The New York Herald Newspaper, April 21, 1843, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. NEW YORK, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1843. “ELEVEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. _ ARRIVAL OF THE Steamship Britannia. Effec' of the Treaty —Debate in Parliament— Distuxbances in Portugal—More Difficulties in Spain—Right of Visit—Relations be- tween America and #ngland—Amerte Stocks—-Important Commercial Intelli- gence—State of the Markets, &. &e c&e. The Royal Mail Steamship Britannia arrived at Boston on Wednesday morning, bringing Liverpool dates to the 4th, and London to the evening of the The news, as a general thing, is important, partic- ularly in relation to the right of visit assumed by England. The Britannia met large quantities of ice. The Overland Mail, due the first of the month, had not arrived. Lord Palmerston brought forward his motion re- lative to the Ashburton Treaty in the House of Com- mons, as we stated yesterday morning. The debate which followed between the mover and Sir Robert Peel, seems to have had very little effect, except to display the forensic abilities of the two great leaders. In the British House cf Lords, the Earl of Wick- low gave notice, on the part of Lord Brougham that on the 4th inst, he would move a vote of thanks to Lord Ashburton, for concluding the recent treaty with America. In the House of Commons, April 3, Sir R. Peel statedin reply to a question from Lord J. Russell, that he had received despatches from Mr. Fox,with acopy of the President’s Message, and the com- munication of Mr. Webster, and that he would lay them before the House The Government had not given any instructions to Lord Ashburton that mo- dified Lord Aberdeen’s despatch of December, 1841—by its principles they were determined to adhere. In France, the power of M- Guizot seems to be now perfectly consolidated, and a better feeling ex- ists between that country and England than has of late years been manifest. The French Government continue to send out ships to the Marquesas. Five are at this time load- ing at different ports. The Great Western arrived at Liverpool on the Ast inst. Business during the last fortnight has sensibly improved. The'cotton market has been extremely buoyant, with improving prices. The sales for the week, ending 31st March, were 56,000 bags—nearly 10,000 per day. On Saturday, however, the demand sensibly decreased, in consequence of the accounts brought by the Great Western respecting the proli- fic magnitude of the last crop. On that day, and yesterday, (Monday,) the salea were about 8,000 bags collectively, prices having receded nearly an eighth of a farthing per pound. A better feeling, however, pervades the manufacturing and the com- mercial classes than has been apparent for a long time. An opinion is prevalent that our dark night of embarrassment will be succeeded by a fine dawn and a brilliant noon-day. The Britannia brings out over a million dollars in specie. Six millions of dollars ot the Chinese Ransom had airived in England up to the time of the sailing of the Britannia. Intelligence from Florence announces the death of M’me Villeneuve, sister of the Qunen of Swe- den, and of the wife of Joseph Bonaparte, after a painful illness of several months. The Gazette of Cracow, announces the death on the 14th ult. at the age of 80 years, of Count Stanis- las Wodzisk1, who has filled the post of President of the Republic during fifteen years. ON THE DEATH OF SOUTHEY. Another star hath set !—though long declining Upon the verge of life’s horizon, we In his effulgence darkened watched him shining; Until Hope gazing toward him morntully, Deemed she might yet his light emerging tee; It was a wish unjust: for had he not Played all high parts upen Life's busy stage? Historian, bard, philosopher was he; ‘Who hath not gathered wisdom from his page, ‘And purity from hisexalted thought? But be hath higher, nobler wreaths than those Given or withheld by everchangeful Fame; He was the good, the just; and Wirtue throws Her evergreen round Seuthey’s deathless name! At the last accounts from Oporto, still further dis- turbances had taken place on account of the unwil- lingness of the people to pay their taxes. The rioters were permitted to parade the streets without moles- tation frem the authorities. Letters received at Constantinople mention the invasion of a neutral territory bordering on the Euphrates by the Pasha of Bagdad; but the particular obiect of that invasion is not stated. A disease somewhat resembling influenza, was at the last accounts, making sad havoc among the cat- tle and sheep in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. The bankruptcy of the Greek government, its in- ability to pay even the interest on its loans, was be- ginning; to excite the serious attention of the other Europe an governmerts. A trajzical occurrence oceurred on the 19th near the town of Tuam in Ireland, which reaulted in the death of a Mr. Ward, from a pistol fired by his own wile. Jealousy was the moving cause, and the af- fair cau sed a good deal of excitement from the fact that thy: parties occupied highly respectable stations in society. A Inte letter from Barcelona announces the dis- cove'ty of another conspiracy amongst the troops of the garrison of Montjurich, and that twelve non- comamissioned officershad been arrested and sent to M adrid for high treason. ‘The trials ef the wreckers on the French coast, ‘who pillaged the wrecks of the Reliance and Con- ‘queror, had resulted in their being sent to the gal- lies. Commodore Porter, the United States Minister at Constantinople, died there on the 3d inst. The great Council of Argovia had a most exciting discussion on the subject of the suppressed con- vents, but adjourned without deciding upon any measures for relief. ‘Lhe nuptial ceremonies between the noble heir to the dukedom of Hamilton and the Princess Mary of Baden, were celebrated on the 18th, with the great- est pomp and splendor. Some sailors at Sunderland recently had a strike for higher wages, and paraded the streets to the number of 300, They did not accomplish their ob- ject, as other sailors were found to take their places. One of the London papers asserts that nothing can be more degraded thanjthe press in India—ex- cept the press in the United States ! Illicit distillation is greatly on the increase in Ire- Jand since the act of last session, laying an additional duty on whiskey. The Thames Tunnel was opened on Saturday, the 25th ult. It has cost nearly three quarters of a million sterling. Forsian Pontications.—We notice nothing of any interest to the American public. Houss or Commons, April 8.—Lord J. Russell said, that having attended to the recent accounts trom America, it appears that the American governmen! had puta different construction upon the Ashburton treaty, from that put upon it by this country, partic. ularly with respect to the right of search. Now he wished to-know from the right honorable baronet at the head of the government, first, whether he was ready to communicate to the uouse the despatches of Lord Aberdeen having reference to the 8th article of the treaty of Washington subsequent to the treaty itself,the substance of which despatch had beencom- municated by the President of the United States to the Congress; and if there was any intention on his (Sir R. Peel’s) part to lay upon the table of the house the instructions given to Lord Ashburton and the correspondence which had taken place with refer- ence to that article? a Sir R. Peel said, that Mr. Fox’s despatches had only reached him a very short time betore, which might, perhaps, account for his not being able togive as satisfactery an answer to the noble lord’s question as might be wished. Mr. Sox had sent home a des patch with the message of the President alluded to, and the communicationsfrom Mr. Webster He (Sir R. Peel} had no objections to lav on the table of the nouse Mr. Fox’s despatch and the other documents at the earliest possible period, as well, also, as the instruetions sent out by Lord Aberdeen to Mr. Fox, commenting on the message of the President. No instructions had been given to Lord Ashburton which could in any way warrant hisconsenting te any mo- dification of the despatch of Lord Aberdeen of Dec., 1841. Left sitting. Treaty or Wasninaton.—On the 22d ult. the debate, which begun on the 21st, and published in the New York Herald of yesterday was resumed by Sir Cuartes Narirr, who dilated upon several tapics touched upon by the pre- ceding speakers. To the Sth article of the treaty he par. ticularly oljected, that in pledging America to keep a squedron of righty guns on the coast of Africa, it did not specify the size of the guns ; four schooners, with twenty ivel.guns each, would form a compliance with the let- ter ofthe treaty. Andasthe right of search had not been itinctly recognised, he feared that, were we engaged in r with another power, the first thing that America would do, if weshould press our own seamen, would be to declare war against this countrv. on the concessions offthe Mada: undary of the St. John, and Rouse’ erised on’s settlement as a most unwise ract and impolitic measure. Mr. D'lonagt next addressed the House, expressing surprise that Sir Charles Napier had said nothing in fa- vor of the argument of Lord Palmerston’s speech, as, in the course of a morning visit that day to the noble lord, two of the gallant ofticer’s horses had knocked down end rode over an old womai The speaker, after main- taining some of the ns which Sir Robert Peel too! plained the natur red-line map,” about whi d been seen it at Peris. It was a map eighteen inches square, by D’Anville, one of the smallest maps that D’Anville had ever drawn. It was not @ map of Canada, or ot the disputed territory, but a map of North America ; and, consequently, this broad red line a(t member oppetite—« Strong”)—well, this strong red line would itself cover, and did cover, a portion of the map equal to the disputed territory. (Laughter and cheers.) See what asmall space Maine itseif would oc- cupy onamap of North America eighteen inches square. That wasthe map by D’Anville ; But there was in Eng: land another map, which he supposed was the mup yes- terday referred to by the right honerable baronet at the head of the Government, of greater dimensions, but which was also marked with a strong red line, ‘iving the limite according to the American claim.— Phat was the map by itchell; a map which was recognized as of authority, having been brought from the collection of his late mayesty King Georgethe Third,who, it was well known, had taken a great personal interest in the affairs of Canada and of North America generally = Now, it might be a question whether either of those maps had guided the negotiations : but there could be no doubt which of these two maps was the authoritative one— which of the maps had been used by the American nego- tiators in 1782. He would refer to a private letter from Dr. Frank} to Mr. Livingstone. In 1782, not quoted by Mr. Sparks, printed in a work published twenty-five years ogo by Mr. Temple, Dr. Franklin’s grandson, which contained the whole of Dr. Frank! correspondence while he wasin Paris. Dr. , in this letter says— “Tam perfectly clear in my recollection that the map we used in the negotiations wa: the one drawn by Mr. Mitch- ell about twenty y: the epinion of Mr, e ing produced the“ red line” map. As to the imputations which hed been thrown out upon the American minister in this matter—asto the non-production of this map and 80 forth—they were absurd. It was understood that when Lord Ashburton was sent out on a special mission to set- tle this question, it was to settle the question on the prin ciples of compromise and convention: and Mr. Webster very rightly considered that it would be most unwise to pie any of the old elements of misconception between the two countries—any of the old documents on either side In the course of some further observations, he ridi- culed Lerd Palmerston’s bowst that he had maintained peace for ten years; when he had been on the verge of war with Russia, France, and America, and actually at war in the Levant, Aftghanistan, and China. Mr. Hawes rose to address the House, when he was in- terrupted by the Speaker, whose attention had been called to the fact that there were net forty members present, when the House adjourned. The next day, Mr. Hue asked Lord Palmerston whe- ther he had any intention of renewing the debate, which had terminated so disgracefully tothat House? (Miniser- ial cheers.) Lord Patmerston replied, “I to say thatI do not intend to give any further notice of motion on the subject. (Cheers on the Ministerial side.) My object was to have the question discussed : and I am quite satisfied with thet which has.taken place. (Renewed cheers. A short panse.) By way of explanation, I may add, that efter the statement of the right honorable Laronet at the head ofthe Government, that he could not without prejudice to the publid service grant the papers for which | had moved, I could not have pressed my motion to a division.” ir, I now beg to give notice, shall submit the following he House, looking to the long-pretracted negotiations between the Government of this country and that of the United States of North Amer- to the settlement of the North-western boundary, ind taking into consideration the state of our foreign rela- tions in October, 1841, is of opinion, that the treaty of Washington is alike henorable and advantegeous to each ofthe high contracting parties ;and that the th House are due to the ministers who advised, the Right Honorable Lord Ashburton, who hi and concluded that treaty?” (This announcement was received with loud cheers from both sides of the House.) British Houpers or American Stocx.—The following is a reply which Mr. Everett made to a deputation which waited on him with the memorial of the holders of American stocks in this country. The reply does credit to the head and the heart of the American Minister, at the Court of St. James’s; it is ustly admired. The memorial bore the signa- tures of 90@ holders of the state Stocks of Ame- now presented to me, I will avail m portunity of transmitting it to the Pr States. To avoid misconception, it is proper that I should ebserve, that, inasmuch as the general government is not a party to the contracts ofthe separate states, the subject of the memorial does not fall directly within the Pre-i dent’s province, and that 1 am myself acting ‘unofficially in forwarding it to him. Idoit, however, with cheertul- ut of respect to the members of this distinguished leputation. Nor am I less under the influence of the deepest sympathy with that numerous class whem represent, who have suffered severely, some of them I foar ruinously, from the failure (temporary, | trust) of a tion of the American states to pay the interest of their public debt. These feelings, 1am sure, will be shared by the President. “I concur with you in protesting that a State, which has pledged e itself from the oblig: some, in any way but that of honorable delusions, in times of great distress, eccasionally come over the minds of communities as well as individuals; but I rejoice in the belief that the number is exceedingly ‘mail of those who have, in any form, advanced the idea of what has been called ‘repudiation’ I am convinced that those States, which unhappily have failed te make provision for the interest due on their bonds, have done so under the heavy pressure of.adverse circumstences and not with the purpose of giving a legislative sanction toa doctrince so pernicious, unworthy, and immoral. “The memorialists are pleased to give me credit for sy m- pathy with their sufferings. There is, perhaps, no per- son, not himself directly a sufferer, who has had so mach reason as myself to feel deeply all the evil eftects—the ra crifice not merely of material prosperity, bat what is of infinitely greater consequence, of public honor—result- ing from this disastrous failure. The reproach which it has brought on the American name has buen the only cir- cumatance which has prevented a residence in the Iand of my fathers from being a source of unmingled satisfaction tome. You may well believe, therefore, that if any opi- nion of minecan have an influence (a8 you suppose) over any portion of my countrymen, favorable to the d you have in view, it will be, on all proper oc ithas been, most emphatically expressed. of the in- as singular as it is deplorable. They have ed themselves most unadvisedly in engagements, which would be onerous to much larger and richer com: munities ; and they yet possess, under an almost hopeless present embarrassment, the undoubted means of eventual recovery, I willtake the State of Illinois for instance, and what I say of that State will hold of others, making allowance for difference of local circumstances. The State of Illinois undertook a few years since the construc: tion of a ship canal of about 100 ‘miles in length, to unite the waters of Lake Michigan with thote of the Illinois river ; and more recently projected and commenced the execution of 1300 miles of railway. On these works she has borrowed and expended above 2,000,000 of pounds The works are incomplete and unproductive. The popu: lation of the State 18 that of a second sized English conn- L Aint te w leno Itis what in good times would be considered an eminently prosperou: lation ; but Tam inciinedto think that if the English foromo tas of last year hat) La bey bay hd linois, leid on that State, more than half the population possessing in the rtlonol the taxable properte cece the present period of gen: point of exemption, and th vumber only would rise much abo yet the undeveloped rces of I boundless. The State is larger than Eagland and Wales By the Mississippi it is connected with the Gulf of Mexico, by Lake Michig ‘an with the 8t. Lawrence ; and it has most extensive internal nevigetion by means of severai noble rivers, The climate of the State is mild; it cen- ainst the doctrine ith and resources, however burden ment. Fatal tains [ suppose, ax large a body of land, not merely culti- vable, bt highly fertile, as can be found lying together in the Unit tates; it abounds in various kinds of mineral wealth ji iv situated about in the centre of horizontal field of bituminot hi Lyell pro- nounced the other day to be as large as Gi ritain ; and it is inhabited by an industrious, frugal, intelligent people, most rapidly increasing in numbers. That such a people will for any length of time submit to lie under tbe reproach and bear the loss incident to a total prostration of public credit I can never b lieve. “TL aay, gentlemen, the loss as well as the reproach, for wide spread and severe as hasbeen the suffering in this countr: sed by the default of some ofthe States, our own losses, public and private, I believe to have been greater, The States themselves, as Governments, have experienced the greatest embarrassments from the sudden. destruction of credit (extending alike to those States which 4 which have not honorably and promptly met their obligations); that credit on which alone, in some instances, they depended for the resources neces- sary tocomplete and render produetive their public works. The general Government of the United States, atter hav- ing paid offa pie debt of more than 200,000,000 of dol- lars, has found itself unable to negotiate a trifling loan in this great metropolis of the financial world, whose super- abundant capital, but for the default of some of the States, would have continued to be for those States themselves, and for individuals, a vast gold minefof unexhausted cape- city In addition to these public embarrassments, private fortunes almost without number have been destroyed in the general wreck of which the failure of the States, as cause or effect, is one of the principal elements. I doubt if, inthe Lats of the world, in so short @ per uch a transition has been made from a state of high prosperity toene pt general distress, as in the United States within the last six years. And yet, gentlemen, the elasticity and power of recovery in the country are’ great beyond the conception of those who do not know it trom personal ob- servation. Even within this disastrous period, to which Thave alluded, a private commercial debt to this country, enti ‘ed at twenty-five millions of pounds sterling, hi been paid by the American merchants, with as littl to the creditors as would attend the collection of an amount of domestic debt, in thisor any other countr: “ But I will not detain you, gentlemen, by enlarging on these topics. The subject, I need not tell you, is which, in all respects, it is proper that 1 should with reserve. Ithink I shall have done my duty if 1 convinced you that | am keenly sensible of the sufferings of your constituent ind truly solicitous for their effec- tual relief; and that amidst all the uncertainties and delay which may attend the measures requisite for that purpo I still feel confident that the time will come when every State in the Union will fulfil PS eae RD EVERETT. «46 Gresvenor Place, March 31.” Tue Hear ox Her Masesty.—Her Majesty continues to be in the enjoyment of excellent health; and permis ciien the proximity of the event which is looked forward to with so much interest, her Majesty and Prince Albert are daily to be seen walking in the gardens of Buckingham Palace as early as eight o’clock in the morning. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal are also in the en- joyment of robust health, but during the _preva- lence of the present cold easterly winds, their royal highnesses are not allowed to go out, and the picture- slery is appropriated to them, as the place of their infantine exercises and sports, instend of the open grounds of the palace. Their royal highnesses have to be dressed and en parade every morning by nine. Both her Majesty and the Prince are remarkable for their early hours. Cawapa Corn Travg.—In the House of Com- mons on the 23d ult., Mr. Ewart asked, whether, un- der the intended measure, foreign corn, imported from any part of the world into Canadi, could, on paying the three shilling duty, be exported thence to this country free, like United States corn? Mr. Gladstone supposed that Mr Ewart made the com- mon mistake of thinking that the law regards fo. reign produce imported into colonies and re-exported hither as colonial produce ; which is not the case. But raw materials, brought into the colonies, manu- factured there and then imported into this country, were considered as articles of colonial produce, in- asmuch as all manufactured articles were consider- ed as the produce of the countries where they were manufactured. Mr. Ewart wished to know whether flour was considered as a manufactured article 1— Mr. Gladstone said that it was. I[n reply to Lord John Russell, Mr. Gladstone said that it was the in- tention of Government to introduce a bill on the subject after Easter. Advices from Constantinople, of the 22d February, announce the detection of a. conspiracy in Bel- grade, having for its object the assassination -of Prince Alexander, the new ruler of Servia, and his ministers The conspirators who have been seized, agsert that they have acted at the direct instigation of the Russian Consul ; and the Princess Lubitzka, the mother of Prince Michael, is also accused uf being implicated. The Government of Servia has, it is added, removed from Belgrave to Cracowitz. Tur Comer.—After much research, Dr. Forster succeeded in detecting the nucleus of the comet, at Bruges, on the night of the 29th ult.; it had the ap- pearance of a smail star ofthe fourth or fifth magni tude, and was situated in the right line, which joins (Etme) Eridani, with the Stella Mira Ceti. The London Peace ag has summoned a con- vention of delegates from the various Peace Socie- ties, to assemble in London on the 220 of June next. The sittings of the convention are expected to con- tnue three days, and will be immediately followed by the Anti-Slavery Convention. Joseph Sturge, it seems, from the address issued, is the promoter of this meeting. In the Prerogative Court a few days back, three codocils to the will of the late Marquis of Hertford, one of them leaving $100,000 United States Bank on to Mr. Wilson Crooker, were declared in- valid. The council of the Anti-Corn Law League have given the manager of Drury Lane Theatre £500 for the use of the theatre during the five Wednesdays in Lent, making a rent of £100 for each night. The attendance at the theatre on the nights of these meetings has been immense, and the speeches in favor of free trade very effective. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has been threat- ened with assassination by a person named John Dillon, late an officer in the navy. Dillon, it ap- pears, hasa claim upon the governny at for a large amount, in consequence of the seizure of a vessel engaged in smuggling, some years back, but has never been able to procure a settlement, and, asa peremptory mode of bringing the matter to a close, he expressed his intention of shooting the Chan- cellor. A Bologna journal relatee, that on the 28th ult the planet Venus was distinct-y visible to the nake eye at mid day, and as it was surrounded by an aureole, many persons imagined it was a comet. A prize-fight, for £50 side, which took place near Gravesend, on Tuesday last, between Sambo Sutton and Bungaree, ended in the defeat of the lat- ter. The following is an account showing the quar- terly average of the weekly liabilities and assets of the Bank of Fngland, from the 3ist of December, 1842, to the 25th ot March 1843, both inclusive, pub- lished pursuant to the Act 3 and 4 William IV. chap. 98. ‘ Laabilities. Assets. ion, — £20,068,000 Securities, £23,830,000 12,003,000 Bullion, 11,054,000 £32 093, £34,884,000 600 Downina Street, March 31, 1843, At. Newcastle-upon-Tyne Assizes John Gray, a married man with four children, and Thompson, were convicted of a series of brutal assaults on a fe- male, and sentenced to transportation for lite. It was stated the other day by Sir Isambert Brunel that but seven lives had been lost in making the tunnel under the Thames, while nearly forty men were killed in the building ef the new London bridge Late accounts from Oporto report that many hou- ses had been destroved, and several lives lost, by the tnundations. The roads were impassable tur eight or ten days. On Tuesday se’night, several hundreds of the un- employed poor at Glasgow had a procession bearing a black flag, whilst several carried boards, bearing inscriptions, one of which was, “ Bread or Death.” A letter from Rome of the 28th ult. states that a monk, of Venetian origin, named Abbo, had been sentenced to death for murder, and that the Pope, being appealed to by the culprit, had ordered justice to take its course. The principal bankers of Leeds have given pub- lie notice that henceforth they will allow no more than two per cent on deposits. The Nuremberg Correspondent states from Vien- na that the Austrian goverament is about to raise a new loan, for the execution of railroads, of 20 or 30 millions of florins. Emigration To THE Unrixp Srares anp Canapa —A most remarkable falling off in foreign emigra- tion, as compared with that of previous years, has taken place this season, Probably, not more than one-fourth of the usual number have gone eut There are various reasons urged by different parties tor this state of things, which it is not necessary to enumerate here. ‘The principal reason, however,we apprehend, 18, that co many emigran's have returned ‘o this country during the past few months, unable, as they say, to get employment abroad. This, as a matter of course, tends to discourage others from going out. We are happy to notice some new ar- rangements for emigration reoenly entered into on both sides of the Atlantic by the highly respectable house of Pomeroy & Co, of New York, which will, beyond doubt, be of great service to emigrants, not only in furnishing them with the best means of conveyance, but in procuring employment on their arrival in the United State Knowing the standing of the house of Pomeroy & Co., we cannot too strongly commend their arrange- Wits to public attention.— Witmer’s American News etter. The strange and even formidable insurrection in South Wales, called Rebecea and her daushters, is treated rather contemptuously by the London press, but the Welsh papers regularly report the pro- gress of the affair. It seems that the disturbances have grown go for- midable, that the government have deemed it ne- cesaary to increase still further the military force. Three threatening notices have been received at Narberth workhouse, to the effect that unless the paupers have better food given to them, Rebecca will attack the house. A mob assembled a few days since, and attacked the Prinee’s gate. Re- becca, the commander, who has now two officers celled ‘‘ Neil” and “Susan,” would seem to emulate the late Captain Rock of the sister island,—for, be- sides the other threatening notices which we have mentioned, one has just been received in this town, breathing destruction to all turnpike-gates on the parochial road; and one by Water street, on the old Newcastle Emylyn road, is doomed to destruc tion. What is most remarkable in this insurrection ary movement,forit is an insurrectionary movement, though at present perhaps not very formiduble,is that } neither the civil, nor the military, nor the yeomanry, have been able to. apprehwnd’a single offender. § Thirty veteran pensioners went down from Carmar- then to St. Clear’s on Tuesday last, and a troop of lancers are daily expected on the spot. Judging, however, from the past abortive attempts to sup- press the lawless movements, people are not very sanguine in their expectations ol a restoration of the supremacy of the law. Indeed, the Captain Rock- like Uoseeabty in Pembrokeshire and Carmarthen- shire, seem, from all we can learn, to assume daily a more threatening complexion. A correspondent states that at first the war was directed against the oll gates calvs but that now the workhouses are to be levelled also,and that Rebecca is a man of much influence—some say a country magistrate. Ano- ther correspondent informs us that the individual who personates Rebecca is {requen'ly replaced by another, and is not the same on the night of each outrage. Itisnot the least remarkable circumstance in this extraordinary movement, that when the troops appear in one part of the country, Rebecca invariably appears in another, perhaps fourteen or fifteen miles distant. Junction oF THE ArLantic AND Paciric OcEANS.— A Lendon paper, in an article, showing the practica- bility of a ship canal across the Isthumusof Panama, ata cost of a million and a half sterling, proceeds to ask the question—Would it pay? which it thus ans- wers: Ten per cent interest on a million and a half wonld anount to £150,000 perannum. Add to this £25,000 for annual expenses. on the canal—£175,000. The saving to the merchants and ship-owners of Europe and America trading to the west coast of America, to Australasia, Oceania,and Eastern Asia would be very great. A month at the least would be gained on the voyage; diminishing to thatextent the wages of mariners, the expense of provisions,the The tear and wear of the ships would be less; the expense of insurance would be interest on capital. diminished. All these advantages would be cheaply purchased by canal dues of 103 per ton, At this rate the pecans of 350,000, tons of shipping along the canal ennually would yield the sumof £175,000. Rattways —From the annual report of the Board of Trade on railways, it appears that during the last five months of 1840 there were 28 accidents, from which there were 22 deaths, and upwards of 131 cases of personal injury, while during the whole ot 1841 there were 29 accidents, occasioning 24 deaths, and 71 cases of injury,and in 1842 only 10 accidents with 5 deaths, and 14 cases of personal injury, and this has been out of above 13,000,000 persons carried; and of those killed only one has occurred to pas- sengers ‘‘riding in a train and observing the common degree of caution.” The total number of pussen- gers carried on 50 railways for one vear, ending July 1, 1842. was 18,453,504, that is 2,926,980 first class, 7,611. 965 second class ; 4 and 2,5-2,057 of a class not distinguished. Deatu or Dr Sourney.—We regret to announce the death of Robert Southey, on Tuesday, (March 21), at his residence in Keswick. For this event his For the last friends must have been long prepared. three years he had been in a state of mental dark- ness, and a twelvemonth ago he was not able to recognise those who had been his companions from his youth. Searcely could his wife console herself with the poor hope that he recognised even her. Excess ‘of mental labor in every department of lite- rature—poetry, history, biography, criticism, and philosophy, continued from year to year, without cessation—bowed his strong spirit at last, and ob scured the genius which had so long cast a glory on the literature of the age. In early life, when his powerful and brilliant imagination was pluming its wing for the daring flights that it afterwards took, he formed the most exalted notions ot the perfecta- bility of man, indulged in the most generous aspira- tions for the welfare aud improvement of the hu- man race, and seriously thought, with other kindred spirits, of founding a colony in the back woods of America, where guilt and sorrow should be un- known, and perfect equality, freedom, and happi- A better knowledge of nessshould reign for ever. r 5 the world soon dissipated theee Utopian reveries. Asa poet, with an exuberance of imagination sel- dom equalled, and a mastery of versification never d a8 a prose writer, at once elegant and forcible—his name will endure as long as the The “wild and won- surpassed—and language in which he wrote. drous tale” of “‘ Thalaba,” and the almost equally wondrous ‘Curse of Kehama,’’are the poetical pieces on which his fame will principally rest. As a prose writer he was a perfect model of style—easy but not feeble—stately but not cumbrous—and learn- ed but not pedantic. Besides innumerable articles in the Quarterly Review, to which he was a princi- al contributor, we believe, for nearly thirty years, hie chief prose works are a ‘‘Life of Nelson,” “The Book of the Church,” ** A History of the Peninsu- lar War,” ‘Letters from Spain and Portugal,” “Eseays on the Progress and Prospects of Society,” “A History of Brazil,” “Lives of the British Admi- rals,” &c. He also wrote biographies of Kirk White and Chatterton, and cilited their works, be- sides editing the collections both of the principal and minor English poets. He was appointed poet- laureate in 1812. He was twice married—first in very early life, and again but a few years before the mournful overcleuding of his intellect, to Miss Caroline Bowles, a lady whose name as a poetess, had been long and favorably known to the public, and who in the last sad blank years of his lite watched over him with the tenderest solicitude, and did all that the most devoted affection could do to lighten the heavy load of his existence. Dr. Southey was a gentlemen in the best sense of the word. is house at the Lakes was ever open to all who presented themselves with suitable intro- duction, and there are few personsof any distinction who passed through that picturesque region who have not partaken of his hospitality. Insantry.—Within the last twenty years the cases of the above dreadful malady have more than tripled. The total number of lunatics and idiots in England is as follow: Lunatics, 6,806; idiots, 5,841 ; together, 12 547 ; but, allowing tor defective returns, the number may be taken at 14,000—an average of one to every thonsand of the population Tn Wales, lunatics, 133 ; idiots, 763 ; total, 896 ; and adding for parishes that have made no returns, they may be set down at a thousand—a proportion of one to eight hundred. Scotland has 3 653 insane per- sons, or one to about seven hundred. In lreland the number of lunatics and idiots exceeds 8000. In one thousand male patients, insanity has been sup- posed by an eminent authority to be traceable to the following causes relatively :—Drunkenness, 110; consequences of disease, 100; epilepsy, 78 ; ambi- tion, 73; excessive labor, 73; born idiots, 71; mis- fortunes, 69; old age, 69; chagrin, 54; love, 47; ac- cidents, 39; religious enthusiasm, #29; political events, 26; poisonous effi illeusage, 12 ; crimes, remorse, and mn Leeds insanity, 5; malconformation of the skull, 4; other and un- known causes, 115. Tue Comer.—Observatory, Kensington, Saturday morning, April 1—Sir—The accompanying is a translation of a postscript to a letter which 1 last evening received from Professor Schumacher. J. Sourn. “ Autona, March 28, 1843. “ Director Von Littrow writes me, dated the 19th Varch, that he has, at the Observatory of Vienna, seen the comet onthe 18th: that he had observed it (but_the observation not to be relied upon) at about 7h. 49min. sec. mean time, AR. 2h. 49min Oc, delta—9 deg 59min. 30sec “ Mr. Galle, assistant at the Observatory of Ber- lin, communicates to me, under date of the 25th of March, the following elements, which he has calew lated from his observations of March 20th, 21st, oad Ba. 1843 Feb. 26,4567 1 8.083966 me 274.deg. 30m. 49sec. } From the mean equinox Node 367 43 262 of March 0, i 36 = 19.8 Retrogade. (Aberration and parallax are taken into account.) 5,332,50', third class, “The observations, which ate not subjected to these corrections are, f ? up with extreme magnificence, and ful e ¢ for eight hours’ mean time at tN ary Berlin, as follows: beauty, every scene being a superb picture, The new opera of “Sappho,” by Pacini, besides Deg. Min. Seo. Deg. Min . Sec. | the debutantes Miss C. Novello and Mrs. $1 March 20 AR .. 45 42°93 ini ‘Hepp Eig a A & $ » delta .. L, a nm Sindesistlld aa Mesers. Phillips, Stretion, and Mrs. 4 rh: = hy a ne Mr. Bunn has left Liverpool for Brussels to con. elude an important engagement for Easter at Covert Garden. _ Madame Ronzi de Begnis was to make b in“ Norma,” having studied that part in also at Covent Garden Theatre. Miss Raintorth was coming out in Malibran’s character of Amina at Covent Garden, Staudigl, the German basso, wasto make his ap- pearance shortly after Easter in an Euglish version ot Svohr’s ** Jessenda,” and Duprez, in Rossini’s “William Tell.” Mr. Malone Raymond and Mrs_ Raymond were engaged to appear at the Theatre Royal, Hawkin’s street, Dublin,on Easter Monday. The anxiety to see a countryman who had held a seasen worthil in London, and who was so closely connected wit the celebrated law-suit Malone vs. Conner,” will, someones be great amongst the inhabitants of that 1 Liverroot.—Madam Vestria, and Chatles Ma- thews, have been playing at the Royal with great success. Celeste was to succeed them on the 8d instant at the same theatre. The Brahams, father and son, gave their last con- cert at Liverpool on Thursday, March 30th. Mr. Pxauam’s Ace.—Exiract of a letter from Mr. Braham to the editor ot the Birmingham aa- vertiser, dated March 20, 1840 :—** I made _my first appearance very early in life, at the age of ten, at the Royalty Theatre, in 1787, and on this very da (my birthday, March 20), I am sixty-three” h fol Jows, therefore, that instead ot being an octogenari- an, as some fol issert, Mr. Braham was 660n Monday last.—Bris;ol_ Mercury. " ; jest Charles Kean is still indisposed at Edin- burgh. Mre. Fitzwilliam and Mr. Buckstone are playing ath. ‘The mean error of the observations in geocen- tric longitude and latitude is, t 114 sec. and +51 sec. And their rectanvular co-ordinates referred to the equator and mean equinex of March 0, are @ .. r [999988] sin (175 deg 3 min,’ 198 sec. + v) ¥ ++ 7 [9988921} sin (265 deg. 21 min, 5:7 sec. + v) = .. 7 [9,350754] ain (79 deg. 10 mia. 44,5 see $v) “Mr. Kumker has observed the comet atthe Ov- servatory of Hamburgh, on the 25 hof March, at8h 82min. mean time. AR. G8deg. 3imin. 34 sec delta—7deg. 52min. 29sec. debut Blish, “ Scuumacner.” Ireland. ‘The Irish papers contain a letter addressed by Mr. O'Connell to his friend Mr. Barrett, the editor ef the Pilot. Mr. O’Connell says, “I saw with great sur- prise, in the last Pilot, a paragraph which you cer- pA took from some other newspaper, headed ‘O'Connell ana Dickens,’ and purporting to be a quotation from an alleged letter of mine to the edi- tor of a Maryland newspaper, published at Balti- more, and called The Hibernian Advocate. The thing is, from beginning to end, a gross lie. I never wrote a letter to that newspaper, nor am I in the habit of corresponding with the editors of American papers, [have seen indeed, with great contempt, but without much surprise, in several American newspapers, letters deliberately published under my signature, given to the American public as genuine documents—all, of course, being forgeries, but pub- lished by the editors as if perfectly genuin After some severe remarks about what he calls the “‘out- Tageous rascality” of a portion of the United States’ press, Mr. O'Connell, speaking of Dickens, savs, “ Perhaps, it isright that I should add, that few peo- ple admire more the Wrote of Dickens, or read them with a deeper interest than Ido. Tamgreatly forneed with his ‘American Notes.’ They give me, think, a clearer idea of everyday life in America, than Lever entertained before. And his chapter containing the advertisements respecting negro sla- very, is more calculated to augment the fixed de- testation of slavery, than the most brilliant declama- tion or the most splendid eloquence. That chapter shows out the hideous features of the system far better than any dissertation on its evils could possi- bly produce them—odious and disgusting to the pub- lie eye.” at ‘There has been a greater and more ation in Paris than that of M. Gui- An artistical soirée was the cause of the great event now spreading considerable excitement,as the reporters say, through fashion’s circles—Daprez has sent in his resignation to the Grand Opera. £n voila the cause. The great tenore lately gave a grand party, where the beau monde beheld assembled the flower of diletantes and artists. He had not invited the prim@ donna and reigning heroine, Madile. Stolz, with whom he is on bad terms, but he had invited his opera directeur, M. Leon Pilet. The latter, the devoted slave of la prima donna, did not France. For many months the crime of murder has been of almost nightly occurrence in Paris and its neigh- borhood. The National says—* The capital has | 298wer the invitation, but immediately gave a ball become forsome time past co theatre of pe no himself, to which he did not invite Duprez. This murders. The Forest of Bondy is more secure than | did not much hurt the feelings of the great tenore but it occurred, that, at the next performance of Guilliame Till, to the astonishment of the musical public, Duprez was hissed after every cong by les cliqueurs. Next morning Duprez wrote to throw up his engagement, telling the directeur he knew well who were the brewers of the plot; he has, as yet, we believe, received no answer. hat earthqaake next ? the first city of the civilized world An untortunate operative, who was late on his return home, was ta- ken up bathed in blood in the Rue de Bourdonnais, and shortly afterwards expired. Is it possible that the police, with a million of secret money serv ce, cannot at least protect the lives of the citizens ?” . The Commerce announces that orders had been given to the engineers charged with the direction of the works of the fortifications of Paris, to redouble activity in forwarding the construction of the n{teen detached forte, at which upwards of 200,000 civil and military workmen are now employed. Five of those forts will shortly be completed, namely, those ol slount Valerien, of the east at St. Denis, K omain- » Noisy le Sec, and Chareton. The two-thirds ot ‘our others are finished, namely, Rosny, Nogene- sur-Marne, Ivry, and Issy. A young girl of Marseilles having been seduced by a) oung man, and having in vain used all her en- treaties toinduce him to make her reparation by marrying her, threw a bottle of vitrol over his head and face, and injured him so dreadtully that his life isindapger. ‘The girl has been committed to pri- son, Foreign Theatricals, &c , to the latest dates, April 4th, ‘The theatricals are of unusual interest. ‘The two leading female stars who seem to eclipse all others and attract all eyes in England, are Mesd.les. Elssler, and Dumilatre. On Saturday evening,’ March 25, Donizetti’s Beli- sario was performed at the Italian Opera House for the debut of Sig. Fornasari, the celebrated bass singer, who has now arrived for the first time in England. This opera was produced there some four years ago, but with little success. Its reeent recep- tion, however, shows that its original performance must have been of a very inferior order—for it has been now received with great favor. The Standard discourses as follows:— Between the second and third acts of the opera the pretty litde divertissement of L’ Aurore was played, anda sunny spot wasit forthe eye to dwell upon, Damilatre is a_ wonderful creature—perfec- tion itself as regards form, and the visible incarna- tion of poetry and grace. Dumilatre floats on the music asif the waves of sound were commissioned to waft her when and where she lists. A capti vating gentleness characterises all she does. So lightly does she traverse the stage, it is almost im- possible to divest oneself of the belief in her spiritu- alessence. The charm of Dumilatre’s dancing consists inits ineflable grace; everything she un- dertakes she does without effort; all is sponta- neous, flowing, and descriptive. In those free bounding passuges which Cerito introduced, ehe is the type of fairy locomotion; there is a delicate langour in her strength which belongs only toa spiritual nature. Although she does wonderful physical things, there is no apparent bodily exer- tion; herart conceals ail effort; she seems animated sey. by the impulses of her benign and exuberant spiri Then came the divertissement of Une Soiree de Carnival, which gives occasion for a variety of ob ligato dances, just as the maitre de ballet thinks fit. The incomparable Fanny Elssler danced a pas de deux with the light-heeled Sylvain, and twinkled so many steps with her feet as to make one look twice to see whether nature had’nt furnished her with a triple pair. Then came a triad of azure ladies—the pretty Camille being pre-eminent in skill and grace —who executed sundry evolutions with their legs, discoursing all gorts of euphuistic capers, and pam- pering the eye with devices of lovely groupings, such that a sculptor would pine to perpetuate in Ihiens for April. Although until after Longchomps the fashions are not generally introduced, still the Magazins de Mode are filled with a variety of materials for every description of toilette. Silk it is expected will be decidedly in tavor— pekins and of various descriptions, with toularda of new style. the most elegant of which is ecru, with moss rose buds of blueor cer: and moss being tinted with brown bar in color end de. signs; and repscachemi ening negligé mustin ocatelle is w ered in silk and geze Arachnée, go. Jery sometimes intermixed with gold, form ore elegant toilette de soirée. New forms for dresses spoken of, and with the Grecian variety observable in our t ented in a thou ry le lace forming the principal ornaments; many tulle d: have detached bouquets. W: and with rounded point; the m riched b. coques of ribbon, and epau of bluck lace enlarging en gerbe on the body cending the skirt, or else biais of velvet, ornament the corsage und jock: eys, and continue in three rows down the skirt; gi ither of the same or contr under the name of gimp guipures, are formed elegant fronts for dress berthes, or sleeve ornaments, forming a kind of embroidery with excellen of gray poultdesoe a gantly trimm the skirt with black gui gimp, which ri jes of the front bre: ing at the pointof the corsage. The coiftures rather higher and wider. Small scarfs of filchus Alge- rien of silk and gold are used te torm elegant coiftures,and are much in demand to intermix with the hair; those of dark blue and gold or ponceau and gold are extremely pretty for the little coiffures créoles. Historical coiffures are in favor for grande toilette, with resilles and dress: hats, Louis XV. and turbans of every description. Tas- sels of white bugles and fringes of the same are used in coiffures with ut crowns, as well as with rich tut! Someof the dress caps ‘are very short at the ears, and blonde is quite restored to favor,and rivals the richest lace for full dre Bonnets are all making in the favorite spring colors; green trimmed with lilas d’Espegne, lilac trimmed with Persian lilac and verrein, bi ue with clema- tis end jacinth, paille with heart’s-ease and roses, pink with snow-drops tinted pink and hepatica. The torms sre moderate and mostly straight, advancing beyond the pro- file. Capotes are with ruches or bias at the edge. Markets, Loxpon Moxsy Manner, April 8.—The attention of the Stock Market this morning has been chiefly directed to the Bonds likely to be affected by the intelligence receiv- ed to-day. Portugeuse has declined; Mexican is flat, owing to the bad prospects for the fature dividend, and the contr: nued warfare with the Yucatans. Spanish has been firm, but the public accounts are not favorable; some private however, bear a better complextion, which ac- for the slightimprovement. The Foreign Market has been very animated since the morning. Messrs Rothschild are the successiul competitors for the Alme- der Mines, and their broker bought 40,000 Spanish 8 per Geni equence, which has induced many others to follow; the price therefore improved to 33, but has since recedrd to 32} to 32}; dod per Cents rose to 234, but are now 23}. {From the Banker's Circular] We have placed in the first page the Treasury adver tivement respecting the suspended Exchequer bills, be. cause some of onr subscribers may be interested in the matter. It has alwa: ed to us that the Chancellor of the Exche instru- ments most improperly ; their claims ought to have been satisfied in the last session of Parliament, and jt is to the last degree unjost to withhold any porticn of their claima be ig! en plain is en- marble. Anon bounds on Fanny Elssler asecond | now. (We believe that portion so rejected does not exe ume, dressed ina military jacket, with her square | °° od 8 hat set jauntily on her head, her tails of braided | reason tosusnict ‘raud than any banker would have on hair stresming gracefully down her back, and her | nut xpedient and dangerous. [tis taking cxectly feet hidden in vermilion boots, armed with clanking me ground of repudiation as that assumed by the heels, which chime merrily with the measures ot the orchestra The arch, pert, saucy Cracovienne follows, and who is there who does not think Fan- ny’s smile of assurance the most engaging in the world—her pretty impertinence a virtue—her face a age of music! Guy Stephan now passes through a fone scena of brilliant activites ; by and bye a troop of shining nymphs and swains dance a vigorous gal- opade, and, then—the curtain drops remorselessly on the scene of joy and fairyism. Under the head of her Majesty’s Theatre, the same paper, of March 24th, says:— Last night was the first “ subscription” Thurs- day, of the season; and right well it went off. L’ Aurore introduced that established favorite Md’lle Guy Stephan, in a pas ce deux with M. Sylvain ; and never did she dance more exquisitely, or receive a warmer reception Une Soiree dw Carnival gave room tor some excellent dancing, particularly by Fanny Elsslerand Camille. Fanny afterwards intro- duved the Cracovienne, in all the winning sprightii ness of formertimes. The audience were most en thusiastic in their admiration, and an encore was vehemently demanded Fanny Elssler was to have her benefit and make her last appearance but one, at the above theatre on the 6h inst. The bill is one of unequalled attrac- tion--La Somnambula, in which vere to appear Mesdames Persiani, Bellini, Valese (her first ap- pearance)—Signers Fornasari and Giubilei: a di- onl of the American Republic which has mani‘ested a disposition to repudiate, viz: the unauthorized or fraud- ulent act of an agent. The conduct of that State has been so ey thee in America as to make all who counselled repudiation ashamed for having done so. We give the Chancellor of the Exchequer notice that his conduct on this occasion may hereafter be pleaded in the United States asa precedent ; and that he may thereby endanger large sums of British property now invested in the securi- ties of that country. We do not state this unadvisedly nor without reftection. There is another point on which the conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer ought to be scrutinized. ‘The great advance in the price of consols is suspicious. Lord Althorp distinctly admitted, that if the Government resorted to unusual means to force up prices of stocks for the purpose ot effecting a reduction of interest on the public debt, it wasasraudulent proceeding. The Bank has, we believe, been pushing out notes by boying secu- rities in a manner which we will next week explain, when we shall notice the discussion which yesterday took place at th Court of Bank-stock proprietors. Nobody bas any absolute knowledge of the determination of the Government. but those who are hest able to come at their present intentions from a knowledge of their charecter and past conduct, are of upinion thet the three-and-a-half per cents will be reduced, and the holders wit! be offered in exchange three per cent consols, and an annvity of 108 for a t term ot yearr, A London banker bi ly hought £20000 three and @hali per cents, whieh is transaction in no respect opposed to the probability of reduction. By the official returns published by the Customs, the vertiasement called Un Bal Sous Louis XIV, in | tlhe week duding Thursdey last tases ander eee which appesr Elssler, Dumilatre, and Guy Stephan ‘Cineie. —as a Cavalier of she Court of Louis Quatorze, | silver coin to Hongkong. | 38.378 and dancing with Damilatre the celebrated Mi. | SilvercointoBomtay. ©... ayreo nuet de la Cour and Gavotte. The whole to con- 30,000 clude with the Bullet of Giselle. ate At Drury Lane, they were performing Hamlet, 20000 Queen if ihe Thames, and The Thumping Legacy’ | Soltbanie ee ck. 9.000 The Haymarket was to open on Easter Monday, | Gold bars to Bombay. seen eceee 1,000 the 17¢b inst. Amenican Stocxs month has passed with Mad. Garcia wasat the Princess’ Theatre, ‘There is little hardly a transaction in these securities or DO disposition to invest permavently in them J worth J ,ecounts by the Creat Western are not of such a decided- ly favorable character as to restore confilence ; but, on the other hand, holders seem determined to realize their property at prices which would tempt spec slation, We quote NY. Bate 6% 84 per cent ex div; City 83; Alab, Dale, North, and Sweeny, «til! at the Opera House. Jim Crow Rice at the Adelphi. ant Freeman and Dwart H Olympic. Love at the Strand. Nano, at the Clara Novello, of English birth, who has for some | sterling 6's 60065; Illinots Sterling 22, Intiana do 29926; years past been gathering laureis inthe dramatic | Ky 6's, $1; Lon Union Bank Bonds 91 those due 1844 60 fields of Italy, has just returaed to Eaglaad, and ap- | or cent; Bank of Lou. Bonds, duv 1844. buyers at 70; no Pee forces jor the sonds of the other Banks can he qnot- xe fice Sterling 6% 91, ex div, sellers; Md. 47450, with the over dae coupons; Ohio 67, ellers; Pa 45, do; 8. C, Sterling 88. A trfl- of Miss. Planters’ Bank Bonds sold 440 per cent, and there has been the Inst few days ade- mand from Holland for U. 8, Bank Shares at 10al2s. Lonpow Coan Manxer, April 2.—The supply of Eog lish wheat was unusnally small this morning, and was en by the millers at 18 advance {rom this day senaight. Foreign was held firmly at late prices, and met with @ peared at Drury Lane onthe Ist inst., where she was received with acclamations by one of the largest audiences ever seen within the walls of tha theatre. The opera chosen for this interesting debut was the Sappho of Pacini, in which Miss Novell: gained the unanimous suffrage of the most fastidious andience in the world—that of Rome | We believe this is the first opera by Pacini, ever adapted to the English stage. The piece is said to have been got -