The New York Herald Newspaper, November 26, 1854, Page 3

abield our flag from the 43° tional taxes inscribed im the Bevi; act of tat country. It will give anew to our re’gtions with one of the prin- era 1 DY srkets, ‘ou will aleo, ge stlemen, have to examine a con- ‘ to gusrantee artistis and rat, “by the reduotion of tuft the post 's, tion of o°:c book Crate’ is the most important of its a eee organization and the attorney insti- laid i "ue tudons given rise to labors the resulta of which “a The of railways entrusted to cou- <ueull teakendemattak eekabemenr een cuchse vw comnicion con heat ‘ea conceasionary companies have, uader circumstances, met with unforeseen obstacies; they have not been discouraged by them. aie is woh pare se LaF ape aioe eis & F tbe "flare prosperity of this great nétional uader- ‘This increase and that of many other branches of revenue have exceeted the previsions, 42d with an increase of taxes. loan authorised has been concluded. It hes enabled my government, without loss to the jocereceee wie ween December, ppt EE these two operations will be ae “agpaalpe ita duties, devotes itself to them completely. ‘As well as the civic guard, it weri'a your solicitude and the confidence of the country. Both are united by the same idea of order it o the national di ‘The Fate of Sir John Franklin. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LONDON TIMBS. Sm—The question has frequently been asked of me, “How can I account for so few of the unforta- mate 7 under Sir John Frav) ‘ing seen by the Esquimanx, and ‘or all ‘these being found dead at or near one spo?” It is my duty, as well as my desire, to give every information on this distressing subject, not only to * ‘the relatives and friends of the lost men, but aleo to the public at large; ond the best medium of 80 is through the columns of your far and ‘wide spread journal, should you consider the follow- ing remarks worthy of a place therein. Ihave no’ the blue-books on the subject of Sree Gicorey. by me, a may Make ome error in wy statements; but, as a8 my Memory serves me, the last news we bad from Sir John Franklin, in 1846, was that he had provisions for three,or somewhat more tban three yeara, which he could make Jast for four. Again, the captainof a whaler, whose name I forget, says that “‘the crews of the Erebus and Terror, when in Baffin’s Bay, on their passage westward, were killing and salting down great numbers of waterfowl, as a resource in case Of necessity.” The information obtained hee: from the Esqui- maux, (by a mode of questioning which they uader- stood, and in which they were induced to explaia the different places where they had passed the winter seasons since the year 1849,) was, I‘consider, feotly conclusive as to the spring of 1850 the period of the melancholy catastrophe to which I refer. This will make tie time elapsed ince Sir J. Franklin was iast seen in Baffio’s Bay until the spring, 1850, very nearly five years. Supposing thatthe heen carried from England by the expedition did last four years, (by the end of which I have no doubt the crews of the vessela would be much reduced ia uambers, and those that survived greatly debilitated,) the party would be wholly thrown on the greasy, rancid, salted water fowl, which I believe moat perscns will agree with me in thinking would increase the fatality of scacvy, if it already existed, or cauze thai dread disease if it bad not previously made its appearance. - This may account rationally for so few white men pyetel ber seen by the natives. Again, ‘as to ali the deai being found at or near ‘the same place.” Nothing is more natural or more easily accounted for byaperson of experience in the Arctic Seas, and wh:se mind is properly constructed. Let ug for 8 moment picture to oarselves a party of gallant men redu.ed by want, and psrhaps dis- ease, to great extremity, pushing their way to the mouth of a larze river, such as the Back, the ice on which they ——— would break uo ina short time and it them to embark in their boas. paving arrived near such river the strength of -ome ‘Ahad failed, so tha: they con!d not travel evea when wpattached to the slczdge, and the others wete un- able to drag them. What step would brave men teke in such a diffi ulty? My reply would b2—clin, stop, and let the stronger endeavor to ki geome for the support of themselves and the weaker ‘wntil the ice brcke up, then embark, tura by tura, in the boat, and thus travel with much greater eas and speed than when on foot. To show that this opinion 1s not a mere fancy or fiction on my)art, Imay mention that my first feelit g on hearing the mournfal tidings was one of regret that I bad not been with the suffering party —a feebng difficult to analyze, but which must have arizen instantaneonsly and without reflection, from an idea that my greater experience of Are? travelling end huntiog might have been us2ful to those in extremity and danger. I state this not'as anything praiseworthy or com- mendab‘e on my vart, but to expjain what I tnink would be the sentiments of avy man having the ‘erdinary amount of vonrage and love for his fellow man. Another point to whieh I would fors moment advert is the tragic event connected with the las’ days of our countrymen. jaimaux whom J saw at Pelly Bay preced ed me to Repulse Bay, 2nd, when I returned, were sing the most friendly terms with the thre men Jef: in c-arge of our property there. None of these men understood a word of the Esquimaux Japgnage, yet I was informed by them, before I had ccmmunicared any of my news, that they believed & party of woits men had died of sta:vat.on far to the westward, and that they had been reduzed toa very dreadfu! alternative before death. On my ask- ing my informants how they hai discovered tris, ow. replied by the signs made them by t:e natives. may be demanded why I did not give all'these Teusons in corroboration of my statements in the report to the Ac miralty? The guswar is simple: I kept such fo: my more detailed report to the Hon. ‘Hudeon’s Bay ogee ad which circumstances, to which I have slinded ina previous conmunicition that sppesred in your paper, have prevented me from completing. I may add, in supportof what, I stated a few days 0 regarcing men carrying with then useiesa arti- ches on baving to abandon toeir abip in the Arotic Bea, that J have sinve lesrned from the best authori- ty—Sir John Ross bimself—that in effecting his worderfu; escase, alter athree years’ deteutiou in Prince Regent's Io!-t, he distributed bis silver plate * among the men rather than Jeave it behind, and thas brought moet of it to England with hm. _Bbould you (pink these remarks worthy of your notice, you would oblige me much by giving them ineertion. I have the honor to be, sir, your very Obedieo: servant, JonN Raz. Tavistock Hote!, Nev. 6. ‘The Mainc Law In the United States and Canad: [From the London Chronicle, Nov. 10,} Tt is stted that the new Canadian Pari:aqeat has sivnalised itaelt By passieg a bill, by the enor- mous mojority.ef 90 to 5, for probibiting the ma nufacture and sale of iutoxicating liqnore. And the fact is nod improbable, siuce, io. the las: Par Kament,a similar measure was oul defeated by Saran aweiity, and it is wel Pil at Cn teetotal psrty made a great effort at the recent elections. Canada is tte sesoni English colony which laa given ia her adhesion to the prin ciple of the Muice Liquor law of 1851; and it is ificant that site has gone besond New Bruns. ick in the severity of her penal prohibitions, The w Biorswick jaw cf 1862 permite the sile of ate ay eg bat rooms Canada law. ter iz, in m general term: both the manufacture and sale of all intoxica ing beverages- confiscates both brewery and distil- Jery, and shata up the alehouse as well as the dram- shop. Ibere can be no (uestion that this evant, as suming the above statement to be true to the letter, fs of conciderable importance, I; marks a distinct era iu the eo-called abs:inencs, movement; and it is the first exper'ment cn 4 really largs sezie, of legis- lative intexterenca with what we are acs1stoael to coprider the rights ot individuals in tos uratcer. Considered bot’ in its cconcmical and social aspect, the fact is of large coazequen e. ” It is easy enongh to naderstand the immediate motives forsuch amensure. Tho precedent o° tre Maine law, which substantially prevails fa four other States of the Uxion—while ite princfple to a yreater or lesa exteat, boon adopted im no. fewer. than eight—was likely enoneh to find friends and imitators across the Ca nadian frontivr.. Bat tho mere fashion of adop'- fog the insticutions of the United Siates would soorcely acecunt for the “Canadian bill, still Jess for its alleged ali but whanimons succes. Poll teal motives, and deference toa popular cry, we suspect to be atthe bottom of the affiir, Bat the phevomenon still remaics to be arcounted for. Here 38.8 community i»jvsing very libaral icstitutions—— iis Pa: lisment, especialiy at tois amoment, necr3sa nily reflects the popular feeling yer it interferes, on the very largsst scale, with personal libert ’. Snap tuary la vs have always beew considsred the expres sion of a despotic pgd unconestital form 9f NEWS FROM SOUTH AMERICA. E i i : i z i 5. 5 i i a 3 z £ i Ecuador bat ion of Chile in the setile- that a le; is at once rach gation & z Bs ze roves, at any rate, their weakaess, For ourselves, and for all who are earnestly in a aw, and in pro against dro! on moral and re- “THE ANNEXATION QUESTION--KING KAMEHAMERA'S it always bas ipection of the country be- io, with the view to its lity for a railroad to the base of the Andes and then across the as to the Atlantic, dave reported far the cost at twent: The First Lieut:nan' Aventure, M. Louis Elward Lafosse, fell from his He was baried even inthe New paraiso and Rogar! pel external decency by severe 1 mal liberty. The old dronkenness were twice embodied in the Miine ions of dollare. laws; and yet, in spite of ¢: t of the French ship of war im consequence of became conspi icuous for immorality and intem- | horee and was instantly killed perance. with military honors, all the French, Eoglish and Atter all, these Chitian officers following him to the grave. A vein of gold has been discovered in the of Sentisgo, in the Cerro de Santa Lucia, in the very centie of the city. Arrangements are mide to work it. kc ‘ . ‘The American Minister, nearthe government of Chile, David Starkweather, Beq., with his fam'ly, arrived in this city on the 1l:h October, in the Bri- tish mail steamer from Panama. A reaman named William Cammings died sudden\y on Sunday, 8th October, on board tae Americaa bark Hermoize, anchored in the bay. He was an American, and shipped a few months ago a Tahiti. He bad gone to bed as well as usual, but in the morning was foond in an exoiring condition. M:- dical aid was procured from the Coilian war steam- er Cezador at once, but it was too late. ‘The result of the late census has been published, pulation at 1,406,276, beiug an in- crease of 106,276, or about twelve per cent in the rears. 14th October the schooner Idova arrived ith a steamer of 130 tons on board, navigation of the Bio-bio. At Valparaiso businees is reported brisk. Large s have teken place, while extensive urchases have been made at the same time for fhe Bolivian trade has Toe sales for export amounted to $300,000 duting the fortnight. The home trade is dul!. Some description of cottons are held Stocks of silk, woollens and lineas full; steel, iron, copper, yellow metal, zinc and cut nails in brisk demand; lead plentifal. Sx w; brandies unaltered: prohibitory Jaws are, and ever must be, of unequal incidence. Even now, in Maine every man who can import a hogshead of pipe of wine, can get as drunk as he pleases at home. And if, are resolved to make dran poor man, we ought to guard commission by t may be true, sad in one sense it is, that drunkenness is a grive social offence; but unless we treat intoxication as equally criminal in every class of the com- munity, we are logielating unjustly. of the State to interfere on behalf of a moral virtue, it must do its work tho- roughly ; and great as may be the benefits of com- sobriety, the compi In other words, the social advantage lessening drunkenness are more than counterbalanced by the spectacle of a law which permita exc tions to its principles in the case of all who are ric the luxury of setting it at defi- ance. Farther, the law in taking the place of moral sanctions, ought not merely to be equal but consis- rohibit intemperance in the matter of drinking, but in that of eatin; telis us that the quantity of corn consumed in dis- tiled liquors is a sufficient reason for prohibiting its use in the form of alcohol. On the same princi- ple the State is bound to see that there be no waste, not only in the matter of grain consumed ia distilla- tion, bat in flour profligately expended ia past:y and he isa’ robbery of the it unnecessarily price of corn, to el to find its way to the distiiler’s, sscond an_ unjustifiable beef and mutton. ion must be total. lexico snd Guayaquil. | Project should or could be entertained without a vi- national storehouse, cla:res of oil, lo wood and port, du’ ti; sherry in demard, goes on the way. In provisions generaily the stocks are abundant and sal-s moderate. In active produce flour still continues dull, with lerge stocks; afall of 25 to 50 cents per bag of two quintsl has been submitted to and this artic e isnow quoted at $7 50, six months credit. Woeat aad bar- ley are also very dull. Hides saleable; copper very scarce, at advanced rates. Nitrate is quoted at 18 Teals, no salee. Freights—Ores Tongoy to Liverpool £3 10s.; Gu ano to Liverpool, £4 10:.; San Francisco, $10 to $12. Nothing doing to Australia. H. B. M. steamer Dido arrived on the 11th froma cruise. The French corvette Aventure sailed ga the 7th for Caliac and Marquesas. courses and soups are € waste of the common stoc! We must have snmptuary laws against the table inst the bottle. We must interfere with tke dish as well as with the glass—qith to- bacco no less than with ram. equaliy an offence with port and sherry. Nor can we stop here. Temperance is only oze of the ma- ic circle of Christian graves or moral virtucs. jut if the Legislature is bound to step in betwee? a msn snd his covscience in oné case, why not in all? Drunkenness is the ruin of families—it is a pro- fligate waste of health and means—it entails not only on the sinner, but on all connected with him, an incalculable amount of We admit all thia to the fa! bess—so do incontinence snd adultery—so does beyond one’s income. Are we to have a Maine cially directed against every breach agains: intempe- ers will perhaps ial prohibitions do not touch Intemperanc? is only the a3- cidents] sign of general moral corruption. A man who is a drunkard does not labor so much unjer a specific and local weakness as under a total absy- ance of moral restraints; and the experience of six thousand years proves tie inabitity of merely seou- ohibitions to cure this inveterate evil. Velvet and satin are erty and misery. PFRU. The news from this republic is interesting, a it leade us to hope that tue revolation will e0on b> brought toa close by the overthrow of the Eche- nique administration. Even this we can glean from pares, however unwilling they to admit the.defeat of thetr p: ‘he Heraldo of Liua, of the 25tn, of news, says that it regrets to annoance that at the time of writing, the prospect of the re-ostab ivh- ment of order is more distant than fifteen days ago. By the last mail we learned that the for ses beld a position near the tow. of the cbject of cutting off General Castilla’s supplies and forcing him to leave his stroog p give them battle on thei: groand, bus instead of forcing Castilla to this meve, he (Cas movement to the right, with the iztentior of inter- cepting the commanicati move wes effected s0 sec forces were taken by eurprite and obliged to leave their _position, and, by tor ¢d_ m2rchea, to fall back rear guard,with the intention of preventiag the revoluticnists from reachiog the capital. When General Castilla jeft Oroya, ssys the He- raldo, President Echenique marched for C sacapalea (@ pueition nearer Lima), being obiiged t» ford the river Oroya, the bridge hat to impede bis progress; and i Chacapalea he would have forced the revolatiozists But Castilla, leaviog the right, continued bis march to 4 ro-ocha, destro;- ing ali the bridges on the way, Evhenique iollowed bim, and reac’ ed Casepalea,a point wh-re he found himself extirely comma:ded by tae position of Cas- tilia’s for. es in Moroco: ha, and trom waict it was impossible to dislodge him, owiog to the natare of the ground no’ permitting the movement: of tue art }- J. of affa'rs, the President determined to fall back on the capital, waich \ 25th October, with 500 caval to follow the rest of th to 4,500 men, besides the 2,500 quartered in Genera! Castilla’s army is said to consist of abont law? If not, wo; Moralists and thi add that, after all, the root of the ev’ nee in its summary and vice, in their most hideous forms, may and do exist in communities where intoxication is general grounds, therefore, we more than question the policy of the recent Canadian mea hile, a8 @ tyrannical interference with dom of manvfactures and trade, it rans directly counter to all recent experience ani to the accredited laws of industry. sophism to say that the Maioe law only expands tve principle embodied in our excise laws. not make the manufactare and consamption of ardent spiritsexpensive on mo al purely fiscal ones. The object of make those contribute to State purposes who have the means of so doing. The fact that a man spends money on wine and spiri‘s ia aa availav'e proof that spend—that he indalges hinself with luxuries is & distinct evidence that he has the wherewithal to contribute to the public treasury. We enbance the price of his liquor, because he is a taxable subject; and we interfer? with distilleries and dramshops, not to discouraze the manufacture of arden spirits, but only to take care that every drop of liquor shall pay its modi um to tre revenae. The moral purpose of the Maine and Canadian liquor jaws ia, at all events an inuovation. It or evil, but it cannot be seriously defended by an sppeal to the pricciple already a)- cepted in our excise regulations; and we state this because a recent Edinbur; to our surprise, vindicate: strange argument. Mademotselac Cruvelll. The following parag’apa appears ia the Paris Patrie of November 7, and shovs that the myste- rious offair of Mademoiselle Cruvelli has beea ar- It isin consequence of a rogrettable misuoder- ce Of Mademoiselle Cruvelli put a atop to a représentation at tie Opera, the ugon directed to inform the administration of her leparture pot having acqnit:cd himself of his com- missions. Mademoiselle Crovelli, frightened at the annoying effect which ensnd, bas not dared hitherto to appear before the public. Comprebending now prolongation of her absence might aggravate her involantary fanl:, she has demand-d 4 and ob'ained authouty immediately to resume her service at the Opera. Bank of England. ank of England for the week gives the following fesults, to tae capital. that the gover ing been broken down was expecte | that at be has mox vith In gle avernment forcas on his reviewer has, not a little army, amountio such legislation by this ‘The same journal publishes the fo lowing ad 3ress of President Ech: nique to the members of tae Goun- cil of State on bis return : Excrusxt §m—I should present my government, after having gained the v had to contend against an enemy wbo m combat, and who has avoider I come, sir, to give a moment’s rep which you will again see me go forth to fulfil At the conclusion of this brief epech, Gen. Medina | aple of the 1}! effes's of annexation; represented the standing that the Most Exeriixxt Sm—It fs evident that the sacri y to put down the revolution h impotent, but the brilliant army th: Excellency, and your Excellence, leads us to hope that peace will soon be eatablish throughout the repubiic, and that the noble efforts of your Excellency will be rewarded. | On the return of the President becoming known to the pec ple, great dissatisfaction was mat and crowcs gathered ia the streets, sh The troops were called out placed over the valace and otver pub Various revolutionary prociemations and plac. were published, and ‘in a few ia and the soldiers cyxme into collisi or does not mention that any lives were | vate advices state tha: | both sides, Al business was suspesd:d, end the stores and shops closed. In Callao likewise the popalar feeling in favor of Castilla wos very epvarent. ‘Private advices inform us tua’ at the moment of the s'eamer’s Jeaviog Colao Cuatilu Lima, if not actaally in the city. bible, may not be correct, and we only give it aa a published by E he how much the ending the 4th of N when compared with the previous week :— Public deposits. £2,858, Gov. securitios.£11,524,492 Increase Other securities 14,155,089 Dow Notes unemp!'d. The amount of notes in ¢ deing a decrease of £3 both departments ix £1 ix or eig\s were | plignted faith of a teaty ovigation. Lhe c 5,026, showing a decrease of £52,406, when compared with the preceding return, Issue Department. From the foregoing account, nique’s organs, we !vave our readers to Teal position of affairs. that Echenique 14 on his lavt Jegs; tbat he h the courage to meet C 1st | opinion was with by Silver bullion.,...... —£26,909,950 Banking Departmen Proprietors’ capital...... £ i , Which if cectaicly is sot. e shonld nt be surozised, therefore, if some fine morning we find a Pernvian war steamer at anchor in our bay with the ex-President oa board, The Lina Foréign News ofthe Lith Oc". says that arty, 7h'ch lefs this cl‘y on a gold seek ion of theAmsz on ia May last, hage jast returned. after a frnitiess search. on the Colorado river, and 02 s2vera! osner sme'ler log gold, bu’ ig very limited Seven dvys and other bills Government securities (in dead weight annuity) hey prossectad mounti'n streame, find M. MARSHALL, Chie! (From Fl Progreso of Geayquil.] THE REVENUE. f According to the report of the Minister of Fi- Danie, lately presented to that the receipts of tae national treasiry for the year jnst concluded, have amounted to $1,319.553 1 real, and the expendijure to the sam of $1,278,319 2preals, leaving a balance in the respective treswu- nies of $32,263 6} reala. The internal deb%, without reckoni province of Esmeraidss, reaches $7 the amount of the census paid over to ths public treasury, $2,814,954 3} reals, and the amount das to $835,836 1f reals, The importation of foreign goods ampunted to | $1,914,645 ; the exports to $1,572,843 in couotry produce, and $246,505 in gold and silver. BROWN, SHIPLEY & CO.’S CIRCULAR. Livexpoor, Nov. 10, 1954. Congress, we perceive Wo have to report a steaily cotton 2,580, and oxporters 4,500; but sti ists, and the demand is freely supplied at the £ uotations:—air Orloans, 61, 36; iles, 6; middling, 5) Ordinary, 44 a 0; Int Fair Upland. 6d;’ middling ‘The stock of cotton fn this port is catimated at 671,00 f which 316,000 ard Amorican, against 7 eriod Of Inst year, and 440,000 Amor lly is dull, and the probavilities of andthe high prices of corn, are causing Tn Manchester great irregularity ox- forced anles are made (of goods) a ‘fice. ‘The light stocks of grain and flour in the ports, with obabilities of a small foreign supply for some time to come, have caused a further advance in this market, White wheat is quoted at 12%, a 13s., aml red 11s. a La for 70 lbs, Western Canal flour, 43a a 438, 6d.; Phila- delphia and Baltimore, 44s. 6:1, 0 45x: The Progreso of the 12th September says :— Gold is fonnd in sbundanos in the province of Dr. Marjavo Marino has taken ont 5 aro- bas (26 Ibe. each). At the oreseat time many com- ies are formed, to one at waieh C attached, snd we k work, a dividend of twenty ounces eac ‘The city of Cuenca is sifirated in 9 ntos§ beautifat valley; it containa about 20,000 ic hebisan’s, the ma jority of whom are smisble and hospitable, like all ‘the rest of tre people of Wenador. in thip country, sirangers who come t live by 2 46s.; and mixed, 44s, Gd. per quarter; beln, yance in the week of 6d, per bushel ja’ wheat, 3s. 6d, uérter in Initfan corn, sip in demgad a 4s. 9. er barrel in flour, and 9 Nothing doiog in Vorpentine, J mercantile people. tt is only ise four days’ {o'winter about six'and the ‘cost of taking. the journey about twenty dollars. ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. Our advices from the Provinces are not later than thore pecan The Sandwich Islands, INTERVIEW WITH TUE BRITISH CONSUL. The San Francisco papers contsin indignant articles concerning the condact of the British Consul relative to the annexation of the Sand- | wich Islands to the United States. The Placer | ‘Times says, ‘we were recently informed that three British men of war, the Amphyitrite, the Rattle- anake, ani the Trincomalee, had been ordered to Honolulu as a material force demonstration, in sup | port cf the presumptuous and ridiculous threata of | & protest by Consul General Miller, against the an- nexation of the Islands to the United States. Tue | following is the speech said by tye Placer to have | Wen delivered by Gen. Miller t@ King Kameha, Meba, on the annexation of the Sandwich Islands to the United States, delivered at the Palacs in Hoa- olalu, ata secret session of the King, Cniefs and Pnvy Council, on the 18th of September, 1854. General Miller spoke, in substan » May it please your Majesty—As the representa- tive of Her Britaunic Majesty’s goverament, I have sought this interview in order to lay be'ore your Mojeety the sentiments of my government in regard | to your Majest,’s eovereignty. ‘be subject of the annexation of these islands to the United States, ia a matter of daily conversation in Honolulu, and it is even saserted tha’ in course ¢f negotiation to affect that obju The-e ramors, taken in connection wish certain newspaper articles publissed in the United S:ates, and the | studied reserve and wan’ of frankaess on the part of your Mojesty’s Minister of Foreign Relations | towards myself, imposed upon me the ceceszi:y of | asking for this audie:ce, to ascertain, if possidle, from your Mojesty, if any chanwe of suvereigaiy wae contemplated, and to give my reasoos why no suc lation of good faith with my government. Tam aware of the countenance an¢ support tha’ the prolect of annexation to the United States has rexelved from high officis) fanctionaries at Honululu, which has given rise to cons‘derab'e excitement among British residents. I consider it my duty to remind you that the treaty entered into with the | Sandwich Islands by Great Britain, was bas:d on | the expréss condition that your Majeaty, your heirs | and successors, are bound to extend at a'l times, to British subjects, the sams advantages and privileges | as m2y be granted to citizens of the most favored | nation; and that the joint declaration of Eogiand | and France, of the 29tn November, 1843, was found- | ed upon the clear understanding taat’ your Majesty | ‘was-to Pine your kingéom as an independent State. 1 beg, therefore, t> acyuaiot your Mojesty, | in the rame of my government, that any atiempt to annex the Senc wich Isiards te the United States wou'd be in contradic‘ion of an existiog treaty, aud | could not be looked uoon with indiffersn e by the | Britiah government. 1 would fartaer observe, that no monarch whatever has a right to alienave his kingdom, or enter into a negotiation with that view, Without the cor currence of hig people. Icannot bekeve that your Majesty would for one momen’ entertsin such ascheme withoat an offi- | cial notification to the B itish government of a de- sire to alienate your sovereigaiy and thatot the | kingdcm. And | feel bound to protest agaias: th» project, gotten up by Americas merchants, lacdad proprietors, and other citiz ns of the United States, aad no} being sanctiozed by the Hawaiian c nstitu- tion and treaty stipulations. Irtill hope these rumors may e uo*onnded, and that your Majesty may maiztaia your :adepen- dence, revognizea by t.e whole world, sud gaarnn- teed by Eogiand avo France, who are bow iu closer | sliiance than when that gu Bas | should your Majesty still Te to transter tue suv- | ereignty of your islanés, t yearons why a closer. conection wis Grea® Beitein should be pzeferred {o that of any other mation. Nothing could be more fatal to the tusure happ'ngas and weifare of ycur Msjesty and yqur pois than | annexation to the United States, and I cana’ give my reasons against such a project mors fully t) an T bave done in & memorandum I prepsrea some Months since, tosubmit to your Majesty? and chiefs. | (Here Ger. M, read @ paver which je bad drawn | up in Exglisb, and Judge Robertson being pressn 4 Gen. M.’s interpreter, read the Hawaiian ver elon. This pacer declares thet the effect of annexation | would be to make slaves of the na'ives; that slaverz | is recognized by the vonsti‘ujou of the ted Statey and that all personsof dark color ar 2 to be sold into sluvery; that natives, from thir color, could nos enjoy citizenship in the Uvited States, ard that no treaty provision to tuat eff-es | | wonld be recceuized by the American sople. ‘That there ig no distinction of rank ia the United States, no titles of nobility,and toatthe King and chefs would lose their ruk end position, ait be despised on ercount of theirco'er. float the iosti- | tniions of the United States were demoralizing aud crrmupting, snd destroyed the amenitics of soslal | life. That there waz no real security to perso and property tee. Reterred to the Wive Avlodi, (Adultery jaws of this kingdom, &.) Gereral 4. continued by ieating telegraphi patches and comments ct the New York ifr m-—referred to the State of California as an ex- native Californ ons under Mexican role end contented, inbabiting a coun rich go in the extreme, poasessing larze 2 pastures, with every !oxary and comfort at asic coors. “But & chauge came over the svir.t of their | dieam.” In an evil nour Mexico, yielding to tae Lecessity of the times, ceded California ty» ted States, and by tre treaty of os for the pretection of the lives and property of such Mexicups as should remain in the coun ry. | 4nd what was tbe result? Calitorria at ove. 2 the revdezvous fur cat- 8, thie 4 and Ja viess en, and the poor Yaxicins were rob bed of their herds, had their lauds taken fron | them, and in many imstances, for simuly potecsi tleir property, they were tonly and o-m éered. The treaty obligations to yrotext were disrega:dei, and the boasted power United States was trampled uacer tot; s0 uvhinged, pr rty cass adrift, and the bo anc pietol me the iaw of the lind. [ne fi poor Mexicans that remain sre morumen's, no the wscom of ticte laws or the po we: toe th m, but as liv ng witnesses of the violation a! bas Lot improved siccs in morula, tae point p78 «nd schol bouse have failed fe tueir i sics, California has nolavs that sve can enfor: mds cer, wild riot and crime still per ‘MEE! ; men are husg in open day wit Jortus of law, and there 18 Lo szeatity for vers r or property within her borders. Every p reaches vs from there teems with murders, # and Tribune ct June 20, io retsrence t» anoexa | Some twelve montha¢ince, im conjanction wit the | commissioner of France, I had the honcr, at a pri- | vate audience with your y, to present the plement the eaetugaingieat eaenaben sage aad the lot of Mr. Wyllie waa most ex- traor . He pot only supplied Mr. Severance, ae (cee erga ye & copy of the protest, Pita reply, and su ™: rejoinder. rigmarole of a reply to the joint protest was sent veuee the same mail that sar- ried the protest was designed for your Majesty's ear. alone. That Minister’s condact tor Britannic Mejesty’s government is not charac’ Powers, It is @ misfortune to your Majesty’: ‘8 BOW ernmect that eo much aiating be sheaves tans of foreign affairs is published. 6 to be & perfe.t mania to publish that Minster. Ido fausity & wan! of courtesy not complain indiv! ory that gentleman; but if leas wero published ment, liege ry ap rearer yr tired meered in this community, thark your Majes‘y for the attention with which 73 bave listened to my communication, and shall beppy to hear your Ma; "a reply. Bere Gen. M. aaanaeh Beane after occupy- ing ore hour and fifteen minutes in its delivery. At the end of the interview, which lasted an hour | and a quarter, it pleased his Majesty to reply to the following effect:— “T Dave heerd what you have said t> me in the name of gee goveroment. Jam not sure that I have clearly mistakes either by me or them. THE ENGLISH ASSUMING THE PROTECTION OF GREY- TOWN. from the Polynesian (Sandwich Islands), Sept. 23.) no giving publicity to an article under the above caption in eur issue of the 16th instant, the iaad- vertant owistion of avy remarka in reference thereto hax, we regret to say, been construed into an ap- roval an. our part of the excitizg aad slanderous jacguage of the Kingston Morning Herald, a Bri- tied colenial newspaper published at Jamaica. We are obliged to Capt. Bailey, of the United States sbip 3%. Marys, now mm this harbor, for call- ing cur prompt attention tothe subject, and for stamping *ith unqualified faleehood tne slanderous charges agsins the gallant commander of the Cy- axe and the people of the United S:ates. Ip publishirg the letter of Capt. Bailey we im- prove the oczasion to say, thet in re-producing the article in question our promivent idea was, to lay before ourreaders the official notifications contaiued | therey, sigued by Joseph W. Fabins, U.S. Com me cial Agent; aid by G. N. Hollins, Commander U. 8. ship Cyane. These we regarded os importaut in an historical point of view, as containing the rea- | sons for the action subsequently takea by Capt. H., whi bh resuited in the bombardment and destraction of the town. In regard tothe violent and abusive language employed by the Kingston Morning Herald, we | ceemed it so malicious and insulting, acd at the Feme time so false and reck exs, as to prove a suill- cient antidote to its own malignity acd impudence, | in the mind of every one of ouc reaiera. The wholcenle charge of filltbusteriam agains: the opie of the Unitea Sates, ia tue face of Pr-sident Pierce's Jute message—the action of (len. Wool in San Francisco, end the last six months’ craise of the Portsmouth, under dire:tion of tie department at Wasbivgton—is equally absurd, and can only emenate from those whos> vo-ation it is to retail | tlancerous charges against the institutions and p3o0- pleofthe United States. In allowing tre articte to appear in tue Polynesian, we had no other mi- tive than to afford our readers a hearty Inugh at an explosion of gasconede as barmless a3 ore of Punch’s equibs, or Mrs. Partington’a droller Inthe s metimes difMfisuls task of makiog tious from our foreiga files for our co lupins, we Tust cur readers will not be too sersitive, if we fbou!d occasionally omit an expression of o finion in yegard to the trut® or falsity of what we may bap- pento i€-produce. When we give due credit for Joxseign extracts, that our readers may know their or'gin, toey will receive them for what they are worth. We youvt for nothing of the sort. But im- portent and valuable iofsrmation is often so min- gled witb spleen and ill-humor as to be {i end yet the information muy be wort + la such cases, a8 in the ove under con: ation, the animus is usually so appazent as to prevent the | leader from being mis'ed. The feilowing is the letter of Capt. Bailey, al- | luded to above : Polynesian, ot peared in a’ Briti filles shy nited stat: As the ticle is publish nee i jamaica paper a falsehood. Captain Hollins is personally vn to ie, anda more gallant, honorable, lnigl-mind- -forward officer does not serve in ‘the navy of rossly false, as Captain habit: The ely it own, I orders fcom the ; Com, U. 8. Navy. ALL, Exq., Editor # ian. Since the preceding was written, we have receiv- ed the followitg communication from the Hon. D. L. Gregg, Commissioner of the United States, uyon terome tosic, Che remirks already wade are ai | applicable t) this, ss the commuaication for which thy were particularly penned, ani we refer to them as exptanatory of our motives for republishing 6narticle Which has jasdy given offence to men whose frierds bave beu slancered, and whose | country tas been iiss hae rir viote, ard Jawless ects, [Here Gen. M. read some | 1 bewrpaper ex’rac's,} These are the 8: es that your M template es the recult of anhexw ‘aiels thas your people walt Ll would not-overdiaw the pi imogize t¥at 1 can litt the ve see the remrant of our people ey and some favorite chief, divested of his lands, retaxed | to beggary and want, who, 93 he surveys the rnin avd devastation that surrounds him, and views ths beautifai landscape that sarrounds the graves of his fatbe:s—yields uo bis spirit, and wish bis last bre wth watts a sigh for his beloved /fneti nei, and a cacee ‘upon those who betrayed her trust. Che Jaw of primogeniture and the Baglish colorsel system, have recently been assailed in a pat Ne adress by a distinguished gentlemag, (alladia to Mr. Gregg’e Fourth Jaly cration,) aad he felt ty mast oon esiied upon to aliude to those topi ac lay of primogeniture wasa good and stlutary law; one that kept up the neccssary distinc’ 4 sociely— the proper checks and balances ot social life. AS to the colunial system which is 0 severcly arsaile4, (I know not for what reason, save t'a% it f@ 29 admira bly adapted to the condition of these islands,) I sions as the Iingrton editors have ex 1a i. tion which will he alike condemned by ail roasonable mén in Europe and Amertew n emarks, I submit for your consiieration. hthem, they arc v dispo «th iT i Javlioe, at} nation is in ghts it now enj DAVID I hare ro defence to make; it needs none atmy hand’. | To P. 0. Hats, Eeq., Bditor of the Polynertan, too Io shese cespised colonies slavery is no: ond there is no distinction of color. cobitity exist, and jour Mojeaty and chiefs ietoin your sank ond position, and your subj weu'd enjoy all the p-cud privileges of Britis! colonists, shoulé th ce islaods ever booome a British | colony. 1 donot kuow thas Great ain desivea | such @ connecilyn—I have no instru mg on that | subject, and merely intimate the advan a got accrne to your kiegdom from such lon. Under theee circumstances I have to bez that | your Majesty will take no action on the subject of jour Wujesty’a sovereignty, ull such time asl can receive instinctions from my government. Tiegret the necessity thas compela me to allade to the conduct of your Mujer ty's Miviater of Foreign Relations, Fs Excellency R. O. Wyllie, interms of Geapprobation; but such i my dteagreeable daty. rated, | Cur Brazil Correspondence, Rio De Janateo, Sep’, 21, 1854, Arrivals and Departures—-Business Mu United States Sterner Massachiretts, §o., $2. Tre bik Swan leaves to morrow early for Bultt- more. nia arcive 1 here Toe Engl'sh steam packet Luzit ob Monday, the 18th, only 23 days fram Liverpool, whi his a good trio foran Big'itsh eteomer, ant brongtten owaging news for our ¢ fee market, ra) 1 the 6 about 90,000 bags, a lange. fis hapds; on tse 19th, 40,000 bage of Id fur exportation, and on the 20%5 v 0.000 bags of coffe sold for exportation, mekiog 70,600 tags in two diya, whic) is p obwbly m0 collee tbau was ever knowa to have been auld her ked by that frankness and candor that should ey ise the intercourse between to frien ily understood it all. But I suall consider it so far as 1 may be able to recollect it. I would prefer that, on all matters which relate to my sovereignty, in whichny chiefs and people have a deep interest, communications should be mse in writing, £0 a8 to prevent miaunderstandings and pany, (English) stopyed wor | TY operations, from the capinin or agent of every vessel acrir at, or entering iato the ports of the Provence. to enuble the public to judge, we give ox ra. both documents. of the provin taxed ina contributi y take place, im selac- | ewbar on their way to orf obtained by the A: ti Art. 24. Whene | has returned a lesser number than is really correct, they will is said consignee will guara due by the hip, it can le and the register Is to be gi tinction withont s diff: shovld it be d country at Wasbir gton (it 0 tte matter before the Gove: States; but as the motter row sta $ dent that the Provinetal Legirluture heave mot power to enforce dia was beaten at Pasqa tukep priscner. Anowner conma under 6x-J0.9 owners in Bogota to supp. brought forward an count of bis condact lie before and atter the 17h of April, special organizat Stele bas been la'd @ ‘The Late Adi Papers dated to November 14. The Panama Star of that date has the followzg items:—It ia to hear of the rapid a of the ralleehs aah the H i oy em both few and we understand that a band car wi) been postpored by the Federal isleture vxti! next year, and iu taking tuis pte shink they have acted very wisely. At the present time tb pation is in too disturb4 and unszttied @ stats 20 teke such a step, or try eo criti al ax experimext. Moreover, the project ita If is not suffc’sntly wel! known to the pubiic and 1be people of the Is:tmus who are most interested therein. We want toh.oy comething of what is proposed to be Cone after ibs la ponendonce 3 what course will be adop:ed, and what policy pursued. propom d measure ia @ most serions ove, acd deserves more careful consideration from the peop'e than it appears to have reveived. We learn that the Veraguas Gol ein, 960, after having spent about $300, THE PASSENGER TAX AGA [From the Panama Star, Nov. 9.j On the 17th of Octod:r last, the Provincial Legia lature passed a law relative to taxation, on the 20tp of the some month it wes sanctioned by the Go- vernor, snd, on the 34 inst., it appeared im tie oF lumps of the Fananieno. ‘this law repeals the 19th of December, 1853, relating to ors taxes, and also that of the 17ch of the s:me mi Telative to the tex on sbipping. We presume tust the la ter i3 an error, a8 fur og regards the date, because the lew of last y tive to parser ger vess«l?, is dat:d the 17.h 0 vember (not D:cember), by wi'c1 s tax of oz lar for every passeager was ordered to be © The provisions cf the new law are different LAW OP NovempeRr 17, 1953. Art. 1. Vessels of all classes, which arrive or Ieave them with paseenger: of ten per cent of the provided the original point of departure, or ¢ point of arrival, be not in » place in New Granaila Art. 2, To carry out the foregoing order, the tion is, that each p: nger gives a net profit of ten dollars, without admitting proof to the contrary, neither in favor of or against the vessel; this basis béing taken as invariable, whatever be the variations that the pumber or other economic causes give to the under- taki Art, 8. Children under ten years of age, and work men for the Panama Railroad shall not be liable to the tax. Art. 4, The respective contribution shall be liquidated by the collector, he understanding with the captain of the veseel, or with the agent or consignee in the port of the latter. Art.5. The collector at Colon shall receive a fixed salary of $100 per month, and one per cent, boing of one and one-half per cent on’ the sum J, and will in eure his go tion of the gover-* nor, with a security or mortgage of $2,000. 6 overnment of the Province will dictate the vs to prevent fraud oa fine of #40. 3 and should euch Art. 7. The present decree shall commence to be ob- served from the Ist of January next; aud after that date section 5, of class 1, of 13ti November 185°, shall be considered a: lished. AW OF OCTONKR 26, 1854. The agents or captains of ships that park passengers in the bay of Vanema, n other ports, will pay a contribu enger. contribution shall be jeneral of Provinetat he law relative to interior naviga. port. r it appears that an ageut or captain See, 2-—Art or dise’ Art, 23. The,data a, 08 directed in and police of three times the amount of tax on the number d, When the consignee or agent of a ship is a ant well known and of good position, the ‘admin jor”? will arrange with n in preference, and if the the total amouut of the tax e the port when it pleases, nup, cases tho “administrador”? wil arrange ins only. . Art, 26, The tax will not be collected for the following peTEONS — ; First. Children under twelve years of age. Seeondly. Fo! 's and (fiicials who arrive on the Isthmus to leave it for any other part of the republic on public service, ‘Thirdly. Tho: ailroad or way toa place of pun ly. Persons who come in from stress of weather, Lound to seme other port. a‘ We really thought that we bad dove with nii scb- ject of pa-senger taxation—tbat acter wha’ nas been said,ard after what has bren dono te0, when it wae known ‘tat for more than vix months the enc imposed by tha law of November 17, 1853, been colicoted—tte Provincia. Legisiaare wonilil not bave stullified itself by imposing a tax ftv» do! lars, in whih they do¢ge the payment from tho Agen‘y to tte Captain of the ship—a sal Tanvre we cavnot uoderstacd, aod waica in a common sense view of tne matter, to be Viewed in any lig la passenger tas, ond 48 such, the princi p: now establisaei tha* it o pot be Jegaily enacwd, ani that tre United slates government will not s:omi: to its impos ‘i Tc has been fre quently asked by those wo 90: ride’ the Legisista 6 empowered to levy ‘hia tax— Why do not those who deny its legality app'y t the Supreme Cou't at Bogota to test ite cols’ tuclons ality? To this we reply, tha! the Provio «, baving the greatest ir terr st ma‘ter, sboald be the party to bring the que-t:cn forward, either by ta ihe opinion of toe high \av offizers of thé or, by an amiable suit, beioging 1% befoe * preme Court for ite decisive, In this nasi ided io favor of the Provia:e will be 9 got case made out fog the Miniayer be one) 20 br. je Us very evi- Le law or carry out its epactms M THE INTERIOR. By the Wrst Ingia matt we bave dates fcom Thsgue to the 22d ult., and from Oarthagessto the 7th inst. A colomp of the revolation ary par jas also beatcn wt Cbiaque, and fo. token. #1 Acevedo hss joinei the legit ma‘e army With tie Melo t'o 198 usder his commaad. Colenel Madredo and Commander Carszo, with 600 men, bave also pronounced in favor of the logi- timate army. Heevy contribations have been levied on property ort Walo’s party. ch mivister ia that city hao count of some pariies haviag The howe of the Fi bern attacked, on av taken refuge there. CGenere) Mosquera had left Pie: Cuerta for So- corro on the 24: ult. Generel Obando escaped frm prison af be 10th ult. The Hwuseof Rep: vation agai: ©, “ nist President of the repab- Bogota on atatives hi ‘The considera’ of the projec relative to the the Isthmus into a separace until next 573. al icc, Commander of the British Squadron on the Pactfte. Adm'ral David Price, whose accidents death a5 Petropolowski we have to deplore, speat over fifcy sears of his li'e w the service of his couniry, aad wos actively ergaged against those who were then the enemies of Esglans, and fightirg sige by s:de with whom, as friends, he died. Hs sstvices are — recorded in Alien’s New Navy Last of Auzoss jest: 156 D. Price, Mid. of Ardent at Coperha rer, 180), sud signal Mid cf Cén‘aur at capture of four Fr. frigates, 1806, and in bosts of that ship at bomba: ment ot Sevennsgets 1807. Ina boat of Centar and slightly wounded, ces; atch boas urder Moen islard; and /n tras ship atcapture and destruction of Russian 74 gon shy Sewctod, 1808. Lieut. of Ardent, 1809; aud twics prisoner to the Danes srhgn.protgt eorvoye in the Great Belt. _Lient, of hi Frerch frigate Amazone, and captu’e and d tion of a French convoy and three armed br! Mareouf, and in command of the boats proug! the Fr. national 10 un brig Heron, and threo trans- posts in the face of a heavy tire from the shore. in gig of sama ship crptn ed’ French scboonsr Hirex- celle, avd peverely wonnced im Nien | Freast covvoy off Burfienr, 1611 Senior Liguts o et fo th Cony ‘: cleano bomb in bombardment of Feri M Hen y, and of Part Piaqae- mine, on the Missiesipoi; and ; American privateer Sancy Jack. Ia the bow attack up Gieut. killei,) in cut.ing ous awk at des‘rnstion of of 3 off S92 Jo. ff Von'v2, 1813, Commander of he €F, dition to oma, anil 0] swyer, comminded a divisio: boats io Movie ee? at crptore of taosports, &%, acd bore the flug of truce annonrcivg tne » Bas deen ‘ Molally Mebtloved on eight oo and gazetied 1811, 14, 16. ‘Admiral Price eneceeded Admiral Morsbsy in mmaond of the Pactfiit s'avion in the eatly par. of unis yi Captain Prece'ic, of the Am pb ru ite, succeeds in command of the feeb, a8. #enjor off) er o! tue