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Burning of the Philadelphia Frigate. fn Cooper’s Naval History of the United .Slates is the following description of this gallant act. During the war between the United Stale* and Tripoli, in 180:) and 4. the United States Frigate Philadelphia, Captain Bainhriilgc, stand ing into the harbor ol 'Tripoli in chase of a xc beck, struck on a reef, and all the exertion* to get her off proving unsuccessful, she at last struck to the gun boats by which she was surrounded, and fall into the hands of the enemy. The Philadel phia was subsequently got off the reef—towed in to the harbor, manned with Turks, and nearly fitted for sea, when Commodore, Preble matured a plan for destroying her where she lav at anchor. 'This perilous enterprise was entrus ted to Lieutenant Stephen Decatur, who then commanded the U. S. schooner Enterprise—and a ketch which had been captured from the enemy a few days previous, and called the Intrepid, was the vessel employed fur this service. 'The. Intre pid sailed from Syracuse on the 2d February, 1804—accompanied by the Hyrwi of sixteen guns, Lieut. Corn. Stewart, who was properly the senior officer of the expedition—though ow ing to the peculiar nature of the service, Mr. De catur was permitted to conduct tlie more active part of the duty at his own discretion. The party in the ketch consisted of Lt. Com. De catur, Lieuts. Lawrence, Bainhridge and Thorn—Mr. McDonough, midshipman; and Dr. Doorman, surgeon; all of the Entorprize—and • Messrs. Izard, Morris, Laws, Howe, midshipmen of the Constitution—and 8. Catalona, the pilot with 02 petty officers and men—making a total of 74 souls. These vessels arrived off Tripoli, but owing to tho rough weather, no attempt was made to accomplish the object (ill the evening of the 10th inst—when every thing looking fa vorable, Decatur seriously made disposition for the attack—and was reinforced by a boat and eight men from the Siren, under the orders of midshipman Anderson.— Richmond Compiler, The result of this expedition is thus related by Mr. Cooper : “The orders of Lieut. Com. Decatur were clear and simple. 'The spar-deck was first to he car ried, and then the gun deck, after which the fol lowing distribution of the parly was to he made inordertoset lire to the ship, Mr. Decatur, with Messrs. Izard and Kowc, and 15 men, were to keep possession of the tipper deck. Mr. Laws anil McDonough and ten men were to go into the ward room and steerage; Mr. Morris with eight men, wore to go into the cockpit and after store rooms; Mr. Thorn with the gunner, surgeon, and 13 men, were to look after the ketch; to Mr. Izad was assigned the command of (lie launch, shnnld she he needed, and Mr. Anderson, with the Siren’s cutter was to secure all boats along side of the ship, ami to prevent the people from swimming ashore, with directions, however, to hoard as soon as the first duty was performed. Fire arms were to he used only in the last ex tremity, and the first object of every one waste clear the upper deck and gun deck of the enemy. These arrangements were plain and judicious. The watchword was “Philadelphia.” As the ketch drew in with the land, tho ship became visible. She lay not quite a mile within the entrance, riding to the wind and abreast of tho town. Her foremast which hud been cut away while she was on the reef, had not yet been replaced, her main and mi/,on topmasts were housed, and her lower yuds were on tho gun wales. Her lower standing rigging, however, was in its place, and. as was shortly afterwards ascertained, her guns were loaded and shotted. Just within her, lay two corsairs, with u few gun boats and a galley. It was a mild evening for the season, and tho sea and bay wore ns smooth ns in summer, as un -1 ike as possible to the same place a few days pre viously, when the two vessels had been drjven Iroin the enterprise by a tempest. Perceiving that he was likely to gel in too soon, when about five miles from the rock, Mr. Decatur ordered buckets and other drags to he towed astern, in or der to lessen tno wav or u.. w-v-u., ...ithont shor tening sail, as tho latter expedient would huvo been seen from the port, and must have awaken ed suspicion. In tho meantime the wind gradu ally fell, until it became so light as to leave tho ketch but about two knots way on her, when tho drags wore removed. About 10 o’clock, tho Intrepid reached tho eas t ern entrance of the bay, or the passage between the rocks and the shoal. The wind was nearly east, and as she steered directly for the frigate, it was well abaft the beam. 'There was a young moon, and as these hold adventurers were slowly advancing into a hostile (tort, nil around them was tranquil, and apparently without distrust. For near an hour they were stealing slowly along, the air gradually failing, until their motion be came scarcely perceptible. Most of the ollicers and men of (he ketch had been ordered to lie on deck, whore they were con cealed by low bulwarks, or weather boards, and y the different Objects that belong to a vessel. As it is tho practice of those seas to carry a num ber of men even in the smallest craft, the appear ance often or twelve would excite no alarm, and this number was visible. The commanding offi cer, himself, stood near the pilot, Mr. Catalano, who was to act as interpreter. 'Tho quarter master at tho helm, was ordered to stand directly for the frigate’s bows, it being the intention to lay the ship aboard in that place, as the mode of attack which would least expose her. 'The Intrepid was still at a considerable dis tance from the Philadelphia when the latter hail ed. 'The pilot answered that the ketch belonged to Malta, and was on a trading voyage,and that she had been nearly wrecked, and had lost her anchors in a late gale, and that the commander wished to ride by the frigate during the night.— This conversation lasted some time, Mr. Decatur, instructing the pilot to tell the frigate’s people with what he was laden, in order to amuse them, and the Intrepid gradually drew nearer, until there was every prospect of her running foul of the Philadelphia, in a minute or two, and at the very spot contemplated. Hut the wind suddenly shifted and took the ketch a-back. The instant the southerly puff struck her, her head fell off, and she got a sternhoard; the ship at the same moment tending to the now current of air. 'The effect of this unexpected change was to bring the ketch directly under the frigate's broadside, at the distance of about forty yards, where she lay per fecllv becalmed, or. if anything drifted slowly astern, exposed to nearly every one of the Phila delphia's larboard guns. Not the smallest suspicion appears to have been yet excited on hoard the frigate, though se veral of her people were looking over her rails, and notwithstanding the moon-light. 8o com pletely were the Turks deceived, that they low ered a boat, and sent it with a fast. Some of the ketch’s nu n in the mean time had got into her boat, and had run a line to the frigate’s fore chains. As they relumed, they met the frigate’s boat, took the fast n brought, which came from the after part of tho ship, and passed it into their own vessel. These lasts were put into the hands of the men, as they lay on the ketch’s deck, and they began cautiously to breast the Intrepid alongside of the Philadelphia, without rising.— As soon as the latter got near enough to the ship, the Turks discovered her anchors, and they sternly ordered the ketch to keep off as she had deceived them : preparing at the same time to cut the lasts. All this passed in a moment, when the cry of “Americanos" was heard in the ship. Thapevple of the Intrepid, by a strong pull, brought th-ir vessel alongside of the frigate, where she was s -cured, quick as thought. Up to this minuet, not a whisper had hetraved the presence of the men concealed. The instruc tion had been positive to keep quiet until com mxiidc 1 . tv shrew themselves, and no precipitition even in that trying mm • it, deranged the plan. Dirut. Com. Decatur, was standing ready for a spring, with Messrs. Daws and Morris quite near him. As soon as c lose enough, he jumped at (lie frigate’s chain plates, and while clinging to the ship himself, he give the order to hoard.— The two midshipmen were at his side, and all the odicers, and men of the Intrepid arose and fol lowed. The three gentlemen named were in the chains together, nnd Dieut. Com. Decatur and Mr. Morris, sprang at the rail above them, while Mr. Daws dashed at the port. To the latter would have belonged the honor of having been first in this gallant assault, hut wearing a board ing licit, his pistols were caught between the guu and the side of the port. Mr. Decatur’s foot slipped in springing, and Mr. Charles Morris first stood upon the quarter deck of the Philadelphia. In an instant, Dieut. Com. Decatur, and Mr. Daws were at his side, while heads and bodies appeared coming over the rail, and through the ports, in all directions. The surprise seems to have hern as perfect, as the assault was rapid and earnest. Must of the Turks on the deck crowded forward, and ran over to the starbord side, as their enemies poured in on the larhord. A few were aft, hut as soon as charged they leaped into the sea. Indeed, the constant plunges into the water, gave the assail ants the assurance that their enemies were fast lessening in number by flight. It took hut a minute or two to clear the spar deck, though there was more of a struggle below. Still, so admira bly managed was the attack, and so complete the surprise, that the resistance was but trifling. In less than ten minutes, Mr. Decatur was on the quarter-deck again, in undisturbed possession of his prize. There can he no doubt that this gallant officer now lelt hitter regrets, that it was not in his pow er to bring away the ship he had wo nobly recover ed. Not only were his orders on this point pre remptory, however, but the frigate had not a sail bent, nor a yard crossed, and she wanted a fore mast. It was next to impossible, therefore, to re move tier, and the command was given to pass up the combustibles from the ketch. The duty of setting Arc to the prize appears to have been executed with as much promptitude nnd order, as every other part of (ho service.— The officers distributed themselves, agreeably to the previous instructions, and the men soon ap peared with the necessary means. Each party acted by itself and as it got ready. So rapid were they all in their movements that the men with combustibles had scarcely time to get as low as the cockpit and after store rooms, before the fires were lighted over their heads. When the officer entrusted with the duly last mentioned, had got through, he found the after hatches filled with smoke, from the fire in the ward room and steer age, and was obliged to make his escape by the forward ladders. The Americans were in the ship from twenty to twenty-five minutes, and they were literally driven out of her by the flames. The vessel had got to ho so dry in that low latitude, that she burnt like pitch; and the combustibles had been as judiciously prepared as (bey were steadily used. The last party up were the people who had been in the store rooms, and when they reached the deck, they found most of their com panions already in the Intrepid. Joining them, and ascertaining that all was ready, theorderwas given to cast oil'. Notwithstanding the daring character of the enterprise in general, Mr. Deca tor and his party, now run the greatest risks they had incurred that night. So fierce had the con- ] flagration already become that the flames began i to pour out of the ports, and the head fast having , been cast oil’, the ketch fell astern, with her jigger ‘ flapping against the quarter gallery, and her boom-foul. The fire showed itself in the window I at this critical moment; and beneath was all the I ammunition of the parly, covered with a tarpau line. To increase the risk the stern fast was jammed. Dy using swords, however, for there was not time to look for an axe, the hawser wav' cut, and the Intrepid was extricated from the most imminent danger by a vigorous shove. As she swung clear ol the IVlgaltr, the flames reached the rigging up which they went hissing like a rocket, the tar having oozed from the ropes, which had been saturated with that inflamahle matter. Matches could not have knindled with greater quickness. The sweeps were now manned. Up to this moment every thing had been done earnestly, though without noise, but as soon as they felt they had got command of their ketch again, and by two or three vigorous strokes, had sent her away from the frigate, the people of the Intrepid ceased rowing, and as one man they gave three cheers for victory. This appeared to arouse the Turks from their stupor, for the cry had hardly ended, when tire batteries, tire two corsairs, and the galley poured in their fire. The men laid hold of their sweeps again, of which the Intrepid had eight of a side, and favored by a light air, they went merrily down the harbor. The spectacle that followed is described as having been both beautiful and sublime. The entire bay was illuminated by the conflagration, tire roar of cannon was constant, and Tripoli was in a clamor. The appearance of the ship was in the highest degree magnificent i and to add to the etl'ect, as her gnus heated they began to go off. Owing to the shift of wind and the position which she had tended, she in sonicl measure returned the enemy's fire, as one of her 1 broadsides was discharged in the direction of the | town, and the other towards Port English. Tire most singular ell’eet of this conflagration was on hoard the ship, for the (lames having run up the rigging and masts, collected under the tops, and fell over, giving the whole the appearance of glowing columns and fiery capitals. Under ordinary circumstances, the situation of the ketch would have still been thought sufficient ly perilous, hut after the exploit they had just performed, her people elated with success, reganK ed all that was now passing as a triumphant spec tacle. The shot constantly cast the spray around them, or were whistling over their heads, hut the only sensation they produced, was by calling at tention to the brilliant jots dreaus that they occa sioned as hounding along the water, lint one struck the Intrepid, although she was within half a mile, of many of the heaviest guns for some time, and that passed through her top-gallant sail. With sixteen sweeps, and eighty men elated with success. Mr. Decatur was enabled to drive the Intrepid ahead with a velocity that rendered I towing useless. Near the harbor's mouth he met tlie Siren's boats, sent to cover his retreat, I hut their services were scarcely necessary. As I soon us the ketch was out of danger, he got into one, and pulled aboard the brig to report to Dieut. Com. Stewart the result of his undertaking. The Siren had got into the offing some time after the Intrepid, agreeably to arrangements, and anchored about three miles from the rocks. Here she hoisted out the launch and a cutter, manned and armed them, and sent them in, under Mr. Caldwell, her first Diculenant. Soon after the brig weighed, and the wind having entirely failed outside, she swept into eight fathoms wa ters, and anchored again, to cover the retread should the enemy attempt to board the Intrepid, with liis gun boats. It will readily be supposed that it was an anxious moment, and as the moon lose, all eyes were on the frigate. After waiting in intense expectation near an hour, a rocket went up from the Philadelphia. It was the sig nal of possession, and Mr. Stewart ranlielow to get another for the answer. He was gone only for a moment, but when ho returned, the fire was seen shining through the frigate’s ports, and in a few more minutes, the flames wore seen rushing up her rigging, as If a train had been touched. Then followed the cannonade, and dashing ol ; sweep... with the approach of the ketch. Fre i. scntly n boat was seen coming alongside, and ft ir man in a Bailor’s jacket, sprang over the gang e, way of the brig. It was Decatur, to announce d his victory I n mmmmm<mm ——■« m r —»■> i i—Uw— ' CHRONICLE AND SKNTINKL. e A U c; U S T A. TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 4. ~ FOR GOVERNOR, | til AIII, US DOUGHERTY, r j OK CUBK COUNTV. Dkmand on Mexico.—The New York Star '• says, it is conjectured that the heavy squadron in B the West Indies, under Commodore Hhubrick, and eonsisting of the Macedonian frigate and six « sloops of war, is there for the purpose of deman '' ding retribution of Mexico. It is, we hope, true, 1 as it should have been done years ago. Now a 3 reluctance to comply may lead to a blockade a. la Baudin, which, to be sure, would not seem so ’ magnanimous just at this time—hut better late , than never, and besides, it might aid the derno -3 cratic struggle of the people against the assump tions of central power by Santa Anna and Busta ) mente. Probably Mr. Ellis is gone out in the > Constitution to Vera Cruz to make a formal de- I mand. An American fleet moored offNaplcs, is said to have had a very stimulatingeffect on the un-paying propensities of Lazzaronis, under sim ■ ilar circumstances. Tim OUTIIABE CoNSUMM ATE I), — The N. Y Commercial Advertiser says; The jacobin ma : jorily of the Pennsylvania House of Representa tives have consummated their outrage upon the person of Thaddeus Stevens, and the people of the county of Adams, who elected him by an im immense majority. They have vacated his seat without allowing him even to lake it, declaring, by solemn vote, in the teeth of the fact, that he had resigned, and ordering the Speaker to issue a warrant for a new election. The moment the resolution was adopted, the colleague of Mr. Ste vens withdrew from the House, and went home to his constituents. Every member who voted for the exclusion of Mr. Stevens, knew and felt that he was voting a falsehood. During all of April and a part of May, we were occasionally relieved from the dull and mo notonous complaint of the scarcity of money, by another equally annoying, the eflect of a long and “dry spell” of weather—that of dust and heat, but are again thrown back upon the evils of the monetary system. Our city was visited on Friday last with a’refreshing shower, to which the Hyperborean God added some hail; on Sun day night we were again visited with another, attended with a noisy but brilliant accompani ment of the “artillery of Heaven,” and again yesterday, with one of the heaviest showers which has fallen since March. The spell which has appeared to he upon the heavens is, at length , literally broken! \ the New York Evening Star, of May 30. V Very Eate and Important from England. Five Days Enter. By the packet ship Samson, L’apt. Sturges, which left London, May 4th ; and by an arrival at Halifax, bringing Falmouth papers of the same date, and the Portsmouth, Cl apt- Wilson, at this port, which left Liverpool April 30, v e have in telligence of a highly interesting character. The news by the arrival at Halifax, is thus given iu the Boston Mercantile Journal of last evening. Large meetings of the “Chartists” were held in various parts ol England—at which many of them were armed. At Ashton the number as sembled amounted to upwards of 10,000. Some of their leaders were continually urging thcar otr to the commission of violence and bloodshed. A creation of Peers was immediately to take place. A public dinner was given to Mr. Hume, M. P. on the first of May, in London, in testimony of his eminent public services, and consistent advocacy of the cause of reform. Letters from Syria represent the affairs in that country as becoming more serious. The hostile armies face each other on the frontier, ready for action at the first notice. The news of the termination of the difficulties between Maine and New Brunswick, by the in ■ tervention of Gen. Scott, had reached England by . rthe Independence, which arrived at ‘-thill inst. e Loudon Morning Chronicle oTthe Ist May says: “ The satisfactory intelligence which w T as re ceived this morning in reference to the American boundary question has given an impetus to the stock market generally, and purchases have been entered into with greater spirit. Some large in vestments, in fact, were made in Consols to-day. They loft oil at 93 J buyers for money, and to i for the account.” paper says “ for some time past' y 'there have been constant rumors of various ghan ■ ges being about to be made in the Cabinet. Lord ■ John Russell, it is said, is to retire, owing to ill I health, and ill temper. Lord Mclbome is to be hustled out of seat as Lords Gray and Glcnelg • were before him—and the new premier is to be. ■ either Lord Normanby or the Earl of Durham.” ’ The Imperial (Joint Stock) Banking Company • at Manchester stopped payment on the 30th off ! April. This bank commenced business iu Dt -1 comber 1830, with 8 branches. In the House of Lords, in answer to a question ' by Lord Brougham, it was stated by Lord M •!- ’ bourne that instructions [had been given to tiie ' British Ambassador at. Constantinople, to p»e- L> serve a strict neutrality in reference to the disputes • between Turkey and Mahomet Ali, Pacha of s Egypt. 0 The Falmouth Gazette says that as the Queen G was passing through Pimlico in the last week in April, she was loudly hissed by the people, and e was saluted with various exclamations in allusion !. to the Prime Minister’s unconstitutional famiiiur i. ity at Court. From the Boston Transcript of last evening we r extract the following additions : r The correspondence between General Scott >• and Sir John Harvv, which terminated the Boundary dispute, was received in London, on A the 30th April, and is pronounced highly l[%faetory. J '•The intelligence gave an impetus to the stock, n market generally, and purchases were entered g into with renewed spirit. At the same time the •t news of Mr. Biddle’s resignation of the Presi ;- deucy of the Bank of the United States was re o ceivod, and occasioned a good deal of conversa y lion. His resignation was generally considered, is however, from his well known character, to in a diento a flourishingcondilion of the Bank, which g it is rightly presumed he would not have left in any difficulty, if The Copyright bill was before Parliament and e- met wj;h great opposition. Every exertion is making to start the. British i I Queen steamship for New York on the Ist of | v J une. I I Liverpool Cotton Market, May I.—The j sales to-day amount to 2000 bags, including 400 j t American on speculation and 400 for export, t Prices are just the same as at the closes of last ( week; 129 Egyptian, 13i;80 Maranham, 9d; 50 1 Peruam,9Jd.; and the remainder American, 7sd. I to 9id. _ i SPAIN. ■ Ministry has become exceedingly unpop- Madrid dates to April 22 say that it is probable the Cortez will he dissolved. The Duke of Ahumada, sent for to Andalusia, had arrived at Madrid. People were flocking to the capital to escape from the bands of Cabrera, who were overrunning the provinces. Consternation was at its height, even in the villages four leagues dis tant only from the capital. The fort of Alcolea del Pinar has surrendered to the Carlists. Gen. Noqueras is not yet appointed to the army of the centre. Gen. Agerbe and also General Lorenzo, (Exaltrado) are both spoken of for that com mand. Fears were entertained for the safety of Valen cia and Saragossa. FRANCE. No farther progress had been made in the for mation of a cabinet, although a new man, M. Dupin, had been trying his hand at it. We give his account of the causes that made his effort in effectual—hut the whole and simple truth of the matter is, that the coalition wish to introduce a still greater infusion of republicanism into the system of government—to make the King merely the Executive officer—the Chamber of Peers nothing—and the Chamber of Deputies the sole and real power iu the state. This desire of theirs the King and his friends oppose, because they know that if the monarchy of France is swal lowed up in a democracy the inevitable conse quence will be war, and that the interest of France as well as of Europe demands solid and lasting peace. This is the whole truth ot the matter, however much it may be mystified by the .harangues of the debaters and the essays of the f \ournalists. It is deserving of particular notice, says the New York Courier, that a small iron steamboat, of not more than thirty tons burthen, arrived on the 29th ult., from London, in forty-five days passage. So dangerous was the undertaking considered, on account of her diminutive size : and peculiar construction, that her commander Capt. Crane, had some difficulty in finding a .: crew to navigate her. She worked, however, so admirably, that those who came out in her would willingly return in her. The name of the vessel is the Robert L. Stockton, and she is ; intended for towing on the Delaware and Raritan Canal. She is built entirely of iron, is 71 feet long, while her breadth at midships is nearly 10 ■ feet. In coming out she only used her canvass, her engines being sent by another vessel. Larue Cocoonery. —The New York Star states that the Messrs. Prince, at Flushing, have in their cocoonery, a million and a quarter of Silk Worms, now feeding. The number is sufli- , cicnt to produce above 500 bushels of cocoons, and 600 lbs. of silk. They have also a large ' quantity of silk worms’ eggs in their ice house whose hatching is thus retarded for the purpose I of producing successive crops. V The Tyne Mercury says, successful experi- { ments have been made, by which the harpoon 121 h. weight can he fired out of a piece of artille. : ly with perfect precision, and driven into a whale forty yards distant. Gun boats will thus be used in whale fishing. 1 I Deaths in New Y r oiiK.—lnterments in the city and county of New York, for the week end- 1 ing May 25th, 11 1—82 men, 22 women, 32 boys i 25 girls. i ' — —■ —— i The last packets that arrived, it is said, brought 1 adv’ccs that Vincent Nolte’s Bills on Hatenger 1 & Co., of Paris, had been protested. It is believed , this will cause no small embarrassment to the parties interested at New Orleans. The operations 1 j of this individual have been astonishingly great, , at one time his purchases were thirty thousand 1 bales of cotton, and when there was a pause in his affairs, the hanks wore obliged, by their own interest, to come forward to facilitate his opera- 1 tions. The refusal of the parties in France to accept, may place those who have aided Mr.Nolte, in going on, in a most unfortunate position. Mr. ' Nolle must be a man of no ordinary talents. In 1834, if our recollection serves us, he was L more extensively engaged in cotton shipments ' than he is now. He then failed for an immense amount, and so great were his shipments, that the United States Bank were compelled, by their own interest, to advance largely. His deficiencies at that time were very great, and we believe to tins day they remain unsatisfied. No man of ordina ry capacity would have recovered himself in so short a time. Mr. Nolle has talents, skill and financial abilities V perform wonders, as experi ence has shown. It is to he hoped that his affairs ( will terminate advantageously for all, —and should - the markets in Europe recover, he may come out, not only without loss, but with a splendid for tune.—N. Y. Express. A Glance nt the Old World. The following brief but comprehensive glance at the condition of alfairs in the “Old World” is from the New York American—one of the most intelligent and dispassionate of American news papers,— The aspect of political affairs in Europe seems to us somewhat uncertain. There is manifest uneasiness and jealousy of Russia, both on the part of Franco and England, which two powers seem to be acting in full concord. The London papers state that a considerable augmentation was about to be made in the mili tary force of the East India Company, and re cruiting for that service was going on in London. A large order for muskets, to the number of 20,- 000, had also, according to the Morning Post, been given by the Company. The increase of the British naval force in the Baltic, and the concentration ol that in the Medi terranean, at or near the Dardanelles, would all seem to confirm the apprehension, that unless Russia .hull satisfy the jealousies of Great Britain ~ by present explanations, a rupture cannot long (f be deferred. India is the weak point ns well as the most valuable one, of the British Empire; and India is within the scope both of Russian arms and ' Russian arts. A contest between the two nations 1 for diplomatic superiority and influence over the i Court of Persia, has long been going on, the i motive for which, on the part of Russia, can hard- | ly be explained, as any other than a desire to I conciliate in Persia, an indifferent looker-on at I least, if not an actual ally, m any ulterior plans I of the Muscovite against the British possessions £ in India. r In Turkey, too. this same sort of contest is in £ constant activity, and at. the one or other policy, e Russian or British, prevails, the Sublime Porte is warlike or pacific in regard to its successfully re bellious Pacha of Egypt. Peace is undoubtedly and eminently the desire and the policy of Great Britain—and with all the disposition to concede their full weight to the consideration of justice and friendship which have determined her course with regard to the boundary difficulties with this country, it is yet not unreasonable to conclude, that the uncertain condition of affairs in the North of Europe would Sjrave deterred her from a less amicable course to wards the United States. The apprehension, that if the torch of war be once again relighted, no one can calculate the ex tent of the conflagration that might ensue, is alike operative in the case of Turkey; and England and France, both, are earnest in seeking to per suade the Ottoman Porte to abstain from prose cuting the war in Egypt. ' We hope, most earnestly, that these pacific in tentions and councils will prevail. We should look upon war in any part of Europe, as the sig nal for a long and bloody exhibition of the oppo site and incompatible political opinions which are now at work for the mastery throughout the Old World. .So long as the arbitration between them is not one of arms, good only results; for, in such a conflict, one of a peaceful character— and in which votes in representative halls and electoral bodies, political harangues and newspa per writings are the arguments, —Truth must, in the end, prevail: and Truth can only lead to hap piness—individual and national. From the Transcript. A Novel Case. —An action was brought at Lowell on Tuesday by Mr. Haughton, editor of the Atlas, against Mr. Hale, editor of the Lowell Advertiser, to recover §l2 for the Daily Atlas from February 1, 1837, to August 1,1838, which was sent to him on his own written order, and signed by him as “publisher of the Fall River Patriot,” of which paper he was the conductor when the order was given. The principle defence was, that tint' Atlas was sent on account of the Patriot, and f/fol at his personal charge. It was also objected that as one of the terms of the Atlas was, that no paper would be discontinued till all arrearages were paid, and as the paper had been discontinued before the arrearages were paid, the action could not be sustained. Verdict for plaintiff, damages §l3 with costs of prosecution. Petuiuisites of Office. —The New York Despatch relates, as a current anecdote in that cijy, that a year or two ago, a country cousin ap plied to a friend in power for assistance to a berth in the Corporation’s gift. He was accordingly set to work at one dollar and a half per day ; and in a few months called again upon his friend to inform him he was going out to Harlem, to make his first payment on a house and lot, he had pur chased. “How,” said the other, “how is this! did you not tell me you were poorl” “Yes.” “And you have saved money to buy a house on a dollar and a half a day 1” The other laughed, and, after some hesitation, answered: “I’ll tell you what it is. sir. That was a good berth you gave me; I got a dollar and a half from the city ; then the contractor gave me two dollars a day to watch the sub-contracters, and they gave me two dollars more not to watch them.— Bouton Transcript. London Portr;n Breweries. — : Froni vari ous causes, it would be extremely difficult to give anything like a correct estimate of the capital embarked in one of the great London brew houses. In the hop-room alone of such a con cern, their lies a princely fortune, some single houses having not unusually a stock of hops on hand about two hundred thousand pounds in value. This is, in some measure, dormant capi tal, as such a stock would last a vear or two.— But the keeping of so largo a store is a provision against a scarcity or a rise in prices, and the power of making such a provision is a magnifi cent proof of the means held in command. The stock of malt, again, in the larger houses, is on an equal scale. Malt and hops together will generally amount in value to about three hun dred thousand pounds. The stock vats exhibit another immense absorption of money. In these vats, vast quantities of porter are stored up to ripen and mellow for public use. The vessels in question resemble houses in size more than any thing else. In Messrs. Whitbread’s brewery there are about thirty vats, each between twenty and 30 feet high, and of a proportionate transverse diameter. They hold many thousand barrels each, and arc usually filled to the brim. These vats arc bound with a sucession of very strong iron hoops, and set as close to one another as they can well go; and, in reality, the danger would be extreme without powerful supports of this kind. A number of years ago, a vessel of this nature burst in one of the large London brew-houses, and did no small damage—floating a family, in a neighboring house, clean out of doors, besides other feats of a like order. Barclay, Perkins and Company, have the most extensive porter brew-house in London. Their es tablishment is one of old standing, being the same which formerly yielded a noble fortune to Samuel Johnson’s friend Thrale, The quantity of por ter now annually brewed by this house amounts to between 300 and 400,000 barrels. The fol lowing six brewing companies, Hambury’s, Reid’s, Whitbread’s, Mcux’s, Combe and Dela field’s, Calvert’s, produce also very large quanti ties, the issue of none being less than one hun dred thousand barrels a year, while it is double that quantity in several of the cases. But neith er a knowledge of the amount of the annual manufacture, nor an estimate of the stock and consumption of hops and malt, will lead us to anything like a fair idea of the capital embarked in one of these concerns. The cause of this may 1 be in part explained, The ha;) and malt rooms 1 are natural and obvious quarters for the employ ment of the wealth of these brewing-houses.— But the funds of the same parties are absorbed , in less obvious ways. The most of the licensed public houses in the city are connected with some brewing company or another, and hence are called “tied-houses.” The brewers advance loans to the publican on the security of his lease, and from the moment that necessity or any other cause tempts him to accept such a loan, he is bound to the lending parly. Indeed, the advance is made on the open and direct condition that he shall sell the lender’s liquor, and his alone. The , publican, in short, becomes a mere retail agent , for the behoof of one particular company. They ■ clap their signs above his door, and he can no longer fairly call the house his cwn. The quantity of money thus lent out by the London brewers is enormous. One house alone, we know from good authority, has more than two hundred thousand pounds so employed. Per haps the reader will have a still better idea of the . extent to which this system is carried, when he is told that a single brew-house has fifteen thousand I pounds worth of sign-boards stuck up over Lon don !—rating these articles, ot course, at their 1 cost prices. This explains what a stranger in , the metropolis is at first very much struck with the number of large boards marked with “Whit- j bread’s Entire,” “Meux’s Double Refined,” or “Combe and Dclafield’s Brown Stout House,” that meet the eye in every part of London. These ! signs arc of such size os to extend usually from ! side to side of the building on which they are placed, and if a house presents two ends, or even three, to public view, the massive letters adorn , them all. Such boards cost from fifteen to twen ty pounds a-piecc, so that 8 or 900 of them will amount to the sum total slated; and some brewc- » ries have that number up in one quarter and - another of the great city. This mode of adverti sing may look expensive, but it has its advanta- ’ ! \ ges. It is permanent, and readily points out to the favourers of particular brewing-houses where their favorite stout is to be found. One loves Meux’s, another man Barclay’s, a third Courage and Donaldson’s, and these gilded placards show where the desired articles may be hud by all par ties. What an idea this “tie” system in itself gives us of the wealth of these brewers. A hand some fortune laid out on sign-boards ! DIED, On the Ist instant, after a long and painful sick ness, Leonora Akolina, youngest child of Henry Mealing, in the 4th year of her age. o_j“ THE AMERICAN SILK GROWER AND FARMER’S MANUAL —A monthly publication, designed to extend and encourage the growth of Silk throughout the United States. Edited by Ward Cheney and Brothers, Burlington, N. J., and pub lished in Philadelphia, at the low price of One Dollar a year. 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These medicines after much anxious toil and to catch, having been brought by the Tt the present state of perfection, supersede the use oi yK the innumerable other medicines ; and are ■ > well v adapted to the frame, that the use of them, by main -i taining the body in the due performance of its s unctions, arid preserving the vital stream in a pure ! i : and healthy state, causes it to last many years long er than it otherwise would, and the mind to be come so composed and tranquil, that old age when it arrives will appear a blessing, and not (as too many who have neglected their constitutions, or had them injured by medicines administered by ig norance) asource of misery and abhorrence. 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