The New York Herald Newspaper, May 1, 1853, Page 3

hort period before the Abeir Sitimate ‘Avermati.—The arrival, of the Great Britain, the large amount of £600,000, naturally created public, but little can be said of “a ion; unfortunately, however, the account of the Beate of society ia the colony of Victoris is anything but oat . It is to be hoped, however, that the next Sivices will bring intelligence that both in the towns d at the ‘diggings’ all will be in a more settled state. The measure of tho Colonial Ofice, restricting government getqgenis, unless under repsyment of their e money, from proceeding to the gold fields, can- ‘pot fail to have a beneficial effect, snd will tend to ualize labor in the towns and agricultural districts; while ‘the land going out of cultivation, from lack of hands, if this regulation is stringently enforced, will not have te be appreiended. As but few of the companies have pepmnarend operations our notices of them must rief. ANGLo Australian. —At the end of February, the super- intendent, staff, mining tools, and Baggs’ patent ma- ehinery, ‘was despatched, per ship Adele, to the colony of Vietoria. The company have no location; and it is 1eft to the discretion of Captain Bell, when he arrives at the scene of operations, to select a fitting spot. Avsrnatssian—Up to the general meeting of this com- pany, held on the 2ist of March, Mr. Harding, the super- sntendent, had fixed on no location on which he thought it desirable to erect the company’s machinery. At the date of the last advices, he was about Nene to the south to inspect a lode that Captain Williams had re- favorably upon. The pompeny are about, we un- eratand, to treat with the Peel River Company for a portion of their auriferous land. Port Purur.—An unfavorable impression has been cre- ated lately with regard to this arsociation, owing to the disastrous calamity of fire, which consumed several tents, fand the sheds building for their machinery. The super. fatendent, Mr. Evan Hopkins, lias, no doabt, long before this, repaired whatever damages may have occurred, and from his tact andenergy, if success is to be obtained, it will, no doubt, be achieved. Cenrrat Avsrratsan.—The aesayer of this ouppeny is ‘at Melbourne. Tho agent, in his last advices, stated that, £0 soon as labor was equalized, there was every prospect that operations could be suceessfully carried on. Avstrauian Fraeii0Lp.—The location of this company ds in New South Wales, Their agent and staff have some time despatch Remittances of gold dust which a profit has been made, have already been forwarded to them, though we have not heard that they have ob- tained any results from their own gold fields. Covon1AL Gop.—This association, as well as the one above, has realized a good profit by the sale of gold dust. ‘The reports from the superintendent state that there is ample employment for machinery, which he requests the directors to forward him; until then he proposes to avail himself of the more simple machines for washing gold, AUSTRALIAN Murcat.—The works for draining Erekine Island have already commenced; the coarse gold in the atluvium has becn reached. The whole of the island has Deen granted to the company, which contains twelve acres of auriferous deposit, and half a mile of the richest bed claims in the river. ‘As soon ar the tunnel is driven, which is already contracted for, it is saticipated all the company’s claims will be workable, BRITIsH AUSTRALIAN.—The last advices state that the ‘water holes on the Turon had been drained, and gold to the value of about £500. had been extracted from the bot- tom of the blue clay. ‘The yield was expected in all to be about 600 ounces, which was below the average aaticipa- ted. On Louisa Creek and at Sheep Station Point they tad commenced raising gold. The company’s commis- sioner was about to proceed to Melbourne, in order to inspect a quartz vein at Ballarat, so as to employ the ma- ehinery at present lying idle. AUSTRALIAN ConpiiIERA.—The staff of this association was despatched carly last month, per Tory. The compa- ny have leased of the Australian Gonsols Gold and Copper Mining Company 4 000 acres of the Segenhoe estate ; it is their intention to work this. New Seurn Wairs.—The managing director, Captain ‘Westmacott, has long been resident in the colony. A short time since a portion of the property held by the company was disposed of for a considerable amount, we Delieve £50,000. Lewis Ht, Rancr.—This company have received several specimens of gold, as well as some small diamonds, which ‘have been found in the locality. A report, it is antici- pated, will shortly be published. AvsTrAtiAN Coxs018,—This company have leased a por- tion of their estate to the Australian Cordillera; they have, however, still 9,000 acres of land, the right to 17,- ©00 more, and a small coal property on the Hunter river. ‘The northern terminus oi the Great New South Wales Railway is proposed to be erected on theirestate. Their present capital of £60,000, being inadequate to cerry out their plans, itis proposed to rcorganize the company, and extend it to £100,000. Gueat Nvaoet Vax.—The Colonial Gold Company have, it is stated, agreed to work the quartz lode at Loui Creek on the following conditions:—That they shall gi one-fifth of the gold obtained from every ton of quartz, or alluvium, when the quantity of gold shall not exceed two ounces, one third when the quantity of gold shall not exceed three ounces, aud one-half when the quantity shall be four ounces or moro to the ton of quartz or soil. Afall took place in the shares this week consequent upon sales, which were owing to orders from the colony, about 8,000 or 12,000 of the shares allotted to the origi- nal proprietors of the vein having been transmitted, ‘These are, however, distinct from the English issue, the outlay of the original proprictors bayiag been about £20,000, In the present state of trade at Sydoéy they ‘wish to reixaburse themselves. As this company will pro- ably Iapre into the Colonial Gold, but little can be said jof it as regards its ultimate prospects. No doubt short- jy some mere definite accounts, as regards combined working, will be received from the colovy. Several companies who sre in London, and who have, lor aro about to, despatch their staif, we have not here enumerated. This has not been done with any feeling of isrespect, or in any way to undervalue their merits. We believe we have cudeavoved not invidiously to particu. iarize any one, but as brieilly ay possible to notice those that are in activity, ani have already made some progress towards arriving ata result. Quartz crushing is as yet, as far as known here, still a problem; but little time will lelapse before we shall know practically whether it be profitable or not. The doubts, the hopes. the anticipa- tions and misgivings, will then vanish before the stern reality. That gold éxi-ts in large quantities, both in California and Australia, the most skeptical will not deny. It only remains to be seen, and that time and ex- perience Only can show, whether or not itis bought too Evuropeen Miscellany. On Tuesday, April 12, Thomas Davis, mate of the unfor- tunate steamer Queen Victoria, was placed at the bar of ithe Commission Court, Dublin, and pleaded not guilty to lan indictment cbarging him with the death of Joha Reardon, one of the passengers, whose body was found latter the wreck off Howth. The jury panel was called, land before the prizoner’s challenges were exhausted the ist was run out, and but three jurors were sworn. Under these circumstances, on the application of Mr. Curran, counsel for the prisoner, the court directed that the case should be adjourned till the 16th of June, the prisoner being admitted to bail. The Medical Inspectorship of Hospitals and Fleets of England, hus beeome vacant by the death of Dr. James Anderson, of HasJar. The Glasgow and New York Steamship Company have contracted with Messre. Todd & MoGregor (the builders lof the Glasgow) for a consort to that vessel, to ply be- tween Glasgow and this port. The new ship will be 500 sons larger than the Glasgow, and of 100 horse-power more. Prince Albert, it is said, will exhibit at the New York industrial Exhibition, the portraits of himself, her Majes- ty. Prince Arthur, and the Duke of Wellington, by Win- terhalter. The Liverpool papers of April 1th say that “a hun- aed mill-girls, selected by an American speculator, in Glasgow, have railed from the Clyde, to commence a new cotton mill at New York.’ ‘Two workmen were lately arrested in one of the suburbs of Vienna, on # charge of being concerned in the murder, in 1848, of the Minister of War, Count Baillet Latour. Anew bust of the Fmpress of France has just been been long accustomed to her features, presents an admir- ble Likeness. It is intended for the Dublia Exhibition. A custom house report made to the British Parliament, shows that the quantities of guano imported into the inited kingdom im 1851 amounted to 243,014 tons, and in 1852 to 129,889 tons. The Queen of England presented to his Royal Highness the Duke of Brabant, by the hands of an officer of her Majesty's houschold, a magnificent silver dressing case, on the oceasioa of his coming of age. Upon Thursday, April 1ith, » parliamentary paper was printed in England, from which it appears that in the year ending 5th January Just, there were distilled 24,423, - 202 gallons of spirits—6,63,276 in England, 9,942,218 in Scotland, and 8,117,708 in Ireland, The clergy of the Roman Catholic church in France is thus composed, in the 80 sees which form the cireumserip- tion of it :—15 archbishops, 65 bishops, 176 vicars- xeneral, 661 canons, 3,388 curés, 20,537 desservans of ruc- sais, 6 chaplains for the three cemeteries of Paris, and 190 vicars in the small communes. ‘The personnel of the protestant workship are 756 in number, 507 of whom are ‘or the reformed church, and 249 for the Lutheran wor- In the Jewish church there are 5 rabbis, and 61 inisters. The chureh in Algeria is not includ ount. From monthly tables, just iesued in England, it appears that in the month endlog the 5th of March, there were 5,090,725 eggs imported into the United Kingdom. The estimate for the resto: ation of the Prince of Wales’ Tower at Windsor Custle, jut laid before Parliament, is An ample apolory has been sent by the Tuscan au- thorities, through the foreign office, to Mr. Craufurd, the English gentleman who was compelled to leave the do- minions of the Grand Duke. The objection to Mr. Crau- ay return to Tuscany has at the same time been with- drawn It is geldom that we hear of a marriage so interosting is one that took place at Strathglass, Scotland, lately, when a buxom fair one was led to tho hymeneal altar, attended by her grand nephew, as bridesman, while ather grand nephew, a clergyman, discharged a more i portant duty. Tet people say of it what they will, but i # actually the case that this clergyman married hia grand aunt, and it is also true, though strange, that the three parties, clergyman, bride and bridesman, are in the prime of life. A correspondent of the London ‘Times states that the stoncmasons of Glasgow have begun to woar mustachois, us a preservative agate st the effects of the fine particles ft stene, the inhaling of whieh brings on consumption. Dr. Alison, of Edinburgh, recommended this remedy. If useful to masons, mustachois might alo Lenefit millers, bakers, agd Others exposed toa dusty atinosphere, In 1820 the consumption of coals in Paris was 615,900 lsompleted, which, in the opinion of persons who have . heetolitves; in 1880, 084,000 ; in 1840, 1,611 200; in 1850, $505,256) ond in 1862, 5.80 400. The tation has 1 in the proportion of 740 per cect to » wood consumed for firing. there hay been a falling off -| inee 1820, from 1,004 600 stereos, to 476,000. in the ropartion of from 100 to 47. Her Majesty the Queen of Sngland hae now eight chil n—four princes, and four princesss» 1. The rineess Reyal, bora 2st November 2. The f « Wales, bora veruber, 1841 Pris , orm 25th April, 1843, 4, Prince Alived, born th Avgust, The railway works by the railway companiee bafore 121, us ‘ ‘the John Barrow, which is denominated a ‘“‘tempo- ance ship,” was about to sail from London to Australia, with emigrants, upon the 5th inst. Carey, her commander, was entertained at a public dinner in Exeter Hall. He said thathe had sailed his ship on temperance principles for thirteen years. A splendid flag was pre- ented to him, having Burope indicated by the igure of « horse, Asia by that of a camel, Africa by an elephant, and America anelk. Her Britannic Majesty, as Bri- tannia, appeared at the top; in the centre there was a group ‘of children—‘“bands ‘of hope”’—while the whole was encircled by the words “Temperance—Glory to God— ill to Men. Cpe has been formed in Logion for the relief jan’ refugoos. en sailing out of the Tyne, Wear, and adjacent ports of the North of England, td Landon, are now earning £410s. per voyage; and in the British American an Baltic trades £3 10s. per month, and small stores. "At the late Lanoaster Assizes, in England, Justice Creswell, in sentencing a man to death for murder by stabbing said—“Ido hope and trust that the two fearful examples that will have to be made after these assizes, will have a salutary influence in checking the wretched and barbarous custom of using the knife on every occasion against an adversary.” We understand that his Majesty, the Emperor of Aus- tria, has granted the golden medal, for literary and artistic merits, to M. Leon Levi, for his work on the “Commereial Law of the World.” ‘Two charts, the one showing the approaches to the river Mersey the other the river itself, from the Rock to near Runcorn, have just been published in England, founded on a new survey, recently made by Lieut. Lord, marie surveyor of the port, The oldest of the Bristol (England) newspapers, Feliz Farley’s Bristol Journal, has marged into the Bristol Times, haying been purchased by the proprietor of the latter. On Saturday the 24 instant, Mgr. Garibaldi, the Ropes Nuxcio at Paris, presented to the Empress at vate audience, the wax-taper to which his Holiness Bad ven his benediction, for her use, on Candlemas day. Her Majesty appeared much gratified with this attention from his Holine: The Giornale di Roma states that the annual grand il- lumination of the fagade and cupola of the Vatican “a Faster, was prevented this year by the wind and rain, which raged that evening with unexampled fury. ‘The Count de Pontécoulant, ex-Senator and ex-peer 0 ae died on the 4th inst., after a short illness, in,his year. The Paris spring races have been fixed for the 24th of April, the 1st, 5th, and 8th of May. Those of Chantilly, fer the 15th, 20th, and 22d of M: A correspondent of the Manchester Examiner and Times, writing from London under date of April 8th, says ‘You and your neighbors will be gratified to learn that the Far! of Ellesmere bas eonsented to proceed to New York, to attend the Great Exhibition there, as her Majesty's royal commissioner. A better selection could no? have been made. ‘The noble earl may be considered, from his position and circumstances, sat once the representative of the rank, the art, the literature, and the commerce of this country. Ellen Lynch and Honora Shaw, the victims of the Philadelphia butchery, were daughters of John Donovan, Steward of the Earl of Kenmare, and natives of that ro- mantic spot, Killarney, Ireland. The tide of emigration from Treland to America is 0 enormous that sifgle berths for stecrage passengers are sold for five pounds, - Sugar is tow manntactured in Ireland from beet root, and sold very generally throughout that country. The first match of the season of the Prince of Wales Yacht Club, Hogland, is announced for Tuesday, the 17th of May, from Blackwall to Gravesend and back, for boats of four, six, and eight tons, for prizes of 51., 101., and 151, the last night of entry to be the 5thof May. Ata recent meeting of the members a letter was read from the Count Henri de Dreuille Seuecterre, Paris, stating that a yacht club was'about to be formed there, and requesting that, as the Prince of Wales Club was a model wortiy of imi- tation, the secretary would favor him with a book of its laws, which was, of course, acceded to. The following is the official st of births and deaths for the city of Brussels, Belgium, during the month of March :— Birrns. 431 During the month the mortality was greater in Brussels than has been known in any one month since the year 1£49; in a population of 140,000 there have been 463 eats. European Theatricals. ‘Theatrical gossip in Paris reporta that negotiations have been on the tapis between Mile. Cruvelli and the director of the Grand Opera. ‘The lady, it is said, requir- ed twelve thousand francs per month, with a ad llitum ; a proposition by no means to the taste of M. Roqueplan, and the treaty in consequence came to an untimely end. ‘A young harpist, M. Ap Tommas, whore name bespeaka his Cambrian origin, gave a matinge at the Salle Bonne Nouvelle, Paris, in ‘the latter end of April. He played a fantasia of Parish Alvars on Moise with great taste and effect. Another morceau on Lucia, of his own arrange- ment, was aleo very, satisfactorily executed, but some ‘Welsh national airs, containing charming melodies, which he gave con amore, carried off the applause of the con- cert. After an absence of nifié years, M. Tamburini appeared at the Italiens, Paris, on Monday, the 11th of April, ina concert before an audience as numerous and brilliant as any of those which nightly frequented the theatre when he and Rubini were among its great supports. Calzolari Gardoni, Beletti, Mmes. Vera, Nantier, Didiée, and Cru velli, also sang upon the occasion; the last gave the ‘In. flammatus’’ from Rossini’s Stabat, with an intensity of expression that threw everything round her into momen- tary shade. A new comedy in five acts, called Elopement in “High Life,” by Mr. Sullivan, was performed ai the Haymarket London, on the 7th of April. It was much applauded. News from the west Indies. The Britith steamer Merlin, which arrived {at this port from Bermuda, and St. Thomas, yesterday, April 30th, brought us files of Bermuda papers to the 16th of the same month, We have also advices from Barbadoes and Jamaica. The news is not of much importance. We find the following paragraph in the Barbadoes West Indian of April 8th:—“The trial of Capt. Evans, for the murder of a man on board the Sally Evans, terminated last evening. The Jury returned a verdict of manslaugh- ter, and the prisoner was sentenced to transportation for his natural life.”” The yellow fever was spreading at Trinidad. The Rev. Samuel Ashton Warner, Rector, died at St. Vincent on the 17th March. & The Combined Court of Demerara has refused to admit Convicts from the West India Islands into the penal set. tlement of that colony. ‘The schooner Creole, commanded by Captain Thomson, arrived at this port on Tuesday last. Passengers report that a few wecks ago, about ten o'clock at night, be- tween Cayman Brack and Little Cayman, an engagement took place between a bark and an English brig of war, and that after an hour’s fighting, the bark, supposed to be a Spanish slaver, was captured. On the follo merning both vessels were seen to bear away in the di- rection of Cuba. It is said that thirty-two rounds were fired pare’ the engagement terminated.—Jamaica Paper, Apil ll. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT. From the Bermuda Royal Gazette, April 26.) An inquisition was held at Fly’s Harbor, Somerset, on Saturday the 28d inst., before C-C. Keane, Esq., Co- roner, on the body of Daniel B, J. Buren, who was drowned under circumstances the most appalling. It apgears, fiom the evidence of the son of the deceased, that the father and son had gone out on Friday mora- ing inasmall boat to some distant shoals, to haul fish- pots, nnd that while raising one of the pots, by some ac- cident the boat tilted over, filled and sunk, and they were left. struggling in the water. The son, who had suc- ceeded in kicking off his shoes, aesisted his father on to a shoal, ® spot of comparative security in the then state of the tide. This occurred between eight and nine o'clock in the morning, at which time the tide was falling. After the lapse of some hours the tide began to flow and the water to rise on these most un- happy men—the father’s fortitude and mind deserted him; he was calling loudly on his wife and his numerous chil dren by name, and wildly dragged his son (a lad of about seventeen or eighteen) into deep water, trom which he was rescued by the son, only again and again to make the rame frantic efforts, which Were restrained, as long as his Le lasted, by his son. Right or nine most awful hours had now elapsed —the water was more than breast high—no help appeared. After an agonizing appeal to his Maker for mercy, this most unfortunate man again got into deep water and was drowned. His son was now swimming about, the ledges being all covered with the rising tide. At the last moment he was seen and rescued by @ young lad named Wm. Pitman, who also succeeded in raising the body of his fathor and conveying it to his sad home, More devoted filial love, more enduring heroism have never been displayed than by this brave young man in his nine hours struggle to rave the life of his father. California Land Claims. We precent a echedule of the land claimed in the differ- ent counties of California, under various grants, issued from 1778 down to its ocoupancy by Americans. This list is compiled from the records of the United States Land Commission; and shows the claims presented since the session of the Commissioners’ Court, and the amount of land claimed. Thirty-nine of these have been confirmed, leaving about ten thousand square miles still in course of adjudication:— ACRES CLAIMED IN THF DIFFERENT COUNTIES. utte.. 625,500 Santa Cru: + 241,183 740 Sau Diego + 433/720 San Luis Obispo..., 360,220 San Francisco Co,. 200,364 eta Low Angeles, 477,400 San Joaquin Valley 39,520 arin. 007,600 Salano,, . 17, Mariposa. OL 1d) £0 ey Mendocino, ,, 520.800 Mou terey 692,410 Napa.. teeees 145,890 Sacramento Valley. 477/400 Santa Barbar 155,100 Senta Clara 612,654 Total ‘ Add thirty-six ‘leaguen for’ ¢ county is not epecified , 156 The elsiin of Iturbide's he 1 4,358 000 A claini on the "ani A claim ou tho Stanis : Soe Total soneeess 9,628,001 —Fqual to is, ene te Atitio de ga league, is estimated quare ‘utes Surveyor. to be 1 contains & minute fraction ove foi the prevent, t to 4,340 acres NEWS FROM SOUTH AMERICA, Political and Social Affairs of Venezuela, One of our correspondents at Caracas has forwarded us the {ollowing interesting communication, embracing the current history of tho republic for the past three months ;— Oceurrences for the Month of January, 1853. THE UNITED STATES CHARGE D AFFAIRES—TRIAL AND CONVICTION @F AN AMERICAN SEAMAN ON A CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER —MERTING OF CONGRESS—CELEBRATION OF THE 24TH OF JANU- ARY—ARRIVAL OF THE NEWLY CREATED ARCH- BISHOP—ASSASSINATION OF A POLE—ELECTION OF BERRERA AS VICE-PRESIDENT, ETC. J. Nevett Steele, Esq,, U.S. Charge d’Affaires, has ar- rived at the legation, from the United States, to resume the duties of his office, and is waiting his decapitation from General Pearce, which he will undergo with Chris. tian fortitude, John Stewart, a seaman, of Philadelphia, was arrested and put upon his trial in July last, ona charge of mur- der, he baving been attacked by a shipmate on board the schooner New Republic, captain Baker, with a knife, as Jobn states; and in defending himself, tapped the assail- ant on the head with a hatchet, which caused his death, John has been convicted of manslaughter, after a delay of six months, and sentenced to six years’ imprisonment, on the rte testimony of the mate and others on expat the New Republic, who went away without an opportu- nity of cross examining them. Captain Baker informed Mr. Steele, the Charge d’Affsires—that John was s Portu- guese—evidently to prevent his interfering in the matter. Since the sentence, John has been employed as an out- door-servant, aud has the range of the entire city of Caraccas, without restraint, with an allowance in money daily for his expenses. On paying a visit to the legation, Mr. Steele was astonished to find John a full blooded American, born in the State of Delaware, and his father before bim, instead of » Portuguese, as tho captain had represented him. The probability fs, that John will be scanning the chart of the Atlantic Ocean, and ascertain the point of the compass which tends towards No. 40 Prime strect, Philadelphia, where John has a piece of Kcad stone deposited, in the shape of a wife and child which John is very anxious to encircle in his arma ; and itis strongly suspected, that John, to relieve the embar- rassed treasury from the payment of his real daily, will in a few days be sheating home the foretopsail of some American +hip, and thus pay the debt of service he owes to Venezuela. ‘The Congress met on the 20th—tho constitutional day— consisting of thirty two Senators, twofrom cach provines, and seventy-two Representatives. The Message of the President to Congress principally bestows praise on him- self, for military xervice rendered in times gone by, which the people were not before aware of. Tho 24th—the memorable 2th—the fifth anniversary of the assassination of seven members of the House of Representatives, by the soldiers of Monagas, when in solemn deliberation in reference to the articles of im- pesebment against the President himself, for violating e Constitution this day, has by law, beon made a ational feast day. ie woul haye been inore appropri. ate to have celebrate: @ day by public mourning, in sackcloth and ashes. a ‘There were not more than halfa doven lights in the windows ef a few radicals; tho government heuse, and few public buildings only were illuminated.” The munici- pality of Caracas, to their great credit, did not joinin the ovlebration. On the 25th arrived at Laguayra his lordship the newly created Archbishop of Venczeula, Senor Silvestre Guera, from Ciudad Bolivar, He was received under a national salute by the public authorities and escorted to the church, where a Te Deum was chaunted; thence to Carac- cas, where a procession was formed, preceded by a mili- tary band. to wait upon the illustrious prelate. On the 27th, Mr. Gabriel K. Circoviche, a Pole by birth, and a naturalized’citizen of the United Staten, was asans sinated at eight o'clock in the evening. He was married to Sofia Salazar, in 1843. His wife was young, and had a considerable fortune. By the marriage thoy had one child, a daughter, now about nine years old. Dif culties arose in the family, and the result was a separa- tion, severa) years since; andon the 27th January Mr. Gircoviche had been to’a friend’s house with his little daughter, who had adhered to her father, and jon their way to his house, within one square of it, the assassin laying in wait for his return. without suspecting anything, received into his bowels a sbarpened bayonet’ which the assassin had wrapped up in # handkerchief. ‘The bayo- net was let fall after the fatal act. Mr. Circoviche died the following day, having first made his, will, and oon- signed his little daughter to the guardianship of the Monsrs. Dalletts, of Philadelphia, where she is to be sent. Mr. Oircoviche war highly esteemed as an honest and industrious man. He had been alternately the eonfiden- tial and managing agent in Caraccas of the respective mereantile firms of Boulton, Phelps & Co., Boulton, Dal- Jett & Co., and of the new firm of Boulton, Dallett & Boulton, of Laguayra, all of whom were connected with the house of Dalleit, Brothers, of Philadelphia. On the 26th the two Chambers of Congress were united. Of 866 electoral votes for Vice President, Dr. Joaquin Herrara, ex Minister of the Interior and of Foreign Af- fairs, obtained 304, and was declared duly elected for the ensuing four years. The Vice Prosident is elected two ears after the President, and serves two years with one President and two years with his successor. He is not. however, President of the Senate, in the United Statez, but President of the Council of Government, and succeeds to the Presidency in case of death, &. VERITAS, Cccurrences of the Month of February, i853. APPROVAL OF THE C@NVENTIONAL TREATY—EN- THRONEMENT OF THE NEW ARCH BISHOP—ES- CAPE OF THE AMERICAN SEAMAN CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGUTER-—AFFAIRS IN THE SENATE— GRANT TO THE HEIRS OF BOLIVAR, ETC. 8d.—The Senate has this day approved of the conven. tional treaty entered into between the Minister of Foreign Affaits and the Charge d’Affaires of the United States, in respect to various claims of American citizens, and the matter was passed to the other chamber for its approval, and the necessary appropriations. The application of F. C. Gillett, an American citizen, for the exelusive privi- lege of navigating the Lake and tributary rivera of Maracaibo, by steam, was under discussion in the Chamber of Representatives, and passed to a Committee on Treasury Affairs. 6th.—The solemn act of consecrating and enthroning the Ill. Archbishop of Caracas, Dr. Silvestre Guerara, was celebrated this day in the church of San Jacinto; The august ceremony was performed by the Bishops of Guayana, Tricala, and Merida, in the presence of the President, General Jose Gregorio Monagas, and « large number of sacerdotes and citizens ; and after the solemn eeremonies of the Holy Mother Church were concluded, attended by the ringing of bells, fring of guns, letting of sky rockets in the day time, and all other kinds of de- monstrations, the souls of men were left within their own keeping, when a solemn procession was formed, headed byt illustrious prelate in his splendid robes, accompa- a yy & band of music, which proceeded to the palace of the Archbishop, where the party partook of the good oe Loni ae to renovate their bodies at a splendid nquet. Tih,—His Lordship, the Archbishop, took his seat in the House of Lorde—the Senate, for the first time, and took the constitutional oath. The two chambers were united to eect Councillors of State, when Doctors Jose Manuel Garcia and Jose Maria Barroeta were declared duly elected. 19th.—John Stewart, the American seaman, of Philadel- yhia, who was convicted in January of the crime of man- ghter, by the criminal Court of Caraccas, for havi caused the death of another American seaman on boar: the schooner New Republic, Capt. Baker, of Philadelphia, when laying at Laguayra, and sentenced to six years imprisonment—being allowed the privilege of the city by the keepers of the prison, on his parole of honor— John took it into his head to be olf, having been six months in prison before his sentence. Tho testimony was exparte against Jobn, principally by the mate, and it was believed generally that John acted in self-defence. He is no doubt out of the jurisdiction of the authorities of Venezuela long ere this, “His wife and family live at No. 40 Prime street, Philadelphia, who may be glad to hear of his safety. 28d.—'The Senate elected the Most Illustrious Archbish- op to be President of their body. ‘25th.— Application was made to the Chamber of Repre- sentatives to confer the grade of General in-Chief on @: President General Jose Tadeo Monagas and his brother, the present President, Jose Gregorio Monagas. Referred to the Committee on War Affairs, for its report, in confor- wity to the constitution. —The government of Peru voted a million of dol- Jars to the Liberator, Simon Bolivar, for his services in gaining their independence. The last year the heirs of Bolivar empowered the Vice P: it, Antonio L. Gus. wan, to settle with Peru, for which services thoy agreed to allow one-hali—$500,000. After a few months absence, it is eald, Guzman has pocketed his share in metallic, and distributed to his constituents the paper ef Peru, which has given great offence to the heirs of Bolivar. This is the 11 business is conducted in this country. 26th.—The country continues inja deplorable siate, with anempty treasury, heavy national debt, and the salaries of the officers of government unpaid, VERITAS, Qceurrences of the Month of March. ARRIVAL OF ENGLISH COLONISTS—SETTLEMENT ON THE ORINOCO—ACTION OF THE EXECUTIVE POW- ER—DFATH AND BURIAL OF THE UNITED STATES CONSUL AT LAGUAYRA—MORTALITY FROM YEL- LOW FEVER. Canaocas, March 30, 1853, Considerable alarm has been manifested by this ge- vernment im consequence of the arrival in the province of Guayana of nixty two Knglish emigrants from the inlond of Trinidad, for the purpose of forming a settle- ment, or colony, under the superintendence of G. N. doa Sources, a British subject; and subsequently an ad- ditional number bas arrived from the same island, to be established om the river Oxinoco, in said province of Guayana, The Diario de Avisos calls the attontion of the gevern- mont to thin colony, and refers to the hiatory of British colonization over the globe, and the numerous preee- dents which manifest themselyos, as the policy obsorved at the Foreign Oftce of England. The executive power has pared & resolution, unter ate of the Mth of February, discounteoancing this poli ey and the President directa the utmost vigilanes, acd hols the ew Dorities of the proviece personally respou. vible for emy ceglect of Onty ia respect to this new colony, &e it may be noticed that the province of Guayana ix “Orinoeo. than all the other fifjeen provinges of Yengsi re ae reel ate var, yp Boe a it is bounded on the north By the rive? Suites from the oeean to New Granada, and on the south by the empire of Brazil. It is also bounded by British Gua; tae Cred to Soaceat of the mouth of the territory would be a splendid ac- intact se tos eee and one war steamer, on the Orinoco, could ud hold fener of this vast province, in opposition to all the forces of Venezuela, situated asit is, and entirely separ- ated from the rest of Venezuela, in its entire length, by the Orinoco; or if ten thousand British ubjects were to form @ colony in the province, they nt declare them- selves independent, in spite of Venezuela. Much has been writtenyand said on the subject of Great Britain colonizing the globe. Do these colonies not cost the mother country a mint of money for their protection ? and are the inhabitants not as free as they could wish tobe, without a single tax to support the mother country? ‘They are called upon for the support of the civil government of the eolony, and the custom house revenue gees into the colonial chest—the military and naval forces being entirely supported by the home government. Great Britain has done much towards civilizing the world and extending commerce. All the British colonies are highly civilized, and capable of self- government; but this cannot be said of any other Eu- ropean colonies, or any ef the South American republics. ‘The latter are vilized, indolent, and think of nothing but plots and revolutions; and all the colonies of Spain were far more happy before they threw off their ‘oke of dependence, than hey have been since, for they Knew not-shat liberty: is, ruled nnd oppressed’ by a few despots who enrich themselves out of the spoils. On the 0th instant was buried in Laguayra, Mr. Keefe, U. 8. Consul- We hope General Pierce will send us a democrat, who will faithfully till the offiee and do fonor to bis country. Of one hundred and seventeen persons attacked with the yellow fever in Ciudad Bolivar, seventy-two were cured and forty-five died. The Governor of the province, Barquisimeto, has re- ceived from the’ canton of Carora numerous articles to be forwarded to the National Exhibition at New York, fo say the papers. Nothing of @ political nature, of importance. All is quiet, VERITAS, Our Porto Cabello Correspondence. PUERTO CansLio, March 23, 1853, The Monagas Government and the People— Reaction of Sen- timent in Favor of General Paez—Congressional Proceed- ‘ing:—Markets—American Life and Morals at Puerto Cabello—The Consulate at Laguayra, de. Wo improve of the departure of the C. Knight to drop you a few lines, It is seareely neeossary to say that the Venezuelians continue to submit, with outward signs of humility and patient resignation, to the scandalous acts of the unprincipled Monagas clique, whieh, under the cloak of the constitution and of the laws, are yet permit- ted to rule the country. The ignoranee of the majority of the people is the only cause to which can be attributed their submission to such agovernment as now unfortu- pately reigns supreme. In no country, not excepting these under the rule of absolute sovereigns, are the personal inclinations of the chief magistrate more obsequiously attended to and obeyod by'the subordinate authorities, both of the exe- cutive and judicial braneh, than the very unworthiost caprices of President Monagas and of his ministers are. Thus, in numerous cases, oceurring weekly, courts have withheld their decisions in suits pending before; them until Monagas and his people had been consulted, 40 as to render a sentence in conformity to the particular desire expressed by the head of the governmont. It appears so oxtraordinary in the eyes of those accustomed to a gov- crnmont of law, that you will undoubtedly feel surprised [ at the extreme docility of the people, in continuing to suffer, without some exertion to free themselves from such unworthy rulers. The matter, however, hero—as we have Heretofore stated—is explained as occasioned by ignorance of the rights ofa free eitizen, in the masses of the people, who are as deficient of the knowledge of the true principles of free government an a ‘ bull's foot.”” ‘This is the class of the community that the present ad- ministration have cajoled into its support, while the most intelligent, virtuous, and respectable portion of society, are thrown into tie back ground, and not only dopri of the opportunity of serving ‘their country in public office, but also of putlesing, through the press, the mea- sures of the government. It will be said that by law there is almost an absolute freedom of the press; but the provisions of the statute are rendered in practice com- pletely illusory, in consequence of the threatened yen- geance of the partizans of Monagas upon those who ey endeavor to enlighten the people to a proper sense of th duties and privileges. We are pleased to percsive a great change in the foel- ings of many towards the illustrious General Paez—now residing in your city—and that they acknowledge frankl their errors, committed in 1848-9, in supporting, witl their influence and pecsons, the Monagas and Guaman faction, which has brought ‘the country to the verge of ruin, instead of renderivg aid to the ‘patriotic General who’ came forward courageously and fearlessly for the noble ee of sustaining the constitution of his coun. iis worthy efforts proved fruitless on those o¢ ; nevertheless, enlightened patriots of his own and of other countries bave unhesitatingly approved of and applauded his noble and patriotic conduct. We hope most sincerely that the time may not be far distant when the Venezuelians shall recall that illustrious man to his country, and improve of his great experienee pacity in affairs of State. What change in the aspect of the country would sueh an auspicious event effect? Bat we will pot continue fo dwell upon this susjegt, Congress is*in cosston at Cardééas, without having adopted any méasure of importance for the benefit of the country; and nothing, we learn, enlivens the capital but an incestant uewspaper squabble between the two fac- tions of the so-called liberal party—i, ¢, the respective favorites of the two Monagas, the ex-Prerident and the actual President—relative to the spoils of office. Coffee, washed, 12c. a 123<c. per 1b.; unwashed coffee, 10%. per Ib.; in the latter quality incensiderable de- mand, Hides, ‘ox and cow, 111c. per Ib., and in view of the extraordinary demand we should not bo surprised to see them go up to 11}¢c. in a day or two hence. In very scarce; purchasers offer 83¢ rs. per 1b.; holders ask Ors. per lb. These articles aro im great’ request for the United States and for Europe. A Danish brigantine, the Lootse, will sail from this for your port, loaded with ooffce and hides, in four or five dayae In regard to local matters we have but little to say, fur- ther than to remark that probably no place’ on the face of the earth contains, in consideration of its size and number of its inhabitants, such a beautiful set of busy- bodies as we foreigners are in PuertoCabello; and besides, wetake our ten or fifteen glasses of julaps, eres brandy and water, &e., during the day, play billiards on Sunday, attend the bull and cock fights every holyday, talk scandal of cach other in a backsliding way, ani love one with another while face to face. Call each other scoundrels, infernal rascals, &c., &c., to-day, and the next we shall be seen hanging upon tite arm of the ob- ject of our indiscriminate abuse. ee you will at once consider us as a precious example for future ge. nerations. We beg to adda line relative to the consulship now vacant atthe port of Laguayra in co uence of the decease of the late consul, Mr. A. Keofe. 'e learn that our Charge d’Affairs at Caraceas has appointed Mr. Gold- ing, an old resident of that place, to act ad interim, as United States consul. If it were in our power to influ- ence the President of the United States with regard to the appointment of a successor to Mr. Keefe, wo should, without the least hesitation, recommend Mr. Golding ss a worthy and deserving gentleman, who would exercise the duties of the office to the satisfaction of the govern- ment and of the citizens of the United States. Mr. Golding bas heretofore, in the absence of the consul, ful- filled the duties of the office the entire satisfaction of all; and we should be pleased to hear that the govern- ment of the United States had eonfirmed the appoint. ment, so judiciously made by our able and re pectable representative near the government of Venezuela, Let us have at least a consul who will do honor to our country. We pray that‘the President may select such men as shali be unexceptionable for the consulships abroad, and throw aside bad men, who have rendered service to the party in the elections, and expect office at the hands of the a « Believe us when we state that the feelings of the friends of several con- Is in this quarter, appointed by the United States gov- ernment, have only prevented the publicity of many wost infamous and disgraceful committed by these individuals. Some of theee offi onsider thems s entirely exempt from all respon ity, and that they aro at liberty to conduct themselves as they please, being at a distance from the United States. where public opinion canrot act upon and govern their actions, so as to re- strain them from bscoming « disgrace to their fellow- countrymen, United States Attorney's Office. Avni. 30.—Zhe United States vs. Joveph Smith. ~The de fendant, who is master of the American ship Ellis Tarl ton, was arrested on a warrant issued by Mr. Commis- sioner Nelson, charged with having left behind, in the port of Rochelle, in France, one Charles Donnel, who was employed as cook on borrd said ship. It appeared from the Consul’s certificate, which was put in evidence by the defence, that the complainant was discharged with his own consent; and furthermore, that he received certain sum of money as wages, and that his paysago was paid by the Captain to Bordeaux. On this state ment of facts, the Commissioner, not deeming the charge proven, dismissed the complaint. U, S. Commissioner's Office. Before George W. Morton, Esq. Avni. 29.—The United States vs, Frederick C. Waite— ‘The defendant in this case is chief mate of the American +hip Kate Hunter, lately arrived from Liverpool. He is charged with stealing a diamond ring from «female pas- senger by the name of Catharine McKenna, while on the partage. Upon the investigation had this morning, the charge was sustained, and on Mr. Ridgway’s motion, the accused was committed by Commissioner Morton for trial. U, 8. MARSH AL'S OFFICE. Fdward Oran, second mate of the above vessel, was ar- rested, charged with stealing a gold watch and chain, to- gether with some small articles of jewalry, from the young woman whore name appears above. She alleges that he is under a promise of marringe to her, and that directly ater her arrival in New York, she learned that he has a wife and children living in Liverpool. A Rartnrsnake Revivai.—‘The Syracuse Svar relates the following :—In the State of Ohio there rosided a family consisting of an old man by the name of Beaver, and his three sons, ef whom are hard “pets,” who had often Inughed to scorn the advice and entreaties of pious though vory eccentric minister who resided in the same town, It happened one of the boys was bitten by a rattlosnake and was expected to die, when the minisier was sft for in great haste, young On his arrival he found the an yery penitent, and anxious to be prayed ‘The minister, calling on the family, kneeled down eyed in this ‘wise -—"O Lord, we thank thee for stiloenabes; we thank thre beowuse a rotilosnake hag dit Jw We pray thee send a raitlesnake to bile John; secd | ore to bite BIN, sen to bite Sam: and, O Lord, send the biggest kind of a rattlesnake to bite the old man for nothing but rattlesaakes will ever bring tho Beaver Cami yy to cepentance {” ‘The Beresford Divoras Case, OAPT. WILLIAM HENRY SERES¥ORD Vs. MRS, EMMA CATHARINE BEKES¥ORD. Quiuec, April 19, 1853. Bill Passed va Third Reading in the Legislative Council— Arguments for and againet the Measure, The Beresford case is not only of importance as respects the parties who are to be ultimately affected by the bill becoming a Jaw, but because the question of jurisdiction hes been mooted by the Speaker of the Council, and voted upon by him adversely, expressly on that ground. This ig the third instance in which an application for divorce has been made to the Legislature of thia Province; and in two out of the three, the parties have not been Canadi- avs—a fact highly creditable to the social and moral character of that people, and which probably was not with- out itseffect upon the minds of those gentlemen who were, from consciencious principles, opposed te the mea sure. It wasnot alittle remarkable that so astute a law yer as the Speaker should have contended that the Legis- lature here could not pass a ‘bill involving a dissolution of the marriage tie, when the standing instructions to the Governors recognize the existence of such a power, by requiring thatfany such bill that may be passed, must have attached to it a suspending clause, to prevent its go- ing into effect before the royal assent shall have been ob- tained, Inthe first‘of the cases above alluded to, this was refused, on the ground.that the parties were not resi- dents of the Province; but in the second it was confirm- ed, and a separation and other relations ensued, On Wednesday last, the billagain came up for a second reading, when the counsel for Captain Beresford summed up the case, recapitulating the testimony that had been adduced in support of the application. He maintained that the Legislature had competent powers to pass the bill before the Council, and besougbt those members who entertained conscientious scruples on the subject to ban- sh them from their minds, and to perform an act of jus- tice to a Protestant fellow-subject. The further consideration of the bill was then post- poned till yesterday, when several members addressed the Council for and against the measure, the Hon. Mr. Boulion, who introduced it originally, taking she lead in advocating the Dill, andan active part in the proceed- ings. The Hon. Dr. Taché went into a history of the French revolution, and the appalling scenes to which it led, He traced its progress up to its final consummation, when the religion of the nation was prostrated, and the Goddess of Reason elevated on its altars—when the Gregorian calendar was abolished, and another, establish- ing the decade, was substituted, for the purpose of des. stroying the means of commemorating;the creation and the deluge, uartil, finally, an extensive system of divorce was introduced, which, penetrating the sanctuary of private life, inflicted a fatal blow upon the social condition and domestic happiness of mankind. He then adverted to the difficulty that exists in obtaiving a divorce in England, which can only be effected by an act of Parliament, and procured by the wealthy; and con- trasted the state of the law there upon that subject with that of the United States, where a_man who is the inmate of a log but, and who lives on Indian corn and hard cider, can obtain a divorce for twenty dollars. He said he looked upon the prevalence of civorce in that country as worse than the institution of slavery, and more to be deplorei—producing a cort of scrofu lous affection in the body politic that must terminate in a fniversal cancer, which result would have happened before now, were it not fora sort of safety-valve which west affords, that enables people who are a0 disposed, to emigrate in that direction, and possera themselves of as many wives as they can afford ig maintain, After refer- ring to the virtuous and happy state of society which exists in Lower Canada, he concluded by expressing his dete: mination to vote against a measure which could not have a good moral tendency, but in its effects must prove injurious to the best interests of the country. The Speaker, Hon. Mr. Carron, followed. Notwithstand- ing he speaks French fluently, as it is his native dialect, et he has the good sense to address the body over whici he presides in English, in which language he delivers him- self with great purity of expression and clearness of diction. He said, when a similar case came before the Council in 1844, the parties, being, as in this instance, Protestants, he was desirous o! complying with thelr wishes, and on that occasion expressed himself more fully than he should do at present, because, owing to the con- struction of the Council, it was easy to perceive what would be the result of the present discussion, and that the bill would pass by large majority. He contended that a Colonial Legislature does not possess the power of legislating in cases of divorce, and that in that of Harris, referred to, the Privy Council advised the refusal of the royal assent, not only because of the absence of the par- ties, but on the ground of want of general jurisdiction; but even if it possesses such power, it did not become necestary to exercise it. It would be admitted, he eaid, that in England the right to grant divorce is exercised by the House of Lords, in virtue of the judicial authority with which that body is possessed, ‘and which is the reason why bills of this nature must originate in that body; but the legislative coun- cila in the colonies have no such judicial power. In the neighboring provinces of Nova Scotia and New Bruns- wick, £0 eatisfied are they of this that they had passed acts, constituting tribunals for trying divorce cases, which had been approved in England and bad become law. In One of these, the Governor and executive coun- cil constituted such tribunal, and in the other, the ordi- Dary courts of the country. He was, therefore, satisfied that the body whieh he was then addressing, did not possess the power which they were called upon to exer- cise that day; and which,if his opinion was well founded, would place Capt. Beresford in a worse condition than be is at present; for, should the courts in England, at any future period, decide that no euch constitutional power had been delegated to the colonies, the eflect would be to illegitimatise the children by a subsequent marriage, affect claims to property, or, it might be, a title, and even render the party himself liable to a charge of bigamy. ‘Ihe present case, he continued, had been proven to be one of the worst that could be imagined. Here was a person, who had unfortunately lived as a good citizen ought not to live, yet who had subsequently done all that could be expected from an honest man, to repair his faults, and who was ready to sacrifice his comfort in the the performance of those obligations which he considered lage legitimatizing the children which had been ‘The petitioner, therefore, had his sympathy ; but, w he were satisfied that a bill of divorce would be a valid one, be could not vote for it. Ho would go further, and even if convinced that the Legislature had that power, yet he could not give his assent to the bill in question. Incoming to this conclusion, he said, he was not actuated by religious prejudices, and rejoiced that he lived ina country where every man might be guided by his own feelings on the subject of oy and must allow to others that liberty of conscience which he enjoyed himself; but he was opposed to the pasrage of bills of the nature of that before the House; because in this country, in the circumstances on whieh it ix placed, there exists no necessity for such a law; aud even in England, he con- tended that the ecclesiastical law in force there, was op- posed to any other description of separation than that of and board. His position, he said, was, that there is no general law in England for effecting a divorce; and that every individual desiring it, must apply to the supreme legislature of the country, in which that extra-judicial power is vested; and which must exist somewhere in the government. In North Carolina, divorce was ‘not al- lowed; in the other States, and the British provinces ad- joining, it is permitted by law; but in England there is no general law authorizing divorce; but every law that is passed isa pew one. In Canada, also, there is no law on the subject, and its legislature was not bound either to grant or refuse one. From 1791 to 1832, no divorce had been asked for in the province, and in 1669 the first case of divorce occurred in England. Since that time, though the supreme authority had undertaken to deal with the subject, yet due respect had been paid to ecclesiastical smtbortty ‘and a sentence from an ecclesiastical Cou or the judgment of some judicial tribudal, was require ‘as the basis on which to found this extreme exercise of er, Bince 1669 cases of divorce had been very rare in d, and he saw no necessity for introducing them nada. There was no marringe, he said, in which clouds might not intervene and interrupt the harmony of conjugal life ; but when people find there is no escape, they will perceive the bad effects of.yielding to evil pro- pensities and indulging in other than kindly feelings; while, on the other hand, if they knew they coald resort tonccmplairant legislature, and procure a separation, the worst effects would en: He bad read an account, not long ince, of a woman meeting in company two mei te whom she had formerly been married, and who at tha time had » third husband. this took place in the Unite t States and resulted from the facility with which divorces could be obtained in that country. The Speaker concluded by assuring members, that on opposing the passage of the bill, he was not actuated by religious prepossessions and prejudices, but solely by the conviction that the Legislative Council were not author- ized io pass it, and because he considered facilities for ob- taining divorce as eslculated to affect injurionsly the moral and social condition of any, poeple. ile did not ex- pect te convert those who were in favor of the measure, nor to confirm those in their opposition who were oppos- ed to it; but he wished to be rightly understood with re- ference to the motives by which he was actuated, and the grounds of his objections—that he was willing toaccord to others that which he claimed for himself, and that his mind was not operated upon on the present occasion, by religious prejudices. Hon. Mr, Boviton rose to reply to the Speaker, but the hour forsdjournment having arrived, further proceedings were deferred till to morrow. ACADIENSIS. QuenKc, April 20, 1853. After the usual routine business had been proceeded with, the Legislative Council took up the Beresford Di- vorce bill, when the Hon. Mr. Boulton replied briefly to the speech delivered the day before by the Speaker, and contended that that body had the right of passing Inwa with reference to marriage, and of directing that it might be celebrated even by a constable, by passing a bill, to be concurred in by the other branches of the Legislature; and if it porsesned that power, it might by a similar enactmeat, annnl the marriage contract. ‘ihe ‘bill before the Coun: cil, he said, had reference solely to the affairs of the Pro- viniee, and It would not be befitting in the Imperial Par liament to interfere, where the parties to be affected re- side in the country, When the I'rlvy Council recommend- ed the withholding of the royal assent (o the bill in the case of Harris, which had beeneferred to, they gave, as a special reason, that it was because the par ties were not inhabitants of the country. ‘the Speaker, he said, had admitted that the other cola. niex had passed # general law on the subject of divorce. ‘That beirg the case, the Legislature of Canada ceriainly hod a right to enact # similar law with reference to an in- dividual cave. It would be seen that recently in England, commissioners, to whom the subject had been reforred, ommend that a new tribunal shall be established, in consequence of the great expense which, in that country, is ineurred in obtniving @ divorce, The 8 . neil, he eatd, was in part in che ceeding, acd proof was requiced in nee. to establish the averments contained ntretnend Je of the bill. which bad been produced, and the next step was to declare ho marriage between the parties to be disaglyed, and i) disavor any intention of forwarda bill which would have the most remote dene: bi pte ia! of rigor 61 we no objection to passing that before the House, Tarly anit could not become a law until it should have recived the Queen’s assent. Hon. Dr. Taché said he had been taxed with maki seecl im relation to the Frenchy revolution; ¢ purpore of showing the dai innovation; aad the whole uf itdad reference to. the Ganger. to be a ended from divorce, to the family more affected, and to society at large. if the honorable gome tleman could show ‘that hal’ a dozen children having one common father and descended from half a dozen ould so respect him, that order aud harmony could ex- ist in the domestic circle, and if such a state of would not be a curseto society, then his arguments were not worth a straw. He had stated before, that the prevalence of divorce im the United States had produced a great deal of mischief there; and were it not for the safety-valye afforded bg the Far West, whither resort many of those whom the law has corrupted, there would be extensive corruption in that country, The Speaker had stated that an Ameci- can Jady was in company at one time with three men te whom she had been married. This circumstance brot to his mind a trait of. Roman history, previeus to the cline of that empire, when it was & common occurremes: for females to boast of having had fifteen and twenty husbands. And when the Far West shall have beem peo= pled—obserbed the Doctor, who allowed himself a wide margir—American ladies may also boast of hay bad ar wany as the Roman matrons. Then, he said, look eut for squall, aud a repetition of the fate of the Romam empire. Gentlemen, he remarked, had insisted that the opponents of divorce viewed it as a question, They did not so regard it—but as ® social question ; and in that light he bad treated it. But €veD &8 & religious question, from what he had seem amd read, the Roman Catholics in that House had defended marriage, as maintained by the Church of Eugland, bet- ter than thore who call themselves Protestants, whiek views that institution in the same light as that of the Church of Rome—as a religious ceremony. After one or two other members had‘ expreseed their views in favor of the powers possessed by the Legislature: to pass bills of divorce, and the navure of the proof which had been adduced in the preseat case, to justify auch a procedure, the question as to the resord was carried—nine gentlemen rising, and four, exclusive: of the Speaker, retaining their seats. The bill was them read a second time, when the House went into committee on the bill, which was then agreed to and reported baek. ‘The third reading was then ordered for to morrow. APRIL 28. The Beresford Relief or Divorce bill was to- rede third time in the Legislative Council, and sent down te the House of Assembly, where it was read a first time, and where it will probably meet with similar Le apg to that which it encountered in the other branch of the Legislature, and where it will also ultimately pas, with 8 euspending clause. a But even in the event of its receiving the Queea’sas- sent, it appears to me the troubles of Captain Berea- ford will not have ended—or, ‘rather, they will be: evtailed upon the heirs of any property which he may possess, or of any title of nobility to which they may lay claim. That the provincial slature pass such a bill as that which has to, will doubtless be generally admitted ; but as it hae been seen that the best legal minds in Eagland decided that it does not possess this power, where the parties are not resident in the Province, which is at present the case with Mrs. Beresford, and although sufficient influence wit be exerted in England on behsif of Capt. Beresford, to ri him of the lady to whom he has been united; yet the operation of such a measure muy at some future day be. tested by interested parties in the courts of law and equl~ ty in that country. Doubts will also arise as to the pa- ternity of the offspring which it wi intention Capt.” Beresford to legitimatize by marr House of Lords may yet be engaged in discussing a dia~ puted title to the peerage, emanating from this souree. It is evident that, notwithstanding the disavowals thaé wero made, religious qducation and feeling, hada deal to do with the opposition to the bill; and I wae much struck with the promptitude, with’ which the Speaker endeavored to meet an insinuation, made by the last gentleman who spoke on the subject, when alluding: to the facility with which a divorce was atainel Oy Na- leon. Immediately on the House going into committee, procured from ihe library a French work, for the: purpose of showing that the Pope was opposed te « di~ vorce being granted to the Emperor, and who only ulfl~ mately consented on the ground that his marriage with Josephine had Len dpogule act being strictly in ae~ cordance with the rules ie church, ACADIENBIS, The Tarf. 4 » UNION COURSE, L. I.—TROTTING. On Thursday last, April28, a purse was trotted fer om this fincly fitted up track, mile heats, best three in five, to wagons, wagon and driver to weigh 300 lbs, There were three entries, viz: g. m. Lady Blanch, g. g. Snew Drop, and ch. h. Beppo. The mare won therace. Ladg Blanch is now twenty five years old, being foaled in the: spring of 1828, out of Amazonian, by Abdallah, and the: first colt of that famous stallion. She was owned at that, time by John Treadwell, Esq. At five years old, Mra ‘Treadwell was offered $1,500 for her, by Isaac Andersom. She was at that age matched against Awful fora large amount; but Awful falling lame on the day appointed fer. the race, a forfeit was the consequence. For many years: wo miseed Lady Blanch, but at length found her as « hack in the livery stable of Mr. Chichester, a street, who, fearing that she was breaking down age, and the consequent hardships of a livery life, seld her toafarmer on Long Island. This bene: 6 vidual gave her a rest for a le of years, which time she recovered her former strei and and at the advanced age of twenty-one, after showing & mile in 2:86, in harness, she was purchased by the ‘Wm. Madden for eight hundred dollars, Her name was then changed to Lady Washington, and she was entered for a a es the Union track. Some of her old ad— mirers, however, recognized! her, and at once announeedl the fact, and she was ruled out of the race for having her name changed without a previous announcement, an@ for having won larger purses than the eee one frequently before From that time until Thurs- day, we again lost sight of her, and supposed she had gone to that bourne where all ‘horses ge = but Air. Hoagland, her present owner, breught. her ‘ex the track on the above day, as ‘and lively am asix year old. It was really astonishing, after all the vicissitudes fthrough which this fine creature hag one, to see her so well. She has not a blemish om her; Ser legs and feet are as pretty as a colt’s, Sho in new, beyond doubt, the fastest trot: of herage ia the ond dou! ns world, being four years older than aay Suffolk. The two other horses in the race—Beppo and were not raised on Long Island, the former Canada, and the latter trom Vermont, and the famous Morgan breed. Beppo is owned by Truesdell, and has trotted agile in harness in 2:37. Snow Drop was the favorite iff this race, at two te against the field, previous to the start; and after the second heat, five to onc was wagered on him times, his backers believing that the extreme old age of the mare Would tell against her; but on this, as om man; other occasions, the knowing ones ‘ counted witheut their host.” The following is a description of the race >— First Heat.—Lady Blanch won the first choice of plaeey. Snow Drop the second, Beppo the outside are coming up for the word. Look out judges, and start them fair. The greys are parallel at’ the score, Beppa trailing. Go! ‘Toke care, Hiram, Blanch is leaving yeu. Reppo’s up! What's the matier with the favorite ® There he goes up. Allrightagain! Blanch is at the half wile pole, a length clear. Time, 1:21. Hiram is another effort to overtake the old mare, but Hoagland im sending her along as fest as possible. How they go round. the lower, turm Blanch opening tho gap! ‘Take carey Hiram—there you go up—down again—losing more ‘ound. Where's Beppo? There he is ona lope. Wilt fle ever get steady? He runs pretty well, A hundred to, twenty on the old mare! They are coming up the stretoh. Be cateful, judger, that they keep their places. Snow Drop ’s up again on the outside. He is crossing the traek. No matter, he don’tinterfere with Beppo. Lady Blaneh. wins by two or three lengths, in 2:45, Hurra for the eld) mare! Second Heat.—Snow Drop still the favorite. Why? Oh, the maze cannot stand azother heat—she’s too and has had uo work, Well, we'll see. Here they come, alltogether. This will be start. Go! Beppo’s up om the turn. Blanch is outfooting Snow Drop. G’long, gol! She’sa length ahead at the quarter pole. Time, 4E seconds, Now she’s coming back. Hiram’s at hee wheel. She's caved! What did I tell you? There! she up, and Snow Drop's a couple of lengths ahead at the hall, Time, 1:20. It’s no use. Hoagland ; don’t whip hers she doing all she can. What's the matter with the stallion ¥ We have seen him do better than that deforo. He I! bebave better next heat. Saow Drop leads the old mare three or four lengths to the score, Beppo forty or fifty yards behind, Time, 2.45%. ird Heat—Kive to one Hiram wins the race! I take that, A hundred to ten the old mare don’t win! No takers, She looks better now—she has swested well and dried up nicely. Go! Beppo leads round the turn im front of Hiram. Get out of the way!—you cut in teow quickly—with Beppo in front, and Ii nd on the eut- side, how the devee can Hirem get ia front without back, and going round = “~ oust = ! Givehim achance! Time, to quarter, forty- two seconds, All in a heap down the back atnetols. They openon the turn. The old mare is now making » brush for the lend. Good bye, Beppo! He's up. Now's your time, Hiram! That's your sort! cure f take care! you're bouncing, too, Beppo is aroun He's up again! Hiram's ap—dewm oumay both catch the old mare re ‘Twenty even Beppo wins the heat. @o along, lurra, Peggy ! you're late. Blanche beate you neck. Time, 2:40.” Snow Drop a length behind. urth Heat —Soroebody tells Hirai that pues and Piifer intend to ploy into each others hand. ‘be- comes excited. They ‘start. Beppo leads round turn—the old mare close to him—Hiram behind, badiy, Beppo snd (he mare go headand head to the y in 121, They are yoked to the lower turn, Blanch heads him on the homestretch, and wins by two or three and going fast. again—stead she’s falling off—getting tired—that’s right~yor Gnely. Sim! I lengths. Time, 247%, Snow Drop broke up several times daring the beat, and bad ao chaace of winning. ‘The following ix & summary :— . and entered ¢ m Lady Blanch,.,.., 1 22 F ‘Woodruff catered g. g 5 Drop... 218 & D. Later entered ch. hb. Beppo $328 Time, 2:46-2:45 w, April 19,—Purse