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lltree, and rigged out Spanker and O’Blar-
ney, and we were all in high spirits but the
Mandarin, who seemed very much out of
sorts. Poor Tim walked up and down the
room in bis celestial togs like a perturbed
spirit, groaning, and uttering,
‘ Musha, Mr. O’Blarney, what a fool
yees are !'welting his whistle and cooling
his rising indignation every five minutes
with a drain at the sherry decanter. ‘ Ar-
rah ! Jack,’ said he to me, * sure, man alive !
what am I to do ? Is it to sit in a corner
like a cockshy, or a poor relation, sit
night I
‘No, Tim. of course not. You jo>n us, of
course, man. I’ll make signs to yo«» and an
swer for you. All you need do is to nod your
head, and say something monsydabic in Irish,
or gibberish. So keep your mind easy, and let
your whiskers grow, for you want them.’
‘ Shortly after the clock had struck five, Mr.
Snody Pooks was announced,—a thin, pale
young gentleman, with a profusion of lanky
black hairhanging over his shoulders; his shirt-
collar widely ihiuwn haeV. a fa B/ror. : and a
mercurial eye-glass, whieu seemed to have a
Hum Fum broke out into an irresisiible roar,
and muttered something in Irish I could not
catch.
‘He seems to understand me,’ said Guy.
* Oh! yes,’ said I, ‘ the word tael is strictly
Chinese. He laughed at hearing you mention
it.’
‘It not only means money,’ said Chafferwell;
‘ but in the Mandarin’s country the chief rent is
paid by if-’
Hum Fum wiuked. Guy said he was delight
ed to hear he was right.
I proposed the health of our guest, Wild-
goose; who, in return, assured us that, wide as
the earth was, and wii’n most parts of it he was
familiar, and countless as were the varied sym
pathies of its inhabitants, it was not more capa
cious than his heart, or so full of the mingled
feelings of joy and gratitude at their kindness.
He stated his intention of making four more
tours round the world, and then of sitting down
to write an imperishable volume. He should
be most happy to undertake any commission, for
any one present, to any part, and would most
particularly feel honored by carrying one from
the Mandarin to his native land; and sat down
with the earnest hope we should all meet again
v’:" i lie had completed his peregrinations. In
New York, Jan 26.
Nineteen dare later from Earepe.
The British Steamer Caledonia, Captain Lott,
arrived in Boston at seven o’clock Wednesday
morning, after a long and boisterous passage of
twenty-one days from Liverpool, which port she
left on her regular day, the 4th inst. She
has experienced head winds during the whole
passage.
Parliament was to meet February the 2d. The
next steamer will probably bring us the Queen’s
Speech.
The statement put forth by the Globe, that
Sir Robert Peel would promise in the ensuing
session of Parliament a fixed duty of twelve :
shillings a quarter on wheat, with a remission
of the state. If the treaty possessed no other
advantage, the latter wouid havesufficient charms
in the eyes of Espartero to ensure its adoption.
The insurrectional Barcelona, and the con
duct of the French Consu , M- Lesseps, accused
of having encouraged the insurgents, have form
ed prominent topics of discre tion, and created
no little angry recrimination between the French
and English press during the gteater part of the
past month. The active interference of the
French Consul, which was at first believed, se
verely commented upon, aud strongly condemn
ed in England, is now denied.
Recent investigations throw certainly a new
and more favorable light on transactions which
prevalent amongst the Danube countries, that
the Emperor of Russia had chosen the Duke of
Leutenburg, his son-in-law, as chief of a new
Byzantine empire, of which he meditated the
foundation. Prussia and Austria, it was added,
had given their consent to the plan, upon the
condition that Austria should have Moldavia and
Wallacia, and Prussia, Russia Poland, as far
as the River Bug ; while Gieece would receive
Thessaly, to consolidate it better; and the com-
i mercial league have the liberty of commerce as
! well as Austria ou the banks of the Danube.
STRIA.
The Levant mail brings intelligence to the
middle of November. The news from Syria is j
joining house, and in the act of getting through
the window, two of the boys were killed, which
was very much regretted by the Texiaus, both
officers and tneu. The others seon found an
opening, and recommenced their destructive fire
on the arlilery, until ordered to cease by their
own commanders.
On the 7th inst. Gen. Ampudia returned to
Matamoras (with the remaining portion of his
favorite regiment) amidst the applause of the
citizens, bringing with him two hundred and
twelve Texian prisoners; and was to leave for the
city of Mexico ou the 13th or 14th. Colonels
Fisher and Green, ns also the other officers and
men of the Texiaus, acknowledge the officerlike
previously looked suspicious. The French poli- i alarming. The Sheik Seeble Haiien has es- j conduct and gentlemanly deportment of General
ofsix shillings in favor of the countries disposed c > '- 0 ' var(ls s P ain has - of late >' ears - been ver y enped from the hands of the Ottomans, where he j Ampudia and his officers towards them during
to trade on reciprocal terms with Great Britain, equivocal, which is the more extraordinary, as „ as detained on political affairs, and gone among baU,e 31,(1 since the t.rr.j of their capitulation,
has been contradicted by most of the Govern- j ,be ol(1 lynx-eyed matrimonial match-maker, the Druses and Maronites. This Sheik is one ; A" t,,e foreign consuls and merchants at Mata-
great local dislike to the cornerof hiseyc, where j conclusion, li° bogged to drink the health of
he was continually hitching it, and from whence ! Hum Fum O'Ho! and may the war in China
it was continually dropping. Mr. Pooks was a
literary luminary, of no small brilliancy amongst
the coterie ofeits at Clapton, where his fuller’s
country-house was situated. The minute Pooks
saw the Mandarin, his eje—that is, the glass in
his eye—became fixed, and, though he went
through the formality of introduction to the
Barott and the Count, his ogle never ceased to
rest upon Hum Fum
rin, who had been
to the window-pane, on hearing Pooks announc- | his fore and middle fingers, placing their divided
ed, turned round. I brought Snody up to him, tips on each side of his nose; he then inserted
and, making signs with my fingers, introduced ^ between them, underneath his nose, the fore-
him. ! finger of his right hand, which said finger he
be cemented securely by a speedy peace.
‘Avery pbil—phil,’ hiccuped Pooks, ‘pit'll—
anthropic toast—’
‘ For tea, and for one in his cups,' said Chaf
ferwell, who saw Pooks was getting on.
On interpreting the sentiment to the Manda
rin. he performed an extraordinary manual evo
lution, placing his left thumb on his third and
by _
ment organs, and is now generaNy“disbelieved. ' Louis Phillippe, has evidently had long upper-
There was little or no change in the markets i most in h.s thoughts an alliance between h,s son,
or in the monetary affairs of Great Britain. In l ^ ^ um ‘ l an( ^ the Queen of pain,
the Cotton market the imports from December . EsP^ro, like most great men, rises with try-
2d to the 30th, were 113,773 bales. For the year, ,n S occasions. The revolt ot the Catalans was
1,246,547. There was a larger amount of busi- , suppressed in a masterly manner, and the pumsh-
ness in the last week, 32,450 bales, without nta- I ment which followed seems to have been tem-
terial change of prices. | P e,ed wuh mercy. He is bent upon crushing
The first number of Dickens’ new work “ Mas
ter Chuzzlewel,” had made its appearance.
Our Minister, Mr. Everett, had been spending
some time at the Dayton Manor with Sir Robert
Peel, in company with several distinguished of
ficial persons.
the semblance of disaffection. At present there
is a military force in the province of Catalonia
alone, exceeding 46,300 men—so say the latest
accounts, which come down to the 25th Dec.,
12,000 of which occupy Barcelona and its forts.
The collection of the 600,000 dollars, theset-
of those who gave Ibraham Pacha so much trou- j moras speak in the highest terms ot General
ble. Omer Pacha is blockaded up in Der-el- | Ampudia’s conduct towards the prisoners.—
katuer ; he has with him 4,000 or 5,000 regular ! I lie officeis have the privilege ot the town, ac-
troops. The Druses and the Maronites took | cotnpanied by a Mexican officer of the same
possession of several convoys, in which they J grade, they dine and spend their evening at Am-
found much provisions, munitions of war, and podia s, and appear as well satisfied as could be
other things for Omar Pacha; the escorts were expected in their present situation. There does
disarmed and made prisoners. ! not appear to exist the least bad feeling be-
The chiefs of the Druses sent a petition to the tween them.
The corn law agitation was extending in parts - tlement °f the conscription question, and the
of England, and it was believed that the govern- f r ® at J °‘ commerce with England -all must be
ment intended to make material changes aud me- jnforced ere tranquility is restored. \ an Ilaleti
liorations in those laws. 1 ls tlie new Governor-General of Old Castile, and
The Barcelona insurrection appears to have i at tlie earnest solicitation ot Espartero. General
1 j — --
P"™ ,°’ H ° ! ? ,i t tt,e fin g ers ' and covering them in his palm, he ( been entirely put down, and the energetic action Seoane has consented to succeed him as
whistling Paddy O Rafferty j elevated h.s hand, and extended perpendiculatly of Espartero is said to have given him great pop- j civil and military Governor of Catalonia.
4 Hurroo mundhool !’ said the Mandarin, after
looking at him seriously and attentively.
4 Dome the honor to interpret,’ said Pooks.
He asks,’said 1, ‘How do you do with your
eye out ?’
‘Oh! ha! very good,’ said Pooks.
Fitzdoldrum now entered. He bowed for
mally to all; the Mandarin, of course, being the
grand attraction.
* Iloki pokiwhanki fum!’ said the Mandarin,
quite grave.
•A»v—don’t exactly understand,’ drawled
Fitzdoldrum.
‘ He hopes your bowels are salubrious,’ said
I—‘ a Chinese compliment. 5
‘Aw! much obliged, aw!—rather stange,
aw!’ said Fitzdoldrum.
mysteriously wagged for a minute or two, wink
ing all around.
The solution of this movement being desired
by Guy, I informed him that it was in lieu of a
speech which I had notified him was expected,and
that the meaning of the action literally express
ed, ‘ I wish you may get it.’
‘Did you tell him that I would be happy to
take any commands to China for him to his fami
ly ? said Guy.
I made signs, and the Mandarin put his arm
over his left shoulder.
‘ What does he mean by that?’ said Guv.
‘His mother doesn’t know he’s out,’said I.
‘Beau—beau—beau—tifully expressive!’ hic
cuped Snody Pooks; Fitzdoldrum gave a loud
snore; upon which Caflerwell gave ‘our absent
But now came tbe great gun, Guy Wildgoose, 1 friends;’ and the Mandarin took a burnt cork
who with a hop-step-and-jump bounced like a and ‘ buzzed' (blacked his face) Fitzdoldrum with
ularity throughout Spain. Tlle foreign news of the month beyond the
A daughter of Louis Phillippe, the Princess even,s m Spain, and the feeling in France ar.s-
Clcmentine, is to be married to the prince of ,n = out 01 1 ,ein ‘ possess little interest. Every
Saxe Cobour<*. ! c,rc umslauce worth narrating will be found un-
A most destructive fire occured at Liverpool, 1 der tl,e proper heads. We may mention, as not
and property to the amount of from <£50,000 to undeserving of attention in the western world,
<£100,000destroyed. I l ”at the last Levant mail brought an account of
It is stated that the Steamer Great Western is M elie |J**t Ali being anxious to purchase tbe
to be purchased by the Pacha of Egvpt. ' ° ,eat 'Vestern steamer, which he wishes to con-
Tlte aecouchment of the Queen, who is again ' eit into a war frigate. \\ e know nothing of the
enciente, will not take place, it is expected, be- [ rutl °f otherwise ol the statement, but this we
fore May. I know, that the ambitious and energetic old Pasha
On the morning of the 21st ulr. a fire broke just the man who would delight in the posses-
out in the premises of Messrs. Platt & Co., Tar i s, ° n , a ? vessel like the one in question,
and Turpentine distillers, parliament street, Liv- j W *LL. ■ 1 *" ,lle waters like a thing of lile. ’
erpool, which consumed their works, besides!. .*y e ,ar gc steam frigates, it is said, are now
two large warehouses, a school house, and some I building r.t Blackwall, London, tor the Emperor
cottages. The property insmed amounts to 0 Bussta, to be used in the black Sea for the
<£53 880. 1 P , ' ose cntion of the war against the Circassians.
Au awful catastrophe occurred in a Catholic O ne °f the steam frigates is dow completed,
chapel at Galway on Christmas day. At early
prayers, in the parish capel, there was an im-
Seraskier Pacha in which they said they were
and always wished to be under the Ottoman gov
ernment, but that they would not be governed
by any other governor than their Emir Bechir,
or one of his sous.
EGYPT.
The accounts from Alexandria state that Me-
liemet Ali was still in Lower Egypt, and not ex
pected to return to Alexandria lor some rime.—
His son, Ibrahim Paclia, had arrived at Cairo.
It was said that tiie ex-Capitan Pacha, who de
livered the Ottoman fleet into the hands of Me-
liemet Ali, had obtained his pardon from the
•Sultan, but was not permitted to reside at Con
stantinople. The mortality continued atnon
[From the N. Y. Journal of Commerce.]
EXPENSE OF VISITING ENGLAND
Messrs. Editors:—Inquiries are frequently
made respecting the expense of a trip to £„
land. It may gratify and benefit your readers uj
have a leaf Iroin the expense book of one »} 10
took a trip thither a year or two since. \Vl len
he visits this city he is accustomed to stop at
Bunker's Mansion House, Broadway, and |. e
aimed to live quite as comfortably on the p as , a
ges and during the month he staid in Loudon
Some of the items might be teduced by SIri( .[
economy. The passage, for instance, in a tran
sient ship, might be twenty or thirty dollars less
each way. Expenses in London too might ea
sily be reduced to Si or $1,25 per day. ] u t [ le
annexed estimate I state the cost of niv 0 * n
board lor two or three weeks. I had a pleasant
suite of rooms in a quiet, central part ol' the citv
consisting of a parlor, bed room and dressjjj
room, for a sovereign a week. The servant pur
chased what I wanted for breakfast and tea. and
prepared everything needful, for which services
and boot cleaning, I paid her 6d per day. bin
ner I took where 1 pleased. The first gentlemen
whom I saw, dined at Chops lor ls sterling, jf
| one should prefer boarding at a coffee-house
Tbe General has adopted the however, he can do so, paying only for what he
u_ i-..i~ r-ii - : actua ||y has. 1 stayed at the London Colfee-
! House, Ludgate Hill, a very fine house, at tlie
following rates, viz:—Bedroom, with everv con
venience, 2s 6d ; breakfast ls 6d; dinner 2s (jj.
tea ls 6d; servants ls 6d— making 9s'Jd per day'
ed to him, “ you are too small, they would run or say §2.25 per day. If any of the meals me
over you in battle.” To which the youth repii- omitted during the'dny, tl
ed, “ as small as I am, I made twelve of vour
small boy, and the little fellow is running about
town as gay as a lark.
Shortly after the arrival of the prisoners in
Matamoras, one of tbe Mexican Colonels,
placing his hand upon the youth’s head, observ-
they are not charged,
and anything extra makes an additional char"/
countrymen bow low to me the other day in less j The expense from Liverpool to London
than one hour.” saved by sailing direct for London.
I J 3
Expenses to c nd from London.
may b e
[Correspondence of the Bulletin ]
Matamoras, 10th January, 1843.
Gentlemen—The Texian prisoners taken at
the battle of Mier, numbering 212, arrived in
gate.
the cattle. Tbe Pacha intended to purchase the ; tlds (0W . D yesterday, and they are to be marched
Great Western to convert her into a steam-fri- j 10 llie clt J Mexico day alter to-morrow. It
j appears from all accounts, they fought very
Greece. j brave ly, an(1 killed more Mexican soldiers than
Letters from Athens of the 7th ult. announce , J be J Dumber, so that it can be said that “every
that the new minister of finance, M. Lillevergo, I lexian killed his man. 1 he numerical force
having become insane, the King had not been j a g H inst them was ten to one, the Mexicans being
able to supply bis place. All those to whom | over 2,000 uieu, while the Texians did not exceed
Pa<s
a^e to Li>
.erpool by
-ailin* chip,
Kail
roatl to Lt
melon, viz:
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menses in
London, '
iz:
Rooms pei week,
$5.00
7 bre
ukfasts al
Is 61 g.
1,03
7 tea
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$10,45 for 4
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I'assj
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2.30.
petard into the apartment.
‘Ha! Jack! most obedient,’ stopping, and
bowing round—declared himself delighted to
make the acquaintance of the Count—thought
lie had had the pleasure of knowiug some of his
family on the Continent.
‘ Ver possible,’ was the reply. ‘ Dey are gieat
number, dey are vidout count, aha!’
To the Baron lie bowed most obsequiously
twice, passed Pooks and Fitzdoldrum cavalierly
and quickly, his eye having rested on the Man
darin.
great seriousness, and wished to do the same to
Guy, who declined, until I told him that to make
a sleeping man in that manner was the custom
in China.
“ Ditheroo whack !’ said Hum Fum when he
had finished.
‘ What’s that?’ said Guy.
* It means, * You're another,’ said I.
‘Ha! ha! true.’
Chafferwell said that he would go and see
what had become of the Count, who had been
missing some time, and, after speaking in an un-
As our jokes were to be ad libitum and itn- j der tone to the Baron, left.
promptu, 1 was now in terror at the reception i In a few moments in rushed the Count, with
Hum Fum O’Ho! would give Guy. A break- j a cap stuck full of feathers on his head, flesh-
down at first, and the difficulty ingoing the pace j tights, tiger-skin cloak, spear and shield in hand ;
afterwards, would be tremendous. Guy, to our he gave the New Zealand war-whoop, dancing]
astonishment, stopped short when within five or j whirling, and jumping in most terrific style,
six feet of the Mandarin, stooped, knelt upon i Order being in some degree restored, I pro-
one knee, and knocked his forehead three times posed a bowl of punch: carried nem. dis., and
on the other knee, and remained in that position I Chafferwell proceeded to mix. The Count then
performing what he called the proper kotoo, ac- j accounted for his sudden appearance in his New
cording to rank. j Zealand attire, which he said was. first of all, to
Chafferwell came in at the last moment, \*l’o j amuse the Mandarin; and, secondly, he intend-
will describe himself. The introductions being j ed to go in it to the masquerade at Vauxhall;
happily over, aud dinner announced, we took j and, as the evening was fine, suggested a univer-
ottr places in the following order: j sal adjournment to that ‘gay and motley scene,’
Myself. .. Preses. [ after the discussion of the fragrant fluid—a pro-
Guy Wildgoose. The Mandarin. j position which was vociferously cheered, espe-
Baron Von SweUergelt. Hon. Augustus Fitzdoldrum. cially by Wildgoose. Indeed, this explanation
Snody Pooks. Count Munchausenini. ! of the Count came opportunely ; for Guy, mature
Sportington Chufferwell. j his state of elevation, began, 1 thought, to look
4 Capital!’ said Guy. j rather incredulously at the Baron and Hum Fum,
* Ver Goot!’ said the Baton Yon Swcltergelt. • after the entrance and exploits of the New Zea-
‘Aw—not so bad!’ said Fitzdoldrum. land chief. Wildgoose declared his delight, re-
‘C’est superbe!’ said the Count. | marking, ‘How the people would be taken in
‘ It possesses all tbe unctuous, invigorating, with the real Mandarin!’
inense concourse of people—the
manufacturing districts.
The trade of Manchester has exhibited con-
;allery, as is ! siderable improvement during the present week:
I usual on Christmas mornings, being crowded to I a circumstance most unusual at the close of the
| excess. B) the pressure of the crowd one of j >' ea r—the expirts to Canada have considerably
| the rails of the staircase was broken, and some • increased, (showing how inoperative the United
person, hearing the crackling noise, cried out | States Tariff will be found in practice,) and it is
that the gallery was giving way. A rush was I lo be remarked that the demand has not been
made lo escape, and many of the victims in their partial, but from all parts of the world with which
eagerness to get out. fc-ll down and wete tram- j' ve lla ve hitherto tiaded. The operations in
pled to death. 4000 or 5000 people iveie pre- i cl °th are to a fair extent this morning, and as to
sent, and no less than thirty-three people have i prices they must be reported firm, and in some
been killed. | instances, especially for shirtings, a slight im-
Thomas Thornley, Esq. one of the members provement must be noted. Twist is very firm,
for Wolverhampton in the House of Commons, j and a little higher, but not so buoyant as other
connected for many years with the United Slates j goods.
as a merchant at Liverpool, has recently return- ri ' lie accounts generally from the oilier mann
ed from visiting the principal cities in the Union. I factoring towns, report prices to be firm, but do
He addressed a large meeting of his constituents j not s P ea k of any improvement having occurred
in the demand.
his majesty had offered that department refused
to accept it, and it was ultimately thought that it
would devolve on a Frenchman named Guerin,!
who was formerly a commissariat clerk at Na- !
varino. “The treasury,” say these letters, “ is
in a state ofbankruptcy ; the public functionaries
have not been paid for the last three months.—
A crisis is fast approaching in Greece.”
Turkey.
The following is a letter from Constantinople
ofthe 7th ult. which says—“1 have this moment i
been informed that SirS. Canning has despatch- j
ed Mr. Schulbreld, the Cabinet messenger, by the
French steamer, with despatches to the com
manders of our ships of war at Smyrna, Vourla I l- j- •„
i . ... mi. . , belonging to the Santa I e expedition will re-
and Alliens. 1 lie nature of these despatches is ,i,_ , 1 ,
i . .i . . . , *, . : ceive the same treatment and guaranties accord-
not known; but the conclusion is, that the squad- e j t ( j t
I enclose you a copy of the capitulation taken
from the original which Gen. Fisher has in his
possession.
1 am in haste, yours, &c.
Camp of the Army of the Xorih,
1st Division.
Agreeably to the conference I had with Gen.
William Fisher, I have decided to grant—
1st. That all who will give up their arms, will
be treated with the consideration which is in ac
cordance with the magnanimous Mexican nation.
2d. That conformably to the petition which
the said Gen. Fisher has made to me. all persons
ron will be sent to the Syrian coast—probably
for the purpose of intercepting any reinforce- '
3d. All w ho desire to avail themselves of these
. „ , ,i . ,r o , .r- - j terms, will enter the square and there deliver np
ments that the Porle may think proper to send ! l |, e j r -, r ,,, s F
[Signed]
PEDRO DE AMPUDIA.
[on the 23d ult. relative to the state of parties
| there. He pointed out forcibly the advantages
| which both countries would derive from a free
j trado in corn, and advocated the policy of the
i Anti-Corn Law League in agitation so success-
j fully for a measure so important and beneficial,
j Tn matters ol'commerce, the long experience and
| enlightened views possessed by Mr. Thornley
! give great weight to his opinions in tbe assembly
! of which he is a member.
Commercial Summary.
| As regards business for the present, and pros-
I pects for the future, the year 1842 closed auspi-
i ciously. A more bouyant feeling now prevaJes
the whole community, and the new year opens would promptly have hazarded
upon us most flatteringly—more so, indeed, than ’
CHINA.
Speaking of the Chinese Treaty, one of the
English papers says—
There is another circumstance connected with
the Treaty, which appears in some degree to
detract from the seeming satisfactory character
of the conclusion of this war. The tariff re
mains an open question, which is to be discussed
and adjusted at Canton. The uncertainty of
tbe negotiation, we have reason to know, in many
instances, has deterred mercantile men from
embarking in those enterprises, which, had the
rates of imposts been definitely ascertained, they
: to Beyrout or Saida, and consequently, to assist j
the rebels in the mountain. I have not time to
enter into any observations on this unequivocal rp, ir mi • r , ,
I act of hostility; all 1 trust is, that we shall not I Mt ?CT r \ r ™ ors of ' he
have to pay too dearly for Sir Stratford’s phtlan- j vi'lr, l ' v f h,ch . w . ere brou ' | lt
thropv •> 1 : b y I,,e ,ast Galveston packet, and but partially
credited at the time, arc fully confirmed bv the
Austria and the United States. j authentic accounts received by the Doric, from
There is every reason to believe that a com- Matamoras. Col. Fisher, and more than 260
mercial treaty will shortly be concluded between ! of his fellow-soldiers, were prisoners in that town
the Austrian Government and the United States; at the date of the last advices. \Ve have re-
of North America. The negotiations between ceived No. 2 of a new paper entitled "El Lar-
Piince Metternich and the American Ambas-j ligode Texas" (the Scourger of Texas.) of the
I sador. Mr. Jenifer, ate so far advanced that no! 7th instant, which makes no mention of the
j doubt can be entertained of their speedy conclu- Mexican loss, though it laments the death of
; sion. Upon this the editor of the Hamburg some good men in the affair. The Courier ol
; Neue Zeitung remarks, that as a treaty between j last evening, (on what authority is not inention-
North America and Austria has been many years i ed,) states the Mexican loss 42 killed and 130
existing, the treaty here alluded to must be mere- wounded. The loss ofthe Texians. the account
and lubricating properties, said Pooks. 4 of
‘Right good soup,’ struck in Chafferwell.
‘Bless tny soul,’ said Guy, ‘the Maudariu has
burnt his mouth.’
Hum Fum was spluttering.
‘ A a bock clish !’ said Hum F um O’Ho !
‘ VYbat's that?’ said Guy.
‘Means, pass the wine,’ said I: ‘ and a good
hint, whether it comes from China or ’
‘ Cork, ahem! more appropriately,’ said Chaf
ferwell.
The bottle went round.
‘ Bearskin broth I found in Russia very excel
lent,’ said Guy.
‘ Mid de leetles ob de (tain-oil,’ said the Baron
—‘ver goot.’
‘Oil! can it be possible?’ said Snody Pooks
ihe punch was rapidly quaffed, coaches were
called, and off we rattled to the seat of merri
ment. Ir happened, by some unaccountable
neglect of the cletk of the weatlter, to be an un
commonly fine night, and the gardens were tol
erably filled. It is unnecessary to describe a
masquerade; suffice it, our party studiously
made the Mandarin the especial object of atten
tion—and Wildgoose’s serious questions, put
through me, with O’Blarney’s gestures and my
interpretation, though amusing enough, would
fill too much space. If not ‘the observed of all
observers,’ at least we were the ‘best made up’
musqued party. Pooks met some young cits,
who, as the phrase goes, • chaffed’ the delicate
and refiued litterateur ot Clapton upon his ap
pearance at such a gathering ; hut he seriously
‘Ver possible,’ said the Count; *ven de Rus- ( assured them, with many asseverations of truth,
sian ambassador "
suite drink up all
vas first come to Londres, de «f the circumstances of the evening, and that the tben '^ffil^hp !" e ". Ca , 1 la “ ,s R her .®: (
de oil in de lamp in de passage Chinese was a real Mandarin, coiue to visit our i ’ ? ' DdUCed ,he Braz ! l,an S
in de palace; leave all in de dark ; link it vos
dere souper.’
‘Light repast.” said Chafferwell.
‘Ugh! ugh!’ said Hum Fum.
‘ The Mandarin speaks,’ said the anxious Guy.
4 He says ‘ Brandy.’
‘ Schnaps ver goot,’ said the Baron.
The cognac performed the tour of table. Fisli
followed.
‘ Some part of the shark is excellent eating,’
said Guy. ‘ When I was iu South Pacific, we
frequently had it.’
‘Tousend debils” said the Baron, • ve haf
too much ob de shark at home.’
‘ Degum cutlets of de sharks are ver piquant,’
said the Count.
‘ Indeed!’ said Snody Pooks; ‘ what may they
be like!’
‘ Very like a whale,’ said Chafferwell.
‘ Ha ! ha !’ said Guy; ‘ very good, pleasure of
a glass of wine, Mr. Chafferwell.’
‘ Delighted !’
‘ Bless us!’ said Guy, with the bottle in his
hand, ‘the Mandarin is winking at me. What
can he mean ?’
* Fill his glass,’ said L ‘ That’s wliat be
wants.’
Guy did. Hum Fum nodded a ala Manda
rin, and the bottle passed. Guy was most at
tentive to the movements of the Mandarin, and
put several questions to him through me.
‘ The Mandarin seems very fond of potatoes,’
said Guy; ‘ ask him if they grow in his country.’
I made signs. Hum Fum put his forefinger
up to the corner of his eye, and stared Wild-
goose full in the face.
* Explain,’ said Guy.
‘ He wants lo know if you see any thing green
there?' said I.
4 A most expressive Eastern metaphoric allu
sion, I opine,’ said Pooks, 4 as to the soil and its
verdancy where that exeellentesculent vegetates.’
* 1,u t de potato do grow en Chine,’ said the
Count; ‘in de ’
4 Paddy fields,’ struck in Chafferwell, 4 to be
sure!’
‘ Ha! ha!’ roared omnes.
Another glass of wine.
‘Capital!’ said Guy. ‘Hang me! but the
Mandarin seems to enjoy the joke as well as any
of us. How heartily he laughs!’
Hum Fum O'Ho! certainly was laughing, or
rather roaring like a bull, and continually nod
ding and bobbing his head to Guy ; which civili
ty Guy returned by knocking his nob against the
edge of his tumbler with the utmost seriousness.
‘ Did you not tell me,’ said he to me, * that
Hum Fnm’s father was the great philosopher.
Krazi ?’
•Hah!’ said the Baron, ‘I neber zaw t
philosopher but vos vot you call crazy.'
* Without philosophy, I think,’ said Snody
Pooks.
4 The best thing you’ve said,’ interrupted
Chafferwell, looking at him full in the face. 4 A
glass of wine!’
Pooks bowed.
‘ Ask him,* said Wildgoose, 4 whether he
thinks the wat in China will have any material
effect on tea ?’
I made signs. The Mandarin made a fizzing
□oize with his mouth, and then let his tongue
drop from the palate against his teeth, making a
sound like the drawing of a cork.
4 What’s that ?’ said Guy.
‘It means that gunpowder is likely to be in
demand.’
‘ Very good! it will cost many taels per chest
—I think I’m right in the word. Ask him if
the money in his country is not reckoned by the
taels?'
sports and pastimes. All this flew quickly about;
and we were followed by a motley mob of fun
less gapers—the oi polloi of such scenes.
Hum Fum whispered in my ear, ‘Musha,
but this is cruel dln-y work, Jack.” throwing a
glance of the tenderest affection after a bowl of
putirh fuming fragrantly in the bauds of a waiter.
I took his hint, aud we installed ourselves m the
first vacant box, and ordered a magnum of the
exhilarative liquid and adjuncts. " About this
tunc I missed Spanker, but Chaflerwell said be
had left him waltzing with a sylphide of about
fourteen stone weight, at the rale of fifteen miles
au hour, in the Rotunda.
Our opinion had hardly been passed upon the
first glass lounij, when a figure, dressed a, mer-
veille as a mandarin, came up to our box. and
hitting Hum Fum O’Ho! a hearty slap on the
back, composedly filled a glass,' and, bowin"
round, looked the astonished Hum Fum full in
the face, saying,
‘ Never did it better in your life, Tim, ha ! ha !
Begad, O’Blarney, you would make a capital
aid-de-camp to Commissioner Lin J You would
astonish the natives.”
Wildgoose stared hard at the speaker, then at
me, then at Hum 1* um, whom I pinched signifi
cantly. Hum Fum with great composure gave
him a salutation, to the great amusement of all
present.
‘Very good! excellent! keep it up.” said the
new Mandarin. ‘By Jove! you Irish fellows
are the best humbugs in the word.’ And here
he pulled Hum Fnm's tail.
This was rather too much for O’Blarney, who
started a glassful of hot punch in the speaker’s
eye—a signal for a general uproar. Wildgoose
rushed out, and collared the masque Chinese,
and demanded fiercely to know why he insulted
his friend, the Mandarin Hunt Fu nr O’Ho. I
was anxious to know who the deuce had found
us out, and did my best to pacify O’Blarney.
‘Oh ."said tbe mask, ‘i (he is a Mandarin, I’ll
soon find that out—I’ll give him his revenge on
the spot by a Chinese duel —fight for our tails!'
Wildgoose declared he believed Lord Am
herst told him that was the mode of settling dis
putes in China, and submitted. We were all
too far gone in fuu for consideration, and a ring
was formed, and the combatants placed opposite
to one another: who, with great solemnity, pro
ceeded to the fight, the achievement being the
seizure and tug of one another’s tails. This was,
after a round of tnanoeuvering, productive of fun.
I any for years past. The darkest hour is the
' precurser of the dawn ; we seem to have pass
ed the one, and to perceive glimpses of the oth
er. Why should it be otherwise ? The war at
Affghanistnn is at an end ; that in China has
terminated opportunely ; a new commercial trea
ty with Spain is on the tapis ; and belter than all,
our own commercial restrictions promise to be
[speedily relaxed, if not entirely abolished. All
[this is cheering, and must produce beneficial re-
j suits. Money is abundant, and only wants safe
I cannels for investment. The cotton crop of
last year is believed in this country to h:ive been
abundant beyond any previous year, and little
[doubt is entertained that Congress, either during
! the present or the next session, will soften the
I harshest features of the new tariff.
The uneasiness which prevailed amongst cotn-
i mercial men respecting the treaty with Brazil,
has been removed, according to rumor, by the
mission of Mr. Ellis to that country, though the
result of his negotiation is perhaps better known
throughout America than it is here. On dit,
_overn-
ineui to view the present treaty in the same
| light ns the British government—namely, that it
terminates in 1844, and not, as they contended,
‘in 1842 ; that the basis of a new treaty has been
arranged by the admission of Brazilian sugar at
30s. per cwt. being a differential duty of 14s in
favor of British plantation sugar, which will
i then come in at 16s. per cwt. : and that this ar
rangement has been the effect of compulsion
rather than choice, as the Brazilians had the
pleasant alternative of adopting it or of fighting
Great Britain.
The Cotton trade has partaken of the improved
j feeling .vhich exists. The average weekly con
sumption, during the year, throughout Great
| Britain, has been 22,315' bags, of which 17,178
have been American. The imports show an in
crease of 111,000 American during the year, as
compared with the preceding year, while the
stock is estimated at an increase of 55,000 bags.
The new Cotton crop is reaching this port in
, large quantities from New Orleans, Mobile,
; Charleston, Savannah, and New York, and tbe
belief is general that it will reach two millions
! or two millions and a quarter bales, of which a
million and a quarter, at the least, may^be ex
pected to reach this country.
The prostrate condition of the Cotton trade
in the manufacturing districts oflate has kept the
price ofthe raw material very low, but it has now
reached its minimum, in ali probability, and better
rates inny speedily be looked for. We refer our
readers lor additional information respecting the
current prices to another column..
The money market continues firm, while in
shares there has been an improvement itt the es
tablished, and a retrogade movement in the spec
ulative lines. The scrip of the Canadian loan
bears a premium of 1 to 1J per ct, with a certainty
of increase. Bargains in it are of daily occur
rence, and it will soon be absorbed at prices that
will afford au excellent profit to tbe contrac
tors.
ly a supplementary one.
j On the other band, the negotiations in Berlin
for a similar treaty cannot proceed verv speedily.
! Mr. Wheaton, who is unquestionably the most
able of all the American diplomatists in Europe,
has made great efforts lo push the business for
ward, but without much success. Independent-
I ly of other impediments, the lingering and cir
cumstantial nature of the proceedings of the
Zollvereio lends to retard such negotiations.—
But the example of Austria cannot fail to have
It appears that after the conclusion of the
Treaty, restless French resident authorities of
fered to mediate between the Chinese and Great
Britain. The Chinese, however, who are con
stitutionally averse to all acts of foreign inter
ference, and who considered it an anuovance
sufficiently galling that thev were driven into i r ., . „ „ _ .
intercourse with one barbarian race, adjusted j a favorable influence. Aeue Zeitun
the affair themselves, quietly refusing to avail —3
themselves of the inestimable advantages which [Fiom the N. O. Bulletin, Jan. £6.]
the tricksomness of Gallic diplomacy might have LATEST FROM MEXICO,
gained for them. Indeed, it is said, that the ; Particulars of the late Battle.
Chinese are disposed to eoufer upon England all Ry the schooner Doric, from Matamoras, we
the privileges which, at the risk of defeat, the : have received dates to the 14th inst.
loss of life, and at the expenditure of treasure, | News was received in Matamoras, by an extra
England alone and unaided has challenged and courier, from Generals Woll and Canalus, on
wdn. ; the 15th ult. to Gen. Ampudia, that the Texians,
The Glasgow East India Association have I from eight hundred to one thousand strong, had
memorialized the government to reduce the duty I captured Laredo, and that the Mexican forces
on tea. They urge that as tea is the staple com- wer e
of which comes from Col. Fisher, was 12 kill
ed and 19 wounded. We refer to our corres
pondence for full details.
inodity which China must return for our exports,
a reduction in the duty imposed upon it by this
country, would induce a greater demand for Bri
tish manufactures in China.
It is rumored that the steamers engaged in the
late war are to be employed as mail-boats between . . „
India and China—Bombay is recommended as side of the Rio Grande; and on the foliowin
tiie rendevous, and the despatches which reach
Europe under existing arrangements but once,
will, in the event of tbe suggested alterations be
ing completed, be forwarded twice in each month.
not strong enough to attack them, in con
sequence of which they had to fall back, during
which time the Texians had advanced ahead oT
them by the southern route towards Matamo
ras.
On the receipt of this, Gen. Ampudia made
Miscellaneous Items.
A Duel Prevented.—W’e have seen, with
regret, for a long time, a violent and increasin'*
personal quarrel between the editors of the
Richmond Whig and Enquirer. The contest
had recently assumed a character which called
for an adjustment in some way or other, and
we were uot therefore surprised to hear that a
duel had been arranged between Mr. J. H. Pleas
ants, the editor of the Whig, and Mr. W. F.
Ritchie, the son of the editor of the Enquirer!
Mr. Ritchie it is said, was the challenger, and
the terms were twenty five paces; fowling pieces
loaded with twelve buckshot each; the guns to be
laid at the feet of tbe combattants, at the word
‘fire,’ each was to seize his gun and fire within
the time 4 three.’ Saturday morning was the
time fixed. The prompt interference of friends
on Friday night prevented the hostile meeting.
(Baltimore Patriot.
Rich JoKt
about Dicksns.—A story is
current of Mr. Dickens having gone, a few days
ago, to Stratford-on-Avon, (tbe birth place of
. Shakespeare,) with a letter of introduction to the
preparation for an immediate march up the south Mayor, which he sent from the inn where he was
day [ stopping. The Mayor is a banker, and has less ac-
FRANCK.
The Paris journals during the last month have
been almost exclusively occupied with flippant
and angry discussions of the Barcelonian affair.
His Majesty has constituted a privy council,
composed cf certain past-acting officers and func
tionaries, of whose privileges the feverish citizens
seem no little afraid.
The journals contain little matter of interest;
rumors of a change of ministry were still in cir
culation in Paris, founded on the determination
(all .tough the weather was very bad) he marched I qttaintance with literature than with Cocker. He
with two battalions, known as the Sappers and j was ignorant of such a person as Dickens The
[ -'v ner3 > and continued a forced march until the , cashier told him it was ‘ Boz.” “ And whn ic
afternoon of the 22d uit.. when they arrived at Boz ?” said his worship; “ Go tell him if he wants
lbe c,t 3' of M 1 ®';’ distant about fifty leagues from to deposite he can send it hfyou, and if'he warns
I ^ m* 10 -™ 9 ’ , ^. ews llavm S already arrived that to draw he must come himself!” The cashier
, the 1 extans had crossed the Rio Grande, and delivered the message to the no small ainnse-
I were only two leagues distant from the town, they ment of the author. It would he difficult to find
fu^!A? n f d j _?' r , el 7 and P r fP aretl 10 receive the humblest ‘ help’ in (lie United States display-
tlle ignorance of this chief magistrate of
of the opposition to press Ministers to abrogate
the treaties of 1631 and 1833. Upon this sub- . . . - — -
ject, it is said, the attempt will positively be made , vy P leces ol artillery were stationed, and then
in the Chamber of Deputies, and as certainly de- ,1HUses > and from the windows, doors,
them, and at an early hour of the morning ofthe
23d, the town was attacked by a party of Tex
ians, under the command of Colonels Fisher and
Green, numbering about 250 or 260 men in
all.
The attack commenced iu the suburbs of the
city, and by daylight the Texians had cut their
way through the Mexican troops, to where the
Deputies, and as certainly
leated. The reply to the proposition will be
simply this—“Choose between war and peace.
England will not consent to any modification of
those treaties. When you vote for the rupture
of those treaties, you must vote for the limit
funds with which to carry on a war such as that
which ended in the occupation of Paris in 1814
and 1815.” This plain language will prevail.
There may be an outcry, and we shall have a re
vival of all the anti-English barbarism that has
disgraced the French press oflate years, but rely
upon it, the tax-payers will not urge a measure
so sure to be followed by a calamity so deplora
ble as war.
PORTUGAL.
(See., they cut down the Mexicans from the
cannon as fast as they could be replaced. In this
manner they continued tbe fight from street
to street, from house to house, laying the
Mexicans in heaps wherever they would attempt
to form, aud frequently killed every man from
their pieces of artilery ; but iu consequence of
their superior force they could not charge from
the walls that protec ed them without loosing‘a
great portion of their men, but continued the
fight from the houses, narrow streets and alleys
j w 'th great success until late in the afternoon,
j when one of the Texian captains, (without con
sulting) hoisted the flag from one ofthe houses,
I which general Ampudia observed from the op-
rp, „ r D . .. . j posite side of the square, and sent in one ofliis
The news from Portugal is not important— J prisoners which he had taken during the day, to
Ihe aspect of affairs is said to be unusually ' _l._ .. L . , . s . •?’
Shakespeare’s birth place. But the joke is not
less rich on that account.
•*41,80
IU.OIJ
125.U0
13,20
$300,00
; St. Paul's Clock (London. J—A writer in tiie
‘ Hartford Couraut thus describes the clock works
| iu the tower ofiliis cathedral:
The pendulum is fourteen feet long, and ;be
! weight at the end is one cwt; the dials on ihe
1 outside are regulated by a smaller one within ;
| the length of the minute hands on the exterior
, dials is eight leet. and tbe weight ot each seveutv-
five pounds: iheiengihot tbe hour hands is five
feet five inches, and the weight forty four pounds
■ each ; I lie diameter of tiie dials is eighteen teet
J ten inch s, and the length of the hour figures
j two leet two and a half inches.
Tiie fine toned bell, which strikes, is clearly
distinguished from every oilier beil i D the me
tropolis, and has been distinctly beard at the
distance of twenty miles. It is about ten leet in
1 diameter, and is said to weight four and a halt
tons. 1 his bell is tolled on the death of any
member ofthe royal family, ofthe lord mayor,
bishop of London, or dean of the cathedral.
The whole expense of building the cathedral
was about a million and a half pounds sterling-
in the United States currency about six aud two-
thirds millions of dollars.
Honible Cruelty and Death.—The Hartford
(Conn.) Review ot the 14th contains a notice of
one ol the most melancholy deaths we have
seen on record for many days. On ,p uesday
morning, the 3d of January,' between 7 and 3
o clock, a wagon loaded with wood drove up to
a store in that city, driven by a man named Viets,
from Granby, 18' miles distant. The morn in*
was one ol the coldest known for many years,
and a lad about 14 years old, named Gillet, who
had been living with V iets lor some months, bad
been forced to ride the horse all the way. He
was very thinly clad—having on thin cotton
| trowsers, worn-out stockings, and a short, thin
jacket. They started at about one o’clock in the
i morning, and on arriving at the store Viets or-
; dered the boy to get oft'. He could not do so.
and several bystanders immediately assisted him.
It was found that he was unable to stand.—
1 ' vas into the store, and both feet were
found to be frozen to the knees. A physician was
sent for his limbs, being put into cold water,
swelled up to an enormous size, blood started
from them in several places, the lad’s sufferings
were excruciating, and it was decided that his
! j de cou h> be saved only by amputating Loth
i "mbs at the knee, as mortification had already
commenced. He was sent to his friends, and oil
Vv ednesday. his agony being too great for lon-
j ger endurance, preparations were "made for ta-
king oft his limbs. It was then found that his
| whole back, from tbe shoulders to the hi|>s,
i uere , ln a st ate of mortification, having been
completely frozen and thawed. Before" night
he was dead. A legal investigation into the
treatment he received from Viets, will be had.—
[ Tribune.
Complimentary.—A committee of the Legis
lature of Missouri to whom were referred com
plaints against John J. Lelaud, a Judge ofthe
feecoud Circuit of the State, has reported that
•ie wants both natural capacity and legal attain
ments to qualify him for the office. They recom
mend his removal by address ofthe two Houses.
To stop a fit of coughing—A corres
pondent ol the London Medical Gazette, states,
that to close the nostrils with the thumb and fin
ger duung expiration, leaving them free dnrin»
inspiration, will relieve a fit of coughing in a short
time.
In addition to the above we can state from
personal knowledge, that to press the finger on
the upper lip just below the nose will make tbe
severest premonitory symptoms of a sneeze pass
oil harmless. V e have found the remedy use
ful many a time in
woods.
creeping
the
Anti-Corn Law League.—The most pop
ular, and beyond comparison, the most influen
tial body in England at the present time, is the
Anti-Corn Law League—an object of hatred to
the squires and of terror to the aristocracy.
Originally composed of a few Manchester mer
chants, this body has gone On increasing, like a
ball of snow rolled up bill, gathering stVen-lh
and bulk by every movement, until it no
splits a front which no minister can witl
The movements of the League have been mark
ed by judgment and policy. Their funds have ^
been entirely appropriated to tbe publishing of { il(liic( -‘s Rotn the East Indies, the Cholera was
Stay Law Without Legislation.—The citizens
of Mat ton county, Missouri, have held a meeting,
and resolved that no property belonging to a citi
zen of that county, shall be exposed to psLIic
sale. The distress of the people must be intense,
no minister can withstand! jJS*° SUCh a des l> erate system of
Cholera in Burmah.—Accord
ing to the latest
adroitly accomplished by the mask, who lugged
1 mill«t p 1 ,?' roari,) S lustily, round and round,
SI«J?uT‘ S " m * h0, “’- A ‘ 1,181 O'Blarney
s r k f lavo
comb-och! tnurther ” " ie threC ha,rs to
let T e o m< Wild e Jo r S) S , hak,n ? laughter,
et go. Wildgoose, on hearing Hum |T„m He
liver this speech, appeared paralysed nrwM l i
unutterable things at me. ral * sed ’ ^ Jooked
4 Come,’ said I, ‘ Guy, let’s to our bow] • ,i,„
play is finished; and we’ll discuss and exnlaffi
th « P ,bt characters of this eveniug’s faice
entitled 4 The Irish Mandarin.’ S ’
‘Ha! ha.” said the good-humored Guy. ‘I
my , lads7 CaP,talBut “ must bc m J lorn next,
A night, or rather morning, of course, of rare
merriment ensued; the only unfortunate conse
quence upon our adventure being the exile of
rooks from town for a couple of months, to es
cape the relentless jokes of his civic friends upon
nis real Mandarin, 'pon his honor!'
The Bank of Hamburg is “checking on New
York at par for any of the Bank notes of South
Carolina, Savannah, and Augusta.
CONTINENTAL AND FOREIGN SUMMARY.
The politicians of France, who have been en
gaged oflate in a labour of love—abusing Eng
land, because of the recent distressing events in
Barcelona, with which, by the way, we had no
mote to do than had Julius Ctesar with the Ame
rican war of independence—have had their atten
tion directed for a moment to a subject hardiv
less agreeable, by the arrival of the President’s
message. That part of the message which re
fers to the 44 right of search,” is extremely grati
fying to them, because it is in unison with their
own feelings, and they lustily demand the abro
gation of the treaties of 1831 and ‘33, between
England and France.
All this is well enough in its way, but the bel
ligerent spirit with which it is tainted, makes
the whole look ridiculous. An interval of more
than a quarter of a century since hostilities ceas
ed between the two countries, has not been suffi
cient to allay this warlike fever, which has never
been extinguished, and has been considerably
inflamed s'mee M. Thiers left office on the Eas
tern question. The martial airs of La Grande
Nation, as regards the rest of Europe, smacks
strongly of Hackett’s personation of the fellow
in the farefe, who says “ My father can thrash
all Kentucky, and I can thrash my father!”
It is generally believed that the late revolt in
Barcelona will forward, rather than retard, the
completion of the treaty with England, and
while the Catalonians will have to give up their
contraband trade—to retain which, as we have
s ® eD ’ ,lle y have braved danger and even death—
the Regent will derive a considerable revenue
from a moderate scale of duties on English fa
brics, more especially cottons. This will put an
end to the smuggling now so extensively carried
on across the frontier, and replenish the coffers
cheering. The dispute between the Pope and
the Queen has ended as might have been antici
pated—bis Holiness has triumphed. Some one
has said that “ there never was a woman born of
her mother who could resist jewellery.” Donna
Maria de Gloria has proved the truth of the as
sertion: Some time since his Holiness fearing
that the Queen might be induced by her minis
ters to contemn his authority and refuse his be
hests, sent to her Majesty .1 golden rose, glitter
ing with diamonds and redolent of sanctity. This
honor at all times coveted by the sceptred faith
ful, was lo the Queen of Portugal especially be
witching. She is a woman, and she gloated on
the toy—she is confiding and superstitious, and
she exulted in the confessed fatherly protection
of her spiritual head—she is the representative
of the house of Btaganza. and to none of her
predecessors had so distinguished a token ofcon-
decension and regard been vouchsafed bv Christ’s
Vicar on earth.' All praise to the metaphysics
of the Vatican.
RUSSIA.
A serious misunderstanding has arisen between
Russia and the Porte respecting Servia. An
angry correspondence has passed between the
Russian ambassador and the Porte on the sub
ject. The final answer of the latter has been
transmitted to St. Petersburgh, and there the
matter rests for the present.
A letter from Rome states that a communica
tion has been made by the Russian embassy of
the nomination of several bishops by rite Empe
ror of Russia. The Pope has refused to con
firm them.
Accounts from St. Petersburgh state that sev
eral Polish regiments, engaged in the war against
the Circassians, passed over with their arms and
baggage to the enemy, and fought against the
Russians. It is said they committed dteadful
havoc on the latter, and that their vengeance
was terrible.
The Leipsic Gazette repeats the report, as
iscertain whether they had surrendered or not.
j which produced considerable excitement and
dissatisfaction among tbe Texians At length
the firing ceased ou both sides, when they sent
the messenger back with an answer to General
Ampudia, that they would discontinue the battle
if they were allowed to return unmolested, to
which terms General Ampudia informed them be
could not agree, as he had then in town (rom
fifteen to eighteen hundred infantry and cavalry,
and that he could not consider he would be doin'*
justice to bis government and his fellow country
men to grant their request, but at the same time
pamphlets, the hiring of lecturers, and the hold
ing of meetings, for the purpose of awakenin'*
* lie country to the evils of the corn law—a tax
which makes bread artificially dear, cripples trade,
destroys capital, impoverishes the manufacturers,’
and acts upon the operative classes with a two-’
fold severity ; first, by interfering with trade, re
ducing the demand for their labor; secondly,
enhancing the price of bread by shutting it out
ofthe market, when they are least able to nrv
for it. 3
raging in Burmah to a fearful extent. Whole
villages in the interior have become desolate—
the inhabitants being either cut off by this fright
ful malady, or having fled for safety to other p..rts
of tbe country.
Are there more fools in tbe United States than
in any other country ? It would seem so from
the fact that Fanny Elssler nas determined to
return to this country in July next. Europe
will not gratify her avaricious propensity. She
is stale goods there. Where there is no' carrion
the vultures will not tarry long: and so, the “ di
vine Fanny," as some two-legged Jackasses have
dubbed her, returns to the United States to fat
ten on tbe follies and vices of “these ««••«•=
he was willing to allow lair and honorable terms, it'rP olltlc ' our great commercial cities ”•—
Colonel Fisher then asked tbe space ol two , ' . t,ie luxur i oi, .s and fashionable of their pop-
hours to call his officers together to consult upon ,J,aIlons ; >e 80 callous to all sense of shame
the subject, arid if not granted, be would itnine- I ” pe " th f ,r ? l, rses to pamper Iter avarice, while
diately commence the fight again. Gen. Ampu- i lun<lie . virtuous females of their own coun-
dia then finding his loss so great, and already j tr ^ and * n tlle,r °' v n community, are pining in
satisfied with his day’s work, readily consented ! P. oven J> and barely subsisting upon the scanty
to grant the request; at the expiration of which, i P l,tance of 3 pence as compensation, for a
the capitulatlou was drawn, acted upon and ! da y’ 8 work? We hope they will have come to
signed by General Ampudia and his second in tbelr senses before her ladyship’s arrival, and
command, and Colonels Fisher and Greeu, and
several other officers, but the terms of w hich it
is generally believed will not be respected when
they arrive at the city of Mexico.
So ended the battle of Mier, which lasted 17
hours, with an odds of nearly 8 to 1, with a loss
on the side of the Mexicans of nearly 700 killed
and 200 hundred wounded, and a great many of
which have since died, and on the part of the
Texians only 11 killed and 19 wounded, one of
which has died since.
Among the Texians were six boys ; the old
est of which was 17 years, and the youngest 14
only, the latter of which from a window from
one of the houses, killed 12 Mexicans from one
piece of artilery, as fast as they were stationed
there; and when they perceived where the dead
ly fire came from, they immediately turned two
of their heaviest pieces upon the house where
the boys were stationed, and blew the end emire
quietly hand her over to the patronage of the
shilling galeries.—JSorfolk Herald. '
Little Peculiarities.—Dean Swift remarked,
with much truth, doubtless, that in tbe estab
lishing of colonies the French commence with
a Fort, the Spaniards with a Church, and tbe
j English with a grogshop.
i The new Methodist Episcopal Church in
Twenty-seventh street. New York, was dedicat-
! ed to the service of God on Friday. The ser
mon was preached by tire Rev. Dr. Olitr. Presi
dent of the W esleyan University.
Messrs. Gales & Seaton propose to publish
tbe History and Debates of Congress, from 1789
to 1824, a work much wanting, and which could
not better be performed than by the gentlemen
who have undertaken it.
The New Y01T. Express states that the embez
zlement of Ntcoll, the Secretary ofthe New York
Life Insurance and '1 rust Company, is at least
a , s .l° I to the amount of 8250,000. Tiie officers be
lieve that they have found all that can fall on the
Company, but even that cannot be known with
certainty at present.
The number of paupers in Massachusetts is
less than it was five years ago. More than
half of them, or 7,154 out of 13,688, were made
paupers by Intemperance, either in themselves
or others. Tbe number of State paupers is 5,251,
of whom 2,850 are foreigners.
Manufactures at the South.—Cotton
manufactures are beginning to spring up in the
midst of the fields where the raw material is
grown. The Natchez Free Trader states that
Mr. John J. Robinson, a Scotch gentleman, is
now engageJ in erecting a suitable building j n
Jefferson county, Mississippi, for the purpose
of manufacturing cotton bagging, jeans, linsevs,
towels, and course cloth used by the planters on
their farms for the clothing of negroes.
On Friday morning last the stage to Baltimore
from Pittsburg, while passing over the Monon-
gahela Bridge, was stopped and robbed. Judge
Baldwin and Mr. Bosler were passengers, and
Temperance.—Four years ago there were in
the United States 6,000,000 moderate drinkers,
and 200,000 drunkards. Now there is only 3,000,-
000 moderate drinkers, and 100,000 drunkards;
showing a decrease in intemperance of 50 per
cent, in so short a time.
A Defaulter.—The Cherokee Council have
passed a resolution calling upon John Ross for
a settlement of his accounts with the nation.—
He is accused of having defrauded the nation of
an immense sum of money, and great excite
ment is expected to grow out of this proceeding.
A paper at the West—the Wabash Express,
nominates John McLean, of Ohio, and Win.
|. runl<s ' r| fi ed of all their valuable contents, j Gaston, of North Carolina, as candidates for the
ound lying upon the bridg
ing. The robbers are not known. 1 States.
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ly out ; the boys making their retreat to the ad- 1 Z*™ .N , “5_- U J ,on th . e brid « e next mora ’ | Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United