The New York Herald Newspaper, June 21, 1855, Page 14

21, 1056. ARRIVAL OF THE AA AT HALIFAX. TERED DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. ADDITIONAL DETAILS BY THE ST. LOUIS. Recemmencement of the Bombard- ment of Sebastopol, Terrible Battle between the French and Russians, The Mamelon and White Tower Taken by the Allies, INTERESTING FROM CHINA AND JAPAN. IBPROVEMENT IW CONSOL®S, The Cottom Market Steady. ADVANCE IN CORN, Bey Be. ae ADDITIONAL BY THE ST. LOUIS. ‘The late Bey of Tunis, Ahmed, was not more than Sfty years ef age: abeut two years ago he had an attack @f apoplexy, by which he was im part paralyzed, and it je prodable that his death has been the consequence of ‘Wat attack, Mohammed Bey, who has been long con sidered an thelegitimate heir of his consin, and who is mow om the throne, is 44 years of age, and ie regarded with great respect both by the mative aud Burepean tien. A letter from Vienna, of the 3ist ult , im Voss’s Ga- sete, enya —Some of the shipowners ef Trieste have applied to the government te have the mouth of the Sulina cleared by steam dredging mackines; but as some tne will elapre before any decision will be come to on ‘the subject, the Lioyd’s Company have decided on send- ings tug to assist vessele in the meantime. ‘The following distinguished Americans were present im Paris —The Hou. Mr. Dodge, Minister to Spain ; the Hes. Mr. O'Sullivan, Minister to Portagel; the Hon. Mr. Gass, Minister to Rome; the Hon. Mr. Belmont, Minister te the Hague; the Hon. Mr. Fay, Minister te Switzer. Jand. M. Van Buren, ex-President, is om the point of Jeaving Paris for the United States. Wie tated in the Mirror that— Herace Greeley was arrested im Paris om the 2d of June, and kept ix the debdtor’s prison till Monday, at be certne tg come cepnnnass Becew tee whose roken Dj ‘thought proper to sue for phon ds the first director whe pres himeelf being Greele wee arrested. ‘The spit was heard on the 4th of June, when Greeley ‘was, Of course, eet at liberty. ‘The Fribune says:— Mx. Grecley was arrested at the suit of » sculptor named Leclerc. It seems that Leclerc had sent bere a statue which he valued at 12,000 france, and for this sum he brought a suit against Mr. Greeley. He was arrested and takea before the proper Court at about 4 P.M, om Satarday afternoon, and there the parties ta, take spreereace, for Ty . to atlemaa, but ‘the plaintiff sudden'y refused to take 3 ground that his official station exempted Boa Lee refused, Mr, hen in money a8 antes; ‘Mr. Greeley Hevtined, priterring forge to. jail. Cereals bo was conveyed to the Debtors’ prison of Glinchy, wi he remained till Monday forenoon, when tziat was bad, and the tribuns] dismissed the com- and dis the defendant, In this process . Greeley enjoy ie advant two days expe- mienee in jail, and Mr. Leclerc the profit of paying the ‘The personnel of the French embassy im London bas Yeon almost enticely changed since the departure of his Exeelency the Count Walewrki. It ie now composed as fellews :—The Count de Pervigny, ambassador; M. Charles Baudin, frst secretary; the Count de Jaucoart, second seeretary; the Count de Coandordy, paid ‘attaché; M. Paulde Mesicault, attaché; M. le Due de Caderousse Gramont, attaché. A correspondent of the Liverpoo! Zvents, writing from @Mbratter, May 24, says: Tis being the anniversary of her Majesty’s birthday, the royai stamdard was hoisted atthe Rock Gun battery, Ragged Stafl, New Mole, and Barvepa fingstafie, at daybreak, amd the sigual statioa was aderaed with a variety of fisge, ss well ae her Ma- jeaty’s etoam-sloop Medusa, American frigate Cumber- and, Commodore Stringhtm; steam frigate Saranac, Gayisin Long; freight ship Lancashire Witch, various steamers and other vessels in the bay, amd several houses im the garrison. At 120’clozk, noun, royal salates were fixed frem the Rock batteries, the United States frigate @smbezland, and from the fort of St. James’ at Alge- @izas, and a feu de joie by the troops, who were review- @@ by bis Excellency the Governor, at the North tront. Aecerting to the German newspapers, the Russi Lave placed Odessa im a state of most formidadle da! Wie se etrong, if not stronger, than Sebastopol; {s sai te de able to support a siege, whether made by cea 0: Jana; to be mort strongly garrisoned; and to be defended Resides by a detached corps of 50,000 men. In the Aamiralty Court of London, June 5, the matter ef the American ship James Cheston was desided by Deetor Lushingtos. This Am:ricam vessel, baving been abandoned at ce2, was fallen im with about 2,000 miles faem land, in a very leaky state, Dy the Mara®hon, boned from Bombsy to Liverp3ol. Afier pamping the vessel, ten ef the crew of the Mafathon, out of twenty-three, were placed oa beard the James Cisston, by whom she wae navigated to Liverpool in eighteen,days, and reached ‘there before the Marathon. The value of the property salved was £56,000. Dr. Haggard and Dr. Deane appeared for the salvore; ‘Ds. Addame and Dr. Twies for the owners. ‘Bho learned Judge raid that, not holding himself boumi by any rule as to the propor:i the to be giver for salving a erelict, he would avazd £17,000. ‘The gexeral in command of the Russian army im the Baltic reeently inspected the fortifications of Riga, Revel, sn Pernan. The armaments, by hie direction, are to be considerably increased along the )'ne of const. Th. Russians are reported to consider bhat Revel is the most Mhely place te be attacked by the fleeto of Enzland and France. Revel, according to sn epicion etated to have bean given last year by General Jones, is deemed even stronger than Swesaborg. Our London Correspondence. Loxpow, June 5, 1855. Partiamen: Mecis Again— Adjourned Debate on the War— Official Slatements—Final Closing of the Vienna Oonfe- rences—Ausiria’s \'Expecian:”? Diplomatiz Slang—Fur- Mer Successes of the Alkes—Sydenham—Miscelancous Fnielligence—The Latest News, de. Parliament met ogsia Inst night, and the devate on qhe war was agnin reeumed—and aga.m adjourned, Bar- img’e motion being under discussioa—th: ap amend. ment upen Disrael’s, which wae rejected, ae you have already been informed, by 100, A few statements of interest were mvie in the House. Be the Lords, im reply to Lord Albemirie, Lord Granville qtated that the Russian government, in a recent cireslsr, had misrepresented the bne of conduct pureued by Capt. ‘Watson in declaring the blockade of the ports im the Battie. In the Commons, Palmerston deslared that or- @ere had been sent to Vienna to close the conferences. Ia fact, we learn by telegraph that on Monday, 4th Jane, the Vienna conferences were for ly dissolved, afters sitting which lasted an hour and a half. There was no question of counter-propositions. So that soap babbie ‘bas burst. What Austria will do sow puzzies people. The last notien is that ‘‘ she will assume an expectant attitude,” Diplomatiste are certainly stilful in finding ew words ‘to enrich what Palmerston vory aptly chara:terized as @plomatic slang.” Avstria begs the Frankfort Diet not te listen to the Restian preposal to maintain the interpretation given to the twe points on condition of all Germany remaining entral—not to sacrifice the interests of Europe to the faterests of Germany ; but, at the seme time, hinte that Mf Rex last proposals to the Western Powers are not ac- eopted, it may inflcence her intentions and views with regard to the Eastern question. She has issued no less thas four Cireuiars lately, the last ef which, dated the Fa says she will asvame ‘the expectant atti- ’ ‘Meamtime, the suceesser of the allies im the Bisok Fem and im the Bea of Asel, sueneed each ether vepidly. Kertch, Arabat, Gonttch!, Mariansk, | Asef sea. That, however, oa trifle; and the stores of ave al! been evacuated by the Racsians, two hundred care may net benefit us seach, pore Der ae pee stroyed, ail the corn magazines burnt, and the provisions commodity wich it of extreme for us te Sonam se tame et of H mans in, tet | Seine Sentient of mies” Be Dan oe oa ¥ eb thet Ress con gecenetien his matter now on me easy Porekop will shertly be visited by the steam fetilla, Ppa pee ee] Im addition to this, we expect to hear every day of | ter he carriage of thia oval by tha Donets, the & great battle defore Sebastopol. Das ant as Veign, we sbal give'a ture to tas sores ty The Russians are certainly in am uncomfortable po- | which a pastestton JS. hee’ dows, theeugh the sition, as the army relied upen the stores of Asoif for | ‘Spooslbiliy et Rerimpertingeoahs 0 aisar. Provisions. Mereover, the army ef the allies will be | fection of South Russian provinces in which may we excited by these repeated successes, that some great Coren pe yy een ye plo ype bm attempt will be made, Pelissier is anxious to gain his | 7 nw pasa peooner Field Marabal’s baton, and the Sardinians to win their ia mee, to, Bieter im coplention—egree spure. nme It in almost needless to say that the news from the | Dusiness smong "The people of the Kuban, look. East absorbs every other intelligence, yot a stranger | {2s "seme malad: vith the tiibes of abe Dulonee wie im London would little have thought Eagland was at war, loeb, back to the date of: 1174; and with, the furtare if, umaware of the fact, he had been here om Saturday. Crimea, w! Ddeginning Ro mo Tere was rand horticultural dlaplay wt he Crystal ab bsinny hres mind aye a a bprd ion ana yatllo eentinant of the. ansbitanterce te war and opposition members discussing the merits of a Ubraine, at least as far ih as KI a Weknew sabtapaenapen ts a enX age ove on eu eg | are Reena ie a eee upom a ‘was no sui al present S we te Ron” Saag fc uy paren danty on: | sts Mahl codon of Sant Si Re nets, musie, scents and flowers, were the order cf the | fhe pty yy Fer Ph ng ent éay. the losses of people by the war, the of pro- Our latest news from Sebastopol is of Sunday night; snciion snh.co mine: sat the _ chair Dut for what any one knows te the contrary, Lord Rag: | Sery true; but it'is also true that the people of Little tam and Lord Panmure may, at this very moment, be | Rusia are always ins state ef chronic rebellion. that cbatting with each other—one at Sebastopol and the | they bite Sed ae in cane with the other in Laphon. fa millessines when Poland shal be restored, aad Grisi has resumed her hold om the British public, and | Maloressia be} an independent State in alliance, as of again reigna queen of the Opera. Alboai was to have | old, with Poland. It must be remembered that those sung yesterday at the Crystal Palace, but disappointed the public by net appearing. ‘The French are fortifying Kamieoth, pe a ee Oar Madrid Correspondence. S me inteesione will it “ i Maprip, June 1, 1855, Sry, 2. oe Py awe, of andantly Political Intrigues and Conspiracies—The Insurrection a: | * ir chain unbroken. Saragosse—Declaration of Martial Law—Discussion in | qyertectel stil, i tkat We joecble, ‘Below the eet, the Cortes om the Repressive Powers Asked by Govern- Drak of the ploont war the. poopie on ae side of ment—Ealensive Oonspiracy Discovered in Mudrid— | the Prath pined im irritation ‘spectaclo Intrigues of the Spanish Clergy—Disgracifut Scenes in a Church—Financial Dificulsics of Spain, dc., éc. ‘The mest interestixg topic im Madrid at present is the agitation caused by the conspiracies vered within these last few days in this Court and at other woe, points of the Perinsula. On the 22d ef May the govern. | that some attempt is about to be made to drive the ment received the news that twe companies of infantry, bree ri a se ee oe stationed in Saragossa, with a regiment of cavalry of | Moldavia and Wi are cleared of the Austrians the same place, had revolted and left that city, seeking | One end of a chain of thas made the road to Calataynd, where seme of the people had already pronounced, (evidently s concerted movement) | shat sea we may send the cry of release and independence crying “ Vive la religion|’’—‘ Death to the heretics!” — « Viva Carlos seato |? Before continuing it is proper te state that only one officer was with the infantry, and one—zome say two—with the cavalry, none of the rest having bad anything to do with the affair. This news produced a great sensation here amongst the people, in | not be : ‘wash lee’ the government and in the Cortes, so much so that the | of this ulation ; and that terror was Ministry hastened to deciare wader murtial law—that is | topol. We have the lion in the toils, and we mean to Merprise 0 didioult remains, By propltating. the in ent Py £0) y habitants, and establishing genie and br com- munication with them, we may have them for allies; the frontier line of the Czar Peter may be restored, and the third peiat be settled, very effectuslly, in a mach shorter = than by Vienna conferences, now happily at an Such may be, if the allies choose, the ous con. sequences of the vey enter of Kertom, and riding the Sea of . This is evidently the tide in the affairs of the war which, taken at the flood, may lead on to fortune; to a better fortuse than any agerandizo ment of the ooea, bong oar French nations; to & re- bree! of whele t1 and nations from the tyranny of to ssy, subjecting all criminals to the military tribu- nals—the districts of the captains-generals of Navarre, Burges and Arragon, and immediately asked the Cortes for authority te suspend the guarantees of the mew con- stitution, and to suppress any journal which might in apy way favor the cause of the new Pretender, and at- tack that of liberty and the throne of Isabel II. ‘The discussion of this vote of confidence has been con- tinued since then up to yesterday. The ultra ‘' pro- sistas” and the democratic fraction have opposed it, as coftrary to the liberal principles which they profess, the “ moderades,” as uncalled for and excessive. How. ever, Phebe ies! it passed by a vote of 124 to 49. * had purchased, i anlcany Sa Senta, | seamen nt ene rywmen ta Pec dently a ramification of the movement in Saragosss, and | 6 650 000 horse loads of wheat, forthe supply of its on the night ef the 28th many arrests were mad Cre rally officers on half pay, formerly known as Gal whom the silly and raseally \‘moderadoe’” had allo te re-enter the army, im order to create partisans for themaelves sgainst the Kiberals and ‘‘ progressistas,”’ Also many § atry of the casseck were seized—| 5 curates, amd sactistans: amonge: the priests, chaplains of the Palaee, and others of the same breed. The gov- ernment fer this reason is right to invest itself wit! extraordinary powers, in order to be able to remove aud banieh, from one part ef the Peninsula to acy other, all army. The possession of that sea by the a! will consequel deprive the Gzar of those provisions, will be the more severely felt, as the crops in the Crimea are likely to prove this years com- plete faidare, cis aia IMPORTANT MOVEMENT OF THE RUSSIANS IN GERMANY. 4 ANOTHER NOTE—FOLITIOAL CHECKS OF NAPOLBON — CHANCES OF POLAND—PROBABLE ANNOYANCE OF these whe are attacking it and the constitution which NEOTRAL IN THE NORTH SBA PORTS it defende. [Paris [rund 1) correspondence of the London Times.] It is not steange that amongst the faction in Arragoo In a former LT alladed to the intrigues carried oa —for the most part country peeple—th» cries of “Death | throughout the whole extent of Germany in the interes’ to the heretics,” ‘Long live the religion,” shonld be | of Russia, and the efforts made by Prussia to bring heard; on thecontrary, it {s very natural. These words, | about an armed neutrality of the whole of the Statsso these cries, are put in their mouths by the clergy. The Be confederation, Besides the note of M. de Nesselroie nish clergy are eminently stapid. perverse and foro | Tunderstand that instructions in the form of a memoir: ous, and will never ey Cae) in laws which deprive | bave been drawn up with trat object at St. ccm | them of , amd thue of the means to support | The first pert en ircaneneten roms | Sam of themselves im idleness and vice, The ‘ y? | de Nesselrode; hut there are and a te the clergy too much, in order to propitiate them which must have been added aa they are founded their favor againat the ‘4 tas,’ not thinking | on facts that are of recent ‘and those parte or forgetting that, not keeping wings close |, | are attributed to s person of French of conside- ‘they would again soar and fly out in favor of . | table but of small political probity. My inform ‘This clergy is a rampant lion, which must be 3 | ant does not say whether the memoire has been a4drets- if not, It will tear us to Amongst their vain re- | ed to the various Cabinets asa a or who Piece a comsulter, ther it has been intended exclualvely for the Russian agents as @ repertory of its and reason! argument! ings fix, or Christ erucifies, ip’ the church of the extinc: | ready at hand to be used in support ef the question o: order of Franciscans bad sweated blood, opened its | the armed neutrality which are charged with ad- mouth and eyes, and performed various other feats of | vocating at the ‘The memoire com- this nature. Women rushed trom the church, | mences witha ement of the thesis that the crying out this nonzense; the neighborhood was aroused, feren 205 and aathorities hooey to take the matter in hand, snd arrest the suthors of this imbecile attempt. ‘With respect to the military expeditions against the rebels, nothing decisive has as yet transpired. It is trae thet some hose revolted in en ee on ‘their way to jeim the revel cavalry—hsve deaten, Priseners have been taken, other parties have taken place im the administration of France, aad and many draws the ye from them. The re- dispersed, &> ; bat it is not less true that when one is | tireme: del’Huys, the nominstion of Mi. bre up smother appears—that the government having jigny, the formation of a fore le- to fe mumerous forces in may fini | gion, the Gemonstrations, &c., poses oan as itself men: in other provinces, and that in the midst | a series of facts which are intimately connected one with udlie order it is forced to imperious wants of the of there efforts to preserve leave unattended other an administration. Im the meanwhile, the questions of the forced an‘ | tory joan and the sale of church lands, &s., are: © s- lyzed: notedy thinks of anything but Carlists—the » .o- lic to fear them, and the goverament to pursue them The nations) militia is increasing every day, and this force, which ed ro well to consolidate the const'ta- ss at wile with great enthusiasm to defeat the ate, public fonds tave goce down considerably, and although the remaining rrovinces of Spain are for the the other, and which seem to be the result of itical viously, It appears thaty at frst, po great iaportaace viously, It appears that, no im por’ was at! to these modifications. Suds , how- ever, the question became much more important— perrons in the politcal ‘ieee cee te s0n8 ca of Pesta now song. om assumed vast proportions. The eof Poland is put forward; au appeal is maie to tionalities: rebels sre as soldiers; aud to this doed the manifestations, and the Czartorisky ad dress is followed by the letter of Gensral Rybincky. And who, it asks, ean be deceived as to the meaning of Present tranquil, there exist fears that the spark of Ss. | the letter of the ex-General-in-Chief of the Polish army a ‘take in ctber parts, and raiee a fisme dif oud It was evidently concerted between the Chief of te extinguish she state of the country, French government and the General; ite expressious emitting details, whic! 1d not interset yeu. were eclected with care, and the etiect it was likely to EL produce was calculated befo> ecard the ions Sflual thon Fepartea ray thentlc charne. in his organ an aut charac: THE WAR. ter, a value of s political kind. Poland cails to her aid AAA the French «empire and the Wrench empire calls on Po- land. There is, therefore, » latent contrect, an implicit alliance. It ‘in? in po'nt of fact, an intimation to Russia Pid olor by vagy ay Lod ad to reconstitute, as an independen’ State, the Duchy of Warsaw—It is an intimation tc Prussia and Austr. tvat the natural de- THE ALLIED POSITIO WS IN THE SEA OF AZUFF. THEIR IMPONTANCE, AND WHAT MAY BE EFFECTED. [From the London News Juce 6, It i probable that the same thought has been in the pendents of the Grand Duchy bear the phical ap- mind of every omphshed historical etudent in Enz- | pel.ation of Duehy of Posen and Provinse of Gallicis, ‘end and France since tre arrival of the news of wast The Freoch Emperor, himself impotent in the 4am taken place in the Sea of Azoff. Men who know tae | Crimes, reeks another bettle-field, anda powerful lever | wtstory of that ea are wondering whether the restof us | against Russia, with which he is at war. the ware of the prodigious importance of what | hesitations of Austria, and against the uowi: of jained, and of what may be done with the ad- | Pri he thinks he Bas found it in Poland, which is ite im our power, It | the ver ready instrument of rebellion, and which alone il this, or resents some chance of success. Even though the French percr did not resolve to make use of it, his position would force him to¢oso. Must not every governmeat partake of the nature of its origin? In presence of the elements of resistance, which may his exist ence, the elective Emperor will not hesitate to ajopt a jatiomary policy ogainas the hereditsry emperors; and this io ular abould be tsken into careful con- siderat’on at Vienna, at Gerlin, ond in all the legitimate Courte. The Emperor Le hn cannot wish to continue a disastrous str without b ype of success, on isola ted points of the Black Bea, of Waite S04, aod of Kamp- schatchs; if be did so he would put his 6 im dan- appeare to depsnd on 3 vastopol, whence were sect the mesand material for the erection of the fourteen Russian forte om the Oiroas- siaa coast, and whence have proceeded all the threstee- inge which have awed the coasts of Turkey, bo:a in Ania sad Euro; tit cae command of of Rassia since the time and onditions uniergwhich their hetero; He must have a war on @ more favorable theatze, Brien are held, it appears as ifthe bo:r | and which by its character would be most popular with ad come, by means of ‘his last eurceas, for turaux | the nation. Pelend is a. theatre kind so dear to course of Russian aggretson, ani restoring other peepie than Turks to peace, security and inie- | ie not possible to attack and revolutionize Rassian Po pendence. land without atta: and revolationizing at the same It ie no email matter that mail commanication ie time the Pohsh it om Austria ani off between Russia and the Caucasus, and ali that }e: | Prussia. The of ri those below. No Russ ship can carry mails in the Bla jing provi ia avowed, and the lan of the journals of {ora baimeercae leaves no deatton the subject; have they not audaciously throwa in the face of the Vionos and Berlin Cabinets the Polish and Hungarian netioa- slitiee? Gas it not been said that Eogland and France bad ample mat to revise the map of Earope, sod that 20 one should be surprised to Sea now the route by Kerich it stopped. The ciryalt oy Axoff is enormous; anc eren that rosd cam no be safe, There are three now vessels at present in the Ca< pism, we are wold, and they mast be met s Ut:le wantc', new that the inland routes are rendered imprasticable o: harerdous Now is the time for an ‘allfans iy 1, and for prey for efleetive warfare | of. It beboves, therefore, the Courts of Germany, and tie Tas ey. Georgis ie oughly dissffested: | particular); those of Vienna and Berlin, to consider heyy may obtain whenever she | whetter they resolve to risk their existence om those pl om the day that Russia is deprived of th» | revoli(tionary movements, or to form fost it an al military road over the Caucasus, and Jeft without any | liance which stall prego and anna sapien ether highway than the Carpiam. Under some enti alliance fs ths only hope of safety. Tne Csdi cipation of whet is now taking place, Russia has pat that the Germanis Stat more vessels of war than of commerce on the Guaplas —but thie resource does mot seem to have dons her much good. She could not have thus far held ne: and her ‘Trane provinces without her well gna-dei will porforss inland road, We may now compel to show compromise a daeeiees tots to sasonenn ond tare hk H tan sated aay the circuitous route, and Azoff, for mails a the Ue Neate othe fwcalentabie Hake bn ‘viele. not be traversed but by the aid ani good- y Po oot oh EI will they bear to Russie. ag Sete Sete Sac a cone tte occupa. ™ tiona of herdemen, and sericaltariste, It rests me with of or retura It > i Hl i I i i i H ik Hi l : z & ' 5 . i gf E z 2 : ! E Z 3 3 Bi T i ity i es 5 i & Hf A x] i E 8 & 3 328 i ii ra RES’ Ss Se5en Thue i af i i FY 2 & a ih i F i § 7 i ty 2 I Hi i E wee duilding, ether ver led against the fortrese, but the year after, 90,00) men succeeded in seizing on the isthmus, which the Rus- siazs have since held possession of. THE STRAI£ OF GENICCHI. ty fathome wide, but it carry off the waters of the a into the Sea of Azoff. Of the Putrid Sea irwash, (a8 it is properly called,) scarce); pows. and it is wholly unmarke: in any charts thet we possess. It appears, ever, to present considerable analogy to the lagunes which encircle Venice; and though it may be intecessi- ble to steamers of war, we do not cespair of ships’ bosts periorming a service in these waters which might be of the most essential importance to the campaign. The Russians have, within the last ten years, as we took occasion to state some months ago, coustructed @ road Sirwash, at one of ite narrowest Mi ghd main land 0 and nothing would be more fatal to the Russians than the Cestraction of the wooden bridge which completes this line of communication. The distance from Genitchi to the bridge cannot be more than twenty or twenty-five miles, We are, of course, iguorant of the depth of water there may be Im the lagunes; but if it be suffi- cient to float the ships’ boats, and we hold the entrance to this inland water, there is no reason why the destrus tion of this road should not be attempted. RIGHTS OF NEULRAL VESSELS IN THE BAL- TIC PORTS. In the British House of Lords, on June 4th, the Earlof ALBeMaRtE said he wished toask her Majecty'e ¥ ment whether shad Ce el apo to state the exact werds which Wai , Of the Imperiouse, ad- dressed to the authorities of Port Baltic in the blockade of that port on the 28th of Ay year; and also to ask whether they government were warranted in pe fents bleh fuer ‘were supposed to have made, that the ad now renounced the princ! a ago, that the flag covered the cargo? He antict. pated what the answer would be, and the explanations which he should receive from the government. aa: eumed, as a matter of course, that the answer would be ibat the government did adhere to the precise terms of the ape et arsed the 16th vartghia vous waiv- t enemnies' neutral ves- sels, unless it was Contraband of war. tay he anticipated that her Majesty’s government would give such assurances as would be satisfactory to the meutral Powers, he thought it wasalso advisable the neutral Powers should understand that there was in that house piston on terubject When, avout © toring ae on the sul on, adout a for he had moved resolutions, with the object o putting an end to trade with Rusala, he had been very much sstonished to hear three members of her Mi a ernment—the President of President of the Counotl, and t! of State for Foreign Affairs—attribute fo him a wish to enforce the right of blockade. He was utterly astonish ed when he heard such a desire :mputed to him, and he thought that inthe hurry of debate he might have said what he did not mean to say; but in the first newsp.- he saw the next he found the words he used “Neutral fi direc! neutral Powers. As ing would probably find its way to the public, amd would come to the knowledge of tbe neutral Powers, he might observe that be believed he spoke the umenimoas—or the almoet unanimous—opinion of their lorusbips, when he said that they thought the Americans were perfectly justifies ino: aiming that @ neutral flag should protect a neutral cargo: \¢ was only at iesue with her " ty’s government on this question, because they had done upgracously snd unwillingly what he thought they cught to have done Motori Teor unhesitat ly. He trusted, now that two great Powers of Earope ox. pressed their intention on the eudject ia an unequiveeal manner, that the course they resolved to adopt become part and parcel of the law of consequi been attributed to him by members of her Mejesty’s iiern 5) a Btate saper ehteh had been issued By i Qu pigs a and which pg oy ide melbadong e eoumncoeo, ave an inaccurate ra; sentation of the proposition Shea wabmitted to Shorr (ana Albemarle) thought it was desi- on a eubject of so m importance a clear underatanding should be established. i i < it tee f ; t | z H z & ee F tree i fF Hi i 5 Hl Pi é 5 £ i i if f i i i H i i f : z é i i # i il : a i i , : He ahs HF Ee f i i H I i fl EEE F i u ff i i i ES, 3: ee 3 2. = I F A ! is T £ F i e Sse = (3 i By s 2 3 $ 5 z s Commander-in-Chief would take wi! passage of Russian vessels. CHINA AND INDIA, THE UNITED STATES SURVEYING 8QUAD- RON IN THE NORTH PaciFIc. SBRVICES— L0G OF THR VINCENNES. the Overland Friend of China, April 7.] In our number of the 16th of September Iast, we re- corded the departure of the United States aiip Vin. ee ore Rogers, on s surveying cr: in North beeite (Onree itwad stated was tbe destination). the e accompanied the Vincennes. A lit more than s month before this record, in noticing ill success which, up to that period, had attended the United Staten Nerth Pacide Surveying Expedition, we raid:— By the time certain oourts martial are brought to a con- ¢lusion, the southwest monsoon will be blowing its last ves- Weis as try the strong currents and boinverose el ® winter in the north. The justice of this remark was verified with greater amphtude than we then anticipated. Nine 6 after Jeaving Hong Kong, off with too much reasom, that the ill-fated brig foundered with all hands. Peace to the mames of the gallant sprite on board of her! Leas than three months before ‘t gale the Porpoise achieved immortal honor im reseu- ing from the Pratae Shoal (perhaps now her bed) 520 Chinese, whom the humanity ofthe Pacific and Oriental Superintendent here would hare left te perish of starva- tion and madness. We thus then (Sept. 16) wrote of that cruise of the Porpoise:— ‘The future history of the United States survo: ue dren in sheoe eastern sana wi ‘no bi go end te be printed in letters of old, and margined with the word " Glory.” 7 sa A better fortune attended the Vincennes. Following is a brief detail of what was performed by her during the four and a half months of her absence from this port:— the 29th of Septmber, reached the Boain Islan esteied to determine the lengitude of and to sur- ne 28%h of of October experienced, while at anchor, a terrific typboon, commencing at N.E., thence to &.£., and on to 8. %’W., moderating at sunset, after elx hours’ fury. In this typhoon two mountain barome- tars wenn boeken, pnd sever! of tne iactrumentte.ses up on shore blown down and injured. For three consecu- tive years, it was stated, a typhoon had occurred there on the same day. Tne bay was covered with pumice stone after the typhoon, floating in perfect beds. On the 6th November left the Bomins, and three days afterwards encountered another typhoon. In about lat, 20.45 N., long 141 E., ‘sighted the rock D'Ore, otherwise Urmistead’s Peak, a solitary rock, hundreds of miles from apy land, rising in majestic grandeur some three han feet above the ocean. On the 17th of November reached Napa, on the Great Loo-choo, and remained there surveying till December 8th. Taking the sunken W. 8. Se; ’s crew and owner on board, as before published in this journal, the Vincennes then left for the coast of China, whence, without stopping, after discharging. the Saywoods inte the Nightingale, she again started for Japan. On the 28th December reached Kako Sima, afine said to be equal in capacity to tbat of Rhio'or Sydney, being twenty-six miles deep, and some half a dozgn across at entrance The Vinconnes anchored im, and suzyeyed Thimegava berbor inthis bay; but tne mounta‘ms be- ing covered with snow (on the 2d January there was a frightful mow storm), and observations difficult in ob- taining. Kano Sima was left on the 6th of January for a run south. Passing through Van Dieman’s Straits, a survey was — br Tene Sima. Hewny Raced berg feet Hodgere named channel Vincennes Bttatia Then Passed through Colnett’s Straits to Naka Sima, and away to (u Sima. Here the weather was so tempestuous (the Vincennes taking eight days’ after sighting to get up to the islamd,) and the bread placed on. board im -Kong found so full of weavils, it was Ot for no human ig, it was determined to retarn to this te recruit. Leayyng Kaki Rouma on the 24th January, cn the 30th following anchored in Hong Kong harbor. Ye the Vincennes again started for Loo Choo, from whence she will proceed to Japan, then:e to Bher- ing’s Straits, and bere again, in about a year’s time, by Seat eo, my, te brine a re Mr, pher, and Mr, ‘Kern, artist totte expeditic Savion busily engaged in completing charts of the whole of the ground traversed onthe cruize, which t) succesied in com- ing for forwarding by the out mail. Lieutenant ooke, in charge of the astrone: devartment, has aleo been fortunate in comp! & series of valuable ol tions; theold buildings of the medica) m‘ssion, and rooma in the old Morrison school, having been placed by Gur goverpment at the disposal of Commodore Rodgers for the use of the expedition. We have onty to add that our anticipation rapaing: “‘It is through the great populazity of the Commodore there ia hope for success im the future,” has been completely fulfilled, and there is again prospect of » successful voyage. THE PASSENGER TRADE AT HONG KONG — HOW CHINESE ARE OaRRIED OFF. (From North Ctina Herald, March 15.) It is now some months since we drew attention to the ee Va al nd pee Sges is Trevtibagne m4 port, su a fow sim alstions whic! termed ikely to benefit both the emigrants and those engaged in shipping them, or at least such shippers ae conduct their businees with fairness and good ACH We have reason to think that those beat informed on the subject concur in the views referred to, and their cogency has not been lersened by subsequent ecsur- rences. ‘Take, for instance, the voy: or attempted voyage, of the nce, and her condition’ on returning to gong after nearly one hundred days’ absence. It ia true, the ‘vessel being a forcign one, (American, we beli-ve,) no SS. in force here could bave prevented her ‘ing in passengers at Macao, or enforce compensation to the helpless men on board on her return; but one of our heron eel had ow Kor a of Chinese taking es at Hong Kong wu! aarantees. Pove have heard toes the Mortison (also American, ) which sailed hence for Califoraia on the 20th January, received om beard in the Ly-yu-moon passage some «+> bundred ers over her complement, and ha’ a distress, hen there condemned. Ppasrengers, it appears, ere sent back to Hon; Kong, and of course set adrift totally destitute. The owners of the ship were on bosrd when ahe left thie harbor; and seving these gemtlemen received fall pas- rance on The ship, and probably fre: — to ray that ome one shoald bobs for the amount paid for pass '. EET Sy gi our eclonial x safe inthe a ets of the lucky ‘owners aforesaid, which prada the Morrison’s trip for Coolies a very snug ons indeed, and one worth ating. We warned oar officials that euch things might be expected, but feél no satisfaction at the folfilment of our 5 Morrisou are bad enouzh; i casos Rees hone set ote at, as operations, they are ‘own in the ehide by the more recent one of the Margaret. Thi itish one, we ere sorry to say, owned and commandet by 8 mam pamed White, was ehartered b; owner P= to os panei monty. worth ba that mou nt. iY of the P. Hong Kong, vessels are | Soy nan & G senger for every two tons register. concluded to receive his passengers off Lintin, and pro- Seared to start for that avcl e on the ith instant. The soumasrs followed, and after days, vainly apg fer the vessel, returned te Hong Kong. Messengers were 9d to Macao, im the hope that the vesse) might be found there; but could neither tee nor hear of ber: and so some three hundred sre utterly ruined, to say nothing of the loss to an- re ater ot ene meting wih rulers are asin that were better left ‘Stoo sautoguat hevetnen ead . Baie bed have ing tee plea at service, adopting. of “4 the subject ! Hy & facilities pad in Hong Kooy’ The syvcem i dseerving of enscak INTERESTING FROM JAPAN. CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES AND THEIR LABOSS— FULL DETAILS OF Tis LATE EABTHQUAEB— TRANSLATION OF THE 10@ OF THE BUSBIAN SHIP DIANA—MISERABLE STATE OF THB JAPAN ESE—THE BAY OF SIMVDA {Correspondence of the North China Herald.) The following informa‘ion msy perhaps be ble te you, there being scarcely « marke ia te ve w #0 wuch interest teshed as to Ji Ye are doubtless aware it is in horrors and abominations which emanat Court of Spain, under Philp Il , whose emissarice caused the bleodshed tortuers whion from the and more thas: two millions of natives of Jpan intoa « a That dark age is be; Pparced by men who cal themes rte — disturb juemee fence. Nearly a year has passed since a treaty of peacoar ' aaaity vas. signed at Kanagawa, by Commander Per ¥ and the Japanese Commirsiuaers, by which twe por « were opened, and all Kear ey a 4 i s g te them *.« heard d the recent stay of the Powhatan atmo da. This town has unfortumstely been ‘by an earthquake, which wok pl.ce on the 234 of der last, and which also destroyed the Dians, a Russian fifty gun frigate, that was lying at eacbor in the bey, conveyed to that place C mmissioners to negotiate a Least ates was concluded during the stay ef w The following extract from the logbook of the Diana will give a led account of these occurrences:— December 23—Nine o’clook A _M —Light W.S.W. wind; Dar. 29.27; ther. 7 deg. R, (47.76 F.); weather clear and agreeable. At a quarter past nine, without amy previeus imdica- tion, the shock of an earthquaxe, which lasted twe er three minutes, causing the vese-i to shake very was felt, both on deck and ie tbe cabin. At tem eu Heil a large wave was on and fow minutos Simods was Innod: wa swept away, while the ja: from their anc! we floating in every direo- re . ing against sacther, ing. Im less than five minutes after this water was veen rising and bubbling, as if agitated by s theasamd springs, carrying with it loom, straw and other mate- rials, recedisg and then retarsteg with foree, and com] the d+straction of the town, beats | a (ts Ga Donets rt Das fo shut tis H ered with thatches and ruins, which been ied away by the receting waters. 1c ten the frigate was observed te drift, arte: At & qui ir Net. when the second anchor was immediately dropped. withstanding feta ag the water ret with ater velocit: an before, forced her a time from her position The w>>ke town was now ene vast acene ef derolation, and out of shout a thousand Beuses only sixteen were standing At this time a cloud of vapor was observed over the ruins, and the air was strongly im ted with satphurous acid. ‘The sudden rising and falling of the water in so nar- row a bay gave rise to num*rous whirlpools, which caused the an to kde. roused with eye pes thatall om board became giddy, At half: past aj was thrown against her with so mach violence that it shed pieces avd were thrown to the men to but only two seized them cabin, chose rather to die their country, which forbids to go on board a foreign ve An old womas also, in & smail boat, was drifted side. She was quite insenstble, and her rescue wae eflected without several men being exposed to bie hazard, But therr exertions were successful. s00n recovered, and is still living idee) ri at, to approached within fifty fa ofthe water became ro vic: one place to another, and in abovt thirty minutes turn- ed mo less than forty-three times round her amcher. During this time she was nearly smashed against a Tooky island) but fortunately she Just cleared it, At & x to eleven, w! eo rd anchor was repped, thea mot the effect. of and when the sea receded it left feet of water. While the upper side, water. This apeed and violence, and causing one of the guns tantly killed one and wounied several men. Another effect of this ruen was frigate’s keel and rudder, which were now to floating near her. Tising and falling of were very great, the depth vwarving from eight to more than forty feet; amd these changes, tervals ot about five minutes, coptinaed until ne: it was discovered that there was thirty inches of water im the hold. reeptisle diminution in the frequency 2 pd i 2f. if fs i, A i rE fi 3 5 i At this time a and violence of the changes tov place, and this > tumity was embraced, and every available effort lesren the influx of ‘water. But scarcely had bour elapsed when, befor these have been com }, The rising aad fe Ddecome more vi t than before, Between this time and & quarter past two, (whem the sgitation sgain became much less,) the frigate was left Jour times on her side; ana once, while thus laid, im only four feet of water, upbeaving of the greund was s0 violent as to Seong her anchors, (the up- Tr parte of which were visible,) sud° back again te ber Keer position. Continuing to decresse in violence and 24 'y slow. She mew. P. M. the agitation of the water. and the Veasel consequent thereon, w ficated in twenty-five feet of it was observed to be rising perhour. At this times « the barometer stcod at 20 87, and the thermometer was 10,50 degrees R. (about 55.63 degrees F.) the hay was covered with ruins, on woich men were seen 4 and at 4 P. M. we began to disentangle the anchors, ¢! chains of which were so t#iated that four hears were required to clear one of them. at a fresh Se wied bay in which to repair the frigate, Si- moda ui bones well adapted for P After ecme delay is was grented, ands sultabte pi wee soon selected. Some necessary repairs havi — eusly been made, we weighed anchor on the 1: an sry, and witha A etd wing left for the appointed place. ‘The wind noon failed us, we ware ltt dtiting tarda the breakers, and our position became one of it Bat ere lenga arove, and after sppreach- img nearer and nearer the shore, all hope being aban- ve ae fathoms: were ca led out, and the anchor FOp) Un the lith and 16th there was less a the water in the frigate rose to auch » ht, grave fears were entertained a6 to the possi! ‘of | her. The Japanese authorities seat cne handred junke ed, This was not doae without great diffic en ac. count of the dangerous surf, when was pean the case with the sick, who, had te be dragged through it. Next da; juaks took Der in tow; not a ai man was on board, aad the: ir already halt filled the gan deck. Rd ap | striekea, cat set ‘reyes: er, and met co bs % shared! the fate of the tigate, which ferthaithes =, Simoda, even if rebuilt—for it still ‘ rnine—wil hardly become the @'gm produce; for the an