The New York Herald Newspaper, February 27, 1850, Page 2

a ee The Great Storm in England. ‘WUE DANGER TO THE NEW PACKET SHIP MANHATTAN WRECK OF THE J. P, WHITNEY, BTC., BTC. | From the European Times, Feb. ®) _ ay On Tuber night and Wednesday morning, Li- verpool and its ueighborhood was visited by a storm evly inferior in intensity and duration to the great storm of 1889. In exposed situations the houses | roeked to and fro like cradles, for even wolbshel- | tered dwellings which stood shoulder to shoulder | with their companions, like a phalanx of soldie re | were shaken (o their foundation ee eee | f vest, the crash of broker teens of tae tempest fragments and of Sake a | pavement, caused no small terror to wae oo tne yuo, bo doubt, had their fears € hanced by the recoliection of the ape everal previcus hurricanes W. i eam od has been viewed. Many leit their beds in dread of falling ohieaney stacks or broken ‘and others were driven therefrom by the ef- on their windows; panes’ the pressure with appalling noise, and, m some instances, whole window frames being smashed in, leaving the tempest to how! through the passages and apartments with a ehilling bee ence and distresswg effect on the ine mates, which none can understand saye those who have been subjected to such discomforting visita- lions. Signboarde and shatters were broken from their fastenings, lead stripped from the roofs of houses, walls overtumed, and bricks blown from the tops of chimneys In one of the windows of Trinity Church nearly every pane -was broken. Shortly atter six o'clock a chimaey was blown down over the Crooked Ballet, in Exchange street East. It feil upon the roof, whieh happily was | strong enough to resist the weight of the Lstoks precipitated upon it. Many of the houses in the | neighborhood of the North Shore have sufiered | considerable damage; and the marine villas in the loewty of Boole Tey have all of them been 1ajur- ed in some degree by the violence of the siorm. Most of the suburban villas, and numerous houses and seats im the country have suflered more or less dumege, and the furious assaults of the tempest on and the noise of their At heltenham shattered, of the hotels suffered c pinnacle on the eastern side ror Okra was blown > and, h the roof, broke in its way the tiles works and the panelling of the ceiling. f Her Majesty’s steamship Onyx was wrecked off | sympathised with the refugees. It was an out- Ostend rae on the treaties with Turkey to keep the forces of Russia in Dapubien principalities when the warfare ceased. ‘The government of this country haa mtended, not only on J gon nag of justice, but from motives ot interest—for every statesman was aware that Russia was bent on great strides into ovr eastern empire—to take steps to frustrate the attempt of that power to injure other | pre= peraieny, to obtaining a ready possession of British india. The appearance of a British s’eet in the Derdanelles had the effect of conta, them to abandon their designs; but there was no doubt but the attempt, at some convenient opportunity, would be renewed; and he would, therefore, adviee that a vigilant eye be kept on all theirmovements, The noble lord resumed his seat by submitting the mo- tion of which he had given notice. Lord Patmerston begged to assure the noble lord and that house that the government, on every occasion, Were most anxious to give the fullest in- formation on the subject of Hungary and the ex- tradition question, that layin his power; bat, coasi- dering the wide sco; the motion in its present shape—that it would be nec to publish the communications from various foreign governments which it would be exceedingly injudicious to pub- lish—he hoped the goverament would be ited Whe British Parliament. THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND'S SPEECH. My Loans AND Curae — e are commande: ry her sty, to assure zoe that her Majesty has great fo. pe in again aving recourse to the advice and her bye roma is Reig lecease of her Majesty n de, has caused her Majesty deep ‘aflliction. The ex- treme charity and exemplary virtues of her late Majesty, will always render her memory dear to the nation. 4 Her Majesty happily continues in peace and amity with foreign powers, 4 In’ the course of the autamn, differences of a serious character arose between the governments of Austna and Russia en the one hand, and the Sublime Porte on the other, in regard to the treat- ment of a cousiderable n r of persens who, after the termination of the civil war in Hungary, had taken refuge in the Turkish territory. Explanations which took place between the Turkish and Imperial governments, have, fortu- nately, removed any danger to the peace of Eu- rope whieh mught have arisen out of these dif- ferences. Her Majesty having been spreeled to on this oc- casion by the Sultan, united her efforts with those of the government of France, to which a similar appeat fad been made, in order to. assist, by the employment of her grod offices, in effecting an imtcable setilement of those differences, in a man- ner censistent with the dignity and independence of the Porte. Her Mejesty has been engaged in communica- e of which would not prejudice the public service and the relations subsisting between this and foreign countries. Last year, when the subject was be- fore the house, he had fully stated-his views, and he believed these views were reciprocated by all but the unanimousjvoice of the British people, and which wns very creditable to their name. | Tt was in his power to state that the governmeat of Russa detached and unsheltered houses in the country caused eatreme anxiety and terror to the inmates of such residences. | A sloep, the Duchess of Kent, sunk while mak- | ing an efiort to reach the Nelson Dock. ‘The few | ne on board, includiag a female, were saved | y the active exertions of boatmen ‘Tug steamers went down the river during the | day, at several times, each having in tow a life- | boat, all of which did good service, saving the crews and passengers of several vessels. One of the quarantine hulks, the Akbar, was | driven from her moorimgs, off the Rock Ferry, and is stranded on what is called “The Devil’s Bank.” At eight o'clock, a fore and aft rigged schooner, maimed ihe Sailor's Home, and laden with stone on | Perch, having oo her must a flag of distr: The Magezive life-boat put off to her assist ¢, Seeing ber sinking, and succeeded in rescuing those on | The schooner soon after sank. She was | with stone tor the public works of the town. | ‘The telegreph made known the distress of the | Diana, of Waterford, a screw steamer, which | grounded on Burbo Bank. The life-boat carried aecount of the Corporation, hove round the Rock Off the crew and passengers. | Several vessels dragged their anchors, amongst them the Manhattan, of 1,400 tons burthea, which She is a beautiful frigate looking ship, built much after the model of the ill-fated Ocean | Monarch, and commanded by Captain W.. ¢ Backstafi, a gentleman well known on the stat! She appeared tor many hours to be in jeepardy of running agamet the sea-wall between the landing- stage and the Albert Dock wall. Luckily, she held on by two anchors, after great exertion by the captain end crew. Captain Hackstaff being ea shore at the commencement of the storm, lost no time in selecting ten stout riggers, with whom he embarked im a steam tug-boal, to assist in securing the ship. This was, as before mentioned, a work of considerable difficulty and peril, the sea runuing so high thatthe tug-beat was not able to come alongside the ship, and those who went to her as- sistance had to leap from one vessel to the other and lay hold as they best could; their rtions, however, when on board, were quite successful, | and she isnow moored in safety in the Sloyne. About three o'clock on Wednesday atternooa, the American transit ship, John P. Whitney, Capt. Glidden, ren aground on a sand bank near the en- , tinnce to the Victoria channel, and almost imme- diately afterwards began to break up. She struck three dificrent times on various banks, near Form- by, before she went down. Notwithstanding the gale, the weather was so thick at the time that it ‘Was impossible to get a pilot on board. The crew endeavored to save themselves by launching their life beat, but, on account of the heavy sea ragning | at the ume, she was swamped before anybody got | on bourd of her. The men (about twenty-four in number,) together with eight passengers, betook thenvelves to the ehip’s two boats, and were after- wurds picked up by Captain Webster, of the John Bull tog steamer, and landed at this port in safety et seven o'clock on Wedaesdey evening. The | John P. Whitney was anew vessel, of 797 tons » (this being her secoud voyage to this d belonged to Mr. Glidden, ‘of Philadel- was ladea with grain, flour, Indian \e., the whole of which willbe lost. She sured, but to what amount we could not as- o. On Thursday the captain, mate, and ber of the crew, went out to the vessel at 7 k m the morning, in the John Ball steamer. ‘he sea Was so heavy that the steamer could not get sufficiently near to see the condition of the vessel. The steamer made a second trip at twelve o’clock, and after getting near the ship, two boats were menned, nnd reached the veesel. It wa found that allthe beams were loose, her decks were wathed off, and she was a complete wreck, cargo floating e in all directions, the steamer huving to stop ber engines to get c of the float- ing erticles. The captain of the Joha Bull, who so humanely exerted himself in saving the crew and passengers of the packet ship, complains that he was refused the use of the Magazine lite boat to grt to the assistance of the poor fellows who were exposed in the two open boats. The Victoria tag boat had twe life boats in tow, going to the north- west light ship, but Captain Webster could not ia- duce the crew of one of the lite boats to accom- pany him, and he proceeded to the rescue of the seamen and passengers without the assistance of me lite boat. ) nx Wednerday, about 12 o'clock, the north- west lightship went edrift, and by the tury of the ale was forced in is towards the edge of the nk. She was subs ly brought up near N. W. spit, where she rode ly. Lieutenant Lord, the marine surveyor, went outside and attempte to get out the duplicat ship, but was unable to do 80, from the state wind aod the heavy fea running. He then eded in the tag-b: to the lightehi found that for all pra d her light bariben, port,) phia meal, was purpores she as usual was unable to speak to the crew on board, sequence of the heavy sea thea running. T gezine |i mat having broken her La weer, and the Liverpool lite-boat baving cast off, they both pro- ceeded to Liverpool, and as there was no other means ¢f reaching the ightehip that night, Lieutea- ant Lord returaed to Liverpool. Yesterday the Marine Surveyor again attempted to take out the duplicate lightship, but ia conse- quence of the heavy sca running it was found im- possible te moor her, and she returned agaia to the Sloyne north west lightship coatiaues in on as before. ¢, Marshall, which sailed hence oa ! for New Orleans, put back y evening, having, during the same por to this port on the late gales, lost several sails. The Kepublic wes off Bardery on Tuesday morning, with the wind W. 8. W., and experienced the heaviest part ot the gale, Tuesday, be- tween Holyhe and. The Re blie parted company with the Fr in (also pond to New (rlexns), off the & ee, on ‘Wedneeday evening All the life-bew of the river were n this side and the other side ive from the commencement of the gale, and w suceeesful in saving lives in Voxioue quarters. | The gale cecms to have been general. The | Morning Chromite ot Thursday saya:—“A tre- | mendes gale of wind, amountiag at times to a | perfect hurricene, of more than twelve hours’ du ration, swept over the metropolis the greater por- | tion of Tuesda night and Wednesday morning. | Its equal in violence has not been experieaced tor years, and a vast destruction of property has taken place. Inall parts of the metropolis we hear of | the destructive eflects of the storm.” {nthe town and neighborhood of Manchester the storm did considerable damage. At Nottingham the storm was introduced by | thunder and lightning. The wind blew in fitful but tremendous guets from the west, with a degree of violence, perhaps never before experienced duriog the present generation in the midland coun thes. Several persons were injured by the falling of chimne At Dublin several large elm trees, which had | stood for @ century in the suburbs of the city, were torn up by the roots. Chimneys were blown down, and the streets were etrewed with slates from off ome athe Victory steamer wae going down to Bris to] Channel on Teeday night laste on her varia } to Waterford, the wind at the time blowing a | a sea etruck her and carried away two ee, and we are sorry to add a poor fellow, | @ soldier in the Hast India hae gy service, was killed, one man had hie arm dislocated, and another was hurt on the head. The steamer, flad. | ing she could not face the storm, put about, and re. turned to port, Amongst other casualties, the result of the storm, | ‘we may notice the destruction gta of the wind. mull at Castleton, Isle of Man he wind got hold | of the smile, and foreed round the mechinery with ech immegee force, that the friction set the mill ved ouly on the morning before from New | purposed very shortly to reduce its force in Molda- via and Wallachia, to 10,000 men; and he was sure that would be satisfactory to the house and the people of this country. {n justice, however, to the Ruesian government, it was but right to state on the eogeel of Turkey to Eng. land, Russia agreed to desist her active armed in- tervention, and an understanding was entered into whereby Turkey engaged to remove the Polish refugees from the Turkish territories. Diplomatic relations between Russia and Turkey were im coa- sequence re-established; and there was every proapect of the diplomate relations of the latter power and Austria being also re-established distant day, although they hed not es rn acompromise. He thought that, in the intricate and diffieult transactions which the question had tions wiih fereign States, upon the measures which moght be rendered necessary by the relaxation of the restrictions formerly oposed by the naviga- tion laws of this country. “ The governments of the United States of America, and of Sweden, have promptly taken steps to secure to British ships in the ports of their respective countries, advantages similar to thosa which their own ships now enjoy in British ports. _ With regard to those foreign States whose navi- gation Jaws have hitherto been ot a restrictive | character, her Majesty has received from nearly | all of them, assurances which induce her to hope | that our example will speedily lead toa great and general diminution of those obatacles which pre- viously existed toa free intercourse by sea between the nations of the world. In the summer and autumn of the past year, the United Kingdom was again visited by the ravages of the chelera, but Almighty God, in his mercy, was pleased to arrest the. proaren of mortality, and to stay this fearful pestilence. Her Majesty is persuaded that we shall best evince our gratitude y Vigilant precautions egainst the more obvious causes of sickness, and an enlightened considera- tion for those who are most ex, to its attacks. | Her Majesty im her late visit to Ireland derived the highest gratification from the loyalty and at- tachment manifested by all classes of her subjects. Although the effects of former years of scarcity ere painfully felt in that part of the United King- dom, they are mitigated by the present abuadance | of food, and the tranquility whic! prove. | Her Majesty has great satisfaction in congraiu- lating you on the improved condition of commerce end manufactures. [t 18 with regret that her Ma- Jesty has observed the complaints which in many parts ot the kingdom have proceeded from the great measure, to the exertions of that distinguish- ed nobleman and diplomatist, that they bad suc- ceeded in bringing the musunderstanding to a set- tlement. He hoped, therefore, that, in the circum- tion would not press it upon the House, but would as they, with any degree of prudence, could give. Mr.C. Anstgy saw no reason, from what oc- curred since the question was before the House t kession, why the whole papers and information sought for should be denied by the gevernment. As the Czar had already broken faith, the asau- tance of the noble lord that she was bent on a re- duction of force was not altogether satisfactory. They had no knowledge or authority from the autocrat that he had carried owt any part of his ia- tention ; se he thought the papers should be forth- coming, and insisted upon by the noble lord who owners and occupiers of land. Her Majesty great- | moved for their publicity. jy laments that any portion, of her subjects should Lord Dup.ey Srvant would be contented with be suffering distress. But it is a source of sincere | such papers as the nobic lord,the Foreign Secretary, gratification to her Majeaty to witness the increas- ed enjoyment of the necessaries and comforts of | life, which cheapness and plenty have bestowed upon the great body of her people. GENILEMEN oF THE House or Commons :— Hier Majesty has directed the estimates for the year to be laid before yon. They have been framed witha strict regard to economy, while the ef- ficiency of the various branches of the public ser- vice has not been neglected. ‘ Her Majesty has seen with satisfaction the pre- sent state of the revenue. My Lorps anv GENTLAMEN :— Some ot the meesures which were postponed at the end of the last session, for want of me for their consideration, will be agein laid before you. Among the most important of these 1s one for the better [acon of the Australian colonies. Her Majesty has directed various measures to be prepared for the umprovement of the condiuion of Ireland. The mischiefs arising from party pro- cessions ; the defeets of the laws regulating the relations of landlord and tenant ; the impertect state of the grand jury acts; and the diounished number of electors jor members to serve in Par- homent, will, together with other matters of seri- asequence, form the subjects of measures to could Jay on the table; but he expected, at the same Pad that the noble lord would produce pa- pers ogg all the subjects mentioned in the motion. It had transpired that an attempt had been made on the life of Koseuth, and he hoped that the noble lord would use every influence to prevent such vile attempts, either on that distinguished person or his fellow martyrs. Lord C. Hamicron said the noble lord had no right to state that an attempt had been made to assassinate some of the refugees. If he knew such to be the fact, he oughtto have come forward ina manly way, and demanded an investigation, and make no asgertions which had no foundation but in the imaginations of those who were his malicious instructors. ne Mr. Cocknurn observed that the motion seemed tohim to imply a doubt whetner the government had done its duty, and regretted that after the ad- mirable epeech of the nobie lord, the Secretary for Foreign Afluirs, last session, that such a doubt as the present should be eutertained. The people of Hungary fought for their venerable constitution, and it was matter of — that in an English House of Commons, an opie gentleman should dare stand up and defend proceedings of Aus- tia. He held in his hand a paper containing a list se m m tied for your consideration. of some of the noblest Hungnriaus, who were exe- Her Majesty has leernt with satisfaction, that | cuted by order of the Austrian } ener, end the measures which have been alre: passed for | he declared thet it was the bloodiest paper which itever had been his misfortune to read. The go- vernment of Great Britain, in such circumstances, should put forward moral efloris to save the up- fortunate refugees from the vengeance of those despotisms of Russia end Austria. He hoped the om pegs would be able to prove that they hed jone 60. Mr. D'Isragii tho the promotion of the public health, are ia a course of gradual adoption ; and her Majesty trusts that both m the metropolis and ia vatious parts of the Unived Kingdom, you will be enabled to make far- ther progress in the removal of evils which affect the health and well being of her subjects. The favor of Divine Providence has hitherto pre- served this kingdom irom the ware convul- sions which, during the last two years, have shaken so many ot the States of the content of Europe. 1c is her Majesty’s hope and belief, that, by com- ht the debate was uncalled for. The history of the revolutions in this country would show that in Bagi |, #8 Well as in Austria, similar atrocities bad been committed ia similar bining liberty with order, by preserving what is | ¢!rcumstances; he might also refer to the valuable, aad amending what ic defective, you will | Wholesale murders which were daily taking place sustain the fabne of our institauons as the je | in Corlee, ent several of the dependencies of Eng- and the shelter ef a free and happy people. land, to show that the conduct of this country was equally doubtful and picious. They should, theretore, be a little ¢ usin speaking of other governments. He was gratified that hon. members showed so much solicitude for the preservation of the Turkish empire; but he could not forget that when in that house he had advocated the integrity of that empire, he had found himself in e minonty, and that by the acts and policy of a liberal go- verpment. * After a few remarks from Sir Di Lacy Evans ond Mr. Grarran, in support of the motion, Lord Dadley Stuart withdrew it. THE LAE NUNGATIAN WAR AND EXTRADITION QUES- TION. Lord Dvpiay Srewarr then rose and submitted the motion ot which he had given notice—for copies or extracts of any correspondence between the British government and the embassies at Con- stantinople, St. Petersburgh, and Vieana, respect- ing the demands of Russia and Austria, tor the extradition of Polish, Hungarian, and Italian refugees; of e@ny correspondence between the government of this country and the govern- ments of Turkey, Russia, and Auvetria on the same subject; of any correspondence between the goverament of this country aad the embeemes at Vienna and St. Petersburg re- specting the late Hunganan w. of any corres pondence between the government of this country aod the governments of Austria and Russa oa the fame subject; copies of any proponal addressed by the late national government of Hungary to the government of Great Britain respecting the adimis- rion of British manufactures and produce mto llungary; aleo ies or extracts of any corres+ pondence between the government of this country and the ambessadors at Constantinople and St. Petersburg, and the consuls at Bucharest and Jas- ty, Teepecting the occupation of the principalities of the Danube by Russiea troops; of any corres- The Giasgew and New York Steamship City of Glasgow. The first half of the nineteenth century will be memorable ia the bistory of the Clyde. Within that space of time, steam navigation will not only have onginated upon our noble river, but will have attained a magnitude, we bad almost said a com- yy which will leave little to be hoped for, at ast, fora good many years to come. e year which has now the last ef the memorable hali century—will witness the estabtishinent of di- oy steam Hoey = 8 oops? ae and great entrepot of the Republic of t est—the city of New York. The honor of this great under- teking is due exclusively to the enterprise of a sine ondence between the government of this count le enginee firm, Messrs. Tod & MeGregor. He) the governments of Turkey and howe Aircady hi aps bel tes Glasgow and New on the seme subject; and copy of the circular | York line a state of forwardness. Its comple- tion and first “ grand start” will form, we need not say, an historical event coonected with this great city, and its growing commercial inte- 8. ‘The City of Glasgow, for such is to be the name of the splendid —, now Tepidly app hing completion, in Messrs. Tod & MeGrego ard, is bailt of iron, and 18 of imposing dimensioas, al- thor her beauty and syn metry apparently detract from her real magnitude. She is a three-decker, of about 1,600 tons measurement over all, and is to be propelled by a screw 13 feet in diameter and 18 feet prteh, which is to be worked by two lever beam en ae of 360 horse power The machiaery, & will all be the decks clear, without encumbrance. The = deck will form a magnificent promenade in fine weather; and in foul weather, the main deck at- poe ample “dg! me , perfectly lighted and ventil ,and protected from rain or spray The total h of the main deck 1s 237 feet, and of Count Neeselirode, dated the 19h to the 3ist dey of July, 1845, addressed to the esentatives of the Russian government at the different courts of Eurepe. In opening his address, his lordship said that Austria had violated and trampled upon the censtitution of Mongary, and had, by her al- terations, entirely changed the tenure aad right of property in ne: he resolutions which were come to by the Hungansa parliament aud the au- thorities of the nation were not only opposed by Jallechich, the Viceroy of Austria, bat were pre- vented from being carried into efleet by the vio- lent convecation of the General Assembly of Cro- atia. The people of Hungary, however, strongly protested against the conduct of this savage gene— ral; and he was at that momeat in the possession of an early copy of the work of a Hungarian lady, (Madame Paleki), whieh wi the prese, and which schemes of the A jer to carry out ry ne object nest the liberty of Hungary. : The noble lord here quoted several "extracts Ne the breadth #4 feet. On each side are ranged the the work in qnestien, detailing the despotic, blo state rooms, len’ sixteen teet in the centre. Tne acts which were perpetrated, and which di height between 9 is seven feet. The accommo- the most part had appeared in the journala the | dation for each yale fe Tis admirable and time of their perpetration. Seeing that Austria had | most complete. She will carry firty-two cabin or first made rch attempts to destroy thei liberties—to | class pareengers, eighty-five econd and feur | Fayed their SS ond prevent — ne eee vane crew, | yd the progress of liberal institations—the yy heere, enginee: warde, sailors, we., tae sol = oe will pr number about seventy, so that ale of Hiungary, had come to the resobrtion that the line of Hapsburg Lorraine should case to wear their rceptre. So far thoee patriots had but followed the example of England when it dethroned the Stuarts i total | of 4 2 of fix esengere have four berths in each; all the others fe for the second because that family had departed from the princi- | ‘ave only two. The state rooms ; ples of the comareians ond had attempted to ine | class passengers have four and eight berths in each. troduce despotiem and arbitrary rule. When the | The state rooms ladies are so capacious that contest was decided on the battle field between the | they may be ae sitting rooms, should they Hopgarian nation and their despotic rulere—and | (hoose to retire from the main cabin. The latter decided, too, by the hordes of Kussia, by the most | 18 rtment of noble dimensions, and will be Sawarrantable interference—the vanquiehed elegantly fitted up, and furnished with a well as- owe E rary. walle will be oT anen of be jt views ces fereet on both eldes of Atlantic. One room is being fitted up as an apothecary’s shop, from which the surgeon will dispense medicines. Near a ~ | this 18 the bat) with, apparatus for pumpin oan as eeiuaiany ft no Finda we toe ~ oF op the ral war trom the Atlantic. In fact, no’ + the Czar, but he had the pretext of being ted been left undone which science and i Meagan open tadigntom alco: | reicneee the passenger hus they sty jat the in open \- r . servile treacherous those uneared for in the construction and fit of this noble ship. a ’ bulk-heada the vessel ig divided into six compart penta, fo that she would float sihoos several of these divisions were filled. She will be fi with six eapacions life-boats, having copper - under the eeate to render them buoyant. Danger to select in reply such portion as the publication of at no et come to given Tie to, that the representative of this coun- try et Constantinople, Sir Stratford Canning, had acted with creditable judgment; and it was, in a stanceg, the noble lord who made the present mo- leave itto the government to give such extracts ¢ laced #0 low as to leave the sweep of professional Carter of Mr. or enient to dispose of wmeideate of elite. ewan mated tie in ear 1802, to Catherime, daughter Rev. Di. Wilson, of St. Andre’ aud secondly, in the year 1813, to Charlotie, * Charles Wilkes, of New York, the well-known A!derman Johan A very ehort time only elapsed after he fixed his residence in Edinburgh, when} his political predi- lections became developed quite on the popular side. Inthe debating Besetles which were then rife throughout many, of the towns of Great 5 be ampl In addition to power, the City of Glasgow is bark mgged, and will carry an enormous press of canvass. uch are a few of the details of the first steam- w and New ¥ The which it has been built energetic and enterpr: icGregor. It is expected th be launched about the latter ead of February, and that she will be ready for sea in about six weeks thereafter. It is a therefore, that she will e leave the Bromielaw, on her first voyage, about | Britain, and, not least, in the metropolis of Scot- the 10th of April. She will make one voyage per | Jand, the solution of the great political problems month, and will thus leave Glasgow every alter- | then at issue was discussed with an earnestnees nate month. and fervor of which the continental ement in Mr. Mat Langlands, of Glasgow, agent | 1548 produced in England but a imperfect there for the Glasgow and Liverpool Royal Steam- imege. The Speculative Society the Select packet Cctiieny has been appointed the manager | Society, in which Lord Brougham and Francia of this line, and_ Mr. Robert Lamont, of Water | Homer took active parts, witnessed also the early street, agent at Liverpool. trials of Jeflrey’s yet immature talents. In the de- - heise of those ,, caiations, ie, eoeches mere ndous Projects Age almost as much distinguie! jiancy of * ——— L pes — bi imagination and felicity of ponent oy as oon the The ok ape shoe eoemas have pred recently | More eluborate and better considered productions edified by an American project for connecting New of his middle age. Many men amonget his rivals York and the Isle of Wight, by a sub-marine elec- ot that pened vommenese pooet weight, mens . vigor, poseibly a more logieal conatitution of mind, Spa telromm +h bs om seem pores whee, but in the quick and acute detection of fallacy, the enterprise and dering on the part of our brethren in the States. If so, we can easily restore their equanimity, tor we assure them that no seheme ever yet conceived, either at Washington or New Orleans, makes any approximation in deur or audacity to a weil-considered and elaborate pro- ae now lying before us. ¢ object of this plan is, to be sure, nothing more nor than of railway; but this line is to connect, ry ect and permanent way, the two stations of Calais and Mooltun. R Allowing a few minutes for the subsidence of the incredulity and bewilderment which such a ogee! will create, even in minds familiarized with the expansibility of trunk lines, and the intre- pidity of projectors, we mey proceed to make the echeme a little more comprehensible. Dafficultie: it 1s said, vamish when you close with them, au perhaps come of those already rising in the reader’s mind may wear a less tormidable aspect when contemplated from a nearer point of view. In it of fact, the distance between England and 9 of a very fabulous and artificial character. It used to be called 10,000, 12,000, or even 15,000 miles. The tame consw in traversing it has varied from nine months to three. Sir Arthur Weilesley modestly stipulated for four, as the limit of the period within which there should be always a steady and constant communication between Ports- mouth and Calcutta. At the present time, the jour. ney from Bombay to Southampton is usually per- formed in some 35 or 40 cares and there seems to be abundance of room for still further shortening the transit, for, atter all, when we look atthe plain facts of the cuse, India is only some tew hundred miles further from us than the United States,though we have come to consider the latter country as lying at our deors, while we still regard the former as one of the uttermost parts of the earth. From Spithead to New York it is 2,820 miles; from Oa- tend to Hyderabad, on the Indus, 1t 1s only 3,805. Most certainly nobody has ever yet looked upon one of these journeys as being only 900 miles van ge then the other: but if the “ Direct Calais and Mooltan” ever comes into operation, the longer will become actually the shorter of the two. Now, let us look at the several stages of this very edifying journey. In the first place, instead of siarting from Calais or Ostend, we may start from Vienna, for up to thet point railway communica- tion may be considered as a complete. From Vienna the line is, or was, actually open to Pesth, but here we are stopped, and the next step, there- | nite variety, acute criticista, and sparkling style of for ~ Ogee AQ = arenty o — ge the lecened! editor, to whose versatile ius scarce- ine southward sien Teed Pedth, through ly any depariment of humana knowledae seemed in- the valley between the Theiss and the Danube, | * ape He jaat noe wore ge ine 5 naiure and principles of taste, ne. yscella- Fes Sanat owe ve Sng ln te neous works of Jonathan Swift, thea the writings of * i - tye Magame de Staei or Sameul Richardson, or Victor of Durkey just by Belgrade. From this, point. to | Alter, and the le of Chnstopher Columbus; then tino] - ea over which the line will run along the val- polis yor CR Re ley of the Danube, pretty nearly to icopol when | Campbell, Scott, Crabbe, Rogers, Moore, Southey, it will make a southward bend to cut the Balkan, | Wordsworth aad Hemans. a succeeding quat- ter, perhaps. he would engege the attention of bia readers with the phil of Reid or Priestly, of Drummond and Dugald art; and with the no- vel wiiters of the age—amonget whom the author of “Waverley” necessarily occupied his pea and stimulated his powers of mvestgation—he dealt by the score or hundred. Notwithetanding which attended the “ the int trations thet took place measure of the English The announcement made 1m Paris, on the 7 instant, of the submission of the disputes have arisen between England and Greece mediation of France, has given great satisfi there. It only remains to be seen whether Greeo will accept of the single mediation of France. When Mr. Wyse and Sir Witham Parker nounced to the Greek government the iq by England, M. Londos, the Greek ‘oreign Affairs, offered to submit the several mands to tbe arbitration of the two other po which 8i the treaty of the 7th of May, 183% onary d | dient and Russia. Mr. Wy nes name of his government, co ‘is duty td decline the fomeed mediation; but, the A gesernment bas sow agread jo accept ned tion of France alone, there is no reason to, pose that Greece will Tefave that mediation. The Paris Constatutronnel says that— It is aesured that the government has recelved fi news of a vature to inspire @ hope that differe: which have arisen between Et and Greek government will be amicably The Paris Debate says that it is assured that goveroment has received the news that Engl accepts the mediation of France, in the i with Greece. [Frem the London Times, Feb. 7.] The statements made last aight i Ra ie with reference to the late hed od and the British equadroa et A unhappily, corroborated the facts which ready been published, and have not diminished the feelings ef aversion and regret which such meatures are calculuted to excite. It a that the categorical answer required by Mr. to his demands applied to the private clams q by him on bebalt of certain British and Tom: subjects, and not to the territorial question of thi two islands, elthough they certainly seem to b confounded ip one schedule. Be this as it may it is by no means established that these priv: clams are of such a nature as to constitute ground of lawful hostlicies; for, all thi goverument of England affirms them to be ind: table, the fact is that they were referred by thd King of Greece t inl council, consisting o the Prinsipal magistrates and lawyers of dom, and these authorities positively r d against these claims. Upon such —— comity of nations hi great deference the opinion of the legal authorities of a foreigs country, and to take the law into our own h dj because Sir William Parker happens to be sailing through the Archipelago with seven ships of line, and six steamers, is to relapse into c tices of barbarous eges and tyrannical pov Moreover, these measures of intimidation all probability, fail. They wiil fast beeause th Greeks know that Sir W. Parker dares not pro ceed to extremities, and that the public opimion o Europe, backed by the other protectisg powers will resist and resent this attempt to browbeat small eget a iat if Leg did — eed in th recovery of these paltry debts, or in tl Ng ceempetion of a couple of worthlene island, are these the ob! jects to which the British government is prepared sacrifice every one of those political eonsideration and gate antereste whicl En had in 9 in contributing by every means in its power foundation a the waar of the Greek kingdore Will it be asserted that, for euch purposes as these we ure to abandon the polar twenty yout, ty discourage and annihilate the party in Greece: which locked up to this country, and to render thr flog which brought King Otho to Greece the mari and the wstrument of his bumilationt Is it pos sible to deny that if, instead of persecuting th: Greek government for the last four years, anc placing our intercourse with its ministers on the most irntating footing, we had made it the interes of that government to possess and retaia our ship, these paltry grievances would have been re- dreseed with eagerness and pleasure? From th ministry of Coletti to the present hour, our relation. with Greece have been conducted in the ty and menacing tone of a powerful adversary. The consequence is, that nothing been extractec trom the Greek ministers, and very probably ou just claims were slighted and denied. That is the natural result of the system 3 car more effectually deecribe and condemn that sys tem than the edaissron that in tae domimons o the King of Greece, British subjects cannot fins security for their property, and the British govern ment it obtain redress or afford without the intervention of @ squadron of men-of war. Itwas but the other day that Mr. Cobder declared et the London Tavern, with his usua felicity in prediction, that the national ° this country would never again be employed t enforce the payment of claims arising out of th: culations of British subjects in forewga States Betore that importac' declaration can have reachec pow rags re find Sir Witham —_ and Mr. Wise ect engaged in apprat losses of a Fortegeess Jew and the valueof Mr lay’s ground rents in Attica with the broadsid: ven line-of-batile ships directed against th: us. This, however,is not a question to be settled ex clusively by the English envoys and the Greet cabinet, The accounts of these occurreaces hav: produced # sensation in Paris and other parts o the continent not less painful than that which the: have occasioned in this country. The joa ot Greece is the creation of the three powers 4 readinnssof debate or dialogue, he scarcely competitor ; and ever smce the death of the la Sir James Mackintosh, he must be regarded as having been the coiloquial champion of Great Eritain. In the conversational qualities which ex- cite the admiration of cluba and coteries, he ex- celled much more than in the formal labors of well considered arguments and set orations. _ But the great distunction between Francis Jeffrey end all other men ie, that for more than a quarter of a century he conducted the Edinburg jew. From tie. veer 1803 till the year 1828, he was the known ard responsible editor of that celebrated journal. Amongst the earhest of his literary ac- quatnsaaces were Broughem, Murray, and Sydney mith. Itwas by the last of these that the great Revuew was originated. He proposed to the noble and learned ag ed just mentioned that they should unite with him in starting such a publication, and of that journal Sydney ‘Smith Was the first editor. Mr. Smith, in the preface to his collected works, adverts to the more important legislative changes which have taken place since that periodical was first sent forth to the world, and with no inexcusa- ble self-love umputes a considerable portion of those important results to the intluence of that which he regarded as the greatest journal in the world. But im and out of parhament there were meu who as- sisted in accomplishing those changes, in greater numbers, if not wath superior vigor, than the no- blemen and gentlemen who contnbuted their la- bors to the £dinburg Review. Very soon alter its commencement, Mr. Smith ceased to be the editor, and, as he himself says, “placed its management m the stronger hands ef Lord Jeffrey aad Lord ugham.” The latter soon followed Smith to London, when the sole responsibility and mach of the fame of the Review fell to the share of Hraacis Jefirey. It is still a publication of the highest class, but towards the cloee of the reiga of George i. and throughout the whole of the regency, it was, in North Britain at least, “itself a Puissance.” Mr. Jefirey, however, was more concerned in the literature than im the politics of the £dinburg Review—in its philosophy and metaphysics, its taste and criticism, ats light literature and poetical dogmas, than in those weighty affairs to which Mackintosh, Smith, an rougham, in its earlier years, or Macaulay, Hallam, wa, and Playfair, m its more recent days, have contributed the weight of their learning aud eloquence. Amongst their most famous rt ductions, however, we look ia vain for the infi- nitly of its own, a little northwest ot Eekisara. Aiter this the course through Adri- anople to the Bosphorus is clear enough, and so we stend at length on the borders of Europe and Asia, with about one-third of the whole journey accom- plished, and 2,400 miles still remaining before us— a longish stage, certainly, but not leager than will be in actual operation in the United States before five years are out. Turkey in Asia 1s now to be traversed from engle to angle—from Scutari to Basra—saying nothing, for the present, about the Strate. The i will peep over the memorable field of Avgora, the scene of Buyazet’s deteat, and will then shoot the straightness of an arrow between the Euphrates end the Tigris—the ancient regions of Mesopotanna. The ruins and relics of will be brought close to hand. Babylon dad cannot feilof being attractive stations, even for thore who stop short of Sasa and Ecbatana; and, before we have well recovered trom the sen- sations occasioned by the scenery, we shall fiad ourselves op the coast of the Persian Gull, about 2,500 miles trom our starting point in the Channel. For the last 200 league the road will have through entediluvian cities, eyclope rem gigentic sculptures, mysterious excavations, minous lakes, mosaic wells; aad we may res sonably panse for a few moments before we tura our theodolites upon tracts which the most enter- pris ung travellers have yet but imperfectly ex- plored. _ We have now two routes open tous. We may either take the great Desert ef Kirman, and the Me hirnene np pear oe hep rightthrough the Solyman range of mountuias, at striking oar Indian territories pretty high up in the Punjab, or we may skirt the south-western coast of Pe Tun exectly through the centre of Beloochista and debouch directly upon the old ent of the Ameers of de. Our surveys, treflic caloula- tions, &c., are here mainly ined to certain Btatintics reepecting the capacities of loaded camels, and the tracks of periodical caravans; but the pro- ject before us prudently decides in favor of the latter mentioned route; and the line cordingly passing ine of Persepolis, cuts the Beloo- muddie point, and then, turaing thward, skirts the whole length of the nder the hills, and at length crosses litle below Meanee. The distance traversed in these two stages is about five hundred and fifty miles in Persia, aad, as near: i the same in Belooch Perhaps, at this point, at may be advisable to mention, for general infor- mation, that Beloochistan 18 a country bounded oa the north by Afighamistan, on the west and east by Persia and Scinde, and on the south by the Arabiaa and tenauted by an indefinable race, living no deecribable government. If, after this, ‘we cannot snep our fingers at the Yankees, at will, as they express it, “be a pity.” . Yet the total estimated cost of this miraculous design 1s only £34,050,000-—a sum which might indeed have appeared considerable to Adam South, but which is a mere trifle according to present notions, nod which, in fact, scarcely ex je what bas been actually spent upon two domestic rail- = The total annual interest on the capital is under £2,000,000, and the portion which, accord- mg to the terms of the project would have to be defrayed by the " rament” of | tion. Hie only £275,000. We shov'd hke, however, to hear | were anything but Sir Cheries Napier's opinion upon the mabill| pal constituted pala) ye a thong! Le be listened WB 4 certain Upow the pomts tence, jisappointed the ex, tions of those trade, cabinet loans, and funded deb Oe conceived that the editor of the. Re persuade ourselves that the apparition of the pro- | pict muetnecessarly wield in Parliament an author- be with a | ity to that of Burke, or other great literary men who have had inflaence in the councils 1n thie . In the formation of Lord Grey's govern- ment, such a man as M firey could not be omitted. He was already ope of the most consistent politic old whig school could produce. He, erful journal had been o of lil principles that the Briush tained; but though he could not be ne; raised himself very little above the of those learned gentlemen who appearance in London clothed wi Lord Advocate, Edmburg to assume the judici y Mr. Jefirey’s promotion followed in due course. per- ele, did nothieg to augment the principals or seconds; and his treatment Leke school of poetry added little to iis fame or thority. Still he held on his way aseditor of the Edinburg Review” ull the year 2828, whea he resigned it uto younger hands, and devoted his re- maining years to that more lucrative eailing through which he eventually secured @ position of high honor and independence. He was chosen Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow in 1821, and Dean of the Faculty of Advocat 1823. As the lawyers of Engiand, tland, and Ire- lend, usually work their way to the beach by first working their way into the House of Commons, Lord Jetiey, towards the close of the Duke of Wellington’ : remem si peck measures for get- tung into parliamentat the earliest convement o; ir tunity. ‘To the first parliament of king William 1V, | signed the treaty of London ta 3827, and thos: which met in September, 1330, he was returned | powers have continued for more than E be for the district of burghs that inclade Forfar, | watch the developement of 11s institutions u Perth, Dundee, Cupar, and St. Andrew; but the | protect its territory and 11s interests. That one o peution having been presented, the committee ua- | Wiese protecting powers denly ture roun: seated him cn the 2a of March in the following | on a email defenceless State, converting paltry ear. The fluence of this dieappeintment was, | Yate grieveances into public wrongs, aad contro powever, of short duration, for almost immediate- | verting the territorial timite of the territory which ly he tock his seat tor Multea. Lord Fitawilliam | Stands under its own joint guar f Was an earnest reformer; Sir James Scarlet, at- | 8 extraordinary a nature that l'rance and Russie terwards Lord Abinger, represented the Fitawil- reasonably inquire br whatrigh liam borough of Malton, i riton of the pirla- | can be taken without their knowledge a ment elected in 1890, and av Sar Jamesbad tevolv: When such measures were contemplated ¢d not to support Lord Grey’s measure ot refar tith government, it would not have been he felt bound in honor to resign into the hands ous to communicate them beforehand to ite pation the representation of the place for w! pe ectors of Greece ; but so far was th he wat; hence the vacancy in 181, by which Mr. | being done, that, although the English and Jefirey was enabled to become the nominee of | fleets and ambassadors had latterly been acting Lord Fitzwilliam. This seat he continued to hold | étriet concert am the East, no intimation whatever ull the latter end of 1832, when he was returned given by Sir Suattord id Admire tor Edinbargh, and remmimed the representative of | Parker that they had at thet snc their pos that city for more than two years, his colleague | session a casus belli agwinst King Otho, Nay, being Mr. Abercromby, now Lord Dunfermline. far was the pretence of amity carned, ‘The four years during which Mr. Feerey had a | (tecks themselves appear to have feat in the House of Commons, form a period dar- ing which his reputation was rather diminished then eugmented all events, his fame with the became very little extended at that stage of True, he mij 5 ag Admiral Parker, with a dined at the Palace on one day, his blockade on the next. ‘s is larity end nenerd hat tie. tated on offic: to be no at all; it has not ee ps, cen 5 that precision end. formal Briteh or teh blockade, would have a clear ri the admiral for such detention. E : F 5 E and lively repartee, brilliant disquisition, or subtle philosophy, were appreciated without exciting ua- qualified admirati But in the House of Com- hi old te enter ate bor was he able to overcome ia pestiameat ew out r=4 verse inflaence of great fame oa “$y mince bes ef io oe Tearing, and wi ave worn u a to that vale Mr. Jeffrey certainly formed no #1 E i 8 38 Fi Z i = i i =3 $8 #3 a - = : ocabulary, nor is it fit they should have; other not unimportant considerations in the cese of a scheme like this. However, we have at last fairly beaten the A: ve svrveysand audacious » ve ebundant reavons for believing acheme which here detailed has actual been considered for years, has been digested wit the nid of all accessible information, has been devised with no other end than promoung @ great national good. ‘The Death of Lord semmr. From the Jom Times, Jen. 29) In the 77th year of his age, one of the most emi- nent members of the ‘republic of letters” has been thie life. Francis Jefirey, the ingurshed wi death yesterday, was the son of orge Jeffrey, who held the office of in the Court of ay in oan it . Lord Jefirey wae ion ef the Old Town of Hdinburg, Market, on the 23d of October, the where Hame, the histo- |, Waralso born. Mr. Jeffrey received the ear- Wiparion of bia education atthe High Schoo ia native ci 2. -Tt mf og hh” niveraity laagow, remained 1791, in Tyizeh your be was adrauted Queen’ Sotlonaha. became Moen can be aid have entered ie i = H In the summer of 1834, the death of Lord created a vacanc lene TF successor of that became <eeaee,, cevumnlamy ie comeiense Wee i f 3 i 4 i A : i [ i aH il , OF to the with such and af a foferior ete ole assigned to them by thei ! 3