The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-30 00:00:00

SITTING or JAN. 28.

The President's Chair was occupied by Gem Jacquemi-
not, one of the Vice-Presidents.

The Order of the Day was the report of the Committee
on the petitions.
M. Merlin, the Chairman of the Committee, laid before
the Chamber a petition from several Polish refugees, who
complained of the diminution of the subsidies granted to
the foreign refugees, and of the extreme rigour of the state
of surveillance to which they were submitted. They prayed
the Chamber to reject a system of economy so fatal, stating
that the diminution or suppression of the subsidies would
have the effect of bringing about the repeal of the law of
the 2, I s.t April, 1832. The Committee, stated the Chair
man, without wishing in the least to weaken any measures
that were really connected with the public interest, propo-
sed to refer over the Petition to the President of the
Council.

The Minister of the Interior rose to lay before the
Chamber a detailed account of facts relative to foreign
emigrants. The number of political refugees of different
nations in France amount to 6,360 individuals, of whom
more than 5,000 are Poles, and during the last year more
than 400 Poles had arrived from Germany to seek an
asylum in France. The Government, which has incessantly
continued to exercise the most benevolent intentions to-
wards them, had used every means to advance them in all
the different means of livelihood which are open to the in-
dustry and activity of citizens in general. The different
schools and colleges had been rendered easy of access to
them, by granting them a dispensation from.all the expenses
of examination, &c. They had been declared admissible to
the military schools, &c. Their classsifleation in different
professions and trades had been favoured in every possible
way ; and the efforts of the Government had produced
the most happy results ; two hundred and sixty-eight of
the refugees had spontaneously renounced all claim to any
subsidy whatever, and at the present time at least two-
thirds of them are employed in some way or other in
lucrative occupations. The Ministry had accordingly
conceived that they might commence a reduction of
the subsidies, which would, at least alleviate the enormous
peouniary sacrifices which the Chamber had made for the
last six years, and which had already amounted to 19,554,000
francs. Other considerations and other facts had prescribed
this line of conduct to the Government. Among the re-
fugees were some who lead a sumptuous life at Paris, and
who, after passing the season at the bathing places of the
Pyrenees, or on the coast, returned to claim their portion
of the subsidies. Others received no assistance whatever,
but were surrounded by domestics, who were on the list
of those who received. While others refused to work
altogether, declaring that they considered the grant. made
them by the country as a debt due to them from France.
These had been the reasons of the reductions of the sub.
sidies a fifth, which the Government had thought right to
effect, taking care to except the aged, the infirm, children,
and women. Without this reduction it would have been
compelled to demand a supplementary subsidy from the
Chamber to the amount of 700,000 francs, a proposition
we had not thought right to make. But at the same time
he repeated, that it never ceased to be animated by the
most benevolent sentiments towards the political refugees.
M. de Tracy rose to protest against a measure so abrupt
which aggravated so greatly the unhappy position of the
refugees. He could scarcely believe the exactitude of the
details they had just heard, which could only have been pro-
cured by means of the police. He reminded the Chamber
of the marks of interest that they, as well as the whole
country, had bestowed upon the Polish exiles, and con-
jured them to remain consistent to themselves, and refer

the petition over to the Minister, with the support of their
pressing recommendation, to have it considered with favour.
The Minister of Public Instruction then stated, that.thc
Government had done what it thought agreeable to the vote
of the Chamber, and reminded them that the Chairman of
the Committee upon the Budget, had expressed their wish
that all demands for a supplementary credit for these grants
should cease. . .

M. Mauguin said that he was glad the question was
thus put, since he was convinced that the Chamber could
not hesitate a moment to support any demand for a supple-
mentary credit in this particular. According to him France
had contracted a moral debt towards the political refugees,
and particularly towards the Polish emigrants, and that
they should not think of indemnifying themselves at the ex-
pense of these exiles, for the sacrifices the Spanish Carlist
emigrants had cost them.
The Minister of Public Instruction replied that the French
Government had been. more hospitable aid more generous
than any'other'; that it' hathione'six times more for the
Poles than Ettldnd';' and "tlint'he could not consent to the

sacrifices they had voluntarily imposed on themselves, being
called a debt. It was no debt, it was a country's liberality.
Messrs. de Tracy, Fulchiron, and Salverte spoke also
upon the subject, when the order of the day was put to
the vote, the Ministers taking no part in the voting. The
order of the -day was rejected by a great majority, and the
Chamber referred over the petition to the President of the
Council.
Other petitions were presented of but little interest .
FRENCH FUNDS.—FARIS, JAN. 27.
Five per Cents., 109 f. 15c. 10c. sc. ,
Four per Cents., 10tf.
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Three per Cents. 791. 75c.
!lank Actions, 2,405 f. 2,4001.
Rente de Naples, 98f. 70e.
Spanish Actives, 26 25,X%
Spanish Passives, 7!,', 7.
Relgian Loan, Five per Cents.. 103.
Portuguese Three per Cents. 3".17/8 31.
Haytian Loan, 375 f.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper 251. 9.71. e. ; money, 251.. 27!..5c.
Three months, paper, 25f. 714 c. ; money, 2.A. 71,4 e.
—Court Authentigue.

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FRENCH P UNDS.—Paius, JAN. 2.5.
Five per Cents., 109 f. 15c. 10c. Mc.
Four per Cent., 101 E
Three per Cents., 79f. 70c. 65e. 70e.
Bank Actions, 2405 f. 2,400 f.
lientc de Naples, 9Sf. 65c.
Roman Five per Cents., 101%•
Spanish Actives, 25% 26 253,4%1(2•
Spanish Passives, 7 oFit•
Portuguese Loan. Three per Cents, 30%
Haytian Loan, 375 f.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25c. 30c.; money, 25f.
Three months, paper, 25f. 10c. ; money, 25f. 7;‘e.
—Cours Aullicnticate.
LAST PRICES.
Five per Cents., 1001. 20c.
Three per Cents. 791 Sc. 3
-Bank Actions, 2,400 E
Bente de Naples' 9.9 f. 85c.
Roman Five per Cents., 104 i.
Belgian Loan, 103.
Belgian Society, 1,5601.
Portuguese Three per Cents., 30%,
Haytian Loan, 375 f.
Spanish Actives, 25Vi.
Spanish Passives, 6 Ys•
-Miguelites, 12.

SPAIN.
(From Madrid Papers, received, to the 22d instant.)
VrrroutA, JAN. 16.—The excessive cold which has
prevailed this good while, and the deep snow which again
covers the ground, had paralyzed the operations both of our

own troops and those of the rebels who remain in some vil-
lages of Biscay, with their Generalissimo at their head.
It is said that in the vicinity of the siege, where the action
of the 24th December was fought, six more pieces of ar-
tillery have been found, which the enemy concealed in
his flight.
The ,gallant General Espartero left Bilboa on Thursday
(the 12th). with 11 battalions, taking the direction of Bal-
maseda, the other roads being impassable. *.
Villareal is piqued at having been deprived of the com-
mand, and has shut himself up in the Castle of Guevara,
which he will not leave, disobeying all the orders of Don
Carlos. The latter continues at Durango.
(From El Espanol of the 21st January.)
VITTORIA, JAN. 16.—The rebels who besieged Bilboa,
occupy still the same position as per last, recovering from
the grand defeat they experienced before that place on the
24th and 25th of December. The so called Royal head-
quarterS continue at Durango. Gomez with his men is at
Ochandiano, Escoriaza, and Arelievakta ; Villareal, at
Ara,'mayona, much indisposed, with Moreno and his troops,
recover inn from the fit of illness caused him by a grand
disciissioa he had with the Pretender. The rebels on their
side are vcry discontented at being commanded by a Casti-
lian, and if the weather improve and they get another drub-
bing, we may'czpect grand results.
The houses of this city are converted into barracks. It
is said an extraordinletry Commissary of War and Inspector
has arrived, and we noch wish that the commission should
be extended to other Leauches,. certain that his zeal and
activity would produce good effect.
The Espanol of the 17th contains the following extracts
of a letter from Valencia of 12th January
An important capture has just been made in this city.
An officer of the Guard having learnt that a certain Dio-
nisio Montzabal has got into the' city, who is one of the
men of the Board of Morella, and whose mysterious con-
duct and bigoted politics rendered hi: a extremely suspected,
effected his arrest in the night of the 9th near the Convent
of the Nuns de la Purete. _ _

" Dionisio Montzabal, who had gaineci the sexton of the
establishment, was able constantly to pass the night in the
convent. A domiciliary visit took place, awl the following
papers were seized :
" 1. A. proclamation of Don Miguel to the Portuguese.

"2. A proclamation of Don Carlos to the Na•varese.
"3. The copy of a convention entered into to place Don
Carlos on the throne of Spain, Don Miguel on that of Por-
tugal, and Henry on that of France. The powers Were
to interfere with irresistible forces in favour of the RGsval
candidates.

4. The copy of another convention, concluded at Lon-
don, in which the pensions were fixed which Christina,
Donna Maria, and the King of July were to enjoy in
their exile.

" Among this man's papers there were also *Ater very cu-
rious documents."

(From the Madrid Gazette of the 21st of January.)
Walt-OFFICE.—The Brigadier, second in command of
Arragon, writes to the Minister of War on the 14th inst.,
that Captain Baquer, commanding the moveable column
of the capital of that kingdom at Cutanda, being informed
that the rebels of Feria and Jimeno were -OR the 14th at
Cortes, he determined, though ignorant of their 'number,
to march to that point with his small force, consisting of
150 fusiliers 'of the company of Saragossa, 41 mobilized
National Guards, 50 horses of the invincible 6th Regiment
of Light Cavalry, and 20 of the free corps ; that on ar-•
riving at Cortes, the rebels, cowardly frightened, had
marched to. Herrera ; but; leaving the road at 1 o'clock
in the night, the said Bawler, with his force, proceeded by
the most craggy part of the Sierra and pine woods of Segura
notwithstanding the most terrible cold and deep snow, but
neverthelesS retched at daybreak Terricilla del Rebollar,
where he presumed the rebels to be, and distributing his
troops to the best of his judgment, he ordered Lieutenant
'Nlalchior de Torres and Sub-Lieutenant Joze Marie Gon-
zales, with two-thirds of his infantry, to surround the vil-
lage, and to enter it at the point of the bayonet, if the
enemy was there ; which actually happened to be the case :
the rebels made an obstinate resistance, which compelled
him to reinforce the infantry with the rest, keeping only
the cavalry as a reserve.
The result of this glorious day was the killing of 28 in
the streets, including two officers, and the taking of eight
prisoners, three horses, and 34 stands of fire-arms, two,
swords, and a quantity of eqnipment and ammunition.
The second in command very particularly eulogizes Don
Manuel Bagder, as well as the other aforesaid officer's
merits, and the decision of the troops.
M AMID, JAN. 20.—Her Majesty the Queen-Regent has
been pleased, by a Royal order of the 3d inst., to grant the
Grand Cross of the National and Military Order of Skin
Fernando to the Mariscal de Campo Don Santos San
Miguel,' Governor of Bilboa, for his particular merit in the
defence of that uncongnerable place during its third siege.
By Royal decrees of the Bth inst., to grant the Grand Crosi
of the Royal American Order of Isabel La Catolica to the'
Mariscal del Campo Don Antonio Maria Alvarez, for the
services he has rendered in the pursuit of the rebel Sanz ;
that the same class to Don Felippe del Rivero, for his
merit in pursuit -of the rebel Gomez ; and to Brigadier
Don Ramon Maria Narvaez, for his particular merit in the
said pursuit, but most especially in the action of Majaceite.
(From El Castellano (evening paper) of Jan. 20.)

It is asserted that the ease of the Bishop of Palencia

having been heard on an appeal on his part, and that of Fis-
cal of the territorial Audiencia of this court, the sentence
of the court below, which characterizes him as a Carlist, has
been revoked, and that for ,the crime of abandoning his dio-
cese, and flying from thence, he has been sentenced to be
confined during the civil war in such place as the Govern-
ment should order, after the termination of which he is to
expatriate himself; his temporalities being confiscated.
Though the crimes committed by persons of high station
and dignity are on that very account deserving of punish-
ment, and though the public thought the Bishop of Palencia,
owing to his position, to have incurred a greater, examples
of which are not wanting in our history, we rejoice that the
Audiencia has, in our opinion, satisfied public vengeance by
imposing an immediate punishment.
SARAGOSSA, JAN. 16.—General Quiroga leaves this to-
day for the army of the centre, and Corral, his second, re-
mains in command.
SAN SEBASTIAN, JAN. l.2.—The 4th battalion of Na-
varre, after being nearly destroyed before Bilboa, has re-
turned to its province to succour Garcia, threatened by
the attitude of Sarsfield, though the dreadful weather has
restrained that General from the operationi he prepared.
In the night of the 6th instant 400 of Gomez's cavalry,
dying with misery, :unshed, unbooted, and shirtless, have
arrived at Tolosa. They are transformed into a baud of
brigands, and spare neither house, shop, nor kitchen. Thus
the inhabitants arc obliged to keep their doors shut, as if
the town was invaded by hungry wolves. They seem to
come from llernani, to reinforce the division of Guiselade,
who is very ill. _

VALDEPENAS, JAN. 15.—The rebels in these parts are

insignificant ; but as they are not pursued, they commit
daring robberies. They have carried off horses and cattle
from Danirel, Manzanares, Cozar, and Melgoreja.

ROYAL, DECREE.

" Isabella 11., by the Grace of God, &c.
" The Cortes, exercising the rights vested in them by the
Constitution, have ordered the following :
" 1. Is excluded from the succession to the Crown of Spain
the rebel Don Carlos, and all his descendants.
" 2. 'The same exclusion strikes equally the ex-Infantes
Don Miguel, of Braganza ; Don Sebastian Gabriel, of
Bourbon and Braganna ; and Donna Maria Theresa, of
Bragaaza and Bourbon, and all their descendants.
" Palace of the Cortes, 15th January, .1837.
( Signed) "J. FERRER, President.
" J. DASBUCLES and V. SALVA, Sees.
" We,ordcr all the tribunals and authorities to enforce
the present decree. You will see that it, be executed.
(Signed) " The QUEEN REGENT.
" Done at the Palace, 17th Jan., 1837.
" To Don J. M. Calatrava, President of the Council.''

SOUTH AMERICA.
BUENOS AYRES, Nov. 15.—This morning, the following
letter from the British Minister, Mr. Mandeville, to the
Chairman of the Committee of British Merchants, was
posted at the Commercial-rooms :
" Buenos Ayres, Nov. 15, 1836.

" Sir—l have been informed by this Government that
the convention which was signed on the 28th of August by
the Plenipotentiaries of Chili and Peru, mentioned in my
letter to you of the 6th instant, has not been ratified by
the President of Chili, and that a squadron of eight Chilian
ships of war, under the command of Admiral Blanco, sailed
on the 29th Sept. from Valparaiso, to blockade the ports of
Peru. •

" I remain, Sir, your most o'ledient humble servant,
"J. H. MANDEVILLE."

" William Orr, Esq , &c."
Exchange, 7d. per dollar ; 6 per Cent. Stock, 68 to 70

BOLIVIA.

CIRCULAR OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATED

STATE OF BOLIVIA AND FERU.
LIMA, AUG. 20.—The recent political change, whereby
the two states of Peru form, in union with Bolivia, a grand
federation, is a matter of such importance, that I should '
deem myself negligent if I omitted acquainting you with
this great event, and the causes that induced it, since Pro:.
videnca has deigned to make me the instrument in so me-
morable a crisis.
You are doubtless aware of the turbulence that has so
shaken Peru during the latter years of its political existence.
You have known and deplored the interruption of social
order, and the cri►ninal usurpation of public authority by a
bold and enterprising rebel ; his armed oocupation of so
large a portion of territory, the conflicts of the legitimate
Government,. the consequent confusion, and the just appre-
hension of surrounding state's at this close approximation

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• of disorganizing elements, frenzied passio,
revolution.
In previous periods of agitation and cliso
• vian Government and nation .had asked the •
r Bolivia as their sole resource. &it- the latter
cupied with its own affairs, and, content with internal pros-
' perity, could not accede to requests so opposed to the
line of conduct traced out from the first of my admink-
tration. But its isolation, was assailed, its safety com-
promised, when the troops of. the usurper, after overrun-
ning- the northern state, menaced that of the south, where
the lawful President could scarcely maintain his authority.
Still I remained passive, despite these powerful motives,
till the Creaty. of June 15, 1835, supplied the legal forms,
and sanctioned with legitimate authority the occupation of
Peru and the military operations of our troops, acting ,
simply by the public will.
Splendid successes annihilated rebellion, and freed the
country from the oppressor's yoke. The nation was left free
to express, through its legitimate organs, the vows that rea- •
son and experience so long inspired. 'rho Asseiobly of Si- •
cuani first sanctioned the separation of the Southecn State
of Peru, and invited the North and Bolivia to unite iu one
great federated nation. The Congress of Bolivia assented
to the project, and ordered it effectuation ; and then the
Northern section, recognising the new State, formed four-
departments of its proper territory, and binding itself a •
member of the federal nation, completed the great scheme
of associated fraternity, whose arrangements must be
settled by the Congress of Plenipotentiaries. •
By the vote of their respective 'assenrblies, the two new
Peruvian States have devolved on me the charge of their
destinies, and bind themselves solemnly by the act of the
Federal Congress. The acceptance of those arduous
func-
tions was, a duty imposed on me by the course I was corn- -
pelled to from the first—by the promise that bound me to,
exterminate anarchy—and, more than all, by the confidence
of nations that recognised in the restoration of Bolivia, anti
the formation of an orderly and disciplined military force,
the firmest pledges of their own security. Yet I hesitated
till the wisdom and judgment of the three nations united to
require a uniformity of measures as essential to -a confede-
racy and indispensable for-its consolidation.
It cannot escape your judgment and experience that the
South American Government, far front uneasiness at the
creation of a political body combining social guarantees
with stability and energy, must regard it as a pledge of .
future peace, and a barrier framed against anarchy by the
amalgamation of interests once separate aid conflicting.
Foreign Powers can feel only confidence Wand brotherhood
in the course of the present and future Government. My
system, accredited by seven years of pacific 'Administration
Ltowards all our continental republics, offers ample pledges
of neutrality and forbearance, of frank and friendly re-
latiuns.

SANTA CRUZ, President.

11EMBROKE.---SIR J. OWEN.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
PEMBROKE, JAN. 26, 1837.
SlR—Perce.lvino• in your paper of the 11th inst. that
you have inserted' some observations stated to have fallen
from a 211 r. Laws ;at a meeting at Pembroke, relative to
the Charities, who is represented as not mixing himself upr
with the politics of the' county ; and suspecting but few of
your readers, by the de,vription here giVen, may under-
stand who the speaker is, what has caused the insertion
of his speech in your paper, I beg to make the following
remarks :

A few of the independent persons residing in this
neighbourhood have stepped forwarl to prevent the further
mismanagement of tbePonbroke Charities ; and that abuses
have and. do now exist, only requires a reference to the
Charity Commissioners' report, but they (lid not discover
the. full extent of the abuses. It has been said that tire
private character of Sir J. Owen has been attacked by the
attorney who conducted the petition to the Lord Chan-
cellor against the appointment of the late trustees. This
he denies. However, I believe it will be found that gross
mis-statements have been made, and great duplicity re-
sorted to by those interested in a continuation of the
Charity abuses.
As some of your readers may not have an opportunity
of reading the Charity Commissioners' Repoit, I will men-
tion one instance of mismanagement in the year- 1825.
lease for 60 years on Charity lands was granted to the late
Town Clerk at one half of what it was soon afterwards'let
for, and what was at the same time offered, by a gentleman
of the county. I more particularly mention this lease, be-
cause it was irreguldrly granted, and could have been can-
celled if the trustees (who were relieved .of their functions
in August last). had acted vigilantly in their duties, It is
rio less true that-about this same period (1823
.and .1827)
other leases for three lives were granted on two farms, with
farm buildings on them, at less than eight shillings per
acre ; and it also, appears by the said report that 548 a,lees
of land near
..the town, of New Quay, now let for only
1431. per year ; therefore, with these facts in view, any
prjUdiCCd person must perceive that the object has been
to prevent similar abuses being practised in future, and not
(as Mr. Laws, insinuates) to attack the private character of
Sir J. Owen, which stands too high to need any fawning
parasites thrusting themselves forward as his defenders,
where no defence was necessary ; and I am sorry to per-
ceive he has a number of pretended friends who arc ut-
terly regardless of any thing excepting their own aggran-
dizement ; and when their trickery protrudes so far beyond
the bounds of prudence as to unveil their manoeuvres, they
endeavour to shield themselves behind the mantle of Sir J.
Owen,-in the hopes that his well-known popularity will pro-
tect them from the scorn of all holiest men.

A misnomer has been made in stating that Mr. Lawse
made this speech, doubtless for some good reason : the per-
son who really did make the speech, and took a very pro-
minent , part at the meeting, was a,- Mr. Edward Laws,
formerly a clerk in Chatham Dock-yard, from whence he
was sent to America, and f'roin thence appointed to Pem-
broke Dock-yard as clerk of the cheque ; but whether this
more rapid rise in the service than his less fortunate con-
temporaries was from his superior tact or talent, or whe-
ther it arose through the influence of his uncle, Sir R. Sep-
pings; in his more palmy days, I leave others to discover.
I, however, think it bad taste in this gentleman to talk•of
want of tact or talent ; and I believe it is an admitted
axiom that those qualities, particularly the latter, are con-
sidered quite unnecessary to advancement in the civil
service of the navy :—it was at least held so by the
late Nary Board ; but however the parties alluded
to may lack these, they have at all events sufficient
honesty to expose charity and other abuses, careless of
smiles or frowns - which may arise from any quar-
ter. The other parts of this speech are such a tissue of
hypocrisy and rhodomontade, interspersed with Yankee say-
ings and quotations, that it deserves no notice. This Mr.
Laws is moreover an Alderman of the Borough, and was
proposed by another dockyard officer as Mayor but -de-
feated by the other members of the ward, who thought it
improper that a dock-yard officer, and a Tory, should be
the returning officer in the, event of a parliamentary elec-
tion, particularly as the Admiralty have given strict orders
that they are not to interfere in politics.
It is, Sir, a pity, that Government, who pay such large
salaries to some of their officers, (and who have little to do
for it) should not check their ambitious propensity, and pre-
vent their indi:'ectly opposing their views, wasting nearly
the whole of their time in attending to local politics, getting
up speeches for the public prints, or writing anonymous let-
ters against their superiors in office ; and I really am so un-
charitable as to believe that of some of them would throw
overboard the interest of their constituents, where their inte-
rest with a Lord Lieutenant or Member of Parliament in-
terfered with their borough duties—particularly as there offi-
cers are returned by the votes•of persons miler their con-
trol, but which I hope will soon be reformed.
I rewain, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
A REFORMER.

Sir Edward Knatclibull, Bart., :has taken the very
fine mansion in Cavendish-.square so long the abode of the
late Bishop of Durham.
The Earl and Countess of Bradford are expected in
town in the course of the present week, and will take pos-
session of their new town mansion in Belgrave-square.

His Royal Highness the DUke of Sussex, accom-
panied by, Colonel Wildman and Lord John Spencer
Churchill, arrived at Kensington Palace on Thursday even-
ing, from NewAcad Abbey, Nottinghamshire.
The ordinary meeting of the Royal Geographical
Society was held on Monday evening, Francis Bailey, Esq.,
V.P., in the chair. Several donations were announced, and
four members were elected. Captain Washington, the se-
cretary, read a letter from Mr. Vice-Consul Wiltshire, at
Mogadore, dated December 13, which announced that •Mr.
Davidson had commenced his journey. across the desert,
accompanied by fifty men and one hundred- camels. He
had every where found - the natives very hospitable, and
exhibiting much nobleness of character, •till the date of
the last accounts, and had left Sheick Boyroux for a pe-
riod of eighteen days, during. which time no intelligence
had been received from him, which was considered satis-
factory, particularly as there were no warlike tribes on the
borders of the desert. Letters bad also been received
from Captain Alexander, dated Oct. 15, which stated that
the next day his party would locate on the Orange River.
A communication was read from Mr. Barker, containing an
account of his travels in Syria, as also from Lieutenant
Willsteed (who was in the room), being a geographical no-
tice of the southern coast of Arabia, and containing an
account of his travels to upwards of seventy miles into the
interior, his party being the first Englishmen who had vi-
sited this part, no European having before penetrated a
distance exceeding five miles.—The meeting adjourned to
Feb. 13.