidst rejoicing * and enthusiasm, he was conveyed to the Island. 1 The flags at the severe’ iio.ic.es were instantly j displayed, and the Island suddenly assumed an appearance of life and aci’vhy to which it had been for some time a stranger. , I Together with his friends, Mr. Swift.and Mr. i White, Mr. Clay stops at the Mansion House, (Mr. Ludlam’s.) It was a .■> Wishing sight to j sec this greatest man of our couniry, after the i 1 first excitement of his arrive! was over, quietly i 1 strolling on the beach, or enjoying !i ; gar— ! t or engaged in a social chat with tei. i ea.— i Overcome with the fatigues of the da y i;e re- ’ tired at an early hour. It had been p-ev‘ously t announced that he would meet his ir'eids the c next morning, at 9 o’clock, in the Public Hall ' j or Sa'oon. Long before the appointed hour the room 1 was thronged with the boarders of the»several ; j hotels. When he entered, it seemed as though the whole Island had assembled. He was in troduced to the company by the master ofeere- * monies, and then every person in die room . c walked up, and was particularly introduced and | f shook him by the band. As soon as tins cere- I mony was over, the Brass Band s.ruck no the c “Clay March.” and Mr. Clay, taking the arm of one of the ladies, led off’ a promenade, in J d which all present immediately joined. j Shortly before the bathing hour he took his leave, and all hastened to join him in the surf. I The gentlemen escorted him to the waters s edge, and the ladies then crowded around.— / Mr. Clay seemed surprised and astonished at the novelty of his situation; but quickly enter ing into the spirit of the fun, be "g lighted—at one moment he swam on the top of p ( the breakers, and as he did so with his head b covered with a bathing hat, you could hardly j, have believed he was more than 45—so much j agility and life did he display in his motions. c At another moment, he was deeply engaged t | in ducking the ladies’ heads under the water, or f, in having his own forced down. p, Great was the scrambling among the females 0 to grasp bis hands in the water. Reluctantly a did he leave the sUrf when his friends deemed s it expedient for him. He expressed his satis- 0 faction and d«' : ght as soon as he emerged from e the sea. He will probably remain on the Is- p I and till the early part of next week. We ex pect him to dine at the Columbia house on Thursday or Friday. About sixty pusseligers s; came down in the Ohio yesterday, with the h Hon. John M. Clayton, who is stopping at the p “At’anlic.” The w eather here is delightful, the d bathing superb, and the accommodations ex- p cellent. There are about six hundred on the tl Island. a , Mr. Clay and the people of York, Pa. — The H York Republican of Wednesday says: — tl It having been announced in the Philadel- o phia and Baltimore papers of Saturday that Mr. Clay would remain in the latter city until Mou- ~ day, several of our citizens, amongst whom ‘ was Hon. C. A. Barnitz. went to Baltimore by 11 the afternoon train of cars, for the purpose of a ,' payiugtheir respects to the great Statesman, and to prevail upon him to visit York in his tour. — On their arrival at Baltimore they learned that tb he had lelft in the Philadelphia cars in the J 1 ? morning, and, not being able to ascertain cer- V. tainly where they would be able to meet him, V they addressed a note to him tendering him the & hospitalities of our Borough, should it meet his arrangements and convenience to favor us with rt his presence. As soon as a reply is received, 0 i it will be given to the public. * th A meeting of the friends of Mr. Clay waste a j 111 - 1 r * ' 1 — r-—r—i e held in Boston on Wednesday afternoon, • ) adopt measures to invite him to that city. The friends and admirers of Mr. Clay in New fork are also making efforts to induce him to isil that city. They intend to despatch a steam mat to him to-day for the purpose of convey nghim direct to New York, if he can be pre ailed upon to go there. For the Chronicle and Sentinel. “ The Great Junction Railway.” In your weekly paper, of the 18th instant, I jerceive a writer, styling himself “ Warren,” ms undertaken to answer two letters pnblish ;d, on the subject of the contemplated Rail road to be run from Washington in Wilkes, via. Sparta, and to connect with the Central Road, .vhich were copied from the Savannah Republi :an into your paper. Warren would seem, from his remarks, to take you to task for pub lishing the same without “comment;” while it the same time, he appears anxious to con vince the friends of that enterprise that “ a sin gle track might be made to answer” the neces sities of the owners of stock in the contempla ted Railroad. I think myself, and 1 believe the friends of the contemplated Road think “ a singlt track might he made to answer ,” nor have I ever heard that any individual in Wilkes or Hancock county contemplated ever building a double track, and yet Warren himself has gone farther to show that a double track may be necessary than any letter writer to the Sa vannah Republican hits. It often happens that when we undertake to prove a point we prove 100 much; and indeed the argument of War ren reminds me of a friend of mine who was a candidate for the Legislature at a certain time, and in a certain county in Georgia. Political parties were nearly equally balanced. My friend was a candidate for the House, and he was running in connection with a “ preacher” for the Senate. The county held a meeting to discuss whether any “preacher” of the Gospel should be elected, in any event, to the Legisla ture. My friend, who was not distinguished as a preacher, or indeed for religion, attended the meeting and made a fine speech to the meeting, showing that “ preachers” were the very best men to legislate for us, and so the meeting voted they would have no members except preachers. Now evidently my friend proved more than he intended or even wanted to prove; so I think of Warren, He has proved that Augusta is a better market than either Savannah or Charleston. Now if this he true, we here are glad to learn it, and will not dispute his proof. Then build the road from old Hancock. Augusta shall have our cotton, and what is of still more importance to Augusta, every bale that now comes down tiie Central Railroad to Tennille will strike across on the contemplated Railroad and make that fine stock, which might, to do all the business, require in time “a double track” and be of immense benefit to Augusta. But Warren goes on to remark : “I think one track might be made to answer for the present, at any rate until it is ascertained whether any right can be obtained to tear up the Georgia Railroad, and appropriate to the use of another, in express violation of their charter.” Now, in all kindness to Warren, it does seem to me he is a little out of temper. The friends of this road never have contem plated tearing up the Georgia Railroad, nor have they in this section any hostility either against the road or Augusta. They propose running a road for what the projectors suppose may lie to the benegt of the public. They will, it is true, if they build the road, run across the Georgia Railroad, but not tear it up, or throw the slightest obstacle to tiie free use of the Georgia Railroad. The friends of the con templated road think they have the same right to cross the Georgia Road, that the public has to cross with highways. Those who are learned in the law say there is no more right for the Georgia Railroad to restrict this road than the public highways’ But would War ren restrict us if he could? Surely the peo ple of Augusta would not, and for the best of reasons: If Augusta is the best market, (and Warren says it is,) then when produce gels to the cross road It will go to Augusta or Charleston. If it is not the best market, would they use a chartered privilege to compel pro duce to Augusta ? It is evident the Legislature has granted no such privilege. It appears to me unreasonable to suppose they intended to grant it in the absence of an express grant. Let the Legislature grant the charter, and if the Georgia Road has now ihe right to prevent crossing and will not yield the light, then the friends of the contemplated road must take the consequences. If she can now prevent it by her chartered privileges, the Legislature cannot deprive her of it; if she has not the right to * prevent, 1 apprehend there will be but few planters in Georgia who will deny to them selves the right of a choice in markets, although Augusta may be the best market Health of Mobile.— From the 2d to the Sth ofjhis month, the Board of Health reported four cases of yellow fever, two of which, we aelieve, terminated finally. No other cases uiye occurred during the season, and after a iiligent inquiry among the physicians and the fitizens generally, we feel fully warranied in die assertion that the city is remarkably healthy jor the season of the year, and is entirely free rom any indications adverse to a continuance >f Ipalth. Our friends abroad are cautioned igainstthe idle minors that are afloat on this subject, and to rely implicitly on the reports )fthe Board of Health. No cases of fever will jscape their scrutiny; or fail to be promptlyjlaid jefore the public.— Register 2 0th inst. Goon.—-The “ Milton (N. C.) Chronicle” ays there is no more inconsistency iaappland ng Gen. Taylor for his heroic conduct in She irosecution of the Mexican war, while con lemning the Abecile imdministration of Mr. 3 olk for bringing it on, than in condemning he incendiary who sets fire to a house, and iwarding honor to the firemen who risk their ives in endeavoring to extinguish it and arrest he progress of the flames. True—every word •f it. Federalism.— A writer in the Richmond inquirer, blows up the theory of the Administra te© party, which is paraded on every occasion, ,nd in every quarter. “It is fashionable,” says he writer, “with democrats of the present day o say that the VUhig party is but a revival of he Federal party. “But,” adds the writer, “in nany things no two parlies were ever more un ike.What do the Simon Pures sav to this ? Vhat song will they sing now f — Raleigh Re ister. New Cotton. A bale of new cotton was eceivcd in this market onthel7th iust«, grown I n the plantation of Mr. John* Wilkerson, in 1 ilia county. It is said to be a very fine article, ’ nd weighs 450 lbs.— Albany (Geo.) Courier. ] V - THE CAMBRIA’S ACCOUNTS. J FURTHER EXTRACTS. < From the New York Commercial Advertiser. i i The foreign political news is of little impor- j tance, its chiefinterest being concentrated upon the borough elections in Great Britain. Min isters are supposed to have gained some mem bers, although some of their number have lost their election. The London Morning Chronicle gives the following probable state of parties in the new parliament. As compared with the last parlia ment it shows a loss of 35 to the Protectionists: ■ “Seats. Already gained by liberals from protectionists-. 30 Lost by liberals and gained by protectionists- •• • 7 Absolute gain from protectionists —23 Gained by liberals from Peelites 15 i Lost by liberals and gained by Peelites 10 Absolute gain from Peelites 5 Total absolute gain of the liberals on the borough elections 28 If the liberals gain upon the whole election, as we have supposed, 15 seats from the Peelites and 35 seats from the protectionists, the numbers will then stand thus: — Liberals 333 Peelites 97 Protectionists 228 I Total 658 This would give the liberals a majority of eight over the two sections of conservatives. | This, we are convinced, is not far from the re- j suit which will be arrived at; and we should ) not be much surprised to find instead of a ma- i jerky on any side, an exactly even division of j the House of Commons.” Lord John Russell and Sir Robert Peel were returned as usual, and it is confidently affirmed that Peel will enter into alliance with Lord ; John Russell, who is to be raised to the peerage, j and so conduct the business of government in ' the upper house, whilst Sir Robert resumes the leadership of the Commons. The Queen prorogued Parliament on the 23d ult. The following is a copy of her speech : My Lords and Gentlemen. —“I have much sat isfaction in being able to release you from the duties of a laborious and anxious session. I cannot take leave of you without expressing my grateful sense of the assiduity and zeal with which you have applied yourselves to the con sideration of the public interest. •‘Your attention has been principally direct ed to the measures of immediate relief, which a great and unprecedented calamity rendered necessary “I have given my cheerful assent to those laws which by allowing the free admission of grain, and by affording facilities for the use of sugar in breweries and distilleries, tend to in crease the quantity of human food, and to pro mote commercial intercourse. “ I rejoice to find that you have in no in stance proposed new restrictions, or interfered with the liberty of foreign or internal trade, as a mode of relieving distress. I feel assured that such measures are generally ineffectual, and, in some cases, aggravate the evils for the alleviation of which they are adop ed. “ I cordially approve of the acts of large and liberal bounty by which you have assuaged the sufferings of my Irish subjects. I have also readily given my sanction to a law to make bet ter provision for the permanent relief of the destitute in Ireland. I have likewise given my assent to*various bills calculated to promote the agriculture and develope the industry of that porlionof die United Kingdom. Myattenton shall be directed to such further measures as may be conducive to those salutary measures. “My relations with foreign powers continue to inspire me with confidence in the mainten ance of peace. “It has afforded me great satisfaction to find that the measures which, in concert with the King of the French, the Queen of Spain and the Queen of Portugal. I have taken for the pacification of Portugal have been attended with success: and that the civil war, which for many months had afflicted that country, has at last been brought to a bloodless termination. “I indulge the hope that future differences between political parlies in that country may be settled without an appeal to arms “ Gentlemen of the House of Commons. —l thank you for your willingness in granting me the necessary supplies; they shall be applied w ith due care and economy to the public ser vice. “I am happy to inform you that, notwith standing the high price of food, the revenue has up to the present time been more productive than 1 had reason to anticipate. The increased use of articles of general consumption has chief ly contributed io this result. The revenue de rived from sugar especially, has been greatly augmented by the removal of the prohibitory duties on foreign sugar. “ The various grants which you have made for education in the United Kingdom will. I trust, be conducive io the religious and moral improvement of ray people. “ My Lords and Gentlemen. —l think proper to inform you that ii is my intention immediate ly to dissolve the present Parliament. “ I rely with confidence on the loyalty to the throne, and attachment to the free institutions ot this which animate the great body of my people. I join with them in supplica tions to Almighty God that the deardi by which we have been afflicted may, by the Divine bles sing, be converted into cheapness and plenty.” On the 20th ult., Mr. Brotherton, in the House of Commons moved, 'that Her Majesty will be graciously pleased to direct that there be laid before this House a copy of the letter from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to Her Britannic Majesty’s Minister at Washing ton, acknowledging the donations in food and money of the Legislature and Citizens of the United States of America for the relief of the ! famine in Ireland.” He then referred to the large amount of provisions, which he vahied at £1(59,000, sent by America, and to the zeal and promptitude w hich marked the donation. He was followed by Lords Palmerston and Mor peth. Lord Palmerston. —I have very great pie* s ure in acquiescing in and supporting the mo tion of my hon. friend. The only regret I can feel on the occasion is fhatalthough the despatch for which he has moved, expresses in slrong terms the feelings of her Majesty's Government and the feelings which we believe animate the whole of the British nation, still lam sensible that no terms which could have been employed by me could adequately convey the feeliugsof l.iankfulness and admiration which the conduct of our brethren in the United States must have excited amongst all classes ofher Majesty’s subjects. As my.hon. friend has sta ted, not only was the supply sent, large, liberal, generous in amount, but the manner in which it was sent, the promptitude with which it was forwarded, and the strong feeling of interest which was expressed on the part of all those who n?d contributed to that supply, were more almost than could possibly be expected on the part of persons who, however united to us in orgin, and bound to us by every tie of language j and religion, of manners and habits, still, being separated by a mighty expanse of oefean, could not be animated perhaps by the same extent of , sympathy by wdnch our brethren in the United States have been so honorably distinguished. i I agree with inv hon. friend that transactions J of the nature are calculated *o cement in the ( strongest manner those ties which ought to ■ * unite kindred ir lions, and it is this circum- M stance which out no \ to be lost sight of, —that < while on the one hand acts of generosity such i as these bind and rivet the affections of those upon whom they have been conferred, on the 1 other hand they tend, by the very exercise which accompanies them of good and kindly i feelings, to increase the affection of those by 1 whom they are done towards those who have a been the objects of those generous acts. And a therefore, Sir, both in regard to the feelings which those actions proclaim in Anerica, I am o happy to think that whatever may have been v '■i l ~ 1 ' the sufferings and calamities which gave rise to these act®, at all events they have afforded to our brethren in the United States an opportu nity of doing that which will never be forgot ten by the people of this country, and, I hope for a long lime, will increase the good feeling of the people of the Uhited States toward* their brethren in this country. [Cheers.] Lord Morpeth said, as he had had very p e . culiar opportunities of noticing the warmth of feeling which existed in every part of the R. nion towardsthe inhabitants of this, which they called “the old” country, he could not help de claring his participation in the feeling sos satis faction and thankfulness expressed by the hon member and by his noble friend. It was iinpossi. ble to overrate the strength of those feelings evinced by the warmth of sympathy which had been called forth in America, and by the liberal and substantial tokens which had accompanied it, and which he trusted, w ould be considered to be amply acknowffeged by the despatch of his noble friend. But he was not sorry that, be fore Parliament rose, feelings such as those ex pressed by the hon. members had found a vent within the walls of that House. He had re. ceived letters recently from New York, descri i bing the measures taken there for securing the health and comfort of the destitute emigrants from this country, and at Boston an island had j been set apart for, and appropriated to hospj. | tals. He believed that the same kmdlv spirit prevailed all over the Union, from Maine to New Orleans, and although occasionally causes | of soreness and subjects of altercation would ; unavoidably arise between the two countries, as other nations, yet the touchstone of 1 calamity was only wanting to call forth at all times whatever was most generous and kind ! in our nature. He bore with pleasure his tes timony to the value of those feelings which the calamities of Ireland had elicited in America. ; (Hear, hear.) i The Peers of France have completed their i vindication of the law against ihe corruptorof M. Teste, M, Pellabra, who has been condemn ed to the payment of a fine of 10,000 francs and the forfeiture of his civil rights. In the case of the unhappy M. Teste, his punishment is not unlikely to terminate his life, serious ap prehensions being entertained of the fatal ef fects of an abscess formed on the chest where struck by the pistol shot in his insane attempt at suicide. Reiterated attacks have been made upon other members of the Cabinet, who are charged with corrupt acts, one of which is made the subject of an action for libel; and so serious had popular discontent become, that it was apprehended some general disturbance would break out on the celebration of the fetes of the revolution of July. All, however, pass ed off quietly, and the Bourse recovered from the panic which had agitated its members, part ly on these accounts, but principally owing to the heavy fall of rain, and of the temperature at the beginning of last week, which threatened the prospects of the harvest. The weather had become mild and warm, and new wheat, of every superior quality, has been broughtin to the market and sold at 28 francs the hecto litre. The Chambers completed their debates on Saturday, the 24th ult., but the transaction of the formal business of the session will occupy the upper house chiefly until the Jlth inst. Marshal Soult is to retire from the cabinet on account of age, and it is now settled that Gen. Bngeaud will undertake the Ministry of War. Ireland —We are sorry to be obliged to state that throughout this country fever is rapidly progre "lug and with fearful effect. We hear daily of death following death in rapid succes sion, while at the same time very little exertion is used to s ay the ‘ destroyer.’ The w eek’s rent, at the usual weekly meeting of the Repeal Association, on the 19th, was £49. 19s. 4d. All the speakers expressed a confidence that the repeal movement would regain st.engm, and that the next parliament would grant a repeal of the Union. An immense number of tenantry have been evicted at Charleville, on the Earl of Cork’s es.ate. The Queen of Spain having left Madrid for her summer residence at St. lldefonso, her con sort, contrary to her expressed wishes, mani fested so strong a determination to take posses sion of the vacated palace at the capital as to render it necessary for the Minister of War to forbid his entrance. He gratifies himself by riding into Madrid daily. The welfare of the kingdom renders it imperative that this unhap py state of things should be terminated. -In Portugal all remained quiet, ihe forma tion of the new ministry proceeded slowly. Italy has furnished to the world a singular exhibition of the crooked policy of despotism worked by its old tools the Jesuits. A fete was to be celebrated at Rome on the 17th inst.. in honor of the amnesty proclaimed to politi cal prisoners at the accession of Pius IX. When the populace were assembled to witness the display of fireworks in the public square, It was arranged by a band of conspirators, in cluding many persons of rank in the army and government, that parties, duly instructed, should commence an attack upon the soldiery, which would furnish a pretext for a general massacre, in which the popular leaders would be especially marked, and the tumult thus created would justify the removal of Pius, ° r the withdrawal of the administration of gov ernment from his control. The unwarrantable entrance of Austrian troops into the kingdom at distant points on the day fixed for the massa cre, and the discovery of other proofs and par lies to the plot, place it beyond adoubl that this was a preconcerted plan. Several of the chiefs, including the Governor of Rome, have been proscribed, and but for the influence of the popular leaders would have fallen victims to the fury of the people. The national guard at once organized themselves, and this untoward event may prove the precursor of the re-estab lishment of the nationality of Italy. The new Secretary of Stale, Cardinal Fer retti. has protested against the occupation of the Papal territory by tlje *Austrian troops, and the interference of that government in the internal affairs of the Roman States. Switzerland. —On the 27th ult?, at Berne, wa* installed the new “Swiss Popular Association.’ and its objects are avowed to be threefold first, the expulsion of the Jesuits; second, the dissolution by main fo.ee of the Sonderbund, or league of the seven cantons; and third, are vision of i ' federal compact. A committee is to sit at Be; charged with the execution ot the decrees ofihis association. The existence of such an association in the presence of the Sonderbund is calculated to lead to a civil war in two ways —either by its own action, or by forcing the diet to carry its own decrees into execution. Toe women of the Sonderbund have forme themselves into a military body, amounting 111 number to 672. They carry muskets or car bines, have officers, passwords, and, in art - 3 complete military organization. The state of affairs in China was still unsa isfaciory. Up to 23d May, all business remain ed suspended, and fresh disturbances were an ticipated. The mob had menaced the nor Keying, for his recent concessibns to reigners, and threatened to burn his pal? ce 1 he attempted to give effect to the late treaty, pecia’ly in so far as regarded a concession the English of land for dwellings, warehous® j &c. on the Honan side of the river. Thursday, the 29th ult., the Great was sufficiently raised to leave the keel c pletely visible, and workman were busi,' ® gaged ih renairmg the bottom, the vessel suspended .n the air by means ofthe le v ® r ’ j[( j wedge, the screw, and the large boxes ol Great hojles are entertained that she ' VI immediately got off. a cot - The Queen was expected to leave tor - land in her yacht on the 9th inst. j The Loudon Atlas speaking ofthe rep - marriage of the Duke of Wellington anj Bordett Contis, says—“ There is «° | any doubt that the preliminary eugag are nearly completed.” . AH' 1 British and North Anerican Steamship* ■ | ather of the steamships intended h ,r IJ ®, I revance of the mails between Engl am. a |
