The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-24 00:00:00

AMERICAN NEWS.

ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA.
LIVERPOOL, MONDAY AFTERNOON.—The British
and North .Ameriem royal mail steam-ship Niagara
arrived here, from New York, this afternoon, at one
o'cloek, from which port she sailed. on the afternoon
the
ltlisthailin,
Go-
vernment of the 11th instant. She was. detained at New
York, so
m
.waiting t
dispatches for the .American Minister in
London. The Niagara brings forty passengers, and
he hourss rriv al beyond
of h the
southernusua mimzeilo with
specie to the amount of 198,0001.
The Pacific had not arrived out at New York
when the Niagra sailed.
The commercial advices taken out to the States'
by the Europe, had given considerable animation to
the cotton market at New Orleans, as well as to the
flour and provision markets of the south and west.
The ice had broken up, and navigation was again
resumed on the Delaware and Potomac.
A dispatch from New Orleans says that Cheva-
lier. Hohmann, the Austrian Chargé, had actually
withdrawn from America and gone to Havannah.
Dispatches from Mr. Lawrence were received at
Washington on the Bth. Mr.:Lawrence::states that
Lord Granville had made an apology for the attack
upon the Prometheus,' and: expressed the greatest
desire to preserve amicable relations with the United
States. " There are some questions," says the New
York Journal of Commerce,
Between the two Governments as to the construc-
tion of the Nicaragua Treaty, and these questions are
forthwith to be settled. Mr. Lawrence has urged upon
the British Government the propriety of the abandon-
ment of their pretensions in regard to the MosqUito
Protectorate. Lord Granville is disposed to settle the
matter, and be has authorized Mr. Crampton to enter
into a -negotiation on the subject. Mr. Crampton is to
have.full powers, so far as this matter is concerned."
The announcement of Jenny Lind's marriage with
Mr. 0. Goldschmidd is confirmed.
The citizens of New York had presented Mr. Clay
with a gold medal in acknowledgment of his services
to the.-Union.

The Roman Government had contributed a block
of marble from the ruins of the ancient Temple of
Peace for the erection of a monument to 'Washington
in the United States' capital.
Accounts from S. John's, Newfoundland, state
that the herring fishery had proved a complete
failure owing to the cold weather.
It is stated ,that the American Government has
-giveh'notice to the British Government of its desire
'to break tip the present postal arrangements between
the two countries.

Edwin Forrest has been rmuch',.applauded at the
Broadway Theatre, where he made a speech denying
the justice of
.the late verdict against him.
Four Massachusetts free' negroes, who had been
convicted of in attempt to abduct a slave, had been
sold at Galveston in consequence of their inability to
pay the'fine inflicted on them.

-Mr. Thrasher, the Havannah editor, has been re-
Leased by the Spanish Government.

In reply to a letter conveying petitions to the
President, for the United States Government to in.
terfere to bring about the release, of the Irish State
prisonerF, Mr. Fillmore says that the Secretary of
State has, with his approbation, addressed a private
letter to e United States Minister at London, re-
questing him to make every effort in the case that he
could with propriety.
Mr. Laborde, the Spanish consul, arrived at New
Orleans on the 9th in the ship-of-war Colon, from
Savannah, and was received with a salute of 50 guns.
Kossuth left Columbia on the morning of the 9th,
and all along his route he was most enthusiastically
received, but on account of the loss of his voice he
was able to-speak but little. About 1,000 dolls. were
contributed on the route, and at Hamilton the people
tendered the loan of 500 muskets in possession of the
county.
From Canada we learn that the Government has
resolved to establish a bureau of agriculture, and to
unite it with the presidency of the executive oouncil.
The Rebellion Losses Commission has brought its
labours to a close. The number of claimants is 2,763,
the aggregate of their claims amounting to 808,000
dolls. Of this number 400 had neglected to send
in their claims, by which they will lose 72,000 dolls.
The amount of the claims actually established is
360,000 dolls., to meet which there is 310,000 dolls.
'The present has been the coldest winter in Upper
Canada for a quarter 'of a century.
The Niagara passed the royal mail steamer Ame-
,rice, from Liverpool for Boston, at three rm. on Sun-
day, off Kinsale.
The screw steamer City of Manchester, after three
weeks' detention by the ice, had arrived at Philadel-
phie, and would sail again. on the 14:h inst.
The New York papers state that the English journals
have been hoaxed by an alleged account that the ship
Ariel, from China for New York, had been scuttled
and sunk by her crew, Manilla men, and' her captain
and all the Europeans on board murdered. The Ariel
was in New York on the 11th inst.

THE AMERICAN MARKETS.
PITILADELPRIA FEB. 1 I.—Foreign exchange is pretty
film at 110 to 1,14. And is fair dsmsted. The export of
a million in specie by the Arctic, and the largo amount
(not yet known) that will leave to-day, create an
anxiety for further remittances from California ; but
the money market out of doors remains unchanged, at
Ist class endorsed notes and accept-
ances ... short 6to 7 per ann.

„ long Gto 8 9
„ single names paper Bto 9
2d class endorsed notes and accept-
ances ••• short 7to 9 ~
I, long 9to 10 :t
Loans on Government and State
Stocks
... 6to 7 ~
~ miscellaneous Securities 7 to—
• These rates are, as you will perceive, low and liberal
for Neve York and Philadelphia.
-StObits are' really active, and price's firm and high.
'Ussited States Sires (1862), 111; ditto (1867), 1161;
Pennsylvanip, Fives,
89,i (interest, just paid). Cotton to
li/in-and -active.- Sales in New York generally from
I,ooo` to 2,000 bales peiday. In fact the advices, per
Europa have cheered the market.
Specie already shipped; thia year from New York,
'about 4,000,000 dollars.
'There is morn doing in flour, and the market is firm
at 4 dollf.'6Bc. to 4 dolls. 75e. for common to Strait State,
and 4 dolls. 81c. to 5 dolls. tor mixed to choice Michi-
gan, Ohio, and Indiana. • Indkancorn.49o,. to 70c. Ashes
.re steady with
,small sales, at 5 dolls..for ,Tots, and 6
dolls. 12 (". for 'pearl's. 'Mesa porfe Steady and high, at
15d0116.150e. to 'l5 dolls 75c. for ,new. Lard easier,
now 91c. Freights as before. Flour, tn,London has
been taken at is. 6d. Cotton to Liverponl, 3-16 to
taken pt
5;, 11th'? "'To Havre, cotton ic. per lb. To Antwerp,
cotton ie. To Rotterdam, cotton, /to 11-IG ths. Rosin,
2s 94 Rico .27E.6d. • c.
other changed,
and the quiz% ,trade: has not yet

r ~,,BY iMAGNECTIC TELEGRAPH.
PHILADELPHIA, Fix.. 11. ,
••ITEW ORtgANS.--Cuttfm steadier, owing, to steamer's
news. Middling 7i3. to lie. About T 60,000 bales on
hand. Ohio f10ur,,4 dolls. Bills on London, 109; O.
France, sf. 15c. to sf. 17c.
BALTimonE.---Ceirese, dull. Rio 81c. to 9:1-C•
CINC/NNATi.—A movement iu fluur. Llrge sales at!.
3 dulls.-1,5c: to 3 dolls: 25r. New flour, 3 dolls. 303.
Mess. ork as, before, shoulders, 6ic.
t 3 doll: r 0 • Mess pork
LOUISVILLE.—FIoat MLA •-•
active at 13 dolls. 50e. Lard, 7.1 c.

A NEW WORK frorii the combined pens of WiL-
Linm AND MARY How= is on the point of apPearance,
which promlae4 to be equally attractive to the historical and
literary student, and the reader for mere amusement. It is
entitled " Tun LITZAATnitit'AND .OF NORTIIMN
EuaorE,".and comprises a eomplete History, of the Litem_
'turd of Sweden, Danmark, Norway, and Iceland, with copious
ti
specimens of the most celebrated Histories, Bomances, Popu
lar Legends and Tales, Old Chivalrous Ballads, Tragic
Comic Diamas, National Songs, Novels, and Scene, from the
Life of the present day.;
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1.,. .
' LADY RANCLIFET.—We hare to an- 1
b h Ti
demise of Lady Ehha et Mary ieresa Forbes,
nounne the.
Paris . a ;few days' a o
:tidy Rauclide, which took place at
inful illness. Her Ladyship, Of Logrd
-0,- Park; in 'this county; eldest daughter of
DEATH OF
• ,als Btrl,9d,,APAnarus --114 tie -Peerage.• of Leland,
thilati nft_,,,, , , -
a Castle D •
we BAr6u Gram* ,
~ , oniugton, Leicestershire,
iistorn on the-ad oE -December,i'7B6, consequently *as. in
Rhaetnelaiff'l3e,ri•eoffbßun,tnrinae, f , A .
ellY.„fif,th yoq, ond :was,' married -to tke _Right Hon. Lord
laiiillire, on the 15th of October,.loo7...t..:cha funeral took
Tube on Wednesday, last week, at the' Et:4.1041 Church, in
the Rue,.d'Aguessan, when the/ ceremony iVat performed by
.the Rev, William Chamier. ~. Carlo Arthur Henry Oavendiah;
Icroilier and heir presumptiVe to Sir Cavendish Stuart Rum-
, bold, Bart., being-the billy near" relative • in' Paris, was chief
Nourner, but several friends of the noble. deceased were oh-
NerVed to attend; and numerous carriages followed the mourn-
ful-cortege to the cemetery of Montmartre, 'as a tribute to
the lamented lady's. memory. • -
•- • '
• RERAESEPITATION OP POUTSMOUTH.—Sir Francis'
'Thornhill Baring, Bart., M.P. for Portsmouth, 'lineal' iEn issued
Thuruhili Bating, Ban., M.P. for Portsmouth,
:Uiem to
his addica'S `tio the electors of that borough,
return-him again. There is,' however, strong o,Pfl°l-itzcia.
„ ~,,.:, —oUtenant-General Lord Frederick
whom
are
the persops of I .;
iince,ll.x.u•ls., and' Mr. Sergeant Gaselee, both a
Whose conduct
Of similar' tiolltical Ilea' to Sir Francis Baringt;
eh oomplaiiit;:-
E°l'icitlng 'tPozi in
of.lata towards.his
as Sir Francis
constituentswhether3ustly7or,nt,w cannot ll
it under the new d
in!iy - not be First Lord of the Admiralty y
will probably decresOe
mtuistration,- his chance of re- eo
r'l
ttsirneuth .abont twenty-five
,accordingly. lie has. sat for Por
asulyed.; to much
years' - ..

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`ASYLUM ''OR.''OR.FF,st ALE OnPFIA.Hs," AMBEICII.—
`oa Sunday -Morning," thb Lord .Mayor, the Sheriffs, the thi.
„der-sheriffs, and ,the City officers, attended in state, at the
chapel of this institutietn. A general court of the guardiaris
litiVing recently deternamed to receive into the asylum, three
little IA phans,wora•those
ocrteowhaovfe!tahtstelmedaz, 714 the s
prevented
by Southampton
by severe illness. The sermon was preached by the Rev. $,
R. -Cattley, M.A., the chaplain of the isYlum,
amount was collected on the occasion:
and a large
WHITTINGTON CLUB.—The second quarterly con-
cert took place at the above club last evening, and passed off
with great éclat. The whole of the sVersovith the excep-
tion of two, Miss E. Lyon and 1„/'58 1..
' .. Jacobs, were ama-
teurs. Of the last mentioned lady we have spoken before,
and, as we predicted, is rapidly rising in public favour; in.
fact, so charmingly cud she shag,.-that
in each instance a
dimble encore awaited her, In the course of the evening
several #3;olltut glow were ppg.
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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. •
Lieutenant Thomas Goss (1845), from the coast guard,
has been appointed to tho t.E George, 120, at Devonpurt,
vice Cull, promoted.

Aretinistl, 50, Captain Symonds, is preparing to refit
at Portsmouth.

Sampson, 6, steam-frigate, Captain L. T. Jones,
'
that arrived at Spithead on Sundsy evening-, loft Lisbon
on the 15th instant. She saw nothing of the Britannia
EDoglie from
shmaitt English
warin
hospital the
eagus—but
sprl several
the —thereha s broughtwas n o
home
sick and invalided stamen belonging to the Lisbon
squadron, who were landed at Hasler Hospital by the
Lightning yesterday stnornimr. The Samson remains at
Sr ithead.
Pantaloon, 8, Commander Hyde Parker, was inspected
in gunnery exercise, &c., by Flag-Captain Bohun Martin,
0.13., at Spithead, and was taken into harbour to pay off
yesterday afternoon.
. Vesuriw, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Barnard, has
gone out of Devonport Harbour° She has drawn her
chart for the Channel and western station.
PoRTSMOUTII, Mortnev.-:--The reported probability of
Rear-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland being the
new First Lord of the Admiralty is hailed hero with
general satisfaction.
The First Sea Lord of the Admiralty will most pro-
bably be Admiral Phipps Hornby, C.B.
Sir James Graham, M.P., arrived here on Saturday
HeTrbeeturned Tyne
store-ship,
to
or trstlhip, yesterday
master,caoftmernanitonodn.er.
on a visit to his brother, Captain Charles Graham, C. 8.,
of the Rodney, 92, on board which ship Sir James went.
Wellington,
arrived at Spithead this morning from the outward, en
route to Ascension.
The Simoom iron steam-frigate, Captain Kiagcome,
after being supposed ready for starting anywhere for
some time, is found defective in her engine department,
and has been taken from the harbour into the steam-
basin to have her defects remedied.
Waterloo,
The Rolla. 6, instruction brig for naval apprentices,
Lieutenant Fenwick Commander, hauled off irons her
outfitting-bulk to her moorings in Blockhouse Hole
to-day.
22.—Her
basinlle r
yMeldaetearty'sy ashtiphigh
Water
and
out of
f h o
moorings off the north end of the
120 , SHEERNESS,w wasarp
warped to
F h n
dockyard. Her officers and crew were shifted over to
her from the Minotaur hulk the same afternoon. A.t
sunset the flag (blue at the fore) of Vice-Admiral the
Hon. Joscelyn Percy, Commander-in-Chief at the Nore,
was struck, on board the Minotaur, and hoisted iu the
Waterlog next morning. In the internal arrangements
of the Waterloo every attention has been paid that can
be conducive to the comfort of those belonging to her.
The scuttles on the orlop-deck are of the largest dimen-
sions allowed, affording ample light and ventilation, and
the cabins for the various officers are as spacious as
can be expected under the- present system of berthing all
below.

llsr Majesty's ship Tyne, 4, store•ship, Master-
Commanding Mr. Peter Wellington, passed by here on
Saturday moning, in tow of the Monkey steam-tug
vessel. The Monkey came into port for the purpose
of landing some chronometers ror the steam squadron
of reserve, and proceeded on Sunday forenoon to
Woolwich.

The brig Polly, of South Shields, which went on shore
on the Mouse shoal, as reported on Friday, has become
a total wreck. fler master and crew were brought in
here by the smack Susannah, and received every possible
kindness and attention from the agent at this port to the
Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Benevolent So-
ciety, for which they desire publicly to express their
grateful acknowledgments. One of the Medway Com-
pany's steam-vessels conveyed them, free of expense,
to the railway terminus at Strood—an act of kindness
they always adopt in cases of shipwrecked mariners.
The Tinto, of Bridgwater, Hicks master, having had
her defects made good, was towed to the Downs on Sa-
turday, en route to Bombay, by one of the river steam-
tug vessels.

APPOINTMENT.
WOOLWICH, FEB. 23.—The following took place on
Friday last:—
Clerk—William H. Ozzird (1850), from the Are-
thusa, 50, at Portsmouth, to the Torch steam-♦essel, at
Woolwicb, fitting to serve as tender to the 'Herald, 28,
for service in surveying the South Seas.
The Violet Dover mail steam-packet, Lieutenant-
Commander Henry P. Jones, arrived at Woolwich yes-
terday at 6 o'clock, Pal., having sustained damage to
her bowsprit and bows. Captain Baldock, Inspector of
the Dover mail steam-packets, visited Woolwich Dock-
yard to-day to inspect the vessel.
The Cormorant steam-sloop, Commander William C.
Chamberlain, is all stripped, and ready to be paid off on
Wednesday next: One of the marine artillery
belonging to this vessel, at present in the basin.
attempted to get into the town by scaling the dockyard
wall during last night, and miscalculating the height of
the wall, it being fifteen feet outside and only ten feet
inside, he sprained his ankle so severely that he had to
be carried on a stretcher to his ship, being unable to
walk.

The Merlin, Mediterranean steam-packet, Lieute-
nent-Conmander James IL Turner, is nearly stripped,
and will be paid 1;11' here cla Friday next.

SEARCH FOR SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.
Lett night a general meting ut the members of the
Royal Geographical Soci:!ty Rai held in the theatre of
the Royal In:titution, Alo6rnarlf-street; Sir Roderick
Murchison, Bare., is the chair. Tho meeting was nu-
merously attoncled.

The President, in proposing Captain Beatson as a
member of the Royal Geographical Society, dwelt at
some length on the service in which he was about to en-
gage for the restoration of Sir John Franklin and his
companions from the Arctic regions, and urged upon the
members the great claims he had upon their considera-
tion to enable him to carry out his mission of mercy by
adding to the subscriptions !or that purpose, as he was
at the preent time deficient about 1,5001 of the sum re-
quired. jl, (the President) had icon the ship which had
been selected, and which appeared to be well suited, and
be was happy to see that it bed been furnished with all
necessary stores by the Board of Ordnance, and all
practicable assistaneo by the Board of Admiralty.
lie might also state in reference to this subject that
Lieutenant Pim, whose noble devotion to this cause they
were well aeqnsiuted with, had not only handed over to
the 13eatson mend the surplus of the grant made to him
by the Government, but the proceeds of the outfit of the
gallant officer would be sold at St. Petersburgh, and de-
votcd to the same object.
- Or. Shaw read a paper, transmitted through the Co-
ioniAi_affice, from Francis Gallon, Esq., F.11.G.5., of a
journey to Wolfish Bay, in the interior of Africa—de-
scribing the capabilities of the country, and the compa-
rative ease with which he had settled wars amongst the
journal kept by Mr.
native warlike tribes of that remote region of Africa.
The paper was received with great applause.
two countries
Colonel Yorke read a paper of meteorological obser-
vations,
Alexandria. From the statement it would be founel that
grinthgethsuebsyteaanrcse of a
Thorburnbedinu
of Egypt and Eog!and, the greater amount of rain fall-
" winter, whilst
log in in this country it fell most larthere was a marked difference between the
gely
in summer.
•
The thanks of tip. society wer3 then given to Dr.
Thomp6on, and the meeting adjourned.

9 at rho Rose
morning Mr. W. Carter te,snmed- an inq6ufiry,
D- i ----
IMVSTESIOUs AATII lly itSENIC. —. Yesterday
inquest have
and Crowo,
death of Mr. Edward Who
Commercial-road,
published,o m e r
.a 1. . eAO and
Ds) aged 28 y„, respecting the
vic-
tualler. DJtails of the first sitting Of thes' a licensed
deceased's stc mach has since been made the contents of
surgeon, Upper Stamford-street; M 3 by Mr. Taylor,
road ; and Mr. Spaggv, of
Already been
Guy's Iri rady, Blackfriars-
quantity of arsenic in tbe,stnnli h ospital, who found a
been taken recently, and deceased.c • The oison must have
pain. 'Die widow said, in must have suffered great
Lad made every search aboutanswer to the coroner, that she
the house, and ldnot find
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Ao,laAing ,of a deleterious nature. The jury returned a ver-
t.-,-.-".That the deceased •
ttarhoW or by what died from the effects of arsenic,
means that
madh they had at poison came into the ato-
no proof."
LOOR. TO Y . ,
sitting room in Lamb
otnt CEILINGS.--A few days ego, in a
ceiling, within the Lambeth, the greater • portion of a plaster
cornice, felldown • t affoollog any
withou . , _
witrollig. beyond an' • unsightly crack which, bad epated for
some time
of previously. Two ladies had a very narrow. escape
. being,.. at least, seriously, injured ; as it wee, one of them, a
visitor, -before she could escape, had her comb shivered to
atoms, and received a severe contusion is the body and sun-
dry other brain; by which she is laid up and placed under
medical treatment. The fragments of the ceiling showed an
expenditure of substance uot only wastefully lavish, but
rtitielitoo trying for the laths io sustain ; and, indeed, in the
aggregate, "rie- trifling burden for any frail tenement -of
tanLaai)m,Bbisetb,
re.
(burnt) day to bear ; in thickness,
,it varied from 11 tO at
le.asti2 inches I .a minimum specimen weighing 103 lb. to the
„square foot, or, the average, I 1-2- ten to a room, say 20 by 15
feet. Only a few laths were broken, those to which the
ceiling had adhered; the hack of the plaster showed that
generally it had parted from the laths for some considerable
time, the " key„r baring • been,broken.' A- short time ago a
'similar occurrence took place in a village a few miles from
town, when an aged and bedridden gentleman was found
nearly smothered in the rubbish, saved probably by the bed
hangings. Builder.
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THE DEFSPICES AT MALTA.-=The Honourable Dr.
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Dingli, at the last meeting of the a Council, gave
Government .
notice of his intention to propose the raising and training of
a body of Militia to assist the troops of the garrison in case
of necessity. The proposal one which cannot fail of giving
general satisfection,-incl which was to' be expected from Mal-
tese loyalty. We shopld wish to see the idea extended to
the rmaing -of a regiment of artillery also; for in the event of
-a sudderrnttack on Malta (of lvbich, thank heaven, there is
'believe not
not Vie slightest prohatkiiity at present), we do
there is in: artilleryman for every.gun on the fortifications.
Though' this may be a matter of 111inor importance , for the
moment, we think it -deserving of some consideration.--
Haifa Times, Feb. 10. . ,
TNRSVENDER --
MELANCIWLY DEATH "
A 2 Bedford, . 1C44-
Westnai -Oa
terday information was Sent to Di
r.
d5B us
r
Coroner, of the death of Thompui„
ess
in_
jilt! . t , a newe-
vender formerly,carrYing P'! ''' mg s reet, Soho,
but f6;the last twentythirty years selling or
.. newspapers at
the -white,Horse: Cellar, Piccadilly, where he was well-
known.
t, about half- ast • ' lt, appeared ,that. . j? - six. o'clock on
he was crossing Regent street, Picea-
Saturday, evening')
dilly, *hen a van i a-
'' cdOmwinngtlaieon
at the same time, and
ilewlett was. knocked_
th
i. wheels phasing over his
d 31,0 taking fr 0 rep o the fingers of one band. 11,e
lags, an , . - much injured •
' was also evidently. . ..internally, and it was
deemed the most advisabte to nt once convey him to St.
George's Ilospitai, where he expired in an hour and a half
after Louissiop•
_ Lorr4vlry.—Died, on the 15 ch instant, William
smith, in-the 102 d year of his age. Ile was a .parishioner
of qpfterSwell, near Stow, where he had 'worked on one
farm for upwards of 70:years. After losing his third ,wife, a
few weelcs'sinde, he felt lonely, and was determined (much
against the wishes of the rector and farmers in the village;
who have been particularly kind to him) to go into the
Stow Union Workhouse, where he considered he should meet
with Society; and be better -waited. on than at home. He
seemed perfectly comfortable,and contented there, until at::
tacked by, a disease from.which • he had several times before
suffered, and Which) this time, proved fatal- -• • • '

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TURKEY.
The Petrie has received letters from Constanti-
nople of the sth, stating that the Porte was very
desirous to conclude the affair of the Holy Places, but
had been again hindered from doing so by the steps
taken by M. TITOFF, the Russian Minis▪ ter.
A letter from Constantinople of the 7th states that
the Gavernment has just imposed a personal tax on
'miry Turkish subject', without distincti▪
on of religion.
The minimum is to amount to 20 piastres (sf. 40c.)
a year, and it is thought that the whole amount
will reach alum of 100,000,000.

A letter from MesSICIL Y.
sina states that shocks of an
earthquake have been extremely frequent there dur-
ing the whole month of January, but that -their
number and intensity increased to a frightful degree
on the
night of the 26th ult,, when the whole popu-
lation stayed out of doors for fear of the houses
falling in. Some old inhabitants, who still recollect
those of the sth of February, 1783, related that the
shocks c-Anmenced a month before in the same
manner, and at last ended in the total destruction of
the town•

Salomons has signi-
GREENWICII..--.Mr. Alderman
-ITI,I his intention, under whatever circumstances the vacancy
may arise, of. contesting tilt rePreseutation of this borough.
r-Senti.th Alircrirg.

T H E SUN,
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FRANCE. 1 COWES, ISLE OF WIGEIT.
The last number of the Courrier de la Dromc con- (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
talus the following account of the proceedings of the EOes WITH GUNS AND THEIR BAD CONSEQUENCES
This nuisance has now become so great, that it surprises
92
Commission appointed to decide on the fate of the
us it is so long tolerated. The highways, the fields, and
insurgents arrested in that department : feirm y.narda, are swarming with gunners, antd. theta iss not°. gl
" The mixed Commission, constituted by the Ministers
is performing its w,,3,11ei1l
the
h. without a great risk of gfeetssinegfi h
of Justice, the Interior, and War, d to kill Ili
It has set 383 indi- " a act of these
the
biseapkrion
duties without a moment's delay. arrows e edthe farmers' fi]
viduals at liberty, who are placed under the surveillance sand cotta an
ern'
birds, y.are
their
ducks,g
fowls, and C
of the police. 200 are to be transported to Africa for o aers windows, sh.ootingt i
of these worthies shot T
five years, 84 to Africa for ten years, 14 to Cayenne, 11 Pigeons; but a few. days since one .
composed of rags, ie
a cow. The weddings of their guns is co
to be expelled the French territory; the residence of 21 substances danger- al
common paper, rope yarn, and other
to be restricted to determined portions of the French
ons to the thatched roofs .of houses, barns, and ricks. On te
territory; 11 are to be tried by court-martial, and 16 by at Moor, worth up-
Friday evenine last a large hayrick,
the police-court. One individual who used seditious
wards of 1001.7 was set fire to and nearly all destroyed,
language after he had been set at . liberty was immediately it is supposed by the wadding of one of these sportsmen's tc
ordered for transportation to Africa."
owner had not left the rick-yard above ten cl
guns. The
A letter from Valenciennes mentions that the discovered. The b
minutes when the fire was town fire-Princess Naraki, granddaughter of the Emperor
engines were immediately sent for, and being at less than n
Nicholas of Russia, had arrived in that town. She half a mile distance, one was soon on the spot; but in the
is accompanied by the Lady Superior of the Order of haste the hose and the buckets were forgotten. The en-
b
St. Vincent de Paul. The object of her visit is to gine was therefore useless for a time. The fire com-
become a member of the Sisters of Providence. menced at about half-past six o'clock, and was not got
During a journey to Paris after the death of her entirely under till past one, though two engines were
father she abjured the Rusii in-Greek faith, and employed, one from a well fortunately not five yards from
became a Catholic. The Princess was edified by the the rick, and the other from a Fond about 100. The c
xernolary life, of the Sisters of the Congregation of cow-houses, cart-houses, &e., were within two yards of I
the rick, but were saved. f
Vincent de Paul, and she has resolved to finish
Ic E.—The mildness of the winter having precluded t
r life among them. the possibility of filling the different icehouses, the idea ,
The first procession of bcruf Bras took place yes- was almost given up for the season. In the early part
.erday, and was not inferior to any before the revolu- of the week 80 tons were landed here from Souteamp- '
tiers of February. The Bouvelards and the streets ton, for her Majesty's icehouses at Osborne; but the 1
through which the cortege passed were thronged frost was so severe on Thursday and Friday nights last, I
with people. At ten o'clock the cortege issued from that all the carts, waggons, and even donkey carts in this ,
the Hippodrome in presence of an admiring and even neighbourhood, were put in requisition, and the ice I
then crowded attendance. It was opened with the (about half an inch thick) from all the ponds for miles
fanfares of trumpets ; then came the car of industry, skimmed off and taken to the royal yacht squadron and
drawn by six white horses, and led by an allegorical other icehouses, giving employment to a great many poor I
men, and finding food for numerous families. 1
personage representing France, and having at his
The German emigrants who have been so long de-
side two persons, also allegorical, representing the
tamed here in the American ship " France" sailed on
arts and sciences. Behind the car banners were Friday. They are much indebted to our Queen for her
borne by operatives, who had volunteered for the kindness to them, as she supplied them with soup and
duty. A band of military music preceded the Car coffee daily during their stay, and as they had their
of Agriculture, drawn by two oxen with gilded horny, ships rations, they did not do badly. They had also
and containing the Goddess that presides over the medical attendance. In all they must have cost her
harvests, accompanied by her mythological cortege, Majesty full 7001. Two births and two marriages were
and followed by banners borne by persons represent- celebrated during their stay.
ing the various branches of the agricultural art. NEWPORT RITER I3IPROVEMENTIBu.L—The good folks
The animal himself destined to be the great of Newport are making another attempt to improve their
ornament and the victim of the file moved along town at the expense of their neighbours. They propose
to deepen the river near Newport (which is now dry at
with much majesty ; he was a fine specimen of his low water), to enable boats and vessels to reach the
kind—large, but not too unwieldy. and well-propor- quay at all times. The Cowes people have no objection
tioned. The streets he passed throught it would be to their doing this more than they have to their widen-
too numerous to mention. The cortege stopped at ing their roads, provided they do it at their own ex-
the Elysee, the English Embassy, the -Russian Em- pense; but they are determined that they will not far -
bassy, the Foreign Office, and the hotels of the other nish the funds. They will not tamely submit to be
Ministers, the Prefecture, and other public establish- xed to carry out any wild scheme their inland friends
may get into their heads. They cannot see why they
ments, to receive the usual gratuity. The boruf gras taxed
,
should pay is. per ton tax on their coals, Is. Bd. on
after a second promenade on Tuesday, will be trans-
theirearthenware;
even a portmanteau must pay a penny, as
salt, 3s. 43. on their furniture, and la.Bd. on their
ferred to the abattoir, and his earthly career ended.
The /t[oniteur contains a long report from the
musta lady's
lap-dog. And for what ? Why, to make
Minister of Marine and Colonies to the Prince Pre. a seaport of an inland town. It is but a few years since
silent of the Republic, on the removal of the bagnes the same parties attempted
to
get a Bill through Par-
out of Franee. He considers it desirable that French liament, which declared that—" the bed and soil of the
Guyana should be chosen as the seat of the new peni- river was the property of the mayor and corporation of
tentiary establishments, the climate being more tempe- Newport, from highwater-mark on the one side to high-
rate than might be supposed from the latitude, the ma- watermark on the other; and that they should hays the
ladies usual to hot countries very rare and not severe ; right to take up the soil from the middle and place it at
the average deaths at Cayenne are fewer than in the the sides of the river, and sell all the land so recovered."
adjacent English colonies ; and there being vast Thus depriving the owners of the land of the whole
forests capable of supplying wood for civil and mili- river frontage.
tary constructions, and there are no hostile tribes.
The Minister then states that in order not to subject POST-OFFICE NOTICE.
On and after the Ist March next, the following regu-
lations will come into operation:—
convicts to transportation against their will, which
would have been adding to the severity ofthe law,
Printed British Prices Current, Commercial Lists,
he caused registers to be opened in the bagnes of
Brest, Toulon, and Rochefort, for receiving the nams and Courses of Exchange,
packet,
o addressed to Denmark, may
of those willing to go, and that already about three payment of one penny each,r by p
similarand
drivat ships direct, on
publications,
thousand have volunteered. All, however, are not to originating in Denmark, and addressedtotheUnted
be sent off at once, but are to go in detachments ; Kingdom, will be delivered for one penny each, when
and to prevent their escape, or inconvenience to the transmitted by packet or by private ships direct.
colony, they are to be deposited in islands near • Periodical works, not of daily publication, and not
the coast until the establishments on the allowed to pass as newspapers, addressed to Denmark,
mainland shall be prepared. The convicts may Le forwarded by packet, or by private ships direct,
at reduced rates of postage, under the following con-
may, he says, be employed in cultivating
the land, and to those who conduct themselves well ditios
las
'T—h
t
age must be paid in advance.
concessions of land may be made. He has resolved el. t.
©
post
.1. They must be sent without covers or in covers
that the convicts shall be fed like prisoners of war, be open at the aides.
lodged like the troops in the colonial garrisons, and 3d. They must be printed in the English language.
be clothed as the climate may require. They will The rates of postage on such works will bees folios'?
not be required to wear chains, except as a means of Not exceeding two ounces in weight, Id.
punishment. They are to be kept in order by a Above two ounces and not exceeding three ounces, 6d.
military force, gendarmes, police, &c. They are to Above three ounces and not exceeding four ounces, Bd.
be accompanied by a chaplain, and an hospital is to be and twopence for every additional ounce up to the
established. The expense of the removal, es- weight of 16 ounces, beyond which weight these publi-
tablishment, sec., is estimated at 4,245,000 f , cations cannot be transmitted.
Periodical works of a similar description, published in
for which credits were opened by the decrees of the
December and 9th January. The Minister Denmark, andthis country,
d
th language of that kingdom, ad-
20thressed to will be delivered for the same
rates concludes by stating that a commission, nominated of postage as those charged oa periodical works
by the departments of Justice and Marine, is engaged sent to Denmark.
in collecting the elements of a decree for regulating -- -- _
for the future the transportation of convicts to Guyana, ALARMING OCCURRENCE, AT SEA'.
and that after such a decree shall be passed the bagnes SUICIDE OF A MASTER OF A SHIP,—On Saturday
will cease to exist. The President of the Republic the subjoined details were receivediliP.—
communicating
has expressed approbation of all the details of this extraordinary attempt on the part of Mr. James
Gilmoura an
report. M'Bride, the commander of the British ship Troy, be-
" We learn," says the Pays, "that the governors longing to Mr. Duncan Gibb, of Liverpool, to destroy
of various provinces in Spain have for warded to the his vessel and then his own life. It appears that the
Ministry proclamations which had been seized, and vessel had been to California and Manilla, and her
which were all worded in the view of a change in the last port was Singapore. She was bound for h
Bombay,
when on the evening of the Bth of December
Spanish Government. These proclamations arrived while the vessel was about forty miles off
2,the day of Pe
in the various provinces on February last,
,
nang, Captain M'Bride, who, it should be observed,
Merino'e attempt on the Queen's life." had been in a state of intoxication for several days pre-
viously, set fire to a large quantity of gunpowder that
GERMANY. was stored in his cabin. The crew were startled by the
In the sitting of the first Chamber, at Berlin, on explosion and smoke which issued up the companion,
the 17th, a motion was brought forward, declaring and immediately afterwards M'Bride rushed on deck
that the preservation of the Provincial Diets was with his clothes on fire, exclaiming, " I have blown up
contrary to law; this motion gave rise to a debate, in the ship. ' This alarming announcement caused the
the course of which the President of the Council theoficers to hurry down f below, when they saw that
used the following language : to place was on fire, All hands were ordered aft
extingutsh ir,
.‘ It has been said that the Ministry ought to resign. great exertion , and after some time, through
For my part, Gentlemen, I should be most happy to do which otherwiseen their part, the fire was got under,
so, for it is no pleasure to sit on this bench. But, I destruction of h would have caused the total
declare to you, Ido not sit here in virtue of the resole- up went to the ht e ship. Captain M`l3ride on coming
ti mof a party or of even a majority. I am in this " The vessel' is elmsman and,!.demanding his knife, sain,
poiiion, because I am placed in it by his Msjesty's man refusing, xgone, cut away the stern boat." The
commands; and I shall maintain it as lung as the King to shoot him, 'Bride drew a pistol and attempted
orders me." fortunatelyße pulled the trigger twice, but it
missed ' The -
The discussion was then adjourned to the next day. from the smoke ere. man apprehending
that the vessel reallywas
swhich was coming_ up the cabin,
SWITZERLAND. a knife, who instantly on fire, gave the captain
The Blind, a Swiss paper, contains a portion of the and cut away one
jumped into the stern boat
_of the falls. Tho boat fell, and
report on the refugee., sent by the Federal Council to ho was precipitated into the sea. One of the crew then
the Charge d'Affaires of Switzerland at Paris. It lowered the other fall of •
the boat, in order that the
states that ever since the departure of the refugees for captain; who was struggling in the w r temight get
England and America, the question has taken quite a into
it, which he accomplished after saorne,
hard swim-
different turn. In June, 1851, there were but 235 ming. The long boat was then lowered, and the crew
refugees in the 17 cantons, comprising 93 subjects of succe-ded in bringing the unfortunate man on board. Ile
Baden, 10 Bavarians, 11 Austrians, 30 Prussians, 9 ewfras ectin a. most exhausted condition, not only from the
Wurtemburgese, 24 Saxons, 5 Hessians, 12 Poles, 17 sustaisneecit bthe immersion, but from the burns he had
Frenchmen, and 24 liaison, These are nearly all clothes having y the force of the explosion, part of his
been burnt off Every attention the
in Switzerland at this present moment; they are un- officers could show him was rendered, but he survived
der the surveillance of the police
where
and in case of bud but a few hours. The ship was then put back to
conduct they are expelled. The report adds, that the Penang, it arrived on the 9th with the re-
complaints made by several Governments have proved mains of the deceased captain. On the circumstances
grounelesa so that some complaints of Austria and attending the unfortunate man's death coming to the au-
Catieruhe have not been attended to. The French Go- thorities, a coroner's
inquiry took place, and the jury,
vernnaent •after hearing the t
having sent a list of 60 refu it has
gees,
found that many of these unanimous verdict that the deceased
that were had r were
egular passports, or,
`s and conse- coupled with injuries received
not refugees. AP'were . from explosion by gunpowder.
second list sent from Paris. The extreordinary pre-
quentlyyeas equally inexact, The French nervation of the ship and crew excitedconsiderable
aired that the refugees
might - notice at Penang, and some surprise was manifested
that
be sent to the interior of
re-
the country ; 17 refugeesha • Means had not been taken by the crew to place some
this measure, were expelled. After refused to submit to straint over the misguided commander, and thereby bare
December 2, seven French ref After the events of avoided a much more serious catastrophe.
refugees had assembled at
Lausanne, and there published an appeal to the
French people.
As soon as the F SEABORNE MAIL B.
federal autho • rity
beard of this act, it did not wait for [IC signifies that the mails are sent from the General rest-office
Paris, but immediately expelled fiveof Complaints from by, the night—and Mby the morning—dispatch.)
who signed the appeal : the other two the persons when made up in ' From what When
Meetings of refugees had also have absconded.
been prevented PLACES. GeneralPost-oftice port dis- due--
.
London: I patched.
deral Government at
Geneva, and the Fe . , rnment was even --. l--...
at
present; in its
doing everythingpower to
euse uneasiness to prey t
en any America (by Brit. pkt.)N Feb. 27 .. .. !Liverpool .. lArrived
acts that might c:. France. America (by U.S. pkt.) 2{ Feb. 24 .. ..;Liverpool .. March 2
of Vaud state Americao (by U.S. pkt.)3l March 3 .. .. ionthampt.
The papers of the Canton that France
has addressed three demands toSwitzerland, viz., one Aiexana Zaes.t.c.o.as. t).... /.,Ti 1194tt.nNtoilmorth Tlymoath March 3
concerning the Jews of Basle CamPaftne, another Ott Bra um .. .. ... N Daily .. .. m.o..itoovveerr .. Feb. 28
the refugees, and a third on the press, besides
e some Brua:nilos Ayres :•• ti tttllii of the month ISonthampt. March 16
observations on the state of Berne. The Federal jalifornia(vlachagTer)m2daluttoorilamonoitt, 1 tau tt ti samm pp tt.. March 16
Commissioners at Geneva have desired the cantons on Cope of natant:=cli Hope Nll4th of month !Plymouth • . March 3
the French frontier to send in lists of all the refugees Central Arnerr •• ••
lii7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Feb. 30
ce,„„e, ,31 ea •• lif i2d & 17th of men. Southampt. Feb. 20
residing there, and to report all new arrivale. chill ea ••.. N Mon., Wed., &FrLSouthampt. Ta. Th. Sat
Franca •• •• .34 17th of the mouth Southampt. Feb, 20
DENMARK AND THE p ITC HIE S. °mew. '' ••M & N Twice daily .. .. Dover .. Twicedaily
Hamburg;- • • • • N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover
llamburgh letters of the 18th announce that the Welland •• •• NiTuesday & Friday London :: FebTa 3esl.soat.
departure of several troops from holstein had ac- Relied, li'cri a a •••• :: ... rt I 11Y7tInoes. & Satur. London .. Mee.Thur
Wally commenced. On that day the let battalion of India
(vitt
,;•,,tv:,,,,,. ms,
ii
Twice of the m oath lioot4hhaor2 t..
rir Fah.
the Bth Prussian Regiment arrived at Hamburgh fraatt(ovialan,,,,,iji) bill
,240utilk of the month Southarapt. March 21Y
from Rendsburgh, with two companies of the Aus- Southarr,tan) (via 24th efmonth'Dover .. March 2
I
trian regiment Wellington, and a field train. The Meditoriancanii (vi.,i 94th of the month •Sonthempt.,March 21
railway trains will continue to convey troops daily, B:tMexicoe es)
•'
11 Bth& 24th I
„ „
.. 24 2d
or
th ofmonth Dover ..'March 2
until the evacution shall have been completed. Madeira •• ••
.. et 9th of t: month„
Southampt.! March 5
-------. Malta° •• ••
.._ ::, month Southampt. !starch 16
TURKEY. iikazheoiretkarte boy., ;•-•f, 95
Naples* •••• • • N sth 15th month i I:
The Patric has received letters from Constanti- Papal State:). •• .. zi,sll,l,,2stttofme Dover .. !March 2
noels of the sth, stating that the Porte was lar— **
meta tate eatiselraup°"r '' March
2 very panes.. .. .. .. Mloth ot tha monT Seuthampt. Feb. us
desirous to conclude the affair of the holy Places, etethlsth2sthortha teathampt. ;Feb. 20
but Tuscany*
hail been again hindered from doing so by the
steps West ladies
..
.. ?,,fll7th of the moath sr.,_er ** !March 2
Southampt Febl. '4O
taken by M. TITOFF, the Russian Minister. West Indies (except
Ac sias„,) m2d of the menth gout,
A letter from Constantinople of the 7th states that Havanna --11- those ' tries thus marked— --alaPt• 111 -
e The malls to c oun
(.) arch ~
the Government has • d apersonal t
gust impose .ax on French packet via Marseilles' ar'' COnVeYeft by
London via s
ever y Turkish subject, without distinction of religion, The direct Ifavre mail from . Southampton Burin
The
minimum is to amount to 20 piastres (sf. 40c,) ceievo'aele.—Mails to and from California, r,,,a the uul).filany,
a year, and it i. t1,,,,,a1it. that the whole amount are now despatched and duo by every American packm '''' states

PRESENCE OF MIND. —A
.n,._oorft
hit nhumill:Ts
to.iiretar:l:
UiSt NV ritua " The herdsman of a
occasion one day lately to send his daughter for the cattle
under his charge. There were about eighty
eo
among them two bulls, one of which was occasionally m
question the
the
habit of assaultin le. On the day in
damsel unwarily approached the bull too closely, when he
immediately gave chase. On a level field, without dy key,
bogs, or any other place of refuge to resort to, what would
the reader have done—for to run home a distance of three-
quarters of a mile was out of the question ? The girl, with
great presence of mind, ran over to the other ball—a good-
natured animal, and much stronger than her assailant. Stand-
ing close by his side, land tapping him kindly on the back,
she drove him towards her father's house, followed by her
enraged enemy, who kept roaring and fuming all the way,
but when he came too close her protector turned round, and,
1411.Zikkapftelythe assailant at bay.
In with
this a shake
manneran
tdh toss
fugitive
;ftihvios
ness Courier. at Lorae,..wksver.