The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-18 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

The Lord Mayor of London ; or, City Life in the
Last Century. By Wm. Harrison Ainsworth.

3 vols. Chapman and Hall.
That this novel of Mr. Ainsworth was suggested
in a measure by Hogarth's delineations of the re-
sults of idleness and industry is tolerably evident
from certain indications at the commencement of
the first volume, still they merely give him as it
were a starting-point, and in no way assisted him
tofill up the details of,.his portrait of "a -worthy-
Lord Mayor." This portrait, although assigned to
a particular date, 1761, is, he states, an ideal one.
Differing in opinion with those novelist and comic
writers who have made Aldermen and Common
Councilmen a standing jest, and believing munici-
pal authorities "to be generally men of sterling
character, of high intelligence and capacity, zealous
in the discharge of their public duties, and energe-
tic in the maintenance of the rights and privileges
of the great City they represent," he has painted
them as such, and he has, moreover, de-
scribed the City pageants as they existed
in all their glory a hundred years ago. Many
celebrities of the time, such as George 111., the Earl
of Bute, Pitt, Wilkes, and Alderman Beckford, are
brought on the scene, and thus the political as well
as the social aspect of the time is placed before the
reader. The action of the tale is necessarily com-
prised within the space of the Mayoralty, or rather
within a portion of it, inasmuch as it commences on
the memorable ninth of November, and terminates
with the Easter feast of the ensuing year. The
principal character in it is, as Mr. Ainsworth states,
imaginary, and he has endeavoured to render it a
type of those business men who, from small
beginnings have, by industry and integrity, raised
themselves to the highest position the city can
bestow. "Born at Bucklerabury, about sixty years
before the present important epoch in his history,
Gresham was the third son of a drysalter, in a very
small way of business, who had got into difficulties
and never recovered from them, but who was able
to give his son a good education by placing him at
the Merchant Tailors' School, where the last re-
mained until his father's death, when he was
apprenticed to Mr. Tradescant, a prosperous draper
in Cheapside, who knew the family and had taken
a fancy to the youth." Of this start in life Gresham
makes the most. He becomes Mr. Tradescant's
right hand, is made head clerk, taken into partner-
ship, and ends by marrying his master's only
daughter and succeeding to the business. Increas-
ing in worldly wealth he becomes Sheriff, is
knighted, is then elected Alderman, and at last
succeeds in the object of his ambition, that of
becoming Lord Mayor. In his domestic relations
R;.- OraaL... Lurlinet Lam scarcely be Couoiclo.,d au
fortunate, inasmuch as his wife and two eldest
daughters are essentially worldly, and his only son
Tradescant is, at the beginning of the tale, on the
road to ruin. Of the Lady Mayoress we have the
following picture :
" The Lady Mayoress, it has been intimated, was a few
years younger than her husband, and being still in remark-
ably good preservation, might be termed a fine woman.
Her person was rather on a large scale, it is true, her fea-
tures fat and rounded, and her once dimpling chin doubled,
but her teeth and eyes were gool, and she had an agreeable
smile, and a generally pleasing expression of countenance.
" Her size, however, was vastly exaggerated by the out-
rageous dimensions of the hoops sustaining her pink satin
gown, which was decorated to profusion with large bows of
ribbon, cords, tassels, and wreaths of flowers, and festooned
with great bands of parti-coloured silks ; while her stature
was increased in the same ratio by a surprisingly lofty
head-dress, which was full three feet above her brow, and
might have overbalanced a less substantially-built frame.

This monstrous 'head,' the interior of which (if we
may venture to reveal the secrets of the toilet) was formed
of tow, rose up smooth and straight as a wall in front, being
stiffened with powder and pomatum, while the sides and
back were covered with ranges of enormous curls, likewise
plentifully besprinkled with powder. Some of these curls
descended on her ladyship's ample shoulders.
" But we have not yet done. The towering head-dress
in question, which reminds one of Queen Huncamunca's,
was hung over with ropes of pearls and other jewels, deco-
rated with ribbons in bobs and ties, and surmounted with a
plume of ostrich feathers.
" There seems little danger of such a mode as this being
revived, but it may be as well to remark, by way of caution,
that independently of the time occupied in its construction,
the shape, which was calculated to last for a fortnight,
could only be preserved by the wearer sleeping in a chair
the whole of the time. Such, ladies, was a Lady Mayoress
in the time of your great-grandmothers."
Now it so happens that Sir Gresham had two bro-
thers,Godfrey and Lawrence, who left London when
young to push their fortune in the country, and of
neither of whom from that time had he heard.
Just, however, as the Lord Mayor is about to join
his procession two young persons, dressed in rustic
garb, are announced, and introduce themselves to
him as his brother Godfrey's children, Herbert and
Prue ; state that their father is dead, and that they
are come to claim their uncle's protection. Though
he had never before seen or heard of them Sir
Gresham at once recognises them from their family
likeness, and gives them a cordial welcome. Not
so his wife and family. They, ashamed of their
father's low origin, wish to turn their backs upon
his poor relations, but he thus rebukes them—" I
wish everybody to know I am not ashamed of my
origin. I have an honest pride in referring to it.
'Tis one of the greatest privileges of the high office
I now hold, that its qualifications are not exalted
birth, or interest, but the good opinion and esteem
of one's fellow-citizens. These I have won, or I
should not wear these robes to-day. But I should be
unworthy my office if I could forget my former
position—if I could look coldly on my brother's
children. I bid them heartily welcome. All who
love me, and respect me, will follow my example."
And he not only gives them kind words, but places
Herbert in the shop, offers him the management of
it, and promises that, if diligent, he will, on the
next Lord Mayor's Day, take him into partnership.
But another surprise is in store for Sir Gresham.
Whilst he is showing the Duchess of Richmond,
Lady Kildare, and Lady Pembroke,who are termed
the three Court beauties, the Guildhall and the
city giants, and while they were contemplating
the colossal figures, and listening to Sir
Gresham's droll version
of the popular
legend respecting them, a strange hollow sound,
resembling a prolonged and dismal groan, was
wallhea heard, d
b,
e issuing,h behind
apparently, from the interior of the
the figure of Magog, This sound
issues from a cell appropriately called Little Ease,
and the prisoner emerging at Sir Gresham's order
turns out to be his long lost brother Laurence, who
had been there confined for being drunk and dis-
orderly. many a one might have hesitated to
acknowledge a near relative under such circum-
stances,reluc-
tance. and could scarcely be blamed for his reluc-
tance. Sir Gresham, however, was nut a person of
this stamp.
He resolved to adopt the proper and
the manly course, let the world think what it
So I might of him," he at ones acknowledges him,
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but the old man, ashamed of his plight, refuses to
admit his identity, and assumes the name of Can-
dish. Still the Lord Mayor believes his conviction
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and is fortified in his good resolve by his pretty
cousin Prue. He takes to the business ; it prospers
under his management; he forsakes his dissolute
companions, and the credit of the house of
Lorimer is at length safe in his hands. Herbert
now, the rustic cousin, strange to say, gives
cause for anxiety. In proportion as Tradescant at-
tends to business, he neglects it, nor are remon-
strances of-any avail in changing his course. The
enigma is, however, at length solved by the arrival
of an old gentleman from Yorkshire named Winter,
who is a large landed proprietor, and M.P. for the
East Riding, and who explains that he is the long
lost brother Godfrey who had married a Yorkshire
heiress and taken her name, and that his children
had imposed on their uncle by a fictitious story in
order to test his generosity. We scarcely need say
that this at once puts matters straight. Trade-
scant is made happy with his cousin Prue, and
youngest
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sisdaughter,Herbertersis
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known is Mr. Ainsworth's talent for the description
of gorgeous ceremonial, that we can only say he
has found on this occasion an ample field on which
to exercise it, and that the accounts of the Lord
Mayor's procession, banquet, and water pageant,
as they existed a hundred years ago, will be read
with interest by all who delight in events of such
a character.

Gl' Ingannati ; the Deceived. A Comedy per-
formed at Siena in 1531, and Aelia Laclia Crispis.
By T. L. Peacock. Chapman and Hall.

In this old Italian comedy, the greater portion of
which is here translated, Mr. Peacock believes he
has discovered the original of Shakspere's" Twelfth
Night," and the correctness of his inference we see
no reason to doubt. The date of Shakspere's comedy
is fixed at about 1600 ; the earliest edition of " Gl'
Ingannati," of which Mr. Peacock has found a re-
cord, is 1537 ; and although most of the details of
the two plays are wholly different—although in the
Italian we find no trace of the wonderful imagina-
tive power or subtle humour of Shakspere—there
is, nevertheless, a certain coincidence of event be-
tween them which leads to the conclusion that
Shakspere may have made the same use of it there
he did of Italian tales and English chronicles. Thus
in both plays " A girl assumes male apparel, and
enters as a page into the service of a man with
whom she either previously is, or subsequently be-
comes, in love. He employs her as a messenger to a
lady, who will not listen to his suit. The lady falls
in love with the supposed page, and, under the in-
fluence of a mistake, marries the girl's twin brother.
The lover transfers his affection to the damsel who
had served him in disguise." And this is, in reality,
all for which Shakspere is indebted. This skeleton
it is which he has clothed with immortality. That
he should have converted such meagre material into
so exquisite a creation is one of the most convincing
proofs of his power ; and the Shaksperian world
should be grateful to Mr. Peacock for bringing it
to their knowledge. The explanation he gives at
the end of the volume of the famed " Aelia Laclia
Crispis" is ingenious, and will afford matter for dis-
cussion to those curious in such inquiries.

The Royal English and Foreign Confectioner. By
Charles Dine Francatelli. Chapman and Hall.
We can scarcely describe the contents of this
handsome volume better than in the words of the
author's preface :—" Herein will be found minutely
and correctly detailed, instructions giving the most
approved methods for the preservation of fruits, in
sugar or spirits ; the preparation of all kinds of
syrups; English, foreign, and national fancy beve-
rages; ices, graniti, bon-bons, candies, comfits,
compotes, dessert cakes, plain and fancy bread-
making ; spirituous essences, liqueurs, cordials; orna-
mental confectionary, the dishing up of fruits, and
the general economy and arrangement of desserts."
We have only to add that there are numerous illus-
trations in chromolithography of artistically-
contrived dishes, and it will at once be evident that
the volume contains every requisite aid to ensure
success in the confectioners indispensable calling.

Elements of Geography. For Schools and Families.
By A. F. Foster. Chapman and Hall.
We have here a clear and concise account of the
principal physical features of the world we inhabit,
and so much of the social and political condition of
each country as every fairly-educated person ought
to know. Thus the area and population of each
country are given, the natural features and chief
products described, the government, rPligion, and
condition of the people commented on, and at the
end is a very useful etymological and pronouncing
index of the terms and names common to geography
as made use of in the work.

THE LOSS OF THE BRIG COMMODORE.

The following is tho official report on the inquiry into
the loss of this vessel :

" My Lords,.---I have, in accordance with your instruc-
tions, and in conjunction with Captains Harris and scott,
as nautical assessors, held an inquiry into the loss of the
brig Commodore, which was wrecked on the Horse Bank,
i cer-
tificatehad off the mouth of the River Ribble on the 19th of July last.
The Commodore was a vessel built of wood, of 221 tons
burthen, owned by Mr. James Bloomer, of South Shields,
and commanded
of
competency,
William
waslost
n Johnston,the w
vessel, ho held
and a
a crew of nine persons, all told. The Commodore left
Trieste on her homeward voyage laden with wheat, and put
into Falmouth for orders. She sailed thence for Fleetwood
on the 15th of July, and about one p.m. on the 19th she
struck on the Hoese Bank, at the mouth of the Ribble.
The only evidence which could be brought before the
courtwaths
the
tatoef
havingGeorgsailed
George Berwick, the carpenter of the
vessel,on
another voyage; and
the crew having dispersed in various quarters, none of them
could be found for the purposes of this inquiry
at the time
when instructions to hold it were issued. The evidence of
the witness Borwick undoubtedly produced an impression
on the minds of the court that there was au absence of pru-
dence on the part of the master in neglecting to use the lead
when approaching a low and dangerous coast, as, so far as
given for the use of the
ship struck; nor, to
his knowledge, could he say that the lead was ever used at
sizeithof s
whichetehme vet
ostshebel
hleeadcotuiuldwsiathyi,nhteenhemarindunthosobrdefeorrse
the
vessel, and consequently con-
e little doubt that the
leadsman would have
bse
iledl
e.
enrihn Lookingegarthd,etherefacility
h woulde w
master neglected to use the lead in sufficient time to prevent
the accident, as, by referring to the chart, he would appear
to have been sailing for many miles in very shallow sound-
ings. On the other hand; the master is said' by the witness
scarcely to have quitted the deck since leaving Falmouth,
and had been frequently aloft during the morning for the
purpose of making the land. The master, by the advice of
his solicitor, declined to make any statement, and the
testimony of the carpenter alone remained to guide the
court to a conclusion. Under these circumstances, a very
grave question presented itself to my mind, as to how far,
on the unsupported evidence of one witness, and that
witness not a seaman, I should be justified in condemning
the master to the heavy penalty with which he might
justly
have been visited had other corroborative testi-
mony been laid before the court. While, morally speaking,
the evidence of the single witness who
could be called,
coupled with all the probabilities of the case and the es-
•
pollen ce of the nautical assessors, sirongly impel me to a
conclusion unfavourable to the master, I cannot that I
feel myself i
say
in stating that there is that satisfactory
justified
legal to pronounce proof which would call upon me nee the
master in default. I have, therefore, in giving judgment
under the provisions of the amendment Merchant Shipping
Act, 1862, new for the first time brought into operation, in-
formed
the master of the Commodore, that while I do hot

" T. S. RAFFLES, Police Magistrate.
"Liverpool, August 13.
" We concur in the above report.
.11AIIRIS' }Nautical Assessors.
ROBT. SCOTT,
"The Secretary, Marine Department, Board of Trade."

" 5. A commissioner shall be appointed by the
Secretary of War to superintend the execution of
this order in the respective districts, the mayor and
chief of police of any town or city, the sheriffs of
the respective counties in each State, and all post-
masters and justices of the peace, are authorised to
act as special provost marshals, to arrest any officer
or private soldier, fit for duty, who may be found
absent from his command without just cause, and
convey him to the nearest military post or depot.
" The transportation, reasonable expenses of this
duty, and 5 dots. will be paid for each officer:or pri-
vate so arrested and delivered.

" By order of the President,
" EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War."

The Richmond Examiner of the 28th gives the
following account of the cutting out and burning
of a Federal transport on the James River :
"On Saturday morning a party of five of the
Prince George Cavalry, Capt. Marks, consisting of
Corporal Teller Cooke and Privates Thomas Martin,
William Daniel, Alexander Dimitry, and William
Williams, conceived and carried out successfully a
private little enterprise of their own, which resulted
in the burning of a large Federal transport, the
capture of its commander, and the consternation
and surprise of the Yankee fleet in the immediate
neighbourhood. The party left Coggin's Point, on
the south side of James River, five miles below City
Point, about 1 o'clock on Saturday morning, in an
armed with naked sabres and their re-
volvers. boat,ers
.The Federal fleet of transports-and gun-
boats lay around them. One gunboat was at
anchor about 100 yards above them, and another
half a mile immediately below, several others,
invisible at the time, were in various positions. The
transports lay scattered along the channel, some not
20 yards apart. After getting among them the
party made a reconnaisance to discover the largest,
200 tons burden,
and finally selected a splendid looking schooner of
other articles of
k
or
John A. Jones. As tghee'y
whichPfora,loaded with corn, oats, and
proved to be the Louisa
Rives, of Now y
and commanded bay aco
gapotn.
board commenced
their oars vigorously and
barkingfuriously ; they plied
bow chains, boarded the ui
schooneretly,waintdh,oruetacfahlitnegritnhge.
The crew were sleeping soundly, but the captain,
awakened by the dog, rushed on deck from the
cabin, and was met at the very door by Martin
(himself a sailor), who seized him by the
collar, and placing a pistol at his head, cau-
tioned him that to speak a word was death.
Taking the surprised captain back into his cabin,
he was allowed to dress and secure whatever valu-
ables he wished to carry away with him. The
matresses were then drawn out, ripped open, and
fired, the door docked, and the captain escorted to
the boat. In a few moments the party reached the
shore, when the flames burst from the fired vessel,
and the whole fleet was in commotion. Small boats
plied about in every direction, hawsers were at-
tached to vessels, anchors weighed, and a general
pulling and tugging commenced to keep clear of the
burning vessel. In the meantime the crew of the
Louisa Rives, awakened by the smoke, yelled fire !'
and scampered over the decks with buckets of
water with all the volubility and nimbleness of New
York plugs.' A boat was sent from one of the
adjacent vessels to their relief and assistance, and
for the additional purpose of saving the schooner if
possible. But the crew had scarcely mounted the
deck before a shell and some rifles which were in
the cabin exploded. All hands commenced a gene-
ral stampede, and tumbled over the bulwarks into
their boats in the utmost confusion. No further at-
tempt was made to save the vessel, and she burnt
to the water's edge. The heroes of this achievement,
concealed in the woods above Coggins' Point,
watched the event with the utmost satisfaction, and
then carried their prisoners into quarters. They
stated that they would have taken the whole crew,
but their boat Nrct loolry, with a hole in one side
just a little above the water line, so that Ti they Lad
taken the crew in, all would have gone down toge-
ther. Had they stopped to lower a boat from the
vessel, the manoeuvre would doubtless have been
observed, and their capture the consequence."
There has been a serious riot in Brooklyn, arising
out of an attempt to prevent the employment of
negroes in a tobacco factory. The following par-
ticulars arc given by the New York World :

" A serious disturbance occurred in Sedgwick-
street, near Columbia-street, yesterday afternoon,
caused by the employment of negroes in the
tobacco manufactories of Messrs. Watson and
Lorillard, and resulted in the expulsion of the
employes of the factories, consisting mostly of
women and children (coloured), which, but for an
accident, a large number would have been de-
stroyed by fire. Shortly after noon, some 50 persons
collected together, and making known their object,
assembled a crowd numbering between 2,000 and
3,000 persons, and proceeded to the factories,which
are three-story buildings, of brick, and in which
between 300 and 400 persons are employed. The
overseer, or foreman, of Watson's factory is a
coloured man, as are all the persons employed
therein, most of whom are women and children, to
the number from 50 to 75. In Lord Lorillard's
factory about 250 are employed,whites and coloured.
There has been no difficulty until within the past
few weeks, but it has been understood for some
time that a disturbance might take place any day.
The population in the vicinity are principally Irish.
Several local politicians, having for their object the
making of political capital for use in the future,
conceived the idea of making a demonstration against
the factories for the purpose of expelling the objec-
tionable employes. They proceeded to both fac-
tories, which adjoin each other, and commenced by
smashing in the doors and windows with stones.
They entered the lower floor of Watson's factory,
and, discovering a concoction of liquorice and
whisky, mistook it for tar, and heaping a parcel of
old clothing and some more combustible material
around, set it on fire; but they were disappointed.
It would not burn. A smoke was created, but there
was no flame of consequence. The affrighted em-
ployes meantime took refuge in the upper stories.
The men stood at the head of the stairs ; there were
some half dozen of them, who, armed with such
weapons as they could get hold of, stood there to
defend themselves and the women and children.
A number who came up, thinking they could over-
awe the coloured guardians of the staircase, were
injured.
knocked down and several were seriously
The resistance at the landing was so persistent that
,
the rioters could not get up, and were compelled to
depart much faster than they came.
All in Lor.
and at l th
Lor-
rillard's factory had been driven out,
when nearly all the mischief was eng 7
done, the police
arrived and proceeded to quell
bing the negroes. Some of the riot by club-
the
duty manfully ; among officers did their
them Were Sergeant Wright
and officers Oats and Burns of the 43d Precinct,who
were most unmercifully beaten.assail-
ants One of the of these pol ceme in full
naval fficer
uniform, who took n was a o. ‘
ic,
a very active part in the ant"
inspector Folk h • d at his house,
i
etving been notifie
which is about ne arrived
three miles from the Ewe- ,
at about 2 o'clock thing like a
and then everything
,
dis-
turbance quelled, and the rioters
was promptly q-ne' The inspector
were scattered in every direction. in the neigh-
ascertained that nearly every housebourhood was an unlicensed rum shop, where the
themselves up to the fighting
point had wrought .
; tue of gin and whisky. He
point by the Virtue
lered every place
to be closed, and,
i promptly or(
4 a time, all those disposed to create disturb-
afterancedispersed. Some six or i
e.ght were arrested,
hem Keenan, who stated in presence of
aruovg ---
ergeant Wright that ' they (the niggers) must be
driven out if it cost life to Co it, and he was will-
ing to lose his.' The negro foreman of Watson's
factory was also arrested
and locked up. His name
is Charles Baker. vi.
—e defended himself and others
at the bead of the stairs with an an axe, and hurt

several—among them Officer Donnelly. Ther9 ''..13:,.;,k'
were but few of the male employes prefieqi in95.3,541t;:t1
them being absent at the EmancipatimiLlalai,lge.pr .-:,4.:.fi
/4:(.:"/
Haupt's Myrtle Avenue Park. The polFißolleztrig,"::7
that the substance the rioters set on fire ill thq-,4'.4- _..../
lower room was tar, and that they bad great'. S
difficulty in suppressing the flames. They were
violently assaulted with stores:while thus engaged,
and if they had not succeeded and the flames had
spread, those who had taken refuge upstairs mast
have perished."
Advices from Nassau state that the British
steamer Herald was fired upon and chased into
that port by the Federal frigate Adirondac, and
I the mail steamer British Queen was hoarded by the
Federal steamer Santiago da Cuba, 25 miles north
of the Elbow of Abaco. The Nassau Guardian of
the 26th says:—
" One of die most glaring outrages we hgve ever
had occasion to record took place within sight of
our citizens yesterday morning. At day break two
steamers were observed from the shore, cane
giving chase to and firinu at the other. M e
vessels turn out to be the Federal man-of-war.
Adiron dae, 14,C0m wander Gansevoort, and the Eng-
lish steamer Herald, Capt. Cosetter, We have been
favoured with the particulars by an eyewitness on
board the latter vessel. The Herald was steering
for Nassau at half-apeed, the lighthouse being in
sight, and shortly afterwards saw a vessel about V;
miles ahead. At half-past 5 o'clock she was about
four points off the starboard bow and a mile dis-
tant. She then changed her coarse and stood for
the Herald, as if to cross her bows. When within
200 or 300 yards of her she rounded zip alongside.
The former then hoisted the British flag, and the
latter fired a shotted gun across her stem The
Herald kept on her course, still at half-speed, wk'len
the other fired a shot across her bows, slightilY
grazing her, and afterwards showed the American,
flag. On this Capt. Coxetter ordered all steam to
be put on his vessel, when the American sheered off
between 300 and 400 yards, and fired a broadside,
which was ineactive. From this time she kept up
a continuous fire, throwing shell, solid, chain, and
grape shot, giving chase, and not desisting till the
Herald was within two miles or less of the light-
house. The flag was shot down, but immediately
replaced. The deck was splintered over the cabin
by a shell, part of which was found on board. Capt.
Coxetter stood on the paddle-box all the time, and
was heard to exclaim ' He may sink ale, but he
shall not take me.' No material damage was done
to the vessel, and not a man on board was hurt.
The Herald entered the harbour between 6 and 7
o'clock, and reported the case to Capt. Hickley, oac
her Majesty's ship Greyhound, who immediately
got up steam and proceeded to the Adirondac, for
the purpose of protesting against the proceedings of
Capt. Gansevoort. The captain of the Federal
man-of-war, however, asserts his right to search any
vessel suspected of carrying contrabat.id of war
within three miles of any coast, and quotes Tattet
on International Law in support of the step he has
taken. The subject, we understand, will be referred .
to the Home Government, at the request of Capt.
Gansevoort. With all due deference to the cap-
tain of the Adirondac and the authority he has
brought forward in support of his untoward act,
we feel convinced that the Imperial Government
will never countenance such a gross infringement of
theneutorualtirtayge wlawsth beand we sincerely trust that no
similar
again
our waters. Our goods are detained from monthto
month by the Customhouse authorities of New
fork ; our vessels are constantly being boarded by
within
Federal gunboats within our own waters, and that'
while our time-honoured flag is flying; not even
the mail packet British Queen can pass along un-
molested, for she was fired at and brought to this
very passage. Only a few weeks ago the British
steamer Bermuda was captured off Abaco. within
sight of the lighthouse; and on the Bth inst. what
do we find ?—why, the Federal gunboat Adriatic
carrying off the British steamer Adela within sight
of the Biminis. It is high time to put an end to
these unheard-of proceedings."
The Nassau Guardian has the following para-
graph in reference to the British Queen, but does
i not give any particulars of the boarding of that

vessel:—
" he steamship British Queen arrived from New
York at day break on Thursday with the English
mail of the sth, and the American of the 19th of
July. Capt. Harrison's temporary chnrge having
expired, the packet is now commanded by that
highly esteemed officer, Capt. Le Messurier, late of
the Karnak. The freight from England left behind
last month, in consequence of 11r. Cunard's refut-331
to enter into a bond of an enormous amount that
none of the goods should be shipped into the
Southern States, still remains warehoused in New
York, together with the freight brought out by the
Persia this month. Our merchants are, therefore,
still suffering great pecuniary losses in thus being
unjustly deprived of the sale of articles so much in
demand here during the summer months. The only
freight which came by the British Queen was a case
of silver ware directed to the officers' mess of the
2d West India Regiment, and had it not been for
Lieut. Turton's exertions that would have been left
behind also."