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———__=_=_=_=_______eee ee Our Irish Correspondence. Dusuin, March 9, 1849. Btate of Frelant—More State Prisoners Released — Mr. Duffy's Case— Christening of Smith O'Bn- en’s Child, §., &c. ‘I have no news of any importance to commual- ‘cate to you, which hae transpired during the past fortnight, with the exception of the release of the Test batch of the untried privoners, which I am happy to inform you took place on Monday last. ‘They are, Patrick O’Higgins, Walter Thomas Meyler, Stephen J. Meany, John Rea, Thomas M. Halpin, (late Secretary to the Contederation,) and Joseph Brennan. Mr. Maurice Richard Leyne, who was arrested with Messrs. Meagher and O’Do- gohoe, near Holycross, in August last, has also been liberated. This judicious consideration on the part of the Lord Lieutenant has given general satisfaction. Your readers will be pleased, I am sure, with the intelligence that Mr. Charles Gavan Dufly has been ty from his vile prison (Newgate) to the more salubrious air of Richmond Bridewell. so that we may now look foi ward to his complete restoration to health, which will enable him to be prepared for the further struggle, in April, between ‘him and the crown: Ineed not inform you that considerable excite- ment has taken place in this part of the empire, owing to the disastrous news which has been re- -ceived from India. The English press, as you will perceive, are down upon Lord Gough more than they otherwise would be, owing to his being an Irishman. However, the whige have been -Obliged to appoint another Irishman to take his place—our fiery countryman, Sir Caarles Nupier, e@liis * Old Fagan,” as he is called by his soldiers. The reduction which I intormed you in my last that was to take place in the army in Ireland, has ‘nm couptermanded, not without, however, a con- siderable body ot men baving been discharged who have neceesarily increased the amount of Ppaupers--a pumber of them being obliged to enter the poor houses. The oppesition to Lord John Russell’s proposition of # * rate ia aid” has daily increased in strength. Meetings are daily being held in Wleter and Leinster, of the landed propri- etors, to express their indignation and to enter their protests sgainst such an iuiquitous law, which, if carried into execution, will destroy all individual efforts of improvement, ana thereby check all wish on the part of the lauded proprietors to employ the Faupers who inhabit the neighborhood of their berries: r. Martin Burke, of the Shelburne, who, it wiil be recollected, was one of Mr Dutty’s last jury and who was for his Non-conviction, addreese through the Freeman, immediately ‘after Lord Brougham’s attack upon him in the House of Lordz, a long letter to his Hpidatiie, in which he stated “* that that attack was uncalled for and alto- gether unjustifiable;” and adds: * My lord, I claim for myeelt as a juror, the same right to act on my conscience that your lordship as a peer has upon yours, and I have the entire approbation of my own conscience for the part I took in the disagreement of the jury in Mr. Dufly’s case. I had no wish to be on M Dufly’s jury ; I upplied early in the sit- ting of the court to be excused. I thought I had gotleave of absence from that excellent and up- right judge, Baron Lefroy, and I did not return until ee told that I had been called on a heavy fine. I then came back, and was called upon to serve on Mr. Duffy’s jury. I will not argue with your lo dehip whether the opinion I formed wos the right one or not. It was an opinion in which, im the progress of the trial and almost to the last moment, [had the concurrence of the great ma- jority of the jury.” On Monday night last there was a command night at the theatre. The Lord Lieutenant and Countess of Clarendon being present, were re- ceived with epplavse intermingled with much hissing. The play was the opera of the “Crown Diamonds.” In the course of the evening a cheer ‘was given for “Mitchel,” which elicited many Tesponees; and in the scene where the party in in the minister's house are engaged playing cards, a fellow in the upper gallery called out “the Sikhs are trumps,” and another proposed acheerfortnem —a general round of cheers and laughter became general throughout the theatre. A few evenings since, there was a large meeting of the Orange clubs in Dublin, in reterence to the conduct ot a military gentleman, who, it was said, Was in communication with Dabbyn, the 1nformer and witnegs for the crown at the state trials in Clonme}; it 1s understood that the upshot of the meeting was to the effect that the officer in ques- tion should cease to be a member ot the Orange gocety. The infant son of Mr. Smith O’Brien ‘was christened last week in Richmond prison; all the state prisoners, with the exception of Mr. O’Donohoe, were at the ceremony. A committee to collect subscriptions to enable Mr. Daffy to de- fray the expenses of hs trials, was in course of being formed; but Mr. Duffy, in the most honora- ble and independent manner, has refused such aid, and states in a letter to the Areeman, that although, he may be a “ public felon,” he will not become a “public pauper.” ‘he Rev. Francis Kelly, P. P., of Upper Fahan, has been elected K.C Bishop of Derry, in the room ot the jate Doct. Magion, he obtained a ma- jority of twenty-three votes over his competitors, de is describrd as being a very young missionary. The Pope has the approval, however, of the ap- pointment, before it can be final; but it is supposed that hie Holiness will not ov se the election, A fearful accident bas Jately occurred on the Shannon. A gailboat lett Wellington Quay for Drominard, on the Nenagh side, with nine pas- sengers, three boatmen, and several head of cat- tle and sheep; agule arose, which rendered the boat unmanageable; one of the crew struck a cow with a stick, which caused her to send her hoof through the boat, and 1n ao tostant the boat filled, and aft went down, with the exception of one boy, who clung to the rigging. ; Dublin has, as yet, escaned a visit from the cho- lera. It is, however, prevalent in Belfast and seve- ral towns in the North; and it has, within the Jast few days, gone in a southerly direction te Kil- kenny, Rose, &c. : Some few nights ago, a fire broke out in the house of Mr. Read, flax and rope manufacturer, of Thomes street, which consumed it, together with three of the adjoining houses. The conservatives ot Dublin have applied fora yeceiver under the Coart of Chancery, to be placed over the Corporation estates, to restrain the Corporation from farX¢r paying away any of the rents, on the plea ot Msappropriation of the pipe water rents. Eminent connee! have been re- tained on both sides. A motion will be decided upon to-morrow, by the Master of the Rolls, as to ‘whether an injunction should issue or not. Tam happy to inform you that tillage is progress ing in Ireland very eatistactorily. Accounts are daily received, that a large breadth ot potatoes is being planted. The sowing has commenced much earlier than usual, owing to it being the peveine opinion that the early crops eacaped, last year, | much better than the late ones. Several large tracte, however, in Connaught, are lying idle, and no appearance ot their being cultivated this year. Fash for March. [From La Belle Assembles.) Pestic Promenave Daess —Black velvet red- angote ; the corsage made quite up to the throat, tight to the shape, and moderately pointed at the 8 trimmed with a peleriae revers of black deep over the back and shoulders, and gradu- ally sloping to a point as it reaches the poiat of the corsege, where it meets; black lace robings, de- ascending down each side ot the front, narrow at the top, and widening as they approach the bottom. Tight sleeves, terminating in the horse-shoe form, 80 as to display the cabric under-sleeve. Deep | blue velvet chapeau; the brim, rather deep, is belie” the interior with coques and brides of | velvet ribbon to correspond. The exterioris deco- rated with black lace disposed in druperies, partly on the brim, partly on the crown. Cashmere shawl, a blue ground and rich border in rosaces, finished with party-colored fringe. Morning Drees.—Green satia robe ; the corsage high at the back, and opening in front ia the form of a Vtothe midale of the breast; iadecorated with a lappel bordered with tour rows of narrow black velvet ribbon ; they diminish as they descend to the rounded point of the corsage, where they meet the trimming of the troot of the skut, com posed of three bands of narrow velvet ribbon at each side, attached upon a continuation of the lap- pel. Long tight sleeves. Cambrie chemisette, and manchettes—the latter boullone, Chapeau of rore-coloured velours epingle, 1 rousd mode- rately open shape, the interior immed with brides to correspond, and the exterior with adonble tall of Honiton lace encireliog the bottom of the crown, and descending on the brim. Bata. Drxss Pink crape robe, over satin to eorrespond ; a low coraaue, deeply pointed at bot- | tom, and trimmed round the top with a fall of very | deep black lace; itis looped in drapery on the | shoulders, and in the centre of the back and breast with bouquets, each composed o* three rosea with afew buds. Very short sleeve, and chemisette, beth of white crepe liste. There are three skirts; the two upper ones form draperies, bordered with black lace, and looped by bonquets of roses. The hair—dressed in soft bands, and a full knot at the back—is decorated with » black lace lappet; it 1s looped on each aide by a tutt of ses; the ends descent on the throat. i} Soin ae a | , From }om be; mer, Nov. + 8. aber and able article appeare in the Friend 4ndia, in defence of the policy of Lord Hecdinge! and in tavor of the annexation of the Puojaub.— With the former portion of the speculation we con- cur—with the latter we altogether disagree. Our former tellow combatant, the Hurksrw, bas on this eccarion taken up the cudgels im favor of annexa- tion, and explains, of course quite justly, taat tne present case is widely diff+ent trom those of con- ques's involving om our part the guilt of bad faith or jonesty; and that, so far as it appears, we may on the present occasion extend our dominions to the banks of the Indus without injustice We have no objection to assume, for the sake of argu- ment, the hypothesia of our cetemporary; we ace knowledge no creunds of advantage which can ex- cure dishonesty; had Scinde been ten timcs as valuable as tie land of the Pharoahs, or were the Punjeub ten thousand times as profitable as Scinde was ever represented to have beea, the circum- ee by itselt gives no right to the seiaure of either. But it 18 not on thie ground, but on .the general aversion to that extension of territory which 1s at- tended by a diminution of actual wealth and Strength, that we are averse to see our frontiers advanced by three hundred miles, and pushed up to the base of the mountains. The only substan- tia) reason we have seen ur: for annexation is, that we are afraid of the Sikhs; we never kno.z when they Tray be down upon us; we cannot ‘sleep o’ nights” tor fear they may cross and play old gooseberry on our frontiers: and we cannot en- dure the thought of doubling our sentries along the Sudlej or Beeas, or permitting those te feel uncom: fortable who are on duty there. There is nothing 80 ludicrous as to see Joha Bull pretending to be alarmed ; the most audacious, reck less, devilemay- care animal on earth can nover get up 80 much gravity as to act this part of the play atall; and were any other person to ask him, as Prince Hal did Falstaff, ‘1 say, Jack, wert not thou horribly afeard 1’ the amswer might probably be conveyed by a thundering blow, in resentment ot an imouta- tion so diecreditable. The plea that we are afraid 1, ike that of its being our destiny to extend onr territories, only urged by those who have no suffi- cient reason to adduce in defence of that which is known in reality to be indefensible. It the Indus bounded the limits of human habitation, and all beyond were a waste howling wilderness, where foot of man had never or rarely been, there might be eome reason for selecting thie in preference to the Sutley and the Beeas for our frontier; but a glance at the map will show that from Mithenkote to Attock, und so round to Jullundhur, we should have nearly four times as mach frontier to defend ag at present; and that, too, against a people quite 48 numeroue, fierce, and warlixe, as the Sikhs themeelves, and wko are far better provided than they with a point of attack, or fastneas to which, in case of a reverse, they can retire. One great principle 6f the Hardinge policy was to govern the Punjaub while under our charge, by its own people and alter 1ts own customs, and to defend its frontier by its own troops—kno wing that this couid be done effectually at a mere fraction of the cost at which they could be performed by us directly. Have we any estimate to show that it we annex the Punjaub it will not be @ source of positive loss to ue—that while it extends and weakens our frontier, it will not exhaust our ex- chequer? It ig true that it has been shown that the Sikh troops in certain emergencies are not to be depended on, but the Sikhs form a mere trac- tion of the population of the Punjaub, and there are abundance of true believers quite as well fitted as they are for the formation of an army. [t must, besides, be mentioned, that, though false to us, the Sikhs have acted with equal courage and fidelity against their country’s enemies, and that we have no reason whatever to doubt their trustworthiness in any case where aggression was threatened from without, or disturbance arose trom within, if not amongst their own order. . The idea that extension of territory 1s synony- mous with strength--thut vastitude of area and mu'titude of population 1s identical with national greatness—is one of the most aeperally enter- tained, but one at the same time of the most gross and vulgar, of fallacies. British India might have been twice as strong and wealthy, and ten times as illustrious, had it been half or one-fourth as large as it 18. The most barbarous pewer in Europe has the largest area of territory—Spain and Portu- gal were ruined by the acquisition of America ——Algeria 19 the cankerworm ot France--one of the greatest blessings which could have befallen England was the loss of the ('nited States, In In- dia we have been go incessantly occupied with adding to our dominions that we have had no leisure to attend to what we have got; and no one can travel the country without the pantul feeling arieing that everything around 1s on the decline— that the much vaunted blessings of British go- vernment have, in the main, been acurse to India. While they built cities and temples, dug tanks, cut canals, an’ gave all the nsual manifestations of human activity and enterprise, we have done no- thing. We have neither educated aor Christian- ized the people; and while engaged in dreams of conquest, we have no chance of edueating or Chiistamizing them. Already have all public works been directed to be etopped, in anticipation of the expenses of the approaching campaign; the next thing of which we miey hear may probably be the withdrawal of the railway guaranty by the Court of Directore—the funds of the company being unable to meet the charges in prospect of the new province It cireumstences should arise to compel us to advance our fiontier to the Indus, we must meet the necessity as we best can; we, for our part, cen see no evidence that we shall be required to act on compulsion. How reasonable men should consider that as expedient and desirable which 18 80 SUPE a calamity, we cannot comprehend atall. a LETTER FROM GEN, NAPIER, To Tx Eprror or tuk Lonpon Times: Six:—Lhave juet eeen an article in your paper, containing some observations on a letter te Sir John Hobhouse, published oy me. I’ think some exprestions of min= seem to make you suppose that I doubt the propriety of our conqueriag the Ponjeub. Perhaps my expressions were not so clear as they ought to have been, for [ did not in- tena that any such inference should be drawn.— Therefore, without entering at ull into the causea or accidents of the warn the Panjaub,[ will merely state my view of the general question — Ic 18 this: he Sikhs are warlike, armed, and hostile to the Briueh. This hostility was a matter of noto- niety under Runjeet Singh, whose strong hand alone restrained them from attacking us. When be was gone they soon did so. They invaded us without pretext, and we defeated them on the Sut- lej. Butthis did not abate their hatred to the Bri- tieh. We made a treaty with them, which they broke, and they have again made war, displaying abundant couroge and military skiil. Now, sir, a calm consideration of these facts (with even less experience than we unfertunately have to prove them) will conv nce every man of common eense that no permanent peace can be made with the Sikh nation and ita aative govern- ment. Iaesume thisto be a tact which a0 ene of calm judgment and plain sense will dispute, There- fore, if we abandon the Punjaub, and retire to the leit bank of the Sutlej, we must there make our stand to defend a frontier of some 600 miles, trom Scinde to Simla, divided from the hostile aad powerful Sikh nation by a river every where ford- able to these enemies, though not to our regular armies. Let military mem say what army could defend so exposed and extended a trontier against such adversaries—all plunderers, all ripe tor in- rokds, and not only ready tor border war, but a border war egainst the British alone ; our border population (consisting of Sikhs aleo) being quite as hostile to us as are the Sikhs on the Puojaub side of the river Sutlej, wih whom they are as one people. To suppos ihat our army could do this, is nonsense. It wonid become a perpetual guerilla war. An army of 30,000 men could not do it. Even if such an army could do it, that army would become an insupportable drain upon the finances of the East India Company, aad would in a few years be obliged to retire t-om the Sutlej to the Netbudda andthe Ganges. Could we halt there? Thie que answer: but I will say that to occupy Delhi with advancing etundards was one thing; to hold Delhi with retiring standards would be another thing A retreat upon Deiht would be the firet march to- wards Calcutta, and the power of Nepaul would come down like a mountain torzent ou the flank of our retiring columns; whi'e the Bombav and Ma- dras troope, which occupied the line of the Nei budda, would have the Nizam of Hyderabad io the Deccan, with his 12,000,000 of subjects, bée- tween that river and the capitals of the two presi denciee, without counting the numerous other enemies all round them To abandon the line of the Surlry would be a disgraceful deteat in the eyes of all Asia, aud de- | feat, as all the world knows, is fraught with more donger in [adiathon in Europe. The Angio-lonian army has not a pation to fall back upon (as Earo- pean armies have) for support in cave of deteat We have only the ara, the groans ol the Britons” would again be heard. To remain etationary on the Sule) ie, therefore, I think, impoesible There 18 HO choice but to ad- vance. In that alone we have salety and the hope of future peace There must be not ouly a strong government, but a permaneotly strong goverament in the Panjaub, betore we can be at peace with, and in, that now misernble country Aod newer wi Pative Eastern government permanently strong. We muet, 10 t erthe Paunjauh; or eursounding nations will arise upon us, and our armies wall be overthrown, a» was the host of Pharevh amidst the overwnelming waves of the Red Se! “Bui ys the advocate lor abandoning the Punyuub, * if we advance to the Indus, xod plant mail of January 26th, was ressived at the 20th ultimo. the British standard on the towers ot Peshawar, we shall still have hostile nativny on our frontier.” ton will not pretend to | Not 60. Variousamall tribes inhabit of the Indus, dieunited among themselv. disposed to be friendly and to enter*aia \. with us. Westward eagerly cultivated our frinadabry exe") the plundering tribes of the Cutchee-hille, aoe those we couquered. In short, there woul! be no UDION among the tribes west of the Ladi aud we should command all the passes in our te Torre are 10 or 12 of thege passes through the chain of movntains which run nearly parallel to the right bank of the Indus, from Peshawur to Kurrachee. Through some of these great defiles an army invediog India must comy, witn ail the i plies for its wants. Such an invasion of Iadia must be met upon the [odus, not on the Sutlej. There would b» no King Porus to defend the Punjaub fer us. The email tribes bet ween the mounteine and the right bank of the Ludus are con- temptible, and would find enemies os the left, or Punjaub bank, if they dared to cross the river for plunder; but this would not happen uader our rale it well administered. The inhabitants ot the left bank would become mech and more than ever inimical to those on the right bank Unlike the plains on each bank of the Sutley (inhabited by nearly the same people, and all adverse to the British), those nations on the Iudus would b friendly to us as our subjects; but they must be well treated, for all depends upon the way in which they are goverved. I speak of the poor, for no Sirdars, or nobles, are, or ever will be, favor- able to us. It is impossible. {n short, our posi- tion defending the lett bank of the Sutlej, aad our pesition detending the lett bank ot the ladus, are as different as black and white. The first ia searcely possible ; the last isa matter of no difi- culty. ‘The firet will demand a large army and bs = vast unmitigated expense; the last a small army, and no expense atall. The enermons revenueset the Punjaub will farmore than cover the expense of ite conquest and occupation. I know this tonto be true. The revenues of Sciade Id have covered all ita expenses, were it not for the neceseity of keeping a large force in that province because of the threatening state of the P iajanh. When the Punjaub 1s ours Seinde will more than cover the he of its own government I re- peatthat both Scinde and the Punjaub willin a reasonable time more than cover the necessary ex- penses of their occupation, if the governments of those countries be properly administered. Finally, sir, let me explain why I said that the Punyaub would be more troublesome than ever after the conquest, if troops be not kept ready to move rapidly. My reasons are these, tha’ no hostile na- tiors can be subdued at once. They are firet taught to feel that their conquerors are their mast» rs a the field of battle; and then that these strangers are just, kind-hearted, and fiithful in all their deal- ings— msking no disunction between the con- querors and the conquered, as to justice bet veen man and man; and, thirdly, that they tike fewer taxes from the conquered than the previous go- vernment took. These conciliatory measures place the people in a state of transit between bar- bariem and civilization; and it must be ex- pected that, during this state, there will be rest- ee men, and accidents that will produce ots- contentand risings and difficulties. These diffi- culties must be at once suppressed by arms. A mob in the Pupjaub could not be dealt with by the coa- stable’s stuff ; and as to specials, Shere Singh aad Gholab Singh ard Moolraj were ali at first em- ployed as “special constables” = What I meaa ia thie, that for the first few years of our occupat:on of the Punjaub there must be emai! moveable columas, well equipped and rea¢y to march rapidly upon any hestile body that may assemble and be toe stron: for the civil power—namely, the collectors bt their assistants, who must be supported in the ex- ercise of their functions by a powertul well-armed police, suchas I formed in Seinde. and which tor six years has acted perfectly ; so well that [ do not re- collect a single instance in which the military were ever called in, and the police have always been assisted by the peasantry. : Whether the public will hold the opinion that it 18 necessery to conquer the Punjaub, er, on the contrary, think that we shou'd allow our arms to be dishonored by the insults we have there suff-red from the Sikhe, I cannot tell. I have nothing more to do with India, and the only apology [ have to offer for intruding this long letter on the public is, that I believe our retreat from the Puaiaub would now be disastrous in the extreme to Eag- land, and a blot upon these arme to su: a the honor of which so many of our best soldiers have Jately ched their blood in that country. That this blood may not have been spiit in vain ta the hope f, si C Narime, of, sir, your obedient, ; Cheltenham, Feb 20. Lieutenant General (From the Loagon tunes, h 5.) The Danish government has, as we had antici- pated, given formal notice to the Court of Berlia that the armistice of Malmo shall expire oa the 26th of this month, and that the Danes are not dis- posed to extend the duration of that temporary convention beyond the period of seven mouths, for which it was originally concluded It ts to be hoped that since the term of the armistice 1s now fixed, and the labors of the mediating agente are therefore confined to a defiaite period, the result of their exertions may be, at least, the preliminaries of peace; and thiaexpectution is encouraged by the mollified tone of the last communications ema- nating from the governments beth of Daamark aod Prussia. It 19 sufficiently discreditable to the authors of this unfortunate dispute, and to the parties who ventured to mix themselves up with it, that six gut of the seven months for which the armistice of the 26th of August was concluded, eheuld have elapsed without any strenuous effort to setile the controversy. The stace of Schieawig has continued throughout the winter to be deplo- rable. The passions and disaffection culled forth by this war have lasted with undimiuished vio- Jence 1 the truce. The charges imposed hy this state of armed and uncertain peace,on the fiaances of Denmark, are exceedingly onerous, and there 18 litde prospect of any adequete comp: nsation to her a the rights which have been menaced and invaded. It is, Lowever, vain to regret the time which has already been wasted For all practical purposes three days are as good as seven months in such a negotiation; and asthe Prussian Minister 1a this country 18 armed with full powers, it reste with him 10 sescue his country from the very embar- Tassing position in which it has been placed by the German faction in Schleswig, and by the Ger- man radica's. The declaration of Deomark tor the termination of the armistice, and the attitude of the Northern powers, are significant intima: tions that this question must now be eettled, and the German party have established no case, either by argument or by arms, for anveriering: at all be- tween the King of Denmark and his subjects aorth of the Eyder. The judicious course will be to drop claims which it 1s impossible to support, and which have only been raised by mis'epresentation and excited national feelings; for the case 1s one which edmits of no concessions of territorial right, the authority of the King of Denmark being in Schleswig complete and indefeasible. All shat the cabinet of Copenhagen, like that of Naples, re- quires, ia to be let alone within \ts own domin- lone; and setting apart the enormous quantity of declamation and indiscreet pledges to which the occupaticn of the Duchies by German troops has given rise, there ig nothing in the matter which any two well intentioned ministers could not art- tleia a quarter of anhour. The qnestioa of suc- cession, which is the only intricate part of the case, is not now open, and has not been seriously raised; and in all other respects the riuhts ot the present King of Denmark in Schleawig and Hol- stein are precisely whut those of his father were since 1815, and they are as little open to conten- tion as the rights of any soversign in Europe. Prvssta.— We have received advices from Berlin to the 24th Feb. M de Bonin naving perempto- niy declined the Ministry of Finance, the office has been conferred upon M. de Rabe, a privy councillor of the finance department. The Bran- denburg ministry is therefore compiete, and con- siste of the tc llowing members :— Presidert of Council, ++.» Count de Brandenburg. + Count de Aroim, M de Mantenfel. « M van der Hoydt. + M de Rabe . M de Riat-ln. . General de Strotha, bo M. de Led . de Ladenberg. Secretary or Stile for his functions, and the E Pabiio Education " Count Biilow, Under AL a Abed ao) f acting Minister of Finance will return to his post at the head ot the Board of Taxes as <eeesiressmcemntypcaiaeniecins Tux Roman States —The Atha, of Florence, ot the 17th, gives the composition of the new minis try of the Roman Re, ic, a8 follows :-- Sovrt. ‘sorident of Rome, The Minister of Foreiga Affairs is not yet named. Saxony. —The new Saxon Ministers are— M Held, Premier, Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs ad interim; M. de Beust, Foreign Affairs; M Ehbvenetein. Finance; M. Welnleg. Interior | M. de Butlar will remain at the War-office un- til @ euecessor can be found ; but he mustbs a bold man, or most e1acerely devoted to the crown, et re sear re flice in an mrypelen oe that has to deal with Chambers w are all oppositiea— all left. This ie @ political pheaomenon only to be met with United in Gerruany. e righthank 8, and all lation « So I found it in Seinde ; all those ."? “He Our Albany Correspondence. Axsany, March 31, 1819, Commresioners om Pructve and Plea itnus— in i- Rentrsm—Reply of the Attorney G:neval in the Van Rensselaer Suit. The House bill continuing the Commissiorers on .Practice and Pleadings, in office uatil Apsl, 12850, w°8 defeated im the Senate to-day, by the following we ? Me . Bstts, Fox, Frost. Geddes, 8. 1 P Hol What Howey, Suit, Tambo "Wasies Wikin.—Total. 1 Navs—Merere, Bond, bYOwneOn, Clark. Coffin, Cote, Cott, Cook, Cornwell, Fuller; Johmson, Martin. —Total, The history of this bill is rather curious; it possed the Senate several wees since, and was tent to the House for concurrence ; they aneaded the bill by contmuing the Commuas’oners in office two weeks, and passed it; the Senate concurred Recently the House took up the bill ax @rigiaally parsed by the Senate—coutinaing the Commis sioners in office watil 1850—and pasaed it. The Senate, however, defeated the bill bv the above vote; the Commissioners go out ot office on the firat of April, (to-morrow). An old member of the bar remarked, that it was highly appropriate that they should go out on All Fool’ he anit hrougbt by the State to recover prsses- sion of the Van Kensselear estate 18 progressing, and hasbeen notierd for areamenton the first Monday in April next, at Troy. [ receatly puo- liehed in the Herald, the answer made by the counsel forthe detendant (JC, Spencer) tothe complaint of the Attorney General, made in commencing the suit on behalt of the people. [ now tend you the reply oF the Attorney General to bo answer of the delendant’s counsel. It is as tul- jOws: SUPREME COURT. The People of the State of New York agai P, Van Renss Th at William torr. Charles B Lanving. Whit id plaintiffs, io reply to ¢ wfendan's in thin ni right and title to, and inthe maid | and premiers desorbed in the de ffs in right of their Over the territory of the Ni fore tothe government o; then late colony of New York, A.D. 177 at Briteia and of the m the loth day of July 6, atthe time of the Ameri. Ri said platotitts, Teonlved the ents and profite of the raid a. Wires within the epaos of f mare; they Prevent d from reorlving such rents and prot yy the wrovgful and fraudulent reoeiot of the an sole! by the defendants, or those claim, without aoy right, or title. to the came in the enid defendant AL JORDAN, Attorney General. City and County of Albany, ss.— Aabrose L. Jordan: Attorney General:f the State of New York. aad act ing for the plaintiffs in t action, briag duly sworn, eays that the sever ant forth 10 the foregoing reply constitute be believes, the true under whom thay lid color of ticle, srcunds upon which the revera! matters eet forth ia the defendants’ anawer, and hereio above cefurred 60, are to be ovntroverted, rebutted, and avoided AL JORDAN, Sworn before me, &o , P. W. Writs. Com of Dads, Thia answer was served upon the defendants’ counsel without a proper verifieatton, whereupon they tranemitted the following note to the Attor- ney General :— SUPREME COURT. > The People of the S.ate of N.w York against Wm. P. Van Rensselaer, Chas. B Lunsing, Andrew White Jon adams ond others—Sin: { ouavet receive the left at my officr, purporting to bea of the defendants in the above net verified as required by the ractice and Pleadings. (Code, seo. 133.) I mabe no objrotion ivipg it on the ground of its am willing te recive a reply, time before 9 P. Mi this day, Dut not after that time. W. W. FRO CHINGHAM, Attorney for Defte. It is supporea the Legislature will passa bill to release the Attoroey General from the difficulty in which he has become invo'vel; they will have either to pass an ex post facto law, or the State At- tormey muet commence the suit anew, Boston, March 26, 1849. Ship Building m Mussacrusetts, &c. The numerous expeditions for California which have leit Boston and the other ports of New Eag- land, coupled with an aavance in freights, have created a demand for shipping, consequently most of our ship-builders have plenty of work on hand. In ovr immediate vicinity, Mr. D. M’Cay has two ships on the stocks, one nearly ready for Jaunching, and the other nearly in frame. Me. Samuel Hall has just launched a bark of about 400 eps, named the Hazard, intended forthe South American trade. She is 122 feet lony, 27 wide and 13} deep, and is built entirely of oak from the shoe to the rail. Her decks and bulwarks are the only pine inher. She 1s the only vessel entirely ot oak that has been built here for twenty years ; but she 18 altogether too heavily sparred. Her forerrast is 62, maia and mizenmasts exch 664 teet long ; fore maintep masts 38, topgallaat, royal ard skysail masts of one spar 46 teet ; and the yards on the tore and matnmasts are alike, viz.; 66, 46, 87,27. and 17 feet square, and are stout in proportion to their length. Although a very pretty vessel, the queer manner in which she is sparred renders her an attraction ia nautical cur- cles, She is owoed by John L. Gardaer, of Salem, and is commanded by Capt. Audrew Bar- slow, Besides her Mr. Hall has three other small ves- selson the stocks Iu Medford Mr. Paul Curtis hae two vessels in had, one owned by. Benj. Bangs, a_weulthy ana liberal merchant, aud the other by Win. F, Weld & Co. Meests. Lapham, Taylor, Foster, and most of the other builders in Medford, have contracts. In Newburvport, Portsmouth, Bath, and most of the * Down Enst’” the ship-yards are all alive. Capt. R. B. Forbes hus jst published a pimphlet entitled “A new rig for Ships and other Vessels, combining economy, safety, and convenience.” The ng which the pamphlet describes hag been aleady tested in the auxiliary steamship Massa- cheetts, barks Edith and Samoset, and in every one of them has been found to be ail that its in- venter anticipated. It consists of haviag long lowermast heads, with topsails on each topmast, one on the doublings of the mast, and the other above it; also of having the fore yard of the same fize asthe maintopeal yard, the foretopsail yard the same the matntopysliaut yard, and 89 on upwards, and the crosgyack yard the same as the foret: pgeliant yerd, &. By this arrangement the bedy of the canvats will be in the centre of the hip, and, with the exception of the main yard, all the others can be rendered available tor any of the masts. This, though a great advantage, is surpas-ed by the manner in whicn sail can be car- ried in stormy weather, and the ease with which it can be shortened. The topsaila and matntoy- gallant sail bave each only a single reet, which can be taken in easily; and it the weather be squally the upper topsails can be carried to the lust minute, and then clewed up, which at oace puts the ship equal to one of the old rig under double reefs. When the squall biows over, the upper topsaila can be re-set and carried again es before, aud all this without calling all hands. ‘The bark Samovet, in a veyage round the globe, never called all hands toreet or shorten sail. The watch on deck coud do anything with her. fam a firm believer io the supertority of this rig over all others for the Atlantic trade, and theretere re- commend it to the notice of your nautical readers Capt Forbes, in his pamphiet, promises to fur- nish those who wish to adopt hisrig, with the requisite dimensions, &c., tree of charge. No man in New England has done ¢0 much to im- prove the building and rigging of ships as Cup- tam Forbes, and no man is held in higher es- timation. Tue Cnorera at THR Wrst.—The steamer Yorktown, arrived at Louisvi le on the 27th ult, had nine deaths on board daring the trip. The mer Albatross, arrived the same diy, lost five gers. A telegraphic despatch received uisville frem Evansville on the 27th ult., says that Capt J Whipple, of the Bavker Hul No. 3, died on the boat juet above Vicksburg, on the trip trom New Orleans up. The deathe at St Lome, for the week ending March 19, were 94, of which 24 were by cholera. Ten cases ot the latter were reported during the week, in which the patients had recovered or were convalescent. ville Wrig of the 24th ult., says that severat cures of aholera bad occurred there, but only one death The steamer George Washington, arrived at Louisville on the 26th ult, had thirty cases of cholera op board, among her deck patsengers, forergners ; but nearly all had tecovered or were convalescent. Three Germans had died, and one was landed at Montgomery Print in a dying con- dition, The steamer Belle Key, arrived on the 24th ult., lost three of her pascengers during the paceage. At Jeflereon barracks, from the 15th to the 19th of Mareh, 27 deaths trom the disease had occurred among the troops, Cor, Fremont.—lntelligence has been received frem this enterprising officer up to the last of No- vember. He wsa then at Puebla, on the Upper Arkeneaa, trom which it was his intention to take anew and direct route for the Pacific, midway between the twomoat travelled. After completiog thie survey across the continent, he will be able to determine the most practicanle route tor the pro- d t national .— Glascow ( Affe.) Bawner, eT Our Buffalo Correspondence, Borraxo, March 30, 1319. Opening of Navigation om Lyke Erte—The En- largement of the Erve Ounul— the Weather, &e. Business at the different docks of this great commercial port, begins to present a lively appear- ence. Carpeaters, painters, caulkers, and others, sre all busily engaged in fisishing the repairs of the many diflerent steamers which are moored at the wharves. Every thing at present iadicat-s that ap immense amount of business will be done in Buffalo the commg season. The opening of pavigation upon Lake Erie may now be consider- ed near at hand, asthe steamer Sultana arrived from Detroit yesterday, and came within four miles of thia city, but in consequence of the restot the ice being rather strong, she had to ow hack aud land her passengers and treight at Point Al- bino, » distance of about eight miles trom Buffato; at is thought that three or four days more will weaken the ice so that it will rapidily disupprar, and no doubt some of the Chicago steaners will leave here by the middle of next week. The Suitana of which U have fbefore spoken of, brought abont 150 passengers from D-troit, aad the fare tor each person and baggage was ten dol- Jars, which was certainly quite @ profitable trip, but as soon us the navigation 1 tree and clear, the fare will be as low as $2 50 perhead. The steam- er Detroit also arrived, and botk the above steamers advertised to leave Point Albino to day, at 12 o'clock tor Detroit. The enlargement of the Erie Canal, between here and Black Reck, is fast progre: and a large number ot men are still employed t, and since the ret, they have worked quite peacabdly, They expect to have it completed by the !5th of April, the day appointed to let in the water. The weather here has been quite mild for a number of daye, aua to-day it has been very toggy on the lake. _ The Fioods In the Weat. The Quincy (Ill.) Vag, of the 20th ult » Says: “The bigh water has caused a sudden emiiratio from istands above and below town, and from bottoms on both sides of the river. "The ferr boat , on Thursday. was engaged neatly all day 1 taking families off the islands above, and the Kate Kearney was detuned several hours, on Thursday, in removing families from the islands and botioms below the city, About thirty fami- leg ure thus driven out without a home or Shelter; and in the present scarcity of dwellings in the city, they are compelled to stop where they can fiud it most convenient. From appearances, the present riee ia the river will overtop that of kD perhaps, of aay other season that prece- led it. The St. Lous Union, of the 23d ult, says:— The Illinois is reported falling all the way down; has fullen four feet at Peru. Tae Upper Missistp- pris filing slowly betweea Galena and the Ka- pids. The Missouri is reported by the Julia to e rising at Glasgow, aud falling slowly below that point. Yesterday morning, the river at this point was rising slowly, and it is now. about at a stand. The Lower Mississippi is very high, aod the levee has broken away in plaves, and a great deal of property has been destroyed:” ‘ The Thibedeanx (Ua.) Minerva, of the 2ith ult , “The Lafourche is still receding at this All fe overflow, at least for the fears of at vTesent, have subsided. Sporting Intelligence. OnrransJuckey (ius Racks. — 6ixaaman Counse.— The grand four mile day wan yesterday, and Verifier and Charmer were the competitors for the snug purse of $750, ‘Vhe day was pleasant for racleg. The coa- Aition of the track was particularly flae, while the at- ance far exceeded that of the previous day. whioa, it will be remembered, was reckoned very good (a. deed the number of spectators at the Bingaman Course Yesterday wan as great as we are accustomed to ace at apy of our best meetings. ‘he ladies—“i3od bless "— were there im scores, looking lovely as the bloomed around them, end bedeck- nce of refi rd to say which From the time that the entries were made known. Verifier wan the favorite at odds of four to three sgainet Charmer, and as the time ap preached for jag. the odde increased to two to one en bigher, Thus the betting stood ‘a ped for the bi 4 th length in advenc y atride. g after bia Around to the baok stretch, and this position was not om the stands across the the first mile brought Verier to the strin; abead just an he started. The mile was do: The second mile was rug almost precisely On passing the etring the lly was “n witb the Verifier, and the mile was done juicker—im 1:55" The third mile be fily Kept @ aborter gap bet horse, aod forced bim tl mile in the race. ely ran. herrelf and the rough in 1:5\—the quickest The fourth miie was onterad at an exciting rate of rpeed—it seeming evident that Charm er intended to win the beat, it it wasia her Aa they went along the excitement jocressed. On the back atreteh the filly cavght the horre, and they went several strides “dead locked.” This rained a hearty shout; but it wea notbing to the “noise and sonfusion” which suddenly followed. when the little red jacket was seen. eheoting clesr abead of Verifier! But thin ntate of thinge did not long continue. Verifier, as if viewing this bind of «port ip the light of nemsevee, made a rash at the fiily, and io less time than it takes to write it, out ber down. w there were ehouts from the other tide of the house. and the excitement had eabsidud thoindowitable Belebazzar hed won the beat. of the mile, ‘ hor bim the race, Betting. which bad oe: start. wae row revived, and one to horee wan freely proffered. In the proposition was accepted —t! thar Sccond Heat.— The start was fair— Verifier a length ine nee. Im this positicn the first mis was do: in 2:06}¢. The 2d mile fi except in thme— (1:573¢ little more excit believe, VeriGoators” were ated im the race, and re ensured quite a reneation with the hundreds of betters, Charmer stuck to the gelding like @ leach, and was oply besten out at last balfs length. Tis mile oceu- pied 1:53 ; the heat 7:62. The following 1s the sua. ary :— Faipay March 24.1849 —Purse $750—four mile heats, W J Minor'sch g. Verider, by imp. Belshazzer out of imp Britennia—6 y. o.—107 lbs—| Bill Dinsmore) ..... seeseseesce ld 1 D_F Kenner'e(T. B, Patterson's) bf Charmer, by imp Glencoe, out of Betsey Malone—4 y. 0, THT vos ging “ppg a | Time, iM 7:53 New Orleans Picayune, March 25. Political Intelligence. John Calboun end William B. Cartman are the onn- didates for Mayor of Springfield. Illinois. Joveph Forter te the whig candida od Jamen G Barry the democratic candidate for Mayor of St. Louis, Mireouri. Alexavder Little is the whig candidate for Congress in the 3d district of North Garolina. Naval Intelligence. Married on the 2uth uit , at Aubaro, near Natohes Mien., by the Rev, Jos B. Stratton, J.J Pringle, U.S. Navy, of Charleston. 8. C., to M Dr. Stephen Duncan, of Natche: fa L., daugh! General Sess ons. Before the Recorder and Aldermen Hat 1 Avni 2,—The following tried thie term :—Arsop, 1; attempt to Bill, 1; robbery. grand Jarceny, 13; recoverin; ing goods by falre prete: ; conspiracy, 2; bigamy, 1; Indicted, 12; bastard ital. 40. There not bei a saficient number of grand jorors " bad been summoned as petit jurors, wore fined $25 euch, 10r Don attendauce. Grand Larceny.— A reepectadly attired fem: one of thet unbappy and fil-tated class of yarns erewd our privcipal thoroughfares, ed North war indicted for stealing, on t! ‘h of Janual Jest, the eum of $33 at s house of assigastion com rtreet, it appeared that the , who bed # etreet, about midnight, on the after baving visit perron seamed William North, who ccountable for the alleged offer ce. T tried already, and twelve men hed hesite' 10 convict the acoused upon the testimony of euch a men ar Smith, The Distaict Atronwar replied. He submitted that it was the duty of the jury to copvict. The wae om of thone cares w viotio ret \mpelenment, a the Penitentiary The powder mill at Brighton, N Y., wes blown @ a fow days sin: a named Ross, killed. itis Commor Council, ™M a- . io sh Aldermen Franklin, the President, in apehe, minutes of the previous meeting were read ond tei ange his resigua- rman Grey, Alexander ppointed a Commissioner Bimounly » the vacancy The resignation of Alfred Ww. ‘ate! of Deeds, toa T was reocived as a ppointed to fill the asioner, and Eugene 3, scancy Hetstion. of John C. elips. Referred ‘Omatrell and others, for lease of ‘om rapa ps from the construction Spparatus for heati \- ment Referred to commit! siadiiliaes mane Petition of James Drake thers. to have Brows. way, between 23d and 334 streets, lighted with ga Granted. Also, of Joshua S. Powell and others, tohave 4b strevt lighted wih gas. Referred. Petition ot Joho L. Brown for lease of Pier No. 12, East River. Referred. Sewer— A petition from A. S. Peters and others. for a 8th otzeet, form No. 379 to the Kast River. Petition of Messrs. Grinnell, Mintarn & Co. for lease Of the east siderf Pier No. 20,and the wost side of Pier No, 19, East River. Referred, Petition of E. T. Backhouse, for the lease of slip bo- ‘ween Piers Nos. 20 and 21, to be used for a ferry. Referre Alms Houre for the better grinding of the fewerve + flavia from the Governor, bas been signed by bim ; and offered that the clerk of the mavel notice that for ir adoption oF rejection at C) to be held om the 10th ee adopted ela Report of the Croton Aqueduct committee, in favor pod Bersnene Saunt leta at the sum of $4000, adjoining the receiving reservoir, at the 85th sireet and 7th avenue Adopted. ee sree Report adverse to the petition of Robert Merkls, for @ lease of O:d Slip for ferry purposes. Adopted. Report of the joint Committee on Charity and Alme, in rela to the introduction of Croton water on Randall's island, and the completion of the buildings thereon erected. Adopted. Sewer —Report in favor of constructing a sewer in Suffoik. Hester. and Division otreets, to conmest with the sewer tn Jefferson street. Adopted. Report in favor of concurring with the other board fer the con truotion of awning posts, and that «ho same be prorerly braced from the building, in a secure nd safe tuner, under the direstion of the Street Commirsioner, Adopted Report in favor of paying the Manhattan Gas Com- brid ied forty-six lamps lighted, omitted tobe oharged. opt Report in favor of deepening Peck alip, betwen pie No “apd 35 Kast River. Conourred in with the otber board Hudson River Rail Road.— Report in favor of leasing the market-bowse and blook of ground bounded by Warhington and Went streets, and Canal aad Hobo- hen etreets, to the Hudson River Ratiroad Co {or @ parsenger depot, for the term of ten y firet of May, 1649,4: the reat of $2500 pei payabie quarterly, Mdopted, Resolutiongby Alderman Mavwanp, that all the wooden awning porta between Mercer street a Broadway, in Canai street onthe northerly aide, be Temoved, asthe same are unsightly and dangero Adopted Resolved, That the espeoial supervision of the Cor- poration Library be contided tu the Cierk of the Com- mon Council. Adopted. Presentation of Books.—Alderman De Fonnest pre ented to the Common Counoil, for the Public Livra- ry, the following wo: Malta Brun's Geography, & volumes; Merrhall’s Colonies, 1 volume; Jrff-rsoa's Works, 4 volumes; Debates, Ist session 23d Congress, Lvolume; Woodfail’s Junius. 2 volumes; New York Daily Tribune 8 vols.—Acorpted Printing the New Char. charter juct passed the Legislatui ived ld amon Co unoll gt o the same be submitted to the people esolved, That the nd to be voted for at the ensuing election, be published fa all the pepers in the olty, the $20 ¢ paper, ‘Ibis resolution brought forth a long Mon reepeoting the expen on mon Council on the 6th of February donation to the “Home for the Friendless,” aad‘ Home for dircbarged Privoners;”” « donation of $500 w: granted to one and $700 tothe other This pratse- worthy act bis honor the Mayor rent back to the board vetoed, with bis reasons for so doing ‘This veto honorable body deemed to be uncalled fe tion of Alderman Maynard, it was ag the board, and passed Unanimously The bosrd tren adjourned until next Monday evening at 5 o’elock. Potice Intelligence, A Burglar Caught in the sict —A notorious thief called Mark Morrison, alias George Thompsin, aiias George Banta, was arrested on Sunday evening, on cba ge of burglary, under the following ciroums ances: It appara that oir Fietoher, proprietor of the Baxsur, ecrner of Authony etr Broadway, visitud nis store. on Sunday evening, about 70 ig the door, he discovered two mei on being discovered heir escape, gave an alarm aod look of the sta ward, © Ward Station House. several fences and wal crorred Broadway. » caped On searchingthe © pippers’’ and a chisel we'e found, impli Durglars The “ pippers’ were the iratrum enter the store, as the dooron Ant! locked from the inside, and the key ‘The “nippers" were then applied to the key. avd the look turned back, and thu 3 obtained an entrance. The thieves, on entering t atere. closed the door after them aud would hava mado @ clean rweep of all the valuables in the store, had it not been for the accidental appearance of Mr A portion of the jewelry taken hy the thiev found im the eink in the yard, where It hed beem thrown by the rogues in their flight ‘The accused wae commit. ted by Justice Lothrop ror a further heating Arrest of a Burglor —On Sunday night, Officer Nor- ris, one of the Cnief's atd: ied & young man by theSame of Jam:s Hopkins, attas John Williams on a bench ‘ent issued by the Court of Sessions, whereia he etands charged with committiog @ burglary, by breaking Into the grocery store ia Pearl strat, some few months ago. This young and two othera, were arrested at the tiaiw, or son alter ; aad since been sent to the State prison on the c j and this one was allowe the promise of becoming a witnes inrtead of whicd, he left the city, wad wontto New Orleana, in order by his absence to procure the ac- quittal of bys accomplices. Since hie abse Grand Jury have found @ bill agai upon his return to thiscity th him. The court committea the as Arrest of Counterfeiters and For yerterday succecded in br terfeiters The accused p 2 Rursell aod Wm Oimste her rogue. afier got into the Hospi no down P person of Morriso: who altering genuine one dollar bills Exchange Bank to $5 and $20, and p for bills cf the Jatter denominationns, It ‘appears thi uncer the directions of the Chief of Poligs, the reri- dence of Schoolcraft, eltusted at 547 Hudson atrees, bas been under the watchful eye of several policemen for some time past. and on Saturday Jast a valise feen tobe removed from that houre to No. 541 in the fame rtreet, where Olmstead resided. This womaa, Ellen Rursell. was watched to a place in Bayard etreet, kept by Ann Murphy, on whom she passed one of the altered one dollar bills. purporting to be @ $5, She was siso seen to pass to a Dutch er, oa the Chureb aud Anthony streets, aaotber bill of forged po’ ting these facts, oh on the pretnises of Schoolbrsft where they found « priating press. bilis in the process of alteration, and several copper plates in th the process of forging Che ind are committed F hei Emegrant —A wi f Mary Curboy, and James. her son, were rday, sod ocmmitted by Jastice Lothro; Of stealing 65 ite , boarding at No 12 Grend Laverny— A man by thi Ruweil was arrested yesterday on $27 from Louis Scha'ck. He was Charge of Robbing an Common Pleas, Botore Judge Ingraham Arnit 2.—Albert Woodruff vs. Levi Hart et al tion on promissory note for $200. The that the note war given to plaintiff in bie bavi; lertah. rr. Before Ju Joseph Corson ve. Jas and battery. The parties keep sailor boardi: jm Brooklyn, Th he . io ber, 1647, uj; tbe United States Navy having come each party @Bdeavored to induce the fea to go to Clee Kept by bimeelf; » fight wa the conseyaence and the Tote complaine that be was teriously beaten by de- another man, whe ea aently died. \d the jury found @ verdict for IH Fondant, an There was no defence, plaintiff for $100. United States Circuit Court. Present-—Justion Betts. , by 4 thet he hid re- stating that he foments would be oaures, where the proofe wer per Ti jury were then disoharged, and the court journed. jupertor Court. Before Voirf Justice Oakley. Arai an April term of the sourt comm and a jury 1 Honor adjoura until ten o’elook to-morrow (thie) morning. Court Calendar for This Day. Suranion Couxy — Nos. 14, 17. 23, 81, 4, 26. 37, 88, 80, 421, 40, 41, 42.43. 46, 47, 49 60, 51, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67 66, 69, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66, 60, 65, 69 70 P -Noe. 31 83. 85, 37, ave 47, 49, 61, 63, 65, 87, 60 peed bat Now, 6, 33,84, 88,40," 43, 44, 40, 48, 60, 69, 64, 06, 68, 60.