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THE NEW YORK HERALD. NEW YORK, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 6, 1843. Vol, IX,—=No. 123 — Whole Ho, 3336. BY HARNDEN $ CO.’S EXPRESS. TEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. Deoline in Cotton—Dreadful Shipwrecks— Loss of the Solway—Riots In Ireland—Ad- journment of Parliament—Lord Ashbur- ton, de, dio. Se. ‘The new and beautiful Steamship Hibernia, Capt. Judking, arrived at Boston on Thursday morning at five o’clock. The Hibernia is larger than the other ships of the Cunard line, and 1s probably more per- fect in all her arrangements than any steamship which has yet crossed the Atlantic. She had rether a rough passage, but has made the trip with more than the average speed at this season of the year, and has proved herself 1n every respect a firet rate steamer. She made the last half of the voyage, previous to her arrival at Halifax, in four days, which is a pretty good evidence of what she is capable of performing. We are much indebted to Harnden & Co. for the very early delivery of our foreign files. Their mes- senger reached our office before five o’clock yes- terday morning. The Hibernia spoke the Britannia, from Boston, at two o’clock Thursday morning. The Hibernia brought out nearly two millions and a half of dollars in gold, and a full freight. The Great Western, the pepular and highly successful steamer, has every berth engaged for this country. She was to have left onthe 29th ult., in- stead of the 22d as was reported. The Hibernia came full of passengers—over a hun- dred, The Virgiman hence had arrived at Liverpool. The Weat India steamer Solway has been totally lost with thirty three lives. The Roscius was off Liverpool on the 18th. The steam ship Columbia went from Halifax to Liverpool in eleven days. Capt. Duncan of the steam ship Solway, was for- mierly chief officer of the British Queen, and lat- terly, in the same capacity on board the Acadia. Disturbances have taken place in some parts of Treland, especially in the neighborhood of Monag- han, with a view to obtain a reduction of rent. The lower class of the people, having assembled them- selves in numbers, committed numerous outrages ; the stewards of the different estates being in gene- Price wwe Cents, Accounts to the 11th of January, from the Cape of Good Hope, notice the march of government troops beyond the Orange River, and the expectation that the Boers would all disperse, after leading to an out- lay of £80,000. Abundant rain had fallen. A large meeting was held on the 12th instant, in Exeter Hall, London, for the purpose of adopting measures urgently required by the receat aggression of the French on Tatrito, and forsecuring the gene- ral interest of the British mission in the islands of the South Pacific. A young man named John Eths had been re- manded at Rochester, for using threats against the Queen and Sir Robert Peel, in a public bar- room. During the steeple-chase at Swindon a few days since, the celebrated horse Dragsman dropped down dead. In England, Ireland, and Scotland, the wheat 1s looking remarkably well, with every prospect of an abundant harvest, An instalment of a million and a quarter of dol- lars from the Chinese, arrived at London on the 16th ult. O’Connell’s son and Tom Steele are coming over to America to agitate. There has been another decline in cotton. It fell off one eighth on the poorer and middling classes of American. It is said that Edward Everett does not accept the mission to China. There was no material change in the state of Trade. Parliament adjourned for the Easter holidays, to meet again on the 24th, The sudden death of the Earl of Hopedon had caused great sensation in the fashionable circles. Real estate in Manchester has depreciated nearly fifty per cent within the year past. e The Duke of Sussex is recovering from his late severe attack of erysipelas. The shocks of an earthquake in Holland were so severe as to shake down chimneys. The marriage of the Princess Augusta is to take place immediately after the Queen’s recovery. One of the most important items of news which we find in these papers, is the discussion of a new commercial treaty between England and the United States, on the principle of a tariff reciprocity. The following article is from the Liverpool Albion :-— . . : . Recirrociry Treaty with Amentca—When any ob- ral the object of their furious indignation. ve ich we have in view cannot be fully obtained, it A voicano of a novelkind has broken out in the | is good aie direct our exertions to the attainment of tl neighborhood of Koingshatte, in Silesia For twenty years a slow fire, which occasioned no alarm, has burnt inthe coal mines of that district; but re- cently it hasshot out immense volumes of flames, which threaten destruction to the surrounding build- ings, and to the vast forests of the country. A steam engine has been established, for the purpose of dis- charging water into the mines;but this machine had been in action at the last accounts for 72 hours without producing any effect. TheDuke de Nemours narrowly escaped the same fate which befell the Duke of Orleansin July lust. Dri- ving in a low carriage, drawn by four horses, one of the leaders fell, which caused the carriage to be overturned, but the Duke previously jumped out, and fortunately escaped unhurt. Letters from Madrid of the 1th inst., have been Yece:ved in the city by express, which state thaton the preceding evening, at — o’clock, P. M., after a violent debate, the Spanish Minlstry was beaten by the cealition upon the question of the validity of the election from Badajoz; the numbers were 80 against 55. Ireland appears to be in a state of feverish excite- ment on account of the continued, and in some ca- ses of successful resistance of the poor rates. In Waterford county the resistance was so formidable that the 10th Hussars at Clonmel were ordered out and in proceeding to Waterford were hissed at, and in one instance pelted with stones. Spain is spoken of as comparatively tranquil, though there are still untamed spirits in the pro- vince of Catalonia. The people of Barcelona appear to have given uprevolution as a bad job, which costs a great deal more than it is worth. Queen Isabella of Spain has resolved that ano- ther year shall not pass over without taking to her- self a husband. Inatryingon the magnificent dress which she wore onthe 3d ult. for the first time, she said, “‘This is the last year in which I shall go alone to the Cortes. The cause of temperance in Ireland, instead of dying away, had received a new impetus by several eminent catholic clergymen publicly devoting them- selves to the assistance of Father Matthew. Accounts frem Algiers, in the French papers, lead us to believe that Abde! Kadir is still secure in his mountain and desert fastnesses—“* unconquered and unconquerable.” A large quantity of foreign wheat hasbeen releas- ed free of duty at Dublin, for the purpose of being manufactured into flour and biscuits for the use of the emigrant vessels now taking in passengers for North America. A suspension bridge, surpassing all that has been seen, isto be constructed at Vienna, says a letter from that city, across the Danube. It will be 1,470 English feet in length, with only one pier in the ri- ver. The grand invention, the rial carriage, spoken of by us a week or two since, is said to have been realized. London is all agog to witness the flight of this modern Pegasus, which will take its departure for Paris shortly. We have accounts of the shocks of the late earthquakes over nearly the whole of the continent of Europe, in Afnica, and in Asia Minor. In Pales- tine, as usual, the shocks were quite severe. Another extensive failure had occurred in the ‘Westend bill discounting circles in London—that of Mr. G.bbs, late partner in the celebrated house of Hayward and Gibbs. The liabilities are stated at £200,000. The number of Royal infants isstill but two. The Queen takes daily exercise in the open air with Prince Albert. Her accouchment is looked for daily. "The Northern Star recommends “that the Char- tists throughout the length and breadth of the Jand should suffer their beards to grow, and that each of them should wear moustaches!” Another of the gang known as “ Rebecca and her daughters” in South Wales, had been seized and bound over for trial, and it was believed it would lead to the dispersion of the whole gang. Several of the most extensive landlords in Ireland had reduced their rents 20 per cent, of course much to the satisfaction of tenants. Earl de Grey had, however, given practical evidence of his high tory principles by raising his rents in the same propor- tion. “i The troubles in the Kirk of Scotland still con- tinued. The Lords of the Council and Session ad- hered to the decision of the Lord Ordinary, which set aside the iniquitous sentence of deposition pro- nounced by the General Assembly upon the seven brethren of Strabogie. The Dublin Evening Mail states that no official notification whatever of her Majesty’s intended vi- sit to [relaud has been made to any of the heads of departments, Countess Plater, highly distinguished during the late Polish war of Independence, died lately at Posen. Lord Brougham had made some important mo- tions in Parliament relative to the Slave Trade. t which is apparently practicable. principle to the question of the Cern Li that, however desirable may be the total rej laws. there is little prospect of that object being during the present session of Parliament ; nor is there much chaace of corn being admitted at a fixed dutyduring the existence of the present Ministry. Yet there is a mode by which these views may be nearly, though not com jetely, accomplished, even during the present year. Hohe object of bath these measures is the regular and sutfi- cient supply of grain at moderate prices, and the in- creased employment of our manufacturing population. Both these objects may, wethink, be obtained by the fol- lowing proposition :—We make ‘treaties with Portugal, admitting their wines on favorable duties, on condition of their udmitting our woollens on favorable duties. This isthe principle of reciprocity, a wise and just principle. We are also negociating with the Brazils on the principle of giving and receiving equivalent advantages. We would suggest, then, that we should make a proposi'ion to the United States on a similar principle, the > principle of re- ciprocity. Let us propose to America to admit their grain at acertein rato of duty, on condition ot their admitting our manufactures at asimilar rate ofduties. Let this race, for argument sake, be fixed at 20 per cent ad valorem; we admitting their grain at an advalorem duty of 20 per cent, and they, in return, admitting eur manufac‘ures at 20 per cent; the valueof jin to be taken at the shipping port, and proved tothe satisfaction of our consul there. Sup- pote, for example the value of the grain at the ship: ping port to be 5s per bushel, then the one of 20 per cent would be 1s per bushel, which would be the duty payable on its arrival in Engla Then the duty en our menu- factures, say on a piece of cloth, value here 10s, would, 20 per cent, be ) a of 2s per piece. This would be fair reciprocity, would leap over the thousand difficulties which have im- peded the settlement of this question. It would probubly satisfy the moderate men ot all parties, though it would displease the extreme partisans of each party. The ad- vantages would be immense if this measure could be ac- complished; the demand from manufactures would be greally increased; the employ ment of the workmen, con- sequently much extended; wages would, of necessity, advance; and the kingdom would receive a regular sup- ply of grain at moderate prices. The landed men need not have much apprehensioa, for they would have a pro. tective duty of 20 per cent, and the consumption of grain would be augmented by the more extended employ ment ofthe manufaciuring population. The variable amount of the duty is an objection, but something must be conce- ded for the sake ot obtaining admission of our manufac tures on favorable terms. The proposal to the United States would enlist all their agricultural men in favor of the measure, and would induce them to compel Congress to alter their present tariff, and probably compel the cutive to accept our proposal The same proposal might be made tothe continental agricultural nations, whose interest would most probably, lead them to accept our terms. Should any one nation accept our offer, others would probably follow, as one country would become jealous of any other enjoying advantages from which it. self was excluded Noone kingdom could complain, if the same terms were offered to each. The growing additional population of the kingdom re- quires some additional employment for the working classes, and this re does seem to point out the mode by which this desirable object may be obtained, and with little, if any, injury to the landed men, because ind woul! escape those increasingly heavy poor-rates whic! must fall upon the land ranean as the want of em- ployment compels the working classes to have recourse to parochial relief. Should America reject our offer, the nation wall bear the evils of the present corn.laws with more patience; but the influence of the landed men in Congress is too powertul to admit of much doubt that they would obtain a majority in favor of this proposal. Epwarp Everett anp THE Treaty.—The Lord Mayor ot London entertained Sir Robert Peel and a distinguished party, com; d of the principal members of the Cabinet and their ladies, at the Man- sion-house, on the 5:h instant. Complimentary toasts and speeches were given and made by the host and guests. Mr. Everett returned thanks for‘ [he Amer- ican Minister and the United States.” He said: “One of the most important duties which he had to perform. was to cherish by every means in his power a good understanding and kind feelings between England and America, (cheers .) 18 months ago Ven ier seemed a dark and anxious one, and he had looked orward with no vi wy tape feelings to what might be the issue. For the change which had taken ace, they owed much to the edged policy of er Majesty’s government [hear, hear,] in taking an important step towards the adjustment of mat- ters in discussion between the two countries; and he was desirous, on this occasion, to make his acknowledgments to an old friend of his then pre- sent (Lord Ashburton) for the sevices which he had performed towards bringing about this most desirable result (cheers) He would not detain them long; but he must be permitted to say—with the strongest feeling as an American, in favor of the side of his own country in this controversy—that itseemed to him that the Siimeinens brought about by the noble lord was equally honorable and advan tageous to either country, (cheers). He thanked them for the kind teeling which they had manifest- ed towards himselt and his country, and could as sure them that he believed the most important part of his duty was to do all he could for the preserva- tien of a good understanding between the two countries of Great Britain aad America.” (Cheers.) On the 12th inst. a similar entertainment was given to the Lh im members of the iate government and their ladies Loss or THE | ay Mart Steamer.—Another vessel belongin, «me unfortunate Royal Mail Steam Packet Company has been lost—the Solway, which sailed from Southampton on the Ist instant, bound for the West Indies. She was wrecked on a reef, off the island of Sisarga, about twenty miles trom the west ef Corunna, having called at the lat- ter place to receive and deliver mails The melan- choly accident occurred at midnight on the 7th, atter she had been a week atsea. Thisis the third steamer which has beea lost by the company ina tewmonths The M a, it will be remembered, was wrecked off Turk’s Head, and, more recently. the Isis off Bermuda. Alter having lett Corunns about a couple of hours, all the mee gers apd most of the crew, (with the exception of those on duty) being 1n their berths asleep and unconscious of their danger, the vesselsuddenly struck on a rocky shoal, called the Baldayo, within amile anda half from the coast; and notwithstanding the utmost exertions were used by Capt, Duncan,tthe officers and ere w, the unfortunate vessel _sunk within twenty minute: in thirteen fathoms. By the order of Capt. Duncav (who was lost), the pinnace was first got into the water, and as many as it could conveniently hola were lowered into it, but the frail bark was not des- tined to reach the shore. From some cause unex- plained, it was capsized, and every soul on board Applying 2 perished. The first paddle-boat was then lowered, and into that also as many crowded as possibly could, and notwithstanding there was no oar to a8- sist them, it managed to reach the shore in safety by paddling, &c. Itis supposed that many went down with the vessel, there being no time to launch the other boat that is kept on the paddle wheel, to save those unfortunate beings left on board. Those who were thus mercifully saved, escaped of course, with no clothes whatever but those they stood in, and some were almost in a sta'e of nudity. Immediately on the vessel striking she pitched con- siderably head foremost, and assoon as the cold wa- ter reached the boilers they collapsed and blew up. It is supposed that many of our fellow creatures pe- rished by this mishap, and that it also furthered the more spredy destruction of the vessel. The size of the paddle boats—boats kept expressly for cases of accident—may be indged from the fact that 52 hu man beings escaped in one of them, and so close was it to the water’s edge, that it was a mercy it reach- Another monomaniac hasfound the way to Buck- ingham Palace, from a distance. A woman was discovered on the 13th, crouched up under a tree, in ina wood at Walton-upon-Thames, unable to speak a word of English. Taken before the local magis- trates, she proved to be a native of France. She says that she is the wile of a mechanic ; and she gives two reasons for coming to England—to see two brothers, whom she imagines to hold responst ble situations in Buckingham Paliee ; and to claim the throne of England, which is her’s by right: She also calls herself Queen Isabella the Seeond of Spain. Oa the evening of the Lrh she was brought to Buckingham Palace, to see it her story had any shadow of foundation, which, of course, it had not. She will be examined at Bow street. Destruction or Proprrry py Fine in Liver- Poor —It appears, ge ae printed, that the losses by fire have, in a period of seven years and a half, been ' £650,630 ¢ in district A ed the shore in safety. Nothing but constant baling « eve 110,911 and good management kept her afloat. The whole is es se 21,275 of the mails are, of course, lost, and, in fact, every- thing belonging to the vessel. Sunk as she is in 13 fatiioms, and most likely so much injured by strik- ing so hard as she did on theshoal, it is notat all probable the vessel will ever be raised. The loss to the company, which has been truly unfor'unate since its establishment, will no doubt be great ; but the distressing loss of life entailed in this instance will be a bitter remembrance to those who have thus so suddenly been bereft of their friends and re. lations. 3 We subjoin a list of the persous lost:—_ It is a singular fact that Mr. Edward Dicker, the surgeon, was also wrecked in the Medina, and af- wards in the Isis, and now the poor fellow, in the prime of life, is, without warning, and in an awful manner, called to his account by being wrecked in this ill-tated vessel. It is also a singular circum- stance that Captain Duncan, immediately he heard of Mr. Dicker’s appointment to the Solway, re- marked, but jesting, that if harm came to him or his ship, he should attribute it to Mr. Dicker’s pre- sence, that gentleman having met with such_unfor- tnnate results in his previous voyages. The Solway was a Scotch-built boat, and this was her fourth voyage. She was a remarkably tast sailing fine vessel, and had just undergoue considerable repairs. Orricers anp Crew Lest—Captain Duncan; Mr. Hall, midshipman; Ralph Robinson, carpenter's mate; Hugh Thompson, quarter-master; Henry Snib- son, ordinary seaman; James Beveridge, AB. ;James Donnell, coal trimmer; Garatt Dilon, do; H. Noel, purser’s steward; George Reading, captain’s ser- vant; Alexander Brown, bedroom steward; R. Ba- fcr knife and boot cleaner; Joshua Westhrup, sa- loon cook; Pat. Anton, baker; Isabella M’Gurn, stewardess. . Passencers Lost—Mr. and Mrs. Fitzjames and four children; Mr. Haly; Mr. Montefiore; Miss Bea- don; Rev. Mr Bascorn; Mr. Le Main; Mr. Blake, R.E;Mr. Burtchell, R.E.; Mr. Hunter; Mr. Ni- colle; Mr. Cartwright. List or Orricers, Crew, AND PassENGERS SAVED. —Passengers—Captain and Mrs. Wentworth, three children and servant ; Mr. and Mrs. Davies, three children and servant; Miss Crawford, H. Kieswitz, Mrs. Levy, H. P, Thomas, Susanna Clark, Francis Savory, Mr. Geddes, Mr. Sughrue, Mr. Adamson Mr. Ancram, Mr. and Mrs Pell, Mr. Campbell, Hon. Mr. Dalzell, Mr. Watley, M. de Serallos. Officers.—-Lieutenant_ Hemsworth, Admiralty agent; Mr. Wilder, chief officer; Mr. Leigh,second ditto; Mr. Bevis, third ditto; Mr. Lane, purser; Mr. Carey, midshipman; Mr. Carlile, of Thames. Engineers.—Mr. Thomson, chief engineer; Geo. Angus, second; T. M’Muthrie, third; Joseph Ro- binson, fourth; Mark Raworth, fifth; R. Irving, boiler maker; A. Steadman, apprentice. Seamen.—Smith, Taylor, quartermaster, Gappy, Fletcher, Fenton, Sneiling, Lamb, Browning, ap- prentice, Richards, Ladner, Ruse, apprentice, Bell, carpenter ; Woxall, boatswain; Gardiner, Hemer, Smith, quartermaster, Davis, Meshood, Nobes, Morgan, Read, Taylor. Firemen and Coal-trimmers.—Whitaker, Wilson, Sweetingham, Gallagher, Maddox, Coleman, Bal- lantine, M’Millan, Logan, Wa'lace, Robertson, Sinclair, M’Loughlin, T. Sinclair, T Ward, Ure, ae: Cannady, Darrell, J. Ward, Stevens, Snep- erd. Steward’s Department.—Mr. Kitson, head stew- ard ; Harding, waiter; Ramsey, apprentice ; Simp- son, storekeeper ; Duncan, -waiter; Banks, head er; Kirkup, ship’s cook ; Brown, second cook; Bradley, waiter ; Pascoe, Admiralty agent’s ser- vant; Read, Butcher. N. B.—Mr. Goreowria and Mr. Franks, passen- gers, stopped at Corunna. 3 he steamer, to whose fate we have adverted in another place, entails upon the London offices a loss of £30,000, and upon those of Glasgow £10,000. Lloyd’s have escaped with a trifling cost, most of the insurance offices being her underwriters. The cost of the ship was £60,000, so that the unfortunate company to which she belonged will be minus £20,000 — Wilmer § Smith’s Times, April 19. Eneuish Opinions on AMERICAN Arratrs.—The following is from the London Standard:— Coronet Younc ano Avsany Reruptation.—It would appear that the repudiation doctrine has anything but en its limits The State of New York begins to talk about something of the kind, although, of course, as yet it is but vaguely hinted at; however, we have seen some private letters from parties well calculated to knew what 1s going on with these honest gentry, and, from the tenor of these, should not be surprised at a more open avowal of repudiation in course of another year. The reason of the present fear of repudiation in New York arises in a communication from the Secretary of State to the Chair. man of the Judiciary Committee in the Senate of that State in which this worthy disciple of the swindling school un- blushingly declares that a large amount of the bonds sued by the State, she is under neither moral nor reli- ious Obligations to pay, and the reason assigned for such ishonest views is that the acts of the legisiature autho vigiidlae ata eiey AIM AIS eNCEk.—Colburn has published & new romance entitled “ The King's Son,” by. Mrs. Hofland. Also, “‘ Memoirs of the Queens of France.” by Mrs. Forbes Bush. Bentley has published “ The Earl of Sussex,” a new novel by Chas. Whitehead ; also, * Miss Penn and her niece,” by Mrs. Hone, the author of “ The Art, of Needlework.” “The Great Western Prairies,” by Farnham, and ‘The French Gover- ness, or the Embroidered Handkerchief,” by Feni- more Cooper, have also been issued by Bentley. “George Selwyn and his Contemporaries,” by Jesse, was likewise announced by Bentley. Cunningham and Mortimer had published “ The PastorChief,” atale o the Waldenses; and “The ‘Young Milliner,” oy Mrs. Stone. Sanders & Otley had published “ Magic and Mes- merism,” in three yolnmes; and “ The life of Rich- ard Caurde Lion,” by James The Longmans had published the first part of a “* New System of Universal Geography ;” ‘ Eva St. Clair,” by James; ‘‘The Home, or Family Cares and Family Joys,” by the authoress of the “ Neighbors,” transfated by Mary T. Howitt; “*The Rambles of the Emperor Ching Fih,” trans- lated by Tkin Shar, with an iatroduction by J. Legge, D. D., a Chinese novel. John Murray had published Lady Sales’ Journal of Disasters in Afighanistan. Baily & Co. had published Maxwell’s Life of the Duke of Wellington. _ John Murray had announced the immediate pub- lication of Sir David gWilke’s Life, by Allan Cun- ningham. Foreien Tueatricats.—Grisi and Lablache had made their first appearance this season at her Ma- jesty’s Theatre. Clara Novello is at Drury Lane. Mrs Waylett has undertaken the management of the English Opera House. Madam Vestris, Mrs. Glover, Farren and Charles Matthews are at the Haymarket. A Miss Webster is earning great applause as a danseuse at Drury Lane. Madam Celeste was lately at the Liverpool Thea- tre Royal. .Mr. Alfred Shaw, Miss Poole and Signor Giubi- lei were giving concerts at Liverpool. Mr. Love was still at the Strand. A Miss Sarah Flower, a contralto singer, had made a successful debut at the Princess’ Theatre, Oxford street. Mrs. Humby had made her appearance at the Haymarket. Mad’lle del Carmen, a highly gifted singer, has lately made her debut at the Theatre of Ainsterdam She is a pupil of Signor Celli. The death of Mrs. Honey was much regretted.— She was daughter of Mrs. Young, an actress of some repute, and was born on the 6th of December, 1817. and was, therefore, ia her 26h year. Early in life she was initiated into the theatrical art, and was engaged at Sadler’s-wells, the Olympic, . toria, and Surrey theatres, where she exhibited con- siderable ability under the name of Laure Beli. At the early age of sixteen she formed a matrimonial alliance with Mr. Honey, who wes only two years her senior. Mrs. Honey was engaged at the New Strand Theatre, in 1833, where she first attracted ublic notice in the character of Lilias, in Leman ede’s drama of the Loves of the Angels, when un- der the management of Mrs. Waylett. Her nextre- move was to the Adelphi, where she became highly opular in the burletta of Cupid, with the late Mr. cohn Reeve. From thence, having established her- selt asa public favorite, she visited nearly all the provincial theatres with great pecuniary advantage and eclat, and a few years since was lessee of Nor- tonfolgate Theatre. She has, subsequently, been engaged at the Haymarket and Queen’s: ai the lat ter theatre she was engaged to appear on Easter Monday. As an actress she belonged to no distinct class ; yet her beautiful person, rich contralto voice and arch humor ensured the success of many of those comediettas and burlettas which are written fora popular favorite. She has left two children, one ten and the other three years old. Mrs. Woop, tHe Vocatist.—It is with sincere and heartfelt pleasure that we are able to announce, that the wish expressed in our notice of this cele- brated lady’s removal to a conventat York has been fulfilled. We are authorized to state, that, on Tues- day evening last, she arrived at her husband’s resi- dence, at Woolwich Moor, the pain and anxiety of being absent from husband and child being greater than her religious enthusiasm. May we hope that her experience in this instance may prove a useful lesson to many others, by showing that the natural feelings and duties of wife and mother are far supe- rior to the gloomy and unnatnral requirements of the Pepish religion.— Wakefield Journal, Parliament, Parliament adjourned tor the Easter holydays, and met again on the 24th. With the exception of the United States, the debates during the last fort- night have only possessed a domestic interest. One of the most important measures of the session—the Government scheme for the education of young persons in factories and elsewhere, which was un- folded six weeks ago in a comprehensive statement by Sir James Graham, has experienced, since the introduction of the bill into the House ot Commons, a hurricane of cpposition from alll classes of dis- senters—trom every one, in short, who differs from the Church of England. The Ashburton Treaty is ended so far asthe House of Lords is concerned. Mr. Hume has threatened, and no doubt will keep his promise, to inflict his te- diousness on the House of Commons when it meets after the holidays, in connection with the same sub- ject. These discussions are not, perhaps, without utility, but they are certainly without any practical object, and become wearisome from their sameness. The treaty has been carried, is approved of by the intelligent and patriotic on ‘both sides of the water, and cannot be disturbed by the most polished figures of rhetoric, or the most vituperative male- dictions. In the House of Lords on the 11th, Lord Ashbur- ton addressed the House in the following terms:— My Lords,—Betore your lordships proceed to the business of the day, I beg to take the earliest oppor- tunity of making my acknowledgments to your lordships, and of expressing my deep sense of the honor conferred on me by the resolution which, by the votes and proceedings of your lordships’ house, 1 observe was passed on Friday last. (Hear, hear ) That resolution, gratifying and highly grateful to myself personally, is rendered in my mind, of infi- nitely greater value by the opinions expressed by your lordships, namely, the expression ot the satis- faction of your lordships “at the restoration of a good understanding with the United States, which it is alike the duty and the interest of both countries to maintain unbroken.” An expression so fall of wisdom and sound policy, delivered by such abody as the peers of this kingdom, cannot fail to have the most valuable effect in_ producing that conciliation, which is in itself aufflcient. to secure that end so much desired by your lordships. The overwhelm- ing importance, in my mind, of the settlement of those unfortunate diflerences which had gradually grown up between the twocountries, was my great inducement to undertake the task—(Hear)—and perhapscaused me not sufficieatly to estimate my own deficiency for its execution. I have had, how ever, the good fortune to have the performance of irs dities approved by my Sovereign—by her Majes ty’s ministers, and 1 have now to add the almost rizing them were passed by a simple majority of votes in the two houses, instead of a two-thirds majority, which he contends to have been necessary under the ccnstitu- tion, th It is therefore quite evident that this declaration of Secretary is nothing short of an open avowal on his of the unprincipled repudiation doctrine, and #e e little doubt but that it is wn out with a view to being acted on as soon as circumstances will admit Of course the papers denounce the matter with their usual seeming integrity, but itis very easy, even in their re- marks, to detect @ spirit not unfavorable to the infamy, and which will, no doubt, be differently expressed when the public of these States shall have lost all sense of ho- nesty and upright dealing. ‘Tue Mencer anp otHer Cases.—A remarkable trial of a person named Mercer, for murder and crime of the most hideously revolting description, is. progressing near Philadelphia.’ We have looked thrvugh the proceedings ofthis case with horror and disgust, tid inuch as we may be impressed with a conviction of ‘the laxity of our own laws in slowing the escape of a murderer under plea of insanity, yet we see a much worse state of things in Ame rica. There is an evident impression that this man Mer- cer will be acquitted, thus adding another instance to the list in which the law is nulland void. He isto get oft on the plea of insanity. There have been, then, in America, within a very short period, the cases of Colt, for tLe mur- der of Adams, the murderer of Mary Rogers not yet dis- covered, the murder of a person named Coriis, still shrouded in mystery, and this Heberton case; in allof which every sense of law and justice has been thocked and no reparation made. Every one aggrieved in such matters seems to take them into his own hi and the result of this system is daily becoming parent. Thecase of Corlis’ murder, to! which we hi alluced, is remarkable. He is represented as the keeper of afashionable bowling saloon, and was shot in the pub. lic street. Eieuteen Vessets Toratty Lost.—The late north easterly winds have, we regret to say, been produc- tive of the most disastrous shipwrecks along differ- ent parts of the coast, though happily unattended with loss of life, atising from the alacrity and effi- ciency of the coast guard service and their boatmen During the last three weeks upwards of eighteen vesselsare known to have been wrecked. Overrann Matt.—The following notice, which involves a considerable alteration respecting the let ters to China, &c., by this mail, has been issued by the Postaster General:—**Letters for China, the Australian settlements, New Zealand, the Mauritius or other places beyond the territori#sof the East [n- dia Company, intended to be sent by the Overland Mail through India, must be addressed to the care of correspondents in that Country, asit isunderstood that, under recent regulations, they will otherwise be detained at Bombay for payment of the tran- sitand ship letter postage due to the Indian Post of fice tor their conveyance to their destination. It 1s not necessary that letters for places within the terri tories of the East tadia Company, forwarded by the indian Mail, should be addressed to correspondents | unprecedented honor of the approbation of your in India, provision being made for payment of the ] lordships’ house, and it is quite impossible for me to Indian postage above alluded to in those settle- | ~xpress to your lordships how deeply sensible I am ments.” ‘ Amongst the novelties of the day may be noticed the speedy departure of Mr. O’Connell’s eldest son for the United States, accompanied by Mr. Thomas Steele, to organize an agitation there for the more speedy repeal of the union—an Irish method, truly, going so lar abroad to carry a project at home. Pe. cuniary, rather than patriotic motives, it is unchari- tably assumed, influence the mission. But Jonathan \s in very bad condition now for being plucked. As the sire is not very popular in the great republic, it can hardly be expected that the son will be, and he will act cautiously in not going too far south—the more bracing atmosehere of the north will better agree with his nerves. of thathonor. My lords, in countries under free go- vernment, such as we have the happiness to live un- der, and America, it is natural that questions of this importance should be discussed with great freedom, and that has been the case with regard to the treaty which it has been my lot to execute.— Although I trust that the conditions are such as are likely to be conducive to the fature mainten ince of peace, and eflectually, and entirely, and fairly to settle the question in dispute, I must freely wseure your lordships thatthe mere minute ques- tion of more or lees of Leet sg has been the subject of so mnch discussion,both here and on the other side of the water, weighed in my estimation very little in comparison to the larger question of make in the estimation of honorable minds in countries; and I should contend that the settlement is one which is founded on honorable terms, and which is likely to produce peace. It is not my in- tention to go at all into any quesiion connected with this transaction, but I will enly again express to your lordships the deep sense which Lentertain ot the honor of that approbation which you have bs the settlement which it would be satisfactory 1S ot! pleased to express, which is the highest reward that {can receive for the humble efforts whieh | made in what I conceived to be a good cause. (Sheers ) The Duke or Weitineron—I am sure the house will have heard the speech of the noble lord with satisfaction I consider it my duty to move that the words expressed by the noble lord on this oceasion be entered on the journalsof the house. (Cheers ) The motion was agreed to. a The most important speech during the session, by any member unconnected with the government,was made last week by Mr. Charles Buller, in introdu- cing his plan for a complete system of colonization. Mr. Buller is master of the subject. He accompa- nied Lord Durham to Canada, it will be remembered, and the splendid report which that nobleman gave to Parliament on his return, owed many of its most important and useful suggestions to Mr. Buller’s sa- gacity. On the night in question he occupied the nouse three hours, in a speech which fills nine co lamns of the morning papers. Lord Stanley endea- vored to throw a wet blanket on the debate by chanting the praises of the Colomial office, but he did not succeed in drawing attention from the pana: cea for curing the ills under which an old and cir cumscribed and densely populated country like Eng- land is laboring—too much strength, too much blood and sinews, the best remedy for which is a compre- hensive system of emigration, carried out in a liberal anid enligaiened spirit. The advantages are telt to be incalculable, and a coup.de-main by the govern- ment, at no distant day, is inevitable. Tue Stave Trapg —Lord Brougham, in the House of Lords, on the 10th inst., introduced his bill for the better prevention ot the slave traae. His first object was to decide by a deciaratory act, that a British subject residing abroad, but not within the bounds of a British settlement, buying slaves and transporting them to his plantation, was guilty of felony. The next object was to legislate respecting the transmission by legal instruments of foreign slave plantations ; and the third, to prohibit the buy- ing and selling of slaves by joint stock companies established here for the carrying on projects abroad He wished also to insure a better mode of trial where slave trading practices were imputed to Bri- tish subjects, and to impose upon parties engaged in the African trade some species of superintead- ance which would confine them to their lesitiinate traflic. After some observations upon the apparent inconsistencies of the American government, which, having declared the slave trade piracy, yet complained ot any proffered assistance on the part of a friendly power in carrying into effect its own law, the noble lord moved that the bill be read a first time. ‘ £ In Lord Brougham’s concluding observations Lord Campbell entirely concurred, but Lord Ashburton, although admitting that the extension of such opi- nions was extremely desirable, trusted that the coun- try would not be understood as intending to enforce them contrary to the law of nations. Lord Camp- bell contended that the slave trade had been univer- sally recognized as piracy, but was corrected by Lord Aberdeen, who quoted France as a country whose CECE ET Ee in this doctrine was still to be obtain- e Lord Denman, although he wasconvinced that the more the subject was considered, the more widely would his opinion be agreed in, thut the pirate and the slave trader were by natural law constituted pub- lie enemies, felt the necessity of obtaining the co- operation of other countries too strongly to recom- mend any departure from the letter of our treaties. He vindicated the decisien of the American judges on the subject; but thought that it was only by a ge- neral combination of the naval powers that the abo- lition of the slave trade could be effected. The bill was then read a first time. France. The opening of the whole line of the Paris and Rouen railroad to the public, says the Presse, is positively fixed for May 3. Viscount Dubouchage presented on the 3d instant, tition to the Chamber of Peers, signed by seve- ral persons at Bourges, complaining that the Infante Don Carlos was detained as a state prisoner in that town, and praying that he might be set at liberty to change his residence, or leave the country Private lettersstate that Don Carlos is detained at Bourges against his will, however it may suit the French Ministry to deny the fact. He cannot leave the country without passports, which the govern- ment refuse, and he cannot go a certain distance from Bourges without being exposed to the interfer- ence of the police. The disorders that have broken out in St. Domin go have caused some alarm in France, independ- ently of financial considerations. The Minister of Marine had forwarded orders to the Maratime Pre- fectof Brest, to despatch two men-of-war to Hayti, to protect the French residents. The Toulonnais of the 6th instant, states that the Emperor of Morocco had given satisfaction to the United States for the insult offered to their Consul by the Governor of Tangier. The latter had been superseded in his post, and the flag of the Union hav- ing been hoisted on the Consular house, was saluted by the batteries of the place. Spain. The Spanish Cortes were opened on the 3d with great pomp and formality. A detachmentof cavalry and six carriages accompanied the Regent and the young Queen from the palace. The Regent read the royal speech, After alluding to the zeal of the magistracy, and the penury of the treasury, the speech states thatthe late insurrection had paralysed the economical sctemes of the government, and created an additional ¢ebt, in consequence of the ne- cessity of raising a large military force It was generally reported in Madrid, that the pre- sent Ministers had placed sheir resignation at the disposal of the Regent, to deprive the enemies of the Constitution in the new Cortes of any pretence for attacking it and his Goveronent through them, but that “nothing was yet settled a: to who will stay in, or who will relieve them.” . Calatrava, the Finance Minister has issued a decree, the chief object of which is t revive the credit of Spain, by providing for the _pusctual pay- ment of the interest on the New Three per Cent Stock. The decree devotes to the purpose, frst,the whole proceeds of the quicksilver of the mnes ot Almaden and Almaduegos; secondly, twenty mil- lions of reals on the Treasury of the island of Cuba; and thirdly, four millions of reals on the departmeyt ofthe Crazada. A fourth article declares that the Government will augment their appropriations, if the Cortes shall approve of the capitalization of the interest on the Four and Five per Cents, asj is pro- posd to them. Portugal. Accounts from Foren to the 3d inst., state that the three months which the charter requires the Cortes to sit having expired yesterday, a royal de- cree was published extending the session for a month further. It is not probable that the prorogation will be much longer postponed. Yet of the new financial measures not one has yet been touched, though their extent and i rtance would require full three months to disc: them alone. The Deputies are already betraying sigas of weariness, frequently fail ing to make a house. i f Fhe Deputies have been occupied with a bill for reducing the number of adminisirative districts and dioceses throughout the kingdem. The first part of this project will involve a saving of expenditure. The second will renderexisting funds more available for the maintenance of the church in circumstances of becoming dignity. The project has likewise a political object, viz., to get nd of the inconvenience ofa nomin:tion of any portion ef the hierarchy. Lisbon news to the 10th instant has been received, brought by the Lady Mary Wood steamer. The final answer of the British government respecting the tariff convention was expected with some anxiety at Lisbon. It was known that among the further offers proposed on the part of the Portuguese to our government, in place of the ultimatum sent from England, a reduction of duties tothe amount of two-fifths was proposed on brass manufactured goods. The British merchants at Oporto had peti- tioned against breaking off the negotiations on slight grounds. The Douro Wine Company bill had passed the Peers without alteration, but it was ex pected that the royal sanction would be deterred until the final result of the tariff negotiation was known Russia and Servia, The Augsburg Gazette of the 5th instant, pub- lishes the tollowing precise details of the Russian ultimatum relative to Servia:—1L. Russia demands hat the authors and abettors of the revolution of September be brought to trial. 2. The Emperor demands that Prince Alexander Kura Georgewitseh should be immediately deprived of his command % Thata new sovereign should be elected accord- ing to the existing laws. But the Sultan may an val the firman ot bis father, the Sultan Mahmoud, which rendered the throne of Servia hereditary in the family of Obrenowitch, and if the complaints nade aguinst Prince Michael be well founded, the Sultan will be permitted to exclude Prince Michael ‘romthe number of candidates. M. de Bouteniefl received at the same time with this ultimatum, in- structions to give the Ottoman Porte but twenty. four hours to return an answer, and, in case of a re- fusal, to break off ail diplomatic relations with the Divan, and withdraw provisienally 10 Bujukdere where a Russian ship of war is stationed. ‘ Mark e' Loxpon Manxers, April 18—In consequence of’the Easter holidays, 1 Of the least importance has tror- spired in the colonial or foreign produce market since Thursday | We had th pleasure last on the 3d instant, and in re- suming our advices, are glad to have to report some slight indications @f improvement in the manufacturing districts, where a more general demand has prevailed; indeed, as regards gotton, the operatives are now fully employed. the produce ma: kets the sales have not been exten- utprices have been generally supported. Mi continues plentiful, . Sghely eg mang Ashes—Continue scarce, and Canada Pet and Pearl are now held at 328; with mow nel h arrivals, the price would at once ,_ Cotton—There has been little time past, and the sales have quantity of any description. In prices we have no decid- ed change to notice, but the present rates are barely sup- Renee The sales last week were co d to about 600 ales Surat, low middling to fair at 344 to 3}. doing in cotton for some comprised only @ limited Imports. Stock. aa 1942 1843, 1942, 1943. Grea’ Britain, 4,0°0.0°0 9,60. .609 47,710,000 51.30 000 Other Huropean pts, 79 #00 79,700 00 10,306,000 Total, 82,°60,0 09 ,2 0,000 118 400 000 151,000, 00 Prices of American Cotton ure about fu lower since our & fair demand has, however, prevailed from both the trade and speculators, which has been as treely met by holders. ‘Lhe imports to 31st March, and stocks let inst, were as follows, viz :— Imports. Stock. on 1942) 1343, 1942 1843. Great Bri 449.430 939,920 662,000 732,200 Other Kurepean ports, 189,740 254 282 200.984 Wo 99 Total, 635,170 774,202 91,522 1,098,199 Corn—We had a dull market yesterday. English wheat metadull sale, at a reduction of 1# per quarter; and 10- reign descriptions were in poor request, at previous rates. Fiour was little noticed at late rates. Oats were in fair demand, at steady prices; and no changeo! importance was apparent in other articles. Corn—We have no improvement to notice in the corn market. Last wvek’s average of English Wheat was 456 5d per qr, and free foreign 1s of slow sale {rom 37s to 428 for red, according to quulity. Coffre—Wor the finer descriptions of Coffee for home use a tair demand has prevailed at tull prices, but ordi- pary qualities have not found buyers; Ceylon hes been sold at ods to 648 6d; Company’s Java at 40s, Sama. rang from 31s to 368 6.1. For export, the sales consist of 2000 bags Liguayra trom 30s 6d to 348; 3600 begs St. Do- mingo trom 288° 6d {0 30%; 600 bags Brazil from 30s 6d to 31s; and 200 bags Padang from 268 to 27s. Our latest ad. vices from the teighboring continental ports, report le doing, but notice no change in value. The Jollowing were the imports to 31st March, and stock on Ist instant, viz — Cochineaj—About 100 ceroons have been sold since our last at steady prices; Honduras silver 3a 11d to 4 5d, black 4s 6d to 58 4d. Cloverseed—The Cloverseed trade is over for the sea- son. Drugs—The publi on 6th instant went off prett; steadily ; of 265 chests China Rhubarb, about 190 so! from 3s 3d to 8 6d, lor good quality flat and round half trimmed, part being rather coated, which is about 8d low- er. Nothing done in Shellac, Animi, or Opium. Sales of Camphor had been made at £9 10s, but £10 per cwt 1s now the price, Flour— Entirely nominal; we quote it duty paid 24s to 26s 6d per bbl, and in bond about 20s. Hemp—St. Petersburg clean Hemp £29 108 to £80; Ma- nilla, im the absence of pubiic sales, is held at £.6. Hides—Wthout imprevement; we continue our recent quotations. Indigo —The quarterly sales of Indigo, comprising 7648 chests, commenced this morning; the first 200 ch all bought in, excepting eight lots, at subsequently abvut 330 chests Bei id at about 4d to 6d, under the previous currency. 1029 chests have passed sale to dy. | Lhe Dutch Company's rules in Holland on 10th and {2th instant, went off steadily, the whole 3421 chests finding buyers, the finer, kinds at the prices of September, and ordinary and middling qualities from 15 to 650 advance. Iron— The demand for Iron continues limited; we quote British Bar £5 per ton on board, and £478 6d in Wales, at which one or two cargoes have been purchased. Swe: dish nominally £10108. The market at Gothenburg had not opened at last dates, I ix tons have been sold sin t. Eust India £22 to £28, and African £12 to £25 per cwt. Lead ~Dull; 3300 ingots Spanish, containing a portion of silver, have been offered at auction, only 10 lots ot which found buyers at £17 108. We quote English £17, ani Missouri nominally £16 10s. Linseed— Linseed cake continues in fair demand, from £4108 to £6 per ton. Linswed oi) is firmer; the present price is» 33s per cwt. Sperm oil dull, at £66 per ton for ritish. ‘The last transaction in American was at public sale, when about 30 tons of common quality sold at £64 for body, and £65 tor head, present auty inicluded; good quality, one-third head, would possibly bring £66. Metals—Business continues very restricted, and prices are barely maintained. The Quicksilver con' t tor the produce of the Spanish mines has again been o} Messrs. Rothschild, but at an advance of 214 du! on their last price; they have consequently sdvanced their quotations 64 per 1b” Copper, owing to cont nued arriv- als of ore, 18 very flat, and lower prices are expected Tin Plates are selling at 24s per box, om board in London for K ce Lead and iron are very dull, and for Tin no de- mand. Provisrons—No transactions have occurred in Ami Lard is slow of it 368 to 878 for good yr manufacturing purp as met with little notice, and we have no altera- improved demand for Sugar for home use nd prices must be quoted Is dearer. ‘The im. quiry for foreign has subsided, and the recent accounts froin the neighboring continental marke'scome flat. The sales since our lust comprise about 400 cases Brazil, 1000 baskets Java, 2000 boxes white and yellow Ha and about 4000 bags Manilla, but at prices establishing @ de- cline ot 18, and in some cases 1s 6d per cwt from the late highest point. A cargo of 1200 boxes fine new yellow Havana has been sold afloat, deliverab.e at Trieste, at 2s. Our latest letters from St. Petersburg quote white Havana from Ro. 274 for mid. upto Ro 284 Lcekcwe lots, but not much doing. Salipetre sells slowly, from 238 6d to 278 6d for Bengal. Nitra ¢ soda 163 to 178. Spelter is now firm at £22 68 to £22 108. The advices from Calcutta notice an advance there of £6 per ton, and several parcels have been taken for that market. Sheet Zinc about £37. Spices—Cassia Lignea is 3* to 48 lower; the sales com: prise about 2600 boxes from 63s to 668 per cwt. 2200 begs Pimento have been sold from 24d for common up to 2fd to 21d for middling quality. In Pepper, nothing dohe. A few packages Mace and Nutmegs have found buyers at former prices, bat the demand 1s triv. At the Dutch sales on 6th instant, prices ruled low. 745 casks Nutmegs went in the proportion of 130 cents for first sort, equal to about 28 per Ib, free on board; 395 packag ce at 116 cents for good, equal to Is 94; and 385 packages Amboyna Cloves at 53 cents for good, equal to 94d per Ib. Tobacco—A steady business has been doing; ordinary sound Kentucky Li Qhd to Id, fair 34d to 34d, and good 444 to 4jd; Virginia, low middling, 34d to 83d; vood 4}d to 4§, and fine 5d to5}d. We quote the lowest Kem- tucky 244, snd finest up to djd, at which holders are firm. With Kentucxy strips the trade have continued to supply themselves to the exclusion of Virginia—the prices paid are on @ par with our last quotations. Tobacco—In tobacco no change, end the sales are con fined to afew parcels of Virginian jeaf at 3} to 44 for ex- portvand 4} to 64 for the home trade. The cargo per Ti or consists of 404 hhds. rejected, of the old crop, 476 bhds. passed Virginian leat; for the former 21 and for the latter 25s per 1121bs Segars of goed quali sell readily at full prices, and holders of common te m dling qualities having evinced more readiness to sell; fair busi ndving, principally tor export. e—in limited request at 8% to 9 3d per cwt; Is have been mostly to the drawers. Tallow—The transactions in this article have been con- fined to the immediate wants of the trade, but no material change in pricescan be quoted. Last Tuesday se’ a parcelof South American tallow, consisting of 160 casks ke. was offered at public sale, and disposed of at from 346 to 418 9d, according to qualit Tar—The demand for this article continues quiet, and nothing of consequence transpired ; prices remain much the same as before. [From the Bankers§Cireal ] There is no question in our minds that the intended asked, measure respecting introduction of Canadisn flour will materially aggravate the pramure of the existing corn Law against the farmers of Great Britain and Ire land. The difference between the present errangements and the proposed, does not appsar tous 80 Rreut as to pply adequate Cause for the exultations of the ‘League,’ who call this measure the triumph of their principles and lectures. ‘They never would allow that wich corn us flour would be brought to our shores from Canada; we always thought the quantity would be large under the law of 1842, and thatit would innrease from year to year after the opening had become well known. But this new measure will be an aggravation of the evil to our ‘armers, and a much heavier blow ogainst our millers. Itmay not dass intoa law this session, for when Lord Stanley said that he could not fix the time of the reading r, it was understood jn the for further commapications th ofthe Bill wotil after E. postponement of tee i. The question makes a t stir in Ireland, the millers of wich country apprehend aunibilation from the proposed law. ‘The following are extracts from a r ed letter sent from Beliast :— shipp hourd at Montreal, all expenses included, it 7. 6d British sterling per barrel of 196 lbs, and it is dently expected to be 80 low as 16%. which is the price in Baltimore and many other places in the at which price large (orders to purchase nt out from England within the last few 3s. to 84 6d per barrel for freight, and ls. or insurance and other charges; the imporer can sell it Is, with @ fair profit; o- say at las per ewt. for ith which, caus nality of bakers lity of wheat at 7s. per cwt. of 1 on aves ‘ e weight of 62 ibs. to the imperial bushel, at ster! juarter. It nay’ therelore ‘be reasonably presumed, that, t@