The New York Herald Newspaper, August 6, 1847, Page 1

Vol. XIII. No, 214.Whole No. 4811, a a ne —— NEW YORK, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 6, 1847. ‘To the Inhabitants of the City of New York : and of Staten Island. Fetrow Citizens :—In pursuance of a public call. ® numerous meeting of the residents of and its vicinity, met at the Nautilus Hall on the ev. ning of the 22d of June last, for the purpose of takin: into cpaslieration the present state of the Quarantine Hospital and buildings. and their influence upon the health and prosperity of Staten leland. At this 1 meet- ing Jobn C. Thompson, of Tompkinsville, was appointed CRelrmte. nd the following resolutions, among others, rH ‘3d. That the inerease of population in the im- mediate neighborhood of the Marie fi and Quar- sotine grounds, and in the surrounding districts, and the constant intercourse now mai with the city of York, have completely destroyed de- sign and object. of establishing thisinstitution asa quar- antine and ith “4th, Thatit is uo longer prudent or proper that the sid quarantine extnblisheont be continued at its pre- sent location; and that it be recom to the proper authorities to remove the same to some more proper sit- uation, without delay. “Oth. That % committee of safety, to consist of fifteen, be appointed to these resolutions into effect, by ali Jawfal mer,os, with power toadd totheir numbers ; to receive esntributions for the advancement of these ob- sects; “gad to call meetings of the county, whenever, in their Judgment, such meetings may be required ” “he committee of safety appointed in the preceding ‘Axth resolution, has organised for the transaction of dusiness, and it has tly added to its numbers. [t has subdivided itself into several sub-committees, for the more orderly transacting of business, amd it now holds regular stated meting, at which the ‘sub-com- mittees report from time to time. ‘The members of the committve of safety, deeming the object proposed in the foregoing resolutions of great im- portance to the citizens of Staten Island generally, and, also, to the eity of New York, have thought it proper. in ‘tho Wischarge of their duties’ to lay before the public the motives which have induced a very considerable portion of the inhabitants of the island to take sotive measures to procure the speedy removal of the quaran- tine establishment and hospitals from Staten Island. ‘The necessity of quarantine establishments and of uanitary laws has been universally recognized in modern times among civilized nations, particulscly in those having an extended commerce with different quartera of the globs; and, as a necessary consequence of this commercial fytercourse, with those climes where the yellow fever, the mu'l-pox, the cholera, and other in- ivetiona, pestilential or contagious diseases are congenial in 1845, the Degislature of this State having appointed a Special committee to examine the quarantine laws of the port of New York, and to report thereon to the next Legislature, said committee presented their report in January, 1846, with the different conclusions at which thoy arrived, after a laborious examination. One of the conclusions of the committee is in thislanguage : * That quarantine regulations at the port ot New York are ne- cessary. but ehould be made as perfect as human skill can devise, and enforced by medical science, manly en- and uprightness of purpose, with as little embar- Yasement to commerce sais consistent with & wise ovution for the public health.’ Some of the other con- clusions at which this inteiligent aud industrious com- anittes arrived, msy be cited asa proof of the necessity of strict quaravtine regulations in the port of New York. ‘They report, “That the yellow fever bas been brought to the city of New York in ber shipping, either by the Joulness Of the vessel, the sickness of persons on board. @ damaged cargo, or clothes from those who had died with the yellow fever, or from some of these causes com- dined.” “That the yellow fever may be brought to the port of New York on ship board, when the average tem: perature at New York is about 80 degrees of Fuhren- it’s thermometer, from a sickly port within the tro- Rics, and uot be perceived until after her arrival, and perhaps not until after she has broken bulk.” “That the smull-pox in the city and State of New York princi- pally ot ginates from foreign sources,and may be lessened quarantine regulations.”? ‘The State of New York passed quarantine laws as early a8 1784, and the colony of New York as early as 1768. An act “t6 prevent the bringing in and spreading of infectious a@istompers in this colony,” laroh 24th, 1768, prohibits vessels having contagious dis- tempers 4h board, coming nearer the city than Bedlow’s Island. An act;*to prevent the bringing in and spreading of infectious distempers in this State,” passed May 4th, 17&,, desigantes Bedlow’s Island as a rlace of quarantine, ‘at such other place as the governor, or in his absence, ‘the mayor of New York may direct.’ An act to amend the act, entitled “an act to prevent the bringing in and spreading of infectious distempers in this State,” passed March 27th, 1794,authorizes the’governcr to appropriate Governor's island for the purpose of ereoting buildings thereon, for the objects of the health law. By an act “to prevent the bringing in and spreading of infectious dis- eases in the State,” passed April 1, 1796. provision is mad for the erection of lazaretto upon Nutten (Go- vernor’s) or some other island. An act “for the estub- lishment and support of@ lazaretto,”’ passed March 30th, 1797, appropriates $4,500 to the building of a lazaretto on Governor's . Anact “to provide against infeo- tious and pestilential diseuses,”’ passed March 30th, 1798, subjects vessels to quarautine; it places passengers un- der qanrantine regulations, and appropriates money for the baildings on Bedlow's Island, and for building ‘8 la- garetto in sach place as shall hereafter be designated ‘The present Quaradtine or Marine Hospital on staten Island, was ostablished by an act of the Legislature, en- titled “an act to amend an act entitled an act to pro vide against infectious and pestilential diseases,” pas- ed Feb:uary 26th, 1799. ‘This act authorises and directs the purcbase of land upon Staten Islaud, and appro- priates money for the erection of » marine hospital. But, though s quarantine is necessary, it must bo evident, from the very nature of the inatitu- tion, that » lax, careless quarantine is worse than none at all. ‘These establishments, containing a great number of sick patients, are the fool of dis- ease, and when kept in contact or in continual inter- course with crowded and populous districts,they become 3 = the meangof spreading diseaso and ruin through the land, instead of serving the useful pi of preven- tion. The term quarantine has two fications—it is ‘used to indicate the period of time dar! hich a ship infected, or suspected of infection, is c led to for- bear all intercourse with the shore, or with from the land, excepting in a limited manner and under great precautions. The tefm also denotes that secluded or retired place where the sick, coming from foreign lands, are kept under proper restrictions until all suspi- cions of disease are removed. The point of non-inter- course is regarded as so important, that in almost all countries, persons breaking the pode lations, are subject to heavy ‘Penalties, and in some a sons eecaping from the quarantine limits suffer death as fel jona. Admitting,then, the necessity of quarantine establish- meuts, and of sanitary laws under the restrictions and regulations alluded to, the question that arises, and which concerns usin the resent in uly, is—whether the present Quarantine and Marine Hospital on Staten nd, are calculated to answer the object originally proposed in the foundation of that establishment ? or whether, on the other hand, Mire fi have not become, from achange ef circumstances, utterly inadequate as a means of preventing the spread of disease, and rather calcu- lated to inerease the danger, to which a great commer- cial city like New York, and the surrounding country, are naturally exposed? ' Avery brief statement of facts, of the change of circumstances which has occurred since the establishment of the quarantine on Staten Island, will convince us of the necesalty of a correspond. ing change in the location of the quarantine. At the time of the foundation of the quarantine on Staten Island, the population of this island was about 2,000 souls; the population of the city of New York, about the sume period, was about 60, souls, At present the population of this island numbers’ abeut 20,000. and is constantly increasing; that of the oity of New York, and its immediate vicinit; about half a million of human beings. Formerly the communication between Staten Island and the city of New York, was ex- tremely rare, comparatively difficult, often requiring se- voral hoars, being limited exclusively to row-boats, soows and sail boats, At present, there isan hourly inter- course between the two places, from six o'clock in the morning, until half after seven o'clock in the evening, and the trip is performed in twenty-five minutes by steamboats, ond may,and no douot, will be performed in a shorter time, as the distance 4s only 6 35-100 miles ‘The whole of the bay side of the island, where former! one house was scarovly to be seen, is now covered with houses and country seats, and the immediate neighbor- hood of the quarantine grounds is quite populo Stull, notwith+tanding the greatdiffereuce in population, and io the intercourse between Staten Island and New York, we find thas the late Or, Hosack, of New York, im @ letter dated November 16th, 1806, directed to the Board of Health, and which is cited in the above mentioned report to tho Logislature, uses this language :—" The intercourse, { might say the unlimited intercourse, which has existed between the quaraatine ground and this elty by night as well as by day, suffiviently accounts for the pestilence of Jast season ; * ** aod! will venture to predict, that un- lees our Legislature enacts a law which will make it ne- cessary to quarantine captains of vessels, the super- cargoes, the seamen, their bedding. clothing, ko. as well as the vessels themselves, we shall never be secure from danger. and that the now growing commerce of our city will be sacrificed to the repetition of this horiible ca- lamity ” What would the doctor say now, were hea spectator of the present state of things? But if any person were to entertain a doubt of the unfitness of the present site for a quarantine, let him take one of the wteamboate plying between th ww York and that part of th ly adjoining the quar- antine grounds and the hospitals erected for yellow f ver aud small pox patients; let him observe the crowd state of the steamboat, the number of females and chil- dren visiting the island im search of health and recrea- tion; the auubersof merchants and other business men who have residences on the isiand; and let him at the name time observe anid this assemblage of persons, the emigrants lately arrived, and who are aleo on bourd of that steamboat, going to the Marine Hospital,with their yale faces and emaciated looks, laboring under the ship fever. neagens about the supported by some friend or Yelative, or perchance three or four of those wick emigrants carried in a cab,because they are too sick towtand; lot him then land at the island, and ascending one of the beautiful hills immediately in the neighbor- hood of =the quarantine and the hospitals, let him look aroun see the magic and enchanting circle of life and activity on all sides; let him look immediately Delow, and see in the very peghborheos of the quaran- tine, the villages of New B: , Lompkinevilie, sta- pigton, end Ci-fton. ail Naked together and fast merging Tato one dvnae mass of population, Let him then direct bis attention to the large and alous city of Ni York, the meroantile metropolle of the Ameriaan sone tency and absurdity of the location of the present quar- | sntine establishment. | But let it not be supposed that the danger arising from the constant Intercourse between Staten [sland and | New York, and from the fone population around | the quarantine station, is only to be apprehended iu re- lation to yellow fever; the cent Po @ diseare much more frequent in this latitude, and of a very dangerous ‘and insidious character, may spread its ravages among | our population by the neglect per quarantine and | sanitary regulations. It appears from official documents | that during the three years preceding 1843, 297 cases of small-pox were admitted into the Marine Hospital. This disease, which has been found at all times among the crowd of emigrants constantly arriving at the port of New York from Europe, is much more to be dreaded at nent {n consequence of the extraordinary increase of emigration. > Another objection to the present quarantine station arises from the narrow limits of the grounds. which for- ‘adopting of those improvements in the building of hospitals, the arrangement of the burying grounds, and the economy of the establishment, which experience in daily suggesting. The Quarantine unds contain about thirty acres, at present occupied ¢ hospital buildings, which can accommodate about 450 patients; | ides, there are the health officer's house, those of the deputy health officer, the assistant physician, and the steward and farmer, a work-house, six houses for howe men, each 30 feet by 20, the office, the boat-house, the | er iter’s shop, the ice and coal house together, 70 by 20 feet. the wagon house, and the barn, 50 by 36 feet portion of the ground is also occupied by the United tates public stores. Within the last three months se- veral extensive wooden buildings have been erected within the enclosure to accommodate the great number of patients suffering with the ship fever, the average number of whom has been about 700 in the hospitals. Of course this large number of buildings and their ne- o appurtenances, occupy a very considerable por- tion of the thirty acres. In addition to the above, the burying ground is contained within the thirty acres, and within the walls of the quarantine. Should another lo- cation be recured, containing a sufficiently large tract of land, it is believed that among other improvements, a large portion of the grounds could be advantageously de- voted to farming purposes, where patients in a state of convalescence might be employed with advantage to themselvés and to the institution, until health is suff- ciently re-established to make it safe for themselves and the public to have them mingle with the mass of the po- pulation. With this view, a tract of land of about one hundred and fifty acres might be se- cured on the bay of Now York, sufficiently removed from the city, to prevent, as much as possible, an inter- course between the quarantine and the city of New York, and at the same time of comparatively easy acoras from the shipping. Thus would the comfort and health of the patients, and of the great number of emigrants who are compelled to have recourse to the quarantine hospitals, by reason of exbaustion and destitution. be considerably promoted, and the danger from infection be much lessened in case of an increase of population in the surrounding country. The quarantine station would then, to a certain extent, be a district within it- self, and would preaupt the prospect of remaining as » permanent quarantine, worthy of the great State aud city of New Yo.k, and their growing commerce. Iv coutemplation of this change and improvement, tw: points are necessarily to be considered. First, the ex pense; and secondly, the location of the quarantine grounds and hospitals, with reference to the auchoray+ for the sipping As to the first, it bas been estimated by persons well acquainted with the value of real estate in the immediate vicinity of the present quarantine grounds, and of the eT dapat thereon, that a sum certainly not less than $150,000 could be realised from # sale of the present establishment and its appurtenances —a sum sufficiently large to secure a large tract of trém 150 to 200 acres on New York bay, and to erect all. or the greater part, of the buildings required for present purposes. As tothe anchorage, it cannot be expected that all the shipping should anchor in the immediate vicinity of the quarantine, nor indeed is it necessary or advisable, if it could be done. The danger from # larze number of vessels being confined within a limited ex tent, is very great. Frequently, during the spring and summer months, a very large number of vessels may be seen at anchor near the present quarantine. ‘This num- ber, added to that of steamboats and other cratt con- stantly passing and repassing the quarantined vessels, would greatly enhance the danger, in case of sickness and infection. On this subject, the report of the afore- suid committee appointed by the Legislature, contains the following just remarks:— “The distance from *taten Island to Long Island, ine ground, is only 3,700 yards; and the summer months, an hundred at lying at anchor at quarantine. Should an infected ves- sel, with a large number of persons on board sick with the yellow arrive and be anchored here, the dan- ger to all vessels, whether inward or outward bound, aut, ond then let him fix his eye on the plague spot of fll this soene No ‘srgument ‘ill be noemnary Co oon. ‘vines nach a person of the of © change--no sophistry can ever make him insensible to the inconsis- would be very it, as well as to those who suould pass and repass inthe ferry boats. This danger was stri- kingly manifested in the arrival of the war steamer L’Eolair, off the English coast. in Septeraber, 1345.— Had she been confined within the narrow limits of oar present quarantine ground, and had the ship- ping usually there in the quarantine season, been oblig- ed to lie near her, the almost certainty is that disease would have been communicated to persons aboard otthem. This single instance is ‘lent to urge the granting of power to the health officer, to remove any diseased vessel he (shall think proper, to any anchorage ground inside of Sandy Ifook.”” What may not be ap- prehended in a few years in contemplation of the grow- ing commerce and shipping of New York, in case of in- fection on board of vessels’ ‘The truth is, that the im- perious law of necessity demands an extension of the an- chorage, and that the quarantined vessels should be distributed in various parte of the Bay, as clreamstances may require. [n this view of the case, all that is re- quired is that the quarantine station should be within a convenient distance from the shipping, and accessible by asteamboat to be employed in taking the sick from the ships to the hospitals, aud the vessels could be an- chored as st present, and in other {suitable localiti along the Bi Several places have been suggested the Staten Island Committee of Safety, as appropriate fora atc station and a good wuchorage; but this being @ subject on which the Legislature will exercise their best judgment, in case of a contemplated change, the Committee of Safety har thought proper to abstain from discussing the merits of the different places. Whitever may be thought at present of the propriety of removing the quarantine, it is certain that within a few years longer the change will be rendered ab- solutely necessary, by the great increase’ in popula- tion on the shore of Staten Island, and in the intercourse betwoen the city of New York and Staten Island. Is it mot prudent, then, to effect the requisite removal of the quarantine before a ter outlay of money is made in buildings and other improvements on the presengdocality? Uniess the public authorities will determine to continue the quarantine in its present lo- cution, at all risks and hazards, prudence would seem to dictate an immediate change. hat would be thought of the wisdom of a Legislature that would permit a con- stant intercourse betwoen two populous cities about five miles apart,in the midst ofone of which there wore aqua- rantine station and marine hospitals containing,duringa t pertion of every year, about 800 patients’ Such, owever, is the picture that will be presented before the people of this State within « comparatively small num- ‘of years; nay, it would be more accurate to assert that such is, things, But there is one thing, fellow-citizens of Staten Island, which more particular! IY concerns, you it is the gieat injury we to the ii id from the fear of danger, in consequence of the quarantine. This materially inter- feres with the business of the island, and the sufferers are chiefly those who gain a livelihood by keeping public houses and places of amusement along the shore of Sta- ten Island and the vicinity of the quarantine; the re- tallers of man; of merchandize, the owners and divers of public car: and other persons who oan- ndt afford the loss of # season, during which the num- ber of patients at the hospitals, and the introduction ot iatectious or contagious diseases, may give rise to well- wtounded fears. ‘This, however, in comparison with health, is of minor importance. ‘The health and safety of the people should, indeed, be the supreme law of the land. Suppose that the yellow fever, the small pox, or some other similar disease, should be introduced into tite midst of us, and should Aecimate our population aud render our homes desolate; what can repay un for the loss? How many years must not pass over our heads before the island could regain ics present prospe- rity if ever? Awake, then, follow-citizens, to the dan. Kar, before it may be too late; and let your representa. tives in the Legislature understand unequivocally that this is @ matter on which you expect them to do their duty, and that you are determined to know their views on this subject, and be guided accordingly. But it has been urged by some, who admit the incon- venience resulting to the population immedintely around the Quarantine grounds, that people have no right to build near the Quarantine, and that if they will setile near it, they must submit the consequences. ‘This. certainly, is one of the strangest arguments. or rather amertions, that can be advanced eguinet & change of the betantially, the present condition of quarantine. Both reason and law are position. Our Supreme Court have deci: “that there is no such be a8 @ prescriptive or any other right to maintain @ public nuisance;” and reason and the plain- ext principles of justice would seem to indicate that counties, cities, towns or villages, have a right to in- crease and extend their limits, in consequence of the growth of population. 'Thisis ® natural right, and it re- «aires no labored argument to gubstantiate it. It is the public inconvenience or nuisance that must yield and rutire before exigencies and requirements of social life. ‘The committee entertain no doubt that the Legisla- ture will, upon an examination of this grievance, do am- ple justice; and therefore recommend that the matter attould be immediately brought up before that body, for their consideration. In submitting to you, fellow-citizens, the views and remarks, the committee believe have discharged a very important part of th ag youraction will be of the utmost consequence, an: wil, if exerted unremittingly in favor of the Gestned change, ultimately secure success, JOHN B. PURROY, JOHN ANTHON, WM. EMERSON, Special Committee appointed by the Com’tee of Safety Staten Island, August 3, 1847. ainst such # duties; Ocean Steam Navication.—It is stated in the Halifax Chronicle, that the Hon. Samuel Cu- nard, now in England, has entered into a contract with the British government, to carry the mails between Halifax and Sermade, and Halifax sud St, John’s, N. F. by steam, and that he wanabout to proceed, or had pro- ceeded, to Sootland, to make arrangements for the building of four #teamships, suitable for the service. ADDITIONAL EXTRACTS FROM THE FORBIGN FSOURNALS NEW YORK HERALD OFFICE, The London .Atlos of Saturday, says, “ There is no longer any doubt of the preliminary os of the approaching mi ofan illustrious duke (Wel- Mis (Miss Coutts), distinguished, no for her charitable munificence, than her wealth, are nearly completed. By this union the great banking firm will once more be in the hands of a duchess; while, on the other side, the fortunes of the house of “the hero of a hundred battles,” will be placed uj a basis of ower, which alone was wanted to consolidate its glory.”’ fitthere isthe smallest truth in this, the youthful lover courts aa cooly as ho fights, since the moment Parliament breaks up, he intends retiring to Walmer Castle for the season.) ‘The French government is considering the propriety of cntering into further contracts with —— companies for three lines of steam packets. viz: From St. Nazaire, Bordeaux and Marseilles, to Rio Janeiro, to New Or- leans and Havana, and to Guadaloupe and it was expected the matter would be arrai the present session. A certain doctor, in Marseilles, is at preseut furnish- ing amusement to the whole town. It appears that, be ing # firm believer in clairvoyance, &c. he learned from several magnetic patients t ere was considerable treasure buried in certain parts of a church. After digging and going to great nse for several months, without finding any thing, workmen sued him for ad pay, and the whole ridiculous story was made pub: ic. Rumors were current in Paris that La Presse news- paper was to be su; eee Such, however, had not Been done. It is ssid M. Guisot was opposed to thisstep. The Abbe Barié, curate of Sejean, was sentenced at Narbonne to eight months imprisonment, 200 francs tine and costs, for immoral conduct. It was said that he had seduced more than forty women and young girls The Berlin journals publish afflicting details of the inundations which desolated a part of Silesia about the end of June. Iti said that the French government have made alist of certain members of Bonaparte’s family, whom they will allow to retura to France, a ‘The heavy undertaking of Molloy, the veteran pedes- trian. and his sou, ® youth of seventeen, to walk 100 miles between them in twelve successive hours, was brought to issue on Tuesday, according to articles; a great number of spectators being att: ved by the nature of the per mance und the peculiarity of the conditions. At8 ovclock, A. M., the father and son (the former in his 47th yar) started in company on theirarduous task, walking on a measured ha.t-mile, near the fourth mile stone ov he Edgware road ‘The performance of the match, it vil be cbaerved. involved the average completion of up. wards Of four miles per hour throughout the whole period if twelve hour his was exceeded by more than an average, including all stoppages for refreshment, &e tour anda half mies At one o'clock tw had been comyleted, wut shortly after Uhirtieth mile, the elar Molloy was evidently going in dithoulty, he therefore stopped while his jumior part uer in the undertaking walked®one mile, atter which the latter took the like respite, and the lder pedestrinn feoted it a mile solo in turn “rem the thirty-second to the forty-eighth mile they kept company, after which the younger Molloy went ahead, and made seven winutes out of the old man in the last two miles, completing his fifty miles in eleven bours thirty-three minutes, the veteran also com ing in terribly beaten in eleven hours forty minutes; thus winning with forty-seven minutes to spare between them; good work decidedly, and better than the public yave either of them credit for being capable of doing The stake was thirty-five sovereigns, which, with some promised contributions, in the event of success, has been well earned by both the inen. The vessel Virgilia, arrived at tho port of Liverpool ffom Boston, United States of America, has brought, with articles of food and general merchandize, 291 tons weight ofice. This is the first importation of the kind from the United States during the present season, although one or two arrivals of ice took place about three months since from the northern regions of Europe. The Independant de l'Ouest, a legitimatist journal, published at Laval, has been prosecuted for having pub- lished # fragment of a letter of Junius, written in Sep- tember, 1771, and addressed to George lil., King of Eng- land, together with an extract from # speech delivered by Mr. Windbam in the English parliament. ‘I'he ac- cusations of avarice, egotism, ambition, and corruption contained in those fragments, have been considered by the law officers of the crown as an offence against the person of the King of the French! The Journal des Debats publishes the following letter. dated Cannes, the 29th ult Lord Brougham and Mr. Leader have reaped a magnificent crop ot wheat on their property ii shborhood. Mr. William ‘Thompson, the celebrated lend steward of Mr. Leader, and one of the most distinguished agriculturists in Great Britain, has shown what our land can produce under skilfal inanagement. Lord Brougham’s gardens are beautiful beyond dessription, and fhe example of those illustrious colonists will be of auvantage to our farmers, who will be instructed in the best mode.of cul- Uvation. Mr. Wolsin, whose magnificent constructions would be sufficient to ornament @ capital, has not re- uained inthe rear of his neighbors. Ilis property is magnificently cultivated, and the produce he has alres iy obtained far surpasse: that which we were accusto1 ed to regard as the ne plus ultra in wheat and olives. The kitchen gardens of these threo gentlemen are ox- ary for their precocity. The English garde: lone wonders under the influence of our cli- By the following paragraph, it appears, the question whether aman can marry his deceased wife's alte agitated on the other side of the water as well as here ™ The Queen v. the Inhabitants of St. Giles’s-in-the- Fields —In this cave, in which, in the form of an ap against an order for the removal of « pauper to the place of her husband’s last legal settlement, the question of the validity of « marriage betwen a widower and the sister of his deceased wifo,was raised. Mr. Badeley re- sumed his argument on’ Wednesday in the Queen's Bench, in support of the objections to the marriage, He contended that there was no distinction between vold marriage and a voidable marringo, becauso voldlable marriages when avoided were pronounced vold from the beginning, # fact which indicated that such marriages were vicious in their very commencement. ‘The dis- tinetion, indeed, arose from the incompetency of the common law courts to deal directly with questions of marriage. In the ecclesiastical courts ail voida- blo marriages were void. The voidability of the warriage under consideration, previously to the statute of William IV, had not and could not be gainsai i. With regard to the argument in support of the riar- riage founded on the illegitimacy of the second wife/the elder sister, the question in the present case was not one of bastardy, which affected civil rights and the devolu- tion of property, but of consanguinity—of that commu- nity of blood which no civil ordinance could alter. In ail writers on ecclesiastical lew, consanguinity, derived from cum sanguis and atas, was used to describe natu- ral relationehip aa coutradistinguished from any other At the close of the learned gentleman’s address, the court postponed the judgment until it should have heard the argument in the case of “The Queen vs Chadwick,” which will be taken next term. Judgment postponed. The following circular in referonce to the modo of branding déserters, to be adopted in future, has been is- sued from the Hore» Guards: “June 26, 1847.—Circular Memorandum. — Tho mode of marking deserters by means ot an instrument prescribed by the circular lev- ter of the Sth of May, 1842, having been found ineffvo- tual, and easily eraeed, the commander-in-chief has, on the recommendation of a Board of influential medical of. Seers, to whom the subject has been referred, been pleas. od to direct that the use of the suid instrument may be discontinued, and that the method of marking wich needles be reverted to throughout the service [is Grace the commander-in-chiet rurther desires that the operation ef marking deserters may henoeforth always ake place in the hospital under the superintendence of « medical officer, who will be held reaponsible that it is Meotually performed, wud that the “D’ shail be indelibly uunpressed on the skin. Tho Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, and her tender, the Fairy, have bewn reporied ready for the Royal wer. vice. We bolievy her Majesty aud Prince Aibert will pro- snd to Onborue on Tuesday next, and very shortly afcer will proceed on @ cruise round the kingdom of Great Britain, visiting the Land’s End, west coasts of King and Scotland, the Orkneys, the Shetlands, and the He- brides, aud eastward returning home. We learn from Constantinople that the palace being built by the Viceroy cf Exypt at Beyoos, ou the Asiat: side of the Boephorus, will be of the finest stone that can be procured, aad adorned with 100 marble columds Close to it will be the Kiosk of the Sultan. ‘T'he facade towards the sea will be 200 pics (more than 400 feet) in length. It is believed that the construction will require three or four years, and the cost is estimated at 50,000 purses (6,000,000f.) A letver from St, Petersburg, of the 19th ult., says: “In many parts of the empire there have been fires, whieh it unfortunately appears were wilful, At Kyschew, in the government of Kijew, 51 houses have been burned down; at Kalatsh, government of Worensk, 98 hous+s; at Sino- liwnska, government of Techernigof, 236 houses and a church, In the last named town ‘our persona perished io the fames. inthe government of the Witepak the large domains have revolted, and alter ons of their jords, compelled them to It is said that the Austrian government, in imitation of that of France, is about to send a Consul to Calcutta, and that the com of the Austrian Lloyds hae nom! nated agents in the three presidencies of Calcutta, Ma- dras, and Bombay, for the steam vessels which, in tho month of August next, will begin to make the direct ee: vice from Alexandria to Trieste, ing the proclamati8n of June 12, against assembiages of the people, with cries or other demon- tions of approbation or disapprobation, the anniversary of the secession of Pius iX was celebrated at Pisa and er with great and loud rejolciugs and acclama- of the General Post Office, for 007, and the not re- to £1) The gross toll revenue pT greg “ted s me it, to king in a field Zeboi0, ‘The charges amventes Yo aitiensr, bad | ac nsceens eteme en aged men, wns walking in « £40,150 was deducted from the gross receipts for return- ed, refused, mis-sent, and re-directed letters, over- charges, and returns. The total payment out of the Exchequer, for expense connected with the packet ser- vice, amounted to £767,960, The King of Sweden has conferred the order of the Polar Ster on his Excellency Count ds Moltke, late Mi- nister from Denmark to the Court ot Sweden, and now filling the same functions at the Court of France. Count de Flahaut, the French Ambassador in Austria, is about to quit Vienna, on leave of absence. Count Marescalchi is appointed charge d'affaires during the ambassador's absence. According to a letter from Ferrara, Baron Baratelli, ee ot the chief partisans of Austria, has been mur- jered. Serious disturbances took place in Groningen, Hol- land, on the 28th ult. on account of the dearness of food. The troops killed four persons and wounded twelve. On the 29th order was established. Several German newspapers have stated that the Duke William of Brunswick is about to be betrothed to the Princess Louisa of Mecklenburg. During the first five months of 1947, there were im- ported into Belgium 56,400,000 kilogrammes of wheat, rye, barley, oats, and rice, being 35,300,000 kilos. lesa than the quantity imported during the corresponding months of 1846, The tower and steeple of the church of Nogent-le- Bernard fell in some days ago. No one was injured. ‘The church bell, though it fell upwards of 100 feet, sus- trined no damage. ‘The Chester Courant says, some of the land bought at four-pence has lately been sold at four guineas per yard. Great numbers of females are, it is said, employed as “narvies’ on the Necker aud Danube, and Prague and Dresden railway: The erection of public baths at Colchester has been begun. The building will be 112 feet in front, and the elevation of the [onic order. The Gazette de France says that the serfs on the pro- perties of the government of Witepsk, im Russia, have revolted, and pillaged the chateaux of their masters. ‘The latter sought safety in flight. At the Central Criminal Court on Saturday, a witness described himself as a “ penman;’’ but, on being asked in what species of penmanship he waa employed, he re- plied that he * penned” sheep in Smithfleld market, ‘The emigration from the port of Sligo has boen very great this season, [rom the Ist of January to the Ist of July, the numbers were within a few of 10,000, and the excess over last year’s etnigration, 6,167 The Gazette di Firenze gives 1,565,751 as the popula- tion of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. The increase of the population last year amounted to 16,880. Amongst the deaths in 1946 there were nine cases of centenarians. ‘The gross total amount of the sums insured by the fire offices of England on farming stock exempt from duty, during the year 1816, was » 501. ‘The sums ine ured on farming stock in Svotland amounted to £5,036.880 Livutenant Munro, who killed Liew sa diel some time ago, 4t Cam ouded to Dresden, has retirn olonel Fawoett Tuwiday sur red wt Marylebone, and was aitted to’ New- sete for trial, ty w trial, lately, Sergeant Wilkins oxplaiaed the meaning of the word © araper The ot those gentle men who rab their hands, and ask the ladies if they want anything eise.”” Frenet ast omer named Maurais, has discover comet between the constellations of Cepheu id Lesser Bear, This comet is composed of nucieus, with & nebalosity which extends ov one side like w tall, ‘There are in England no fewer than 30,000 commer- cial travellers Mexsra. Robert Mutrie & Co, warehousemen, of Glas- sow and London. have stopped payment, ‘The liabilities are estimated at £90,000, the possible assets at £70,000, ‘The north mail coach, bearing a flag surmounted with orape, arrived at Newoustle on Monday, having been superseded by the railway, Au opinion gains ground everywhere, and has been greatly strengthened by the occurrences of last week, that ® coalition has been concocted between Lord John Russell and Sir Robert Peel, which, however, is not to be openly and generally declared ‘until after the elec- tion. ‘Tho number of vessels with cargoes from foreign ports arrived in London during the six months to the 5th inst. was 4284, and the tonnage 794263 tons, against 3297 ships and 660,567 tons in 1846, the increase arising chiefly from the imports of corn and provisions. A Parliamentary return gives the cost of the yeo- manry corps in Great Britain, for the year 1646, as £87,948; the number of officers was 884, and of men 13,818, The government has determined to allow the statue of the Duke of Wellington to remain where it is, on the arch at the entrance of Hyde Park. The King of Sweden, on the 18th, returned to Stock- holm, from his tour in the provinces, aud immediately dissolved the council of regency which he bud appointed to direct the goverument during his absence. ‘The extent to which building is going on in Algiers is scarcely underatooa in England. This eountry is asao- ciated te our minds with little but barbarism, Christian slaves, and bombardments; and we are scarcely prepared te hear of a cathedral, churches, (some for Protestants,) abattoirs, schools, covered markets, banks, custom-hou- ses, ke.,0n which many thousands of pounds sterling have been expended by the French, Yet such is the case, and the erection of private houses keeps pace with the constant increase of the population. In the mixed or Arabian districts of the three provinces, no less than 842 private houses have been built, the value of which is estimated at 176,000/ ; besides 38 industrial establish- ments, estimated at nearly 9000/. more. The correstional tribunal of Narbonne has just con- demned the Abbe Barric, of Sijean, to eight months im- prisonment, and 200f. fine, for immoral conduct. The number of girls or married women seduced by hiin is es- timated (says one of the journals) at forty. Mr. Baring has undertaken to present the petition, nu- merously and influentially signed by the merchants and bunkers of London, in fuvor of some modification of the existing currency bill, A vessel named the Alfhida, frofi Key West, has brought, besides 1,037 barrels ot flour, 135 boxes of ba- con, and 75 tierces of beef, 287 barrels of whiskey. We do not remember any previous importation of the latter mentioned article of grain spirit from the place ni ‘The works on tho Verona railway are urged on most actively, nearly 13,000 workmen being employed on the part between Vincenza and Verona. It is supposed that the line will be finished in two years. ‘To protect the iron way against the Adige, « huge wall, six toises high, and two wide at its base, is to be raised. A number of Mormonites, or Latter Day Saints, have been preaching in the open air in Carmarthen during the past week. ‘They have made application to the mayor for permission to use the Lancasterian school- room on Sundays, which was refused. A swallow of pure white color has been caught in Ren- frowshire, M. Theirs is about to travel for several months in Italy, in order to collect documents fer completing his work, “Du Consulat et de Empire.” M. Guizot has just invited his colleagues to send him all the administrative documents, volumes, circulars, decisions, budgets, &e., of which they can ‘dispose, in order to form a yeneral collection for the Bey of Tunis, In a letter from Algeria, dated the oth instant, we read —"In the night of the 3d'a great quantity of arma, of every description, gunpowder and saitpetre, were reiz¥d in a magazine, and many persons were arrested, com- prising Kabyles, Moors, and a few Europeans.”? A sign, of which the following is a copy, may be seen over the door of # beer-house keeper und funeral fur- aishor in Hedley street :—Stroll Not From Vole To Pole But Step In Here. Where You may Have A Cloan Shave Prime Pop And Treacle Beer Undertaker. Of funerals. Coffins Made Here On the Most Reasonable Lerma The Mugshurgh Guzcite eoutains a strange report that the Pope wishes to resign the Papal chair. The mo- tive binted at is bisdesire to draw out of his meditate: reforias, Weetrongly suspect that the Pope tas been terribly harressed between Austrin and the Jesuits; and looking to the efficacy with which the General of the Jesuits frightened the King of Sardinia, xs told in the Herald & woek ago, since confirmed by the Urbats.we are inclined to think theJugeburgh Gazrite bas some reason forthis report, extraordinary us it must seem — London Herald. According to the last arrivils from St. Petersburg, the Emperor Nicholas wili not go iuto Germany this year His Majesty is said to have directed bis Minister of For- vig Affairs Uo collect in August at St Petersburg, all the diplomatic representatives of Russia to the great powers, We read in a letter from Constantinople in the Augs- burg Gazette, “'Vhe French embassy had addreased to the Porte reclamations relative to debts contracted b: the last administration of Tripoli aud of Barbary, whic debts the lorte took upon itself The affair has just been analysed, the debt recognized by the Porte as being due to France being rettled at 1,600,000 Turkish Plastres (about 400,000 france.”’) The news venders of the metropolis partook of their annual dinner on Thursday, at Mr. Hinton’s, Highbury Baro tavern, Islington. About 2 o'clock n ‘ly 300 boys sat down to au excellent dinner, and about 7 o'clo uearly 200 men and their wives followed the examp After the cioth waa removed, & number of toasts were given aod duly responded to; among which were the ‘health of the Stewuras and the Liberty of the Press, An agreement has been come to between the Danish government and that of the free city of Lubeck. for the construction ef a railroad between Lubeck and Buchen. The late liberator’s son Daniel, has signified his inten- tion of retiring into private life th pep bebe Dg pri from the representation The citizens of Cork manufacture writing papers, but until the articles make an excursion to London and re- ovive the London mark, they decline to use them The high court of Galicia, citing ‘at Limberg, has given ju nt in the case of the individ Lisipated fo the reownt Volish insurrection io that pro: vinoe | Thee of thu, belongtog to the bigh nobility of pg We been condymaed to oe cement to Tent periods of imprisonment. The judgmen has boom eondrmed by the g ernment, and an order to carry it into execution bus Just been sent to Limberg Parsonstown, an ass knocked bim down ‘and, after mangling bit in a ferocious manner, was pro- ceeding to devour his flesh, when another man bappen- | ed providentially to come up, who seized a pitebfork, d killed the brute. By a pariiamentary return, printed on Friday, It ap- pears that from the Sth July, 1846, to the 16th June last. the Stock ant Exchequer bills, bought on account of Savings Baoks in England, amounted to £668,000, for which £642,002 103 was paid. The Stock and Exche- quer bills sold in the same period for Savings Banks amounted to £960,000, whigh realized £916,415. As to Ireland, the return is nil.” On the 30th ult. «sale of autographs took place in London. An autograph letter of Lord Bnoon, dated Au- gust 4, 1606. addressed to Sir Thomas Hoby, sold for 18 guiness, ‘The signature of Anne Boleyn to wardrobe warrant, dated Hampton Court, March 8. 1634, sold for £6 108, A letter of John Calvin, dated Geneva. May 15, 1650, in French, sold for £10, ‘The signature of Charles | toa lotter addressed to the Duke of Orleans, August 30, 1642, sold for 31s. 6d. Two sigaatures of Oliver Cromwell, to orders for payment of the parliamentary forces, sold for £468. Subscription and signature to & letter in the autograph of Sir Francis Drake, dated © on board the goode shippe Elizabeth Bonaventure. April 27, 1587,” sold for £6 10a. A letter bf Francis I, King of France, addressed to the Pope, sold for £3 A’ latter of | alileo, dated “ Villa d’Arcetic, Maggio 12, 1636,” and | which alludes to his recent persecution by the Inquisi- tion, sold for £14 63. The Chinese spend annually £90,000.000 for incense to burn before their idols, about five shillings for every man, woman, and child in the empire. A few days since, whilst some men were employed in digging cellar underneath & cottage at Potterne, the skeleton of a full-grown person was discovered about four feet beneath the surface of the ground. How long # time had elapsed sivce the interment of the body it is impossible to say; but the ultimate use of its remains seems pretty certain, as the bones wer collected to- gether, and sold to dealer in marine stores! A vessel arrived from the United States of America, (Baltimoze) has brought, with a general cargo of pro- visions, 43 packages of venison—s novel importation from that quarter of the globe. We learn that the Austrian government, in imitation of that of France, is about to send @ consul to Calcutta Some very interesting experimeats were made on last Wednesddy in the mast basin in Woolwich dookyard,the object of which was to test the capability und effective- ness of the nautilus life preserver, as a means of saving haman life ia the water There were present, Sir John Rosa, R. N.; Colonel Cater, royal artil Capt. Ryder, of H, M. steamer Vixen; several of the officers of the | dockyard, and other scientific and professional gentle- | men, Captain Ryder bad kindly permitted the use of one of the Vixen's boats for the experimoute, It was fisted up with four life buoys lashed to the sides under the thwarts; this operstion, by which ahe was convert ed into life-boat, only occupied 4 few winutes The boat was then filled with water, and «he floated with ber gunwale sn inch above the surface; two plugs were the drawn out of the boat by the crew, wheu she was Lifted by the buoys inside, aud rose gradually to her former | level, #ix ih be surfac r The J twa to a lif t sacted could not be Ww that i | we ta the boat could fice it euifieiently opening of a plug or vaivo Phe applica buoy Was then proved in te construction temporary raft, by lashing @ few picoes of wood, 60 us kind of platform on three of the inflated buoye ch three men sat and paddied about the bason with (he utmost safety. Lastly, the lite-belt was tried, the inflation and fitting iton only occuping five seconds; (he wearer then plunged into the water, aud floated iu i! Withoul Making the slightest exertion, breast high, and a{terwards supported with pertect ease two men besides whoclung to bim, There experiments gave the utinos. satisfaction to the gentlemen present, and it was observ. ed by rome military officers tbat the extreme lightue aud portability of Che nautilus buoy would render it pe- culiarly suitable for the construction of floating bridges in preference to the present cumbrous und uuwieldly pontoons now used for that purpose. ‘I'he compressibili- ty, ligatness, buoyancy, and power of resisting external injury are the great recommendations of this invention above all others that have hitherto come under public notice; and there is little doubt that it must soon, from its superior merits, come into general use in every witua- tion where human life is exposed to the shances of death by drowning. Letters from Paris mention another failure at Mar- seilles, The firm is that of Messrs. Christian & Co., and ‘the liabilities are stated at about £30,000, The Pope, in return for the bequest of O’Conneli’s heart, has ordered collections to be made in all the Liberator were regarded. Among those it were the youngest son of the decoased, the member for Dundalk, the Rev. Dr. Miley, and every Irishman then In the Eternal City. besides « vast concourse of ecolasinatical and civil dignitaries, cardinals. archbishops. bishops rinceb, and the most distingulshed travollors sojourning in the capital of the papal State As had hewn deter mined from the esmmencement. Father Ventura deliver: ed the funeral oration of O'Connell. in which he drew an analogy between the condition of Ireland and that of Italy. instituting a direct compariaon b-tween the Liha- rator of Ireland and the Liberator of Italy, Pope Pins (X Daring two hours ths reverend orator commanded the emotions and kindled the imsginations of his auditors. Only one-hal' of the oration waa delivered. however. name- ly, that relating to the deceased ass civilian and aa 4 politician; it was to be concluded on the 30th ultimo, the peroration being preceded by @ consideration of O'Connell as a lover of reli ‘The actual surplus revenue of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, id the actual expendi- ture thereof, for the year ending the Sth ony, of April 1847, amounted to the sum of 42,769,101 38. 6d. ish frigate Eugenie, on board of which the Frederick, third son of the King of Sweden rves us rub-leutenant, has narrowly escaped bel nk. In the afternoon of the 19th, this vessel. which came from England, and which favored by ® strong north wind, entered the Sound with great ra- pidity, ran against a three-masted Norwegian ship, the Glommen, which was anchored in the little bay of Horn- beck. ‘The shock was so violent that all th of the Hugenio was destroyed, and two of itsmasts were " and fell on the deck. Fortunately no one was either fn. jured or Killed on board the frignte, everybody having hastily descended to the interior of the vessel on seeing that a collision was inevitable, The Danish steamer lijerte, and the war steamer the Smeloi, forming part of the Russian fleet, hurried to the assistance of the Eu- genie, and towed her up off Elsineur, where she will be repaired. Prince Oscar Frederick disembarked at Elsi- neur, and after having stopped some hours took his de- parture for Helsingborg, in Sweden. The Glommen has also sustained very great damage At the moment of the accident there were only five of six men on board, two of whom received contusions, The manner in which the people of England are rep- resented in Parliament, can be seen from the following account of the sale of the representation of a county -— Mr. Grantley Berkeley has just insued « most extraor- dinary document, addressed to the electors of West Gloucestershire, “Itcon'ain# a proposition. said to bave been made by the friends of Earl Fitzhardinge, for the sale of the representation of the Western division, Mr Grantley Berkeley eays ix ibe oourse of his address : “On the 2ith ot June, 1847, | re eived the following propvsal ou the part of the Lord Lieutenant of the county. as I am informed. through the combined in- strumentality of Colonel Kingseou, Messrs Vieger, Jo- sinh Hunt, Nicholson and Kingston I believe tt to be hal 3 ith Lord Pita. vited to me, to state to you thal wy reply te this monstrous document wus. that | indignantly rejected it with all the it deserved ihe original decu- 1. Lord Fiigherain ' i un » trustees, one to by " y Mr. rantley Berkeley th 4 per with Mr lr Grantley Berkeley ascigliment of part of his annuity to bark Pia) “2. Mr Grantley Berk: the electors of West Giou rehire. distinetly renoun- all intention to appear aa a candidate, or to sit if ed for West Gloucestershire at the ensuing elec- publish an address to “3 Trustees to pay over. on the publication of eueh address ip the two Glovoeter papers. upd tu the the Bristol Mere 4. the said «umn of £1200 in the following proportions—viz: £200 to Sir Grautley Berkeley. and £1,000 to Mr, Henry Berkeley, in pay- ment of Leveux’s judgement. “4 Mr Grantley Berkeley undertakes to do nothing prejudicial to the return of Mr Grenville Berkeley, oF to affvot his seat when returned, and to dixcountennnce all such acts in his friends, and Mr. Heory Berkeley un- dertakes to preserve atrict neutrality, conditional upon which the aforesaid deed is to be delivered to Mr. Grant- ley Berkeley ut the termination of Mr. Grenville Berke- ly’s election; but upon either party failing in their said several undertakings, the deeds to be returned to Lord Fitahardinge.”? By letters from Breslau, we learn that the inaugura- tion of the statue of Frederick the Groat took place in tbat city on the 27th ult., in the presence of the King and the Prince of Prussia.’ Among those who assisted at churches under his control, for the starving Iris! In the year 1846, there entered the French ports 12,113 foreign vessels, and 8,184 French; and left tnem 6,623 foreign, and 5,693 French. A statue of Frederick the Great was publicly inaugu- rated at Berlin on the 27th ult.; and among the persons present at the ceremony was a veteran soldier, 109 you: of age, who served under that king in the seven yeai war. An Indian psper mentions that when a subscription Yelief of Lue distressed Irisn was opened at the British renucney ab Bushire, on the Persian Gulf, the sepoys 01 the resident's escort insisted ou being allowed to cuntribule to it, on the groaud that the buropean soldiors frequently subscribed for Lhe purpose of ailevin- ting distress among the ratives of ludia, { Ht yas reported at Madrid that the negotiation pend- ing between the government and the bouse of Smith & Co. tor # loan of 100,000,000 reals, had end d without any result, asthe Knglish house was wot satixtied with the terms proposed. it was believed that no Spanish house could undertake to raise the money required by the Spa nish government It is reported that in consequonce of the avowed good intenticns on tl of the Queen of Madagascur to- wards Great Britain, and her interests, Lord Palmer- ston has determined ‘on reciprocating the pacifle dispo- sition of the sovereign of that island, and is about to dis- pateh an accredited agent to Madagascar to restore friendly relations. Areturn showing the annual consumption of wines and spirits in Englahd, bas been procured by Mr. Alderman W. Thompson, M.P. It. appears that, last year (1846), 7,711,909 gallons of foreign wino were im- ted, of which 6,740,516 gallons were retained for ome consumption. The quantities remaining under bond on the oth of January, 1847, amounted to 9,386,262 gallons. It will be interesting to ascertain the relative qualities of different foreign wines which are consumed in this country. ‘The 6,740,316 gallons of wine retuiaed for home consumption last year included 366,867 gallons of Cape (this inferior compound, it is to be feared, is almost exclusively bow. ht up for the purpose of adulter- ating other wines); 409,06 gallons of ¥rench wines, of ail sorts ; 2,669,795 gallons of Portuguese ; 2,602,496 of Spanish; 94,580 gallons of Madetra; 61,978 gallons of Rhenish; 26,512 gallons of Can: FY; 228 gallons of Fuyal, und 603,002 gallons of Sicilian and other sorts. It hence appears that the only three kinds of wine consumed to y great extent in England consist of Port, sherry and Marsala (this last is Sicilian wine, grown on the Bronte estate of the late Lord Nelson), the large consumption of which is to be accounted for from the tact that it strikingly resembles Sherry. The small demand for Madeira will excite some surprise on the part of ull who are acquainted with its exquisite flavor; nor do the quantities of Rhenish and French wines appear so large us might be expected from a consideration of their in- creasing consumption {n thia country. The total quan- tity of spirits retained for home consumption last year amounted to 4,254,237 galions, out of 6.427.043 gallons imported, including 2,362,784 gallons of British colonial ruin, 192,331 gallons of East India rum, 128,478 of mixed, 108 gallons of foreign rum (in all, 2,643,701 gallons of rum), 1,504,465 galions of brandy, 39,883 gailons of 4, 7231 gallons of other foreiga and colonial spivite, 8907 gallons of Channel Island spirits; 6,310,145 gulions of all sorts of spirit remained in bond on the oth Of January, 1847, including 2,997,149 gallous of rum, 1,854,962 of brandy, and 89,302 of Geneva ‘The following is the official return of the Royal Navy of Great Britwia, on the Ist instant >—Admirala of the feet, 2, admirals o1 the red, 10; white. 10; blue, 10; view. aduirals of the red, lo; white, 10; blue, 16; reareadmir ais of the red, 26; white, 26; blue, 25; te consist of 100 flag officers, viz:—30 admirals, or ten of each squadron 49 vice-adinirals, or 15 of each squadron; and 75 rear-ud mirals, or 26 of each rquadroa; cetired rear-admiraly. 64 to be reduced to 25; retired eaptatus, 130. to be . to 100; captains for service, 561, to be reduced to 5 tired captains under order in couveil, lth of \ug 1840, 43; commanders, 879; retired ditto, uoder Hi jent, der in council, 1816, 100, diito, Ist of N 1980, 204; Lieutewants, 2.400; wasters 937; secoud tors, 182, mates, 34, surgeons, 360; assixtane ditty, 238; pay MAsLers? ANd pUrseTR’ Hctive list, 402; retired ditto 8, clerks qualiied ior paymasters aud pu 10,000 able-vodied seamen, 2.000 stout lads 00 Royai Marines, divided inte Int division, Chat companies; Portsmouth, 23 eom- paaies; 3d division, Plymouth, 24 companies; 4th divi- fon, Woolwieh, 19 companies; Koy sl Marine Arcillery,7 companies, bead quarters Portsmouth. Ships of war in cominigsion, ordiuary, or building 678, carrying from 1 vo 120 guns each—of which number 165 are armed steam- vensels, built on the most approved principle for active fen service, from 164 to 750 Lorse-power. ‘The son of the Emperor of Morocco is at Mex, and endeavors to counterbalance by preparations for war the deplorable effret produced on the minds of the Arabs by the defeat and death of Kaid-el-Hamar, Already heve & thousand horses and fifteen pieces of cannon been ‘Tagen to oppose Abd-el-Kader if he should as- Hut the generat opinion is, that the coops of the sultan will not dare to attack Abd-el-Ka. der, o that if the chief* commit that imprudence, the greater part of the soldiers of Morocco will side with the Emir, whese influence increases every day. and ime- the security of the emnire. The death of the Kaid ts thus related:--He was surprised in his tout by Bou Hamedi, brother-in-law of Abd-el-Kader. Some Moorish soldiers attempted to defend him, and ho, selz- ing his gun, fired at Bou Hamedt. but missed him; Bou Hainodi then shot him down with a pistol, and after- wards cut off his head with hisown hand. The Moorish soldiers, 4C0 in nusabor, seoing their chief dead, demand- ed the amen, and placed themscives in the service o Abd-el-Kader. All the Riff has revolted, and every ouw only waiteuntil the bervest shall be floished and put in « pa-eof safety, to enter into campaign if Abd-vl-Ka dee shalt give the signal. The harvest is very fue in ail arte; Wiratwhicu was worth 16 to 1s ouUcHs Lhe almud deavended to 7 of § ounces, Mud will dueline efile More afver the harvest. On the 98th ultimo the funeral ceremony io comm: moration of Mr. O'Connell wan celobrated in the of St. Andrea della Valle, an enormous assembly attest- ing the reverence with which the name and fame of the the ceremony was an old veteran, 109 years of age, who had served in the armies of the great King. He wax dressed in the Prussian uniform of the time of the seven years’ war, in which struggle he took part. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon His Majesty and the Prince quitted Breslau by the railway for Berlin. Some placards of an exciting tendency having reoentl: appeared at Rome on the occasion of the fete on the 17: ult, proclamation was published there on the 22d Cardinal Gizzi,in the name of the Pope, in which his Hel nesd, after alluding to the reforms which he had felt tt uis duty to introduee, declares that he inteads to perse- vere ip the same course, but to observe in #0 doing wi dom and prudence ‘The Fopu then enumerates nowe of (ne reforus wud aueliorations that he hay introduced, aud the proclamati ou add ihe Holy Father t been able Lo see, without deep regret, tamt cercal i minds ure desirous of pronting by the present of things vo promulgate aud endeavor tu eatabliah duo- trinesund ideas votally contrary to his maxims, or to \wigoee pon him others entirely upposed to the tranquil and pacific nature and the sublime obaract+r of abe per- on who ia the vicar of Jesus Christ, the minister of a God of peace, and the futher of all Catholies, to whatever part of the world they may belong, or finally to excite im the minds of the people, by speeches or writings. desires and hopes of reform, beyond the limits which bis Holiness has indicated. As these persons are in small number, and the nee and rectitude which govern the great majority of the people have hitherto rejected these insin- uations and counsels, the Holy Father feels assured that they will never finda weloome among the people. Anether subject of grief for his Holiness has arisen from certein assembl of the multitude, which, under the t of @ scarcity of corn or other wants, have taker oy divers parts of the state,to the disturbance of public order, and sometimes with menaces against personal security.” Cardinal Giaai then says thet the ope does not eon- found these meetings with those which have taken place for the manifestation of gratitude for the benefits which he bas bestowed upon the Beople, and that his Holiness iy deeply sensible of these demonstrations, and implores God to bestow the most perfct blessings upon them adds, “The paternal heart of his Holiness suffers deeply ut secing entire populations and individuals incessantly put to expense for public demonstrations, artizan doning their labor te the injury of their funilies, aod youtbs destined to study, losing timo which is precious to them. Tho heart of bis holiness would suffer still more if this state of things were to continue. ‘by first year of his pontificate ix ever, and in this period of time the Holy Father has been able fully to ap) weaned sal love, gratitu |, and devotedness of his well- jects. | ask# @ proof of these praiseworthy senti- iaents proof must consist in the cessation of all unuew. lar meetings, on whatever occasion, ead all extraord suifestations, except those for which, anterior to Lu prosent notification, permission had been received from the competent suthorities.” At Bernstadt, in Prussian Silesia, on tho 20th, a thun- derbolt entered the earth not far from a well’ Imme- diately after @ prolonged noise was heard at the bottom of the well, @ad the water issued from it warm and bub- bling, with a strong smell of sulphur. At the spot where the thunderbolt struck the earth, there was an opening ofa yard deep, and # foot in width. Ever since the water of the well bas been muddy, and has bad « taste of~ saltpetre. Exertions for the release of the Great Britain steam- shipace being made with unabated vigor. An Irish p ways, that the weather for the last few days bas beer eewarkably fine;and the wind light, consequentiy (h- tides have at length ebbed out sufficiently to milow ai (he work outside and inside the ship to be proceeded with, bat the bo: pe ot thera having been flied. ber bigher height the By th The small n'rapidly disappearing from off the break- yas shores to Ce upright DUlkA, OF da good many have, ander Mr. been brought dowe t the reek, ia ds abreast of (he euginer, ree me Logether—bet ween ud beyond the box- =, Uhireabout, hich they are wttached by « tout beweh tres, resting ou Lue Lop, wad abreast of them waller eves, and about six feet high Thin at Grete gate ao idea they were intended to sustain the spars againet the sea, should & rudden galy come on from the outuward; but Captain Clax'on kindly explained to us lat they were iuteuded jor a fulerum, on which the rs of the breakwater were to rest, with their the bilge keel at an angle perhaps of 45 de- grees; and. at the upper ends of these trees weights were wither to be suspended, or ballast laid on stages ~it ie presumed in bags, #0 as to act like bailast levers. ‘The large spars of the breakwater, were, « good many of them, takem down yesterday. and # dozen or so are be tng placed to-day oa this fuleram; as they are more than fifty fe t long, and as the buttswill touch the ship at about seven or eight feet from the fulcrum, the lever- age will be very great—it is said equal to two hundred tone, and as aset of American elm butks are being braced together on the strand for a similar purpors, at the stem of the ship, probably (his power wilt be doubled, while the twenty boxes will, it 1s said, be good for 840 or 1,000 oor It appears frow astatement in the Daily News,that the Times charges 64 for announcing @ death, the Herald and Chronicte 64. and the Daily News 38. it has been observed that in the ruins of Nineveb, which Mr. Layard is now 1g, Arches sro frequent- ly used; although antiquaries and architects had hither- to supposed the arch was not known for several hundred years alter the date at which the bufldivgs of Nineveh were probably erected. The Presse announces that the Emperor of Russia ba: determined to construct forthwith u vast line of ralirus couneet the three capitals of St. Petersburg, soso. « id Warenw, Five mowthly. fortnightly. or weekly newspe dow published in the Sandwich Islunda Of *h nals, Jour are printed io (he Foglink lenguage, 6! the Hawat.n. The total proceeds of the indirect taxes revenues of France, for tho first six months of 1647, werv 493,01) 00 francs, about £16,401,875 sterling, by a defiett of 6,5. | 000 franes compared with lest year. pales 3s.