The Express. — London, England, 1853-03-30 00:00:00

the (Amnialairs and Inhabitants of the Division ' Swellendeni (including ltiveridale). Colonists: —Out of a total population of 12,122, u have elected uses your representatives, to watch „ r ti ghts as British subjects, and to make your 0 .1 y.11.1f grit .... known to our gracious Queen, 0, parliament, and people of Great Britain. . a . 'g uy i m pressed with the honour conferred as well as the responsibility of the task, which pu r• Mrs, under your *lgo manual, hays conferred rejoice, mo reover, in th e reflection that by your ch , ice you have confirmed and given undeniable sanction to the rotaries we heir openly professed, namely, that .hould be free representative government in this co bairl o n a liberalar class franchise r ase d. an without exclusive m ideges to any particul r • lig resu lt of the election has shown that the people of eaua d n o are, as a body, firm and uncompromising in contending torthei: jtrig e ti ve ts r - r pe n acefu t l, e c i 7d e e a rly, and re -1;114 t l u t . e in voit . th e h ave Dee h deavoura to dehitetet from other districts are chosen, we shall ow third sad cceoperate with them for the common good. If, however, unmoved by the repreaentatiess of those sha stand between u r and our Queen, Lord Derby's go vernment should faithfully and honestly bring into imme dx, l a ration the constitution unretractab y granted b y het 'w i g,. we shad gladly again resign into your hands the trust you have confided to us. •• But it unscrupulous or weak-minded men, having no • tg .ympaihy with us, should, by specious arguments, OA tne ean of her Majesty's advisers, then we shall be the ottt to advise you to perievere unremittingly in your de. and wing in your names, we shall employ all law. nil wan* to seem success, inwardly convinced that the use of p k tiee and truth will, without violence or blood the.... in Gods gaud time, prevail over every intrigue, and pier all the cunning and craftiness of man. " F. W. Barre. _ _ " H. J. CARDINAL. " H. J. Dwystswg. " J. W. 8 aaaaa Komi." (E'rori Moida cis Supplement.) tstelliteme from King William's Town by Saturday's post to the 13th inst.. There an still reports prevalent . of negotiations in pro• prou with the hostile chi, fs. Kreili is said to have sent in rem 100 head of cattle, with sundry assegais, as tokens of submission. He states that he has suffered much, having Was by outerrive 'stacks at least 60,000 head of cattle. It was believed that peace would be immediately declared in that quarter. Collardkin from Sandilli had arrived at head quarters, and the rep,rt is that he and the other chiefs have actually cfc.sed the lie,. and now pray for peace. Such or. the reports of the day. The Governor is silent. Ecniet frono a letter fr ,, m the Sub-Collector at Maisel Bay, dated lith Feb., 1853: The schooner Mary, from London, with • general eurn,i, having parted her cables during a strong S.E. gale, went on shore in !tinsel Bay oa the 16th Feb., and became ••total wnck ; one of the crew drowned." A\l► MURDERS ON BOARD SHIP. The following accented et a mutiny on board the brie l'enn, of San nandbee, which resulted in the death of the captain and two of the crew, we copy from the AN Clique mitt. The W dlirm Peen kit Strong's Island on the 23rd July last, for orbiting royao, Isaac P. Hussey, master ; Chris. use Neste, first officer ; John Halsey, second ditto; aril a ern of fire white men and 15 natives. Without the aneallegil erns& of apprehcasion for any di ff iculty, Mr. Nelms, she tint °Seer was aroused on the morning of November eth„ by baring the grows of some one on des& EU j u mped out of his berth end ran up ; but no sooner Ma he reached the deck, than he received a severe blow eat head dons a person armed with a cutlass. His first Ann INIII that the natives from sone of the neighbouring islands bad Warded the brig, and he ran forward to call up the whits Cut of the crew, who had the watch below at the time; but as, suddenly stopped in his course by all of the native crew, who, armed with lances and whaling spades, prevented to progress. Tory did not, however, for some reason, undertake to injure him. The person who had first struck him proved tow their leader, a native, named Harry, who ran alter ham and repeated his blow. He is a native of Oahu. Mr. Nttsen then spoke to him, but Harry continued striking him, while Mr. Nelson backed out to the forecastle com panion way, warding the t lows off. On arriving hen Mr. Nelson fell down ; spears and spades were darted hiss, bat fortunately without doing him any injury. His fall aroused the watch below, who, hearing the nue', tadeavoured to reach the deck, but were prevented by the natives, who, fifteen in number, guarded the compeoion- Why. They got possession of the cabin by breaking through the forecastle bulkhead, and crawling aft over the cargo. In the cabin there were fifteen loaded muskets, but on examination they proved to have been filled up with water. The mutineers then got around and on the top of the house on the quarter deck, and from the noise they made, convinced the whites in the cabin that nearly all of them had congregated there. The whites then determined to blow the house up with a keg of powder which was in the sebin, hoping thereby to put an end to most of the natives. They got the powder ready, secured a loaded musket each, and retreated into the bold, ready to rush on deck and finish the affair as soon as the powder should explode. Fire was applied to the powder, but it was so damp that instead of exploding it merely flashed, or rather blazed up like a port fire, the current of air carrying the flames into their place of retreat and nearly suffocating them all ; and burning two men se badly, as to render them of no further service. This disaster reduced the number to four available men, two of whom were badly wounded, viz., Mr. Nelson, first of fi cer, and Mr. Halsey, second of fi cer who had received ' • severe dirk stab on the side of his face, depriving him of the use of one eye. They then regained the cabin, determined to hold out to the net, rather than give up the ip sh. After having retained possession of the cabins, some trying to frighten the natives by threats, their leader, Harry, called • parley with Mr. Nelson, and said to him—" I don't want to kill you ; I have killed all I wanted to; and if you will give me fifteen muskets and • keg of powder and let me take what provisions I want, I will leave the brig when I see land ; but if you do not consent I will set fire to her and barn you all up." After consultation it was considered best to accede, Mr. Nelson and his men then guarded the forward cabin, to prevent any attempt to rush on them. The mutineers then helped themselves to what they required, and left the brig in two boats about sunset of the same day, though no land was in sight. After they left it was found that they had killed Captain Hussey, George C. Reed, cook, and badly wounded the steward, • Chinese, named Amoy, who only survived two days after. Of these who remained, only two were unharmed, two being IP badly burnt as to be incapable of action, and Mr. Nelson and Mr. Halsey suffering much from severe wounds in the head. Fire days afterwards, Captain Gardner, of the whaler Atlantic, reported that he had picked up the mutineers in an exhausted condition. They reported to him that they kid run away from the brig at an island, when the captain sad mate were ashore ; that they had got the second mate drank, stole the boats, end left. Captain Gardner had no suspicion of them till after they left, when he heard from sae of his crew, a motive, who was acquainted with their leader, that they had Plenty of arms and ammunition is their boats. Captain Nelson has taken every mew to spread the news to all the islands, by informing every TOO. eel he met on his passage. Captain Haney belonged to Neatacket, aged 43 ; George C. Reed, to New York, aged 27; sad Agway was aged 24. MURDERS IN The Sacramento papers hare long accounts of a warm and exciting chase after the famoukrobber Joaquin. On Friday last the citizens of Jacksonville brought in the dead body et Mr. Lake, a butcher of that place, and the; body of a Chinaman, who was wouaded by a pistol hall. It was not then known who had committed these outrages. On the next day, Saturday, three Chinamen were lulled Warm Satter and Jackson, a distance of some four miles. The driver of the Stockton stage and two passengers were killed on the same day by Joaquin and two buten, suppoeed to be Moslems. The three men were shot and the horses taken from the stage. On the same day, the same parties drove some fifty CM sew from a camp in the neighbourhood, and carried away or destroyed their tents. On the Thursday previous Joaquin rode through the village of St. Andres at • quick gallop, and shot three Americans as he wand through the streets. Joaquin is a young man, of about 19 years of sae, and must be one of the best shots with a revolver in the er any other country, as nearly all these men were shot through the neck. The whole band, it is supposed, con fine of about GU men, all of whom are thought to be Mexicans. A letter from Jacksonville, dated 13th Feb., says: " The town is under the vastest excitement. A large meetiux of the citizens was held this evening, at which measures were taken that must lead to the eventual capture of the =tir o trees. Nearly our whole population has volunteered to irs oat in pursuit to-morrow. ,Woe to the Mexicans it ley are caught." The party of Americas, who started in pursuit, found at Cook's Gulch, on Sutter Creek, the dead body of a China nee. They traced the robbers to Jackson Creek, a few miles below this village. and the re found more of their work —one Chinaman :mortally wounded. Mr. Lake wee Iring. but speechless, and died in a few minutes after the arrival of the Americans. Ile had been shot twice, and stabbed m the neck, and his mule taken. 'the American piety followed on, and soon overtook the littiesni who had committed all these murders. The oil lait managsil to escape, with the lees of their hones. blankets, kc., and one, and perhaps two of them were wounded. Oneoithe party, worn out by fatigue, having been in hot Per.uff of th e &Awn for six days, returned to Sacramento with three horses captured from &portion ofJoaquia's party. Mt IMMO excitement pr.vails throughout the mines. THE Hcst not.trr.—The owners of this Ame rican *mat contemplate selling her, on account of her draught sr 'scar being unsuitable to the port of Havre. The Hum t4llit I* I remarkably fine steamer, and has made some .plen lid voyages betweto New York and Cowes. List wee: .be aide the passage in II days five hour.. She ie. , lime, nut quite so fast as the Frat.klin steamer, htlong .t;'.o the same owners, and runnicg on the same line. II*TIN THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING MARCH 30, 1853. Joaquin Valley are to the effect that Fort Miller had been attacked, and that I persons are missing in that vicinity. The Indiana think that the government of the I United States has not acted in good faith with them in fail ing to carry out the stipulations of the treaty, and they complain that the Americans have cut off their supplies, and reduced them to a state bordering on actual stervatimi. Many murders have been committed throughout the mining regions, and daily accounts are received of outrage and robbery. The British ship Brandt, Capt. Moody, of St. John, was destroyed by fire on the night of the 23th January, when about 55 miles from the Chincha islands, where she had been taking in a cargo of guano. Benicia has been finally fixed upon as the capital of the state. The Governor's recommendation of an extension of the city front has met with the entire condemnation of the municipal government and of the citizens at large. A committee had been appointed by the legis lature to investigate the matter, and evidence is now being gathered upon the subject. The Common Council of San Francisco adopted a resolution enjoining the Commissioners of the Funded Debt from disposing of city property. The mayor withheld his approval. The weather throughout the mines has been gene rally delightful, and the miners are mostly doing well. The small pox has been prevalent in some parts of the state. Very extensive canalling operations are going on for the purpose of supplying the gold regions with water. There is every reason to suppose that the approaching season will enable the miners to make amends for their late inactivity. Measures are being taken to construct a plank road from Maryville to Nevada, and improvements of • every description are being effected. Some beautiful specimens of rubies and emeralds I have been found in the interior, and alter a magnifi cent diamond of the first water. A Frenchman named Lemantour has applied to the land commissioners to be confirmed in his claim of an immense tract of land, comprising within its limits a goodly portion of the city of San Francisco. By the arrival of the E. L. Frost at San Fran cisco, we have dates from the Sandwich Islands to the Bth of January. The Polynesian gives the fol lowing account of the burning of the whale ship Warren : The Warren tailed hence on the 2 ith November, in com pany with the ship Eliza Adams, bound to the weather cost and down on the line for sperm oil. The two ships kept company till the 14th of December, when, in lat. 33 degrees north, lon. 139 degrees west, at half-past one a.m. of that day, the Warren was discovered to be on fire for ward, and the smoke pouring out of the forehatches and forecastle gangway. The fire was found to be burning very briskly in the lower hold, forward of the forehatch. Torch lights were burned to attract the attention of the Eliza Adams, and all hands actively engaged in pouring water and in endeavours to put out the fire. The Elise Adams came up to the assistance of the Warren, and after uore- 1 milted exertions for 12 hours the fire was got nadir to such a degree that a man could go below while he could hold hig breath, and direct the hose upon the fire. In this way the fire was finally subdued, after the ship had been burning 23 hours. The influenza had again appeared in Honolulu. The disease had prevailed for more than a fortnight, afflicting the community, both natives and foreigners, severely. Sugar of a very fine quality is being manufactured in the Sandwich islands. The government organ has officially repudiated any intention of transferring thesovcreignty of the islands to the United States. OREGON. By arrivals at San Francisco we have dates from Oregon up to the 29th of January. The settlers at Vancouver's Island have recently expressed, through the Oregon papers, grievances of a commercial character, arising from the colo nial and exclusive authority exercised over them by the Chief Factory of the Hudson Bay Company. The Oregonian says :—" It is supposed that not less than five thousand head of cattle died during and l in consequence of the late storm and cold weather, east of the Cascade mountains. Many persons lost every animal they possessed. This loss will be se riously felt by the whole country." It commenced snowing at the Dalles on the Bth of December, and continued 22 days and nights. The weather very cold. As far back as the De Shiites river the snow had disappeared. New and rich discoveries of placers continues to be made in the mineral sections of this state, especially in Jacksonville, said to be the richest of the Oregon mines. We have received advice. from Tampico to the 22nd ult., which contain items of news from the City of Mexico to the 16th. Tampico declared in favour of Santa Anna on the 16th ult., and the movement was sanctioned by the military and Custom-house officers. There is a plan in contemplation at Pueblo and the city of Mexico to re-establish the old tariff, with all its i restrictions and prohibitions; but the authorities of Vera Crux and Tampico will resist it at the point of the bayonet. The tariff party are acting under the influence of Rubeo, who is at the head of the rich manufacturers, and is considered the Rothschild of that country. These manufacturers are aided in their plans by the Spanish Minister, who takes a most prominent part in this affair. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Menem 15. Them is still an active demand for money, but the supply is more free. On call 7 per cent. is freely paid, and on paper 7to 10 per cont. generally, if first class 8 to 9 per cent., bat the severe rates of lest week are not demanded. The main difference between the market this week and early last week appears to be that confidence is restored, and parties who last week had money, but were too panic striken to be willing to lend it, are now making loans freely on good securities. The high rates of interest have also brought to Wall-street quite a perceptible increue of capital. The satire imports of the lest two weeks have been about eight and a half millions, against six millions during the same period last year. The exports of the two weeks are 1,800,000 dole. against 2,000,000 dole. The improved feeling in the stock market continued to day, but the buoyancy of the morning board was scarcely sustained in the afternoon. There being greater facilities for carrying stooks, the demand for fancies was much more active than last week, with less dif ference between cash and time contracts. One of the features of the market was the revival of the move ment in Canton, of which 2,100 shares were sold at 31 to 311 for the new shares, first put in the market to-day. This is equal to 124 for old shares, and shows an advance of 4 per cent. on Saturday's price. The number of shares has just been increased fourfold to correspond with the increased value of the property. Cary was also buoyant and sold at 13, an advance of 1 dol. per share. For the fancy railroads the market was firm. Erie shows& further improvement of 1 per cent., being 41 per cent. from the lowest point. Stock is not pree ned on the market. The business of March thus far is favorrable, and shows a considerable gain on February. Btoni ugton advanced per cent.; Norwich, 1 per cent.; Harlem, 1 per cent. ; Hudson River, 1 per cent. The coal stocks are firmer. Cumberland close d at 611, an improvement of 11 per cent. The friends of this company appear disposed to sustain it at about this price. Llan gollen sold at 61, seller thirty, and is well sustained. New Creek was in demand at 21. Chesapeake advanced to 18. Nicaragua was in demand and sold up to 521 per cent., I cent . an advance of I per nt. It closed at 321. In premium railroads thefeeling is better. Sixth-ay. went to 114. Bank stocks were a (little firmer. Hanover sold at 941, a further improvement. Bonds are in fair demand and show no change. Exchange is steady, but not active. The range of sterling is Bto 91, the latter for bankers's bills. There is a good supply on the market. France are 5.181 to 6.16. Corron.-1 he sales since our last review of the mar ket, which was written on the evening of the Bth instant, have been as follows.-9th, 2,350, chiefly for France and the continent; 10th, 1,100, home use and Liverpool; 11th, 5.50 for France and home use; 12th, 750; and to day, 14th, since the receipt of the Africa's letters of 25th ult., for Liverpool operations have been almost sus pended, the sales reported on 'Change being only 200 bales. The market has been daily in favour of the buyer, closing at Ic. decline on all grades under " good mid dliog ' on the quotations of Bth inst. At New Orleans, however, we are advised by telegraph of a large business at advancing prices. Sales for the four days ending on 9th inst., 64,000 bales, at 91e. and upwards for " middling," strict Liverpool classification ; freight, 11-16. At Mobile, on the 10th middling " was 9c., and freight in British vessels Id. The receipts of the week ending 12th lost., at Mobile, are reported to have been 12,000 bales, against 28,000 bales for the corresponding week last year ; and the total excess at all the ports, as made up at New Orleans, 9th inst., is 529,000 bales. The market closed to-day feeble at the following quotations: moiler LIVIFPOOL CLuvortoirox. New Orleans Other and TerAl. Gulf POrtt. Atlantic. Int Igor .- Low to good red Low to good mid 9l to Itil 91 to 101 91 to 10 NW. fairtofair lts to 121 111 to luj to 111 FLOUR, &c.—The flour market was inactive this morn ing, the foreign advice. being more unfavourable than were anticipated. A few sales were made at a full decline of tie. from last Saturday's quotations. Nothing was done is wheat worthy of notice. Corn as tiros, but the sales hare been moderate, prices ringing from 60c. to We., nocarding to quality. Jet! , ey and Northern oats are in good demand; prices range from 4.5 e. to 49e. PROVI9IONS.—Pork is dull, and may be quoted at 16 dole. for men, sad H dole. Wye. to 14 don, 75c. for prim. 13.ef,1 0 , IJIS. 50e. to 11 doh. for ccan•r mutt. ; 14 do/F. to 14 dolt. 25.:. for extra Chicago ; prime, o dole. 50c. to 6 do's. 75c. Heel hams, 14 dole. to 15 dole. Pickled meats are steady at previous prices. FILLICHITI.-1,000 haurvls of (bur ware engaged for Liverpool at 2s. Bd., and 800 bales compressed cotton at Id. To London sad Havre rates remain u quoted in our Hat. BAN Fittxcteco, Feb. 12, 18.53. SiooOour ague for last mail busiueu generally has been very brisk, and prices of leading staples fairly maintained, except in the article of breadstuffs, which has further ma terially declined. Freighting to the interior up river dis tricts has been very active ; and beyond the capacity of the present steam and sail tonnage engaged in this line. This deficiency of accommodation has to some extent caused in convenience to many of the merchants from the interior and alto affected business interests of this city. We trust that the evil may be remedied, or the deficiency supplied without delay. Arrivals have been very numerous and importations heavy within the put fortnight ; the effect un the market has not been unfavourable, as the demand seems almost to keep pace with the supply. FLoth.—lmportations since our review for the last mail steamer have been very heavy, amounting to a bulk of over 20,04.10bb15., from foreign and domestic ports. This large accession to the moderate stock on hand then, together with the expectation of daily arrivals, long since advised, and about due, have caused a further depression in this article, bringing the rates at present to little more than the average range of prices previous to the speculations and advances of last June. In no other si milar period of time since the establishment of business here bas the fall in prices of any staple article been so great as in that of flour within the last fortnight. This is not to be accounted for by the regular course of business, or what may be considered a legitimate decline. From the altered circumstances of trade in this article, we are dis posed to attribute it to the natural reaction of low prices, which invariably results, however long deferred, as in this case, nom the condition of exorbitantly high prices, suc cessfully established, and until recently maintained. How ever the result be effected, we are to some extent pleased in noting it, as it may have a salivary effeet on the future course of business here. We cannot consider it at all bene ficial to a mercantile community that a spirit of speculation should be urged to such an extreme degree in the lowest ' Inecessary of life, as, independent of the effect on the mass of cuasumers—in this instance causing much suffering and distress—business g Hy in other various articles of merchandise is much retarded. Those consequences have certainly accrued from the speculation in breadatuffs here, and we therefore feel a satisfacti n in observing the present, we might almost say the permanent, check to such operations, Sales of barrel flour have been made at gradually declining rave from last quotations, until the present figure has been attained of 12 dots. to 13 d Is. for choice and irregular brands. In sack flower the feeling has been a little better, the style of package being preferable for up river markets. The greater portion of late Eastern importations is being re-sacked fur this purpose. GUAIN.—In the market for grain, there has been little if any variation in price from the condition at date of last review. Barley has been in good demand, the continued fineness of the weather giving animation to this and other breaches of trade with the interior. Within the last few days, under the influence of some importations of this and other grain, a slight decline took place, or rather want of confidence in previous prices was exhibited by dealers, and transactions from first hands have been quite unimportant. The stock in the country of domestic barley is yet abundant, both for seed and consumption, while a large amount is ad vised and expected, if not due, from South American ports. With such prospects, and the regular importations of oat. from the east, now arriving in almost every vessel either in direct shipment, or as packing material, we look for a con• tinumice of moderate prices. Barley ranges from 31c. to 31e. Oats, eastern, 31c. to 31c. Wheat for milling pur poses has declined materially, or it may be said in propor tion with flour; we quote it at present at 4c. to 41c. The inquiry for seed is very light, both of wheat and oats. ritOVISIONB.—The market hes been generally steady, with u slight advance in price of pork. Sales have been incite of extra clear at 60 dole. per bol , and of extra mess at 41 dole. Mess beef is in fair dtmend at 25 dull. The stock of both those articles is very light, and the consump tion large, enhanced to some extent by the recent and con tinued high price of fresh meats. In lard we observe a tendency in favour of the buyer. Sales have been made of 400 kegs at 31c. 600 jars of North CLina have been sold at same price. Butter continues at the last quotations, but rather advancing. Sales have been made of extra quality to arrive, atoll to file. This is rather above the range of ruling rates of parcels in the market. In cheese the demand is active, without variation in price; in tins at 180, in wood at 12}c. to 14c. THE UNITED STATES A telegraphic summary of the following appeared in our impression yesterday : LIVERPOOL, TVZSDAT. At a late hour last night the British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Cambria, Captain Miller, arrived in the Mersey from Boston and Hali fax; the former of which ports she left at noon on the 16th, and the latter early on the morning of the 18th inst. The Cambria brought 42 passengers, but no specie on freight. Her mails arrived in charge of Lieutenant Redlich, R.N., admiralty agent. The Africa arrived out on the afternoon of the 13th inst. The Cambria passed the United States Mail steam ship Franklin, outward bound, on March 22, in lat. 48.16 N., lon. 40.6 E.; and the Royal Mail steam ship Europa on the 27th. The United States Senate, on the 14th, resumed the consideration of Mr. Clayton's resolution, calling on the President for certain correspondence con nected with the Clayton and Bulwer treaty. Mr. Mason (dom.) of Va., took the floor, and referred to the Winter of the treaty, aad to the recent report of the Committee on Foreign Relations respecting questions growing out of its construction, and the conclusions at which the committee arrived upon the subject. As to the question whether the British settlements at the Belize are or are not in Central America, they declared, as their best judgments, from the information before them, it was a fact that those settlements are within the limits of i Central America, and, therefore, any attempt to extend co. ionisation on the part of the British government would he is contravention of the treaty of 1850. The Senator from Delaware, Mi. Clayton, acquiesced in all the conclusions to which the committee came, save the one above stated, and in a manner of anticipated triumph said, in effect " I join issue with the committee, and am prepared to show that the British settlements at the Belize are not in Central America, but in Mexico, in the province of Yucatan." He was surprised at the decided tone of the Senator, the com mittee having presented the question as an alternative 'Wetly—if these possessions are within Central America, then the extension of British dominion there is in violation of the treaty—if not, the treaty will not apply to it. He was surprised at the Senator joining this Waite with the committee on foreign relations, because it was utterly in consistent with the letter which the Senator, as Secretary of State, wrote to the British minister. Then he refused to make the admission which he now does, vie., that the Honduras set tlement is not in Central America. Mr. Mason referred to va rious maps, making comments upon them, to show that the British settlements are within Guatemala, and that Guate mala claims the territory. For the present, until he should be further ialormed, he should claim that the British set tlement is in that republic or state. He should rely on Guatemala herself, and take it prima facie as true, that Great Britain is nut to colonise, or assume greater autho rity than she had when the treaty was made. It was due to Guatemala that she should believe the British pessimisms on in her territory. When the question comes up as to the United States and Great Britain, we must answer it. Looking ezclusively to the interests of this country, the government of Great Britain is to be held, absolutely and unqualified'', to every engagement in the treaty in rela tion to Central America, in every particular. Peace be tween England and our own country, above all others is to be preferred, but not at the sacrifice of national safety and sat:anal honour. That statesman or that man who would precipitate his country in a war, recklessly oe rashly, on any mistaken opinion, deserves to go down to posterity with alleastion ; and the statesman or man who :woald sacrifice the national honour or safety from any fear of war, would go down to posterity with a deeper execration. If other nations permit England to seise on their territory, be it L bet ea this continent she has gone as far as sbe can, sec asssens peace. lie made no charge of bad faith @gabs* Zealand for a violation of the treaty, because he bad no such information : but just so certain as the seasons return, and the earth revolves in her orbit, this continent, sad the whole of it, so tar as the welfare and safety of the United States are concerned, must be free from further British aggression. Mr. CLAYTON (whip), of Delaware, replied, saying the Senator from Virginia would not hold Great Britain more rigidly to the execution of the treaty than he would. Ile concurred with him that the honour of the country re quires it; but at the same time he would not involve his country in any unacceoiary conflict, and get into a war while we may be in the wrong. He knew very well the wmamittee put the ikuestion in an alternative form, and =.• from the b.st judgments before them. The senator Illinois (Mr. Douglas) said the other day, " We don't love England, and England don't love us." An American legislator should love hisown country. Out fore- Where declared that in war we should regard all nations as enemies—in peace, friends ; and the Father of his counts y, in the most solemn manner, in his farewell address said we should cherish no hatred and no love for any foreign countries. As to getting up a hatred against England or France, be thought it was calculated to do an injury, and disturb our amicable foreign relations. The chairman of the Committee nu Foreign Relations (Mr. Mason) had said the British settlement is within Central America, but he thought the senator spoke merely on ea pule information, and should not have relied on the Guatemala maps exclu sively. Why did he not refer to British maps in relation to the subject? Must there be no respect for England, with whom we made the treaty? The Guatemala map it li - self excludes the British settlement in Belize, and lionduras does not pretend to claim it. lie then proceeded to vindi cate the treaty, which, as Secretary of State, he had made with England, repeating his former positions, and replied to Mr. Douglas. Without concluding, Mr. Clayton gave way for an executive session, and shortly after the senate ad journed. On the 15th Mr. Clayton resumed and finished his address, and the Senate adjourned. By way of Charleston we have the melancholy announcement that Vioe-President King, on the 3rd inst., declined to take the oath of office, for the reason, as be alleged, that it was improbable he should ever assume the duties of the office, and there fore the ceremony was unnecessary. Should he re cover, he observed, the oath C*4 be administered in the proper place at Washington. Though the vene rable statesman himself evidently despairs of reco very, his friends arc encouraged with the hope dist he will yet be restored to health. An arrival at New Orleans from Honduras repels that great excitement prevailed on the island, in ens sequence of her Britannic Majesty's war steamer De vastation having anchored off Toupillo, and demanded the surrender of the place, in the name of the Mos quito King. The inhabitants were given two hours' time to decide, before the commencement of a bom bardment. The inhabitants yielded to superior forces, but so lemnly protested against the outrage. The Mosquito flag was hoisted, and the Honduras flag pulled down, The British war steamer then proceeded to Limas, and cannonading was afterwards heard in that quar ter. It was presumed that a contest was going on between the steamer and the Honduras troops. A severe shock of an earthquake was felt at &Use on the 10th of February. The New York Herold, in reference to the above, states:—" We are informed that President Pierce has already received semi-official information with regard to the recent operations of the English steamer De natation against Honduran, which will probably be sent to the Senate before its adjournment. The ca binet have had the matter under consideration, and we expect to have shortly a more definite exposition of the views entertained by the administration. By the arrival of the Uncle Sam at New Yore we have dates from California to Feb. 16 raft She brings 310,000 dole. in gold on freight and in the hands of passengers. The rainy season on the Isth mus had closed, and the travelling had become lo markably good. The Alta California, Feb. 16, says : The largest esins-monthly shipment of gold dust ever made from this port wee manifested for the steamer C fornia. Though the risk was judiciously divided by ship ping a large amount by the Panama, it still properly be longs to the regular semi-monthly steamer. The following is the list, in addition to which 900,000 dole. by the Bro ther Jonathan, stated to have been shipped, may be wonted —making the aggregate for the middle of February, 1863, upwards of three millions seven hundred and ninety thou sand dollars doll. dole. Page,Bacon, & Co. 1,000,000 Stephens & Bancroft 24,380 Adams and Co. sto,oeo Bolton,Barres,&Co. 17,400 B. Davidson 332,800 C. and Benjamin .. 15,000 Burgoyne and Co 380,000 Wyckoff and Co. .. 16,418 Dread!, Sateer,and Hussey, Bond, and Church 90,000 Hale 30,048 Tenant and Wilde 38,000 D. L. Rosa and Co 19,200 J. B. Thomas .... 69,000 Basing,Casselli,&Co lO,OOO 8. J. Meyer & Co. 30,300 Collins, Cushman, Wells,Farge,& Co. 73,448 and Co F. Argenta and Co. 30,000 Other shippers Total 2 890,568 By the Brother Jonathan 900,000 Total .. ...3,790,558 The largest previous shipment was made by the Panama, on the 30th of November last, which was a few dollars over 2,682,000 dole. Tennessee took oat, on the lit instant, 2,430,000 dots., which, added to the present shipment, will make the aggregate for this month 4,220,558 dots. We take the following from the San Francisco 'Arabi, Feb. 13: The news from the in.crior has been of unusual interest. The ludisns on Dry Creek have kept the neighbourhood in a high state of excitement and alarm, on account of their bold robberies and evident hostility. Some brisk fighti g has occurred between them and parties of the whites sent out to chastise them. In these men:lnters the Judahs be. hayed with great courage; several of the whites wrls killed, a n d on one ,vcasion were compelled to the iv - iug the enemy mute.: of the field. Reports from Sin I COe Court. WINDSOR, Kaacu 29. ' The following had the honour of dining with the Queen yesterday:—The Duchess of Kent, the Prince.* Adelaide of Holienlobe, the Duke of Newcastle, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Lieut.. Colonel F. H. and Lady Emily Seymour, and Hr. Gibbs. Her Majesty and the younger portion of the royal children walked in the park this morning. Prince Albert rode out on horseback this forenoon, at tended by Captain the Hon. Dudley De Roe. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred also rode out, it tended by Mr. Gibbs. The Duke of Newcastle left the Castle to-day for Loudon. The Earl Granville has been invited, and is expected this afternoon. Her Mejesty will hold a Privy Council on Friday next, the let April, at Buckingham Palace. Summonses were issued yesterday to the Ministers and Of fi cers of State. Earl Granville, Lord President, left town yesterday afternoon for Windsor Castle. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone left town yesterday on a visit to the Right Hon. Sidney and Mrs. Herbert, at Wilton /bus., Was. The Duke of Newcastle arrived in town yesterday after noon from Windsor Castle. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial oftice from the Governors of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Her Majesty will hold a Privy Council on Friday, the let, at Backtogham Palace, at three o'clock. The Council of Education will meet at the Privy Conned Once, on Saturday, the 2nd, at half-put twelve o'clock. (PROM LAST mom's CILIIITT3.) DOWNTNO-STREET, MARCH 26.—The Queen has Imen pleased to appoint Robert Hodgson. Esq., to be Chief Justice for Prince Edward Island, and Joseph Holroyd, Esq., to be a member of the Legislative Council of that island. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Robert Crosby Beets, E.q., to be First Palms Judge of the colony of British Guiana. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Charles Douglas Stewart , Esq. , to be her Majesty's Attoiney•General, and James Clement Chop pin, Esq., to be her Majesty's Solicitor-General for the island of Bt. Vincent. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint George Rutherford, Esq., to be Collector of Cus to ms for the district of Natal. in South Africa. THE JOHN BULL NUGGET. A Mr. Potter, one of the successful adventurers in that wonderful lottery, the gold diggings of Australia, has brought home the fruit of his success in the shape of an enormous nugget, which, in compliment to its burly propos - Cone, he has christened the " John Bull," and proposes ex hibiting it to the curious for some time before it goes to the crucible. The exhibitor was one of a party of three who went " prospectin' " in the White horse Gully, Beudigo, Port Philip, and, after a short season of barren result. ■ was at last fortunate enough to turn up this giant of the mine within 18 inches of the surface, and in • place which had been literally honeycombed by the pickaxes of previous diggers. There were holes all round within a foot and a half el the lucky spot ; so that " John Bull" must have been in hourly danger of exhumation for a whole season before he was ultimately brought to light by Mr. Potter and his friends. Like his great original, he presents an aspect rugged but kindly, the mellow nature of his inner man everywhere breaking through the rough crust of quarts which he at first presents to the careless observer. llis solid content. are 451bs. boss. troy of pure gold, worth 4/. an ounce ; and this buy fact will have a greater effect in attracting visitors than an y elaborate or scientific description HOARDING IN 1848.—A lady residing on her pro perty, near Coarbevois, the widow of a high functionary, had been so terrified by the eveats of 1848, that as a matter of prudence she hid a sum of 25,090 fr., and chose for her hiding-place a sort of recess above the door of her bedroom. She two or three times afterwards went to the spot and saw that the money was safe, but towards the end of 1849, she found that the whole of the mosey had disappeared. She gave information to the police, but no clue could be disco vered to lead to the apprehension of the thief. About two years after, her man-servant, who had lived with her save- I ral years, asked for permission to go into Brittany. Leave was given him, and the man remained absent about a mouth. When he returned, he informed his mistress that having inherited a moderate sum of money, he intended marrying and establishing himself as a cow , keeper in the neighbourhood. The lady parted with him not without regret, and the man, having taken aome ground, mar- I ricd a young woman of the neighbourhood and entered on his new way of life. His mother-in-law came to live with , him, but they did not agree well together, and on more than one occasion the neighbours were obliged to interfere to pre vent vidence. Last week, in the course of a more embit tered dispute than usual, the mother-in-law forgot her pea -1 deuce so far as to call the man a wretch fit only for the bagne, and say she could send him there whenever she pleased. "If she spared him," she added, "it was for her daughter's sake and not for his." These assertions, being commented on, at last came to the cars of the authorities, and inquiries were instituted. It turned out that the man I had not inherited any property whatever, and as he could not acesunt satisfaetonly fir the money which he possessed, it was concluded that he must have taken the money stolen from his mistress. He was accordingly arrested, and on being interrogated by a magistrate admitted that he was the thief. He has been committed for trial. THE RIOTS AT BLACKBURN. The proceedings of the mobs at Blackburn on Saturday . night, very briefly alluded to in the Express of yesterday, were very disgraceful, yet very piltry. nay did sot rise toe dignity—if there can be any dignity in riot ing—worthy the interference of the military; and sold.e: s with asty other weapons than cst-o'-ninehails were out of place amongst such cowardly scoundrelism. The madness of a mob wrought up to a high pitch of excitement in the belief of some real or fancied wrong, though the sword may be necessary to put it down, has something in it which may command popular sympathy, but gangs of hired ruffians, wider shelter of the night, parading street after street to. break people's windows in revenge, because the, owners have exercised a public right at the election, which the law gives them, is a most disgraceful exercise of vindictive passion. The disorders in Blackburn on Saturday night are sc ., counted for in various ways by public runtime. Vie account is that the partisans of Mr. Ilornby had engaged people to fight at the election, but on Saturday night, having refused these people their wages, they attaesed the houses of cane of the Hornby party, and other conservatives, mistaking the authors cat these attacks for the radicals, rttadated by attacking the houses of those who had voted or Mr. Field,n, the liberal candidate. The landlord of • pubitc•house Penny-street, where the rioting was worst, traces the tumult to a much more simple issue. This is Mr. l[ugh Briggs, of the Fleece Inn. He says that early on Saturday evening he ejected a quarrelsome Irishman, who, knowing his thlr. Briggs's) house wails reodestous for Horntlites,or conservatives, raised a crow d of Iri shmen roun d the door, and called him "a b —y Orangeman and that thi; was enough to induce the Irish rabble to break his windows. Then, he says, the news of this attack on his house being conveyed to the Brookhouse mills (Mr. Iloruby's cotton mills), and the people there, supposing the attack to have been mode by Fieldeuites, came up in a large body and retaliated. There is oue re markable feature about the matter, however, which scarce.y renders this story admi , satile: that some of the houses sus• sequently attacked appear to have had a cross chalke:t on the front, as though previously marked out for vengeance. Besides, an irritated mob would scarcely have gone to work so systematically, and have succeeded in picking out so many obnoxious parties for revenge. It is true that one or two conservatives had their windows broken, but they were one or two against a hundred of the other party. The great number of Scotchmen whose houses have suffered, also points to a premeditated attack. The houses which were attacked lie mainly in streets in a direction from Mr. kloroby's mill, and in streets leading out of or parallel with them. The house of Mr. Peter Johnstone, which we men . _. - . tioned in yesterday's Erpress as having been attacked, is almost close to the mill. The mob are described as attacking it with stones and sticks, breaking all the windows and shutters in front, and throwing missiles with such violence against the wall that the stems of trees trained against the front of the house were cut in two by them. Mr. Johnstone himself was net at home, and his family (consisting of five persons) sought safety in the back premises. Fortunately fur them the mob contented themselves with this manifestation of vice' lenee, and did not enter the house. The site of Mr. John stone's house is called Lark-hill, and near it are some new houses, called Primrose Bank, built by Mr. Jobnstoue. In one of these houses Mr. James Johnstone resides, and in another Mr. Elston. Both these houses and another ad joining were attacked by the mob, who broke out the win dows and window-frames so completely that ou Monday the owners found it necessary to board them up. The house of Thomas Barton, in Hannah-street, was one of those marked with a cross in chalk, and was attacked apparently without the slightest provocation. Barton is out a voter, but kis sympathies were enown to be with the Fielden party, and two lodgers of conservative polities had left him on the previous Saturday, and taken up their residence at a house known to be favourably af fected towards the Hereby party. Barton was reading a newspaper, and two females were sitting before the fire, when, without their hearing the footsteps of any one or ri ceiving any indication of approaching danger, a number of stones were hurled at them through the window, cone pletely smashing in the entire glass work of the front, and naturally very much alarming the inmates. The cotton mill of Mr. Henry Ward, in Swallow-street, was attacked by the same mob, and a great number of windows were broken ; portions of the looms and some of the fine twist its the looms themselves were destroyed. In Penuystreet the mob attacked a confectioner's shop nearly opposite toe Fleece public-house, breaking many panes of glass in the shop window ; and at the house of Mr. Lonedale, 109, Penny-street, the windows were destroyed. The windows of the Plough Lou were broken and the framework much injured by the stones thrown in. The shop of Mr. John altun and that of Mr. John Dornan, in the same street, suffered severely is a similar way. The shop and other win dow' is front of the house of Mr. Crewe, umbrella maker; of Mr. Riley, joiner, next dour ; of Mr. A. Leonard, draper, and grocer; and of Mr. Leonard, tailor, were also broken. But one of the most serious attacks in this street was upon the house and shop of Mr. Amyl's Wright, grocer, at the • corner of Penny-street and Brown-street, with windows looking into both those thoroughfares. Through the win dow of Mr. Wrghr's house a stone was thrown which weighed &Vbs.; and it was whilst the mob were attack ing this and the neighbouring house, that shots were fired upon the mob by some Scotehmen . At this time the mob was so numerous that it had spread all along Brown-street and down John -street, which is parallel with Penny street, at the other end of Brown-street. Most of the houses in these two streets are occupied by Sentehmen, who either travel with goods into the country, or employ travel lers, and are voters ; and 80 of this clue of inhabitants having voted for Mr. Fielden, they were of course obnoxi ous to the other party. Amongst the houses attacked, and the windows of which were broken in a disgraceful manner in these sweets, were those of Mr. Por teous, Mr. John Johnstone, Mr. Bell, Mr. Ruther ford, Mr. Joseph Turnbull, Mr. Edward Mickle, and Mr. Riley. In some of these houses both the windows, frames, and shutters were broken with the missiles; and some of the inhabitants state that the mob were not content with using stones, but some of them, raised on the shoulders of others, deliberately broke the windows with large hammers and mallets. It is believed that the owners of some of these houses, conceiving that they had a right to defend their property when thus attacked, fired uron the mob. Among the parties generally named as those who fired is Mr. Annus Wright; but Mr. Wright has put out a placard in which he denies that he used any firearms at all. It appears that two discharge. at least took place, and two men were carried away in a helpless state from amidst the mob to the house of Mr. Gorton, Waterloo Hotel, en the opposite aide of Peony-street. It was believed at the time that both these men had been wounded with shot, and Mr. Martlend, jua., surgeon, of the Hornby party, was !testily sent for to examine them. One of the men, named Thomas Towers, _is a workman in the employ of Mr. Hornby, and Mr. Moreland extracted not less than six shots from different parts of his face. One of these shots had passed through the peak of his cap, so that it is probable that the discharge had been from an upper win dow. Another shot had passed through his upper lip and I embedded itself in the upper jaw. The most serious wound was one in the eye, whim), if the shot had entered a little higher, would probably hate proved fatal, by its penetrat ing to the brain. The man is believed to be in no serious danger, the shot being generally small, and varying from what is called No. 7to No. 4. The other man, whose name is Duckworth, is also a Horubyite, but had not been shut. He had been struck, it is reported, with the butt-end of a gun on the head, which lacerated the scalp, and inflicted a wound which it was feared had somewhat injured the skull. After remaining insensible for soma hours, how ever, he recovered sufficiently to be taken home, and is now doing well. Information of these riots was of course sooncarried to the police-office, and the few men out of a force of only eleven, at the command of the superintendent, were sent to quell it. Generally speaking, they seem, however, to have been very unsuccessful in ding more than merely tracing the route Which the rioters had taken, for gangs of ruffians engaged in work of this sort were able to move about with great celerity, and by the time the police had arrived at any given spot where it was said they were to be met with, the place was generally found deserted. The night, as we have said before, was extremely favourable for their designs. It appears to be usual in Blackburn, as a matter of economy, to set down certain nights in the year as those when the moon should supply the inhabitants with sufficient light, and the gas lamps are then not used, though uufortuaately, sts on this occasion, the weather does net always second the calculations of the authorities, and the streets may be cave loped is thickest darkness. The only man the police suc ceeded in apprehending was an Irishman, named Moran, who in a drunken, disorderly state, was flourishing a poker opposite the Fleece Inn, and threatening to break the windows. This man was brought before the magistrates on Monday, and held to bail till the Preston Quarter Sessions. The magistrates of the borough were hastily called together on the intelligence of these pro ceedings reaching the ears of some of the more active of their body, who had rather anticipated some such scene of dis order; and at about eight o'clock they despatched a mes senger for the aid of the military from Burnley. A com pose of the 4th regiment which had left Blackburn only on Friday morning, were brought back from Burnley by a train on the East Lancashire railway, and entered Black burn at about eleven o'clock, by which time the rioters had nearly sated their revenge. The military were taken through those parts of the town which bad been most dis orderly, and in some cases large mobs congregated there were dispersed, but there was no occasion at that time for the soldiers to act offensively. A good deal of activity was displayed by some of the magistrates, during the whole of Saturday night and Stanley, is taking precautionary mea sures to prevent a recurrence of such disorders, and by Monday morning a number of circular. had been printed and addressed to upwards of four hundred of the prin cipal inhabitants and more respectable voters, ordering them to present themselves at the Sessions-house en Mom day, to be sworn in as special constables, to preserve the peace of the town. Circulate were also addressed by the magistrates to the millownere and large employers of labour, requesting them to exert their influence in deterriug their people from taking any part in such disturbances, and trim cougregating in groups so as to excite alarm. We described yesterday the attack upon Mr. Peter John stone's son, a young man named James Johnstone, aged about 20 years, in Peany-street, who alter being kuockeil down by brickbat. soy the liornhyites, was followed into the house of Mr. SI111:11, ironmonger, where be sought refuge, and was lett in a state of insensibility, with his head bauly cut and bruised. The ruffians who attacked the young man in this cowardly manner, apparently for no other rea son than that his fatoer hail v ated for Mr. Fieiden, carried off with them Mr. Saxith'e poker ; told on Monday afternoon, between 1 and 2 o'cleek, Mr. P. John,t : ine, the fath , r, be lieving that he hail informa•ion of the emu° in which the poker was coecealeil, and that a couch warrant would enable biro not only to arrest ono of the assailants of his scn, but with the c viihitice of iiarticipation in the k &ace in his possess:on, midis! t 3 the ma;.istrates at the Sessions House for the requisite authority. We understand that the !negotiates wt re willing to grant eict search warrant. but justice is slow at Blackburn, anti at d o'clock Mr. Peter Johnstone was still waiting in the Setaiinne House. without the required domment, or a policeman ready to rid hint in its use. By this time great numbers of ykople had been to be sworn in is special constables, and for ~ther purpoaer, and had become acquainted with the object of kir. Johnstone's application, and there seemed every likelihood that informa -1 twit might have been conveyed to the proper quarter, to prevent his success. When this was tcpresi t.ted to Mr. Johnstone, he acquiesced in its probability, but, to use his own expression, "things are dime in a hutegsralugieir way here, and it is almost what I expected," In one or two cotes the riots are si rmigly traced to the workpeople at Hornhy's mill. On Saturday morning the daughter of a weaver working there, when she stint for her wages, was hooted, and told by the workpv pto she would nut be allowed to work there again. A'. ',iota het father's house was attacked, and the front winiovrs en tirely broken in. Henry Eastham, another weaver in the onli, was forcibly ejected from the auid after receising has wages en Saturday, his house was at:acked on Saturday night, awl Cu Monday when lie went to work the owner and managers of the nthl allowed hint to be ejected from the works, as on Saturday, by his assembled fellow-work p. le Fisch-in is not an elector, but is at liberal in poll tics, and had voted for the liberal candidate ut the last , municipal eleet.s,n. The girl's father above referred to is not as eke'. ,r, hut known to be of the wrong ‘ ,..litia. That : landlord of the St. Albino Arms was Ob:iged : s desert his house, al.d t..e mon threw nearly a cart.lo.,el t.f stones ' through his windows, destroying much of his toruiturc. PAROCHIAL VESTRIES. HACKNEY. Yesterday morning the annual meeting of rate payers was h. Id in tne church vestry ; the Rev. T. 0. Gooocn ILI), rector, presiding. Mr. Pu:ley was re-elected vestry clerk. Mr. J. Barber, of Clanton, was unanimously elected as liner warden, *ad Mr. NV. C .le, with less unanimi'y, as unix'. warden. All the other officers were re-elected without. on )sitien, and the vestry proceeded to the choice of a gentleman to fill a vacancy, caused by the death of W. li. Aalipitel, Esq., country magistrate, in the office of PR. /WI:MITI/Wee{ CHARITY. RP , . A. GORDON, curate of St. John'•, roar to propose an honoured memher of a family distinguished for its munifi cent supr.ort of the charities of the parish, 4114 liberality to the poor. I: was enough for him, he lic.iereti, to men tion the name of Arthur l'owell, Esq., or (Tipton. t) 'entre the support or the vestry in electing him to MI tt.e vacant office of trustee. GEO GREENWOOD, Esq. (treesurr of the charity), seconded the homination of Mr. rowilt. _ . Alter a sues/ration from J. It. D. Teaser, Esq., M refer ence to a supposed arrangement made last year in favour of Mr. Powell, Mr. C. GREEN said he was anxious to state his disincli nation to propose, by way of amendment, the name of any one in opposition to Mr. Arthur Powell, than whom there was not a more respectable gentleman ia the parish. Bat there was a great principle involved in the qiiestion of DE. Spuratowe's charity ; and, therefore, the name of the gen tleman wham he (Mr. Green) had to int. Mateo was that of Samuel Morley, Esq., of Lower Clapton. (Cheers.) Mr. Gram paid a warm compliment to the high persensl cha racter and social worth of Mr. Morley, and proceeded to say, it was matter of history that the cuarity under (meets lion was be queathed, in 1666, by Dr. Spuratowe, on' of the glorious two thousand ejected ministers, fur the shelter and maintenance et poor widows of the pirivh. Now, that cliori:y was :oft unencumbered with restrictions of a reli gious character; and it was a gross it justice to the memory of the founder that its funds should be perverted to secta rian uses. Yet what was the condition of the &rail) , ? Why that. although the gift of au eminent dissenter, it was, and had for many years been, entirely in the hands of churchmen. An old lady who went to a dissenting chapel had hitherto stood as poor a chance of stivcess as it she pro. fessed the cothelic or Hebrew faith. (Shame.) lie shame rested with the vestry, in not appointing impartial men to carry out the donor's will. Let the trustees consist of an equal number of churchmen and dissenter', and the poor of both parties would stand a chance of justice. (Cheers.) lle felt justified in these observations, owing to the coarse pursued by the worthy chairman, two years ago, in con nexion with Bishop .Woud's almshouses. Two females were eandidates f..r a vacancy therein ; the vestry, by a large majority, placed the dissenting applicant at the top of the poll. 'the names of the two women were returned to the chairman, who, contrary to the policy wisely pursued by hie predecessor, disregarded the markedly vspressed opi nion of the vs stry, and gave the nitwit , use to the old " church lady." as she war called. (Laughter, " Oh, oh !") The reason asssigned by the rector for this course was, that as the founder of this charity was 3 I,olop, h e could never have meant that it should be enjoyed by a dia meter. Mr. Green concluded by proposing, amid applause, "That Samuel Morley, Esq., he elected to nll the vacant . office of trustee of Dr. Spurstowe's charity." , Mr. J. ItamSAY seconded the motion. G. GIME% wool), Esq., sail they had heard much about dissenting charities being managed by churchmen, but not a word as to Ili- , church charities swaliowei up h) dissenters at Christmas. (Confusion, and a cry of " Tory are not church charities.") Dissenters were very Emil of running after other charities; but did they ever invite churchmen to a share in the distribution of dissenting funds ? (" Oh, oh:") With his sympathies, lie should of course regard the Sourstowe as a church charity, and wouli ei.dtreour to keep it so. - Mr. GREIN was astonished to hear Mr. Greenwood talk of the Christmas gifts as church charities. were es sentially parish gi ft s. (Cheers.) One pious t.stator, Jere miah Marlowe, was • Quaker, and he by wit expressly provided, that no person "should be paid or refused this charity on account of any religious or political opi nions." (Cheers.) Mr. Mackintosh, Mr. G. Greenland, and others, sup ported Mr. Green's motion ; and the Chairman, in a g.tod tempered !pis it, replied to that gentleman's remarks, con chn.ing by an encomiastic notice of Mr. rowel!. Upon a a.UR of hands Mr. Morley was eluted amid much amdause, t.y a majority of two to one. il , er a coo, kren7e with the rector, Mr. Greenwood, with evident dis satisfaction, declined to demand • poll. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro ceedings, which were animated throughout. LAMBETH. Yesterday morning the vestry meetii; of this parish was held at the Boys' Schoolrooms, CLurch-street, the Rev. C. B. DALTON, the Rector, presidine. There was an unusuaily full attendance of ra•eprysri. Th? vestry clerk was reelected; after which the Rev. C B. DALTON said that he should nominate Mr. J. M. Itsssitsr to be the rector's warden. . . . . . Mr. EDWARDS said, that he protested against the course pursued by the rev. chairman in making the appointment. He believed that the rector of that parish had no right to nominate a warden, and, after a good deal of :rouble and research, be had been able to find no precedent for such • proceeding. The churchwardens were formerly elected by the ratepayers is prevent disorders in the parish, and to see that the Sabbath was duly observed; but in process of time they missed to execute these functions, an t became what they at present were. He found that it was in the year 1672 that the rector first claimed the right of appoints nag a churchwarden; but he could not then have possessed such • right unless he had it prior to the canon of James 1., in 1603—be bad the law on this subject in his pocket. (Laughter.) Having carefully examined the authorities on the matter, and taken goad legal advise, ha hat formed the strong conAusion that the right claimed by the rector ' was a nullity, and therefore he should enter his protest against its exercise. It was only in the year 1790 that the rector had first appointed a waraen, notwithstanding that the right had been before claimed. He trusted that what he had said would not be suffered to fall unheeded, and he protested acainst the validity of the nomination. Mr. It. Taylor, Mr. John strata.::, and Hr. lime were then elected churchwardens. In St. George's, St. Olave s, and St. Olare's South wark, St. Paul's, and St. Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey, St. John's, Horselydown, St. Catherine Cree, and St. Diary vestry meetings were yesterday held, but the pro ceedings were of no public interest. LODGINGS IN PARIS.—A case of home interest to persons in the middle classes of lit, same on yesterday (says ricuiynani) for decision before the Civil Tribunal. The question raised was this—has a person living in any house, and not rich enough to keep his carriage, a right to have a hackney-coach brought into the court by day or by night in order to enter it at the foot of the grand staircase ; or must the hind vehicle draw up at the outside gate and the person about to use it walk through the yard to and from it. The owner of a house iu the Rue d'Anjou St. llonore, having interdicted the entrance of any hired vehicle into the courtyard, a tenant insisted that the prohibition was i 1 nal, and in the end brought an action to establish his right. 'fhe counsel for the lodger reminded the curt that the case had been already decided more than once. and th st on every occa sion the dee i.io n was given against the pretensions of the owner of the house. If no express stipulation to the contrary, he argued, was to be found, in the lease, the courts had ruled that the lodger could at any hour, by day or by night,;have a hired carriage brought into the court-yard, and could get into it at the foot of the staircase. On the other hand, the counsel for the owner of the Louie maintained that any lodger, rot keeping hie carriog, , , was to be supposed to be in a position only to go on foot, and consequently could not have the right to brine a carriage into the court-yard. President Debelleyme then gave judgment, and decided that the lo 'ger bad undoubtedly tel right to have a car riage brought into the court-yard when ne pleased, and in consequence, authorised him U call for the aid of the arand force to defend his right if necessary. SINGULAR LONGENITT.—The Irish papers an nonce the norm death of Mrs. /dory Power, widow of J. Power, Esc! , and aunt of the late Itigh• lion. It. L. Shell, at the Umbels Convent, Cork, at the advanced age of 116 years. Mrs. Power till very recently rtsided at Ba;h, and at the age of 114 she made two lasi*, from that place to London to see the Great Exhibition. It was her own re mark that she believed herself to be the greatest curiosity there. She afterwards returned to-te, e.e.41, and latterly lived en pcasion in the quiet *Vetter hfe was brought to a close about a Wilier; issae.re attack of influents. Gt ASCOW AND SOUTH wE r , AlL'inti.—Traffio ter the w•ek. ending Much 24, 4,41 4 iircs:`• nd isg week last yew, £3,769 be. 3d. linereree: !M' Ls. 3d ~. II • . i 1