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Lord Palmerston's account of his interview N!it'a Baron Brunnow, the Russian Plenipoten t!ary, relative to the occupation of the Straits of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles by Russia and „z- England. (Prom the Correspondence presented to both Houses of ta Parliament.) tre rsco LN• • T PALMERSTON TO TPIE MARQUIS OF CLANRICARDE. Foreign-office, October 25, 1839, Mir LORD,—Your Excellency has been already informed, through the Russian Goveinm'ent, of the particulars of the communications which Baton Brunnow was sent hither to Take, and of the nature of the answer which her Majesty's ‘ i cvernment gave to those communications; but in orde r that the details cf the negotiation carried orr between the !dam n and her Majesty's Government may be upon record, thi k it right to recapitulate them in this delsatcb, Baron, Brunnow arrived in London on the 15th Sep, tember, and left England on the 12th of October; and duri ‘g the interval between these two dates sal keg cenversetions with rne seis Le7s of her Majesty's c' connected t • R . ' eaesta„ The sub-tance of all his communicationson these different tatters was extremely satisfactory ; and nothing could he more conciliatory than his manner upon every occasion. He waa frank and unreserved in his conversations; and his Mission, whatever may be its result, as to the main point uPon which it bore, cannot fail to produce beneficial effects uPon the relations between the two Governments. Baron Brunnow, on his sr, ival, stated that the principal purpw t for which he was sent hither, was to explain the end without reserve, to her Majesty's Government, "Q views and opinions of the Russian Cabinet upon the affairs now pending in the Levant; and to ask for an !quail) , candid explanation of the views and opinions of Cr Mjesty's Government. He said, that the Russian Government had been grati fied at finding that. the sentiments of the two Cabinets on these matter:, as far as they had been mutually explained, a ppeared to be so nearly alike ; and he said , that th e Russia n Government had witnessed, of late, with great "alio,a e ti ee , e vidences, as they conceived, of greater confi dence on the part of the British Government, in the sin tCrity good faith of Russia with regard to the affairs of tkey ; that the Emperor felt that he deserved tat con 4clence, and as anxious to confirm it by the fullest expla t'stions, and thus to draw closer the ties tetwe , n Great 'iritsin and Russia. The Baron said, that the Emperor could take but one 'iew of the relative positiens of the Sultan and Mehsmet ^ l i t that he looked upon the Sultan as a sovereign who PS his a'ly, and entitled to his support; and that he con i'dered Mehemet Ali as a revolted subject : That he saw that the quarrel between these two might lead to events which might occasion serieus diffteeaces between the Powers of Europe, and endanger the general peace ; and that he was therefore most anxious that some perma- Pent arrangers ent should be made between the two par ties, whi c h would ensure future tranquillity : That his Imperial Majesty was convinced, that if England and Rus tle could come to a clear and full understanding on the Matters, the arrangement which they might determine to support would ultimately be carried into effect : That the kusrian Government understood that her Majesty's Go vernment were of opinion, that the arrangement best cal culated to prevent future collisions between Mehemet Ali and the Sultan, would be that, which, conferrinr upon Mehemet Ali the hereditary Pe.chalic of Egypt, would re store immediately to the direct authority of the Sultan, all the other portions of the Ottoman empire now occupied by the forces, and administered by the authorities, of Me hemet Ali : That the Russian Cabinet entirely concurs in preferring this arrangement, and is perfectly ready to co-operate in carrying it into effect; but that compulsion of som e kind might become necessary to induce Mehemet Ali to consent to this plan; and that the Emperor, not choosi n g to embark in a plan without seeing his way to the execution of it, and not being willing to begin an un dertaking with other parties, without being certain that they had made their minds up to go through with it, in ,conjunction with him, his Imperial Majesty was desirous , before this arrangement should be proposed to the Sultan and Mehemet Ali, to know what Powers were prepared to concur in the measures which might be necessary in order to carry it into effect. Baron Brunnow then proceeded to discuss those mea tuses, and to consider what they might be. He stated that th e Russian Government very much approved of the series of coercive measures which had been proposed by her Majesty's Government, namely, the intercept'on of all communication by sea, between Egypt and Syria ; the blockade of the ports of those two provinces; the seizure and detention of all ships under the Egyptian flag; and the occupation of Candia, and its restoration to the direct authority of the Sultan. And he said, that if these mea sure; were taken by a pow, rful alliance, acting in support of the Sultan's rights, or even if such parties were to inti mate to Mehemet Ali their determination to take such mea sures, should they become necessary, little doubt could be entertained that Mehemet Ali would yield to superior force, and would submit to inevitable necessity. But the Baron said there was a contingency connected with these mea -1 tur es which could not safely be overlooked. Mehemet Ali had declared, that if coercion were attempted against him, he would immediately order Ibrahim to advance to the shores of the Bosphorus, and to threaten Conatantino- Ple. This m; ht be an empty menace, which perhaps never would or could be put into execution ; but, on the tther hand, Mehemet Ali might, in a moment of despera tion, make such an attempt ; and it might be the more likely that he should do so, if he thought such a movement would take the Powers of Europe unprepared, and would creat e dissensions among them. Consequently Baron Brunnow said it was of the greatest importance that Eng landand Russia should settle beforehand what should he '"`vi , e in such an event. That it was clear that the Sultan was not at present in a Cato to defend himself against such an attack : his army having been defeated and dispersed, and his fleet having been delivered up to Mehemet Ali. But the Sultan c old loot be abandoned, and left to be a prey to Ibrahim. 'I hat tome of the Allies must come to his aid, and that the Em peror fteught that, from local position, Russia was the Poser which could most easily afford assistance. That Ibrahim would take about twenty days to march trom his present positions to the Bosphorus ; and that there would be time enough during that peri d for a Russian naval force to occupy the Bosphorus, and for a Russian land ( Wee, if necessary, to take post on the Asiatic side of the strait. Baron Brunnow said that the Russian Government Vita well aware of the feeling which exists in this country about the Treaty of Unkiar Skelessi, which, whatever may move passed about it, the Emperor nevertheless considers a binding obligation ; but in the present case, the Russian Government proposed that die aid to be given, if necessary, by Russia, to the Sultan, should be given, not in virtue 'of the separate engagements taken by the Emperor, but in 'virtue of the engagements about to be entered into be tween the Powers of Europe and the Sultan. That this 'succour, therefore, would be an act of the Alliance, and tot of Russ;a alone ; that the Russian force would arrive as the force of the Alliance, and would retire as the force KI the Alliance, when , ver the purpose fur which it can.e nthould have been fully accomplished. He said that the Err i n :ror was perfectly willing that all these matters should 'be settled' by a previous convention between the parties concerned ; that this Convention she uld d, fine the objects to b e attained ; should determine the means to be em ployed ; and should assign to each of the co-operatieg Powers its appropriate share in the execution ; and that the arrangement which, on this matter, he, Baron Brun tow, had to propose, was, that all the operations which artight become necessary in Egpyt and Syria, should be un(!eetaken by England, and Austria, and France ; and that whatever might be requirile within the Straits, and jo Asia Minor, should be executed by Russia. fle said, that with respect to the Straits of the Boy- Phorus and Dardanelles, he understood that her Majesty's 'Government were of opinion, that as a permanent principle And standing rule, the best arrangement would be, that labile Turkey is at peace, both of those Straits should bo 'abut against ships of war of all Powers ; and he could as lure rr,c, that the Emperor would be perfectly ready to 'agree to such an arrangement, and to consider the Hos lehorusi as being as much closed against Russian ships of Ivan, as the Dardanelles against the ships of war of other Powers ; and the Emperor would willingly agree, that an Article to this effect should be inserted in the proposed , nad sOvc ..." and with other mem- , - vorernment, upon various matters ..cn the relations between Great Britain and Canvcrition. Baron Brunnow further sakl, that if England and Russia , should happily come to an understanding on these matters; and if such a Convention as he had described, were to be aligned, he was authorised to say, that in such case the Emperor would not renew the Treaty of Unkiar Skelessi. The Baron further said, in reply to a question which I !put, that the Russian Government did net make the ac- Tession of France to these arrangements a sine qua non ; , and that although the co-operation of France would un doubtedly render the execution more easy, Russia would be Perfectly ready to act without France, if France could not Le persuaded to concur, and if England was willing to go cur •without her. As soon as it was possible to assemble the Cabinet, a uneeting of her Majesty's confidential servants was held, to beoroider what answer it would be proper to give to these 'overtures from the Russian Gcvernment; and the com munication which thereupon it became my duty to make to Baron Brunnow, was to the following effect : I stated, that her Majesty's Government highly appre ciate the friendly sentiments towards England, which Pro m pt e d his Imperial. Majesty to send Baron Brunnow with the communication rtith which the Baron had been charged, and that her Majesty's Government derives the highest sa ti,faction from finding that the views and opinions of the two Governmf,nts upon the important matters in question Were so entirely in accordance. That 65 Russian Government had justly interpreted the feeli ngs .rf that of Great Britain, when it supposed that Vißr . atish Cabinet repose full con fi dence in the sincerity u good fdi'h with which Russia is acting in these affairs ; ' 1. 4 that her Majesty's Government ere most anxious to giv e proofs of that confidence. That her Majesty's Go vvernnaent arc ready to adopt the whole arrangement pro `Posed by Baron Brunnow, with the exception of one sing'e Point, upon which I had to propose a modification, N/ ilieb, without essentially altering the plan, would remove a diffi culty which her Majesty's Government would otherwise And insurmountable. said that her Majesty's Government con, tlat the only way of p:eventieg futur . - colli " s ' i n u e n e t t 64 t" t_htsebn e Sultan an'..l 'Mehemet AU, clange r the peace of Eure;,,, wa s to he.- - nt k °l - v :alch might tteyeo.. ac th nei of Egypt the. 'state tf ticupationof p I.lblthetreet ; the Sultan at the granting to t he ac a, as a .. eropensation for t.t.'e sacrific e which he would thus make, an hereditary tenure in the P ac h a li e o f E g ypt. I said that we reentinue t o b e o f op i n i on, that if the Five Powers `Were to agree to assist the Sultan in imposi ng this arrang e . went upon Mehemet Ali, the latter would, however relue t ent to d o so , y i e ld to the force of a confederation which he ,Would k now h i mself unable to oppose, rather than expose ti naself to the risk of forfeiting by resistance, those advan tages which the proposed arrangement would afford him. That even -- i f • toe French Government we - e;nduced, by do .feestie considerations, t o d ec li ne being - a party - to the pro tc:sed_Con:en_tioe, yet if such a C onvent i on were signed rF p oar onto, and were made know 4 to 1" hemet AP, there seems good reason to think, that it would induce him to ticqueEct; but that at all ev(nt., the means of the Four Powers to eeforce the arrangement would be amply sufficient And that Oreat Biltiin was ptepated to become et raity to such an agreement, and to take a share In the execution. I said, that with respect to the Straits of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles, Baron Brunnow had rightly understood the opinion of her Majesty's Government; and that this opinion res.s Cron a ti - eeeest shit fitedeteentfil printip!e of the La* of Nations. Every State is considered as hav ing territorial jurisdiction over the sea which washes its shores, as far as three miles from low water mark ; and, consequently, any Strait which is bounded on both sides by the territory of the some sovereign, end which is not more than sik miles wide, lies within the territorial jurisdiction of that Sovereign: But the Bosphorus and Dardanelles are bounded his both &leo by the ttqiittiry of the Sultan ; and nh iii Pet;si parts less than six miles wide ; and conse quently the territorial jurisdiction of the Sultan extends 77: ,non of those Straits ; and the Sultan has a right to exclude all foreign ships of war from those Straits, if he , hould think proper to do so. Now, by the Treaty of 1809, Great Britain acknowledged this right on the part of the Sultan, and promised to acquiesce in the enforce- merit of it; and it is but just that Russia should take the same engagement; and her Majesty's Government are of opinion, that the exclusion of all foreign ships of war from the two Straits would be more conducive to the mainte nance of peace, than an understanding that the Straits in question should be a general thoroughfare, open at all times to ships of war of all countries. But, I said, hrr Majesty's Government being willing to acknowledge by treaty, as a general principle, and as a standing rule, that the two Straits should be closed for a'l foreign ships of war, are of opinion, that if for a par ticular emergency one of these S:raits should be opened for one party, the other ought, at the same time, to be opened also for ether parties; in order that there should be the same parity between the condition of the two Straits, when open and when shut; and therefore her Ma jesty's Government would expect, that in that part of the proposed Convention which would allot to each Power its appropriate share c f the measures of execution, it should be stipulated, that if it should become necessary for a Russian force to enter the Bosphorus, a British farce should at the same time enter the Dardanelles. I said, that this was no proof of any want of confidence in Russia ; for, in truth, the very fact of the Emperor becoming party to the proposed Convention, would make it impossible for any one to breathe a doubt as to his Imperial Majesty's good faith ; and that, as the bulk of the British squadron would probably be required off the coasts of Egypt or Syria, the smallness of the number of ships that could be spared for going up the Dardanelles, would of itself show that their presence was intended to record a principle and to manifest union, and not to proclaim distrust or to exer cise control. Baron Brunnow expressed great regret at this decision of her Majesty's Government, which must necessarily sus. peed for a time the progress of the negotiation ; because his instructions did not provide lor this case ; and he should therefore be obliged to refer the question for the decision of his Government, and much valuable time would thereby be lost, which ought to be employed in action. But he pressed me much to consider whether this question night not be put aside, and be reserved for future consideration, without preventing the two Govern. meets from proceeding to act upon other points, with re spect to which they were agreed ; and he expressed a strong desire that the Allied Powers should make an im mediate demand for the restoration of the Turkish fleet, or for the contemplated territorial arrangement. or fur any other thing upon which they might be agreed ; and that if their demand should be refused, they should begin by putting in force those measures of coercion in which they might all concur, leaving the question about the Dar danelles to be settled it, and when, it should arise. I said, that her Majesty's Government had indeed pro posed that the demand for the restoration of the fleet should precede the demand for the ,erritorial arrange ment, and should be made immediately; because it ap. peered to us, that whatever differences of opinion might exist as to the territorial arrangement, there could be no difference as to the propriety and justice of demanding and compelling the restitution of the fleet. But Austria and France were against such a course ; and both recom mended that the question about the fleet should he allowed to merge in the larger question as to the final arrange. seem ; and her Majesty's Government bad yielded to the wish of those two Powers. _ . But certainly, Austria, Russia, Prussia, and Great Bri tain, being agreed as to the arrangement which ought to be enforced upon Mehemet Ali, might at once, and with out France, if Fiance should be unwilling to join them, call upon Mehemet Ali to submit; and they might begin to execute the progressive measures of coercion, if he should refuse. But in that case, Mehemet Ali might order Ibrahim to march to the Bosphorus; and then would come upon us, in the most inconvenient manner, and with . out our being prepared for it by any previous agreement, the very difficulty which we were at present unable in to solve ; and I said, that unless we shou ld come to a satis factory understanding as to what was to be done such a contingency, it would not be wise to take steps which might directly tend to make that contingency happen. The Baron, however, still pressed upon me the great anxiety of his Government that something should be done ; and the strong conviction of that Government that some act or other would become necessary, on the part of some of the Powers of Europe, within a very short period of time ; and from himself, but not by any instruction from his Government, he pressed me to submit to the Ca binet, that Great Britain might, by herself, take some pre liminary measures, which, either as demonstrations, or as a commencement of coercion, could nut fail to have a de cisive influence on Mehemet Ali. I said I knew that, in the present state of things, bet Majesty's Government would not begin to act alone in these matters. That we attach very great importance to the attainment of an European concert upon these ques tions; and that we by no means as yet despair of arriving at such a result, that if it should be found impossible to uni:e the Five Powers, or a sufficient portion of them, in a common course of action, it would be necessary for the British Government then to consider what it might be fitting for Great Britain to do ; but that till the present negotia ious should have come to some conclusion, it would be premature for her Majesty's Government to take into consideration a contingency which has not yet happened. It was then agreed between Baron Brunnow and my self, that we should each draw up a report of what had passed between us; he, for the information of his Govern ment; I, for the information of your Excellency. I was, however, prevented by a heavy and continued pressure of business, from preparing my despatch ; and Baron Brun now's Report, of which he gave me, confidentially, a copy, and of which I herewith inclose a copy, contains so full and so faithful a report of the converaations to which it relates, that I felt it unnecessary, at the time, to add anything thereto ; and my season for writing this deTatch is, that I am desirous of furnishing your Excellency with a statement which, though less full in detail, embraces a greater range of time. I am, &c., (Signed) PALMERSTON. BARON BRUNNOw TO VISCOUNT PALNIERsToN. London, July 3, (15) 1840. My Lord,—The third article of the Conveniiim which we have just signed, anticip-tos a conti,g,ney, and an nounces, in that case, a co-operation concerted in conimun between our Courts. . To ca , ry this intention into effect, in such a manner as to avoid the delays which distance from the spot might occasion, I have the honour to request yi.u, my Lord, to have the goodness to enable me to apprise the Imperial Cabinet of the extent of the succour which her Britannic Majesty's Government would have it in its power to place at the disposal of his Highness the Sultan, for the accom plishment of the object which the Courts who have signed the Convention of this day, aim at obtaining, in the com mon interest of the pi eiervation of the Ottoman Empire. Receive, &e., (Signed) BRUNNOW. VISCOUNT PALMERSToN TO BARON BRJNNOW. Foreign-office, July 15, 1840. M. le Baron,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this day's date, and entirely agree with you that, in the present state of things, and cor , sidering the distances which separate our respective Courts from the places where the measures mentioned in Article 111. of the Con vention of this day would be carried into effect, it is desira ble that we should at once come to an understanding as to the co-operation stipulated for in that Article. Recent events in Syria have indeed rendered it less likely than ever that Ibrahim should venture to march upon Constantinople. but, nevertheless, we ought to be prepared for such a contingency. There can be no doubt that if such a case were to arise the Russian Government would be able, from its disposa ble means in the Black Sea, to scud to the Straits of the Bosphorus a sufficient succour either of land or of naval forces, according to the nature of the case, fur the defence of the Sultan ; and it is not therefore fur the purpose of completing a force which would otherwise be deficient, that the British contingent would be sent. But it has been wisely judged by all the parties to the Convention which we have this day signed, that we should best promote the great objects of European policy which we all have in view, by so arranging the execution of (very part of our measures, that we should in every step of our progress give manifest and indisputable proofs of our union and mutual confidence ; and in this view cf the matter it becomes cf great importance that a British force should co-operate with the Russian force in the contingency provided for by the Third Article of the. Convention. But the amount of naval force which we could spare for such a purpose, must necessarily be limited by a consPera tion of the aggregate amount of our squadron in the Meci terranesn, and of the other services which that squadron will have to perform; and I had occasion to make known to your Court, by a despatch which I addressed to Lord Clanricarde in October last, that in such a case we should be able to send but a small number cf ships to tho Dar danelles and Sea of Marmora. I have now communicated upon Tinto, and I have to this ;natter with Lord squadron consists "ge that our Mediterranean partying list • .ue ships mentionerk in 4he at crttt that - , and considrrjnr, 4H.e Vati - iolts diitlet tklaioh .aluasiross haVe to perfoiiii, according to 'VIC areasvg@tisSt.o a'g'reed bpati bet'Ween the Four Pow, and We could 'n't;),t „Con'sreni4lit.ll7 timer take 't'd'etaVhflnore th 46. 1 6.4'.26 ea tour ships of the lire, iv;t!t A .r)4 nt ' :lion of frigates and steamers, to ce-operate with the Russian ships in the event of the Sultan requiri: - . 6 the aid of the naval forces of the Two Powers f9r the de fence of his capital. But the Admiral commanding Mir stittaihoh In the Medi terranean will be ordered to hold the above-mentioned force ready to sail to the Dardanelles, under some steady a c n eit i e nt l i z a m tio h n er th A a l , aj t e h s e ty has s d o a r p p a l t e C O ofn6irt Ou c h as ar • - and co m p etent o ffi cer, t h e moment t h e Admiralshall rc ItillO r shtacce. 'B Su A lta m n ba I am, &e.. (Signed) 'PALMERSTON . List o Si l l, v s composing the Mediterranean Squad,- Princess Ch ar l o it e 104 elms Captain Faashawe Asia ........ '• . 64 ... Captain Fisher. Ganges .......... 84 ... Captain Reynolds. 84 .„ Captaja Napier. trif ;: _ • Thunderer B4 ... Captain Berkeley. Bellerophon Implacable 74 ... Captain Harvey. Hastings „4 72 ... Captain Laurence. Benbow .... ... „ 73 „. Captain Steuart. Edinburgh 72 ... Captain Henderson. Belleisle 72 ... Captain Nicolas. Revenge Castor Dido C,fysfott .„,r, 26 ... Captain Martin. Talbot Tine .... Daphne 26 ... Captain Dating. Magicienne Hazard Wasp l6 ... Commander Manse). Jaseur Zan . .... l6 ... Commander Stopford. Scorpion Weazle _Lieutenant Simpson. Steam-Vessels. Gorgon Cyclops ... Capta;. T. Austin. Commander Rhadamanthus Hydra 4 ... Commander Robinson. Phoenix Contiince .., 2 ... Lie utenhnt E. Stopford. CANDIA. The Sod of Marseilles, in its Levant correspondence, has some further details concerning the affairs of Candia, and states that, on the sth ulf., the Consuls of England, France, Austria, Russia, and Greece, met at the Guyer ner'a residence, and drew up the following resolutions : " We, the undersigned Consuls, in the presence of Capt. John Laurence, of her Britannic Majesty's ship Hastings, called upon by his Excellency Mustapha Pacha, Governor of Candia, and in his presence, to consult on the measures to be taken on the subject of the emigrant Candiotes, and the inhabitants who have joined them in arms, have re solved:—Two of us shall go without delay and bring in English ships such among the emigrants as form the Epitropi (commissioners). They shall be informed that the Governments of the undersigned entirely disapprove of their arrival in Candia, and that all those of the coun try who have answered their appeal must lay down their arms. The emigrants must deliver themselves up to the British Commander to he placed on board a ship ap pointed by Mustapha Pacha, in which they shall remain at Suda, under the protection of the British tlAg, until orders shall be received from Constantinople ; or, if they prefer it, they shall quit the island immediately. His Excel lency Mustapha Pacha promises pardon to such of the in habitants as shall lay down their arms, and a safe conduct to all such emigrants as shall submit. He will also give safe conduct for the departure and return of the Epiltopi, who must quit the country with the other emigrants. In case these persons should not submit, the Commandants and consuls shall prepare a proclamation in order to make publicly known their disapprobation, after which the Pacha still be at liberty to take measures as he may think fit. This proclamation shall be submitted to the approval of Captain Sir David Dunn, who is detained on board his ship by indisposition. This proces verbal has been drawn up at the residence of the Pacha, by the undersigned, this 6th March, 1841. H. S. ONGLEY, English Consul. J. B. CH A RPENTIER, French Consul. J. STIG L I H, Austrian Vice- Consul. P. THO RON, Russian Vice- Consul. S. PEROGLOU, Greek Consul " On the 14th, the five Consuls, after basing made a report to the Governor of the sitting of the previous day, held on board the Hastings, when the Greek Commissioners had refused to give any satisfactory explanations of their inten tions, issued a joint proclamation to the inhabitants, con demning the proceedings of the insurgents, a , .d declaring that they gave up to the severity of the Ottoman Govern ment all who should attempt to disturb the established order of things. THE BRITISH QUEEN STEAM- SHIP. Extract of a letter from a passenger on board the British Queen, outward bound : " HALIFAX, MONDAY, MARCO 29. " The date of my letter will a little surprise you. Yet we are not arrived, but if the present wind and sea continue we shall be at Halifax to-morrow. Nineteen days and nights have I passed since I left Portsmouth, full of heart and health and hope. For two or three of hoc days all went stuoothly, but alas 1 fur the ten or eleven following, never shall I forget them. Our Ire paddles or floats, from some accident or mismanagement, began to drop off daily, until opt the 16 h inst., not one of them remained upon that wheel. At this period Providence gave us exactly six hours' calm, during which we took half the paddles from the starboard, and fixed them to the larboard wheel. That night we had a hurricane which scarcely ceased or mode rated for 220 hours. The steam power of the ship crippled, as she was, was totally inadequate to the size of her and the storm. We rolled helplessly in the mighty billows. Every sail was split into rags, and we were completely at the mercy of the waves. Oh I it was an awful time ! I went not to bed for sev,ral nights, and bed not my clothes off for many. My deck berth I was afraid to remain in. I sat op in the main saloon. The rolling of the huge mass was terrific. From beamend to beamend the watery mountains hitched her with fearful violence. Her paddle-boxes and wheels alone brought her up ; but how her timbers shook 1 Her sides rebounded, her bulkheads cracked, her rudder thumped, while the roaring of the storm was heard abi ye all. One of our officers was injured ; another was ill. The crew could hardly bear the weather, and were lashed. 1, in the meanwhile, was in a nervous state of terror, though the world saw it not. We ought to have pushed for Fayal when our floats disappeared—say when we were five or six days out. I hinted this to the captain, but he pressed onwards into the great Atlantic, until the violence of the storm and size of the waves rendered it uns,fe to scud before the wind, and our only chance was to face it with half paddle power. The consequence was, we were twice (each time for four or five hours) in the trough of the sea without steerage way, and as helpless as a raft. Nothing saved us but toe prodigious strength and buoyancy of our noble ship, which only wants 150 more horse power to make her uuconquerable. However, the danger is I hope now passed. The wind is light, the sea smooth, we are past Sable Island, and within eighteen hours of Ha. lifax at our preAsat sailing, seven knots—all she can do. We have sotoe six or screa days' coal left, but are prepared fur another storm on a lee shore, and go in to refit and refuel. It will probably be a week snore ere we reach New York—twenty-six days. " Wednesday, March 31. " We got on shore last night, after a most disagreeable day, dreadfully cold and gale from N. W., with a snow storm, which covered our ship with ice and froze every thing in our rooms. We have no fires on board, and some arc frostbitten. Today the sun is shining, and I bavo been some hours wandering about this miserable town. We leave to-right at six or seven o'clock, hoping by that time to have our paddles ready and coal in. " We have some seventy passengers of all kinds and rations, principally Germans. A motley uninteresting group they are. The fore-cabin have been let loose upon the aft passengers, and turned the saloon into a bear gar den. Th, race of this line of steamers is run. I have done with them for ever. It has been a miserable passage.' JUSTICE I)E PAIX, PARIS. (From L' Audience—Paris Journal.) RECIPE FOR O1FTI:s13 P.IONEY FROM A USURER. M. Crettcorps is a viliatiou,looking old man. Never did a face wore plainly Lear the stamp of avarice and usury, and seldom could his have been seen to greater dis advantage, for be was now excited by anger, which rarely adds to beauty. Judge—Minat is your complaint, M. Cretccorps, against M. de Linage, whtm you have cited before this Court? Creteeorps—For the restitution of 200 francs, which he has swindled me out o!. M. de Linage, who was a handsome and well-drostel young man, stunted disdainfully. Judge (tu complainant)—Do not be insolent, that will only injure your cause; confine yourself simply to a state me:at of facts. Crettcorps—You should know that I have several times obliged M. de Linage, by getting a friend of mine to lend hint money, for 1 In.ve. no money of my own. M. de Linage (laughing)—Oh, the old story. Cretecorps—This friend of mitre has generously ad vanced him from 5,000 to 6,000 francs upon my recona menlation. M. de Linage—Generously ! Yes, at an interest of 25 pet cent.—(Laughter.) et,corps—Th it is your affair, not mine. lam only the agent fur a capitalist. M. de Linage—Who, doubtless, would be anonymous in this matter. _ Crctecorps—Bc that as it may, M. de Linage never having repaid his loans, he refuses to lend him any more. Not that he is afraid of losing his money. No. For M. de Linage will inherit a large fortune from his uncle, and there is no doubt of his paying ultimately ; but it is a te dious thing to wait for a dead man's shoes. But to pro ceed. The other day I received a note from M. de Lin age, begging the loan of 200 francs. I refused. Baton the following day, what think you I saw in the newspapers? Why, the following paragraph:— " We learn with regret that M. the Count de Linage, the head of a noble family, is so ill that no hopes are en tertained of his recovery. He is indeed at the last ex tremity, and yesterday received the last offices of religion at the hands of his priest. The count, we learn, has made a will, by which he leaves the whole of his immense for tune to his nephew, M. de Linage."—( Laughter. ) Judge— You read that in the newspaper, do you say ? Creteeorps—Oui, Monsieur, in a little paper which was sent me by a person who also owes me money. I had no sooner reiAti the paragraph thin I &Mel myself arid went ec Linage. I said to him, " l yesteru l a:i rt;f2sed to lend you the '40() francs you wanied to borrow, but on re flection I am now willing to accommodate you."--( Laugh. ter. 4 ", Hold 4 , 01 i tOlitAtlei i ' sttid lle; tiutlino title hand on ib illontli and thh other on the rheney.—( Muth laugliteY.) Let us not trouble his list moments—Adieu , non ami-..: lelize me. lam much afeeted:" *Judge—Very.naiurall . . . • CAteEvrPiS=l: 4 .ittii! . .aoiiiiieed ; and I was fool cnuiigli to go away without ever takig a receipt for the money. In acemni.anying me to the door the servant said to titre, ~ ri- - Count cannot last t the day." " Good," . tie pi , '" , aanreireianrsp.a's--s -s(aNi ' d u c i h ; l':u"g.'detseltlajl.l get et Well, reimbursed down for s a t il v i o r s u , r i,,g along the boulevard, whom should I meet—snort Dieu I __why, be old Count himself, whom I supposed almost in the agonies of death, but who was, on the ch,:sntrlaarsys, at tthe Com placently sr:wising his cigar, and , above a ll '. of M. de Linage vi as beard . in which the yoke • girls like a young fellow of 2Q! —7rc.krienmgendougs laughter, the rest. ) ' `JUDGE —HOW is this? . . , h nephew, M. \ money s e _ l ' e t d v . t i 2 1 c 2 r: tiv: e h p of , tt cr purpose Le tu b my " Monsieur, it was a trick oaf the de Linage, who had get the paragraph s e i 7 a : l e b r Y l i ur the express a joe to outwit his ruoney.le , it was onl y a the Judge ordered tb® .. ..._ . enev,.ed laughter.) After questioning M. de Linage, who said 4 TH E SUN. LONDON. THURSDAY, APRIL 22, lB4l. repayment of the 200 francs by instalments of 50 francs ermonth. Cretecorps (on taking► his departure)—l wil never again believe the death of your uncle till I hear his mass celebrated at the end of the year.--( Laughter.) MURDER AT TOCKINGTON, GLOUCESTER. Twantietrax, MoNDA - a-.—The village of Tockington was on Saturday thrown into a state of the utmost con sternation and alarm, by the murder of a respectable farmer of the neighbourhood. The daring and cold blooded crime was committed in a beer-house, kept by a person named Thomas, by a man named William Weyman, who served, I am informed, in the army for about twenty years, and has latterly been subsisting on the produce of a pension granted him tor servitude, and which he has eked out with small sums earned by him as a messenger, for carrying parcels, attending the port, and Gleaning the accoutrements of such farmers as are members of the Duke of Beaufort's regiment of Yeo manry Cavalry. The unfortunate deceased, Mr. William Fisher, was fifty-four years of age, and has for many years farmed his own freehold at Awkley, a hamlet, nearly adjoining the village in which his murder was perpetrated. Sa turday morning, about ten, Mr. Fisher, while on his way to Bristol, where Le was proceeding on business, called at the house of Thomas, where he had same cider. The assassin, Weyman, was also there, and two men named Knapp and Cullimore. The accused also called for some cider, which he drank, after which he began boasting about his having received a penny letter from the Post office, in which was a note for 501. The de ceased denied the truth of this assertion, and said he was telling a lie. The accused replied, "If you had said that outside of the house, you should never have kicked again." The deceased repeated the observation, and shortly afterwards the accusedl eft the room, and in the course of a minute returned, holding a large cavalry pistol (which the landlady had before observed in his coat pocket) in his band. He then placed the muzzle of it close to the face of the deceased, and fired. The pistol burst, and the lower part of the face of Fisher was shattered in a frightful manner, and he fell on the floor. The murderer made no attempt to escape ; and on a surgeon, who was passing the house at the time, and was called in, entering the house, he said to him, " That's a dead shot, I'll warrant it." The deceased lingered for about 20 minutes, when he expired. In the meantime the constable of the eil'age, who had been sent for immediately upon the commission of the crime, arrived and took the accused into custody, As they were proceeding along the road towards 'l'hornbury, in order to go before the Magistrates, who were then sitting, the prisoner admitted the murder. He said he bad had the pistol a month, and for the last four days had had it loaded with powder and marbles (used in this part of the country as a substitute for bul lets by the butchers, who are in the habit of shooting beasts in the head before slaughtering them). He also said he had been looking for the deceased the previous clay, and had he found him, would have shot him ; but he could not do so, and seeing him that morning at Thomas's he thought it was a good opportunity to do it. The constable cautioned him to be careful what he said, but he went on to say, " I shall be hanged for it, but I shall die happy, because it is oo account of that woman." He also added that he had harboured the thought of killing him in his bosom long before he went for a soldier, and that it was about that woman. The inquest on the body was held this day before J. W. Ellis, Esq., Coroner, and a respectable jury em pannellecl at the Swan Inn, nearly adjoining the scene of the murder. The facts as before stated, were proved, and wit ; nesses called of whom the prisoner had purchased pow der and marbles, and also a woman, to whom he had said on the day before that he was looking for William Fisher, and if he could find him he would butcher him. It is thought here that the female referred to by the prisoner is the wife of the deceased, to whom an old man in the village says the prisoner, before he went for a soldier twenty-nine years since (she being then a mere child of about eleven years old, and he about 19) was attached. It. is presumed that he was angered with the prisoner on account of his marriage with this female, and that it was jealousy which led him to the perpe tration of the fatal deed. The prisoner bears an in different character, but the deceased was highly re spected. The Jury, after a lengthened and patent investiga tion of the testimony adduced, returned a verdict of wilful murder against William Weyman. The prisoner, who seemed quite unconcerned, was removed to the county jail to await his trial., It is said he had been drinking hard for two or three days, but was not much the worse for liquor at the time. DARING MURDER near BRISTOL. BRISTOL, APRIL 19.—One of the most atrocious murders ever recorded was perpetrated on Saturday morning last at the quiet village of Focklington, about eight miles from Bristol, under the following circumstances :—The unfortunate deceased, Mr. William Fisher, was 54 years of age, and a farmer, living on his own" freehold. On Saturday morning he was drinking some cyder at a roadside public house. The pri soner was there, and entered into conversation with the per sons in the house, to whom he was well known, and said that he had been to the post-office, where he had got a penny letter containing 50/. The f armers present, knowing the pri s oner's habitual mendacity, joked him upon this, and the deceased Mr. Fisher said, " That's a lie, I know." The prisoner immediately answered, " If you had said that outside, fisher, you should never have kicked more." The deceased, being a man of jocular habits, said, " Pshaw," and repeated the observation. The prisoner then got up from his seat and went into the back kitchen for a minute or two, and on his re turn clapped his pistol agai ns t th e cheek of the deceased, and before either of the persons in the house had time to interfere, discharged its contents through the head of Fisher, who fell instantly on the floor, the pistol falling beside him. A medical gentleman, who happened to be riding by at the moment, hear i:ig the report of the pistol, came into the house and examined the deceased, who was, however, quite dead, his tongue being shot off and the lower part of his cheek very much shattered. While the surgeon Was examining the body, the prisoner, with the greatest coolness, said, " I know that's a dead shot." The Coroner's inquest was held this day before Mr. Ellis, and from the evidence adduced, and the statements made by the prisoner after his apprehension, it appeared that the pri soner had been contemplating the commission of this atrocious act for some days. It was proved that on Friday last he pur chased some gunpowder and two marbles at 'a shop in the neigh bourhood, and that iii the afternoon of Friday he told a man named Cook that he had been looking about for Mr. Fisher all the day, and that if he had found him he -would have shot him. The constable also deposed to the prisoner's hating said to him when apprehended, " I will go anywhere with you, for I know I shall be hanged for it ; but I shall die happy, as it was all for that woman." 'I he prisoner did not mention the woman's name, but having also said that "he had had it harbouring in his breast before he went into the army," it was understood to be an allusion to the wife of the fletsased, for whom it was said that. about nine arid twenty years ago he professed an attach ment, although she was then only about l yolks of age. The prisoner having committed a robbery at tliat to avoid apprehension entered the army, and w.ts present at the battle of Waterloo. During his absence Mr. Fisher married the young woman, and lived h ap p i l y w ith h e r until the periu:lwhen his existence was thus awfully terminated. The prisoner also said he had kept the pistol loaded for four days, but that he could not find Fisher before that morning, when, thinking it a convenient opportunity, he shot him. The Jury, after hearing tile whole of the evidence, returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder ae . ainst William Weyman," who was committed to Gloucester daol for trial. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NLWPOItTPAGNEL STEEPLE CHASES—YESTERDAY. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft, with 50 added, 21 subs. Mr. Mason's Lottery, I2st 81b ...........• (Mr. J. Mason) 1 Mr. Davy's Gay Lad, 12st 121 b Mr. Wesley's Jessie, lOst 101 b Mr. Stevenson's True Blue, Ilst 81b Lord Cassilis nd Harkaway, 10st 121 h, dead. The second chase, 3 sovs. each, list 71b, was won by Mr. Higgin's Pretty Jane. LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER. TITESDAY.—The attendance was highly respectable and nu merous this forenoon. The prices, as near as we could ob tain them, left off thus 1— Titrl 2,000 Gittistias' STAxEs.-3 to 1 offered on the field. Parties open to take 7 to 2 on Eringo, or 9to 2 on Ralph ; 5 to 4 was offered on three against the field. THE CHESTER Cur.—There is scarcely a chance left to the most Minute observer to glean the absolute odds, inasmuch as they vary hourly, and tto two houses have the same. We subjoin these at noon, upon the breaking up of the room, at the Post-office Hotel :- 10 to I agst Colonel Cradock's Gallipot-11 to 1 taken IS to 1 eget Mr. Collet's Tubalcain—offered 12 to 1 agst 31r. Flintoff's The Plover 13 to I agst Mr. Orde's Queen Be© lb to 1 agst Lord Miltown's Cruiskeen 15 to 1 agst Mr. Goodman's Bedford 18 to 1 agst Mr. Price's Tilly —take 20 to 18 to 1 agst Mr. Hornhy's Champaigne—take 20 to 1 18 to 1 agst Mr. Painter's Ernest the First—take 22 to I 20 to 1 agst Sir T. Stanley's Cowboy 22 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Calypso—take 25 to 1 2.5 to 1 agst Major Hay's Retriever—takm 25 to 1 agst Mr. W'hittle's Humming Bird 33 to 1 agst Lo , •il Stanley's Rbodanthe—take 40 1 33 to 1 agst Rough Robin—take 40 to 1. The field v. seven, was offered at the close. THE DERRY.—There was nothing said about the crack at noon. We imagine Bto 1 would have been willingly taken OH Coronation ; 11 to 1 waS taken on Van Arnliurgh, backed to a considerable sum, last night, as welt as the Knight of the Whis tle, and heavy sums were laid between the two at evens. No thing was done on the outsiders ; 20 to 1 was taken on Marshal Soutt. " tious. CHARTIST TEA PARTY-4N CHELTENHAM. ADDRESS TO MIL VINCENT. A public tea party was held in Cheltenham on Monday last, to congratulare Mr. Vincent on his re lease from his long imprisonment. Between three and four hundred persons sat down to tea, full one half of whom were ladies. Mr. W. Hollis presided over the festivities of the evening ; in the course of which several democratic anthems were sung with great spirit. A variety of speeches were made in defence of Chartist principles, and in condemnation of the persecuting spirit of the Whigs. Mr. Vincent was received with great enthusiasm, and addressed the meeting at considerable length. The following address was presented to Mr. Vincent on be half of the working men and women of Cheltenham. TO ME. H. VINCENT. RESPECTED FRIEND,—The past and the present. as regards your personal exertions in the cause of universat liberty, convey ample cause for p!easing and useful race- We look back to the early period, when your advo cacy of the people's rights in this neighbourhood called forth the lethargic into the ranks of the industrious, to the time when your mighty energies caused the besotted to become thinking men, and when your astounding do quence made the passive slave blush for his insignifi cance, and the audacious tyrant to tremble for his safety. We look back to the past, and trace still fur ther the accompanying results. 'We saw the iron hand of injustice assailing you—we witnessed the struggling contest in a court of law between the oppressor and the oppressed. Wre beheld right overcome by might, and we followed you mournfully to your prison cell. We saw you, though captured, not conquered!— though confined and manacled, free and unshackled! elevated in mind, and raised into human grandeur by your sterling virtues and manly independence. We behold you once more, though beat and bruised by despotic authority, neither beaten nor disabled, but reanimated and rigorous ; fighting the battles of the people with those moral weapons with which you are so powerfully equipped, and laughing to scorn the puny efforts of faction or force to impede your progress, or the march of human enlightenment, or human emanci pation. Tour past career conveys a useful and striking lesson to one and all—to you, ourselves, and even to your base and treacherous betrayers and persecutors. To your self as a convincing proof that, contrasting the state of the public mind in the past, with that of its advance ment in the present, how much good may be achieved by industry and perseverance in the space of a short period of time, the contemplation of which must give fresh impetus to your exertions for the future. To each of us, from the conviction of the nece9sity and worth of self improvement and self-denial of individual exertion and individual patriotism. To your persecutors, as showing the utter contempt which follows the fiat of their vengeance ; that the more they assail the more they lash themselves—the more they persecute the more converts they make to the people's cause—that the more they martyrize individuals so iu ratio does the power which upholds them more and more wither and die away. We congratulate you on your release from the fangs of your oppr e ssors ; we hail once more your appearance among us with feelings of the most acute sensibility, with brotherly love, and the most welcome endearments. Go forward, then, and prosper in the great work of human emancipation. It is not the province of such men as you to lie idle—propagate the doctrines of po litical and social improvement, dare tyranny to the combat, and bid defiance to persecution. Deso!ation stalks abroad, the cottage is beset—the dwelling paces ofthe children of industry have been transformed into the receptacles of want, disease, and wretchedness. Misery has beset the man of labour, his habits have become vicious through poverty and bad example. Go forth and drag him from his haunts ; lay him naked before the world's gaze! Force the man of pleasure into sobriety, and drench the drunkard with his own shame. Much has been done, much is now doing, and yet a great deal more remains to be done. Go you forward and do it : and whilst ba'- tling with the evils which becloud the mind, forget not to prepare the mind with food to nurture and console it, whilst you denounce intemperance on the one band, forget not to assail it on the other, Teach the sober man to think properly by thinking for himselr. Attack alike the vices of drunkenness in the individual, and the fanaticism equally which enslaves him ; make him to feel the high office which he holds in creation, to be use ful to others as well as to himself, to secure his own household from invasion, and to protect the rightful inheritance of others. We are, dear friend, yours most sincerely, THE WORKING MEN AND WOMEN OF CIIELTENIIAM. LECTURE ON THE CORN-LAWS AT OLDHAM. Mr. Paulton, the talented Corn-law lecturer, was in vited to give a lecture in Oldham on Friday evening last, the 16th of April. The large room was com pletely filled. George Barlow, Esq., was caled to the chair. Great interest had been excited in the town and neighbourhood by the undcrAanding that the Char tists, or, in other words, " Little Loaf Advocates," would oppose the lecturer. There was a general muster of them. The platform was covered by the principal tradesmen of the town and neighbourhood, and of dif ferent political views, yet anxious to support the repeal question by their presence. It was announced that after the lecture, the sense of the meeting would be taken on the propriety of peti tioning. Parliament for a repeal of the present Corn laws, and the lecturer was permitted to go through the lecture without much interruption, in a very lucid and clever manner, clearly demonstrating that the Corn laws were destroying our trade, filling the country with beggars, reducing the commercial classes and workmen to poverty, sapping the foundation of our manufactories, sending our artizans to other States, and raising up rival and successful competitors, reducing the value of property, and hastening a fearful crisis. The Chartist advocates took the ground, that the repeal of the Corn-laws would not reach the terrible evils under which the labouring community suffered, that taxation was of that fearful and grinding amount, that the Chatter could alone cure it ; that the present House of Commons did not represent the feelings nor the views of the toiling millions ; and it was agued that machinery, by supplanting manual labour, was a curse, instead of a blessing ; and the speakers would tax it for the common benefit. Mr. Paulton ably replied to the views put forward, especially on machinery. Mr. Alexander Taylor, an old staunch Reformer, proposed a repeal of the bread and provision laws, but he was assailed with the most indecent and tyrannical opposition. An amendment was also moved for the Five Points, amidst great confusion. The Chairman declared the petition carried, the Char- fists, alias iattle Loafers, „insisting that the amendment was. Towards tt) close of the meeting, the interruption and confusion were posh,:velY disgraceful. As the Chartists appear ,termined to oppose any thing brought forward by any differing trom them, would it not be better for such as mill-owners, employers, villagers, and others, who feel an intjest in the repeal, to get petitions filled up—say of 20, 30, or even 50 names, and send them to some Member for presentation ? if all the advocates would do this, (very easy and practicable work,) there would be such en array of public opinion, that the supporters of mono poly and oppression would soon be compelled to give way, and the country be, instead of (as at present) a land of mourning and ruin, a land of prosperity and comfort. SCOTTISH BANKING SYSTEM. We understand that a numerous and respectable meeting of Bankers, Managers, and Representatives of the Scotch Banks, was held in the , Royal Hotel, on Friday last, in consequence of a communication twin the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee, now sitting, that two witnesses from Scotland would he exa mined on the Scottish System of Barking ; one to be sent by the Chartered Banks, and another by the Pro vincial Banks. The meeting adopted certain resolutions, explanatory , of the existing system in Scotland, which, eve under stand are to be printed and circulated. The gentle men present were unanimous in their Sentiments as to the excellency of the present system, and the danger to o i c u u l l d t u ral ensue and h interestslntroduocft introduction c o o f u n a t n r y y tthheatagrir•by- the ehFinge: Considering the momentous nature of the subject now under consideration of the . Parliamentary Com mittee, the meeting ag reed that I t would be highly w ex pedient to appoint a deputation of their number to proceed iminediate l Y to L ive such to evidenceommunicate with as may be the Committee, an d to g necessery. of establishing one Bank of Issue for We are informed that one, if not the principal object now under the consideration of the Select Committee, t h e currency to the . United Kingdom. We can hardly believe that there is any serious intention in iawsci supplyingtqt h iui e acquainted i e h nxetpe present ew i e s ; t, n e ht Y the m ajority of the Committee of establishing such a system t h e mustScottish bil raking, evident appreciate yv ho are Baak of lbsue, as the danger and impoliey of interfering the benefits which the country has derived from it..— .Edinburgh Advertiser. POST-OFFICE DEL INQUENCIM—UntIer this head the Dublin Monitor of Saturday evening contains sothe most extrßordinary detail of circumstances in respect 6f robbery of newspapers by country postmasters, and the 1 -'xtr: , :rne rind cirlpah/e. leniency eith which such " irrec,iula ratios 43 are tra ated by the heads of the establishment. In ad dition to the case of Mr. _Moore and the postmaster of Com ber, we are ourselves aware of another in which a nobleman re cently appealed to the authorities in Dublin, and showed that i . his newspapers had not only been opened,read, and detai ned, l J Accounts front the Mauritius to the 23d o, anuary have been received, and am on g other matters but the stamp-date on the cover t.ds,fied to account for the delay ; and yet we have not he:ird of the dismissal of the mentioned is the irregular conduct of the labouring po nor even o f hi s ' lav ing b een reprimanded pulatioe, w h o were unwilling to return to the plantations, although the usual holidays had long expired. In the pie isroreagcuclu:reidtY." It is no wonder that our table, in . \ sent state of the plantations, the cane being very forward,the common with those of our contemporaries, wail complaints 11 ° 111 subscribers of the non-arrival o f consequences were most alarming, and notwithsi ending emi is daily loaded 1 gration was still suggested as the only remedy for the evil, thelr paper:, if the Postmaster.. General and his underlings , prekent results pmvedtbe attempt that had been made was not only connive at, but almost encourage, such monstrous __Dublin Ev ening 1, unsuccessful. The u npleasant feeling that has existed be frauds upon proprietors and the public. Mail.nsiderably cooled the party .7 l tween the French Gov2rument and ours was much dis i cussed in the isl an d , but the latest accounts received out The Right lion. Sir Robert Peel, Bart. M.P. M accompanied by Lady Peel and family, arrived in hall-gardens, on. Tuesday afternoon, from Drayton NNVlah.nitr, spirit which existed between the people of the two cour.- there from either quarter had c • ~ tries. The smallpox bad again broken out and was spread. Staffordshire , ' J ~ ._ . . . :.:- ~:..—. - - \ fag ritpidly. COMMODORE NAPIER. A special meeting of the Town Council of Man chester was held on Tuesday, at half-past three o'clock, in the Boroughreeve's room, Tow❑ Hall, " for the pur pose of considering the propriety of presenting a con gratulatory addre,s to Commodore Sir Charles Napier, G. C. 8., on his return to this country ;" the Gallant Commodore having accepted an invitation to a public dinner in the Town Hall. Yesterday after some dis cussion the following address was agreed to : TO COMMODORE SIR CHARLES NAPIER, K.C.P. We, the Mayor, Alderman, and Burgesses of the borough of Manchester, in Council assembled, beg most heartily to congratulate you on your return home, after the performance of services which reflect the highest honour on yourself, and redound so much to the advan tage of your country. Whilst we feel that the personal bravery and naval skill you have exhibited in the vari ous operations on the coast of Syria, terminating in the surrender of the important fortress of Saint Jean d'Acre, have never been surpassed, we feel also that this great manufacturing community are espe cially indebted to you for the early termination of the horrors of war, and for the restoration of the inestimable blessings of peace to an empire long so intimately connected with Great Britain, and the commercial relations with which are of so much importance to the community ; nor can we avoid express ing our pride and satisfaction that your character for in tegrity and straightforwardness should have so much contributed to the early termination of disputes which, if much longer protracted, might have involved the European powers in a war, the consequences of which would have been most calamitous to your country. For such services and such conduct, ,ve doubt not you will receive from your admiring countrymen and from posterity, those rewards, and that just meed of praise, you have so eminently earned. The festival of Monday last, in honour of Com modore Napier, was a just tribute of respect to that gallant officer, for the conduct and bravery displayed by him in contributing so largely to the brilliant suc cesses obtained by the British naval forces i❑ the re cent Egyptian war. Such marks of public approba tion are the least reward that those who fight the na tion's battles are entitled to expect for the toils and dangers they undergo in the discharge of their arduous duties. And we have a not►on that they will prove not less effectual, pour encourager les autres, thin marking the sense of a victory by the administration of certain ounces of judicial lead. The manner in which the occasion passed off, moreover, was every way worthy of the town. It was an opportunity for showing how regard for the country's renown, and ad miration for distinguished talents, courage, and enter prise, can triumph over party and personal differences ; and we rejoice to say, that men of all shades of political opinion united in testifying to Sir Charles Napier how highly his emineat valour and services are appreciated by hii countrymen. The allusion to the effect upon Marshal Soult of the courteous attention which he met with on his visit to Liverpool will be received with extreme satisfaction. And although it must be admitted, that, in estimating that effect, Sir Charles speaks with the ardour and emphasis of a lifitish seaman, rather than with the rigid exactness of a moral mathematician : yet in principle his observation is no doubt perfectly correct. A. statesman who had experienced, as Marshal Soult did, the liberal and friendly feeling of the really in fluential classes in England towards France and French men, would make many efforts to avoid converting a disposition which might be so advantageously cherished, into one of bitter and determined hostility. The same praise which the worthy Commodore bestows upon the politeness of the people of Liverpool, is due in no small measure to his own expressions regarding the Pacha of Egypt. They will produce a more favourable impres sion towards that individual than anything has yet done, and will go far to create and keep alive that good un derstanding between the two countries which cannot but tend in the highest degree to the solid benefit of both.—Liverpool Courier. FOREIGN RAILROADS. RAILROAD BETWEEN PARIS AND THE BELGIAN FRONTIER.—We quote the following from the De bats :—" The Government, we are informed, has re ceived proposals from eminent capitalists, experienced in railroad undertakings, for commencing immediately the line to the Belgian frontier. They are said to have offered to undertake the line as far as Pontoise, en gaging not to issue shares till alter the expiration of twelve months, in order not to interfere with the Mi nister of Finance in his negotiations for the intended loan. For the time being they would not undertake to carry the line beyond Pontoise, but would come to a determination early next Session ; and in case they refuse to continue the road, the Government would have the right reserved to purchase all their works at cost price whenever it might please, either on its own account, or that of another Company. During the last conferences on this subject there is said to have been a serious discussion upon the eligibi lity of substituting a line to Creil for that to Pontoise. This would double the distance and make nearly one fourth of the whole line between Paris and Lille. The completion of this project, which is evidently advanta geous to the State and the country, is worthy of all the solicitude of the Ministry and the consideration of the Chambers. It would be a good close to a session, which has turned to profit the doctrines of peace and order, to vote in favour of a vast work of pacification, tending to cement the union between France and Bel gium, and strengthen our position in regard to the rest of Europe. It is, moreover, evident from the unani mous desire of the Cnamber and the country to see France come to a positive decision on the question of railroads, that the presentation of a Bill on this subject should not be delayed till the end of the present session." RAILROADS IN GERMANY.—" We are assured," says the Baden Gazette, " that the King of Wurtem berg has given his assent to the formation of a railroad from Heilbronn to Friedrichshaten by Ulns, and that the works will be immediately commenced." RAILROADS IN ITALY.—A Leghorn letter mentions that the Tuscan Government has authorised the forma tion of a railroad from that city to Florence, passing by Pisa. The works are to be commenced between Leg horn and Pis i. We learn from Venice that the long bridge which is to be constructed across the Lagunes, from the continent to the city, for the passage of the Milan railroad, will shortly be commenced. This gigantic construction, which will cost 4,850,000 lire (or 3,671,400 francs), is to acne as an aqueduct at the same time, and by this means Venice will be furnished with a constant supply of fresh water. ART UNION OF LONDON.-A very numerous meeting of the members of this society was held on Tuesday, at Willis's Rooms, St. James's, when his Ro) al Highness the Duke of Cambi idge took the Chair, and was sup ported by the Marquiss of Northampton. Sir M. A. Shoe, Sir John 5%., inburt,e, Mr. Tooke, Mr. \%ilks, Mr. Ewart, Mr. 13. Bond Cabbell, &c. An able and eloquent report from the Committee was read, from which it appeared that this Society (established in 1837, to diffuse a love of the fine arts) has progressively increased from that time to the present. The amount of subscriptions, which, in the last )ear was only 2,4441., was this year increased to 5,610/. After payments of the expenses of management, a sum of 3.6501. remained to be awarded as prizes, and about 1,300/. for the production of an engraving , of which every member will receive an impres.iion.• The 3, b,;0/. were divided by the Committee into 133 prizes of varh ,us amount!, which were accordingly drawn for i n the manner of a lottery, the plan adopted being well arranged to maintain an interest in the pro ceedings. Amongst the fortunate members were Mr. George Fry, of Greenwich, who drew the 300/. prize; Mr. 'l'. D. night, of Doctors'-co nimoornds, 200/. ;Mr. W. R. Stanton, of Hulbeach, 100 1 . ; L Colbor3o/. , the Hon. Cecil Curzon, 30/. ; Mr. \Vilks, 20/. &c. In the course of the business it was announced that die Duke of Cambridge had consented to become the presi dent of the society. In a brief address, his Royal High ness expressed the pleasure he felt in presiding at the society's annual meeting, and his conviction that the Art Union would be productive of vary great benefit to British art and British artists. He was the more interested in the welfare of the society, from having been himself, about seven years ago, one of the founders of a similar institution at Hanover, which was conducted on the same principles as the Art Union, and was now in a most flourishing con dition. In the third year of that society's existence, his Royal Highness had had the pleasure of drawing the highest prize. The reception of the Report was mover in an animated speech by the Marquess of Northampton; 1 and the resolution, which was seconded by Mr. Alderman Wilson, was carried unanimously. After the re-election of the Committee and other routine business, the meeting adjourned. WEEPING WILLOW.—There seems to be a difference between the gronth of the weeping willow in England and in most parts of the Continent. In Eng land the summer does not seem regularly hot enough to develop the full length of its gracefully pendent twigs, which, though they weep always more or less, do not generally bang with that perfect loose Less and perpendicularity that distinguish the tree when in perfection. In an English autumn, too, the leaves turn yellow before the natural time of decay; the extremities of the twigs, not being ripened, wither, and the lea v our es are blown, or it may be said, whipped off th em, stor ms, long before they would otherwise drop off. But by e % en in Germany the weeping willow attain s its perfectly drooping character, and the leaves remain on till the frost comes, tong after those of the native deciduous trees are withered. During the late terrific gales in the Atlantic, a seaman in the American packet-ship Philadelphia had the misfortune to fall from the rigging and break . both his th , gli bones, one of which wasclose to the hip, and a coin pound fracture. To the credit of lice attentive commander, Captain E. E. Morgan (the sea at the time rolling moun tains high, and the vesrel having been Lebow ing in a hurricane for several days), l ie had the huinanity to do his best to save the u nfortunate mariner. He at once took upon himself the office of surgeon in promptly reducing the bones of bolt legs. 'File seaman did very well; amid, i nc redible as it may o pp ear , a cure was effected. O n the :hip's art ival in London, the suf ferer was conveyed to an hospita l , and was told be was going on well. The worthy captain, not being content with this, took him to Guy's. On the bandages being re moved, the consulting surgeons declared that any student leav ing the hospital with the credit of the skilful ti eat went exhibited in tbis case might consider himself well eitablisbed in big profeieloil, MORNING EDITION. s 15 N .) --7 _> N 4 HAMLET'S BANKRUPTCY .:. - ./.i4'.!;?,;' ',,,'..?,, •1 T. Tuesday morning a special meeting of the cr ,ait r O)*;.;-''‘',4,l7l'‘c.. - 4! .. under this fiat took place before Mr. Comtrii o . .ree - ;: - , , (i 7f 1 71f ; ci.::: 4 Erans, at the Bankruptcy Court, when Messr '' o s -- * ry,,.., 7 and Loxley, solicitors to the assignees, attended, wit . 4•.;;;. .7:: Mr. Cockburn, the barrister, for the purpose of e , mining w it nesses as t o the execution of a trust-dVecisTAASACIK and the proceedings connected with the same, given by the bankrupt in 1834. Mr. He ?dFREY attended as Counsel for the trustees. The circumstances were that, in the year 1834, the bankrupt being in great difficulty, he executed an as signment in trust of all his debts, securities, -stock in trade, and freehold and leasehold estates, to John Linnott, of 9, Cursitor-street, Chancery•lane, gold smith ; William Taylor Abut, of St. James's-street , Clerkenweli, refiner ; John Gibbons, of King-street, Cletkenwell, silversmith ; and William Elliott, of Compton-street, silversmith ; for the benefit of them selves and other creditors, whose names were signed to the deed, and who thereby agreed, in consideration of such assignment, to receive the amounts of their respective debts by equal instalments, payable at 12, 16, and 24 months. Amongst'the property so assigned were the bankrupt's premises in Princes -street, sub ject to a mortgage of 3,200/. to George Samuel Ford, an attorney ; all the interest of the Honourable Robert King in the " lordships, castles, dismantled abbeys, advowsons, tithes, lands, &c.," in the county of Roscommon atter the death of his father, the Right Hon. Lord Lorton, assigned to Hamlet, by way of mortgage ; and two bonds of the Right Hon. George Hamilton Chichester, Earl of Belfast, for securing the repayment of 23,059/., and 11,2511. 13s. There was also included in the deed a debt of 6,000/., due from the estate of the late Duke of York ; another of 12,2461., due from Sir George Bowyer, Bart.; and a third of 10,000/. due upon the joint and several bonds of John Lindsey Crawford and Robert Lindsey Craw-. ford. In addition to these securities so assigned, there were ten shares in the Kensington Canal Company, and all Mr. Hamlet's valuable books and paintings. Mr. COCKBURN, on the part of the assignees, de manded from the trustees an account of their collec tions and payments under the trust-deed. They were bound by that deed to keep proper accounts, and ought to be in a situation to show them. It was but fair to presume the.t, as the whole of the debts then due were to be paid within the two years, that the trusts had been duly executed, and that the trustees could not now c'a'm any interlerenze with the bankrupt's estates. No account was produced ; and Mr. HUMFREY said that some of the assigned pro perty had hcen mortgaged by the trustees, who had in curred certain liabilities, which were not yet satisfied. An examination of the trustees as to the perform ance of the . trusts was about to take place, when Mr. IlumraEr,. on their part, undertook to furnish the assignees with a copy of all bills and other ac counts and transactions in which they had been en gaged, within a fortnight, which was accepted by Mr. Cockburn for the assignees, and put an end to toe in vestigwion. THE CANTERBURY OUTRAGE. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) CANTERBURY, WEDNESDAY MORNlNG.—General Sleigh has come here before he was expected, to inspect the soldiers about to leave for foreign szrvice. He has had an interview with the Mayor, procured a copy of the depositions, and afterwards examined Mr. Cle ments, the superintendent, and other members of the police force. The General has been pleased to express himself per fectly satisfied that the Mayor and Magistrates have acted very fairly, and even with indulgence, towards the parties, it being said that General Sleigh has sifted out of the police circumstances of aggravation that were not gone into at the examination at the Guildhall. When the officers were liberated they adjourned to the Prince of Orange and treated the men to drink. sang songs, and, as it is alleged, jumped " Jim Crow," damaged and broke the tables, chairs, and glasses ; and eventually some of the privates got fighting together. A bill of between 61. and 71. was incurred, and the next day a civilian called and discharged it. General Sleigh has offered the fullest investigation that the Mayor may desire respecting the assault com mitted on him on Saturday, and the insult which was then offered hint at the Barracks ; and he has also ex pressed his readiness, if it be requested, to bring for ward singly every man that was out upon leave on the night of the disturbance, with the view of the guilty parties being identified. The Mayor has assured the General that he has not the least desire to act with unnecessary severity in the matter ; and now that the excitement which the af fair created is subsiding, the civil authorities are co operating with General Sleigh in the praiseworthy en deavour of estiihlishing a friendly feeling between the military and the civilians and police. [ls the Mayor of Canterbury a Quaker ? The po licemen were assaulted, the Station-house was forced, and the Mayor himself disgracefully pushed out of the the Barrack-yard at the point of the bayonet, and yet it appears :rotn the communication of our Corre spondent that all these insults and outrages arc to be hushed up.] SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) - LONDON, Arum 21.—Wind this day at noon, light breeze from the N.E., with fine clear weather. DEAL, APRIL 20.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Rambler, and Reform, from Mauritius ; Agnes and Barbara, Potts. Arrived from the River and sailed, the Hersa, and Orion, for Quebec. FALMOUTH . , APRIL 19.—Wind W.N.W., fresh breezes.— Sailed the Elizabeth, for Quebec ; Leeds steamer, Vigo, &c. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 20.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived the Earl of Aberdeen, from Cork ; Ellison, Brown, Sierra Leone. DARTMOUTH, APRIL 20.—Arrived cff, the Childe Harold, Willis, from Bombay. OFF HASTINGS, APRIL 20.—Arrived the North Briton , Goodwin, from Calcutta. Orr . KINGSBRIDGE, APRIL 20.—Arrived the Louisa Baillie, Sculens, from China. LivEnroon, APRIL 20.—Wind N.N.W., fresh.—Arrived the Archer, Matthewson, from Savanilla, sailed the 7th tat. ; Europe, Marshall, New York, sailed the Ist. inst. ; Catharina, Alma, Rotterdam. Sailed the John, Campbell, New South Wales ; Britannia steamer, Boston, &c. BRISTOL, APRIL 20.—Arrived the Eliza, Ray, from Cadiz ; Pomona, St. Michael's. WIIITEHAVEN, APRIL 19.—Arrived off, the Horatio, Tiffin, from Sierra Leone. DUBLIN, ArIUL 18.—Sailed the Mary and Ann, Quebe. CoRK, Arum IS.—Sailed the Eleanor, Holderness, for Sydney, New South Wales. JERSEY, Antis. 18.—Arrived the Rolla, from Messina; Ilebe, Rio Janeiro ; Waterwitch, 11iporta. RYE, Arun. 20.—The Union, Webster, from London to Mauritius, went on shore at Dungeness last night, but is ex pected to be got off. SHIELDS, Aram 18.—Arrived the Proven, Gunderson, from Poywind ; Diana, Fecamp. The Union, of Alloa, for London, put in here, 16th inst., very leaky, and has been , hauled on shore. VESSELS SPOKEN \Vim-The Planet, bound to Oporto, Bill, lat. 43, Ist. 11; Daeith, Clyde to Gib rAtar, 12th, lat. 44 , ion. 10; Wi lk lliam Thompson, New. ' c astle to Palermo 14th, lat. 47., lon. 9, by the Corn- coerce, arrived off Margate; William Shand, 10th inst. , la . 43, lon. 13, b y the Anne, arrived in the Downs ; Juno, Havannah to New York, 21st ; Luna, ditto to St. Petershugh, 22d,1at.27, lon. 79 ; John and,Mary of G aY ' 16 t h, lat. 4 9 , lon. 14, b y the Archer, arrived at Liver pool;v Aurora, Liverpool to Havannah, 9tl inst., lat. ;P° 44, lon. 15, h ad ex p erienced ver y bad weather 6 lie gcl l i ns t. the Amisted , bound to Havannah, with c.rgodarra ged ; Stately bou nd to Quebec , 11th inst. ' lat. 44, lon. 15, by the Oce an, arriv ed in the Creek ; James R.iy, from Liverpool, 7th inst., lat. 42, lon. 13 ; 12th, lat. 44, lon. 12 ; Richard of Lo n d on , 14 t h , Ist . 46, lon. 11; Garland, of London, bound to Newfoundland, lat. 48, ton. 17, by the Rolla, arrived at Jersey; George, 6:h, lat. 49, lon. 7, by the Waterwitch, arrived at London ; Ara bl i 6 a tnh, lat. 4 Bristol B to on Sydney, New South W a les, g. 9, by the Ebra, Ray, arrived at Bristol ; Barossa, Singapore to London, 9th Dec., to the west of Java Head; Mangles, Manilla to London, 25th Jan., lat. 26, lon. 27 E. ; A m azon, Calcutta to Liverpool, 30th Jan., lat. 28 S., lot. 49 F. ; Esperance, from Mauritius, sth init., lat. 35, lon . 35 ; Mar q uis of Lansdowne, (whaler), 7111 inst., lat. 33, lon. 32 ; Tropic, Java to London , lat. 33, lon. 32. by toe Lours Baillie, arrived off Salcombe; Royal William, Clyde to Bombay, 231 Feb., by the Ellison, arrived off Plymouth ; Earl of N. S. VV., out 48 days ; Bom lat. 4, lon, 21 Durham, Dundee to Sydney, lat. 1 N., lon. 20 W. bay, bound to Hobart Town, 23d ult., Isabella, from China, 15th ult., 1I&Je, bound to Van Diemen's Land, 19:11, lat. 6, lot.. 21. TELE WEATHER. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE_ sTREET. NOON. APRIL 21, B a rometer 29 88 10. Thermomete r Highest .................... Lowest 4O Win d N. E.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. CIIIIRCII-RATE FRUITS. Anwha -- Churc h -rate defaulters lately summoned before zt.st the Bench of Magistrates at Hackney, was George Offor, Esq., a Ma giitrate in the 'rower Hamlets, who, though he declined to deny the legality of the rate, refused to pay the demand made upon him and hia tenants, on the ground that he did not attend the parish church; and that those who did were werithy enough to pay for th ems elves. This opposition . 50 their claims the clergy have not been slow in avenging.. Mr. Offor has for many years been a Commissioner of the Tower Hamlets' Court of Requests—the most active and useful niemler, it is beli,ved, ever tonnd in the Commis sion. These Collin i;sioners represent the various parishesin the 'rower Hamlets. Hackney elects c.gniecn. Up to , the present time, party feeling formed no ingredient in the selection cf suitable persons twin this parish ; and so little interest has usually been taken in the matter, that rat ely have half-a-dozen inhabitants attended 'to appoint the eighteen commissioners. This Easter, ..the proceedings took a new turn. Thu clergymen and •chutchwardthis of the district iu which Mr. Offer resides, attended by a troop of fii,:nds and supporters, came down to the meeting, and not only turned cut Mr. Offer, hut also five or six other gentlemen, lacking no other qualification' for the office than that of an exclusive and intolerant spirit. From the disgust which this proceeding has excited, there is little doubt that the next year retaliation will be rriadc ; and thus it is that the church and the clergy, whilst nomi nally existing for the promotion of peace, become, 'even in matters which no way Concern them, the fomewers - of dif. lf,cenci,;i anti hostility amon g neighboure,—.Citrxi.(le, 7~: