The Express. — London, England, 1850-01-10 00:00:00

Elie erpreoo. OUTGOING MAILS. TM mans toe British North Americo sad the tailed Stabs will be made up to-morrow evade& Jan. 11. TM War India saeladlait Bermuda, Havanna. Nom, Headers', Now Orleans, and Mimic°, ad Including tine for Madeira, Sr. .1 san•do-Nisarsaus, New Granada, ChM, and Pan,will be made rip on Jul. 17. TM mils kr Lisboa, Spa* sod Gibraltar will be made up en am. 17. TM mails frxr , Gibraltar, Melts, Gruel, the lonian blanch, Rapt, Coils., ladle, sod Chins, see Muthamptim, will be made sp on the evesisg of Jan. 19. Tire mails rid Illanrilles, to tbe Mediums's., Mgr rt, Ceylon, Piths, Hositiong, ac, will be made up IS UM "miss of Jan. 24. TM mails for Maoris, the Brasile, and Buenos Ayresorill b• weds rip on the (remiss of Feb. 4. SION WATICII AT I.OIIDOII 1111111011. Tau °At—Manioc Lawson, 111. lea Gle. /111matiA Ib. LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10. Tan practical good sense of Americans has civet come the delay caused by the even balance of parties in Congress. The sixty-fourth ballot gave a suffi cient majority to a d-mocratie candidate; the hoses was constituted ; and the Psasioerr's message fol lowed in due season. Au a Uwe and business-like document, the drat massy of President TAYLOR is, in respect of come peskier°, the best we have had for some years. Its mss Bred and unaffectedly dignified tone is worthy sl a seecesser Of WASIIINGTON. Looking beyond the manner to the matter, our at tendon is naturally directed in the first place to such topics as bear upon the relations of Great Britain to the United States. Of there the most prominent are : The general temper in which our country is iyoken of ; the navigation law ; the tariff; and the affairs of Nicaragua. fectly satisfac- Oa de flat head the mes•age is per tory. " Our relations with Great Britain are of the most friendly character," are the words with which the first notice of this cote try iiintroduced,asetevery subsequent reference and allusion is in pafect har mony with this wt team° declaration. President TASLoa's statements respecting the navi gation law are all that could be desired. On the tariff, they are not 53 astisfactory. lie recommends "a revision of the existing tariff, and its adjustment on a basis that may augm"nt the revenue." This is fair enough, but the wisdom of what follows is more than qutstionable I do not doubt the rigt t or duty of Congress to encourage domestic indastry, 'Ouch is the great source of oatmeal as well as individual wealth and prosperity. I look to the wisdom and patriotism of compete for the adoption of a system which may place home lab .sr, at last, on a sure and permaneat footing, and, by due encouragement of minute , - tugs, give a new and 'screwed stimulus to agriculture, and promote the development of our vast resources and the ex trados of oar comuerce. Beaeving that to the attainment adieu eads (as well vs rho meow, augmentation of the nvenne and the privention of fronds), a system of specific duties is best adapted, I strmgly ree-mtnend to congress the adoprio, of that system, biting the duties at rates high enough to afford taking and substantial emoaregement to our own industry, and at the same time es adjusted as to insure Bat though thePRESIDINT hes thin frankly declared himself inimical to free-trade, we me no reason to apprehend that there is any dangcr of that policy being subverted in the United States. The Pr.e-o- Darrr's party, the whig parry, are the protectiocirs in the Union, and the election of Speaker has shown that party tc be in a minority in the House of Representatives. Tare majority by which the Speaker was elected is indeed a narrow ale, but that is owing to the neutralising 01 vo:es oy the influence of the slavery que , tion. Toe clear and explicit manner in which the PRESIDENT has defined the respective &ids of action of the t zecutive and tie legislature shows how far be is from dreaming of encroaching upon the sphere of the latter; and there is little reason to fear that the legislature will alter the present tariff in the direction of protective duties. On the question of Ncara,raa and the projected canal President TAYLOR speaks sensibly and fairly. To the miseiable squabbles of Messrs. Costner.° and SQVIERS, the message, which bears date the 4th of December, could ecareely be expected to allude. Tae understanding at Washington was, however, that neither Sir llzsite BULmtle :tor the American go vernment were lik-ly to be impracticable on that score. The principles laid down by President TAYLOR, which he expressly extends to embrace any railways or canals by other routes across the isthmus, being deft ithely adopted by both governments, any minor discrepanc:es of opinion could easily be adjusted. Nor can there be any difficulty in settling the contend ing claims of Mrsquitia and Nicaragua in harmony with them principles. As to the occupation of the island of Ti. re, the sooner the English government disclaims that freak of Mr. CHATFIELD, the more credit it will gain. What would have been said in this country had France at any time attempted to occupy the Isle of Wight, or the Isle of Sheppey on the plea that Lord ELDON, of doubting and dilatory memory, bad lost en too long in deciding a Chancery suit in which the interests of some French merchants were involved? Some of our contemporaries attempt to justi'y the seizure of Tigre, in time of peace, on the ground that nations are justified, in certain eases, in making reprisals without declaring war. This is the first time we ever heard ea armed invasion of territory placed in the category of reprisals. The above are the topics in the PRESIDENT'S mes sage which most directly and immediately concern ourselves. What relates to the internal affairs of the Union may be reserved for future comment. We cannot, however, refrain from pointing out a somewhat dex terous line of policy, rather hinted at than expressly re commended, by which the PRESIDENT stems disposed to get over the difficulties interposed by the disputes between the slaveowners and the free-soilere in the way of organising state governments in the territory recently acquired from Mexico. He more than hints at the practicability of leaving the settlers in those regions to organise themselves as independent repub lics, and then apply, as Texas did, to be admittel into the Union. We cannot, however, conclude without expressing our unqualified admiration of the principles laid down by President TAYLOR as the basis of his foreign policy. " Having avowed," he says, " the opinion, on taking the es& of office, that in disputes between conflicting hrgovernments it is our interest not less than our duty to remain strictly neutral, I shall not aban don it." And again : " I have scrupulously ' avoided any interference in the wars and con tentious which have recently distracted Eu rope." Bat in assuming this wise attitude of non intervention, the PRESIDENT pude against derogating so far from the national dignity, as to deciine to recognise new states or governments, which may sue aisstully vindicate their independence. When ex plaining how the appointment of an agent in Europe with power to declare to Hungary the wampum of the American government promptly to recognise her in dependence, in the event of her ability to maintain it, wee not followed up, he gives frank utterance to Ame rican sympathy with the Hungarians. " I thought it my duty, in accordance with the general sentiment of the American people, who deeply sympathise with the Magyar pmriots, to stand prepared, upon the contingency of the estabhshment by Hungary of a permanent government, to be the first to welcome ' independent Hungary into the family of Cations." And : " The United States did not at any time inter fere in the contest, but the feelings of the nation were stoney enlisted in the cause, sad by the sufferings of a breve people, who had made a gallant though unsuccessful effort to be free." Ton Times broaches a very singular series of argu inn* apropos of the game laws. Argument,Number One,ia tbatthe repeal of the corn laws has released the landlord from the most onerous of his duties. The first use of the land is, certainly, that it should grow food for the population, ard, @madly, that in growing food it should employ and nourish a peasantry. England certainly can - sot import all her food ; and, as certainly, Eng land cannot dispense with that first element of vitality sad strength, a peasant population. The repeal of the corn laws was never intended to produce, and ought not to produce, any such results. And if in spite or folly the present generation of owners of Sad were to put forward such miser ions, or act upon them, we need not point out the inevitable result. But it a eine, according to the Times, that free trade not only affords the landlords a good excuse for Sacrificing any quantity of land to game, but deprives the tenant farmer of an cause of complaint an the MGM ens. The "Ji y _ illioa," it mi l may pa their corn from the Michigan, and therefore oars asteliect to game eating unit home crop. We leave the tenant-farmer, who is one of the " Milika," to answer this argument for himself. We understood that farmers and landlords wore driven hence forth to a much greater employ ef care, skill, ecoscmy of land and means. The feeding of the poor in or out of the workhouse, falls largely to their share; and if the nuisance of game is to be augmented at the same time with the necessity of foreign imports, then indeed the agricultural class may go to toe wall. They will be provided with amusement largely. But the making both ends meet, making a fair profit ore fair rent from their holdings, and keeping the poor off the parish, are more impor tant than amusement. In addition to the repeal of the corn laws, which is adduced as the practical reason why land lords may preserve large stocks of game, the Times adduces also a philosophical reason, one for which it has evidently dived into the depths of human or at least of English nature. This reams is, that the love of sport is one of the primal sentiments of the mind; that it is ingrained in the meant and the lord; that it is of most ungovernable nature, and utterly ineradicable by law, edict, or proscriptior. Now the Tittles is afraid that this ungovernable appetite, like any other appetite, would survive even the deprival of that on which it fed. Team, if you take away from man all food, his appetite will survive and be troublesome, nay be fatal. And in like manner, if you kill all the hares, partridges, and ferns natures in existence, the love of sport will still survive in the breasts of high and low to—do what ? The Ansea does not tell us, bat it is evident to do something dreadful, make a Chartist inieute perhaps, or set tire to Westminster Abbey. We cannot acknowledge the bleb of this very profound philosophy. We cannot look upon " the love of sport" as one of the prime elements of our Ware, or even as an indelible propensity. It is very natural to men in the first state, not of society, but of barbarism. But it is quite artificial with us; and if there was no game, we are decidedly of opinion that there would be neither battues nor poaching. With out partridges or pheasants, we do not think that the squire would button his gaiters and take up his gun in obedience to any ingrained impulse, or that "Hodge" would spend his day in making snares, and his night in setting and working them, in obedience to any natural proper sity, if there were no birds to be caught and to be sold. The arguments of the Times, therefore, in favour of the game laws, whether drawn from po litical economy or metaphysics, we cannot but think of the most tenuous and flimsy nature. We are, for our own part, very far from wishing to extirpate all game, to dory them the free lordship of the moors, or even their fair share of the growth of forest and of hedge. Let them be wild in such numbers as wild animals naturally are, especially in cultivated districts, mid there will be no need of a code and a gaol and a penal colony for their protection. A pheasant is a good thing, plea- sant to knock Gown, and agreeable to cat But if this pleasure is to be purchased at the expense of the farmer's crop, and the peasant's mora lity—if a hundred birds are to cast one murdered gamekeeper, fifty committals to gaol, and a dozen convicts sent to transportation, then the pleasure of killing and eating pheasants costs too dear. In our days, we may depend upon it, no privilege or pleasure can be for cry very lcng time perpetuated or indulged in, that is necessarily seasoned, and that largely, by crime. Tnt game of contrarieties, which the powers of Europe are playing on the east coast of Smith America is very remarkable. To worry, to bully, and make enemies of the Brazilians bas been the policy of Eng land. To worry, to bully, and make enernies of the great pastoral race which cover the Pampas, has been the policy of France especially, and somewhat of England. It is now pretty clear that our efforts have produced the very contrary results of what was in te..ded and desired. Slavery has spread its roots in Brazil, owirg to our antagcnism,whereas the shortest way to put an end to slavery would have been to let it swamp itself. In the vast regians behind Buenos Ayres lives and spreads a pastoral race, bar barous, carnivorous, and fierce. That such a race should be Battened by peace, attracted and I=W:- tomed to cultivation and to gain, was highly desir able. Instead of this we have stemmed towards it a kind of permanent hostility, and thus kept it in rhotights, and habits, and preparations for war. The Gauchos have been made a race of soldiers, with ekill improved, and pride swelled beyond measure, by suc cessfully and continually coping with the bravest of European soldiers. France and England have made these Gauchos a military people, and the probability is now that they will conquer Paraguay and Brazil, ' and establish an empire which no European power could even in conquering sub ; ect. M. Timm is the politician most guilty of this atrocious blunder. It was he who inoculated the French with their obstinate ambition in this quarter —he who forced M. Geizor and Louis Pniurez to give in to it ; and it was th to Frenchmen and General O'BRIEN who once p,ranadid p ,or Lard ABERDEEN to sanction war, in the belief that Buenos Ayres could be conquered in a trice. M. Tnizas is still astride his Itasinaste, and if he succeeds in impelling his country to war, be can but aggravate all the difficulties and in conveniences which the antagonism has already created. We say this without the least feeling of international rivalry, for we are sure that the bitterest enemy of France could not wish her worse than to have her disembark armies at the mouth of the Rio de la Plata. _ _ _ - The reasons gravely developed by M. THIERs be fore the National Assembly, for engaging in this war, are certainly the most wondrous and antediluvian spe cimen of political argument that have been seen in our age. If the reader will look over the tables of navigation which the French so ingeniously prepare each year, they will find that in the trade between France and every country that has ships, French tonnage has enormously decreased, and Amiga tonnage in French porta enormously increased. lathe trade with England English tonnage in French ports had increased a third in the four years ending ea 1844 ; French tonnage from England had decreased we half. Nor is this confined to English or Ameri sea tonnage, but extends to that of /Weida, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Halsted, Austria, Naples, and even Turkey. Such facts, one should think, would rouse French statesmen to inquire into the state and condition of their commercial marine. The example, the discussion, and the decisions which have taken place in England on this sub tat might "MO as a guide. But M. THIERs as studied in quite another school of philosophy. Free trade, be thinks, would not mend the matter. He proposes war as a recipe. South America is not :tr.:good customer for France, but for the present use of French shipping. M. Tnizas, afraid to less a thing so precious, is resolved to keep it by force a aims, and by directing those arms against the moot pewintal and mealy race in South America. It is not, however, merely to support the interests of French shipping that M. Tnizas would go to war on the other aide of the Atlantic—it is to protect the empire of Brazil. That empire, M. Tunes declares. cannot protect itself against Rotas, and must inevit ably fall into his power, unless France support it. The support of an extensive empire which cannot fend itself is, however, amongst the most oneron and serious of foreign undertakings. We know what this is in Turkey; indeed we know it so well, that what power in Europe thought of aiding Mexico? And we may safely conclude, that what ever great empire exists in America by the aid of the support it can get from Europe, is a lost em pire. What M. Tutees aims at is nothing lees than the protectorate of one-third of South America, acd the scarcest of another third. The bare idea, in the fret ripaisay state of the French empire, would be What must it be at present P An expedi tion to reconquer San Domingo would be consummate sense and prudence compered with it. 'lke Snit Eampean interference in these struggles on the Plata was to protect Montevideo from Brazil. The treaty which we made for that purpose has by digress been wrested into en engagement to protect Montevideo and Brazil from Buenos Ayres : so that the current of affairs and the acquisition of strength have gone precisely in an opposite direction to what our wisdom pointed out. Montevideo represents, in M. TitteitS's view, the curse of civilisation, Buenos Ayres that of b..rberism. But this city of Buenos Ayres itself ucti , r Itivadavis, also represented civi lisation, and it was overwhelmed by the pastoral race 'sad atzsegth of the gauchos. M. Tams sees @MU- THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1850. .cation in the grime around Montevideo, and bar barians in the plains where men and cattle run wild. But. after all, the wealth of the region liee in these .animal products; apd commerce will yet for a long time seek Buenos Ayres as the mart and issue of inch raw products ; nor can Montevideo rival it, but by becoming also a mart and centre cf the same produce. And if it is the mart and centre, it must partake of the nature, sympathies, interests, aye, and the barbarism of these who supply it, and who ought to form its population. The idea of Montevideo thriving as a French colony, and yet superseding Buenos Ayres as a mart fur the annual produce of the Pampas, is absurd. The capital of those plains, the mistress, the stronghcld, the seat of the government, is Buenos Ayres. And the , more European interests predominate at Montevideo, • the more it is supported by French Bees, garrisoned by French legions, and its hills hoed by French gardeners, the less is it calculated to take the place which the book-policy of M. TIIIEES raves for it, but which no amount of European patronage can per manently or fairly secure it. FRANCE. PARIS, WEIMIDAT, 530 PAIL The Assembly yesterday declared closed the general debate upon the project of government relative to primary teachers. The house divided on the question of aecertainiug whether the articles were to be brought forward, when the matter was decided affirmatively by a majority of 144, the numbers being 352 to 208. In the course of the sitting the Minister of War presented a bill to augment the pay of the non-com ' mirsioned officers in the army 20c. per day. To-day the debate on the primary teachers was resumed. I told you that the government would I adhere to the proposal that the appointment of 'primary teachers should be left to the com munal councils, the prefet preserving the right to dismiss. An amendment to that effect was pre- seated to-day by M. de Montigny. M. Denagrouse, however, obtained priority for an amendment, pro posing to place the primary teachers under the care and watch of the academy rectors. This amendment was rejected, as also one by M. Nettement, substi tuting for academy rectors the committees of M. de Montigny then moved his amendment, to which he added a clause fixing tho duration of the law to six months. M. Mole supported M. de Montigny's amendment. Other orators followed, after which the first article of the bill, as amended by M. de Montigny, was adopted. The bill presented the previous day by the:minister of justice, for increasing the pay of non commissioned officers by 20c. per day, was referred by the Assembly to the committee on the budget. In the course of the sitting of this day, however, on the motion of M. de Mornay, who, being struck with the political importance of the bill, thought that it should be examined by a special committee, the Assembly came back on its decision and referred it to to the bureaux. Left sitting. M. de Salvandy returned yesterday from his visit to London. M. Damara has finished his report, in the tams of I the fifth committee of parliamentary initiative, on the proposition of M. Loiset, having for object to have indemnified by the state all lases of crops, and all destruction of cattle by disease, by means of a premium of 331. It vied on the principle cf the tax of all lands cuitivat.d for crops, and of ii per cent. for cattle on their estimated value. The coin- mittee is of opinion unanimously that the proposition ought not to be taken into consickratioe. M. Ponjou lit, in the name of the same committee, has completed his report on the proposition of M. I )erriey, calling upni the government to lay before the committee ap puinted to draw up the laws concerning Algeria, all the documents relative to the effect of the climate of that: country on Europ,ans, and particularly on French subjects. The committee is of opinion that the proposition is unnecessary, the committee having a right to call for such documents if it thinks fit. . General Lamoriciere has arrived in Paris from St Petersburg, and M. de Beaumont from Vienna. " In the apace of five days," says the Sikqe, " the new prefect of the Allier has suspended three mayors, those of Loddes, Cuulandan, and Couleuvres, and cite missed ten subaltern functionaries." The (currier de Lyon states that the Refl•rme and the Voixda Peupk are s&zed every day ut the past office ut that town, their distribution in the au mili tary division being forbidden. sl. Guizot yesterday read at the French Academy an historical fent: ent, relative to the restoration of the Stuarts. The number of persons present was unusually great. PARIS, log. 9. %nima 11Ighass. Lowest. Closing. — 0 3 per Dente. S per Cents. . do. New Loan „ I , a Pt n n 44 per 04liti, l9 Ii Pt 99 99 4 Per Centa. PP 1 SP ~ tt 99 Exchange on London : 30 dale, 23 45 • 90 dsys, 23 33) Belgian, 5, 1840 Do. 3, 1843 Do. 4) lie. 14 Beroasa.—Parts and &Wag, 835 ; Paris and Rouen, 530 ; Boren and Havre. 215; Avignon and Marseilles., 220; Strasbourg sad Basle, 11750 ; Orleamiand Bordeaux, 416 23; Paria and Strneiourg, 342 30; Toni and Neaten. 277 30 : Dieppe and Feeamp, —; Versailles (right beak), 210; do. (kit bank), 168 75; Orleans and 1 ierzoo, 313 75 ; Montereau and Troyes, 115 ; Paris and Bourn, 59u ; et. Germain, 410 ; North, 468 71. BOUT sE. It PI For Account. For Money. MADerpa Jaa. L—ntree per Cents., 201 paper. Four per Cents., I 2 paper. Fire per Cents., J 34 paper. Coupons. Si pale' Bank of St. Ferdinand, 8& Exchange on Loodm, 30.30. ITALY. ROMAN STATES.—Letters from Rome, of the 31st ult., state that the ex-deputy Cerunschi was still contintd in the Castle of St. Angelo. There was no symptom of the coreusion of the neptiations for a loan, without which the Pope cannot return to his capitol. Large numbers of citizens, including nearly 100 superior military officers had been driven into exile. LOMBARDY.—The Milan Ga:ette publishes the following proclamation : The confidence of his Majesty the Emperor of Austria having invested me with the functions of Lieutenant at Lombardy, and the military command of the Lombardian provinces, I have this day taken up my residence at the pa. lace. Inh,biunts of Lombardy,—His Majesty, our very gra chute sovereign, desires to heal the wounds shim you have inflicted upon yourselves; he wish,. tracquillity and confi dence to restore these provinces to their former flourishing state, which elicited the admiration of the world ; he wishes you to enjoy the institutions he has granted to all the other provinces of the realm. Experience has shown you to what results vain theories lead, and how much bitterns. and misery they entail upon society. I trust that such illueions have disappeared. A friendly hand is extew'ed towards you ; his the hand of peace ; conduct yourselvi s PO that I may soon have effaced every vestige of the peat. Let every one henceforward labour to uphal.l the respect due to the laws. In order to maintain their authority, circumstances still call for the state of siege, which, however, shall w vet rfere with the pursuits or habits of quiet and respectable 'shifters. I shall be severe, but just. All persons shall have free access to me to obtain assistance and prot. ction, and I shall prove to you that, impressed as I am with the paternal intentions of our sovereign, I have no other object in view, but that of ensuring your happiness.—The Imperial and Bevil Lieut. Maeshal, de- Milan. I. SINCE CIIARLIN OP SCHWLIZINIIIIIIO. Jan. 1. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. The New York Herald publishes a letter, dated Pairing, Dee. 4, which contains the ()arming statotarnt respecting her Majesty's ships Herald end Plover, coestitu• tug the expedition Bent to /Waring Straits, in search of Sir John Franklin : "I send you with this a list of the eiippktg in the clout ports on the tout that the Panama stopp: d at in comime down. I would call your attention particularly to the arrival at Mnzstlan, on the 13.11 November, of the British man of war, Stu Herald, Captain Kellett,. She wan in search of Sir John Franklin, and proceeded at far as 73 10 latitude, but could not get any tidings of him. The Rena left the Plover man of war to winter in llehrinei fior ht z., The Plover's boats had been mint up the Mackenzie River, in murk of Sir John Franklin. The baits were to winter at the nearest station. The impression of the c mimander of the Herald is, that Sir John Franklin it safe, al though I cannot give yes the data es which that impres sion is founded! Powremours, JAR. I.—TM Terrible, at. frigate, was taken into dock title storming to aseertem whet lounge was (x oiened by grounding at DeT0t111 , 1“. The Myrtle et. awls today for D.ronoort with Royal Maria.) At tillery for service In the Gladiator, fitting at that p ort. Tbt Myrtle then returns to Sheerest's to be petd oil, 44 the Sprightly it now ready for service of this port. AMERICA. Our New York correspondent writes an follows : NEW YORK, Deo. 26. The report of the Secretary of the Treasury recom mends higher duties, as a protection to American in dastry,in strong language, and the levying of specific duties, in most cases. I BM inc;ined to think the Secretary would not bare been so marked, if he had r thought his measures were likely to be carried. By this recommendation he keeps up the whig issue of " American industry," while he is very sure it is not likely to be successful. The British minister and suite have arrived in this country. The Hecate, after touching at Bermuda, steamed over to the Chesapeake, and threading her way up through rather a muddy channel, and pass log Mount Vernon, our Mecca of the mine) dropped anchor two miles below Washington city. I judge, from the accounts I have seen, that the minister is prepared to represent his government in a style to which we have been lately some what unaccustomed. Mr. Fox made no display whatever, except, perhaps, in his linen, which Lr a rted far away and above his cravat. He was y and 'A taxy in his habits. Sir Henry will do ass favour if he will mingle in oar society, and a substantial good to his own country besides. We regret that some young ladies of his family connexion did not accompany him. We see very few well-bred English in this country, and these who have not met them at home do not fully understand the polish and courteous bearing of your better clams. The example of one thorough-bred English family at Washington would do more to correct our feelings towards the " mirdier country" than all the jibes of "Blackwood," or the I)odonian thunders of the Tones. Lord Ash burton produced a very good feeling at Washington, and so did Lord Morpeth, albeit our merry demoiselles did not think him a very elegant personage. Sir Charles Banks was an agreeable man, and his lady was altogether a very charming acquaintance; but England has not been represented here as she is in Paris, or at the Hague, or in Vienna. I have an intimate friend and relative, who, by virtue of his position abroad, has been at seven difibrent European courts, and certainly, from his descriptions, I imagine it must be altogether delightful to mingle with a class of persons who are in the highest degree "civilised; with education, tact, and manner, that prepare them fir every possible contingency of social intercourse, and never permit them to make any mistakes. That gentleman has several times described his receptions at the mansions of the English great, and in nothing do they appear greater than their admirable knowledge of the little things of life. Sir Henry will be rather astounded at the appearatce of Washington, a strangling town of "magnificent distance-, with avenues radiating from various 'entree, and the deign of a French engineer of the une of I: Enfant. In connexion with his arrival, we have the grati fying information that Mr. Lawrence has copmuri cated the views of Lord Palmerston in relation to the Nicaragua question and the affairs of Central Ame rica, and that they are so frank and so friendly as to have n room to fear a rupture on this subject. It would, indeed, be a pity to see two nations cf the same blood cid language fallirg out ab ut nothing. On all this glob.: there are but two sane countries, Eng land and the United S t ates, and they should under stand each other. We seek a transit to the Pacific, not exclusively ; why should not your coml. ry juin hands with us, and help us through. It is, it must be impo-sible, that in our tfferts to make a communi cation which will benefit the whole world, the Eng lish government should refuse its aid. We there fore augur from the appearance of your new envoy, a strenglln , n;ng of our mutual bands, acd a guarantee of perpetual amity. My private information from one who is in the confidence of Mr. Clayton, leads me to believe that no difficulty whatever is apprehended in this matter. An election was held in California on the 10th Nov., to ratify or rejtct the hew constitution. From the returns received it was certain that the con stit utiou had been adopted by an almost unanimous vote. It was b. lieved that Mr. P. H. Barrett would be elected governor, and Mr. John M‘Dougall litutenant-gov.r nor : M• sere. R. M. Price and O. W. Wright, repre sentatives in Coonress. The democratic party ap pealed to carry all before it. ANIERICUS. REPORT OF TIIF. SECRETARY OF TIIE TREASURY. This document, which WiiB presented to Congress along with the President's message, contains the fol lowing financial eta meat: The receipts and expenditnrea tar the lost year ending Meth Awe, ISO, were Receipts from cmtono; „ public lands „ niscellueews6JuraY ___ ___ „ „ avails of Treasury note rid lire Is Pixsue 17,733.750 00 „ „ ditto funded 038,346,135 152 1,655,919 Si 1,03 , 0319 13 039,663,097 10 153.154 60 1139,018,04 10 Add hawse in the Treesury, July 1, IS4II The expenditures ter the mune dseal ye r were, in met #40,708,087 02 Tressury notes, funded 10,033,e00 00 937,131,047 S. Leaving a balsam in the treasury, July 1, 1849 —r appear' in detail ►y accompanying statement A. lrllalK The estimated receipts and expendituns for the fiscal year coding SOth June, 1850, are: Receipts from customs-Ist quarter, hy actual returns Receipts from cuitorns-:nd, 3rd, and 41St qualm, as educated 19,8311,211 48 —s3l,Beo,noo 00 1,700,00) 00 1,2 0,000 00 RowMU from publie Melds ItectipM from milorilimeous soarer $4,400,000 00 Reneintn from s,alin of loins in specie /399,0 30 00 Iteceikda from ditto in Treasury notes, /andel 1,130,5P0 00 Total receipts Add Wants In the treasury July I, 1819 ... 013,614,500 00 2.1M,Y64 Total moans, as rtimate4 .f37,8:3,441 2 The actual expenditures for the first quarter, ending Both September, 1319, were. 0,904,829 96 As swears in detail by accompanying statement B The estimated expenditures during the other three quarters, from let October, 1849, to 39th June, 1830, are : Ci;il;i6t, tentign Intercourse, and mi ocllancous 10,330,110 82 Expenses of collecting revenue 'rein 4023,000 00 Exprres of eunersting revenue from lands Arnlyproper,b4 6,30,039 60 Ferree:mom enhance, eroding 1,997,470 03 77,072 30 859,0.13 73 692,610 77 6,614,763 43 In um public debt and Treasury mem 3,700,676 40 43,631,3 4 6 91 - - mill &c. Internal Improvon Indian 41 pattmvnt Pen& Ins Naval Deficit Ist July, 1650 The ektimtted receipts snd ex toes fur the liscal year eon mewing July I, 1650, and - , mdft Jugs 30, 11131, are : al:Cagle (tutu eutdolus „. 032,000,000 00 ~ ~ public, lands " "--------- 'too:000 00 Total estimated *4,430.000 00 The expenditures during the seine period u estimated by the several droarioaents of State, Treimary, War. Mary, interior, and rus.- rauster-Ceneral, are : The balance of former appropriations, which will be required to be expended thle year l'ernuneid unn indefinite appropriations Spte•fic appropriutiens asked fur this year $H,907,1 VI 73 This sum is composed of the following particulars : Clad Ind, foreign Intercourse, and miseetaneons 013,0811,721 Gi Exptmes to coliecong revenue Irom eu•dowts .......-- 1 . 130 0 190 00 Elpenes of collecting revenue from lands 170,63 • uo Army prnper, te. Vortilleationa. ordnance, arming militia, lsta. Internal improvements —..... .. 1,217,2113 38 Inillui department 1,913,110 33 Pensions — 1,917,010 00 Naval eatablishment lutet est on treasury notes and public debt 1 rummer stetted the Ma of 211th January, 1447 492,43 117 014,997,092 73 ...♦lO,SC,lin 73 3,323,,21 .16,373,214 39 Deficit July I, ....... Do. July I, 18411 Total deficit, 1650 and 'SI AMERICAN CONDESCISIIKION.—ON the 24th of D.- 1 cen.b , r Sir henry Bulwer was presented to th, president ; ell the na, misers of the cebinet were present. The most cur elings were expressed respecting the peseeful nation' of the two a urntri. s. The New York Herold states that , 4 tar. Bulwer was reevived by the members f the cebinet with remarkable rotukscetiaion" The prevalent impre‘sion et NV,. 11.14 ..0 nes ti at the Honduras end litc.iragur affair, the only one out which say difficulty wee likely to arises would be melded by L Palmerston and Mr. Clayton re• speetirdy disavowing sad snubbing their sputa, COLONIAL WEST INDIES.-JAMAICA. We have received eid New York, data from this colony to the 18th alt. The English mails of 17th November by the Severn, arnved at Kingston on the 16th of December; the Medway left on the 18th for the Spanish Main. Several Jamaica gentlemen had emigrated to Cali fornia. A Kingston correspondent of a New York paper, says: The House of Assembly is still in session. They passed • bill, for one year, giving the governor, Sir Charles Grey, a salary of 4,5001., and, in the meantime, a memorial goes to England to the Queen, praying her to take this heavy ex pense—equal to 6,0001. sterling (with foss)—from this dis tressed country ; and as some of the windward island gover nors, bishops, and commanders of forces, are paid from Eng land, they request the same may be done to our governor. The bill expired Du. 31, 1849, and a men ion was made not to pass any more—but it was carried for one year—and to petition stated above. Another bill is also brought in to raise • revenue by an additional duty on imports. This is to pay the interest on the Wand debt. I am sure the island is not in • position to bear one farthing more taxation. It is hoped that the bill won't pa's. A petition is getting up against it, to be seat to the Council should it pass the house. Another bill in the house is to be met with opposition it is a bill for education. This bill is much wanted; but the way it has been got up will not give: satisfaction. The du sinters are excludsd from taking any part in it, and they are all up in arms against it. It gives the whole control to the Couch of England. It won't pus this way, tor it is to be altered so as to meet the wishes of all classes, as it ought to be. A teix of lid. per acre cn land, is the way the amount is to be raised. This wi.l give about 25,0d01. sterling per annum. The hon. member who brought in the bill was, once • dissenter, but now a high ithurehman ; but I fear 1 • has lost his popularity by this act of his. Tee name of this member is Itobert Oeboro, a gentleman of colour. It is supposed that the bile was given to him by • few of the church et England officials, and he appears not to have read it before he brought it in. But the efficials wid dissppointed. It won't pass their way and fashion. The dissenters in the island are too SWUM for them. The island is rather healthy. The weather is rather warm during the day, but very pleasant at morniag and his ht. The water company is getting on well—we are to have a fountain placed in the equare in this city, and the place is,owa as the Parade is the spot melee:ed. Business is very dull, especially at this time of the year. WEST INDIA MARKETS. KINOSTON (JA ) MAUI( Ere, DEC 17.—Beef: 11.11 harrels fomily have been moved at 465. per barrel, 244. per quarter, and 13v. per eighth barrel. Bread : 1 bete are no sale; of 1,3.4 at the present advanced rates. Wattpon's pilot has been sold at a. 40 borreos navy have changed 11021.18 at Is.. There are not any crackers at mar ket. Butter:—American, in small kegs has met sale at :pl. to ad. peP lb. Co/idles : Ibe sizes which are in delavour have been sold by tbemathei at Sid. to bel. per lb. ; assorted uses have brought 7d. per lb. • and for 6's and 12's, which are the favourite sizes, as high as has been obtained . Cates;: American is dull at 6d. per lb. Codfish : Owing to the trade. being with very ample stocks at our last Wee, only a very small portion of the Liege cargo (30.5 Geri's, awl not 30', tierce., as we inadvertently printed) bee been pined. 7 i 12.7 prices arc lad. per 1000 m. in ueree., and lbs. per tor. some remnants at carets which arrived a few weeks since have been going oaf at 90. to Ws. in titre... We must etlil note that the stock of God. tith is large, and holders have Lot ipt pelt, d 341 tole 1p off the dried. We may remark that to the desire to ote..iin pickled tht waded, which articled are parcelled together with dry tlth by the holders may be attributed the obtaining of the prieee which we have qte del. Corn : yellow has been sold at ts. Od. per bug of two bushels. Flour: the cock is ample, but the demand id extremely inective neriag to the heavy supply of ground pruiPions. An arrival (rota iial7 iiikunt bar, since our laid, put the market in poseesSon of 1,000 barn iti of widen about 400 barrels have tit en taken in lota at 345. PhisdAphia had auto, moved in *alail lute at 33a. Fremliteare very dull, there be.nd no pro. duce for shipment. llans : Prime AlaCTlCala have been Add at 70 to PL. and interior at 4,d. to td. Lancashire has been taken at Ott to 10d. per lb. Lard: 100 firkins American prime t. see been sold at Sid. per lb , and en endeavour Ls being male tu lift the pi ice to hd. The stock is large. Lumber : Pitch 'due is becoming educe, and white pine to searuhy in Lair supply. Shippers must, however, be moderate in their supplies, as in the present state °retain. e !pump. lion is very limited. While pane Werth; ease been rail tatto s. per thousand feet ; and • lot of pd .1 pine beards coddemeol as sappy, bare been di:posed of at auction at 935. per taoll,and bet. Cedar shingles have been sold at Pk. per le, W.oil b...opis are not in demand. Mackerel : No. $ are placed with dry thil. a 3. e. p r barrel. The stock in small, but the high plot has a s.methe edect on conssunptlon. Meal : The Motimure ve.•el brought rtiii barrels to a bare market, but a very Inactive edniginip tion prevents the transaction of large salts. 30d barrels have beer, pircelled at 20s. per barrel. Onions There are not any at mar. et. Pimento is mane ; we quote vales at 32d. to 34d. per lb. l'o/k : 2he stuck is heavy; mks are made at 2.. r. to 3w. per burrel for prime, and xis. to tide. fur Dec. Rice : Carolina, of widen a few tierce, and lent tierces have arrived, is held at .04., but no ,alts hare been ed.:end: the clock of Last India le huge, and the demand as very dull; dales have Ilea made feign IleGd. to 14s. per Itie.bs, in small quanuties, and according to quality. Rum has 5... sold at 3.. tu 3s. ed. par gal lon, proof 21. Exchanges: Merchmlx' lailletsa London, to di" 1 per mut. premium; on New York, GO mile, 4 par cent. preo.l tiokl : Colombian doublomv, 2 per cent. on 31. is.; oat Sp rich le per cent. on 3/. Ss, The banes moan gahl eitner as deposda er L. payment olarmptunue - - - - WEST INDIA MAIL. ARRIVAL OF THE AVON. [By Electric Telegraph.] 8017 CRAMPTON, TarionAT MORNING, The Avon, Lieutenant I last, It.N., commander, hai just arrived here with the mull West India and Pa cific mails, in charge of Lirrote.:a :t Ray, H.N. She is overdue several days, and much of her news is, therefore, anticipated t.y the above advises. The delay has been cured by bad weather. She left St. Thomas's at the' usual time, the 13• h ultimo, and was eighte,n days reaching Fayal. She brings one million one hundred and eighty-two thousand five hundred and fifl three dollars on merchants' account, p:ineipally from the west coast of America. Three Large Am ric,n steamers arrived at Cnagres, from New York, while the Avon was ti.ere, with immense numbers for the gold regions. H.M.S. Sappho was ordered to Greytown, to watch British interes's there. At Barbedoes a public meeting had been held to promote the extension of the franchise. Two anti-slavery meetings had been h.-ld ; one to petition parliament to enforce slavery treaties; the other to hear a deputation from the Anti-SlAvery Socie'y in England. A very large crop of sugar is expected. The yarn crop has been destroyed. In Ar.tigua the yellow fever had subsided, but not before it had proved fatal to nearly one-fifth of the garrison. Chagrcs and Panama were overrun with Americans going to and returning from California. The Pacific Company's steamer New Granada arrive at Panama on t s 24th Norember, with 730,000 dollars in specie from the various Pacific ports. Our latest dates from Port-au-Pricce (Hayti) are to the Bth of December. _ .- The emperor, with his' ministers, had just re turned from Jacturl, having visited that city to judge of the effect of the monopoly measures there. An augmentation of 5 dole. currency per 1001 b. on the export duty on coffee had been agreed upon, the Brit sh merchant.t, through their con-ul, IVyke, hav ing represented to the emperor the ill consequences of the monopoly law to the country. Further troubles were expected at the eastern end of the island, the Dominican President Ilitz having issued a proclamation. under date of 17th of Novem ber menacing the whole of the Haytien outports, which was followed by the burning and sacking of a small village called Jeremie. The emperor was there , fore making active preparations to march against St. Domingo. It was hoped, however, that the French consul would mediate in the matter. FIRE AND NARROW ESCAPE.—Last night (Wed nesday) shertly before 10 o'clock, a tire of a very alarming character, and nearly attended with a loss of humus lite, broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. Marsh, No. 21, Great May's-buildieg., B'. Martin'A lane. Whilst some of the inmates were sitting in a lover room their attention was suddenly directed by an unusual noise proceeding from the first floor. The servant went to ascertain the cause, when on operuleg the door of one of the rooms on the first floor, in the occupation of a gentleman named Walter, a huge mass of flumes shot forth, which completely prostrated her. She, however, succeeded in =akin; her way down again, and having given an alarm in the usual way, a gen tleman named Phillips, livog on the second floor, made en attempt to descend the staircase, but so fiercely did the fire extend, and so dense was the smoke, that he was obliged to make to one of the attics, and, by betting out of the win dow, succeeded in escaping a horrible Meath. Two valuable dogs in the top of the premises were sutfocat •cl by the smoke and hat. Owing to the exertions of the fir.men, the flames were extinguished by 11 o'cuouk, but not wit considereb:e damage was done by fire and water, that portion of the pre mists in which the disaatt r commenced being burned out, and the rest of the house seriously injurcd by heat and water. A spark from a lighted candle falling upon some butting, it is believed was the cause of the accident. - HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT POLSTEAD.—A desperate highway robbery was effected in the above 114 ighb'ourhood last Tuesday night. Mr. Churchill, son of J. M. Churchill, Msg., of Colchester, was driving from Iladleigh, and when near to Putstead lied Barn, a man imbed from the hedge and wings' the lione's bridle, whilst a second (whom Mr. Churchill did not see) 'truck him a violent blow, which rendered him insensible. In thin state, it is supposed. the men dragged him into a field nor by, where they rifled his pockets of some silver ; for, on recovering, he round himself in that situation. Fortunately his horse remained standing in the road, and he was able to drive home, although on arriving there he wsa found to have sustained some s rue contusions on the head and forehead, from which he is still suffering. The spot where the robbery wes committed was on the following day examined by the police, who traced marks of blood a distance of 60 yards from the read int, the field, mid there was a large quautity of hoot at the spot in which Mr. Churchill had laist.--Ipsicidi Ewen. Vbe Court. WINDSOR, J'Att, 9. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert will his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and att en d ed by the Marchioness of Douro, Hon. Miss Lenwei, Lad Charles Fitzroy, and Colon.' P. H. Seymour, dron e t o Frogman, this morning. . His Royal Highneu Fume* Albert, with th e gentlemen i o attendance, enjoyed the diversion of sk a ti ng on the ma. mental water in Frogmore.grounds. The Queen and her Royal Highness the Du c hess of Ke n t were present. The younger memben of the royal family took th e i r usuairings. An address of condolence on the death of her late Ma. jelly the Queen Dowager from the Unive laity of Cambridge was presented to her Majesty on Wednesd a y at an audience given for that purpose by his Royal Hi g h ness P rince Al. Bert, Chancellor, and the Rev. James Cartmell, M uter ef d in albsneis :wt.,' at th e castle this waiting, were in attend arce. The e Christ's College, Vice-Chancellor of the Uni versity. The Karl of Listowel. lord in waiting, and Lem Celocol The royal dinrer party this evening in c l u d es h er 1te,7,1 Hi/bees@ the Duchess of Kent, Lady F anny jje,,,,evening,oo Blll7 a ul v ie is og i t t r" t ß o resin the Queen and the P r i nce. rd Baronies de Byeth, the Msrquis of lireadalbane, the E ar l of Liverpool, the Rev. James Cartmell, and Colonel lion, C. Grey. Lord Dr Freyre and Mr. Fitzeteptten French hl , l an interv;ew wit► Earl (hey iyesterday at the Cel-ghal. office. Sir George Grey kft town yesterday afternoon on a volt to t a Duke of Bedford, at Woburn-abbey, Ltd% t shire. The Marquis and Marchionees of Llnedowne hit town cn Tuesday afternoon, for Bowood•park, Wtlta Court and Countess Flahault, and Ma,!emitel!e E. Flahault, have hit town to join the distinguish,' p" noi , ing the Duke and Duchess of B-dhad at Woburn Abbey. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The nupt' els of fL e lion. Sarah Eliwoeth Copley, eldest daughter or Lord Lycl. hunt, and Mr. H. J. Salwen, only son of Mr. &lett, Down 11.11, Rim e , were welebrated on Tueede7 lus g ,.., ftw performance of the religion, rite at St. Get.rge's chur h Hanover-spare, the numerf,us relatives and friends of ;mills, present to witness the ceremony, adjourned is mansion of the node atcl learned lord in Ge rge ereet where a sumptuous dej ismer was given by Lord stol Lyndhar4 to celebrate the happy evet.t. The fair hri ie, was attended to the altar by her siaerli, the lion. Soon.' e,..1 lion.Geergisaa Copley, and Muses M.ry and G,r:n Yet*, n, was &Vivo d in a bridal costume emersed a ar. or ti :h white glace, fl werei with costly Br. %els po:ot and veil of the same. Shortly before three o'o,elt t'f.e t ew rturri.d temple, alter taking leave of their us tins, started, is a travalliatt chariot and four grays, lish, Devon, to spend the honeymoon. tf.d. L.,. THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS, Illaarcusaraa, Our enter lrirough of Salford ttai been • , of two exce•dinely gratifying events lest • rnornaig,—the fi rm• r beir g a public bail for the t•• the Dispensary, by which it'll. has heir, r -!.' the funds •.1 that institution ; and the • 1... the f ravel pre<ettation of a library ot of excellent bo•lco, al.d also acme thatt•iod .p, natural bie:nry and art, to the corpordioi. in trust tor the publ c, to be c.noan . nie to all class set the ' , immunity of that tior. - .ia. first of these pub :c 0v..04 , it is m.ly n.c.s.ary t., . the Town Hall ot Si:ford t..d ber•tt fi•ted up i:. manner for the occasi di, and that :h aristocricy in from the neighbourhood to era.« aod , treatable'. traders and artisans aim their c hail was a nest magnificeu, • (fair • liter. , were ;r- Karl sod C-wintess S. Eton, the £:r: .rot Sir Joseph •.• Tr .if rd a... 1 par y. S.r E..k.r..e. A the Mayors of ria.iurd .• Hodge, and other elistinAut tied people. llosever, tri•sg is the era ;vol. will he r F 44 4-: useful ai.quisii,o to Ott set... Lent coa.ity t. 4 intended. a h., public Wri•y is of a nor. and intended t, enter wore • rut 11• - .ve .de it may not to etiti.fi • to •ak, pr. c dence m r. charity. It may n b• le-own the. t scription was r.,iwei a few years tri.i., by w public parks er!re presented to the .e• enterer and S.,..!ind, two of the est. - es to be so coovered into pu• .ic psras them excellent mmodrins. One .4 t....5e e.tece— red Park, at L.ak llui , iu Sai!ord—was curp..ratiou are t. and the id de re wii.ch a tee , 16,uu0i., was folio:: to be an almost umel. se • r. was at fires us d sare fr e.rment huus::-r t. e a : pink; but as the terms (.4 the leave, ai.il the cory.ordion cou - ol Aran , caciti'.ed the lessee iron' • . • r any intositastin !rvertg..s, a little preatieot tS led Ut the Ct.olf:C.:9ll the.. aithout some uttre could be devieed, u which the pre:nista ni:utit be d would be so mac t caw it wae ni • eireumstane 8,1 th.st Mr. Lb, heron, the membee for 50.:0z., during the as: te..i n meat, and whilst enraged upoa toe pun,: muuttee, c .m. do wu .11 a I to the %Lail I .f t .e sad bug ..sst• :t pac.llent astaptation - t • porposta ~f a library sud museums, and expressed hl• that (ne means i...tly ha obtained, providrd ti p ut the bthuagh .uu:d way Cur.% •LIL IU be coal Lets, st.d Liable t• tit • ezp•n•e ot a It r..titn and ot k it repair • fat flic bugatstton was at ..ace i. •tisLy rp.•r.eeo by the town conned, a pubic was appointed to raise the funds at.l •••••• tare p., mu.t use'u, librvy,and here, to.day, we in being—a library in 5,300 bxks of the valuable character, ell well and most ban sornai. We believe, too, the committee have a turd 4 l 7. •ii - ionel la baud, to be devoted to the ca•es atop library and of the museum. We were presen:. t• 'nothinq to see a deputation from the coreotatik,o, h by the Mayor, walk in procersion ti the p►rk, to the library handed over to them, and had tn• being pruent in the library to witnns the wiedioss. The Mayer and Town Clerk of s.ltord the pro anion, and at the mansion in the park th,y ceived by Mr. Broth, rtun and Mr. Joan Salford, both of whom have been liberal danen It, tuti:n. A buildaig more deniable than the tor... eon d hardly be ,uuceived. It is situated in tne to the principal thorou, hfare in Salford, ar•.' windows of the library and museum, sae rooms Co wh•ch the public will be a , cnit:ed to ri., overlook the grouted of tee park, and of a tine 'anti' irwell,heyond which are same fields and pleasant open 3tretchitg up into the country towards one acne pleas. auburbe of tnest boroughs —toe township art Brougntvu ALLIANCE MARINE ASSURANCE COMPANY. — annual general court of proprietors was held yesterd ,e. the offices, N T. 1, Cspel-court, for the pupae if dee a:.•.: dividend and transacting other business; &math! Esq., in the chair.—ln the report the usual divid,r., 6 per cent., or 301. per consolidated share, was declared : the ensuing year; one moiety of which wou'd be paya . . , l, the otiize of the company, on er after the 1;:h of Janitor , And the other on or atter it. 11th UI July next. The also stated that the balance in hand, and the genera' of the acesunts, would justity an additional payment t' • uroptietors, by way of bonus, to the extent of :tin. per c . solidated share, to be made payable with the first m 0.,.!) the yearly dividend. The directors recommended the i. tiln of the 61st sec. of the de, dof settlement, whieh pr. , • that no insurance timid be effected except at the h , • office, the experience of a quarternf a century having tied them that this rule would admit of relaxation, and the company would be benefited by the appuntml:' some agencies, under such limitations atol the board of directors might think necessary. 'lite man congratulated the proprietors on the po,:ti , n of company's affairs, which were never so prosperous ••• present. The report and recommendation of the d were unanimously ad. pled. Four directors retiene hr rL tation were re-elected, and Mr. Mulkey and Mr. were appointed auditors in the room of Mr. Mr. 8. Gurney, jun.. who were elected to the directi:n NEW VESSEL FOE THE NAVIGATION or I.l ' GANGES —Mr. John Laird, 01 Birkenhead, has nesr4 pleta d, fur the E est India Company, a large iron ite vessel, of a peculiar form, fitted for shallow ws.,r. intended for the naviyation of the Ganger. rhe • upwards of 200 feet lung, and 30 feet beam. and I:: .:;l1 when loaded, about two feet of water. lier toed,: bleu that of the Napier (a termer WWI built by Mr fur the same purpase), with *II, h muddle as etivr:.• has suggested. The term is that of the canoe, shovel Ow at bath extremities, end the bottom, aultd.hips,—wiie— keel—taming an inverted gentle segment of au arch • centre portion, however, or tlour, being nearly tie. rudder is 'polio:a at either end, as necessity The vessel is divided loneitudinally in:J thr,Le by watertight bulkheads, and tramming thew. are other bulk-heads, dividing the ',Lola sass.l 30 water-tight compartments, and adding .great:' her strength. Her depth from the iperioui t:' deck varies Irons II feet in the need , Vo fen towards the extremities. The floorings, engine are all of tubular wrought iron, imparting great 4 1 ' " 4 She is to be propelled by paddle-wheels, to be *ell" engines of 100 to 1811 horse-power. but which rosy he o• with safety to a much higher pressure It is aspect; .• she will be capable of tcwing two or three large cart' gage boats. The bottom bring of the canoe form. sheu: , i So upon a sand bank with the current in her b,beit• anchor may he let go :it the stern end, and the wale , ing under her will clear away the sand and release her - the danger to which ordinary boats ars liable in such 0. gaions of getting broadside on and being damaged ": aimed. Should she take a bank or wig, when running S. the tide or current, the anchor may he let go a t th e 's, and she will dries back into the deep water. Such L floating capacity of the vowel, and the Went of her d: sod accommodations, that she will carry a full re; l soldiers at a time. All deck or top lumber is avoided. t vessel will, when finished, be taken to pieces, and s.'n . . ship W India, to be dually put togethcr.—Levelytedi