The New York Herald Newspaper, June 13, 1853, Page 1

. WHOLE NO. 7478. LECTURE OF FATHER GAVAZZI TO THE ITALIANS, ON THE GOSPEL AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH. On Saturday last, a telegraphic despatch having reached ‘the city that Padre Gavazzi would arrive from Montreal in the course of the evening, « large number of his countrymen assembled at the station in Chambers treet, anxiously awaiting the train, On its arrival, the Padre was recognized and received by the crowd with every demonstration of enthusiasm and joy, and con- gratulations were poured upon him from every ride, at bis almost mirasulous esespe from the rioters at Mont- real. Last evening the Padre delivered his customary lecture to the Italians at the Stuveysant Institute, on the Gospel and freedom of speech. The edifice was crowded to ex- ess. At 8 o’clock the Padre presented himself, and was ved with enthusiastic applause, which lasted for ome minutes. Before addressing the audience, the Padre read a chap- ‘ter from St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans, and repeated the Lord’s Prayer, at the conclusion of which he said:— ~ I will take the first occasion to refute a ridiculous asser- ‘tion which has been thrown out by a Jesuitical writer— the editor of the Courrier des Etats Unis—who could not ‘weep upon my grave, who said that I would have appear- ed before a New York audience with blood upon my hands, and be proud of the title of a martyr. I am sorry I+ could not appear to-night with my own gowo, on which is the blood of my attem ted assassins. If ‘upon my clothes are marks of blood, it proves that an Utalian does not preach for the sake of gain, but exposes hia Ife for the pake of Christ. (Applause.) The argu: sment which I shall present to you to-night, suggests to awethe propriety of informing my countrymen that it is impossible to disbelieve the miracles of Providence. I Delieve, in every respect, that the hand of Ged leads me to salvation. From my youth I have preached against infidelity, aud for the cause of Christ, Tom happy to say, in the presence of my Christian friends, that the mercy of God is all powerful, and be- fore long I hope that a religious insurrection will come in Italy. I thank God for having spared me, for the sake of truth and for Italy, in the battle fields of Lombardy, ainst the Austrians—on the hills of Rome, against the french, and from the hands of the Irish assassins in Quebec’ and Montreal. I propose to my Italian friends the neoesity of following the principles of the gospel and of the freedom of speech. I know tbat it is an obstacle to preach in Italy against the doctrines in which we have been brought up; but, thank heaven, as wo have understandin, study the word of God, our zaission will be crowned with success. What is the religion that alone can save humanity? Where can it befound? In the Catholic Church? No! Inthe catechism of Bellarmino? No! In the life of Loyola? No! In the life of Alphonso de Li- guori? No! In the bulls of the Popes? No! Inthe coun- ils of the Church? No! It can only be found in this small ‘book (laying his hand on the Bible). (Great applause ) ‘To learn clearly the doctrines of the Romish Church, you xoust peruseone hundred and thirty five volumes of the superstitions taught by the priesthood. Christ ssid— « Who that will be perfect, let him study the sacred yyoges, and follow my teachings.” He said—'Go, preach ay doctrines to all people; be baptized and you will be so ved.’? Therefore, he who has the Gospel is sure to en- ter into eternal life. As we haves church in Italy in sy ite of our enemies, we must be bound to uphold her— his is the church of St. Paul. My friends, it is not by ing to Mass, or eating fish instead of meat that you will Ke saved, but by being honest and true Christians, ba- exuse very seldom those who follow the superstitious <icctrines of the Romish Church are found in the ranks of assasins, (loud applause) armed not with the Bible, Dut with daggers and stones; truly these are poor argu- ments to offer to the Word of Christ Remember. Ital ians, that leaving the church of the Pope, we must not unbelievers, but true Christians, so that we shall neither Papists nor atheists. Be- Tieve me, the Gospel is the best code of all In those ‘sacred pages you will find consolation in ‘the hour of grief, and salvation in the hour ofdeath. Read at least a chapter every day to your families, among our friends, or in seclusion. In Canada I have seen ‘hose brave Sco‘ch soldiers who were guarding me at m: against my Irish murderers, perusing the goapel, still they were soldiers; and if we have had so much patience in our youth, to follow all the superstitious ceremonies of the Romish church, to tell beads to pray for the dead, why should we not? havea single boon for the true word of Christ. The “superstitious doctrines of the papal church create in- fidels, and brutes, and beasts, who do not shrink from the commission of the most outrageous and infamous crimes. ‘Where there is no free discussion, there is the religion of despots and rlaves. If you ask them why do ycu pray in that way? they answer, because the priasts each us to do so. Why do you go to mass? Because my mother did. And thee are the reasons vem where there exists no freedom of spaech mt if you ask a Protestant why he believes in “Christ, he will produce the New Testament, by which he will prove his belief. In Protestant countries, the learned class of the Catholics are allowed to read the Bible, that they may prove to you, by some falsified verse, the cor- x ess of their creed; but in Europe the mass of the * Catholics are Fens balers in what they believe; aud I think that the world, without public discusiion, will be enslaved. Goud applause.) From what happened in Canada, I ob. werve three important peint:—the principle, the object, aod the fact. [did not go there by my own free will, but 4 was invited by a deputation of Canadians, and not as the Courrier des Etat Unis has endeavored to make ont, to collect money; 501 affirm that the responsibility of the Dlood shed does not rest upon me, but on thoxe who knew the brutal class by which they were surrounded; and they should have taken the necessary measure to have prevented such an outrageous transaction. I re- sBrect the laws of every country, but I shalt always insist on the freedom of apech. Those who sey that I was ambitious of martyrdom mi-take me, C1 aim not like those Jesuitical saints of the church, w ‘ave lighted candles before their corpses. What I say is this—That I am ready to defend the truth, and the cause of liberty, everywhere, in spite of my attempted Urish murderers, as I did in Lombardy against the Aus Zrians, and in Rome against the French (Loud and prolonged cheers.) Those who insult me by saying as Za Cronica, a Spanish monarchical wérograde journsl Published in New York, has affirmed, that I am making aooney, Isey they lie. If] were anxious of procuring money T ouh Ge {tt Glee eountcier, witout cxposieg amy life. These Jesuitical papers should know that Bishop m Cardinal Wiseman, Brownson, and otber Catho. lic orators, never deliver lectures witout charging high prices while they are speaking on a religion the Apostles of which have sold the cross, the sword, and the liberties ofall nations, (Applause) Iam gled in having been the first to give a great example that we believers in Christ acd missionaries of freedom must go forward, and each drop of blood shed in Cavad . of ‘vill fall_heavily on the instigators and on the priest Rome. Before this cecurrence, the priests had obtain in the United States a hind of sympathy with the publ press, im disapproving of my course of lectures, sad the political demagogues, for the sake of a few votes, had Favored. thelr Jusultical complaints. On the coutrary, ia Canada, they took a different course, by falling on the victim. They have shown that there it was not the English * institutions that governed the country but the priests,and Tam glad to ray that they have besn mistaken. My enemies say that it was imprudent in me to go to moot such a fanatical people, and that the Italian Crusader, if he had been told that there was a barrel of powder, would have eet fire to it. But who put the powder there? Those who would muzzle the world—tye Jesuits—had repared that powder; then, for the freedom of speech, tit be exploded, La Cronica says that the Casadians sre not accustomed to such discussions as those Dad im the United States; bat I anewer that there ia a constitution which allows freedom of syeech. I shall not go to Mexico or to Aus- tris, where the laws condemn the liverty of speech, but’ T shall go to Italy, because there I baye some right. In Canada Protestantism is crushed Look at Brownson, Who. after having been @ Protestant minister, ‘went into Canada to ingult Protestantism in every way, and the Protestants did not raise a voice against him, nor have they armed any mob of assassios. Toe Catholics like to hear discursions against all other denomivations, Dut if you dare to utter a word against their principles the} ‘oppore you, and prevent you from speakiag But who are yor that you will dictate to all ths world? Some Catholis politicians in Canada say—' We respect our- golves;”” but this is false, The Protestants respect you; you have your processions; you perform all the ceremo- nies of your church, and they do not oppose you. The Aegislature now sitting in Canada has beon awakened by the riots, and discovered that the Irish Canadians @re no more subjects to the English Const tutions, but to the Jesuits. (Loud applause.) Hore Father Gavazzi described the atrocious attempt made by the Irish rioters in Quebec. If, enid he, they intended to take my life, it would have been simply a murder; but how shall we call those ferocious monsters who mobbed, in the church, children, women, and jnoffensive men? At the door there were cauni- distributing sticks ; others money, and one of the lenders a crucifix in his hand, and to his gang, before entering the building— cross, this imege of our lord Jesus ‘Christ, your Saviour and Redeemer, that you will drag the apontate priest from the charch, or slay him on the apot.”” But Aig mistook mo, because I intended to sell roy life dearly, ax my blood belongs to my Italy, and for ‘her sake alove shall it be shed. (Loud — ) And what a@ strange coinsidence in my fe! On the 6th and 9th of June, 1848, which I shall call the anniversary of the attempted butchery in Que- bee and Montreal, I fught at Viceoza and Treviso, where I gained s medaifor aqhting sgainst the Austrians, this medal the barbarians in Canada could not jack from my breast. (Applanso.) The pro- coasion ‘ot the corpus christt in Canada, is carried out with more pagan ceremony than in our country. At the hoad have twenty young girls dressed in white, with ‘wreaths on their heada, throwing roses on the way; next a beautiful obi representing Christ, while a fat dressed in sheep rkin, is made to re present St. John, And these samo good Christians after- ‘wards attempted to murder me ard Piao ar hearers. Let God give me life and I never will change my opinions E ture, who said, in a that the good Catholics should not use violence against me when I delivered my seeond lecture. Placards were jot by the priests, on the walls ef Quebec, advising the tholic Irish not to interfere with me. Remember, this was done but half anhour before my lecture, while -the mob was already om its way to the church, ready te carry out work of blood. Had only two Catholic priests placed themselves at the door of the prevent bloodshed they could have by their influence on those blind ‘and ignorant masses, the unfortunate calamity. The Protestants in the church and the Scoteh Sergeant fought bravely, while the policemen were witnessing these at: tacks without interference. [A Voice—Tho police were papists or Austrians. Laughter and applause } When the Mayor ordered the troops to fire, he must cer- tainly have lost his senses; because, although he is a satholic, I do not believe him capable of committing Cuch a fearful butchery against a peaceful congregation. The friends of those who were wounded called upon me and exonerated me from all blame, As I was going to my lodgizg. a wounded man rose from the ground and offered me his hand, as he had done in thej morning. The cause of this butchery is with the Tnish priests of Canada, A Voice—And those of the U, 8. I (continued he) answer to my enemies that, with- out freedom of speech, there is no life, no liberty, no true religion, but slavery and priesteraft. We must destroy pope’ for ‘the sake of humanity. All Italians pant for civil and religious freedom, which will regenerate their country; aud the day is not far dis- tant when their most sanguine expectations will be rea- lized, at which time we will send as a present his holi- ness the Pope of Rome to his beloved children of Ireland, and there build a vatican for him. The lecturer concluded by stating that he did not en- tertain any hatred egainst his Irish assailants in Canada, and he trusted that God would pardon them. Those feelings were entertained by his friend Paoli, who was dangerously wounded, and whose recovery was doubtful, and by Messrs. Palmieri and Gallerati. THE GAVAZZI RIOTS IN CANADA, Cur Montreal Correspondence. Monrreat, June 10, 1853. The Riots at Quebec and Montreal—Calling out of the Mili- tary—Lives Lost at MontrealeContemplated Public Meeting. Last night tuere was quite an exciting time here, ori- ginating in a lecture delivered by Father Gavazzi, at one of the Presbyterian churches of this city, of which I sent you a brief account by telegraph. I arrived hero yesterday morning, and feeling satisfied, from information I-was enabled to collect, that a riot would be attempted, I made up my mind to see it out. Accordingly, at half-past six o’clock yesterday evening, I wended my way to the place of meeting, which I found by no means as full as I expected; numbers, however, subsequently arrived, among whom were several ladies, whe, with one cr two exceptions, took their seats in the galleries, The window next the street was well protected by inside shutters, and.an ample supply of firearms was provided; and all being prepared, Father Gavazzi ad. dreased the audience at considerable length, defined his position, alluded to a riot which took place when he was at Quebec, last week, and was about concluding, when it became evident that a mob, which had collected outside, were endeavoring to obtain admittance into the building. I omitted to mention that on my arrival at the church, I found about fifty policemen, drawn up in two divisions in front of the church; who, I understand, under the di- rection of the Mayor, behaved well in subsequently deal- ing with the mob outside. ‘There was a good deal of cheering inside of the build- ing, particularly when Father Gavazzi alluded to the attack made on him in Quebec by the Irish Roman Ca- tholics—the French Canadians having nothing to do with the assault. The cheering outside, and the attempt on the part of the mob to gain admittance, interrupted the lecture, and every bedy was on the gui vive for some time. ‘There were several gentlemen seated on the platform with the lecturer—some of them, I believe, were minis- ters—who behaved remarkably well, and who repeatedly called ujou thore who were present to be seated, and hear the lecture out, otherwise they Would lose an ad vantage which never would be regained. The excitement still continued, however, untilit was at length aynounced that the troops bad arrived, which had more effect in quieting the meeting than all the ap peals which had been made, At this juncture, some one on the platform requested those who were friendly to the object of the meeting to take their seats, which was ig- mediately complied with, and Father Gavazzi concladed his address. before about as orderly an audience as lever saw assembled ; after which they separated, it being BS viously declared that another iectiog should take place the evenicg ensuing, to hear a subsequent lecture As 1 bad token « seat near the upper end of the church, Iwas late in getting out. On reaching the street, all seemed quiet ; those who preceded me were moving off, among whom Were several females ; and about fifty yards from the church were ¢rawn up across the street two detachments of the Twenty-sixth regiment, which_has just arrived, facing outwards I had walked down the side walk, probably tnicty yards, when I attempted to crass the street ; at this mo ment a musket was discharged in the r of the sued» 5 which was answered by another netr the church. In. stantly the oflicer in commandyof the military gave the word to shoulder, presevt, acd fire. By this time I had arrived about two-thirds acros the street, and was not a little gratified at noticing that, as usual, the soldiers fired pretty much in an elevated direction, being under the impression that they were firing blank cart- ridge, in which, however, I am terry to find 1 was mistaken, ax one or two at least were struck by balis, who were near the church I am still under the impression that the troops were not all loaded with pall curtridge, or I could not erro § have eccaped being sbot, aud I'am ratistied the conaant ing officer did wrong in orderiag bis men to fire, when there were a number of pers front of his troops who were evidently peaceably inclined. * After remaining some time in the vicivity of the eburch, I left for the purpose of seuding a telegraphic despatch. Just as 1 crossed McGill street, another m: ket was fired, and the windows, as1 uoderstood, of a Presbyterian clergyman’s house ja the vicinity, were do- molished. “ After sending my second telegraphic despatch I at- tempted to proceed up Great Sr. James straet, but found a divisioa of the Twenty. sixth drawn up across the street, and had to return and make another cireuit before I reached the Montreal Hotel, near the csiver. T understood previous to feaving Great St James street, that the troops were revurning to the barracks, where they were pelied, and accordingly halted, aud romained there for some time; but ultimately the royal artillery returned to their barracks, Imet ove gentleman who had been shot in the breast, and avother who, while walkiag quietly along the street, had been seriously injured by a stone. It is stated that three persons have beon kited, but I believe this is an exuggeration. Of course, I shall know better this morning, and will telegraph ‘accord- ingly. incre will be a public meeting of the inhabitants of this city to-day ; and I am much mistaken if measures will not be adopted of a most stringent character. I by no means approve of the description of lectures that have created so much ill-feeling; but nothing can justify the course which thore who have felt aggrieved have pur- sued, both at Quebec and in this city. A strong detachment of the Twenty-sixth remained at the St, Lawrence Hall and in its vicinity uotil a late hour last night. Iwill send you further particulars by tele: graph, us £00n as the office shall be opened. w. Montreat, June 10, 1853. Riot ot Montreale-Father GavazzieLoss of LifomSeveral Persons Wounded=Pubdlic Meeting Another Riot Anti- cipated. I forwarded by a passenger who left on this morning's boat for New York, a hurried account of the unfortunate proceedings of last evening, and as it may not reach you, deem it proper to send you by this afternoon’s mail, a brief recapitulation of the occur:ences that took place. T reached the church just as Signor Gavazzi commenced his lectue. There was much excitement manifested by the audience, particularly during his allusion to the riot at Quebee, which took place on his second appearance in that city; cheers were repeatedly given; and he had nearly concluded, when a mob outside endeavored to force their way into the church, which was successfully resisted, arms having been provided for that purpose, Ultimately order was restored, and the troops Raving ar- rived, no further interruption took place. I omitted to state that about fifty jcemen were drawn up in front of the charch, in two divisions—a force by no means sufficient to preserve order. Previous to the meeting been ‘up, ® resolution way adopted that Signor Gavazzi should lecture this evento'g, There were roveral ladies geno who wero among ‘the last who quvitted the church, which was the case with myre'f, having taken a reat near the pulpit. hen I came out everything appeared quiet, and two divisions of the Twenty sixth regiment were dre wn up a short distance from the church, the first fueip y towards it, and the other in an opposite direction, whe ro the mob was in contiderable force. As I approach’ 4 this body, and was in the act of crossing the street a pistol was fired from among the mob whioh was ans yored by ove oF two near the church. The soldiers iv’ me itiatel? shoul ered arma, and poured @ volley in oo directions. MORNING EDITION----MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1858. -THE NEW YORK HERALD. NEWS BY 1 ELEGRAPH. ~~ From Washi, ston. fee meas teed high ta the direotion to which I was pass- . with one or two exceptions, to which I attribute not ‘This occurrence induced me to remain for some time: but further happered. Several, however, were ‘RESIDENT. struck, « alist of killed and wounded I sent you by APPOINTMENTS BY THE. - i telegraph this , which, I believe, will be found SPECLAL CORRESPONDENCE ov THE wa. Y YORK HERALD. Shoe taste Sette Sorel erat" tr oe karan ae ate re lor se cal s Injured on thelr side, of whom ne'secount can be ob. | _ TH? following appointments have been aad irs President :— The firin, the troops was uncalled for, TRRASURY DEPARTMENT. Fi aa Be Aer disposed to blame the eemmanting G. W. Merchant, Surve: Dumfries, Va. Samuel Melvin, Surveyor, Accomack, © H., Va.? M J.C. Quivan, Surveyor, Pontchartrain, La. Jobn 8. Brown, of Baltimore, Maryland, Inspeot'or of steam boats in the third distrist. ‘SENTINE"U. officer for what I deemed an imprudent act: but it turns out that he received his directions from the Mayor, who peachy § happens to bo » Roman Catholic, and of course is not very charitably dealt with. My impression is that he was totally @isqualified, by = nervous tem perament for the discharge of the responsible duties at devolved upon him. ‘The eee remained in the vicinity of the St. Lawrence hotel till about half-past one o'clock this morning. I have just returned from a meeting of the citizens, Partieulars of the Accident near Waterford - NAMES OF THE INJURED. Ausayy, June 12, 1853 who have appointed a committee of vigilance to inquire | The accident at the railway bridge north of Waterford, into the outrage, and to bring the guilty parties to . Pola eed ope Aegl bin ay ‘eld, fla yesterday, was caused by the breaking away ef the tres- sel work built to support the railway track over the ravine at that place. Tha work was of extraordinary magnitude, the bents being upwards of forty feet above the surface of the ground. Twelve of the bents had been raised to their places, and at the time of the disaster the thirteenth was in progress of ereetion. On the top of these bents about a dozen men were at-work, while below upwards of twenty were engaged. The motion caused by the men in hoisting so heavy a body started the other bevts from their places, when in an instant the whole structure fell with» tremendous crash, carrying down all the workmen, and burying them in the ruins. Fortu nately, none wore killed, but many were seriously in jured. Thomas Learnard, engineer of the work, was one of thee, He has been delirious since, though to-day he is 8 little easier, Robert Whittaker, of Glen Falls, em axe man attached to the engineering corps, had his legs terribly smashed. He must submit to amputation, and it is doubtful if he survives. George Pitt, of Coboes, is hurt eo badly that itis thought he will die, A man, whose name we could’ not ascertain, was taken to Cohoes. He is badly injured, and his recovery is doubtful. Mr. Springsted, of this city, is badly injured. His head is cut, ribs fractured, and he has besides sustained internal injuries that render his death almost certain. Charles Waters, of this city, is also badly injured, but nothing further has been heard from him to-day. William Wilson, of Bath, was badly hurt in the side, No report from him to-day, thera is noknowing what will be the verdict of the jury; but if they do their duty, it seems to me they must at- tribute the melancholy events of last evening to the mis- conduct—I will not say intentional missonduct—of the Mayor; slthough this ix the general opinion. that functionary sworn in a sufficient number of special coustables, there would bave been no occasion for calling out the troops, and the extensive loss of life that lace, and severe bodily injuri h were other- wise inflicted, would have been avoided. Several gentlemen addressed the meeting to day— among other: ench Canadian, who denounced the conduet of the rioters, and expressed hia gratification at being wble to state that neither at Quebec or Montreal had the French Canadisxs anything to do with the move. ments. The respectable portion of the Irish Roman Ca- thol'cs, be said, also disapproved of it. ‘Acoromities’ who bad been to wait on Signor Gavazzi, stated that owing to the unsatisfactory assurance which had been given that the peace of the city would be pre- served, he should decline lecturing this evening. Pais notification was received with avery bad grace by the meeting, who insisted upon his following out the original intention; and a committee was again appointed to wait upon bim, and to express the opinions of those. present, Should he accede to their wishes there will doubtless be @ more aggravated riot than that of last evening; and should he decline doing so, I am apprehensive that the Protestant party will be the aggressors. T have not heard anything to induce me to put down the casualties of last night at less than seven killed, five seriously wounded, and eight or ten slightly. Many in- dividuals were also partially injured by the mob, who attacked persons passing along, in the most vicious and uncalled for manner WwW. Fires. Lance Fire at Portsmouta. VA.—On Friday, 10th inst., & fire broke out in the roof of the building on High atreet, occupied by D. H. Ball, and owned by H V. Niemeyer. and the flames driven by the wind carried their work of devastation up High street to Court street, burning the old Court Hvuse and several small tenements. inity Church was on fire several times, and was only saved by ry exertions. A house several squares off, near the fethcdist cburch, also took fire, but received little ¢amage. The houses burned, comprising ten tenements, were owned prinetpal by Biossrs. W. Watts, W. Butler, Joseph Burke, H. V. Niemeyer and Jno. Lash, and were, we understand, all insured. 1 cron ig Frre aT PHILADELPHIA —On Saturday, 11th instant, a fire broke out in @ frame building in Fetter lane occupied by William Roberts, which could not be checked until the frame wheelwright shop of John Black, and the brick carpenter shop of Mr. Jones, in the rear, were involved in complete destruction. The flames com- municated to the rear parts of the six-story stores on Third street, below Fetter lane, and for a time their total destruction seemed inevitable. Blum & Simpson, dry oods dealers, No. 79, lost $1,000, principal rater he Upper 8 ries of No. 8134 were occupied lope will & Walton, hat and cap makers—loss about $500. Fine at Crxcinvati —Last night at half-past 12 o'clock 8 fire broke out in Durand & Sarran’s liquor store. Whilst writing this the flames are rapidly oxtending to R. A. Little & Co.’s liquor store, and Washington fnsaraace Company building on the north, and McCullough, Morris & Co.’s and Neave & Free’s hardware store on the south. From present appearances the destruction of property will be very Jarge, although the fremen are working with great energy.—Cincinnati Commercial, June 10. Two houses were destroyed by fire in Hillsborough, Washingtcn county, Pa., one day last week. One was ocenpied asa dry goods store by Samuel Barnett, Esq., acd the other was owned by Mr. T. F, Miller, of Wash: ington. The store house of Mr. James Painter, in Mechanics- ville, Venango county, Pa., was destroyed by fire on the night of the 20th ult. He had an insurance in the Ly- ceming Company for $1,000—much less than the rea loss. There was 9 great fire at Kalamazoo, Michigan, on the From Philadelphia, FATAL RESULT OF AN AFFRAY—THREE MEN DROWNED —S8TEAMBOATS LAUNCHED. PHILADELPHLA, June 11, 1853, Robert Coates died last night from the effects of a blow on the head, froma board inthe hands of Owen Sheffer. Sbafiler has been committed. Jacob and Charles Martin, brothers, and Edward Mc- Nichol, were drowned this morning, while bathing in the Schuylkill river, near Point Breeze. Jacob Martin leaves awife and three children. The other two were young men and unmarried, Steamships Hickory and Locust Point were launched yesterday. These boats complete the original contract made by Captain Loper with the Parker Vein Coal Com- peny. Additional contracts have been made for ten others, making twenty in all. The latter contract is to be completed in Novemter. Southern Mall. Bamimorg, June 12, 1853, The Southern mail of this evening brought us New Orleans papers of Monday last, but they contain no news of interest. Markets, ‘New Onteans, June 11, 1853, The sales of cotton to-day reached barely 1,000 bales. Operators are awaiting the Pacific’s advices. Provence, June 11, 1853. ‘The cotton market closes firm, with sales of about 3,000 night of the 29th. It broke out in the Railr house, Dales. The stock of wool is light, and prices firm, Sales neer the depot, and rapidly extended tv Cook & Co. for the week, 43,006 Ibs. The matact for printing cloths warehouse abd the passenger depot, By great exersiona | is Gra, and prices tending upward. Sales 63,000 pieces. of the firemen and citizens, Arnold’s steam mill, and the Michigan Centyal Railroad freight warehouse, were saved. Depot and warehouse total loss; warehouse partly in. sured. Loss, $20 000. At the sume time a man named Backus was burned to death. Messrs. Atwood & Hutchins’ chair factory, and Alexander & Garnsey’s grist mill, at Winchester, N. H., were destroyed by fire, on Weduesday. The patent leather factory of Mr. McGeary, at Salem, and the large lumber building of Mr. Doughty, at Charles: town, Mass., have been destroyed by fire. A fire at Portsmouth Va., on Thursday, destroyed the igh Street Hotel, the Temperance Hall, Emmett House, Ball's refectory, Stewart’s tobacco store, aud several sna] adjoining building: New York Legislature. BILLS PASSED AT THE EXTRA SESSION. ° {contunuED.} 209. Appropriating the revenues of the Literary and United States deposite funds. 800. To make the villxge of Summit Four Corners, and of Charlotteville, in the town ef Summit, Sehoharie coun- ty, separate road districts. 301. Relative to common schools in the city of New York. 402. For the relief of Henrietta Petford. 803, To amend an act entitled an act to prove for taking the acknowledgment of deeds and other written instruments by persone sesiding out of the State of New York, pas:ed April 7, 1848. 3¢4. ‘To amend the act incorporating the College of Dansville, <5 To consolidate the several school districts and parts of districts in the village of Pulaski, into one dis- taict, and provide for a school therein. 806. To authorize the Manlius Plaok Road Company to abandon part of their road. i07. Authorizing the Methodist Episcopal Church in Junius, Seneca county, to seil parsonage, 308. To amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the New York Academy of Medicine, paseed Juno 23, i$6l. 809. Relative to the common lands of the town of North Hempstead county of Queens. 310. To smend an act entitled an act to amend the charter of the village of Union Springs, passed ApriPi2, Pollee Intelligence, Arrest of a Daring House Chief —A young man, calling himself John Williamson, was arrested at four o'clock yesterday morning, by officer Seitelli, of the Fifteenth ward police, charged with entering the dwelling house of Mr. Charles Magerey, 113 Clinton place, Eighth strest, and stealing therefrom $100 in bank billa, under the follow: ing circumstances: —It seems that the front parlor window of Mr. Magarey’s residence had been left unfestened. snd the thief, having pushed up the window, attained an easy entrance by climbing ia through the window. Me. and Mrs. Magatey were asleep in the back room, “The rogue evtered and took from Mr. M.’s vest pocket $100 in bank bills, together with a check for $00. The thief then passed from the room to the basement, avd in so doing Mr. Magarey was awoke from his eleep, and hearing the sound of footsteps down stairs, he went down to ascer- tain who it was, when he saw the thief, who, on seeic; Mr Magorey. endeavored to make his escape; but Mr. M. gave an alarm, and puréued him until the police officer above named secured his arrest. The money was re covered, and in addition were found on the person of the thief, a gold watch and chaip, an‘ a pin attached, sup- pored to be stolen property, for which an owner is wanted. The bold rascal was conveyed before Justice Stuart, who committed him to prison for trial, 811. To repeal an act entitled an act to prevent fraudu- lent or pretended sales at sucti 812. To change the title of the Oswego Congregational Societ $18. 0 increase the capital stock of the Myrtle avenue and Jamaica Plank Road Company. $14, Authorizing the sale of the town house lot in the villoge of Seneca Falls, &¢. $15. To declare the village of Churchville, in the county of Monroe, a separate road district. 316: To amend an act entiled en act to incorporate the irendway Savings Institution fm the city of New Yor $17. To amend an act entitled an act to incorporat medical socivties, for the purpose of regulating the practice of physic and surgery in this State, passed April 10, 1815. 818. For the relief of William E. Henmone and the heirs of Jobn Vanderpool. 819. To reiea-e the inierest of the State in certain real estate conveyed by Peter Derapsey and wife to John Aiid, which éschenied on hix death to Charles Davis and Jawea Davis, who are equitably entitled thereto, 820. To provide for the extension of the draining of the Biack creek in Ulster county. ‘To incorporate the Syracuse Home Association. To authorize the construction and maintainance of 8 over the Erie Canal at Bullalo, ‘To authorize religious corporations to change their The Quakers. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. It is not withont some trepidation that one so young an myself veutures to address an editor of & paper; but believing thee would not willingly misrepresent, Lam ia duced to let thee know there are several mistakes in thy account respecting rievds aad Orthodox. Deeply is it to be lamented, and which never would have taken place had it not been for the officious English Friends who were here at that time, which in justice to us I thiok thee will be willing to be informed. As to the settlement of the property sfier the division the Orthodox asierted they would “hsve all or none,’ this of courie Friends wouid not aceede to; but when they had very much eooled down, they appointed a com mittee to meet one from our meeting, and an amicable agrooment was made, and a large amouat of property ceded to them. This does not seem, friend Editor. as if the “Hicksites took most of the property, but allowed the others some.’ And again: ‘Tbe orthodox seem more zealous than the Hickeites do; in the afternnoon their galleries were filled with the youth avd beauty of the so ’ If thee would have taken the pains to have visited, not only Rose street. but Hester and Downing streets and Brooklyn, last Sabbath, ali of which belong to the Monthly Meeting of Rone street, thee would have seen a much larger con conrse of the young people. ‘Thy friend, pares 324 To confirm the election of village ofticers in Chureh- ville, 825, To amend anact entitled an act to authorize a part of the records of the counties of Ontario and Steuben to be tranreribed and deposited in the Clerk's office of Yates county, passed April 9 1852. $26. To authorize the construction and maintainance of bridges over the Krie Canal in the city of Syracuse and in the town of Geddes. 827. To annex part of the town of Newfield, Tompkins county, to the town of Catharine, Chemung county. 828° To incorporate the Sixpenny Savings Bank in the et BY Tageeve the navigation of the Big Chazy rive: . 6 the navigation ig Chazy river. 830, Relative to the American and Foreiga Bible So- ciet; ANNA, _Of Rose street Meeting. EXAMINATION OF THR REMAINS OF ARTHUR Spring. —the body of Arthur Sprieg was taken to the dis secting room of the Philadelpbia College of Medicine, this morning, and anatomically examined by Professor Janes McClintock, in the presence of Dr. Kirkbride, Dr. Evans, and several physicians and other scientific gentlemen, and the students of the medical clasa. The Professor, before proceeding to dissect the body, read a letter from Arther Spring, Jr., giving his consent to the post mortem examination. Young Spring said in the letter that be had no objection to such an examina- tion of the body of the deceased as the interests of science might render desirabie. To revise and consolidate the laws ia relation to the ville ge of Ithaca, 332, To amend an act entitled an act to incorporate Generee Suspension Bridge Company, passed April 16. 186; 383. To amend the act to authorize the formation of cor- perations for manufacturing, mining, mechanical and chemical purposes, passed February 17, 1848. 324. To amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Greenwood Cemetery, passed April 18, 138. he phrenological de nts of the head of the | 5. For the better security of mechanics and others niatderee were characteristic of the rap. The head was eoting buildings, performing work, or furnishing mate large, being over twenty-two inches ih ciroumferenge, Js therefor, in the county of Kings. 336. To amend the charter of the Watertown and ! Rome Railroad Company, and to extend the time for tho final ccmpletien of the road. 837. To amend an act ontitled an act to incorporate the Williamsburg Water Works Company, passed April 16, 1862. ‘The perceptive faculties were strong and the reflective wens. Benevolence and other organs, which are the indi- cations of a good disporition, were found to be very poorly developed. while selfishness and firmness wero large, and cautiousness was well devel Secretivences was large, and the animal organs, such as combativo- nees and destructiveness were enormous, The bao of the brain was very large. The forepart of the head was very small, and the back very large, indieating sensuality and cruelty. The Professor styled the cranium of the deceased & “ bull opel There was but little in the appearance of the brain to indicate that the deceared bad died from any vialence to the head or eck, The brain was very tly con- gested, and there were no signa whatever of extrava. sation. There was nothing, in fact, unusual in the ap: renee of the bral. Nothing to indioste hangicg. e disseotion of the neck disclosed a different condition of things. The murcles were found to bo maveb congested, and thtre was 9 great extravasation of blood. The windpipe was found to be disruptured in front, having Deen burat by the action of the ord, This result is unpa- ralleled, 20 far as the knowledge of ‘be demonstration ex- 38. In relation to courts and jurors in, Kings county. To facilitate the forming of agricultural, horti- ural und poultry societies. 240. Providing for the appointment of an additional rumber of notasies public in the sity and county of New York. BAL. To incorporate the widows’ and orphans’ fund of the Associate Presbyterian chuzch of North America. M42 To provide for the orection of a county poor houre in Ulster county. ‘S43. In relation to non resident fen. mg, Fhavges Ya certain lands in the counties of Warren, and Ha- milton. PAA. To estadlirh free schools in school district number four, in the town of Pastchester, county of Wastchester. 345. To change the name of Marquis De Lafayotte me fo Merce De Lafayette French. tended. This was probably the cht bo ines oe ogy BRL A slter the commissioners’ map of the city of it. We underst that renai rot klyn, sen bet intorsek thie afternoon after the examiatou i | 341. To construct cortain roads from the setilemeat in covclused.—, Bulletin, June Ly Lewis county, to Brown's tract in Herkimer county, ARRIVAL OF THE PACIFIC. Interesting European Intelligence. FOUR DAYS LATBR. ATTITUDE OF RUSSIA TOWARDS TURKEY. Arrival of the Vanderbilt Yacht North Star at Southampton. Important Debate in the British Parliament on the Cuban Slave Trade. THE CHINESE REBELLION. Improvement in Breadstuffs. The Trouble Between Austria and Switzerland, IMPORTS OF BULLION FROM AUSTRALIA AND AMERICA, SALES OF RAILROAD IRON FOR , UNITED STATES. Sie, Sie, Se. The Collins mail steamship Pacific, Captain Nye, ar- rived at this port at balf-past twe o'clock yosterday afternoon. She left Liverpool at half-past four o’clock on the afternoon of the Ist instant. Time across the At lantic : ten days and twenty-two hours, She brought 123° passengers, among whom were the Hon. Lewis Cass, Jr., our Charge d’ Affaires at Rome, and Mr. W. Dilke, probably one of the British Commissioners to the Crystal Palace. The yacht North Star, Capt. Eldridge, bearing the broad pennant of Commodore Vanderbilt, had arrived at South- ampton, She left the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, at seven o’clock on the evening ef the 20th ult , and passed Sandy Hook at nine o’clock. She reached Southampton on the Ist inst., but the hour is not mentioned in the despatch. She was, however, about eleven days and a half in cross- ing the Atlantic—one day less than Commodore Vander- THE PRICE TWO CENTS, ernors of Cuba, very few indeed could bs named who fad not received « bribe of bushmoney, to use the plaim- ‘est terms. for re | single slave landed upon tlre Istand of Cuba. He believed that Gen. Concha, and another gover- ‘hor-gener al might be quoted as honorable exceptions, and. considering the uriversality of the ‘whic bad obtained, and the amount of tem which was ofer- e2, it was only just to mention this eireumstance (hear, heay, ie) But thetr lordships might Judge of the re state ef things when honor attached to persons merely” because they had refused to enter into partnership with those witem he must look upon as the est maanetecane of our Cy spd because they bad not derived ualaw- ful gains for fostering & babit ‘which, im his cor he believed hud been the cause of more wrong and suf- fering than any other curve that ever afflicted the 4 and which, even itself, Was sufficient to prove the ne- cersity of a future’ state of retribution to roiress the wrongs perpetrated #o much impunity in world (ene eae ) he mentioaed the floog u.- of capiains general, who Kad so grossly violated the em ornane Spain in this country, it was still more 4 ‘ul to him to state that he feared the suspicion aia noe stop with them, but ascended still higher (hear, hear.) Of course he did not pretend to address acy inquiries to his noble friend ooposite respecting the’ justice of ‘picions; but true it was, that no s90ner ¥ ove Captain General of Cuba seem to show @ dispost ton to respect the faith of the treaty, and > meal- fest some degree of humanity ané r, them very short)y, for some reason or other, he was sure to be re- roved in order to give place to a loss scrupuloms and more accommodating functionary in his stead. Her feared that’ under the } gems Captain-General Ke Canedo) the slave trade was being carried on with unex: ampled by acd and audecity upon the coastof the unhappy’ island of Cuba, whieh he could state from his own experi- ence God had fitted to bea paradise, bat which ever” since the first white man put his foot upomit, had been turned into hell. (Hear. hear.) He did not propose to dwell, exeept for a moment, on the case of the emam cipados—that elass of mea consisting of these imported into the island sinee the treaty way entered into—that class of men who were as much entitled to their freedom as ary one of their lordshipa, but who, notwithstand- iog, bad been retained in slavery to the present ti and that slavery the field iabor of Cubs, He kaew that an announeement had lately been made that ths yovern- ment of Spain would undertake immediately to~set at \ibesty ail thore who were entitled to their fresdom im 3828, and thst thore who, in 1836, were under contract of service, should be set at liberty at the expiration of their respective period: of service, But this coucession, miserably short as it fell of what we hada right to sxact ond expect, must be considered illusory; for thcir lord- ships would remember that aceording to ‘the current tal- culation the slave population of Cuba employed in feld labor died off in every recurring period of ten years. [A ~ noble Lord : Every seven yoars.] That being the case, their lordabipa would judge how few of those who were entitled to their freedom in the years 1828 and 1835,re- spectively, would be able to avail themselves of thin Kindly move. (Hear, hear.] Notwithstanding all that had been said, he regretted to find that there was a large and continuous importation of fresh negroes. Hs under- stood that between the months of November and Febru- ary last 5,000 slaves were landed in the island of Cuba, bilt’s calculation. The beam engines, it thus appears, worked satisfactorily. Cotton was steady and breadstuffs improved. ‘The Cunard steamehip Asia arrived at Liverpool on the 29th ult. ‘The Sarah Sands, Capt. Thompson, from Melbourne, put into Plymouth at seven P. M., on Saturday the 28th ult She had two hundzed and fifty passengers, 80,000 ounoes of gold, and £20,000 worth of silver, from the Cape. The ship Blackwall had aleo arrived. She left Mel- bourne on the 25th February. She brought 67,000 ounces of gold. ‘The Bombay was to leave Melbourne two days after the Blackwall, with a great quantity of gold oa board. It is said that the Emperor of Austria has relected the Princers Charlotte, daughter of the King of the Belgians, as his future empress. The proposed bride will be thir- teen years old on the 7th of June. ‘The first railway in Asia was opened at Bombay amid a ‘vast concourse of people, and unprecedented rejoicings, on the 16th of April. The screw steamer Genova, Captain Walter Paton, ar- rived at Liverpool on Saturday night, the 20th ult. from from Montreal and Quebec, She left the latter port on the evening of the 15th May, the passaage to Liverpool having thus occupied only fourteen days. The Paris papers all agree that nothing cerious will arise out of Prince Menschikoff’s departure from Con- stantinople, The London Glove says, it is stated that the Russian Emperor, on hearing of the rejection of his ultimatum, wrote to the Russian ambassador at Paris in a very warlike strain regarding Turkey; but as the Em- peror can only have heard of that rejection a few hours previously, no communication from him could possibly have reached Paris. Of equally little value are tlie state- ments made regarding the invasion of the Danubian pro- vinees by the Ruesian forces. In Switzerland, seven lives were lost by the fall of the suspension bridge at Poncy. The engineers were wounded, ‘There is nothing later from China. Im portant Debate on the Cuban Slave Trade in the British Parliament. In the House of Lords on the 30th ult., The Earl of Caruste raid he did not usually evince a Aisporition to obtrude himself unnecessarily upon the at- tention of thejr lordships, but, nevertheless, he thought himself called upon, the evening before the recess, to give formal notice of his intention to present the pe- tition which he now held in his hand, both because it was upon @ subject concerning which it seemed to him thet even any appearance of indifference would be almost criminal, and also because he should have much liked to Lnow if his noble friend the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, or apy other member of the government, could have com- mupieated sny fresh information on the subject to which the petition referred, and which constituted its prayer. ‘Ibis last object had ‘indeed been in some degree met by the conversation which took place upon the first evening on which their lordships assembled after the recess, upon the occasion of a petition being presented by his’ noble apd learned friend whom 683 now saw on the woolsack (Lord Brougham), in whose wake he should always be proud te follow, as he did now, not for the first time in his life, on the subject of slavery. His noble and learned friend would not forget that he had the honor ef sharing in his triumph whea returned for the county of York, an event which he bad always looked upon as the turning point ofthe great struggle which had been s0 victurion-ly brought io an issue in this country. Bet the conversation to which he had already referred bad civen him fresh inducements to offer a few observa- tions in addition to what was then said. With reepect, first, to the petition which he held in his hand, it was very bumercously signed, aud came from the ladies resid ing st Kingston and its vicinity, in the Island of Ja- maica; and he certainly felc that slavery was a question in which women had every motive, and they had shown they had good qualifications, to bear their part. The ladies of Kingston stated that it was under a dee) con- vietion of the enormity of slavery and the slave ude as they existed in various parts of the world, but more especially in the adjacent island of Cuba, ‘they expressed their confidence in the desire of their lordships to enforce the fulfilment of the treaties with the govern- ment 0! #pain, by which that inhuman and cruel trailic was promised to be finally extinguirhed. They said that nothing but a ceep seme of the amount of injary sus- tained would have induced them to leave the privacy of domestic life, and endeavor by every legitimate means to rescue those who were now pining in bondage from the wretchedness of their condition “They also stated that they felt it to be their duty to add their testimony to the maby representations alieady made by the clergy, minis- ters of the gospel, and other inhabitants of Jamaica, in reference to the present depressed condition of all interests in that isiand; and that while they would not pretend to enter into the various causes to which that distress might be attributed, they could not resist the conviction that the evils of which they complained had greatly increased since the alteration in our colonial policy, and the encouragement which such policy had given to the eu'tivation of slave-grown productions. Now he could not deny bis own complicity in the adop- tion of that policy, and to the present day be felt great doubt yvhether, in so doiog, he was right or wrong This he kvew, that in the whole courve of his parliamentary experience he never ac- quieseed in any measure with so much doubt and hesita- von, and there was no ono with respect to which he would be so glad to get rid of all responsibility. However, after several successive goveroments, and some of them cou: sisting of men who supgorted the change in our goliey, and some of them men, who opposed it, had tsken the re: sults of that policy uader their own consideration, and had found themseives unable to move in. the mattor, he certainly could not eatertain any expoctation of the pro- bability, or even tho possibility, of such policy being now reverred. Tho petiioners went on to stats that thoy therefore bed ms their lordships to adopt such measures ax in their wisdom might appear effective with the Span- ish government, in order to put auend forevor to the in- iquitous trafic still going on, that, too, with the con- pivacoe of tha Spanish authorition in ‘Cuba, to thelr own damage andin violation of those solemn convontions into which that government bad ontered with Great Britain for the oxtinction of slavery. Now, he thought it coukk not be said that the Jadies of Jamaica, in making these cemplsints, bad not good reason for 30 me It would be superfluous in him to remind their lord+hips, even apart from the conversation whieh took place the other night, of the engagements which Spain was aow bound to this country in re- fer to the suppression of slavery; but if their lord- ships needed to be reminded, he could not refer them to any better quarter than the donpateh of the present Prime Minister, dated the Sist December, 1843, in which the whole question was Len bag He forcibly: set forth. By a treaty which dated +o far back as 1817. a treaty condimed and acknowledged by subseq:sent treaties in which bia noble friend, the Secretary of. For- eign Affairs, took a distinguished Spain rolemnly Htipulated to suppress ‘the slave trade on te part of Sparisl subjects, and in consideration of ‘chat trea! in received from this country the aura of £400,000, 1a feared there was no reason to doubt that ever sinco pasting of that treaty ite provisions had been ars- tin the long sericg of l feared ticall; gg OL all but gontinuously et and he bad no donbt that a great many landings had been effected on different parts of the inland to which mo suspicion attached. Since the time he gave notice of his motion a conversation had taken place in their lordahips’ house relative to the landing of a cargo of 1,100 slaves kidpapped from Africa. He would therefore not further allude to that transaction, except, indeed, ag to one point. His noble friend.(the Karl of Clarendon,) on that occasion stated that through the exertions of our consul, to whose veal and activity he paid a very just tribute, 300 of these slaves had been rescued from bondage, He dia not pause to inquize how satisfied their lord-hips ought to be te think that $00 had been rescued, while 800 were left in a state of hopeless servitude, because the experience of the roceedings of the Spauish government had taught us to thankful for small mercies; but could any man be as- sured that even those 3(0 had been effestually rescued? Sueh was not the opinion entertained by parties who wrote an account of the transaction, which had ap) in the American journals. After giving an account of the landing of the slaves, of the exertions of our consul, and of the inquiry which was subsequently instituted, the per stated that reither the cap ain nor any of the crew bad been arrested; that the negotiation was confined to the parties; that ‘the defendants agreed to compromise their claim by delivering 300 of the negroes to the govern- ment. The result was to ensure the government a larger participation in the iniquity. Some few of the ne- grces were released, and the rest were allowed to pass into hopeless negro servitude. (Hear, hear.) His no- ble friend bad stated that, by th law of Cuba, it was impossible to follow a slave into the interior when they had once passed into the possession of proprietors, and were enrolled in the gangs, Im the law of 1805, passed in Spain professedly with the vie of putting down the slave trade, there was an express stipulation that, in no case and at no time should it be permitted to institute avy proceedings blag! any pro- Prietor of slaves under such a pretext, ‘The stipulation effectually closed the door against all inquiries. It was shrewdly suspected in the island that this device was often resorted to. Upon any p'antation upon which these ewancipador, zeally entitled to their freedom, were em- ployed under contracts of servitude, it was the custom, om the death of an original slave, to transfer an emancipade into his place in ruch ® way as effectually to put a stop to any further inquiry. Now, when he knew these things were tuking place—and he was afraid where slave traders and slave owners and Spanish governments were con- cerned, they must take it for granted that everything that can be dove Will be done—he would very earnestly suggest to the government whether they ought not to give directions, or enter into negotiations with Spain, te send captured slaves and c:ews not into slave ports, or before mixed comunissions at Havana, where even'if » coudemnation took place it turned out to be very much the same thing to the slave as if no capture and n0 con- demnation had taken place—whether instead of sending them into slave ports, they could not be transferred ‘o a free port, where the case might be heard before mixed — commissi where justice would be done; for it would seem, by the veluminous papers before Parlirtoent, that when the cap- tured negroes were sent to Sierra Leone and Jamaica, they exhibited the most satisfactory conduct, and the wokt rapid improvement. (Hear, fear, tear.) In ad- dition to the importations of slaves into Cuba, to which he had already alluded, tbs American papers tated that 60 had been landed in open day near Matanzas. Now, amidst all these disgraceful and revolting proceedings, it was most satisfactory and refresbiug to find how efliciestly our gallant naval service was discharging its duty in “thore seas. (Hear, hear) His noble friend stated the other evening that, in th? course of this year, nix slayers had been taken, He believed that three were taken in one aay by Captain Hamilton, of the Vestal war steamer, He had had the good fortune to see am account, written by an eye-witness, from which it ap- peared that when. the Vestal was’ in the harbor at Havana, there was also in the harbor a slave vessel which bad been built at New York, called the Venus—a vessel well decerving her name, being « fine model of a piratical boat, and having the re- putation of being the fostest railer on thone seas. Ia- formation reached Captain Hamilton that the Venus in- tended to take advantage of the Vestal’s refitting, and te cecamp. Captain Hamilton kept secret his information and his intentions. One night, during a thunder storm sud tornado, the Venus slipped out of the harbor and got past the rock. At daybreak she was missed, but im lees then three minutes atter Captain Hamilton heard of the circumstance the Vestal wax on her way out of the harbor, uncer crowd of canvas. There were eleven foreign ships of war at that time in the Havana, and the Americans, like good kinsmen, gave the Vestal a loud cheer as sue departed. When the Vestal got out to sem there were several distant specks to be seen. But which of them the Venus? She was detected by the superior whiteness of her new sail. She was pursued and gained upon. In the course of the night another tornado came on, during which the Venus was alto- gether lost sight. of. t was the crisis, Which way would she go? Upon consultation it was c tured that she would make fer the Bahama shi that being a dangerous navigation for larger vessels. Al sunrise it turned out that the conjecture was correcty and the Venus again appeared. But it was an extremely Gangerous paseage, and the Vestal had brought mo pilot. The breakers were rolling, and it was found im- posrible to pursue the Venus further. Captain Hamiltom then determined he would try the effect of a long gum with an enormous charge of powder. It pitched intothe Venus, down went her colors, and ahe gave in. Thore were two other slave schooners among bat the Vestal unable to follow thers for want of water. Captain Hamilton instantly took his. measures. He wem on board the Venus, held his revolver within thrae inches. sf the captain’s head, made him steer after the other schovers, aud successfully captured them both, (Hear, hear ) Onboard each vessel wea found a larga store ef swords, wuskets, the usual provision of slave decks amd slave irons, together with eeveral letters imy ting persons. and other vessels as well as ow ad amor gst others, » large blacts, brig, which was capt afew cays afterwards. (Haar, hear) When the Vestal returned into the barbor at’ Havana with her three prizes, an American suid, ‘It made my heart rua over to see the old country ome out so proud.” (Hear, hear.) Now, be wish’ a their lordsbips to consider this, if these things were d(e in the very harbor of the Ha~ vans, in the heart of the capital, before the windows of the Captain Genere,4, what might not be taking place long the wild avad’ unfrequented const of an island nearly as large as England? (Hear, hear.) Im bringing there + tatements before their lordships, he bad not had a/ ess to any official dogwments. and he had no wish or “mtention to onst the sligh‘oat reflection or reproach upon the govern ut of this country, He knew the ardent at 4 indefatigable exertions wi had been made by Lo sd Palmerston on every subject connected with the o7 gration of the slave trade. He had no reason to think t’ sey were slackened under the iste administra- ticn, 460. be had no suspicion that they would be slack- ened in ¢he handa of his noble friend now at the head of foreigr, affairs. (Bear, hear.) Ho was not without hope that ‘ais noble friend’s knowledge of Spanish habits, per- 80D 4, and character, might give him some qualities and a0 santages which were not enjoyed by his predecessors, Tie was sure bis noble friend would not deny the Bross dereliction of duty which had frequently been maail on the part of the Spanish authorities. As for causes of war, the Sparish government had given them twenty times. over, and many of the causes which had led this country into long and ruinous contests were oy ge) Intely paltry and insignificant. But he not a in ion that this was ‘war with Spain, even for the sup He knew the a) which prevailed ameng a lone of itavte of this on oe topics, and many of thove who moat 200- lously and ardently on the subject would not be foremost to our ba ta suoh a violent mode of procesd- Bat if not amend her ways—it she aloes, ‘Sloat all the eerions of the earth, persisted in dys