The New York Herald Newspaper, July 4, 1845, Page 1

Vol. XI., No. 182—Whole No. 4044. NEW YORK, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 4, 1845. ADAMS & CO’S EXPRESS, ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM.-SHIP AOADIA, AT BOSTON. FIFTEEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. Important Intelligence. POSITION OF FRANCE ON THE TEXAS QUESTION. DECLARATION OF GUIZOT. STATE OF THE COTTON MARKET. PASSAGE OF THE MAYNOOTH BILL. Military Ordered Out in Ireland. ARRIVAL OF THE INDIA MAIL. Markets, Crops, de. &e. &o. The steam-ship Acadia, Captain Harrison, arrived at Boston at 11 o’clock on Wednesday night. & She saved from Liverpool on the 19th ult. The intelligence is of importance. It will be perceived that France has unequivocal- ly declared that she has not joined England in pro- testing against the annexation of Texas to this Union. If Texas wishes to be annexed, it is no aflair of ours, says M. Guizot. Texas as an independent nation, can do'what she thinks is best ‘for her own interests. This intelligence throws M. Saligny, the French Minister in Texas, in rather an unenviable position. What will the Texans do with him? The next piece of news of interest to us is the fact that large sales of cotton have been made in Liver- pool without any change in the prices. The Maynooth Bill had passed the House of Lords, inall its stages, by larger majorities than in the House of Commons. It enly wanted, on the 18th ult., the royal assent. The attention of capitalists was still directed to Railway shares and other schemes. Accounts from China are to the end of March. othing important. Trade was flourishihg in all departments. ‘There was an extensive demand for Colonial pro- duce—sugar—wool—coflee, &c. Thej Agricultural Reports are more satisfactory than at any former period in the present century, and there is every appearance of an overwhelming produce of every kind, which may, in some mea- sure, prevent prices advancing too rapidly. The news from India is much later, but of no con- sequence. The Peers, on the 10th ult., passed the Maynooth Bill through committee, the Earl of Wicklow ex- pressing a hope that he might regard this measure as the forerunner of a bill, next session, for the en- dowment of the Roman Catholic clergy by a rent on the land, and Lord Wharncliff observing that, how- e government might be in favor of sucha all the lines should start from that point. “Tithe committee are opposed to advising the original dis, tribution, and the good people of Havre are in con- sequence very much enraged with them. The Britannia, whieh left Boston June 1, arrived iverpool on the 13th, ina passage of twelve-and- If days. There was a grand meeting of the league at Co- vent Garden Theatre on the evening of the 18th.— ‘The account of receipts of funds by the league was read, from which it appeared that the receipts to the Jeague fund to December 31, 1844, amounted to £86,000; subscriptions this year £5,682; receipts through the Bazaar £26,046, making a total of £116,687. The reading of the receipts was receiv- ed with immense cheering. On the evening of the 18th the Duke of Welling- ton prs his annual banquet at Apsley House, in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the battle of Waterloo. The number of guests was 76, among whom were Prince Albert, and all the most distin- guished officers in the army. Sir Henry Pottinger’s pension is to be £1500. There wasadebate in the House of Commons, June 17, 0n a series of resolutions introduced by Mr. C. Buller, on the affairs of New Zealand, in which the administration of the affairs of that colo- ny were strongly censured. The debate was ad- Journed before coming to a quesiton. Among the Spanish news we notice, that al- though most of the Foreign Ministers had gone to Barcelona, our Minister, Mr. Irving, was still at Madrid. An accident of a somewhat serious character oc- curred on the Great Western Railway on the 17th. ‘The Exeter express train, which has recently begun. to run a distance of 200 miles, in the short period of 44 hours, left the London station at the usual hour, and was proceeding towards Slough with great ve- locity ie was asserted more thana mile a minute,) when the oscillation of the carriages became so greut, that the passengers could hardly retain their seats. Soon after, the engine and tender became separated from the carriages, and two of these, one of the firstand another of the second class, were thrown from a bank twelve feet high. The passen- ers were in great danger,and several were serious- ly injured, but none dangerously. A lady was so much alarmed that her life was despaired of, and Sir R. Vivyan, Member of Parliament, received a severe cut in the head. There were 150 passengers, all unable to cpcape, being locked into the cars, an at itis remaskable that no greater injury was sus- tained. al |. The Duke and Duchess de Nemours arrived on { | the 5th ult. at Buckingham Palace, on a visit to the | Queen of Great Bntain and Prince Albert. Ata | “bal costume” given by the Queen, the first dance was led off by the Queen and the Duke de Ne- | mem, and the Duchess de Nemours with Prince | «It is said that Thomas Moore 1s to write the life of the late Rev. Sydney Smith. | | , In Paris, the carpenters, to the number of 3000 to | 4000, have struck for higher wages, demanding 5 francs, instead of 4. | Accounts from Beyrout represent affairs in Syria | as ina deplorable state. A civil war, and one of | extermination,was raging in the mountains between | the Druses and Christians. The iron trade has recovered from the temporary | depression under which it labored. | Her Masesry’s Visir 1p Ger: —The often promised visit to Germany by Her Majesty the Queen of England will, if no unforeseen obstacles oceur, take place this year in the beginning of Au- gust, and be confined to Coburg Gotha, the districts ofthe Rhine, and Brussels. Accordingto creditable sources, Her Majesty’s presence here will last from neon is the eae rag) eae to England will ‘not, as was expected, take place by the way ot Hanpvers—Allpemeine Zeitung. : : ‘he! Tne “Orn Enguann” Roavery. Club have given judgment in this case. Messrs. Bloodworth and Stebbings are declared guilty of conspiring with William Day to “stop” Old England, having bet largely against him, and they are “ warn: ed off” the Turf, while Day is declared incompetent to appear on any race course. House or Commons, Fripay, Jv fe Trape—Mr. bar N esate 3 jad a question to put to the Right Hon. Baronet. the First Lord of the Treasury, aehioh a very few words would explain to the house. About a’ week ago, he presented a petition to the house, most. res- | pectably and numerously signed, complaining that the Right Hon. Baronet had improperly counte- | nanced certain charges against British merchants | and capitalists for participation in the slave trade, | ‘e to Congress by Mr. Tyler, | contained in a message the late President of the United States. The mes- arch last, shortly | sage arrived in this tg Pe Mi ‘ the member for Leeds, | afterwards his Hon. frien put a question to the Hon. Baronet on the subject of | a gross misrepresentation contained in the same | message on the subject of the treatment of the libe- rated negroes. The Hon, Baronet denied and dis. proved the latter falsehood, but at the same. time went rather out of his way togive his implied sanc- tion to another misrepresentation in the message to | which the petition referred. The conduct of the Hon. Baronet excited so much surprise,that he (Mr. Foster) was requested a tew days afterwards to | give him notice that the subject would be brought | efore the house , and the petition would have been | presented sooner had the parties not wished to give the Hon. Baronet full time for inquiry, and to pro- duce proofs, if he could produce them, in support of the charge. The petitioners claimed the protection of the house against calumnies so unfounded as res- pected themselves, and so discreditable to the na- tional character. And, before taking further steps inthe matter, he wished to inquire whether there areany documents in possession of government | confirmatory of the participation, direct or indirect, | of British subjects in the slave trade, charged in Mr ‘Tyler’s message to Congress, dated the 19th Feb., 1845 ; and if so, whether there is any objection to | the production of such documents? “Also, whether government can furnih to this house the names and description of any of those vessels alleged by Mr. Tyler to have been loaded with goods for the | slave trade, by or on behalf of any British capital- ist, merchant, or manufacturer (inserting or omit- ting the names as thought proper) in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, or in any other manner, as alleged in the said message ? Sir Rosert Pre said a question was put to him about two weeks ago by a gentleman on the oppo- site side of the house, with respect to certain al- | Peace contained in the message sent by the Pre- sident of the United States to Congress, in which he stated that he believed the subjects of the United States were concerned in carrying on the African slave trade, particularly between Rio and the coast of Africa; and he said also that he ight some persons, the subjects of this country, | e concerned in the slave trade. On that occa- | he, (Sir R. Peel,) said he was not prepared to hy the facts mentioned by the President of the ited States ; but that if the fact were so, the law this country should, if possible, be applied to the ression of such traffic. The message delivered the President of the United States was accom- ‘ied with various documents, and in those docu- mts the honorable member would find such infor- ion as he (Sir R. Peel) was possessed of upon subject. The honorable meniter would find that ress reference was made to three vessels, the perty of subjects of the United States, which led originally from the United States. The names the three vessels were given in the document to ich he had referred—the Agnes, the Mentevideo, the United States—they were consigned to erican citizens, and the consignees employed an glish broker, whose name was given. Trhat was only information which he had received. About ‘0 years ago Parliament, on the assumption that itish capital was occasionally employed in foreign juntries in carrying on the slave trad: +» passed an which rendered British subjects, residing abroad, dd so employing their capital, liable to certain pen- es. If the statement to which he had alluded true, and if the law would reach the parties, it uld be the duty of government to enforce that —The Jockey 13—Tur | Ar.Foster | t, Forstex.—The hon. baronet has referred to tain papers on which the President’s messag sfounded. He held a copy of those papers in his id, and to enable the house to judge of the credit to any statement or charge made on such autho- > he might mention that in those papers British val ofticers engaged in the suppression of the slave de, on the coast of Africa, were accused of per- ting the embarkation of slaves, that they might pture them after lgiceea and claim the bounty head money for taking them. From this the use might judge of the spirit in which the papers ere concocted, and the nature of evidence on hich the charge against British merchants was de by Mr. Tyler, and sanctioned by the right hon. rt. r. M. Grrson said the name of the Agnes had en mentioned. He was authorised by the parties ho had been alluded to, to give a formal and un- alitied contradiction to the assertion that they had Id goods for the slave-trade traflic. Grear Briraiy Sreamsuie.—The Great Britain ft London on Friday afternoon for Cowes, in the le of Wight, and thence to Plymouth. After stay- ing there two or three days for public inspection,she will go on to Dublin, and thence to Liverpool, from which, port she will start on the 26th of July, on the first trip across the Atlantic. At Cowes, whilst wait- ing for the dispersion of a heavy fog, Captain Hos- kins, with his accustomed kindness and urbanity, volunteered a series of experiments upon the huge fabric under his command, partly with the view to relieve his numerous passengers from the tedious- ness of lying several hours at anchor, but more es- pecially to satisfy several naval and scientific gen- tlemen of the wonderful facility with which the ship could be managed in cases of emergency. Previous- ly, however, to getting the ship under weigh for thi purpose, an interesting experiment was made with one of the life-boats with which the ship is provi- ded. The object was to Gad to sink it, for which pur- pose it was lowered into the water, the valves in the ottom being so arranged as to give free ingress and egress to the water. To fill her more rapidly a num- ber of sailors were sent into her with buckets, and she was soon filled up to that height at which the water flowed out as fast as it was bailed in. About thirty men were then sent into her to stand on the thwarts, when from the mie she still floated out of the water it was very evident that she could when full with water, sustain trom fifty or sixty persons without the probabilityof her sinking. TheGreat Bri- tain is provided with four such boats, two on each Sharer, and with one very large similar life-boat on leck, capable of carrying one hundred and forty peonle, besides two wooden boats of sixteen each.— n all she has bh pat room for three hundred and eighty persons. ‘The life boats are of iron, and are patent- ed by the inventor, Mr. Guppy, of Bristol. ‘The day being perfectly calm, the Great Britain was put to her full speed, and ona given signal, the helm was put hard a-starboard to show the smal space required to turn the vessel completely round without easing her engines. ‘This having been done several times, it was found that the entire circle was made on the Mpg in six minutes and thirty-three seconds, with only two men at the wheel, and the diameter of the circles made not exceeding three lengths of this immense craft. In the next. experi- ment the engines were reversed until a considerable degree of stern-way had been acquired, when they | were suddenly made to go ahead, the helm at the same time being put hard to starboard, which in- stantly caused the vessel to swing nearly half round previveaty to gaining the slightest headway; and jad this manceuvre of backing been alternately re- peated, the ship would have been turned completely round as it were upon her own centre. This peculiar property of the screw propeller ap- | peared to interest more particularly the naval portion | pf the of the Great Britain’s passengers, as it 1s obvious that in naval actions, when calms prevail, the power of turning our ape in a small space through its appli- cation, in combination with an auxiliary steam en- pm weuld be of the greatest service, independent- of its being placed with its machines so far below e water-line as to render it ball proof against an enemy’s fire; and from its being so well protected, it is fair to infer that, even after the masts and rig- ging of a line-of-battle ship ha or pursuing a vanquished | her having a few stumps left by the aid of jury masts. The revolutions made by the engines were eigh- teen per minute, and the log was repeatedly hove in the presence of the naval officers on board, when it was found that the average speed of the vessel through the water was from 11] to 12 knots per hour, Many of the nautical men on board took pas- sage round in her for the pu of practically as- certaining her capabilities, and were rather sceptical of her being able to accomplish even ten knots.— From being accpsice Let soon became believers, and now speak loudly in her praise. Tne Bank or British NortH Amertca.—The annual meeting of the proprietors in this. corpora- tion was held at the Bank House, St. Helen’s place, on the 10th instant, to receive the report from the Court of Directors, relative to the state of the affairs of the establishment. ‘The chair was taken by Mr. G. R. Robinson, and after a few preliminary re- marks, Mr. S. de Rosco Attwood, the secretary, read the following report : “ Report of the Directors ofthe Bank of British North America, to the Proprietors, at their Ninth Yearly Ge- neral Meeting, on Tuesday, June 10th, 1845. ment, who, through as before now escaped “ The Court of Directors have much satisfaction in | stating that the improvement in the business of the bauk, which, at the date of their last annual report, they auti- cipated as a consequence of the continued political tran- quillity and reviving commercial prosperit; nies, has been fully realised ; and the legitimate demand for banking accommodation has caused the entire capi- tal to be engaged in active and profitable employment. “The adherence ofthis bank to its established rules of business, and the determination of the directors not to be tempted by the recent superabundance of money ly- ing almost without value in their hands, to lock up the funds of the bank to ey considerable extent, have now enabled them to extend its operations, with equal ad- vantage tothe bank and to the commercial community. “The directors have found it advisable to open a branch at Hamilton, near the head of Lake Ontario, at which place a large portion of the commercial affairs of Canada West have centred ; and they have likewise made arrangements for agencies at Porthope and town, which will secure to the inhabitants of those dis. tricts the banking facilitiesto which they are entitled, without entailing on the bank the expense of additional branches. ‘ These operations have been too recent to have had an effect on the profits of the past year ; but the accounts which have since reached the directors, confirm their opinion as to the soundness of the conclusions on which | they have acted. “"From the commencement of the bank, the directors have deemed it prudent to reserve at each of the branci asum under the head of Premium of Exchange, equi lent to the specie rate between the colonies and this country, on the capital employed there. By a recent act legislature of Canada, for assimilating the cur- rency laws of the previously separate provinces of Uj per and Lower Canada, which ditfered widely from eac! other, the current value of specie has been altered, and | the sums reserved at the Canadian branches have become insufficient, and require an addition of £2054 16s. 10d. sterling, which the directors have thought it right to set | apart from the profits of the past yeax, in order to keep up the wholesome principle referred to, in full efficiency. “The directors have now to lay before the proprietors the annual statement of the affairs of the bank, and to an- nounce their intention of payin ¢ oth of July next, ahalf year’s dividend, at the increased rate of five per cent per annum. “The amount of undivided nett profit, to the 3ist, of December, 1843, was..... £20,529 10 4 “The nett profit for the year 1844, after de- duction of all current charges, and pro- viding for all bad and doubtful debts, and after making the transfer of £2054 15s. 10d. referred to above, on account of the alte- ration in the value of the Canadian cur- rency, was. 48,910 3 9 £70,439 14 1 “From which is to be teken the amount of dividend paid at Midsummer, 1844... . . £20,000 7 « Ditto at Christmas, 1844. . .... 20,0005 40000 0 “ Leaving amount of undivided nett profit Plas. to 3ist of December, 1844.......... .£30,449 141 The three Teo ted, the thanks fof the meeting ‘were voted to the chairman, and to the court of directors, for their attention to the interests of the proprietors. The Chairman, in returning thanks, remarked upon the generally improved aspect of the aflairs of the bank. They would see by the accounts, that the profits were on the increase, the report exhibi- ing an augmentation of £9000 in the last rents and, out being too sanguine, the court of directors anticipated, from late accounts already before them, that the profits of the present year would show a pro- gressive improvement. The meeting then adjourned. Pustic Lanps suRvEYED IN CaNnapa.—It appears from an official repert of the select committee on the public lands of Canada, that the surveyed lands of Canada, West and East, are 35,839,161 acres, of which 30,439,161 acres have been disposed of by grants, sales, &e., eae a balance at the disposal of the government of 5,410,000 acres. Acres. ‘The surveyed lands in Canada West are 18,163,219 Of which are disposed to private rsons. . . 10,404,663 Clergy reserv King’s College. . U. C. College Canada Co., on Hw: Do. Indian reserves, ... Leaving a balance of. .... 500,000 at the disposa ent. ly 1 of the governm In Canada East the estimate of surveyed land | RS «+ 17,685,942 In seignories, to individua ‘ 000 In townships, lo 2 9)847,629 Catholic seminaries in Montreal 000 Seminaries in Quebec. . . 426,000 Jesuits’ estates + 674,080 Clergy reserves (English Church).. 903,433 —— —— 13,775,942 Balance jn Canada East... 3,910,000 Balance in Canada West. . 1,500,000 5,410,000 The committee estimate the whole of the unsur- veyed lands to be 8,500,000 acres, reckoning for fif- teen miles in the rear of all the surveyed lands. mated value of the government lands ada West, set down from 80 cents to 1 + 7,101,120 in dollar 60 cents per acre, i... 0... swe In Canada East, set down from 50 to 80 cents. Due on sales already made. ....... 0. 17,926,476 Should the estimate of the unsurveyed lands in- clude the tract lying between the surveyed lands and Hudson's Bay, the quantity of land at the disposal of the government would exceed one hundren millions of acres, but the estimates only include a district capable o! cultivation. American Corton-Growine Overland Mail from India, we Ixpta.—By the Inst received a copy of = 3 Report of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce for the 2d | details | quarter of 1844-6, in which we find the followin, respecting tho result its made in the culture of New Orl “Your committer ceived from different grown experimentally, and transmitted to for a re- port as to value and suitability for the Bombay market. Of these references, the first in point of date was one from the Collector of Customs at the Pres: ey who, under instructions from government, forwarded for their opinion specimens of five different kinds of cotton from Dharwar. Subjoined is the report pronounced upon them :— ‘No.3. Broach—Good in color and very clean, but sta- ple extremely tender. Value Rs. 80 per candy. No. 4. Mixed do.—-Very good both in color and staple, and worth Rs. 95 at 100 per candy. No. 8. Columbatore—Coarse and uneven, and of rather Value Rs, 80 at of cotton weak staple, but clean and of fair color. 85 candy. No. 12. New Orleans—Fair in color and well cleaned, with a fine but short weak staple. Value Rs. 85, No. 13, Abyssinian—Good in color and well cleaned, but staple short and weak, Value Rs. 85 per candy.’ Your Committee soon afterwards received trom Dr. Bradley, of Ellichpoo: ples of five varieties, grown by him in that place last season; and upon these, which were all considered of fi Teed the following value: were fixed :—No. 1, Rs, 85 at 90 per candy; No.2 105 at 110 per candy; No. 3, Rs. 90 at 95 per candy 4, Rs, 87 at 90 per candy; No. 5, Re. 85 at 90 per can Dr. Bradley was unable to class these specimens un- der their proper denominations, owing to the packets having become mixed up with each other; but he states thathe believes “they are all American varieties from Broach or Surat. The results,” he observes, ‘ are in fa- vor of Nos. 1, 3 and 5, which take most kindly und yield well, partiowlarly No. 3, which being a high plant, al- lows its wool to be gathered clean, and free of lea’ and rubbish. Nos.2 and 4 have hardly had a fair tri this season, in o quence of the little rain that fell, barely three inches, throughout those months when the plant was growing, and the result is that they are now only boll Samples sent are only a few partial plants bearing; however, afield sown experimentally lest year id been shot away.she | | Would have the means of maintaining her position of the colo- | 0} directors having been re-elec- | of No. 2, has booming 6 crop of tolerably fair produce, and very probably as a biennial, its second year’s crop will be better than its first.” fae Your Committee have also been favored by the princi- me Collector of Columbatore, with three samples of New rleans cotton, grown in that district for experimental urposes. The staple of all these was poor for New Or- ins seed, but it was sapgered this must have arisen in a considerable measure, mm injury received in the \d been very seeetaally Br na were consequently valued | higher than any qualities of cotton in the market, viz :— Ra. 100 at 105 per for the two best, and 90 for the third, while Broach and Surat were quoted at Rr. 92, and Dollera and Oomrawuttee at Rs. 94 at 95. é Major General Fraser, resident at Hyderbad in the Deccan, has likewise furnished them with some fine spe- cimeus of cotton from New Orleans seed, cultivated un- derthe superintendence of Captain Meadows Taylor. These are about tobe circulated for the inspection and poy ion of the members enn, Your Committee > re] ¢ in the appendix to the present report the letters of Captain Taylor relative to the samples, which give a ve- | ry favorable account of the progress making in the cul- | ture of New Orleans, Sea Island and Bourbon cottons. It in gratifying to perceive that the native grower gaging actively in the cultivation of these varieti at instead of being with difficulty persuaded to mi the smallest experiment—as has too often been the c before in other localiti they evince the greatest ea- one to obtain seed for sowing. Thecrops of Bour- Sea Island, on the bank of the Krishna, are des- luxuriant; and the success of the New ppears tobe beyond a, doubt. Captain Taylor the has given directions for the whole of the cotton grown from the seed furnished, to be collected and sent to Sholspore; and he adds that ‘he purposes af- terwards forwarding it to Bombay, in order to ascertain its value in our market. Your Committee trust that the time is drawing nigh when we shall be able to calculate | ona regular supp) ly of such cotton. There can be no doubt that it would fetch a good price here for 81 to the home markets, and that it would amply remune- | rate both grower and dealer.” RAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.— | june 12th.—-Dr. aid he had, on a for- | » mentioned to the house that Dr. McLeod, | of Morven, had consented to act as one of the proposed | deputation to America; and he had now to state that, | while the acting Colonial Committee had used every ef- | fort to secure the services of another mni 5 had not succeeded; but through the aid of the Moderator, and the intervention of this venerable house, they enter- | tained hopes that their object might yet be attained. He would mention the name of Dr. Simpson, who was so well known tothe church for the zeal and ability with which | he discharged all his duties, and with whose talents for | business they were all acquainted, in the conviction that if the house were to lay this duty upon him, his rev. friend’s regard for the best interests of the church would, he (Dr. Clark) thought, operate on him so strongly, that he would have very great difficulty in refusing @ mission for which he was so eminently qllalified. He (Dr. Clark) did think that the appeal to Dr. ( hespneas christian bene- volence coming from that h duce him to ive the benefit of his abilitie habits to the | deputation ; and he knew that Dr. Simpson would be | most acceptable to the other members of that body alrea- | dy nominated. The Moderator having put the questio | Mr. Souter said that Dr. Simpson had been of very | sential service to the church, and it would be exceedin y gratifying if he would add another to the many ob- ations under which they lay to him already. Dr. Clark idhe Dr. Macleod, of Morven, would go with much | greater pleasure if he could get the co-operation of Dr. | Simpson. Mr. Paul said he was sure he could say for the members of the Presbytery of Edinburgh, that they | would have great pleasure in giving supplies to the Rev. | Doctor's parish. Mr. Walter Cook said that the committee had held con- ference with several gentlemen from America. They concurred in expressing the opinion that it was of im- | Mense consequence that the church should send out such a deputation as this. The Moderator.—Is it the pleasure of the assembly that Dr. Simpson should be re- | quested to allow himself to be nominated one of the pro- posed deputation ? (Agreed, agreed.) Dr. Simpson then | said his sriend Dr. Clark had suggested that he should undertake a duty for which he felt himself quite inade- quate. He might state to the house that he had no per- sonal objections to his nomination. The kindness of his friends had greatly overrated his qualifications ; but he ould not have allowed anything to prevent him from at | once entering upon the discharge of a duty which was | prescribed to him by the church ; but his great difficulty | was his reluctance to leave his ownparish. Dr. C! said every minister whom they could nominate must | the same feeling. They could not supply Dr. Simpson's | own place in his own parish; but they would do their best | that no harm should be done duri | Simpson having signified his ac ymbe | should be appo bytery of Dalkeith were concerned, ‘no barrier should | be allowed to lie in the way of supplies. Dr. Clark said Dr. Macleod had intimated his willingness to form one of the deputaion, if they got ahead. Dr. Simpson, Dr. Mac- leod, of Morven, and Mr. Macleod, of Dalkeith, were then duly appointed to form the deputation. France and Texan Annexation. __ M. Guizot gave the following explanation of the policy of France with regard to Texas, on the first evening of his re-appearance in the Chamber of De- ties. He said—‘No connexion between the policy e had followed with regard to Texas and the aboli- tion of right of search. If Texas wished to renounce its independence,and enter the American union, no- body had a right to interfere or oppose the wish of the people. If the Texans, on the contrary, are de- sirous to preserve their independence, not only have we no right to oppose their resolution, but I do not hesitate to say that France would approve their conduct, and acknowledge that they were right. We have recognized the inde- pendance of Texas;} we consider it real, and we were interested in doing so. We not only recognized the independence of Texas, but we have concluded with that country treaties of commerce, which will cease to exist the moment it shall no longer be an_ independent State. France is in-, terested in the duration and maintenance of independent States in America. There are in America three great powers—England, the United States, and the republics of Spanish origin. France is not an American power, but she has interests in that continent ; she must, consequently, desire that independent states should continue independent, that abalance should subsist between the three great Ame- rican powers, and that none of them should obtain the prependerance. We do not mean to protest against the annexation of Texas to the United States, nor to engage in a struggle to prevent that annexation, if it is to take place. ‘e wish to leave Texas at liberty to act as one pleases ; if they are anxious to join the U. States, let them do so ; if not, any, are free to re- main as they are. France can only interfere by throwing her influence into the scale, and expressing her opinion in favor of the alternative which appears to her most conducive to her interests. She is not called upon to act a compromising part, nor to in- volve herself in future difficulties, but it behoves her to protect, by_ the authority of her name, the inda- pendence of States, and to maintain the equilibrium of the great political powers in America.” Ireland. . fn the disturbed districts of Leitrim the disorder was increasing to an alarming extent. Having fail- ed to tranquilize those districts, Mr. Steele, “head pacificator,” had issued an address, violently de- nouncing the offenders ; addressing them as “ You traitorous wretches ;” ‘ You villains, t to every sense of duty ;” ‘‘You outcast traitors You mis- creant traitors to Ireland ;” &c. A search for arms has been ordered by Govern- | ment in the disturbed parts of the counties of Lei- | trim and Rosscommon, ‘Troops are ordered to be | stationed at Cloone and Rooskey. 2 c The Dublin Mail published some portion of a cor- raspondence between the Premier and the Archbish- op of Armagh, from which it appears, that Sir Ro- | bert Peel has again refused to propose a grant in aid of the Chureh Hducation Society of Ireland. The usual weekly meeting of the Repeal Associa- tion took place on the 9th instant, in Conciliation | Hall, Dublin, Mr. Devitt, ex-justice of the peace in | in the chair. Owing to the absence of Mr. O’Con- | nell, the attendance at the meeting was scanty. | The rent for the week was £370. On the 16th, O'Neill Daunt took the chair at the | repeal meeting. In alluding to the leading events | of the present Parliamentary Session, so far as re- | om Treland, he said a more unutterably insigni- | fleant measure than the Maynooth Grant it would be impossible for imagination to conceive. It was pal- pably intended as a bribe to the Irish clergy to de- | sert repeal, but there Peel would decidedly fail. | The rent amounted to £430 16s 10d. The Monster Repeal Banquet, at Cork, for which | preparations have been long in progress, took place on Monday the 9th, at the Imperial Clarence Rooms. About 600 persons were at the table, and more than | $00 ladies were present as spectators. The Mayor |of Cork presided. Mr. O’Connell, emboldened by recent events, delivered a speech characterised by a | more than ¢ | rejecting with scorn the conciliatory advances of | the minister as ‘* meanand paltry attempts to swamp the great ends of agitation.” He also told the city . | membere—one of whom, Mr. Callaghan, was a guest | —that they must go out at the next election, unless they are prepared to discharge their Parliamenta’ duties by a close attendance at Conciliation Hall. “Federalism,” or any other ‘ ism,” he said, would no longer be endured. France. We have received Paris papers of the 16th. Our Paris letter announces that the entire Belgian Min- istry had resigned, and that the King (Leopold) had sent for M. D’Huart to bs him with the forma- tion of a new cabinet. ‘ M. (Baron) D’Huart hi already been twice a member of a Liberal Adminis- tration in Belgium,” says our correspondent, “ and | ambassadors, ordinary share of eloquent vehemence, | ig at present governor of Namur. The retirement of the Ministry is the result of the elections, and in- | dicates a triumph of the Liberal over the Catholic pa ?Aumale ‘The Moniteur announces that the Duke d' a Royal decision of the 29th /hief of the camp of the Gi had been appointed, b ronde. Generals Talandi ult., Commander-in. lier and Perrot are to com- mand the two brigades of infantry, and General La- palire the brigade of cavalry. Marshal Soult was preparing to leave Paris for his estate of Soultberg, whenze he would visit the camp of Bordeaux. The Constitutionnel states that the appointment of Reas-Admiral de Moges to the command of the French naval station on the western coast of Africa experienced some opposition, and that that mission wonld probably devolve upon M. Montagnies La- roque. URS AUTHENTIQUE.—Paris, June 16.—Five per pore sais 121f. 95c 90c; Three per cents., 84f. 10c. Ordera have been received at Toulon for immedi- ately equipping three ships of the line for the coast of Merocco. in. — Manrm, June 10.—We are as usual in a very ex- cited state in this capital; but I have little news to communicate. The brutal arrest of the editors of a newspaper, the Clamor Publico, has excited univer- sal indignation. For publishing an article unpalata- ble to the military dictator who rules this country, they were dragged from their homes, thrust into a miserable dungeon, and subsequently removed, un- der a strong escort, from the capital—no trial—no pean, even in a legal form—nothing but brute force! The Queen is at Barcelona. Most of the foreign however, remain in this city, and among them, the American Minister. Mr. Bulwer, the English Minister is on leave of absence. a new treaty has been signed between Spain and orocco, but its provisions are not important to your readers. It was negotiated and is signed on behalf of Spain by Mr. Drummond Hay, the English Con- sul in Morocco. It has been reported that Espartero had declared that he would again take arms if it be intended to marry the Queen to the son of Don Carlos. > The young ehh is by no means handsome, and, for so young alady, is remarkably stout. Her mo- ther has been very pretty, and is still what is called afiné woman. She appears to be doatingly fond of her plebeian husband, M. Munoz, thanks to her, a duke and Giiaats of Spain. A bull fig! of the finest of the season; 24 horses were killed on the occasion. Another affair of the same kind is to come off shortly, for the especial gratification of the diplomatict body, and, amongst them, Mr. Living- ston, Secretary to the American Legation. We have received Madrid f The excitement created by the abdication of Don Carlos continued to increase, and the hopes of the Sarlists to see themselves reinstated in power are raised to the Le es pitch. At the same time the people generally have declared themselves most un- equivocally opposed to the Carlist connexion; and so strong does the feeling appear to be, both among the public and inthe press, that a revolution would be the inevitable consequences of any attempt on the part of the government to enforce it, and it is robable the government will find itself forced to aww to public opinion. No official declaration has, however, yet been made on the part of the govern- ment, which is evidently waiting the course of events. Portugal. The dates from Lisbon are to the 10th of June elections are to take place on the 1th of August, and are expected to be favorable to the ministers. _ Costa Cabral will not resume the duties of his of- fice until after his return from pens the mineral waters at Caldas. Meanwhile, his brother, Silva Cabral, continues to act for him as Minister of the Home Department. There is no further talk of the expected change in the Marine Department. Tn consequence of the loud complaints made on last, establishing the new sanitary code, the Govern- ment have appointed a committee to rcvise and alter It. Madeira. The operation of the new sanitary code has been suspended at the island of Madeira, in considera- tion, as the order states, of that island being so fre- quently touched at by vessels proceeding from urope to different parts of the globe—a circum- stance which renders the strict enforcement of those Be extremely inconvenient there. : he last accounts from Madeira represent it as suflering greatly from the depressed state of its commerce. The treaty with the United States of America, from which so much was expected, has not led to any increase in the exportation of wine. the staple produce of that island. Dr. Kalley is still there, and has not met with any further molestation At the instance of the new bishop, the Governor has issued an order against working on Sundays and holidays. Greece. A letter dated Athens, May 30, states that Stratos, the commandant of the troops on the frontiers of Western Greece, accompanied by his brother, has been attacked and wounded by night by General Girvas, assisted by two amnestied brigands. The letter states that they were first poke pk the bro- thers Statos. The king has ordered a commission to investigate the affair. The Minister of Finance has produced his budget for the year 1845. The income is estimated at 13, 000,000 drachmas, and the expenditure at 11,550,000. The loan does not appear in the budget of expenses. of the 2ist ult., Turkey. Accounts from Constantinople. state that the cousaltions of the deputies convoked by the Sultan, have ended in a promise that, for the future, the taxes should be raised only at the har- vest. The consuls of the five powers, at Beyrout, had addressed a strong remonstrance to the Sultan, relative to the state of anarchy into which Mount Lebanon was thrown, and which ought, they say, to be promptly put down by the presence of an impos- ing force. Aali Effendi, late Ambassador in London, has been appointed a member of the Supreme Council of Constantinople. Essad Pacha, the recently removed governor of Saida, has been ordered to repair to Brusa.. It is said that the British claims meet with more difficulties in the adjustment and settlement than were anticipated. Syria. The state of Syria and Palestine is deplorable. A civil war (and one of extermination) reigns in the Mountain between the Druses and the Christians.— The horrors perpetrated are dreadful. On every side the sounds of battle are heard, and nothing is seen but fire and flame—houses, villages, churches, and convents becoming reciprocally a prey to the flames. Egypt. A letter from Alexan a, dated May 26, says:— “There has been but little doing in commercial mat- ters for the last fortnight. Some cotton is moving off for the English market; and one house pur- sed alot so high as 9} dols. per cantar (95 lb.) ‘lax and flax seed are becoming scarce, and until August, when the new crop comes forward, any ad- dition of consequence to the latter article can scarce- | x d. glish shipping continue in request, and the sup- ply is still unequal to the demand. The exchange on 90 day bills may be q under :—On London, 974; Marseilles, 5 Trieste, 120, ; Leghorn, 123); Malta, 30. Stecks of merchandize in the government ware- houses in Alexandria:—New corn, 29,215 arde new beans, 7,172 ardebs; barley, 2,863 ardebs; pe 107 ardebs; ‘linseed, 2,672 ardebs; seasame see 4,064 ardebs; new cotton, 25,490 cantars; old c ton, 13,335 eantars. pe as a 5.28; Algiers. ‘The Akhbar of Algiers states that on the 2d inst. Marshal Bugeaud had an engagement with the Arabs near Orleansville, and defeated them, killing 50, capturing 150, and taking a considerable quanti- ty of cattle . India. We have received letters and papers from Bombay to the 12th of May. In consequence of the want of a steamer at Aden, during the monsoon, the Sesos- tris was despatched on that day, and had brought a mail to Aden, which was there put on board the | Precursor, and conveyed to Suez. _ ees The intelligence which it brings is not of striking importance. The chief subject of interest is the continuation of the intrigues at Lahore. Goolab | Singh was there a sort of state prisoner; for the | troops were unwilling to murder him until he had | | disgorged the vast sums of money which he and his brothers and nephew had purloined from the trea- sury of old Runjeet Singh. Apart of the troops were said to be in his pay. Since his coming to Lahore, whither, it is now said, he has been wheedled by the maneuvres of the Queen Mother of the boy-King Khuleep, he has been under a sort | of surveillance. Watched by the Queen’s party, lest he should find means of bribing all the Khalsa, he has been called onto give up his fortresses and his wealth. He vows that his wealth is concealed in places known only to himself, and that unless he is allowed to return to his hill forts, he can only | , Which took place on the %th, was one | pers of the 11th inst | The Queen and royal family were at Cintra. The | every side agninst the decree of the 18th September | give a small sum. The Queen Mother’s brother it said tebe his decided —— while she hei treats him with marked respect, and even con- ferred on him, with sanction of the troops, the title of “Laut General,” that is, Com- manderin-Ohief of all the fron ta the ey is nomination is highly le to troops, who wish, under the oonaad of this warrior, to fight with the British army assembled on their frontiers, and will, it is said, make a ment dui rainy season. Ghoolab is aa have volunteered to lead them. . The hatred of the Sickh troops against the British is only equalled by their love of money, and their thirst peering the provinces under the British rule. this feeling there have been given irrefra- fpae proofs in their late attempt at | There is, therefore, trong probability of a conflict , Within a short period; for Supreme Government cannot, for its own sake, remain a passive spectator | of revolution, bloodshed and massacres, in a neigh- boring state, and especially when the turbulent sol- diery of that state is disposed to act in the most hos- tile manner towards India. The news hommed and events in Lahore will wo Ind The in the interior of India tranquilli vails. death of old Chundoo Loll, prime inintster of the Nizam, has taken place. The Mahratta country was quiet. The court martial on Colonel Wallace had terminated, but the decision was not known. Sci was tranquil and healthful; one or more of the Bom- bay regiments were expected to leave before the rains began. if Major General Sir T. Valliant died of spasmodic cholera on the 22d of April, at Calcutta; he is much regretted in India, as being an old and meritorious officer, Cursetjee Monockjee, a distinguished par- see, died at Bombay, on the 7th of May, in his 83d | year. These were several frightful murders amongst | the natives in Bombay. | In a postscript, our correspondent mentions that | Islam Khan, the only one of the robber chiefs who had escaped from being taken prisoner by Sir C. Napier, had returned to make a foray into Seinde, but he was attacked and beaten by the Murree tribe, by whom the British friendship is | sted, | who killed two Boogtie chiets that joinedhim. The | frontier appears to be well defended. The question | of the succession in Bhopal has been decided, by ; allowing the daughter of the late Rajah to reign; | she is to marry a Prince chosen by the British Mi- nister and her friends. ' China. | _ The news from China came down to the end of | March. The Emperor had received some favorable notices of Christianity, and was disposed to tolerate | it. Lieut. A. McDonald, of H. M. 98th regiment, had been tried by a court-martial, for sending an | insulting note to his superior officer; he was sen- tenced to be cashiered, but, ona revision, a milder punishment was inflicted. fr Theatricals, Sc. i Miss Cushman still continues her succesful career at the Princess’s Theatre. She has been playing in the Honey Moon and the Stranger. The Lon- don Press statesthat the plays of Shakspeare, se- lected for the display of Miss Cushman’s talents, have been the Merchant of Venice, As You Like it, and Macbeth. Miss Cushman’s Portia was a care- ful and well imagined conception, as were allher other characters. She is the only female of the present day capable of doing justice to the different parts of the great bard. Mr. George Stansbury, the clever and well-known composer and dramatist, expired on the 4th ult, at his house Melina place, Lambeth, at the age of 44, after a painful illness, which terminated in dropsy. Mad. Grisi had an overflowing benefit at her Ma- jesty’s Theatre on the 12th ult. The 36 Juvenile Vienese Daneers have been re- engaged at her Majesty’s Theatre. The Brussels Operatic Company at Covent Gar- den, are going on with increasing success. A little comedy called Friends at Court, has been protien’ at the gore Theatre. It is completely rench, both in subject and manner. Achard is fulfilling his engagement at the St. James's Theatre with great success. His popularity was abnenes et gt He was to take his depar- ture about the 2Ist trom oats Mad. Dulcken had a crowded benefit concert, on the 6th, in the Opera Concert Room, London. The whole ef the operatic company from the Theatre Royal of Brussels, including not only the vocalists and actors, butthe ehorus and instrumental orchestra, have migrated to the Covent Garden Theatre, and announced twenty pertormances of the principal French operas. i The celebrated prima donna, Madame Rossi Caccia was expected from Lisbon on the 10th ult. Literature, d&c. i i “Days and Nights in the East’—By Miss Plum- ley. z “The College Chums”—A novel, by Charles Lis- ter, Esq., 2 vol ; “Tales of the Trains”--By Tilbury Cee . “The Book of Ballads”—Edited by Von Gaultier, and illustrated by Alfred Crowgquill. : ‘The Sapphic Odes of Horace,” translated into nearly corres; Se English verse. With the ori- ginal text. By the ev. John Peat, A. M. 5 _ “Translations from the French Poets,” to which is [are] appended Extracts from a Tourist’s Journal, &e. By the author of “Critical Essays,” &c., &c. x Baty: Tangier, &c. Visited in 1840 1841”—By’ . “The Female. Disciple of the First Three Centu- ries of the Christian Era; her Trials and her Mis- sion”—By Mrs. Henry Smith. _ “Edric, the Saxon,” a tragedy in three acts. “The ogee Family”—By Mrs. Ponsonby. “Poems,” by William Anderson; now first col- lected. a x ‘ “The Mission, or Scenes in Africa”—By Cupt. Marryatt, C B. , “Priests, Women, and Families”—By. J. Miche- let, Member of the Institute of France, &c., author of “The History of France,” &c. Translated from the French (third edition) with the Author’s appro- F mpt at invasion, d&c. bation. “Chavenage,” a Tale on the Cotswolds, 1648—B; the Rev. K. W. Huntley, M. A., late Fellow of Al Soul’s College. Obituary. On the 8th instant, at London, Major-General Robert Pim., C. By Inte of the Royal Horse Artillery. Same day, at Bath, aged 66, Lieut.-Col. George Marshall, of the Royal Marines.—On, the 7th inst., at Stoke Cottage, near Exeter, Lady Va- vasour, widow of the late Lieutenant General Sir Henry Mervin Maghull Vavasour, Bart., of Sj ington, Yorkshire.—Same day, at Coleorton Leicestershire, Sir George H. Willoughby Beau- mont, Bart.—On the 6th inst., at his seat, Halsteads, near Penrith, Cumberland, in his 8ist year, John Marshall, Esq., head of the firm ot Marshall & Co., flax spinners, of Leeds, and patent linen thread ma- nufacturers, of Shrewsbury.—Ou the 5th inst., at Loughborough, the Dowager Lady Arundell, of Wardour.—On the 2d inst., at Banfi, North Britain, Major General James Ogilvie, .B.,in the Sth (King’s]_Regiment.—Lately, Major General Sir J. Bryant, C.B., and a director of the East India Com- | pany.—Rev. H.D. Leaves, the chaplain to the British | embassy at Beyrout, on the 27th April, aged 56.— On the 3d ult., dowager Lady Arundell, of War- dour, at Loughborough, Leicesterahire.—On the 2d ult., Lady Harriet Ferrers, at her seat, Baddesly, Clinton, Warwickshire, in her 64th year.—On the 3d ult., Sir Henry J. Tichborne, Bart, at Tichborne, his seat at Arlesford, Hants. from the effects of the injuries he received by a fall from his horse.-M. Jorrand, an ex-member of the “ National Conven- tion,” and of the “Couneil of the 500,” under the Directory, died lately at Ahnn, in the department of the Creuse, aged 89. | | Markets. ’ Lospon Moxey Marker, June 18,—According to the details given in the Express Edition of the Morniug Her- ald no change of moment had occurred in the money market of Caleutta. ‘There continued to be considera- ble discrepancy in the rate of discount between the gov- ernment paper and that of the private merchants even of the highest standtng. ‘ Putlic securities are much the same this moruing, with a limited business. Reduced Three per Cents. have been done at 99}, the Three-and-a-Quarter New at 102}; Exchequer bills 57 a 59, and Consols for the Opening 94 ex, di Ci nds have beeudone as high | Spanish Three per Cent, Bonds etaree igh , and the Five r C he Sosa reacted t0 41 } and 28} respectively. The Passive | Bonds have been last quoted 7, Brazil 90, Buenos Ayres 45, Chilian Deferred 62, Columbian 17}, Mexican 37}, Deferred 204; tures 12, Portuguese | 844; and the ed Bonds, 67. Lonpon Money Market, Ju eek ending on the 31s of issue the notes in circulation ncreased £96,865, which had been effected by the purchase of £73,011 of gold coin or gold bullion, and £28,954 silver bul- lion, Onthe debit side of the banking department, the Rest had decreased £45,154; the public deposits had | increased £393,968 ; the private or other Sepeete ted deere £301,080; and the seven day and i bills had decreased’ £12,068, making the total of the lia bilities £35,017,694. On the credit side the govern- ment securities had decreased £80,000, the ir se curities had decreased £128,187, the notes increased