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HL I*-foil cJmpfomeut* wo art Infonwvd
that thsra were many other apnllciinu fur berth-,
aZl it mom cum lU who had ukra pimn
••tuUtholr right" •» a considerablepremium. The
Uwnool paper* inform its that about ooo third of
ibebertU* wen? e»pH for 1,40 trip of the 28th of
^'our dates by tha Liverpool are, London to the evo*
«|m of April 19th, and Liverpool to the 90th, both
XtM tatellifew* by this arrivall* of high Interest,
•sd quite remarkable. One of tboae sudden turn*
ia theprogres* nf event* ha* taken place, which
•orarume* urcur to bullle ull calculation, and -how
the folly of political prophecy. For month* past our
tiding, from Europe Itavo been »till of gathering
clued*on the political horiton, daily increasing in
blackness aud !u volume; and wearing an ositoct «o
tluoalenlng that it teemed almost imno**iUe but
ihey n»u*t be attended with lent peat and convulsion.
In a moment, a* it were, we find them dispersed,
■nd all around is sunshine and 6laliic*i.
. The hostile appearance* b»«twccn England and
our own country hate entirely ditippesred—tho oc-
ca-iou* of jealousy and bickering between b ranee
and England athl England anil Russia have been re
moved by courteou.diplomacy—in tho Kaaultc alar-
min' condition of aflair* I* succeeded by *uch a
ebantea* alroo»t totally remove* tho possibility of
**rioui trouble—in France tho wi*dom und firmuc**
of tho King have piloted him safely through thedif.
ticuUic* of hi* position, and the factious projects ^
iit* enemies are scattered to the wind* tho lung-pen-
ding quarrel between Belgium and Holland i* peace-
fully adjusted—and in a word tho whole o»pect of
European affair* ho* not been forycar* more strong-
ly Indicative of quiet and prosperity than at the pm-
“Tumamkntary summary.
The House of Lords re»umad it* sittings on Thur*-
day, April litb. i'boKarlof Aberdeen pul aom*
'q-trstiuus to Lord Melbourne ie#pectin* Iho-tate of
affair* l« tbe Ba.t*lt»il#s and Central A*U, and tlw
aU.dgwI interference of llui.iunageni* inthatquar-
tnr. He wished toknow whether explanation* bad
lean demanded from, and given by, the Kutniun
government ; and if *o whether vh# paper* wotrai bw
produced.
Lord ,Melbourne eeid explanations bed been g Iv-
•a, which were perfectly sari.factury. The papers
wuuldbel-tdonlhe table with tho (aa»t avoidable
.r-jv London paper* affirm that notwithitanding
thediiavowal* ol the Russian government, it* in-
trigu«* at tha court* of L'abool »ud Persia hov« been
provedbuyund question; mid they qouto from the
•despulclie* ol Sir Alexander Uurnc* the name* und
iari'ii tliu vciy overture* and promise* ol it* agent*.
• —do far u* we can discover, however, them really
wa* nothing in their proceeding* of which England
hadauy right to complain. Aid win promised Dust
Msbuuu-d uguiiul Hunjoet Singh, if tha latter
eunutd commence hottiiitiet upon C»ho»l, or any
nait of Al'gli *ni»tnn; but a* ilunjuel Singh und Dost
Mahomed are both independent prince*, we do not
*ea what greater burin there U in Russia's taking
part in their quurrel* than in England'* doing tha
tenr *am« tiling.]
The Home ol Common* recommenced busirtass
on Mun.luy, the 8th. Lord John Hu«a«.l gave the
form of hi* mjtiou on tbo government of Ireland, a*
fulluw*;—
“ That it it tho opinion of thi* home that it I* ex
pedient to persevere in those principle* which, have
guided lie Executive Government of Ireland, of
lata year*, and which have tended to the effnctunl
adminUti alien of the law* and the general impi ove
rarm of that part of tho United Kiugdum."
OnthoOih Mr, Lahouchei* moved for and ob
ulned leave to bring in a bill providing for the lent-
•. purary gurernmnnt of tho Iiland of Jamaica. A*
was du(tain Lo*«r Canada, it abolishes the House
at Assembly, fur the turm of five year*, and estab
lishes! Council by which the government shull bo
jMliiiln\ltrred', with the aid of throe special commi*-
1 Blotters. Mr. Labuucliere went at length into the
■. causes which have made thi* measure necessary,
detailing the vaiiocs proceeding* of the Asicmbly
dto ice. Tha.bill wqttohava it* aecond reading
Y on tbe 19th.
Io answer to* question, Lord Palmwnton aald
that b* had Mint to Mr. Fox, at Washington, the
• draft of a convention for the adjustment of the boun
dary qurstiun, byiheappointmrntofa joint com-
.tniasiun to define the buundury; and that when the
an*wet uf the U S. government should be received
thi*paper* would b eluid on tbe table.
Oh the I Dili l hr re we* no quorum,
* lilt the Ulh nothingo)'ltilnu«t wus done.
On the 12ih, in this House of Lord* paper* rela
ting to the affair* of Jamaica were moved for, and
ordered, —
In the Honan of Common*, Sir Unhurt Peel
brought forward an amendment to Lord John Kus-
a*ll*s motion op the government of Ireland. It we*
• t<* the effect that the appointment ofn committee
of enquiry by the Hou-e of Lord* did nut justify
minister* in calling upon the Hou-u of Commons
dur*dec|hraiiunuf opinion—and that it wa* not
'-Suing for tha House of Commons to cull in question
the right ofthe other House to enquire into tho state
>of Ireland.
Mr. Duucombo gave notice of an amendment
w hicli he should offer if Lord John Hu iseli’s mo
tion prevailed—to the effect that it wa* expedient
• to make further reform* in Parliament,
” Loid Julio Ruttajl announced hi* intention of
Staving to expunge from the police hill the clauses
extending tha metropolitan police to tha City of
£Thw*e were the clause* against which the Com*
tn*n Council. romuntirnted lit limit addrot* to tho
Queen, when they gntauch an ungtachtu* answer ]
Lord PalmerUon laid oh lit* tnblo a letter from
Count SebattUni, the French Amboiuulor, /olativo
to the affair of tho Mexican Pilot—wit* hi* un-
. ewer; A* follow*.
LONDON, Apt* 3, 1839.
Count Stboitiuni to Vitcouni Pal/trlton:
My Lord—I em expressly t h u/d by the King,
my master, to make known to tV* British Govern
ment the decpregrul which hi-Mujestv f«*ql**t the
removal which ha* token j li/e of a Mexican pilot
front on board the «*pres» /ackot.
When Admiral.Bum}# uhfmtunatrly directed
this measure, hej*» nprewani th»t the vessel be-
longed to the BrM*h ranrinc. This incident, there-
fore, wa* «he reifdl of a mistake, and in mi degree
oi» want of icippcl to tho British flag. Sincerely
deplored by tl» government of tho King, a* well a*
l>y tho commander uf uur aquudron, a similar error
*ifl not ooour again t and the strictest in»truction*
will »fCure henceforward tho moat acrupnloua and
vigilant uttantion, under titnilor circumstance*.
In conveying to the knowledge of your Exctdlency
them explauatiun*, I venture lu the numo of my
government, to eagre** to you it* eunfidence that
tiwir will appear sufficient to tha British government;
■na that nothing heureforward will distuib the
-- ! -n which wo ourselves have to 'much at heart to
uiu unimpaired between the two countries, as
.... i* between tba two Bugs.
Accept, my hnd, the renewed auutance of my
bkk consideration.
* (Signed] H. SEBASTIANI.
. Vfrcount Pahnet*ton to Court Seba*tUni.
t>v ’• FOREIGN OFFICE, April 9, 1839.
—-. Moaricur Lo Comte—I have the honor to ac<
<. : knoH-lcdgu tho receipt of your ExooUency'* letter of
tbe 3d imtartt, in which your Excellency inform* me
that you We been expressly charged by tbo King,
- your master, to teatify to the British government the
profound regret which hi* Mqjesty ha* felt at rite ro-
i \ moral which has takao place of a Mexican pilot
*i . frumoo board the Express packet.
I hare aut.folled to lay your Exoelleacy'a com-
municarioubefore the Queen, my mistress; and I
We great *atisfaction in stating to your Exoellency,
y her Majesty’* command*, that tha explanation of
hie affair on the part of. hie Mqiesty, the King of
s v the French, u conveyed io your .ExccUeucy'* letter,
' I* entirely satiriketonr.
la tre*
lend.
The debate waiconUnttrd through tbe week, and
wa* nut completed on the l(hh, which U the date of
our latm L edon paper. No d <ubt was entettain-
«d a* to the result, the Irish member* and mo*t of
the liberal* going in man t in support of tha min-
l*Uy,
lb« other proceeding* in either house were of lit-
H* Interest, a* we can judge from tbo *ummaiy in
tha Liverpool paper*—our Lood.m files, unfortun
atcly, being very imperfect.
Sir Frederick Lamb, Lord Melbourne's brother
and heir presumptive, ho* been raised to tho peer
age by the title of Heron Beauvalc. lie ha* been
for many year* aiiibastadur at Vienna. Lord Pou-
sonby, Uw ambassador at Constantinople, ha* alio
boon made an Irish viscount. Tim opposition pa-
pci* pretend to consider tiie*o elevation* a* a sort of
"putting hi* house in order" by Lord Melbourne, in
siiticiputiun of leaving office.
The .Maitpii* ofLai.sdowne ha* declined serving
on Lord Roden's Irish committee of inquiry—as
signing the same reason that was giving by Lord
Norniunby fiirhiarefuial.
Tim marriage oftho Marquis of Dnuro nnd Lady
Elitabeth Hay wa* solemnised on the 18th. The
wedding cake weighed more than 80 pounds, and
was superbly decorated with military trophic*, the
arm* oi Wellington und Twecddale, &c.
Lord Do Roe*—the nobleman alt but convicted of
cheating at card*, soino lime ago—ha* gone to his
account, und is succeeded by hi* brother. Do Roo*
is the oldest English barony, tho creation dating
from 1204.
Thu affair of Lody Flora Hasting* continued a
subject of remark und discussion. Her brothor.tho
Murquii, had written und published her a long nnd
very severe letter to Lord Molbourno, demuuding
the immediate dismissal of hi* sister’s slanderer*—
said to be Ladir* Portman and Tnvistock and Sir
Jutnos Clurk and his mother tho downier Murchio-
ness hnd oi«o written to tho Queen, urging und final
ly inditing on tbo discovery nnd public disgrace of
tier daughter's maligner*. To the first letter, Lord
Melbourne replied, by order of (bo Queen, declining
her Majesty’s unxiou* wish to do every thing in her
power to soothe the feelings of Lady Flora and her
lamliy; but on the dismUsul ofSir James Clark be
ing again peremptorily dumanded, his lordship re-
plied that the demand was so unprecedented and ob
jectionable, that even lii* high respect fertile Marcli-
iuuuss and her family would permit him to do
uothing moret.iaii acknowledge tho receipt of her
letter.
Tho opposition paper*, as may be *uppoicd,inake
a terrible to do ubout tbi* untowurd utliiir; nnd tbe
very thin attendance at (be Queen's first drawing
room for tbo season, wu* ascribed to the disgust it
had excited among the nobility.
Tho Queen, poor girl, was doing ail she could to
make atonement to Ludy Flora! inviting her fre-
(lucntly to the refill dinner puvties, and expressly
desiring that the should receive the Sucnimont witli
herself on Euster Sunday. Lady Portman is a
duugliter of Uiu Karl of Hurewood—Lady Tuvis-
took is iLter-in-law to LordJohn liutscll.
Tho ban. and rev. Thomus Plutikut, eldest son of
Lord l'lunket, ha* been appointed to tbe see of
Tuum and Killala, vacant by Uio daatii of tho late
Archbishop.
Judgement f>r £4,10 was recovered in tho Sher
iff’s Court, Anril 10, against His Serene Highness
tho Duke of Brunswick, fur a silver-gilt hairbrush
ca*e, which he had ordered of a silversmith, aud
for which ho had refuted to pay more than
£2,8.
Armino or the Chartists at Barnkslet.—
The Churtiiu are anning with pikes, pistol* and
guns, nut only in the town ofUartisley itself, but also
throughout its populous vicinity. Such he* been the
demand during the la*t fortnight that the shop* have
been nearly cleared of firaaims, particularly tbe
paw nbroker* who are dealers in second hand ware
Lttdi Mercury.
LONDON, April 19.
12 o'c/ock.—In tho English stock market soles of
3( per cent, reduced continued to be made by tho
same parties who sold ynslerduy; they have not,
however, influenced -tbo value uf those securities
more than A pur cent, the present quotation for them
is 90| to consols hove been 93 buyers, they nro
now 03 alternately buyers urn) sellers f or tbe ac
count, and 92( to I for money.
In American stocks there ha* been hnrdly any bu
siness since uur last report. United States Bank
shares are £24 Os to £24 10.
From ike Liverpool Courier of April 20.
STATE OF TRADE.
Cotton Trade.—Manchester, Friday Evening.
—Thu market has been singularly dull this week;
low sales huvo boon effected, und good* nro from l^d
to 3d a jiioce lower. Twist is not at all in demand;
aud mulling i* sold except in ensu* in winch the ne
cessities of the spinner conqiel him lo accept a very
low price. Warp* nro 1 per beer lower, and well
has fallen about a fa< tiling per lb. At this reduc
turn there is a fair demand fur both; tha supply be
ing not greater than tho demand.
Shipwreck op the Hina Retrench, i'pGre*
noce, pur New York.—On Thursday afternoon,
tho brig Retrench, bound for Now York, witli 75
pnisongers, tailed from Greenock, tho wind blowing
fresh from tho east, which was it fair wind for the
vessel.—On Friday morning tho deep *cu steumers
brought tho nows to Greenock that the Retrench
was run ashore on tho rocks adjoining the C'uidme
lighthouse, and it blowing a gulo nt tho time, fears
weraoutertaiui'd dial tlin vessel would in* dashed lo
pieces, and all on board perish. Tho Gulliver tug
steamer was immediately ordered off to tho assis
tance of thn unfortunate vessel, with a party of men,
headod by Csptnin Kennedy, harbourmaster, Green
ock. Giuhe arrival of the steamer at the wreck It
was blowing a period gulo from tho south-west, and
it was with considerable difficulty that the Gulliver
could roach the Retrench. But at lust thi* wusef
fected, aud it wu* found that a buoy, with a rope
fastened to it, hud been thrown from tlte Retrench
and hud drifted ashore, mid tho islandnr* |nutdo
it fast, by which mean* communication was opened
with tho uiu nd, nnd a number of female jrnsseugers
were floated ashore on an empty chest. Tim pas
senger* were nil safely landed by die Gulliver ut
Greenock on Friday night; but they will lose oil their
luggage, provisions, &c. as the vessel in all proba
bility will be u total wreck.—Cilatguto Chronicle.
FROM THE EAST.
The account from Central Asia are highly favor
able. Wo xlve such extracts as will serve to slmw
tho result of the movements in progress.
LONDON, April 1G.
An Indian malthas arrived by way uf Egypt with
accounts to tho 23d uf February tram Bombay
As regard* India they ore of a favorable nature, our
troopshaving obtained thecommund oftho river In
dus by tho surrender of Hydnbnd nnd Rukkur,
which took place without any resistance It is also
•toted that tho Ameers of Sinde have declared their
adhesion to tho British government. Tho valuable
steamer the Semlrumi* wa* wrecked on the 13th
of February, near tho mouth ofthe Indus.
Tho Delhi (lantte of the 13th states, that the
arm of Schah Soojah had passed the Indus, and was
encamped ut Shikarpora, but tho new* of the pacific
state of Scinde had nut reached the army of the In
dus on the 24th of January. The reiiortt of battles
between tho Scindians and tho Bombay troops are
declared to bo unfounded. Sonto apprehensions ex
isted of a formidable attack on the troops under Sir
John Keane at Hyderabad, and a detachment under
Sir Willoughby Cotton had consequently been or
dered up to his support.
6ir A. Bums was with tho advanced force, nnd
Sir H. Fane at Rorce. It was expected that the are
my atShikarpoio would be detaiued. there for some
time, and no active movements appear to be contem
plated in any quarter. Lord Auckland was at Delhi
on the 12th of February. General Allard, a distin
guished officer in tho service of Ruqjcct Singh, died
at Peshawar un the 23d of January.
FRANCE.
The victory of tho King over the coalition was
evinced in the result of the election for preridem of
the Chamber, which took place on the 16th of April
The candidatet.f thee aiiiionwn* OdiUon Barrel—
the ministerial candidate was M. I’nssy. The lat-
will l«* fmmed of sia ship* »*f the Mae, four fdg He*
ami ten stnalier vessel*, lu w itch lit * Torkreh fleet
mi Its issuing from *he Daid inHIe*. Sit B. S"'P*
foul 1* also lu send five ships of the line lu Alexan
dria, amt Admiral Lalamb- it t<» station Itiree at
Tuais. Byihi* means, It Uhiqa-il,boihiheT«rki*li
ami the Egyptian II* et will be prevenivd from wan
tonly provoking a collision.
The (Joint iifCassation has derhM rgalnit ih**
apm-iluf AUrsauri, from ill.* seinnnco oi tlat tribu
nal nl Brest, by wliirli lit* wus condemned io ib'iilli,
with Raimronl.f'rtboniij dor on board the Alexan
dra. lUiin<n.ri iliri inn ttppea'.
Lord Uiinjghuiiiutid Messis. Ilium* and Lender
were at Pails during die nces*. The former I,mi
been III* A puhdcdinner was offered him. nnd de
clined—a private leiler says bornu-e il wu* expec
ted that Monsieur 1'apiiwuu would nlxobe present.
Paris, April 17.
t Five percents., HOC. 5.*, |o,-. J5.-, 2tlc. lie.;
Knur percent*., 111 If. 50c. 5 Three per Cent* .Ull.
15u 20c. 15c: Bunk Actions 2.6U<JI. 2,UG5i' 2.002f.
5llc.;
Hulf-pnst 3. nVl'ick p. m.—Ln»t Prieet —Four
twi C m*., 1101'. 20c. t Three per Cents., Oil. 25c;
Bunk Actions, 2,0621. 33r. t
PORTUGAL.
There was a miuisieriul interregnum I., thi* king-
dumulso. Thuimnreters lesigneil tnuliudy. in c*m-
sequencenfIwmg defeiiledin ill* Chamber nf De
puties un a hill they hud intr<Nluc.*d for increasing
the army; nnd up to the U-imf Apriinl attempt* re
form a new cubiie-t had b *en ims„. ,n-s,lul.
THE TRIAL OK COM. ELLIOT.
Tha Philadelphia Herald and Sentinel nf Tues
day suy* .—Our readers nre prububly hwure ti at this
inquiry progresses every day nt the Navy Yard, Cum.
StOrfurt presiding. Cum Putu-rsun sits upon Itis
loft—Com. Uiddio upon Id* right. These gallant
officers of uur Nnvol Service, are tiobl* luokingmen,
prosuuting thenppearaiK-o » fbeing tho average ugu
of filly-live lo sixty. They appear to bo about us
much at home in Court us th y would upon tho
"ocean deed," sitting with great dignity, pntience
and coolness, inxiuus obviously, to do justice to tho
uccusi'd. And tbo ucuuscd himself may be seen
constantly seated at tho Board, uppuruutiy as un
ruffled "i tho ocomi in repuse.
About ouo hundred witnesses have boon thus fur
brought forward; but u forgo proportion uf them were
discharged, wo learn* without examination, know
ing nothing in point,
.Insiuhltandull sitsbesldo Comnvdoro Elliot as
his Counsel, aud Mr. Reed, the luto district Attor
ney, conducting the prosecution, sits opposite Com
modore Stewart.
Two of the charges nro ill-treatment to Passed
Midshipman Barton, after he hud boon wounded in
a duel with Licutenuiit Wood, and uu ut empt on
behalf uf Commodore Eliiut to strike Lieut. Hun
ter with a cuna whilo upon a race course up tho .Me
diterranean.
Tha trial will doubtless last many days yet; but
the result we shull present to uur readers * tho first
moment.
SHOCKING STEAMBOAT ACCIDENT
Wu have before H* die painful duly nf presenting
to tlm public, die dentils uf a frightlul di-oreier, dm
ncruried un die tnurniug uftlie (Ith hist., un IucimI
the stsotnbuHt George Collier, uii her way from
New Oi leuiis tuSt. Luiiis. I'ln* pmtieulvrs of die
heart-rending accident, wiih Hie inline*.ofthe suf
ferers, are given in die annexed letter, addressed to
u* by die Cleik uftlie Cellier.
Ge.nTI.KNkn—Il is with painful f eting* tlnit I
have lu relate lu you die put tiriilur* uf an nceideni
wli ch wceuired un board the s eamlHiat George.
Collier, on her voyage from this place to St. Louis
Mo.
At half-past ninn o'clock on dio morning uf die
6 h Inst,, when within idiom eight) miles of Natchez.
ill” piston-rod gave way. which broke the furwiml
-yliiidcr head, and eariled irony a part uf the boil -r
'lands. Tho steuin which escaped *cald« d foil)-
five persons,Iweiil)*sixef wlmm died the same day.
A li-t ul die dead and srn tied |* subjoined ;
Namtiof th»te vho ilied.—T, J, Spuu iling,
fireman, ofSt. Charles, Me; Charts Brooks, deck
passenger, residence unknown; Win, Blake, do of
Boston ; Crissiuii Hin-rinu, do Geimmiy; Mrs K.
Welsh nnd two children, do New Oi|e«n*t JoU"
O'Brien nnd whin, do New Orleans; Se|d<ni J.
Uroekqun, rlo I'olnml. Ky; John liiodn, do Friuice;
David J. Hose,do New Orleans; Roderick (Iroe,
1I.1 Geriniiny ; Dederick Kress,do Bo-t-.n, Mas*;
Joseph B. Bosom, do Bestenp M IS*. J .scpli
Luwaure, do I'urk en In., l’eter Smlili, do New Ore
leans, Cbarlolie Fielde r nnd Inn her, deck passen
gers, England, — Dilcli, fueinmi, uiiktuiwii, aud
six persniis whose unmes ure unknown.
I.iit of Scalded-- — • Ha*se|,n nger, dr, k ihh-
•anger, of Geimany, badly; Mrs, Cri-i ni IL rring,
do Got many do; Tims. Fletcher nnd wile d . Eng
land du; Finns i* Briar and w he, do unknown, sIikIii
•y I Fraud* Scrndiy d ■ St. L-mis, do; Thomas
Butler do unknown do; i*nic it u,..y, do dodo.
Alfred Davis, ri<-ck luii.ri. ilnri.'.: .l„|,ii Urowo, liiv-
man, do badly, James McDonald,d • dodo,
Fivodiii tien ol Adam Woodbiidgc on board-
some of tin in badly scalded.
Stuve of fboiiias Jobiisioo on bonrd,*lightl scald
ed; Iaa.I n Ideila, deck passenger. Franco, Uud.y
sculiJod.—N, O. Bulletin, Gih in*t.
I will oalj add, that her M^esty's govern meat | W J“ elected bv a majority of 30, greatly to tho
that union v
ftOr-participatA in tho friendly sentiments express-
•d byjrtmr Excellency on the part of the govern
ment of France, and that they sincerely trust that
.may ever arise to impair tbe strength of
on whlch now happily subsists betwoea the
X have, dm.
(Signed) PALMERSTON.
^TWs^xpera were reoelved with great cheering,
Tbe proceedtogslo the House of Lords were un-
"jwwiay, April 15*—'The House aud all. its gall©*
-e Hea were crowded at an eariy hour; aud at fl o'clock
Jota Resell oommeoeed spiaklog In support
of Ms motion 00 the governnteot of Ireland. His
epeech ( Is said to have been one ofthe ablest bis
•urpriso and mortification of the Carlists and repub
iicans, nnd the other odd* nnd ends who had united
la tha hope of forcing the King to u virtual surren
der of his authority. Tho upshot of the matter is
that a sufficient number oftho Doctrinaires, Into op-
ponenl* of the King and Count M »lu, Imre gone
over—satisfied, probably, that the rule of (heir late
allies would be more mischievous than any tiling the
King would be likely to attempt.
It was presumed thxt after this triumph Marshal
Soult would renew his ondeovurs inform a ministry
—that bi* wmtkl be successful— am) that the new ca
binet would be almost identical in policy with that
uf Count Mole. If Their* shuuld join it, it would
hare aa overwhelming majority at its command—if
be should keep aloof lu majority would ho smaller
butstillnrubably sufficient.
Tbo French govi
t is said to have offered iu
nuxjixtioo between the Sultan and the l'aclta uf
^ TX#Vr,n«b*n*l Kn|ll.b*mb,«.lar.«C»..i.n
From the AVto York /Cm.
HON. ELY MUORE.
If it were necessary to inuttipiy evidence to show
llmt the spirit of federalism tends, now, as much us
in days past, to acroulion uf.pri iieged orders in so
ciety—to a contempt ofprcteiisions founded upon
murit, unless it is accompanied by thu uxtruneou* in
fluences of birth, family cimucxions, or snmcihing
that creates rank ind< p.'iideiil of merit—tho bitter
IHirsoiial invective that lias bo u directed ut tho gen-
llemuii whose name head* tlds paragraph, since ho
first entered upon public life, may b*i referred to us
pertinent nnd palpable. Uc is one of tno late rep
resentatives ol Congress, from the city of N. York.
The democracy ofthe city found him pursuing the
occupation of u Journeyman 1‘rinter, appreciated
his merit, and regardless of thu sneers of the 'Wr-
chant prince*,” and the m isluoom aristrocrucy of
thu city, hare twice elected him to Congress. Fed
eral Inured with its supercilious up-turning of tho
misc.snulled tlte offence—the innovation upun its no*
liens of exclusiveness, in the very breeze! A prac
tical mechanic the representative ofthe proud und
huughtycity in Congress, was gal) and wormwood
to tho decayed und degenerated, but still assuming
aristocracy! Four years ago ho t-ok hi* sent in
Congress, und lie curried with him a reputation for
talent which has not been diminished, though 11 fre
quent recurrence of discusu has materially iutcrletvd
with his usefulness. His published speeches, in
in point of plain practical good sense, in ull the re
quisites ufabio and substantial argument, hour tho
test oferitieui examination; and in point uf intrinsic
merit, are not behind thu best uftlie last four ses
sions- Y’et such is federal discrimination, when in
fluenced hy^purti/au partiality, und u i.uturul hatred
•nr merit of un obscure origin, tiiat whilo it would
land the fuitieii und bombast of lloffimin, and tho
feverish incoherent ravings of IV utiss, it could *m*r
ut und ridicule tho practical good souse, the genuine
eloquence of E y Moore. Federalism too, accuses
him of obnoxious principles— of bei g a till owerof
Fanny Wright—ol menu derelicti -ns. We have no
kuuwh dgu of his abstract religuu* principles, but
from our knowledg ofthe man, sluiu.d have no hes
itation in saying that tho geucral libertinism of opin
ion of Fanny Wright found no favor with him. So
far as moral character is concerned, (here his accu
ser* probably infer from an assumed false position,)
those wh° have had an • ppurtunity to know him ut
Washington, tho place above all others, were vice
•ndinniorulity assumes its most attractive form,have
not failed to observe, that with habits naturally re
tiring and unobtrusive, he seems one of the minority,
who, suiTuuuded by mural contugian, are untainted
by |ts influence Such is tho man, and such i» the
representative, towards wh m federal invective
ginishes its most envenomed tooth! The ulcusure
with w'hich we pay his tribute to talent und moral
worth in a democratic representative, wo confess is
no small degree rnhuurcd by the eoiuidcratiun that
ho is uuoofuur craft—aJoi'itNEYNxN I'iumeu.
THE PRESIDENTIAL QUESTION.
Th* Bt. Joseph’s T mes hs* tba foliowdag just re
marks on tbo sulijoct
The flrixgia Art»• ha* boon ruled out of the
State lUg* is Party, by the Gorgia Jot mil, be
cause it prefer* Mr. Van Duron, to Messr*. Clay
Harrison.or Webster, or wdiodyni nil,—which Int,
ter the Journal prof r* to either. Wt* admire the
indi'pctnlvnt t .ncand spirit ofthe Argus, ami from
a personal knowled (e of its Editor, we think the
J .umil his got bold of a rough cuuomai. South
Carolina has Ix-cotne tired of this little policy of
throwing nw ay her vote. It is the Amy tu well as
right of a sovereign Slate, to cs*t her voto for tha
Presidency, nnd it is trifling with the great right of
so'trnge tube wasting it upon men who are nut con
sidered as nndidnte* ln*r.im*eihey do not entirely
approve of the principles of 1 hose who are out ns
such There is always n choice of evil*, nnd if tho
Georgia Journal, or ts Party prefer Clny, Harri
son, nr Webster, to Mr. Van Boren, let them come
out like hoiie-t men and open Politicians, aud
show 1 ludr "flag.” Our life nn it,the Georgia Argus
will take issue with them, and bo sustained by the
People.
From >he Richmond Enquirer.
FsCT vs Asskrtion!—'Tl e ext in quotation
marl.*. {« from Saturday'* Baltimore Chronicl”,
(Wide) tin* comment* are our own:
"The fioliiienl»*alde that l* waging in Virginia
will he the fierce-t that has ever h -eo known in that
Slate,”
"Never did a paper Libor harrier than 'he Rich
mond Enqain-r—never wa* «<• much ncdv.ty dis
play d in die Loeo-f m-ii r'li k-."
1 he Citroutcle Is right—Wt* never did feel n
greaier inteie*r in nay clecdon—f*r, the issue
tnaehes a.I the great pri iciple*, for winch we have
befit Nfriigtiing all our I fe tiro—the grenl i-*np
of State (tight* v*. FioWn l*»ni—of a** rleteou*i ruc
tion v*. a lutiiiidiiintis roust 1 oetiou, of Mit-tia V,n
Boron v*. H Clay and hi* 50 million N iliieud
Boik. We know “dial ill** Wing* have n"em|ii< d
to throw a.mask over their design —tod uff-et to
•tv, that n Naiiioial Baak i* laid opoti die -h”lf.—
Bat what *nv*iholi . ham|iioa, |(llen.y A Wiset)
WI1.1l did he say at G uticestn T What «|id lie say
t.n Mood ty ht«t, «* reported in it* by nn ImnnrnM’.-
sta-'la'or, who «ketelie* W'. *ti< ceh inn letter*
which we .hall puh i-li in our next. It U on these
aerotints, Ihrt 1 we feel « deep io<ere*t in tlo- elec
tion—it U t|u. first hntth*, that i* to lm fun—ilm
i We sji add loose it. (which We do no |, • ieve,) die
Chronicle writ find itself wofully mistaken in in it*
next tirtseftion,
" 1* Van Huron should ln«e the Stiff nt the rum-
ing cleelioti Id- hope of re- lee ion is g me forever.
If the Van Boron partv are ever likely to succeed
nfiern warm contest in Virginia, now is the tin,..
AUlho element* of parts nvtr.hmery have Item, pm
in tnoiioo, and die country tony well |.aik 00 In
lin n hie** anxiety lo see if Virginia will stoop from
he/1 T«y position a* the oalerrified Cemm<uinealtii,
and how to th ■ power nf Van Bnretdsm— it see if
lo*r independent\i /irr.nury can he sedue.-d into ifo
support ofun ailminisira ii.il w-liieli posse**,.*
principle in comm n with the sentiments ofthe pen
p * or tlte pvo.pmyy ofthe State.”
The Chronicle is every way mistaken, ns in die
ie*idl nl the election, as well us to the common
principle* Imo tve,mV retain and the Ad ni-d* Ml Ion
With us «n tint tariff, in .'rind i nprov. men*, tlte
hank; the fir*’ to laky die field against' iil»id'hnd*t«
are we oseh tn -e M. Van Boron for I.nrim li-
ooo* Coii-ttitetioai*l, a f i« id of die tariff, in cpuil
imptovement.Ar.—in nlln-r word*, the Whig can-
dl l iie of lli'.Ghrouiele, II. Clnv.
But the Chronicle 1* equally mistaken as to the
i**uo of this election. If it should go asninst hi*
friends, it* results will nut derid a tlte fate nf Mr.
Van Buren. It will n *t decide hi* fid” in Virginia
—very fur from it. If wa* should lose Virginia now,
she will certain!v go for Mr. Van Buren next year.
Tho rents.>ns ure clear ns light; 1st, if we should lose
tho majority of delegate*, we shall carry it by gen
eral ticket next year. Weshnllhnvo a* large nma-
j- rity in Shen inrioah, Rockingham, nnd I'ugo alone,
as will Ito sufficient to offset almost every county,
where the Whigs may carry a majority. In tho 2d
place, we shall not have our full strength during
this Spring, and for tlte most obvious reason in tho
world, that in some fetv ofthe debatable counties
tho Conservatives will unite with tbo Wlrijs with tiic
hope nfoarrying the county.
The men, who tv.II stoop to surhn coa’ition. are
unt yet unmasked, i hey tight under a false flag
Their friends protend, that they nro friend* of tho
Administration, Van Buren men, because they were
alone tinto Jackson men—and thus palm them off
upon th« friends nf dm Aibnia'utruiinn.ns it* friends.
In this way, they may reeeivo and carry spvernl
votes, which will be lost to tho Whigs, whenever
this trick may fail them, nnd they must take sides
cither with Van Buren or Clny. ’Then, tiie whole
mask will be dr mped—and when these Conserva
tives join the Whig rank*, every Republican will
abandon diem to their allies. Again the issue will
l,e next year, between Mr. Van Buren nnd one Whig
Candidate alone—and many an honest Whig will go
for tiie formal sooner linn the latter, whoever he may
lie. But now t!i?y are trying to play off severs! can
didates upon us. Tho game is to turn out our "pro-
sent rulers" nt all events—and therefore, they do
not hesitate nt thi* tintn to piny off several enndi
dates before tlte eyes of tlmir several friends." “All
these element* of party im-hinory are now in mo
tion" nm.nig tie* W dg»; but next y»ar. tlte Conser
vative* will cither abandon them, nr bo abandon-
• d by their friends—and many n Whig will aban
don their banner in div;u*t. Tito Status’ Right
Whig* will certainly fly from them us from the
plague.
Never, then, was any prophecy more false than
that of the B. ChmnU Us. Though wo might lorn
Virginia this Spring, we shall certainly carry her tha
next year.
* The pressure of other matter# has crowded out
tlte communication of uur eorrespoi.dent. What he
rays in relation to Mr. Clay's devotion to the Bank,
is a* follows; "Mr. Wise wanton to s.iv, that Hen
ry Clay warned to he President, and that lie, Mr.
Wise, intended to support and vote f r him o* *urh;
that, like himself, Mr Clay was nn advocate of a U.
S Bank, and for tho establishment of which, the
people themselves in a few venr* would be crying us
thu frogs in dry weather rrv for rain."
FRANCE.
A Utter from Paris, dated April 6, »ajr«t—
It appears certain that the efforts made to dr-
inch Mandrill Fsitilt from his friends of the Left and
J^ft Centre, and put unend for ever wh s political
existence, hstn» been successful. His ran, the Mar
quis da Dalmatia, ha* equally been Won over to the
1) .un, but bis ran in law, the Marquis do .Mnrnay,
rental sfirm an-l consistent. Th Marshall, is Mill
proceeding in his efforts to construct a cabinet, but
with little rli-mce of forming one likely to endure.
Although it was generally known that tbe King
would not open the session In person, the quays and
other avenues leading to the Palais Bouroon were
occupied ut nn early hour by a considerable multi
tude. At noon the space in front of tho Chatnlier,
on the river side, become aitogetberimpnssible from
the density of the crowd, nnd shortly afterword a do-
tnchtn mt of the 53d regiment of the line, (one of
those in garrison in Pari* nt the period of tbe revo
lution of 181U.) <b bunched from under the peristyle,
nnd, drawing up in u linp. with fixid boynnrts, o
the bottom ofthe flight of step*, march' - d forward
nnd drove hack the people. A double row of sol
di r* was afterward stationed lietwren the polnee
and the bridge, to clear the way fur the Deputies,
and a forge body nf town serzemit*, followrd by po
lice agents, in " colored riothrs,” constantly moved
backward nnd forward, keeping the pn^sase free
At one o’cloc'., the crowd continuing to increase,
half a squadron of lancer* rode up the quay, nnd
took its station under the terrace to tlte left of the
palnce.
The nir nnd nttitnde oftho popular assemblage
were, at that time, truly alarming. A number nf
individual* of sinister appearance, were seen here
nnd there moving through the crowd, which was
farmed chiefly of hoys nnd workmen, attired in
blouse*, nnd evid-Mitlvintent on mischief.
Paris, April 4, half-past 3.—Th” evening of the
Chambers tn-dny has of course given rise to ru
mor*, bur those nt tho B mump respecting the pro
ceedings of tli« 1 ltamberof Deputies, ure in general
ful*". For the Account tin three per Cent*, opened
nt 8 'f. I Hen, defined to 80f. 20 *..} nnd closed nt 80*
2 V-.., a fill nf I5| •. fr on the lunrovertront of yester
day. I'ho Five per Cents, from I09f 75n„ fell to
|o!)f Site $ nnd closed at I09f. 55e„ being2lle,
lower than yesterday. For money tho Three p r r
Gents h ive declined 5c.. nnd the Five per Cents
2-te. The Bank ef Franco shares have not varied,
neither have tho Lafittc Bnnk shares.
The SlSfl.000 in specie, arrived per ship Gdward
Perkins, whs consigned to tl.e liou e ofM<'s»rs P.ipc,
Power* A Smith, n* ageuU I'm (lie Decatur Itnnk in
Alabsms, and wtsnat fir oar insMsuin Mr. Via eat
Nolle, at ern*neou»|y Muted in a roiemporary Juutual
yesterday morning.—Louuianin*. Alny \>ik.
Wlten Daniel Webster wns in Chicago two or
three years since, Mr. B—— nn eccentric nn i well
kiHtwn citizen on bciug intnKluml lo the d stingush-
t*d statesman, nddn*ssixl hint a* follow! "1 read
your *|H.'lliog-lNMik and Dictionary, Mr. Webster,
but I never U'fmv h id thu pleasure ofynururqu.iiu-
lance!—Chicago Amnimn.
Hair srUITMO.—At u hotel, a short time since,
a servant girl inquired of a geudemin at die lire ik-
fust table, if Ids cup wa* mil ” No,” ■aid If. "but
my coffee i%,” Tlte |aa»r thing whs eo tshlerttbly nut-
fused, but determined to pay bim iu hi* own coin,
While at diuoct, thu stage tliuve up, and several
I'tuitlng In, 1 lie fentkunau osketi. " Does •!»•*
st»*a dine here ?” ” Nu. sir."Mid tbe |lri, but tbs
|t«ssen|trs do."
ANOTHER BLuuDt DEED.
Tie* Grand Gu f Advertiser oft lie l-i relates that
on die ytidi ub. the l.lele— le dv «t J M F. B nek.
was di-Covereil o nr the road -iile ul.oitt ball' a mi e
from tbe toe n, by n citizen «f the place. The bo.lv
wa* pierced by a -but from a gun tint It ol penu'ra-
i. il iIm'I'oijs. and dicmoider wn* tiac. il to .1. II.
C uiger 11 plnntet lit ing a few mile* from Gnu.d
On ft Two other men are also implicated, A dis
pute had ex *M*d I* •ttveeit C-oger und Black in te-
Indun 10 some laud.—Th” Immediate ciicumstan-
ce* w hich L d tt the d adi of BI -ck ure n.u related
Consor no.l ail offer have beep iidmill d to bail, tbe
forntei ion sum oftw nty tiiou-unddellurs,nod tiie
latter in die sum of one t|iou*iiiii|.
Army and Navy Intvi.uosnce.—'Tho resigna
tions ofthe following mm.nlofficer* have linen ac
cepted by the President, to take effect at the dates
set opposite to their resp ctive nnmes.
BvtCapt H ri Turner. 1st dra roans, as Assistant
Ad.imuit Geiiond, lO.h April, 1839.
Cnpt J M Washington, 4th artillery, as Assistant
Quartermaster, 11th April 1839.
Second LimitT W Thompson,2d dragoons,3Jth
of \pril, 1039.
Cnpt St Clair Denny, 8lb infantry, 33th of April,
1339. 1
Lt Col Ma on, 1st dragoons, with the four com-
pnnio* of his regiment, now stationed nt Fort Gib
ran. is ordered to tako post on tho ground selected
for thu erection of tho new wort, (Fort Wnyiic,)
to be established on tho Little Illinois river.
Movement of Recruits.—A detachmant of
231 n in (drapm* mid uilaiitry,) left Now York on
(lie 3-Jtli April, fir Now Orleans, in the ship Vazou,
destined a* follows:
For the 3.1 infantry, at Fort Smith, 82
4th infantry, ut Fort Gibson, G3
1st dragoons, do 01
Officers; Cipt J 11 Smith 2d infantry, Lieut W
N Grier, 1st dragoon*, nnd Assistant Surgeon .I "
Cuvier. Alter performing thi* duty, C.i t Smith
and Lieut Grier will join their respective compa
nies, and Dr. Cuylci* will report fir duty atGarrcy’s
Ferry
Tho detachment of recruits under Cnpt Do Ilnrt,
2d artillery, reached Fort Gibson on tha 29th
March.
Oudnance Department.—Cut Bum ford being
on n tour nfd ty, inspecting tho various for s, the
Department U at present undercharge uf Lieut Col
Tuicott.
Navy.—Tho following orders nro announced
n tho lust numberufthe Army mid Navy Chroni
cle;
Lieut. Frankliu Buolmnan, flag lieutenant, Pacific
•quudrnn.
Lieut G N Il-jllins, command of receiving vessel
Baltimore.
Lieut IV M Glendy, R'?nd*zvnus, Baltimore.
Lieut it A Jones mid l* Mid. T T Hunter, tem
porary duti nt Rendezvous, Baltimore.
Purser N Wilson, Navy Yard, Portsmouth, in
plane of Purser John A Bates, ordered to tho sloop
tit Louis,
Capt C W Skinner, command of receiving ship
at Nuia«,k, otcc L cut *V M Ar.nnv.mrelieved;
thu latter having served three years un that
duty.
P Mid. Levin Handy, acting master, steamer
Poinsett.
OPINION.
In Ouloy's Life of .l hn llnnter, jnn published
in '* Tho Medical Library," wo fiud tho following
striking illustration * f character:
"Mr. Hunter attached no value tu opinions, ex-
c pi they could be shewn in he firmly based on fact;
fallacious reus lining, he quickly saw through, nnd
instantly demouished; nud ho was nut mure indul
gent lo hi* own theories when hn discovered them
to etraucou*. Tu b pnjiil (Sir Astley Cooper) who
asked, with s me surprise, whether he hnd not the
year lief re stated un opinion *m some point directly
01 variance with one ho had .,11st put forth, he re-
pied, “Very likely 1 did; I hope l grow wiser
every year," mid to tho *mno purport ho answered
l'rolessor C lemnti, (another nf his pupils,) who
asked him whether lie had nut written s > and *•• ;
"Never u*k me what I have said or what l huvo
written; but ifyoansk.ine what my present opin
ion* nrc, 1 will tell you."
It seems, there!' te, that Mr Hunter wns hut lit
tle addicted to the pride of opinion, nud nd nn re
spect f r what men term "consistency." He was
right both in particular and in general. Consist
ency, us the wind is cnmmmily used, is a special
humbug. It argues nothing fur n man's intellect,
his honesty, or his courage, prove tlmt he thinks
now precisely ns ho did twenty years ngo, nr to as
sume that his present opinions on nuy point will
he tiie same twenty years hence. The bold intelli
gent mind labors continually in tho examination
of principles, und ns it is lint f r mortals always to
be instinctively right, tho consequence is, that the
progress of yenrs brings with it to the thinking many
numerous changes and modifications of opinion.
Honesty n:id courage urr. shewn tu not shrinking
from tho avowal of those transitions, while ohstiun-
cy - r pusillanimity will adhere, umV't simitar cir-
cum lances, to the original creed. Itis tho cause
of much mischief, that propensity to raise a shout
of derision, when men shin th”ir ground iu matters
of importance, and ft is in wretched bad taste to
taunt teem cwr afterward* with being animate.' and
recreants. The reprua.b is only to heap lied when
there is reason to bcli- vo that oilier unlives than
thuso of convi lion, prompted the change.—But
still, in this at in must thing*, sum ' good arises out
of mu ’h evil. Mm nro prevented from giving way
tu sudden impulses—tiny h'sitnte n’tout yielding at
once to novel d.i 'triac*, und a certain degree of steu-
tl.n.'s* i* ensured; yet wiiJ.i co.m fonti oidv s aided
Ihni 1I1 *y h i\e Ipretoforu been iu error, it is nn im-
perative duty to tat wit it is culled "iacu.isUtnnt," or,
»n oth *r words, candid and fairies*. It i* wrong
therof-.re. to eo.i.l etn others -hi lly becauso they
h tt« ch 11 pi 1 Tha in piiry and tli»niv.tr I should
be in re.brenro to why tJjy cha.igad.—Pentyleii-
nian.
Letter* front Cliili, M I'lulndeluhi*. stale (I n
8.ou.i Cm* In I >».fii d-'fo-ite I by duCiiitl t, s with
Ilm lots ol'J.lfoO men. Uolivis bad dtclsiwd usaiuil
him.
WASHINGTON RACES-
We learn from the National Intelligencer of Wed-
n"’d ly that the sweepstakers run for yesterday, of
$108 entrance, $20 I forfeit, was won by Mr. James
Long'* ch. colt, by Eclipse, out of Flirtilln, Jr.,
beating Mr. W, II, Taylor's filly, by Chateau Mar-
gntix.—Time, lm, 52s , lm, 57s.
Tin racecourse wa* not very imm'rnisly atten
ded, probably owing to the fust of its being
known that there were only two horses enter
ed.
Tho entries for to-day, purse $303, threo mile
heats, were: —
1 E Ivvard .1. Wilsoa's b. c. Portsmouth 4
year* uld, by Luzborough, dam by Polly Pes\-
chani.
-.2. JaoiPsB. Kend til's b. e. Sufferer, 4 years
oi l.by Ellipse, out of M igd i.Ut, by Sir Ar
chie.
3. General Gibson's. Mr. Birch’s b. c. Won
der. 4 years old by Ticliicnt.d tm bv Hoy Roy.
4. t'rtwfor.l's Stmprenius, by Zinganeo, dam
by Rattier,4 year* old.
rFrom th* lYoiklugton Globe.")
8PE- 1AL MISSION TO ENGLAND.
The President basdrtertnlmd not (•• send > spe
cial minister to England at present, and we arc per*
milted to publish tho fullim-inr extracts from (Ito
corrcspoodeuce between fouat Palmerston tnd Mr.
Stevcusun as explanatory of the views of tbo tw ogo-
vernments upon tbe subject.
[Extract.]
Mr. Steern*0M to Lord Pnlmertlon.
Lord Palmerston has probably already liecn ap
prised thut, among thop oceedings ofthe Congress
of th? United States at the close of its late session,
provision was made f r u special mission t • Grout
Britain, in relation luthe subject of thi* controversy,
should it, in tboopinioti oftho President, be deem
ed ndvisublo to nppoint one. In virtue of this pro
vision, tbo uudcrsig'ed has trow the honor of ac
quainting his Lordship thut the President ofthe
United States (desirous of conforming to the indica
ted wishes of Congress) has ditteted him to an
nounce to her Mn.ostykt Goverement bis wiliingnes*
to institute such a mission, nnd clinnge tbo |duc i uf
negotiation, which had heretofore been ngrerd on,
from Wusiiiugto.i tu Loudon; providtd it shnu.d
be agreeable to er Majesty’s Government to do
so, ami would, in their opinion, be the meuns of
hastening or facilitating the final ai\ju*tmeut of the
controversy.
In submitting this proposition of the President,
which ho has now the honor of doing, the undersign
ed flutter* himself that Lord Palmerston will not
fail to appreciate tiie motives which have influent i d
the President iu making it, and sen in it, nut only an
additional proof of his desire to terminate amicably
this protracted aud painful controversy, Lut 'he ear
nest solicitude which he feels to place tiie relations
of tlte two countries beyond the reach of those ca
sualties by which, in the present state of thiugs,they
are so liuble to be injured.
Tu this proposition, the undersigned ho* been di
rected respectfully to urge the early consideration of
her Majesty's Guvcri.mcut.
Tiie importance aud urgency of bringing t" a spee
dy emsp the pending negotiation, m.d the existing
embarrassment* in w hich the two countries nre now
placed, will, tho undersigned pursuades himself,
sufficiently explain the earnestness with which ho
bus pressed the subject upon the consideration of
Loid Palmerston; und, inclosing this note, he can
but iudu.Ei* the confident hope time the final determi
nation ofher Majesty’s G vernment will not only
correspond with tiie juit expectations which are en
ter allied by his own Government, but that it will he
I he means of leading to such au adjustment oftho
whole co.itrovesy u* may be compatible with thn
just rights ami honor of tho two c nntries, und tiie
peaceful und friendly relations, upon the presenta
tion of which sjessentially depend tho prosperity
and happiness of both.
(Signed,) A. STEVENSON.
23 Portia.ul Place, March 3 1, 1039.
[extract.]
Lord Palmerston to Mr. St even ton.
Her Majesty’* Goveriunriu consider thu cnmintn
iiicmton which Mr, S:«*v«n<on has been in*'runted
to ni'ik'* to tin* nii.liT-icm'd o|.on ilic»obje<o of die
. I'.iposcd fnisstoii of 11 spin iu) envoy to Kngfoud 11* a
livAli |<rui>i'uf too lii.-iiilly <li position of die Pio*i-
.[••nt, mill of im* frank ne*- winch it i< liuped will n|<
way* < iiu'iiclfiiz” the iiueic..ui*e betw* en tin* two
Guvetn uni : und Iroe Mnjesiy* Guveiioneiit h isti 11
tu iep..y to that cniiiiiiiiuicuiioii in 1I10 sumo spirit
nml w idi di- hii 1.0 Inn.km***. Tbe President is
•le«irous of knowing whet her it w-uld in droiropi-
niuii be the m'im* of hudenuig or facilit.uing tim
final iiiljii-iiiun.i oftliu coniiovi-r*y. Thai it wunld
in ways In* agreeable lo her Majesty’* Government ut
receive any pet-on* enjoy ing the confidence uftlie
Pn*»td. nt. und sum holier to treut of muller* nff c-
timj the iniero-t ot both cuii„irie», llm ondeivigned
i< per-utiled lli il tlm Government of lie Umicd
Siiues cannot po-sildy dunlu ; but Iror Muje*iy , i
Govi rnmeiit do mil see llmt in I lie piesent *ime of
tlm iiegoti.aion such 11 mission emild be likely n
II .*ten or ;o focililniedie udjiHiniRtit of dm « ntro
ver*v It was dm wi-li of the Biitish G vernment
iu 1031, when Ilm nwiml of the King of Nellierliimh
w.i-given, Hmi uny lunliei mgntiud.m which should
no iiec.-ssury upon tni« su >j ct. *lron.d lie r.i-rod
iu L’liido.t Bui t:ie G w eninicnt of tlm Unit* d
S.me* cx|moi.*ci) 11 i-iruNg desire thut the sent of
ni'i'odnunti should be in Wii-liiiirtoii.iind d o Bril-
i*fi G o ern ill” 111 urqniesred in ih'U nrni go
Now tho question at presmit to be considered is
wh ither any advantages would aviso from transfer-
ing the negotiation to London.
Umlnibfd.y if tho state of the negotiation were
such that tho two Govern neats were at liberty to
arrive ut a final nml immediutp settlement ol the
controversy, by a conventional division of the terri
tory In dispute, her Mnjestys Government would lie
of opinion thnt a i vantage might nri c from the mis
sion proposed to he gent to this country by the Gov
ernment of the United State*. But Maine having
refused to agree to a conventional line, nud iinoilier
referemte to arbitration being in the present state of
the m ilter out of the question; the only course left
open for tlm two Governments, with u view to arrive
nt a solution ofthe controversy, is to cause a frti-h
survey oftho territory to be made, for the purprso
of cmfouvoriug to trace upon the ground itself, the
line of the treaty of 1783 find thj undersigned is sen
ding to Mr. Fox, for the consideration of the Presi
dent, a draft ofa convention f r the purpose to be
appointed by tlm two Government* for this end; and
her Majesty's Government hope that the report of
these commissioners will either settle tho question
at issue, or furnish to the two Governments such in
form itinn, as may load dir ct’y to a settlement —
But this being the pre*ent state of the matter, it np-
pears to her Majesty's Government that n special-
envoy now sent from America, would not, up< n his ar
rival in this ciuntry. find any thing to discuss.or to
settle in connection with thi* question, th? discussion
or settlement of which could he of importance com-
mmsurite with tlm expectations which stir.li n mis
sion would naturely excite on bntli side* of thu At
lantic; and that if. in cons -quence thereof, the en
voy so sent w-wi* to return to die United Suite*. 1 e-
f.iro tlte two G iveraments had finally settled tho
whale qu”*tion, a disiapointmcut might thereby bo
created which, however imfmind-d it would hr,
might, nevertheless, produce bad effects in both
countries.
II-r Majesty'* G •vernment h'lvln; tlm* stated
will ti-si-ive, tlu-ii inqire—ion iqnm thi* ninlie
leave do-,|i«-i*imi i.f it lu iIn- 1'iesideiil; mid dm
•ii>d<T«it!iicd lm* unl< further to assure Mr. Sim
s*mi dim her M i,je*ty’» Geverimo-nt nre vi-rv *e
file to In-* mil ■>! fin-udiy cunfidence, which bus
dii-tnied Mr. Sti-vi n-on’-commimii-mioii.
(Sii-M-t.) PALMERSTON,
FoRriG.s UrFirr, Aoiil 3. 1839.
The Great Presbytkiuax Church Cask.—
The Supreme < 'ourt have grunted a new tria. in the
great Presbyterian case, The opinion was deliver
ed by Chief Justico Gibson Judge Rogers dissent
ed.
Wo cite the following from the National Gazette
oC the 8thin*t.
"This morning Chief Justice Gibson read the-pi
nion of the Court on the motion fora new trial in the
Presbyterian case. The opii.fo.i was brief, consid
ering the mass nf testimony, nod tho length of argu
ment submitted by tho counsel, stating, fur the most
part, merely the co.iclusions to which th * court hud
arrived, without going into tho reasons leading to
such conclusions. It d.'ciiL'd that the * exscinding
resolution*,” us th**y are called, passed by tlm gene
ral assembly of 1337 were not only i-o.istitmiontl
but also just; that they were not to bn considered
iutho aspect ofa judicial sentence, but os a legisla
tive act; that they did nothing more than dissolve
tho four sy.iod-, which it was conceded the assem
bly had a right todot th-it tho net being within the
power of that body, its reason* for performing it
cou d not Im reviewed by a civil tribunal; nnd as
tho consequence of all this, that the persons claim
ing to bo cm nlsiioner.t fr.i-n pr.**!iyteries within
tha ex mind *d synods, to the assembly of 1H33, had
ito color of right to seats in that body. Further,
the court ifocid -d that, whilo on tlieso ground* the
proco.-aliiiiTS nf the New Schtml had been unjustifia
ble, they had been in ilmm selves entirely irregular,
even on tlm supposition that tbo excludod commis
sioner* hud been entitled to a seat; that .Mr. Cleve
land had no rizht to put a question to thn house;
that it was evid *nt thu a separata organization wa*
i itended by tim N-*\v S-ihool, and that tho jury Iml
eivon a verdict utter.y inconsistent with tho evi
dence.
"Jud;e Rogers dissented from the opinion, de
claring iu a few words hi* itilhereucc to his origiuul
judgment. A now trial was awarded."
When Corri, the composer, lived nt Edinburg he
hapwjn**d one 8.1ml ty to pass by the Trau Church
while th-* congregation was singing ptalm*. cmifoun-
ded at tho the -diteonl ml sound*, he uskvd a man
with 11 lung ptirirtnicN) face, who was going In, whnt
wu* the matter, Them her a»tmii*heditt the ques
tion, answen*-!, that the peoplo were nraUing the
Lor i. " >ant-t M tria I" exclaimed Crt.tL shrug*
ging up hit shouidurs," tim, Lord mu»t have dm ve
ry b*d ear."
Cabrera w m Sefurt, well fortified.
talllons. Van Halen was baslegtag him, with 14
batialhms and 12b0 cavalry. If tbe place should
Ik? liihcii it wu* drought ||.nt the game would La
mtai ly up with Don Carlos.
Time had been more riots In Valencia, and row
tial law wns proclaimed. -
Tha S|Niiii*h uiiiisiry nos about tumbling lo pit*
ce* again.
Gvntr-tU Van Hnlen and Cabteta had entered
into n convention nut lo slaughter any more prison*
ctr—piovidl g also for i-xrhnnges, for naying «.
irnliuii to rii k ut.tl wounded piisoner*. Ac.
Dim C«t lu* and Murtao Uwd tacumt* ft lend* again,
lull 11 .etier *<qs lliuir friendship is only nretoiidedi
tin.t tlie> h it*- curb oilier inurinlly, mid tnnt each is
only WHtnh.ugforun o|.|mrtunhy to play tha other
u tauil trick, -i j -
lo dc- Bi»qun provinces, to long the strongest
arou'd of D»-n Cm lus^t he people are said toliegrow*
i»E hei.rtlly tired iiftluiii. qud or dm war, and to long 1 -
for not hii g so earnestly us p nre, tin anv terms,-r*
We du not tli.ndur ul it;—N. Y.Com, Adv. lQlh.
inti. .
FROM BERMUDA.
By thp barque Ospray, nrrived yesterday,we hero
Bermuda papers to tho 23d of April, inclusive. A*
mongtho passenger* of the Ospray were hit ExceL
lency Sir Stephen Chapman, late Govern r of tiie
Bermudas, aud Lady chapman, who ora on their ,
way to England. f.
C.tl. Raid the new Governor, arrived on the lltiql^
ond was recoived with great ceremony. He is not
only a gallant and distinguished' officer, but eminent
for his talent* nnd scientific acquirements; of lata
years his investigations nnd discoveries In relation td
tho tho ry of storms, in'connexion With those of our
countryman Mr. Redfield. have attracted much at*
tention here and in Europe. * It Is probable that hia
labors in this important field of inquiry had some.in-
fiuen c with t 0 government in appointing-hlm to
Bermuda, the position of these inlands being emi
nently fuvnrablo for meteor logical observations. •
The steam frigate Medea arrived at Hamilton on
the l&th, from Jamaica,having on board Commodore
Dougin*. When the Mt-^ea left Jamaica the Pique
nnd Andromeda were on tho eve of sailing, with tbo
8th Regiment on boar-1, for Halifax.—iV. Y. Com.
lu/A inr.
From the Tallahau-e Star, 3th tail.
1MJMN NEWS
Once m->re we nn- compelled to darken our col
umn* tv th thu iir-citi"* of the unrelenting niul
w-tkefol S>-minu!e All hits b-en quiet (or <
time past, inti it wa* only the fearful cultt’ winch
produ-e* fit* -t--ini.
Lieut. Ilnr.lieit wii* n native ofN>-w Y-rk, und u
grudu ol Wi-kI Point. Wt* -inceteiy m -irn the
io*- ul die-e v.ilu »'de y.-ung ulfii-t r* nf mir in my,
The fu lowing let lei from Cupl Peyton, ue pub-
I i-li vt-rlmiiut.
ST. MARKS. Mn> 7, 1839.
Sir —I have thi* mmiieut r turned fmin Dead-
•n in- B iy, a 11 It iv • (■» iM-nmunic no to you Hi” me-
lunc.hiiiy im. I igence nf Hi tnord- r • f Lt. I lullu-i t,
und privateO’Di'isiioll of the 61 h Infouirj by the
Seminole*.
The express rider between Fort Frank Brooke,
and Ft. Atid-ew*, did not arrive in *en«oii,und Lt.
tlm he 1, with HI men, went out fr.nn the place o«
(he3.1 Al iy, to iiiu'eimin the reason. About half
way beiwifn th-» two pn«i«, the command wa*
lm It etl. am I Lt. II. wiih O'Dri-coJ, «f(F) Cumpn-
t.y, went on in advance, inientliug to pass t..a night
at Ft Frank Brooke
They were both shot liy n party of Indian* nt tho
14 niderra. k, pmhuh y while watering their lens-s.
U'Dnseo 'a Itor-e ran into F». Frank Br-oke slightly
wiiiitub-d, niul gO'e the first new*there.
Fitur hall* w-.-te 1.I101 iluoiiuh Lt. II. hut neiriror
he loir the soldier was scalped. B th bodies .were
iaiern-d on the 4 li at |jendtn<in* Bay. Tiie ex-
pre»s ruler lm* not yet li eu f und, und but little
doubt I* etit named of hi* death.
Very'respect fuhy.
Your ob’t. servr.
U. II. PEYTON,
Cnin. and A**’i. Q.’m.
Col. W. Davenport, l*t Ini’t Cuuui'g.
FROM SPAIN.
The advice* friun Madrid lire to the 11 li April.
The mttiie* ofthe contending panic* had emt-rgi d
sotrewhai from their lout inactiri'y. E-partem
liail manlo-d into the ptnvi o-e of Santander w ith a
lirtte I'Ut-e, and wa- follow d by M-uo it with 12
ItaHnlluHi*. A fight WH* consequent ly expected,
!• wo* re|N,m-dut Botonne tint there hud Ih-cii
an eiiEaEcnient oiidwUdt, neurSeguiu—n-»ult not
know l|,
It wa* rnm< r*tl that a new project was on fool
among romu of tie Ending Cat lists, to gr| rnl of
Dun Carlo., and bring forw nil his biuthcr Soba.li*
aa a* tha prvtamlor tu th# throne.
The Washington Globe.iu publishing the apology
which wns made the other day by the government
of Upper Canada for tho outrage committed by a
body of Canadian m.litia on the steamboat Stephen
Girard,justly observes:
" A useful lesson is thus taught to many o thede-
fumer* of American government, as it seems maul*
feat that some lawless nnd violent people exist ou
the Canada side, nud sometimes commit aggres
sions on our penepful commerce and citizens evea
across the border. ' Less taunting remark* should
be used both tn Canada mid England in regard to
the ubility of our officers entirely to prevent every
kind nf excitement or outbreak nn to extended a
frontier. The English and Canndians, who cannot
prevent such attacks ns thnt on the Stephen Girard,
even within the limitsof Canada, and with a power
ful military to aid the civil authorities, sh* uld not,
from their glass houses, throw stones at the De-
mooraev of this country for ‘imhocil ty in preserv
ing order." They will find the great mas* of our
people as ready us themselves to acknowledge and
redress manifest wrongs, when not able to prevent
them amidst such numerous nnd extensive difficul
ties ns exist on the Canadian frontier, aggravated os
they always have been by foreign ngitators and re
fugee* from Canada itself."—N. Y. Evening Pott,
llihinil.
Loss or the Steam Packet McDonough.—We
regret to announce the loss of the steam packet Mc
Donough, Captain Luke, which left this part,An
Monday, bound for Mobile, via Charleston. On
Tuesday night, during bud weather, ns Capt. Luke
wus endeavouring to reach tho inlet at Egg Harbor,
she struck on the bar, nnd soon went to pieces She
hud on bonrd n number of passengers, nil of whnm,
with the officers and crew, were saved. The Mc
Donough ha I recently been repaired und refittodnt
nn expense of some fifteen thousand dollars, atid
had been purchased 0 few days sinco-by Commodore
Shultz, of this city, with the intention of placing her
on the muil route between Mobile and New Or
leans. We understand, there was no insurance on
the boat.—A'. Y. Commercial, 10/A intt.
An Assault and Buttery was committed on the
2fith ult, at Detroit, by Dr. E. A. Theller, of that
t'ity, up n the person of Dr Robert T. Reynolds, of
tbe British army. The provocation is said to have
boon given when the former was a prisoner on board
tho I’ariot schooner Ann, he having then been rob
bed by Dr. Reynolds of some money and jewelry.
The police of New Orlonn* h ive at rested three of
>i gang nf ooiniierfi t**r*, and taken possession’of
ilieu- implemeti's u-id n it ?ri il« f *r making count"r-
feit money, together with a qua itiiy of spurious
Ainei icun coin nf a I denominHli-nH. v
From the Louisville Literary Kcxct Letter.
OUR COUNTRY'S FLAG.
BY J. \V. MATTHEWS.
See | see on high yon sheet of fire,
And hear llmt proud exult.ng cry—
Sound! sound die tiutnp, nml unite the lyre
Uurglnrii u* flag still wave* on high, -
And * iil il*eagle prntiil v wliri.U
Around Id.* limning In me,
Wldlolii* ii‘ininpliniil mode penis
Through tin? sky’s Imllow dume.
Symbol «fliberty I each starry fold
H-i* caught the runinnee ofthe sky,
Ami back influ-hingnplendoi rolled
From stripes uf fir*-nml bur* of gold,
The glorious lutes that never die.
On the upYfling wind* of morn
Tie* fnil- les* gl-tries have Ix-eu born* 5
And when die thiy-g-nl from the world
U iln-u d hi* zone, thy eagle *eiitin.-l, “■
Wi ll id- m ijestiit pinions furied
Cntig I it tin-1 ist gi Men ruy which foil
Ou gl undng crest and h.iughiy boium'sswelL
Where the red flushing death b< It clove
The pull henemlt win sn fearful gloom
Foil ma'iy a m died warrior strove,
1 liy folds 1-u. g In niulon* ttbnvn
The tight,and ever *t« the hmim
Of rum ing t'Hnnoii, trail the shout
Of ch irging«o nniii* ihuinlcivd by,
Tldiie ngle’s star ling sen am rang out,
And t.lii’riti” hlide mid waving plume
AVeni down beneath his (lcuming eye.
Ay! thou hast waved o'er hntlle field,
Where stining trim p-1 wildly peuled,
And cheered lit-* faint tug brave,
When to the serried fight they sprung,
A?-d found 11 gory grave;
Even wh-le liie trumpets voice still rang,
Front out the thick nnd stifling smoko,
Thst veiled the cannon's horrid form
Tt.y radiant form in Sj-1 -iidor liroke,
Fla »)il og n mh) the hut lb-'* storm;
And when'(In* fight wu*o’er,
And hushed the cannon'* roar,
There spangled banner tliaudid’st wave
Mminifolly ubuvelhc fallen brave.
Proud ocean ling 1 thy Mars have shone
In glory o'er the blood stained deck y,;'
Of the dim, hot tlo shivered wreck,
When the wild tempest harp’s deep tone,.
And the fierce billow's hurtling moan,
Chuuntcd the dying sailor's dirge
Upon the dark, storm driven surgt,
And when the manly form wns cold,
And Death, a triumph there hod wan,
No milled funeral bell was tolled.
But slowly boomed the minnto gun,
While routid that gallant breast
Thy brilliant folds were press’d—
Robing the wanderer of the deep
Even in his lust and dreamless sleep.
Flag of the free! each patriot form
That fell beneath thee in thn days of old,
Whene'er, at Freedom's call, the cannon rolled
Its thunder anthem through the stotm,
►hall guard thee still, though they no mora
May tread the soil they loved of yore— -
An unseen phalanx they shall stand
Round Frecdiim'sholiestshrines,nnd thereunforied
The banner of iltelr native land
Shall wave In glory o’er a troubled world.
^ Bride of the ever sounding seas I
Each wave that rolls in crasules* dirges o'er
The sepulchres of warriors, who upbore
Thy stars in triumph un tha breeze—
Elicit wind thnt, jnurn'ying nn, doth (weep
Tbe burps which gild the dark blue deep—
Tha golden glories of the radiant light,
And holy silence of star mantled night*
tihall bring loud welcomes unto thee,
Front every land, o'er every *ea,
And wltere oppression binds iba crouching sUva,
Thy form shull glow—a U-aeon light to mvo,
And Earth's remotest dime be free.