The Express. — London, England, 1851-05-19 00:00:00

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Such an attempt to varnish over the bronze of religious indifference with a coating of religious wallas not been wit nessed since the days of Caoserm. Mr. DISRAELI, the leader of a Irma party in the House of Commons, that party which most especially to uphold the church and sympa rattestaith its every effort, and every peril : tie leader of this party comes forward to declare that he is decidedly opposed to everything that has bets propped, whether by those who sit opposite or by those who sit alongside of him, for repelling this aggression. Ho scouts Lord ions ItessELL's bill, be cause it does too little, and majestically brushes away Mr. WALPOLE'S amendments because they do too much. This ecclesiastical aggression he is de termined to look upon exclusively in a political light, and to avenge after a political fashion ; and by the word political Mr. piquet! evidently means Pickwickian, and nothing more. His aim is to phraseologize, to assure fe protcs taste of his ardour, and the catholics of his lukewarm sea He would make political capital for the English beatings by denouncing the ministerial bill as insuf ficient, and at the same time keep political capital is Ireland by pooh-poohing and defeating all legis lation on the subject of the day, so as to Hatter that Irish tail, on which the member for Bucks sonata for his majority. Thus the tory leader sacrifices Mr. WALPoLE to Mr. Motote, and Sir Roemer INULIS to Mr. REYNOLDS. If Ireland was PIEL's difficulty wee, it shall no longer be, as it threatened, lirs.suifis difficulty ; for the protection ists have secured an alliance with that rump of repeal which 'Astra. O'Cosset.t. himself, we will be bound to say, would have had none of. We were prepared for some shilly-shallying on the part of Lord STANLEY--sorne manoeuvring on the part of Mr. DISRAELI; but we were quite unpre pared for so barefaced and unprincipled a humbug as this, on the part of men who are, in a few months or weeks, to awe before the electors of England. The papal aggression consisted of the assuming and claiming of authority over portions of the king dom, and of territorial dignities attached to that authority, without the consent or consultation of either government or parliament, or of the Crown. Such an assumption was intended to serve pur poses of propagandism and rivalry. It was a precedent that might have been followed up in a great variety of shapes. The cause of religious liberty and of protcstantiam, the rights of the crown and of parliament, all imperatively demanded that these should be checked at once. Even if the pos sibility were admitted of one day allowing to the Roman catholic hierarchy the supremacy and the dignity it chinned, it was absolutely necessary not to allow that, what might be a gracious cession, to be ravished by sacerdotal impudence. The bill before parliament does what it is imperative to do, and what it would be both disgraceful and idiotic to omit doing. We can well conceive the objections of those who are of the American school, and who look upon church interest and state interest as things utterly apart. They have reason in deprecating what runs counter to the spirit of their ideas. We do not agree with their view, because it is based on the future, not the present, era state of things that is to be, or may be, but which certainly does not exist. The church of England is a fortress erected for the defence of protustantism. Protestantism, we ad mit, may be defended without the fortress. But if the resolve be taken to do so, let the fortress he destroyed, its walls levelled, and its moat filled up. For to abandon such defences without destroying them, in order that they may be occupied by the Homan catholic enemy, is not to save protestantism, or to get rid of establishments, bet to betray the one and to render the other im mortal. A favourite cry with the younger Peelites, and one that Mr. Diswieti humours, without developing ottexploring, is that the religious difference was a purely political one, and should be treated politically. Mr. DisKAT.LI seizes on Lord JOHN RUSNELL'S ad mission that the WISEMAN advent was but a part of • great conspiracy against the civil and religious liberties of Europe ; and he proposes, in consequence, to take the matter out of the hands of Lord lons RUssELL, of the prelates, and of the religious communities, and to hand it over altogether to Lord Patrzawroit. It was a political aggression, and the Foreign Secretary should avenge it. What is our Mediterranean fleet for? A vessel of war could have taken WI4EMAN, and dung him ashore at Civita, and blockaded that port, whilst a more formidable fleet appeared before Ancona, and threatened bombardment, unless it were forthwith stipulated that the papal court should send us no more legates uncalled for, and should waive its claim to carve out the English territory. Such things wo know cannot be done without arousing all the rage of Austria, all the jealousy of France, all the spite of Austria. If the Holy Alli ance was nearly resuscitated, and the continental blockade again renewed by our defence of a Maltese Jew in the waters of Athens, what would have been the consequence of making a political affront of Car dinal WISEM te's aggression? It would cost us a couple of millions in warlike preparations to com mence with. It would, in fact, have been from pure caprice, creating a Kaffir war on the coast of Italy, and on the coasts of Europe. We must confess that when we consider and passin review these and other crude proposals, indicating the means which Peelites and protectionists would have employed against papal aggression, in preference to the present bill, we can see in these proposals of two separate parties schemes of such incoherence, each ichotcy, such impoliey, that they evidently could be but the suggestions of tyros out donee, conscious that the objections they uttered would serve to create hesitation and mistrust, but could never recoil on themselves from the utter impossibility of any m inima being putting them in practice. The greatest =that has appeared of Lord STANLEY's and Mr. ARLIN incapacity for office, and insincerity of principle, is the nonsense, the hollowness, and the ambiguity of all they utter upon this religious question. As to principle, it is difficult to sea to which the STANLEY conservatives are more fa Protes tantism or to protection. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. Myr Majesty the Queen, with Prince Albert. the Prince of Wales, Prises Alfred, the Priaoses Royal, and the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa. 'kited the Glue Palace timely es earaireay morning. In the afternoon Prism Albert ens again at the building ai cicerone to the %dm sad Duchess of Saxe Cobourg Ootha and Duke 'meet of Wurtessberg. The (bads of the Exhibition were inercaaed on Ilateurday by the is. et 3,01116. 165., +kith was mole up as Wove —Pre. NOM ticket. via., ltl ladies and 83 IPA Omen's adnkiniese, 6371. lla. 6d.; receipt. at the doors, from 10,126 vintage at 6a., 2,6321. is. The total receipts at the dons lest week were 13,4061. 10s. from 63,626 niters. 902 Win and 657 gentlemen's season tickets were sold daring the tame period. Dtnnill To TUB EXECITITTZ CoVIIITITZ AT 818- Rtnonan.—lt is in metes laden to invite the members of the exceutive eariunitree of the Great Exhibition to a public dinner at Birmingham. Lotto Labs. has invited all his numerous tenants as Tint London at hie expense, that they nay see the cry sal lame sad Ile essalias. FRANCF. . .I , ......... -_ ' • : , PARIS • Ay ETU The government has bee the sugar question, the vin • " ... t ''. ' bY 312 votes spinet 290 11 nom bill maintaining the • us quir -- -- en." 14 v , The duty on sugar is at present 4.5 f. per 100 kilos. .at 49L 60e. the decime comprised. The bill proposed Ito reduce this duty to 2.71 f., or 27f. 10c. including the decime. Nothing was settled with regard to the r aiser ditty in the tattim of yesterday; and the ques tion-was remised to-&y, with what result I have just annbaneed. This vote is equivalent to an ad mission of the reduction of duty. It has been settled by each of the three leading parliamentary clubs of the majority that they will each piesent a motion for the total revision of the Constitinion couched in the same terms, but sup ported by a separate statement of the grounds. Notwithstanding the animated opposition of the legitimist fraction, headed by M. St. Priest and M. Laboulie, tho Rue de Rivoli Club adopted last night the motion of M. de Fallout, in favour of total revision. . . The Aseeneblee Nationale pronounces to-day in favour of total revision. _ It is reported to-day that after animated dis- cussions the committee of the doctoral union has acceded to the instances of the Bonapartist Club of the Rue Neuve St. Augustin for propagating peti tions for the revision, and consented to a " fusion " with the latter. Although this sounds improbable, the report has reached me from a respectable source. The Mositest publishes the following semi-official defence of M. Leon Faucher against the attacks of the Press* : The Minister of the Interior has refused to several muni cipal councils, which applied for it, the authorisation to hold an extraordinary session to deliberate on the question of revision of the constitution- Some ether municipal councils, it is true, forgetting the formal prescriptions of the law, have passed, in the course of their ordinary sessions, resolutions favourable to the revision of the constitution. But as soon all the minister was informed of these facts, he gave orders to the prefects to annul in the councils of pre fecture these resolutions of the municipal councils to the above effeet, which the councils themselves would not sup ' press 3d. Leon Faucher has, therefore, the rare merit of carrying no ;Not for legality so far as to strike the friends of the government, who in order to serve it depart from the prescriptions of the law. Girardin, who keeps no the ball with unflagging spirit, finds his task of filling the first page of the Prease somewhat relieved to-day by Dr. eron's ar ticle in the CosaMistionnel in favour of abolishing the law of May, which he quotes at full. In another column of the Freese, alter printing a fae-sinaile of the circulars, applying for subscriptions, of the Rue Neuve St. Augustin Club, he says, " Hem's my answer : I declare that I subscribe for the sum of 500 G. to tho Club fur the abolition of the low of May M." The report on M. Ste. Beuve's free trade project concludes for its rejection. SCNDAT EVENING. The government has receiveatelegmAlel - announcing the revolt of part of a regiment of the line at Salines, in the department of the Jura, in a socialist sense. The mutiny is said to have been confined to two companies, which were speedily disarmed, and order was restored. SPAIN. A telegraphic despatch, dated Madrid, May 16, has been received in Paris, stating that nearly all the elections arc known. Nearly forty progressistas have been elected. Government has a considerable majo rity over the united opposition of progressistas and ultra moderados. BELGIUM. All the Belgian ministers have resigned. The ground assigned for this atop is the adoption of cer tain amendments of the opposition in the bill on the rights of inheritance. M. Rogier announced to the Chamber, on Saturday,the resignation of the cabinet. M. I)elehaye-Leliese is said to have been charged with the composition of the new cabinet. AMERICA. The British Royal Mail steamer Asia, Capt. C. ILE. Judkins, arrived at Liverpool on Saturday night at 11 o'clock, with the usual mails and 14-i passengers. The Asia left New York on the ith inst., and has therefore accomplished another of those extraordina rily quick voyages for which these vessels are cele brated. The Asia spoke the steamer Europa at S p.m. on the evening she left New York. and on the 12th passed the steamer Humboldt for Havre. M. Bois Le Comte, the French minister at Wash ington, who has been recalled by his government, took leave of the President on Friday, the 2nd inst. Orders have been despatched by the war depart ment of the United States to the officers on the frontier, urging them to increased vigilance and energy in the suppression of Indian outrages, in com pliance with the conditions of the treaty with Mexico. The steamer Cleopatra, which, it will be remem bered, was seized at New York on suspiciou of being fitted out for the Cuban expedition, still remains in possession of the guard of marines placed on board immediately after she was taken possession of by the marshal. Mr. Tallmadge is now in correspondence with the authorities at Washington with respect to the final disposition of the vessel. The evidence ob tained against the persons arrested will be presented to the grand jury. No new discoveries have been made, and it is presumed that the expedition from this quarter is, for the present, broken up. A violent indignation meeting had been held at New York, to deprecate in strong terms the language used by Sir H. Bulwor in his late speech. A letter had been received from Sir Henry, explaining that the word " Celt " was not intended by him offensively towards Irishmen ; but the explanation war not deemed satisfactory, and a memorial to the President of the United States was agreed upon, as follows: To MIS EICILLINCT IMILL•RO FILLMORE, PRESIDENT OF ?MI UNITID ......... The memorial of the undersigned, citizens and inhabi tants of the city of Now York and its neighbourhood, most respectfully showeth : That memorialists arc fully sensible no ordinary circum stance would justify them in appealing to the chief execu tive in reference to a subject coming within the immediate sphere of his administrative functions, and they beg to assure your Excellency, that if they thought the facts to which they respectfully and earnestly invite your attention, would otherwise come officially under your cognisance, they would not pmume to make them the subject of complaint, being convinced that your Excellency would protect every class and section of the people of these states, without dis tinction, from insult and outrage. That, presuming the circumstances which they respect fully lay before you would otherwise escape your Excel lency's notice, and feeling them to be of an unprecedented character in this or any other civilised country, and ,of the greatest importance, in whatever light they are considered, your memorialists moat earnestly request your Excellency's consideration of and decision upon them. They are as (follows_ . . _ . . - On the 24th day of the present month, Sir Henry Lytton Belem, Ambassador to your Excellency's government from the Court of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, attended at the celebration of the St. George's fustiest, at the Astor House, in the city of New York, and there delivered the following sentiments, which, after two days of sober redeetion, appeared under his name In the Ezpress newspaper, which assumes to represent him. Your memorialists copy them from that paper, believing they were published with his sanction and correction ; and, be sides, they appeared in the same words in other papers, and without any denial or explanation on his part Do any of you gentlemen happen to h ave any good natured friends . (Laughter.) If so, you can understand how my good natured friends at Was hi ngton all crowded around mo immediately on my return from Richm on d, t o relate how a most infamous publication had appeared in some journal, I believe called the Boston Cell, purporting to be an intercepted despatch from me to the English Secretary of Sta.. for Foreign Affairs. Now, people usually adver tise when they have last any property ; but I wink to ad vertise that I have lost no property at all—(laughter)—and, although it is natural to conjecture from t h e semi -barbarous, semi -clad, and Celtic origin of my Boston friend —(laughter) —that he had been guilty of the crime of which he boasted —namely, theft—he has, is reality, been guilty of an offence which more appropriasely belong* to • further advanced stage of pantaloons sad retiseasent—(laughter)-1 mean forgery ; another clam*, by the way, of the general maxim that all savages, whether Celtic or otherwise, when they take so inhabitant cities, circa such moral cities as Boston, adopt the Mee without acquiring the virtues or the grains of civilised life. (Cheers and laughter.) And here I should leave the matter, but 1 am rather in clined to suspect (everything that is at all Yankee has such odd notions)— leer)--that the unkind bar barian of Ilsesaehruiette, of intending a more se rious offence, has merely been psepstrating abed joke, in the slaps of a political squib, whoa\ is mesa* M isveur the presidential claims of an excellent friend of mine, by having it appear that he is a particular canny of England. Now, I should be sorry to do this Bind say dimanice; but 1 do THE EXPRESS, MONDAY - STE/lING, MAY 19, 1851 not believe that I shall be doing him any disservice by Mat- 1 I. . him* estamsenty.hillad eit i i le usi Wast ma so ile 1 nor ken " whom , I L I I ve . . ,II I Aiwa,. and l write :t due I. 41 . • • is . the fach that this ' ... . .... le - ami . . " bitan e alan t l l e :Wa il' essoley wise is et Irish bile se' • and your memo rised, esaileatly submit that, in a ll time. and under Mg eleeemalsoae the labis &rens of this Cie bun ts = UZisyr o p . t, .ereritiyy ark ele.Eleee then et the entire population of this par fiej, ass imm i a ,It ALL without drredX lb._ *hid pedUess in thc loused I prehrions, in every deparrank civil sad military, and 'ray persuit, mercantile, Merry, es tistic , commercial and This insult wee offered in the midst of them, to i tt l e:Zwithemt distinction, and was unprovoked by any. It twelves ineireations utterly untrue. hloreover, a main Ague et the matamemidor's speech, which, in yourmemorial kW aedemsala4 is patent through its whole tenor, was to essaie usalead aessi internecine animosity between dif haat them NA isaloselities who are here united and bleadei spar he ems great brotherhood. Mir y anererrista feel confident your Excellency MK at tree see thee Biz Henry Bulwer has degraded the ibeelless be is in tide country to fulfil, and will take such =ze may sera fuse and meet, for the purpose of pro his recall from • country where, contrary to all usage, he has violated the laws of hospitality, wantonly and swat iriseently insulted end outraged a large proportion ei the lianas, and imperilled, as far as he could, the =ty and stability of the union, by fomenting civil die , and invoking the worst passions of factious discord and party hatred. And your memorialist' shall ever pray. Our correspondent writes : NEW YORK, MAT 7. We have received news from Charleston this morning to the effect that the Convention of State Rights Association, numbering over 500 delegates, are in session, and that a large majority is in favour of immediate secession. The temper of the delegates is such as to have alarmed the Charleston merchants very greatly, and to hays induced the general of the United Slates army to visit all the military posts, and review the troops stationed them. The steamer, Georgia, arrived here yesterday from Cha gres, with 2,000,000 dole. gold dust. The news from San Fran cisco is to the Ist of April. She left Chagres on the '2sth of April, and Havana on the Ist instant. The news from California is of the usual character. The legislature of that state was to adjourn on the 10th of April. fhe tax on the foreign miners has been abrogated. The health of the country is good, and the news from the mines is highly favourable. Rains had fallen, which enabled the miners to wash out the gold. Valuable discoveries of gold have been made upon Scott's River. Lumps weighing over 800 dols. have been found. At Sonora the miners average daily 100 dor. per man. At George Town new deposits of very great riches have been met with. At Nevada, • place known as the " Gold Tunnel," gold is found in • kind of decomposed clay, tilling an immense vein, and supposed to be inexhaustible. The gold bluffs, whose very existence seemed apocryphal, are now affording the richest yield. The geld is found upon a bed rock, ten or twelve feet below the surface, and each bucket of dirt averages about six dollars to the pound. At the Klamath mines the miners were making 35 dollar's day each. The markets are somewhat dull, although business has consider. ably improved since our last accounts. Liquors were again scarce, and brought good prices. By the same vessel we have news from Oregon to the 22nd of March. The terri tory appears to be in a thriving condition. We have news from the Sandwich Islands to the 20th of April. The dates from Hung Kong, by the way of San Francisco, are from the 27th t ebruary. The speculation of importing Coolies into the Sandwich Islands from the East Indies is now on foot, and arrange ments have been made with captains of English veseeis to land them at 50 dollars a head. The Georgia reports the greatest excitement in Havan na'', in consequence of the expected invasion. There seems to be scarcely a doubt but that from some part of Florida a band of freebooters will make, or have made, a descent upon Cuba. Intelligence from Jackson ville as late es the 27th ultimo is to the effect that a large body of men has been encamped there, waiting the arrival of a steamer to carry them otr. The Cuban authorities ex pect that at least 2,000 men will shortly land upon their shores, and the most extraordinary preparations have been made to receive them. Men are stationed at distances of two miles apart upon the southern shore. Expresses are ready at every point, and the troops arc continually under arms. It is feared by the Governor-General that a general conspiracy exists on the island, and many arrests, therefore, have taken place. On the very day the Georgia arrived, an unfortunate Spanish fisherman, named Osca, was put to death by the garrotte for his connexion with the invaders. Ile confessed that he had obtained three pilots for their service, and for this confession was put to death. Our own government, in the meantime, making every exertion to prevent the violation of our neutrality with Spain, his succeeded in dispersing several bands of the marauders. I deem it just, however, to state that letters have been received at Washington, from Cuba, which affirm that the whole Creole population is ready to join the invaders the moment they land. We shall not therefore be surprised if this second attempt of Lopez, Gonzales, and their associates, should shake the isle from its propriey. Our domestic news is somewhat interesting. This is the anniversary week of all the religious and benevolent socie ties in the country; their meetings being held in this city. The reports of the various societies show their affairs to be in a prosperous condition. Jenny Lind has returned to the city, and will give two concerts this week at Castle Garden. Her trip through the western part of the states has been remarkably successful. She has realised already a much larger sum than she ex pected when she first made her arrangement with Mr. Barnum. Some persons estimate her profits at nearly half a million. Our money market is very easy ; stocks arc rising, and ri, everything w ei v e e r a i r s s e a: c m:se n a; n co ce l :l prosperity. f.ni d reea Isle for this season of the year. We hav y e no longer in this country, in this latitude, any spring. Our summers begin in June and end in November. All the rest of the year is winter. The Humboldt has arrived at Southampton. Her dates have been anticipated. Tho following summary of Mexican nows is found in the New Orleans papers: Esters, Minister of Finances, has resigned his dice, and up to the last dates no appointment had been made, sad as steps taken in the matter. tinder the present financial dif ficulties of the country, it seemed difficult to get any one willing to assume the responsibilities of the office. A proposition has been made to the Senate, by Senator Blanco, asking that during the discussion of the Tehuan tepec treaty, the government forbid the further arrival of colonists on the Isthmus. The proposition was lost by a vote of 41 against 40. On this subject, the Trait d' Union contains the following important piece of news The Tehuantepec treaty as now being discussed in the two Chambers of Congress. Re plying, in the House of Deputies, tog question of the Repre sentatives from Osjaca, the Minister of Relations declared that the treaty which would be submitted to Congress for its ratification had undergone several modifications, some favourable to Mexico. The Senate, on its side, his gone further,and before examining the treaty confidedto•special committee the duty of examining the legality of the decree of the 6th November, 1846, according to Garay a further time for the opening of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. This committee, of which Larrainrar is chairman, has reported in favour of the nullity of the decree." The printing of the report has been ordered. The cholera has made its appearance in the State of Sinaloa. Jac Julian do los Reyes, Governor of San Luis, having been formally accused of despotic and arbitrary violations of law, resigned his °Sic° of Governor, but after certain civil processes, in which be was acquitted, he hu been re-elected to his office. The subject hu created some excitement, and it is contended that his re-election is un constitutional. It is said that during the forty days Esters held his office of minister, he worked laboriously in secret, and has written • valuable work on the finances of the country, in which he takes positions diametrically opposed to those of Pa no. The minister and J ose d e A rr ill aga h ave addressed a long communication to the Chamber of Deputies making grave charges against Payno, and praying that he be prevented from leaving the country till the complaints against him are examined into. Senor Lerdo de Tejado is spoken of u Eetera's successor. CANADA. The imperial government are about making ar rangements for the withdrawal of a portion of the troops from Upper Canada. It is said that only one garrison will remain in the province, and this to be stationed at Kingston. A similar arrangement is to be made with reference to the military posts in Lower Canada, Quebec to be the only garrison town. These posts arc to be maintained by the imperial government as heretofore, while the province is to have the option of keeping up the present military establishments at its own cost. The withdrawal of the troops, it is supposed, will have an injurious local influence, whatever may be the effect on the future destiny of the colony. CENTRAL AMERICA. We find in the Trait d Uniun of Mexico the fol lowing news from Central America to the ith of March : After the defeat of the troops of San Salvador and Hon duras, General Carrera entered Santa Anna without any resistance. There Carrera /sent an official communication to the government of San Salvador, to ask satisfaction in or der to repair the damage done by the invasion of the Goa tcmalean territory. The minister, Jose A. Jeineuer, in the name of the government of San Salvador, said that he was ready , to settle all difficulties, but he tho ug h t t h at t h e oc cupation of Santa Anna by the troops of Carrera was an obiitacle to the transaction. Carrera responded that he could not evacuate Santa Anna before peace was agreed upon, and that he would call new troops, and should occupy other portions of San Salvador till this state should have nominated some commissioners for arranging the con ditions of a treaty of peace. The government 01 Viistie. on the other hand, more favourably disposed I late en to General Carrera to evacuate the department abominate, to leave some troops on the frontier, to return to the capital, and not to leave to San Salvador any objec tion is refusing peace. After New orders, General Carvers returned to Gusto male with his victorious army, where a brilliant nmption was given to him. I At Son Salvador, an important change bad taiga place ii in the government, as has before been mentioned. The houses of congress were called together, and an accusation made and voted against President Vaseoncelos fur a viola- Hion of the constitution, and the Vice-President, Fehr °ulnas, took his place at the head of the administration on the let of March. I The es-President Vasoncelot, so put in accusation after his unhappy expedition against Guatemala, has demanded, in an address to the senate, to be immediately tried, in order to justify himself before the country. In Honduras, things appear to be as at Salvador ; the country highly disapproves of the course of President Juan Linde, for having entered into a coalition with San Sal vador against Guatemala, the result of which was so unfor tunate ; and we should not be astonished to hear that, like Doroteo Vasconcelos, he should be called upon to give an account of his conduct on that occasion to the congress of his country. WEST INDIES. The Merlin, arrived at New York from Bermuda, brings advice' to the 28th of April, and the American steamer General Taylor, from Kingston, dates to the 23rd ult. The following summary con tains all that is interesting : of ' JAMAICA.—A member of the Howe of Assembly of Jamaica has been expelled his scat, he having been found guilty at the assizes of forgery while acting as commissioner of public accounts. The cholera has spin broken out in the parishes of Hanover, and shoo made its appearance in Westmoreland, the disease in each instance proved fatal in about two hours after attacking its victim. AMERICAN MARKETS. Nsw YORK, MAT 7. Since the sailing of the America, business had been brisk. Clevernmest ad ether Mein remand ea before. Morey market at New Teet em loved lw a catillebry eondition. Money was by no MAW MM. sod mita 141Wiptaln as the whole were good. angerbdien of speaks freeing, NAM. Europe had not diminished ; tM rpm kir the wes t : m. 4,o,2m to sailing of the Ades Wing 230,4141111., of which the Ada anent ee,ouot. This drain, how. seem was more than coon by the Importation from California of tit dot; the amount of wide beenstst by the liecrgia was MOW. max.—The market continues steady at the following quotations, viz., 3 dots. per 10. i 100., or IL 4e. 60. per cwt. f. o. b. fur pots. and !dots. tiflo per 100. M., or 11. 7s. 7d. per cwt. f. 0. b. for pout Basswas.-fides have been made at no. to 2514. for yellow. BALIDATII/TA - Th ere has Mee more activity in breadaufb daring the past fortnieht. Flour and corn have slightly declined In come games cf large receipts; in wheat there Is tittle doing, as the new supplim have not yet come to timid. }sports from 14th April to 6th May. Flour. Wheat. Can. London Liverpool Olargew llOl „ " Zaports from lst January to 6t h May. Flour. Wheat. Corn. London 23,39.. bush. bush. Liverpool 43,064 „ 67,431 „ 312,400 „ Olaegow... ........ 3,311 ... 4,197 „ 3,139 „ Correct -Subsequent to the date of our last report on 23rd ult. and until the Ist tart. our market wire depressed, the buttinow dune being only to • melerate extent, and at very irregular prior; the motioned flume of receipts, though without any change in general estimates of the crop, induced buyers te hold oft and a reduction on current rate. ova, submitted to in order to effect sales. On the had tort. telegraphic advice• were received from New Orleans and Tennessee, reporting a tithed from there on let LOA., which being confirmed by subacquent accotwita, and reports of very %informs , able weather generally fur the pleating interest, ied to a large Misname at an advance of 4to par lb.; the market clone strong with very little under offer. dale tor the fortnight, 23,000 balm, and Web on hand unsold estimated at 41,000 bales. ------- Mid. fair. Yak. Now Orisons. Mobilearsdlkiw, 91 to Ina LI to 11S Ili— Upland and Florida NAVAL Wears. -Trupenttne is held anal, at 3 des. per 1001 he., but there are few sales at that price. Spirits of turpentine ham bees la demand at 36 dole. 370. North County comma resin is worth 1 dol. Ws. • Wilmington ditto, 1 dol. ; and white ditto, 2 dodo. We. to 3 *AL Oius.—Whale oil being very scarce, prices ars firm at 41,. to 42e. per Won, or 261.35. to 261. IS.. 2d. per too, free an hood. no itionunned arrivals of linseed oil, toget he r w.th the Lase stuck on band, have induced some holders to realise, and prise@ are cense rgeently lower-7W to 71e. sa-stalp. and 73c. in mall luta from Wore. mkt* since 16th ult. amount to fully 200,001 galls. Pauvisacre.—York, einco our last circular, has been in active de. mend both for assort and on speculation, and prices have advanced from 73e. to 1 dol. per bet., as will be seen by our quotations below. The minty of beef hertz( Increased, the market is dull, sad pekes ha atit i ta is r In goad demand at Ik. to 94e. Batter is worth 14,. to 16e. Chews being in small supply posesery Ira attic. to 3c. for fair. Ecportiot ProvisloislXOZ . Xl4 - 12 - 4;il7.ite — giy Pork. Bea. Haar. Lard. Chose. Landes 3 bls. 324 Um 91,794 12,5411 29,944 Liverpool Oleopme 447 tier. 23,400 4,300 Export of Provider front let Jan. to 6th May : Pork. Beef. Boon. Lard. Cheese. Butter. Ilsms tier. bbls. tier. lbs. lbs. lbs. lbs. lbs. Landau.. 150 1,744 1,314 665,217 4',464 1,063081 160,672 237,677 Liverpool 662 8,836 396,084 395,175 351,523 490,537 373,739 Glasgow.. 614 50,439 2.1006 114,701 36,339 Faatoom.—To Liverpool, ie. to 3.16 e. for cotton; 441. to 41d. for grain; le. 3d. for dour; kreery good*, 15e. to 290. per ton. To London, 3s. for naval storm; 30s. For tobacco: Is. 6,1. for flour. To Bloom Is. 3d. to Is. 61 for doer; 491. for Enata9o2-40 days on London, 1124 to 1103. Nag Far,Nellie°, APRIL 1. BaiAo STUFFS have remaiued in rather a quiet state. The sales that are mad* tieing 041, far the regular simply of con sumers • there is no speculation whadover spies ea. Ihe stock ia laves ; lke price of chile ta about the mar at retail a• at .14Oledide, 3.541 dole. per sack of Um lbs. The Weather having eh used, and having abundant rains, coarse grains bans Om melee It erley is about It., though held by many eta higher Isere ; eats, Sc.; corn, 4.e.; hay, Sc. boots and atom —Them aftlelos bring conatictly forcedon the market, have been inclined. awl Ur peseraiity of sales are below the involve con. Bricks remain gm m about 2.5 dole. from ship blankets are not I. sea* desese4 end but kw Wee curer cost and shares. Could—The meet Is logs, although the market la mbar Ileseac, we know ei m ar tnit odes at any ad vance. Condint—lle market beteg ireamOrelied, they are selling at about hues prima Cetera =I renaladuU. tlpts —lnge quaatldo have been crowded ea the mete at auction, and prime have dedhiM to about invoke met Tim stork is emesaively large. Clothing imatinuev to arrive be key gamines, and makes no imam. Doom* good. more very dew, awl sell without any ad man. Widowed Ismail. lisrdepare esa caly he re,iled to ad- :=lean ewe Owseas are In domead. Some sizes of mat es 0 Wog% geed pekes. ladle mob ere in limited demand, ant Me imb be sell as segalred, se sop peek. Liquors—Brandy of Mr quelliplos beseemememe. e.g Imsailmosed. Whiaky Um also Impreved. Laker—la Ni, Miele but a Illoned twist baa been dam sod doe pekes mean about the ono Nails —The ondiet I altepther overstoelted. Supra ore tower. Com mon brews bas ben said as low a. se., ead essedted et lk. Shovels nolatain prim. Islam considered premise& Soap —A little lower rates lave pea eseepted. Teas—Not be* urged on the market, we held at ream better rates at private ode. Teboom steel baying facer need. the prim ham a downward tendency. dales : Theme% Srap brsaL of 4,50 u lbs., were male at 621. flewass's W dale le •din Verels—Dull, either for we all charter. Caakays an 16.021. Old. per dollar; ditto, gg 0n,., CM. per do. Atlantic Matey S gar mot prem. • ditto, so days, t do. d.; ditto, 60 days, par. Freida, ilwabarg. ask V. 1p /nitro beer a proportioaate demi over Lo, reamera quotation,. Ciold dust, IT slobs. per oa. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S BALL AT APSLEY Hovsa.—The Duke of Wellington gave one of the most magnificent balls ever witnessed within the walls of Apaley House on Friday night. The Duke had not given a ball at his mansion in Piccadilly for the last seven years. It was understood to have been given as o ne o f th e fete.s incidental to the Great Industrial Exposition. Above 1,600 invita tions were issued, and upwards of 1,200 persons enjoyed his grace's hospitality. As early as 9 o'clock the gorgeous gallery and communicating saloons were prepared for the reception, and soon after that hour carriages began to set down, and continued without intermission till nearly 2 o'clock, the elite of the company at Devonshire House coming to the ball after the amateur performance had concluded there. The Duke of Wellington, who honoured the performances at tho Duke of Devonshire's by his presence, returned to Apsley House to do the honours to his own guests, in which he was assisted by the Marchioness of Douro and Lady Charles Wellesley. In the splendid gallery, which was appropriated for dancing, Cootes's full band occupied the orchestra, and although the superb furniture had been re moved, from the rich decorations, flowers, and myriads of lights, the room, when the majority of the guests had met, presented a most brilliant spectacle. The withdrawing room was the place of reception, and many lingered there to obtain • glance at the portraits of the gallant com panions of the great captain with which the walls are hung. The south drawing room was devoted to refreshments. By means of en anteroom, in which are portraits of the Na poleon family, easy access was obtained to the ball-room. The grand dining room, containing the portraits of the late Emperors of Russia and Austria, the Kings of Prussia, the Netherlands, Louis XVIII. of France, de., was set apart for dancing, which commenced at half-peat 10, the Duke taking as his partner the Lady Clementine Villiers. Among the distinguished foreigners present were the Prince of Prussia, Prince Henry of the Netherlands, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar. The entertainment was continued till 6; the duke remaining until the departure of the last guest. " PENNY READING ROOMS" have, within the last few days, been opened in Cheapside. They present • sup ply of newspapers, including the London daily journals, the leading Parisian and German, as well a s the English, Scotch, and Irish provincial newspapers. This extensive selection the visitor is entitled to peruse on payment of the very trifling charge of one penny. THE REPRESENTATION OF CAMBRIDGESHIRL—For some time past it has been in contemplation in this county, as may have been seen by the reports of various meetings, to oust Mr. Townley from the representation, his crime being that having voted for protection, he afterwards voted in favour of the present government. The movement against Mr. Townley, however, is entirely confined to the yeo manry, the parties who usually manage these matters standing aloof. It should be mentioned, too, that the names of Mr. Serjeant Byles, Mr. Jonas, Mr. Ball, Mr. Hicks (Wilbraham), with one or two others, have been under consideration before Mr. Young was fixed upon, and to two or three of these gentlemen the seat was actually offered. On Saturday a meeting was holden at the C orn E xc h ange, Cambridge, to present a requisition to Mr. G. F. Young. The actual number of signatures was not stated, but it was and that there were more than anastaal majority , of the vo ters on the register. There was a banquet at the Red Lion at the conclusion of the proassdliaga.ns which about 160 sat down, Mr. S. Quintin occupying die *air. THE ENROLLED PENetosime be Chelsea are to be revieire '....:yde-perk on the id Jim. INDIA AND CHINA. THE OVERLAND MAIL. WE have received our despatches in anticipation of the Overland Mail from India. _ - . The dates are—Hung-Kong, 30th March; Cal cutta, Nth April; Madras, 14th April; Bombay, 17th April; Ceylon, April 15. Our correspondent writes as follows: BOMBAY, Aram 17. Lord Falkland is expected at Bombay, from the Mahabulishwar hills, so as to be in time to ad minister the oaths of office to Mr. A. Bell, who sw ards the lion. Mr. J. I'. Willou ghby as member of council on that gentleman's retirement, which will take place on the 28th inst. His lordship will re turn to the hills immediately after the despatch of the overland mail of the 3rd May. Mr. Bell, who at present occupies a seat on the Sudder bench, will, it is rumoured, be succeeded by Mr. A. Spens, our active and praiseworthy chief magistrate, whose removal from that office will be much felt, as it is no easy . matter, with the training they usually un dergo in the Mofussil, to procure the services of a qualified person from the ranks of the civil service to perform the duties of a magistrate, according to the requirements of English law, in a satisfactory manner. _ . The investigation into certain alleged frauds in the wheel tax department are still progressing, and will probably occupy another fortnight before they are completed. The evidence already taken displays the most deplorable dereliction on the part of the late collector, Captain Baynes, in the supervision of the conduct of those under him, that can well be imagined. No charge of actual delinquency seems likely to be established against any of the Europeans ' first named as implicated, but the laxity of the mode l of doing business seems to have been so monstrous as Ito have tempted to villainy. Just fancy gentlemon v of incomes betwixt 1,2001. and 2,0001. a year, never keeping any accounts of any sort—not knowing how much money they had, or what claims existed against them, and tearing up all receipts and accounts the moment they were received!—and these in the charge of important public offices. There are, however, strong grounds of accusation against some of the native establishment employed by Captain Baynes, . -al of and it is highly probable'thiit several of them will be dismissed from their employment, if not proceeded criminally against in the Supreme Court for em bezzlement and fraud. The amount ascertained - to have been embezzled is about 26,000 rupees (2,600/.) but the whole of the accounts have not yet been examined by the present collector, Mr. J. H. Wil son, who has intimated to the committee of inquiry that owing to the state of confusion in which he has found all the books, he will not be able to submit his final report for several months to come. The very interesting ceremony of bestowing di plomas on eight medical students, who have just passed their examinations at the Grant Medical College, was performed on the 15th instant, in the presence of a large and distinguished audience, assembled for that purpose in the principal lecture room of the college. rho chair was tilled by Sir Erskine Perry, Kt., Chief Justice of Bombay, who delivered a most eloquent and impressive address on the occasion ; as, also, did the principal of the college, Dr. C. Morehead, and the lion. Mr. Willoughby. This is the first occasion on which diplomas have been granted to students of medicine in Western India, and it was very appropriately designated as a "great epoch" in the civilisation of this important division of our Indian empire. Dr. Coles, assistant garrison surgeon at Bombay, hos been appointed acting deputy assay master, in the room of Dr. E. T. Dimities, who has been pro moted to the office of assay master pro tem., during the absence of Dr. Kays, the actual incumbent, who is on furlough in England. It is not certain that Dr. Kays will return, but should ho not do so, the ap pointment wilt be filled up directly by the Court of Directors of the East India Company, in whose gift it is. A new iron steamer, named the Falkland, has just been launched from the new slip at Bombay,intended for the navigation of the Indus. She is of large size. being 230 feet from stem to stern, and 33 feet beam, and when laden will draw from 18 to 24 feet water, and will, with baggage boats in tow, be able to carry a regiment with all its traps. This vessel was con• structed by Mr. Laird, of Birkenhead, and was put together here by artificers sent out for the purpose. The ceremony of naming the Falkland was performed by Mrs.Daridson,the lady of the commissary-general. . - Mr. G. St. John Richardson, of the Bombay Civil Service, has been appointed to the post of Oriental translator and deputy secretary to government in the Persian department, vacant by the resignation of Mr. C. J. Erskine, absent in England on furlough. Major-General Stavely, C. 11., has assumed the command of the northern division of the army, and Brigadier-General Robertson, now at the Presidency, proceeds in a few days to take the command of the S. D. A., the head-quarters of which are at Bel gaum. The Governor-General quitted Peshawar on the 18th ult., having visited Jumrood, at the lower en trance of the Khyber Puss, the day preceding. lie was at Naoshera on the 19th, and meant to have crossed the Indus on the 21st, but was detained by the floods till the 24th March. It is mentioned to the Bombay Times of yesterday, that his lordship has lately written to the Bombay authorities, inti mating that " the charges made at the Byculla Club dinner by Sir C. Napier, against the supreme govern ment, in reference to Mr. Arathoon, are groundless —that they were utterly uncalled for, and unjusti fiable if true, was obvious at the time—and has directed, a copy of his letter to be placed at the dis posal of the Chamber of Commerce, in whose reports it will, we presume, appear." It is rumoured that the noble marquis will return to Calcutta during the ensuing rainy season, and the Calcutta papers mention that the Court of Directors have intimated, in terms more plain than agreeable, their disapproval of his long-continued absence from the seat of his government. The Khybemes have not, it appears, agreed to the terms believed to have been offered to them by the Governor-General. It is stated, in a letter of the 23rd ult., published in the Mofussilite newspaper, that Two thousand men have been ordered to proceed to the , Khyber Pass, to ravage the land in cultivation belonging to the Khyberries. Orders have likewise been received here to imprison every Khyberrie found in cantonments, and to hang all such as shall be apprehended for robbery. A detachment of the Guide Corps is also ordered to march to Shukkuddur." These are all the on dila hero just now. It is time, methinks, that some such stringent mea sures should be adopted towards these lawless tribes ; em boldened by the supine indifference of our government towards the lives and property of their subjects, they were by degrees growing more audacious, and some of their last depredations have been marked by circumstances of singu lar atrocity. But we may now, I trust, look forward to a speedy amelioration of affairs. - It is further stated, ky the Delhi Gazette's Pun baub correspondent, that Sultan M a h ome d Kh an , t h e rother of Dost Mahomed Khan, the ruler of Cabul, who caused Major Lawrence to be taken prisoner in his flight from Peshawar during the last Punjaub campaign, is now at Ali Musjecr, at the upper en trance of the Khyber Pass, with a body of 5,000 Affghans. Nothing positive as to his object in com ing there seems to be known, but it is probably con nected with some arrangements with the Khyberrics, having in view to annoy and ember's. British in terests in that quarter as much as he possibly can. The following items are extracted from the Bom bay Times overland summary of this date: A heavy fall of rain had occurred around Attok on the 23rd, and the Indus so swelled in consequence that the bridge of boats was swept away. A severe dust storm, the fiat of the season, occurred at Lahore on the 25th, followed by some showers of rain. The harvest round Delhi is commenced ; the crops are so abundant, that the prices of grain are unpreeedentedly low—the want of the means of conveyance prevents it from being carried to a distant mar ket. The Rajah of Bahawulpore was on a visit to Delhi.—A Zemindar in Kerowlee, having refused to pay tribute, has shut himself up in his fort, where it is supposed he means to defend himself ; a force will be ordered up from Agra to bring him to reason, should he persist in recusancy.—The commander-in-chief, Sir W. Gomm, was expected at Tjinballa on the 27th.— Mr. Thomason, governor of the north west provinces, will by this time have reached Simla.—Prands of a serious de scription are said to have been discovered in the Bengal Military Orphan Fund,—the defalcations are said to exceed 3,oool.—The five per cent. loan has been closed, the state not requiring further accommodation for the present.—We stated in a former issue the destruction by fire of the ship Bt. Clan; the accident occurred amongst the Maldives: and is supposed to have been occasioned by the spon taneous ignition of the coals which formed her cargo. The ship Kurramany, bound to the Mauritius, with emi rants, was burnt on the Hooghly on the 4th April, and it is feared that many lives have been lost—A report has lately been received from Major Lang, intimating the en tire extinction of the practice of infanticide in Yattiftwur. 'The steamer Atalanta, the engines of which were sometime since transferred to the Fire Queen at Calcutta, is hereafter to be made use of as a floating church for the accommoda tion of the Indian navy and other seamen belonging to the vessels of the port : fur this very excellent and much-re guired arrangement we arc indebted to our worthy et nuno dom. Captain Lushington, R.N. A couple of iron steamers of very large dimensions, for usage on the Indus, have in the course of the past fortnight been launched at the presidency, where we have at present a larger amount of public work in progress than we ever recollect of. The cutting and embanking of the railway is rapidly ad vancing; a common sewer, three miles long, eleven feet deep and twenty across, floored and built of atone, and vaulted over with brick, is in process of construction. A. breakwater 810 feet in length, 120 feet across at the foun dation, and thirty betwixt the parapets, is advancing rapidly towards completion—it was begun in 1847. There are sup posed to be not fewer than 5,000 workpeople at present em ployed at the public charge, 3,000 by the Board - of Conser vancy alone. - • • The Calcutta journals mention a rumour being current there that it is the intention of the Governor- General to appoint Lieut.-Colonel Mackeson, to the important post of Commissioner at Peshawur, on his return from England. Lieutenant Lumsdca is at present acting in that capacity. CALCUTTA, APRIL 7. The following Calcutta Gazette Extraurdinary was published this morning : Fort William, Financial Department, 7th April, 1851. Notice is hereby given, that the Five per Cent. Loan which was reopened on the .sth of October, 1846, is closed from this date at the Public Treasuries in Calcutta and at the other Treasuries under the three Presidencies of Fort William, Madras, and Bombay, as well as at all treasuries under the Agra government from the date of receipt of this advertim,- meat, after which dates no further subscription to that loan will be received. . _ The Four per ------ will continue open as heretofore. l'ublished by order of the Honourable the President of the Council of India in council. J. A. DoniN, Secretary to the Government of India. CEYLON. The event of the month is the assembling at Colombo of a court martial for the trial of Captain Albert Watson, of the Ceylon Bilks, on charges connected with the celebrated proclamations. The Colombo Obs,rrer of April 15 says : The question of coffee adulteration, and the closely allied one of the equalization of the coffee duties, are naturally exciting much attention in Ceylon. The change proposed by Sir Charles Wood have given universal dissatisfaction. Ihe tampering with the chicory adulteration has disgusted honest men of all parties; while his threepenny rate on coffee is considered as going too far by the protectionists— as not far enough by the free traders. A protectionist pc tition is being got up, and the mail is looked fur by many with much more anxiety to hear to hear the fate of the coffee duties than to know the result of the ministerial crisis. As the season advances it becomes more and more evi dent that the low estimate of the coffee crop published in our columns at its commencement is likely to prove correct to its full extent. Indeed, us compared with Lot year, there is a considerable decrease on the export of every staple article save cinnamon. Everything continues, how ever, to promise well for the coffee crop of next season, and coffee planters seem to have good hopes for the more distant tuture, if we may judge from their proceedings. No fewer than 3,000 acres of fresh coffee land, we are told, have been cleared, holed, and planted during the season fur such operations. Impediments to immigration were at one time feared on the part of the Madras government, and the planting community ought to feel highly indebted to the spirited gentlemen who addressed the governor in caused on the subject, with a result so satisfactory. CHINA AND THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. The Overland Frirml of China, of March 30, gives the following in its summary of intelligence: The intelligence from the disturbed districts, na received during the month, has been of a vague and conflicting nature. At one time we had reports of distinguished success on the part of the imperialists, at another that similar for tune remained with the insurgents. From the (*Macre Repository, of February, we learn that— " The insurgents are believed to possess most of the southern departments in KwAngsi, making Sin-chau-fu their head -quarters, and have raised their chief to the im perial dignity, under the title of Tien-teh, or Heaven's Virtue. They levy a revenue from the general commerce on the Pearl river, from Wuchau-fu westward, and have crippled the operations of the imperialists to a very serious degree." Since the publication of the periodical from which this is extracted, we have heard that Kwei-lin-fu, the capital of the province of Kwangsi, has been taken possession of by the rebels. This town is but a short distance from the pro vince of Hunan (bounding Kwangtung on the north). The whole tract of country reported to be in possession of the insurgents is about the size of Englund and Wales united, and circumscribes a population of some four millions and upwards. Again, in opposition to the report regarding the taking of Kwei-lin, we are informed that the Imperial Commissioner Li has ordered Changluen-yau, an under graduate of Mang-than to come to him at Kwci-lin, and assist in devising plans for putting down the rebellion. Chan-Tieu-tsioh, formerly Governor-general of the two lake provinces, has been appointed Fu-yuen, in place ,if Ching, the degraded governor. It was, we believe, this functionary who was once removed from office for his excessive cruelty ; he, in order to cure those he governed of the habit of opium smoking, having practised upon a good many the cutting off the lower lip, and so effectually prevented the use of the lethargic pipe. On the 14th instant as many as 36 individuals were decapitated at Canton. Iwo American gentlemen, Messrs. Cunningham and Mauigault, ou the morning of the 3rd of March, started, with a Chinese guide, on an excursion to the White Cloud mountain, distant some half a dozen miles front Canton. They were returning in their chairs, and, wile* about half way home, in a lonely place, were set upon by about a dozen miscreants, who, after beating and severely wounding, robbed them of their watches, valaables, and outer gar ments. Resistance was perfectly futile., nor had they anything excepting umbrellas with which to defend them selves. The case of the Lady Mary Wood steamer, which has given rise to so much discussion of late on the subject of smuggling at the open ports, has at length come to a conclusion in the Supreme Court of Hong kong, and terminated in the consular decision being reversed, and the issue of a decree for the return of the tine. SINGAPORE. ---• The Singapore Overland Free Press says : The disturbances in the Jungle would seem fur the pre sent to be at en end, a compromise having apparently been effected, by which, while on the one hand the Pagan Chi nese pay to their Christian countrymen the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, as compensation for the injury they have sustained in the plunder and sacking of their bangsals, on the other all further proceedings against the perpetrators of these outrages are discontinued, the enforcement of the warrants issued by the magistrates is permanently Mil. apeuded, and matters return to their old course. SULOO. DESTRUCTION OF A PIRATE SETTLEMENT , GREAT SLAUGHTER. The Spaniards have carried into effect their threat ened chastisement of the Sultan and people of Suloo, but attended with a great sacrifice of human life, without compassing any ultimate object. There can be but little doubt the Sultan looked for help from British, or he would never have so audaciously flung the daring and contemptible defiance in the teeth of the Spaniards. One thing is clear: the Suloos were confident of success. The defiance even tuated in defeat: their city has been razed to the ground, a heap of ashes, and themselves become fugitives. The particulars of the fall of this nest of pirates is interesting. The expedition sailed from Zamboanga on the 19th Feb. ()wing to the effect of strong currents and other contretemps, the corvettes i Villa de Bilbao and the Bilb a i no b o th grounded on a coral reef to the eastward of the island of Panga sinan, when the former vessel commenced making 20 feet of water an hour. Both vessels were extricated, and on the 2fith the expedition sighted Suloo. Every preparation had been made to offer a most formidable resistance. A general order having been issued, announcing the plan of attack, the disembarkation of the troops commenced early on the 28th. The shores, forts, and houses, are described as being crowded with natives eager to begin the tray, and three of them were so impetuous as to rush on the first column of troops; two of them were shot, whilst the third threw himself upon a sergeant, whom he slew with a lance. This first drawing of Spanish blood heated the imagination of the troops, and thleassailant fell amidst a shower of balls. Save this incident the troops marched on regardless of the fire of the enemy ; their advance in regular order, notwithstanding the harrowing influence of the guns, astonished the Suloos. In the meantime the three steamers and brig of war opened a brisk and effective fire on the fortresses, doing much execution ; the cor vettes anchored on the right, and discharged bombs and grenades in such parts of the town where masses of naives were seen. The success of the firing was mainly attributable to the circumstance of the en gineer officers seating themselves on the masts, from whence they took the angles of the forts, &c., and gave instructions for the elevation of the guns with