The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-01 00:00:00

CONTENTS.

1. The Passions of the Soul.
2. On Hallucinations.
3. On the Treatment of Criminals, and on Prison Discipline,
4. On the Intellectual and Moral Character of the Age.
5. On the Popular Study of Metaphysics.
6. On Mental Dynamics, in Relation to the Science of Medicine.
7. On the Influence of Civilisation in the Development 01 Insanity.
8. Analysis of Guislan's Work on Insanity.
9. On the Anatomy of the Surface of the Brain.
10. On the Cure of Disease..thrqugh the Agencyg WO- Mind.
~11. On Moral Insanity.
12. Belfast Lunatic Asylum.
13. On Ctime and Punishment.
14. Legal Cases in Lunacy.
15. Contemplated Alterations of the Law of Lunacy, &c.,
London : John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho.

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March 25, 1855. . -•

""I,HE HUMAN BODY, like the vegetable world,
1_ undergoes complete renovation in the spring. An eminent
naturalist and physiologist has lately put forth the startling theory
that once in seven years every particle of the frame is entirely re-
newed, although the process is gradual. Be this as it may, what is
certain is, that men, like plants in the spring, receive increased
vigour and substance.
rHE SPRING has always been remarked as a period when dis-
ease, if it be lurking in the system, is sure to show itself. The
coldness of winter renders torpid the acrimonious fluids of the body,
and in this state of inactivity, their evil to the system is not per-
caived ; but at the Spring these are aroused, and, if not cheked, mix
up and circulate with the blood, and thus the whole system is con-
taminated. PARR'S LIFE PILLS, taken three every night for
two or three weeks, will rid the body of all that is noxious, and
produce health and comfort. Persons troubled with scorbutic affec-
tions are strongly advised to try them at this time of the year; in a
few days they perceive the powerful clearing properties they possess,
and thus be induced to continue them.

TO THE PROPRIETORS OF PARR'S LIFE PILLS.
42, Trongate, Glasgow, March 4th, 1853.
GENTLEMEN ,—I am requested by James Hutchinson, overseer,
Rutherglen, to express to you his gratitude for the great benefits he
has derived from taking PARR'S LIFE PILLS. About nine years
ago he was much afflicted with pains in the stomach and chest,
shortness of breath, &c. He was advised to try PARR'S PILLS,
and after taking them for some time he was completely restored to
health. He is now sixty-seven years of age, and, although he scarcely
ever expects to rival Old Parr, he seems quite convinced that had it
not been for his Pills he never would have reached his present age.
A Sailor, some time ago, told me that he had been treated by a
medical man for consumption, but finding no benefit, he commenced
taking PARR'S PILLS, and he is now able to go to sea again.
Yours, &c., Scorr.
TO LADIES.

PARR'S LIFE PILLS are especially efficacious in all the varieties
of ailments incidental to the fair sex. Ladies even of the most deli-
cate constitution will And them particularly beneficial both before and
after confinement; and for general use in Schools they cannot be
too strongly recommended. They mildly and speedily remove all
skin eruptions, sallowness of complex4en, nervous irratibility, sick
headache, depression of spirits, ',regularity, or general derangement
of the system.
MRS SARAH BROWN, 128, Morland-street, Aehton-street, Bir-
mingham, has lately been suffering from a most severe illness. Several
eminent med"cal gentlemen having pronounced her case as hopeless,
she was persuaded to try OLD PARR'S LIFE PILLS; after per.
severing for a short time, she was most wonderfhlly restored to good
health. She adds that she will answer any inquiries with much
pleasure.

MRS. ANN ARUNDEL, Leylands, Leeds, after being confined of
twins, thirty years ago, had a bad leg, which has continued almost
without intermission, until a few months ago : she has had the best
medical advice her circumstances could command, but all proved un-
availing: she was strongly recommended to try PARR'S LIFE
PI, LS, when, after taking three boxes, her leg healed up, and has
continued sound ever since. Feeling truly grateful for such a cure,
she is wishful to make it known, and will be glad to answer any in-
quiries.
he REV. MR. CLEMENT:"ON, of Horncastle, is taking PARR'S
LIFE PILLS, and recommends them to all his friends. He says
there is more real benefit in relieving and assisting the constitution
in OLD PARR'S TILLS than any other medicine he ever took, and
they have been of essential benefit to numbers of his friends who
have tried them. _ .

ECONOMY.—Economy should be practised in all things, but
more Pantie larly in matt( rs of medicine. The restoration to health
has
generally been purchased at a costly price; .ini certainly if
health could not be procured 3t any other rate, a costly price should
not be
-an object of reruple. But %here is the wisdom, where is the
economy hi sPeneing vast sums on a physician's attendance, when
sound health
cad long life may be ensured by the cheap, safe, and
simple remedy
or PARR'S LIFE PILLS.
BEWARE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS.—None are genuine
unless the_ words PARR'S LIFE PILLS are in White Letters on a
Red Ground, on th : Government Stimn, pasted round each box ;
also, fac-simile of ill., Signature of the Proprietors, T. ROBERTS and
CO., Crane-court, Fl.'_!et-rotreet, London, on the directi-ns.
Sold in boxes, at s. I% d , 2s. 9d , and family packets at I ls. each,
by all respectable medicine venders throughout the woad. Fall
directions are given with each bor.
Sold by E. Edwards,
Farringdon-street ; Sutton and Co., Bow-churchyard ; Hannay' and
67, St Paul's•churchyard ; Barclay and Sons,
Co., and Sanger, Oxford-stre,t-; Baxter and French, chemists, Hol-
born ; Pedler, 109, Fleet-street, London ; and by most respectable
dealers in medicine. Price Is. 114 cl., 2s. 9d., and family packets at
lis. each. Directions given with each box.

MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF
YOUTH AND MATURITY.
DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON,
f:octor of Medicine, and 3latric•dated Member of the University of
Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the Londoq Hospital Medic
Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c.
tut AY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on
VIL the various disorders of the nervous and generative system,
resulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro-
duced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema-
ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis-
eases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience
in the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist-
ence secret causes of self-acqaired miseries and disappointed hopes in
existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous
Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marri-
ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their
endless modifications owe their almost entire origin.
It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are
principles of personal management which cannot be violated without
incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed
the heyday of inconsiderate self-iodulgence how these penalties
may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removel,
scarcely
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aidhneardatngement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply avteieoulailriaei
DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged.
in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com-
plaints, and s the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless
of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had
the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct
attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is
tree. In selecting thi 4 depai tment of practice, he has been amply
rev 4 arded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the
treatment of these c.;.ses, which are too generally confided to the
care of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated
publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues
of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who
have been induced to place faith in their pretensions.
At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from
Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of IL, and advice and
medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address.
It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT
should first obtain a copy of his work on

SELF-PRESERVATION.
A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage, and Nervous and
Generative Debility, illustrated by fifty coloured engravings, and des-
cribing in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and
excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct
description of their cases, and may be had, price 2s Gd, in English,
French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Piper
Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ;
Mann, 39, Cotnhill ; Storie, Tttchborne-street, Haymarket; or free
oy post for forty-two stamps, to any address from the Author's resi-
dence. 37, BzuogD4QUARE, LONDON.

THE FIELD.—ENLARGED to TWENTY-
AL FOUR PAGES, being the full extent allowed by the Stamp
Act. THE FIELD, or COUNTRY GENTLEMAN'S NEWS-
PAPER, consists of 14 pages, with ILLUSTRATIONS by the first
Arti.ts The increased space will enable the conductors to make
each department more perfect ; and they hope, by the careful exclu-
sion of every subject of objectionable character, to render THE
FIELD all That a Gentleman's Sporting and Family Paper should
be. Published every Saturday morning in time for the early morn-
ing trains, and may be had of all newsmen.
Office, 4, llrydges-street, Covent•garden. Price 6d.

TOZEAU'S COPAHINE-MEGE, or Saccharatta
C k.SPITLES, approved by the French College of Physicians, and
successfully administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and
acknowledged by them to be the best remedy for the cure of
Gonorrohcea, Gleet, and Leucorrhceal Discharges. on an average of
six days (see " Lancet " of 6th Nov., 1852, an extract from which
will be forwarded immediately on application).—Prepared and sold
by G. Jozeau, sole French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London ; and
Jozeau, Pharmacien, 161, Rue Montmartre, Paris ' • and the principal
chemists of France. England, and the Colonies. Price of bottle of
100 capsules, 4s. 6d.; 50 do., 2s. 9d., with directions, and stamp with
the name of Gabriel Jozeau printed thereon.

LADIES of delicate complexion, who suffer from
exposure to cold winds and damp atmosphere, will find imme-
diate and soothing relief in the application of ROWLANDS' KALY-
DOR. It allays all irritation aid tenderness of the skin, and renders
it soft, smooth, aid pleasant; removes cutaneous disfigurements,
freckles, and tan, and imparts a healthy and blooming appearance.
Gentlemen, after shaving, will find it allay the irritability and smart-
ing pain, and render the skin smooth and pleasant. Its purifying
and refreshing properties have obtained its selection by Royalty and
the several Courts throughout Europe, together with the elite of the
aristocracy. Price 4s. 6d. and Bs. 6d. per bottle.
ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL is a delightfully fragrant and
transparent preparation for the Hair, and as an invigorator and
purifier beyond all precedent. Weakness, premature greyness, and
tendency to fall off, are entirely prevented by its regular application
ROWLAND'S ODONTO, or PEARL DENTIFEIFICE, preserves and
beautifies the Teeth, strengthens the Gums, and renders the Breath
sweet and pure.

Sold by A. Rowland and Son, 2S, Hatton-gardens, London ; rnd by
Chemists and Perfumers.

ADVANTAGES in JUVENILE ATTIRE
this EATER.—As certain as Gold conies from Australia,
Silks from India, or Tea from Chiva, all advantages in DRESS
must come from the gigantic Business of E. MOSES and SON; and
ATTIRE fashionable, cheap, superior in quality, and suitable for all
seasons, professions, and occupations, may always be obtained at
E. MOSES and SON'S, .ALDGATE and MINORIES, or NEW
OXFORD-STREET, corner of Hart-street, where many advan-
tages in JUVENILE ATTIRE for Easter may be secured. The
materials are the best selections which can be made—another in-
stance of the success of E. MOSES and SON'S buyers in fabrics for
JUVENILE CLOTHING, The Bespoke Department offers advan-
tages in fit, style, grace, neatness, and comfort, accompanied with
punctuality. dispatch and economy not to be met with elsewhere.
The READY-MADE BRANCH is replete with new fabrics, new
styles, and elegant designs in YOUTHS' and CHILDREN'S CLOTH-
ING : the extent and magnificence of the Stock surpasses-com-
parison, and the prices are considerably lower than at any other
House. The SPORTING DRESS, PALETOTS, CAPES, &c., &c.,
introduced by E. MOSES and SON, are rapturously approved for
the ease they afford, the gentility they impart, and economy in
their price. HOSIERY and CHILDREN'S DRESSES, HATS and
CAPS, &c., &c., particularly merit attention— novelty, superior
quality, and low charges being rendered available to all classes by
E. MOSES and SON.

THE LATEST FROM AUSTRALIA. shows the " Diggings%
satisfactory, and the extent of gold fields past calculation, Emit'
grants may depend on success, but they may make successful invest-
ments in the Wholesale C'othing and Outfitting Departments of E.
MOSES and SON'S Establishment. The goods are the best intro
ductions to the colony, and in a few hours produces profit equal to
the cost of the passage. Outfits for all classes of passengers, ladies
or gentlemen, are supplied by E. MOSES and SON at wholesale
_prices. The goods aro perfectly suitable, and everything required
for the voyage and country is prow ded, of tho bent qustilty, and set the
cheapest rate. A separate department is kept for Outfitting. Ship
sailing information. and free lists of outfits for ladies and gentlemen,
may be had on application, or post free to any part of the kingdom.
CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret haying to guard the
public against imposition, haying learned that the untradesman-like
falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's
the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for
obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have
No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN Olt OUT OF LONDON,
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except their own Establishments, as follows :

London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83,
85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating.
London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2,
3, Hart-street, all communicating.
Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 nd 20, Bridge-street.
Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate.

Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and
Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen.

IMPORTANT —Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be
exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned
without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest
price, from which no abatement can be made.

The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on
Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock.
A new Book, entitled "The World's. Pharos," containing the
Emigrant's Assistant, full list of prices, and directions for self-mea-
surement, may be had on application, or post-free, to any part of
the kingdom.

A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1853 can be had gratis,
on application.

Ici Fon parte Francais.
Hier scricht man Deutsch.

Qat si parla Italian.
Aqua se habla Espanol

WORKING EXPENSES OF RAILWAYS.—By the ac-
counts of the chief companies we learn that during the
past half-year the proportion (excluding renewal fund) of
working expenses to traffic receipts, per mile, has been
as follows :—London and North-Western, 381 per cent. ;
London and Brighton, 42 per cent. ; Great Western,
38f per cent. ; Bristol and Exeter, 441 per cent. ; Lon-
don and South-Western, 41 per cent. ; Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 41-A- per cent. ; East Lancashire, 44! per
cent. ; Midland, 44 1-10 per cent. ; South-Eastern, 45
per cent. ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 391 per cent. ;
York and North Midland, 381 per cent. ; Great Nor-
thern, 451 per cent. ; and Eastern Counties. 41 per cent.
THE DRUNKEN CONTROVERSY.—A rather amusing con-
troversy is at present being carried on between the two
cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow ; and the point in dis-
pute relates to the respective intemperance of the inha-
bitants. A short time ago a Parliamentary return was
printed, on the motion of Mr. Hume, which contained
some important statistics with respect to the amount of
drunkenness existing in several cities of both England
and Scotland ; and from some researches which have
been since made by Lord Provost 14E`Laren, it would
seem that the returns for the city of Edinburgh were
very incorrect. Hence the quarrel originated, and a
considerable amount of labour has been employed by the
partisans of their respective cities to make out as bad a
case as possible for their opponents. The North British
Daily Mail, which devotes two columns to the subject,
has the following extract from the Scotsman :—" We do
not care to plunge into the details—we are willing, in
the meanwhile, to take the Edinburgh Return as aggre-
gated by our Lord Provost ; only we must also, on the
grounds already stated, take the Glasgow Return in its
corrected form. The figures then assume this very ugly
form :—Edinburgh, 9,318 cases in 166,000 of population,
or 1 in 18 ; Glasgow, 26,000 cases in 333,657 of popula-
tion, or lin 13. This is what our Glasgow friends have
to thank our Lord Provost for. His lordship's attempt
was, not to raise Glasgow, but to lower Edinburgh—and
there we are, Edinburgh low, but Glasgow lower still."
THE GOOD OLD WINTERS.—In 401, the Black Sea was
entirely frozen over. In 763, not only the Black Sea but
the Straits of Dardanelles were frozen over ; the snow in
some places rose fifty feet high. In 822, -the great rivers
of Europe, the Danube, the Elbe, &c., were so hard
frozen as to bear heavy waggons for a month. In 860, the
Adriatic was frozen. In 991, everything was frozen ;
the crops totally failed, and famine and pestilence
close the year. In 1067, most of the travellers in Ger-
many were frozen to death on the roads. In 1133 the
Po was frozen from Cremona to the sea ; the wine casks
were burst, and the trees split by the action of the frost,
with immense noise. In 1236 the Danube was frozen
to the bottom, and remained long in that stator In
1316 the crops wholly failed in Germany ; wheat,
which some years before sold in England at 6s. the
perished r s4h3e2d.
3.4 miserably
were
un-
commonly a famine ensued that the poor were
land and
drosseuet 2/. In 1339 the crops failed in Scot-
ho
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trhedeufic
severe. It once snowed forty days without
eelcidet.o feed The manyoenuegereassssivaend
interruption. In 1468, the wine distributed to the soldiers
winters
in Flanders was cut with hatchets. In 1683, the winter was
excessively cold. Most of the hollies were killed. Coaches
drove along the Thames, the ice of which was 11 inches
thick. In 1709 occurred the cold winter. The frost
penetrated 3 yards into the ground. In 1716, booths
were erected and fairs held on the Thames. In 1744 and
1745, the strongest ale in England, exposed to the air,
was covered in less than 15 minutes with ice the eighth
of an inch thick. In 1809, and again in 1812, the win-
ters were remarkably cold. In 1814 there was a fair on
tho frozen Thames.
WIDENING OF THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.—It is stated that, in consequence of the daily
increasing traffic on this line, and the delays which at
present occur for the want of room to accommodate the
immense number of trains which come in almost every
minute from the main line itself and its numerous con-
nexions, to the London terminus, the directors have de-
termined to double the width of the railway at the Lon-
don end, and should that not be sufficient, to proceed
further. The line, which is the widest in the kingdom
from Euston-square to Primerose•hill, is to be doubled
in width from the latter place to Willesden, so as to
enable it from that point to afford accommodation for
nearly double as many trains as at present. -

' [A summary of the following appeared in The
Sun of yesterday.],
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 31.
By the arrival of the United States' Mail steamer
Pacific, Nye commander, we have advices from
New York to the 19th inst. Sh 4 brought 93 pas-
sengers, but no specie. I. .
The Royal Mail steamer eanada, from this port,
arrived at Halifax on the 18th inst.
The steamer Ohio had arrived it New York with
the California 'mails of the 16t10f-February, and
$2,446,875 in gold dust on freiiat. Her advices
have, however, been anticipated..'
The discussion on the Clayton and Bulwer
Treaty had again been resumed ill, the Senate. A.
very extensive debate took placejbetween Messrs.
Douglas, Clayton, Bulwer, and several other mem-
bers. In the course of the debate Mr. Douglas
made some -very derogatory remarks relative to.
England, which were replied to . Messrs. Clay-
ton and Butler. Mr. Douglake' d,.and further
fliey,
explained his views. He also Sai :.---
4, We should never make a treaty we can faith-
fully execute it. He did not argue it favour of violat-
ing any treaty. The seliator says we ought to love
England because she is our mother. 'Throw, it is hard to
tell who our mother was. W-4 have a great many
mothers. We have here English, Iripi,,tcotch, French,
Norman, Spanish—every kind 91 des tte4 . All we have
found valuable in England weiltave4dbpted, and that
which was injurious we have rejecte#s.4 did•not speak
in terms of unkindness to England, but, in speaking .O 1
monuments, the point I made was this—that we should
not shut our eyes to .the fac that the policy which Eng- I
land is pursuing has its origin in hostility towards us,
and is not to enhance our interests. While the Senator
spoke of England pouring in her streams of refreshing
intelligence, I thought that the stream of abolition,
treason, and insurrection which she had poured into
South Carolina and other slaveholding States of this
Union would at least excuse him from endorsing these
streams of literature under the name of " Uncle Tom's
Cabin," and other works—(tremendous applause in the
gallery, and cries of ' Good, good,')—works libelling us
and our institutions, and holding us up to the hate and
prejudice of the world. While engaged in this he was
the last to compliment her for her refreshing streams of
literature. (Renewed applause.)
' ." The chair suppressed the disorder, and ordered the
galleries to be cleared.
"M. Adams.—l hope they will be cleared.
"Mr. Douglas.—l hope they will.
" Mr. Butler.—When I spoke of gratitude, I spoke of
those things in which we have a common interest. Ido
not thank the Senator for going out of his way and in-
dicating impure streams. I spoke of the streams which
authors and orators have poured out upon us, which I
hope have been refreshing to him and the intelligence of
the age. I did not expect a miserable allusion to "Uncle
Tom's Cabin." It was ad captandum, and not manly
made. . _

" Mr. Douglas.—l spoke of terms of reverence and
respect of the monuments of statesmen in England, of
patriotism, legal learning, science, and literature—of all
that was great, noble, and admirable. I did not expect
statesmen to go back two or three centuries to justify
the aggressions of the present age. And when I heard
the plaudits relative to the past, I thought I had a right
to allude to the present enormities of England.
" Mr. Butler.—l should like to know how England is
responsible for "Uncle Tom's Cabin?" If the Senator
takes the sickly sentimentality of the clay as an exponent of
the English heart and literature, very well. I alluded
to our commercial relations with England, and our con-
nection as a civilised nation, and would the Senator post-
pone her ?
" Mr. Douglas.—l would postpone her, or give her a
greater preference than other nations, but treat her as
duty requires.
" Mr. Butler.—We can find sickly sentimentality
everywhere, such as the Maine Liquor Law, and all
that. (Laughter.)
" Mr. tCla,yton replied to Mr. Douglas, and repeated
the arguments heretofore advanced by him in justifica-
tion of his course lii`negotiating the Bulwer and Clayton
treaty. He. contended he had proVed from the testi-
mony-of the most distinguished statesmen who ever lived,
that the exclusive privilege of making the ship canal was
=not to be desired, and that the true principle is to nego-
tiate for all nations to pass that great highway on the
same terms. The Senator boasts that we are a great, a
giant republic, and the Senator himself is said to be a
little giant—(laughter)---and everything which he talks
about is gigantic. (Renewed laughter.) He . (Mr.
Clayton) concurred in the remarks of Secretary Everett
relative to Cuba, and in the course of President Fillmore
respecting that island. He knew how easy it was to
excite prejudice against England, and, as a reply to the
Senator's observations on that head, hued to be read a
portion of Washington's Farewell Address, with a view
of refreshing the Senate."

The further discussion of the question was ad•
ourned until the 21st inst.

Halifax accounts of the 17th inst. state-that the
attempt to obtain a charter from the Provincial
Parliament for an opposition telegraph line from
Halifax to the boundary of New Brunswick met
with a signal failure by a vote of 67 to 16. The
applicants for the charter vainly endeavoured to
excite a prejudice against the present telegfhph
company, of which the Hon. S. Cunard is president,
on the ground of its alleged partiality to the New
York Associated Press.
Our accounts from Jamaica are to the 9th inst.
The proceedings in the Jamaica Assembly were of
an uninteresting character. There had been a de-
bate on the subject of retrenchment, but it was ad-
journed to the 23d inst. There was no alteration
to report in the Jamaica markets.
Private letters from Belize, Honduras, to the
19th of February, confirm the accounts received
rid New Orleans of trouble on the Mosquito coast.
The letters do not, however, give the particulars.
In relation to the above, the New York Herald
publishes the following letter, under date Belize;
Honduras, February 24 :
" Her Majesty's war steamer Devastation came down
here, and, after having taken on board the superinten-
dent and his secretary, she proceeded to the town of
Truxillo, where they finally offered to the Government
of that town for the State of Honduras, as an ultimatum,
that they must decide in two hours either to give up the
territory to the parties from whom they had taken it, or
to stand the consequences, which were supposed by. the
Honduranoes to be hot shells and cannon balls.
" So they decided to give up to superior force ; at the
same time they solemnly protested against the conduct
of her Majesty's Superintendent, the officers of the De-
vastation, and the Government of England, asserting.
their inalienable right to the country, and declaring that
they only gave up to superior force under compulsion ;
that they only promised not to interfere with British
subjects because they were not able to drive them away ;
and, finally, appealed to Almighty God to witness the
outrage and punish the nation which thus, at the mouth
of her cannon, despoiled them of their territory."
Late advices from Bermuda state that Vice-Ad-
miral Sir George F. SeymouT was still at that
island, where he would prol*bly remain for a
month or two longer, and then proceed to Halifax.
His flag-ship, the Cumberland, had arrived at Ber-
muda from Hava,nnah. Her Majesty's brig Per-
sian was also there. The ship Edward arrived at
Bermuda from England on the 3d with 244 convicts
on board.
From Havannah we have advices to the 13th inst.
The latest accounts from Matanzas state there were
but very faint hopes of the recovery of Vice-
President King. The commissioners—at the head
of whom is Signor Espino—deputed to meet Santa
Anna and invite him to return to Mexico, had ar-
rived at Havannah, on their way to Carthagena.
The Royal Mail steam-ship Dee arrived at Havan-
nah on the 13th from Vera Cruz. Her passengers
reported that the general impression in Mexico
was that Santa Anna would not proceed directly
there, but await in Havannah the formation of an
army, which was being got together to support his
views. Seven States had voted for him for Presi-
dent ; the other States had not been heard from,
with the exception of Puebla, which had declared
against him. A very decided majority of the
people of Mexico were in favour of his return to
power.
Late accounts from San Juan Fernandez bring
news of an intended outbreak among the prisoners
of that island. Their intention was to kill the
Governor and make themselves masters of the
island, to seize one of the vessels in the harbour,
and sail for other parts. The Governor, however,
received timely information. The ringleaders were
arrested and four of them shot on the spot.
From Mexico we have filesiof the Vera Cruz Eco
del Comercio to the 4th inst. The Eco publishes
from the Orden, of Mexico, the following :
" Senor Munoz Ledo, one of the present Cabinet, has
certainly determined to be the evil genius of our coun-
try, since his great desire is to place obstacles in the way
of everything. He it was who )retarded the revolution
of Jalisco, acting with Don Mariano Arista, and against
General Uraga ; he it was who retarded the regulation
of the Tehuantepec affair in a 'manner which does him
little honour, and which, had it not been for Senor
Cevallos, would have embroiled us in a war with the
United States. Lastly, he wishes, at the present mo-
ment, to initiate a civil war."
The Universal says that there were rumours of
disagreement between the President and the chiefs
of division§ in the capital ; that Senor Uraga was
opposed to dispatching on pluanajuato the forces
destined to subdue that point ; that resistance came
from the troops themselves, supported on the plan

Another account says that General Blancarte had
eft Mexico with a brigade of 1,500 men and six
.pieces of artillery to bring to terms the... State of
Guanajuato, which would not adopt the revolution.
Senor Don Ignacio Mora. Villamil had arrived at
Tehuantepee' 'comm issioned by the Mexican Govern-
-mentto delive/a4p.the Isthmus to the representative
of the Sloo Company.
Our miscellaneous items are. interesting. A man
named Alfred Spring had been arrested on suspicion
of being, the murderer of the two women at Phila-
delphia: Three failures of houses in the provision
trade at Baltimore are reported. The aggregate
liabilities, however, were not large, being put down
at about $250,000 to $300,000, and it was believed
they would be able to pay from 50 to 75 cents on the
dollar. The navigation of the Hudson river was
expected to be resumed in a few days, and it was
thought that the lakes would soon open for navi-
gation. Large fires had occurred at Buffalo, Troy,
Newhaven, Boston, and• Rochester. At Buffalo the
lees sustained was $lO,OOO ; at Troy, 45,000 ; at
_Newhaven, $16,000 ;• and at Rochester, 'slo,ooo.
The sales of cotton at New Orleans- during the
week ending the 12th inst. amounted to 80,000
bales, valued at • $3,000,000. A Baltimore me:
chanic had applied for space in the New York
Crystal Palace to erect a steam engine, which he
asserts will carry a steam-ship across the Atlantic
in 36 hours. The British ships America and Bel-
--moriti---wiritir-lim&butsh on fire --atNetv- Orleans,
were not so greatly injured as at first supposed ;
and the cotton being pressed would not be damaged
more than 20 per cent. The steamer Bee had ex-
ploded her boilers on the Ohio river, killing four
persons, and dangerously scalding five others. Mr.
Meagher was lecturing in several cities in the
United States to crowded audiences. It was
thought that the clipper ship Atalanta, ashore off
the Highlands of Neversink, would be got off with-
out much damage. She had made the run from,
Canton to where she struck, within a few miles of
New York, in the short space of 84 days—the
quickest passage ever made. .Her cargo of silks,
teas, &c., is said to be worth upwards of $200,000.
There was no material change to notice in the
New York stock or money markets. Great diffi-
culty was experienced in the negotiation of second-
class paper, for which the rates vary from 12 to
15 per cent. ; first-class mercantile paper was
taken at the discount houses to-day at 9 to 10 per
cent. ; good business paper, which in an easy con-
dition of the money market is acceptable among
the banks, is thus thrown into private channels
at a severe loss. Loans on call on good securities
were made at 7 per cent. Foreign exchange dull.
We quote bankers' bills—London, 109 to 109 ;
Paris, 5 13i to 5 15 ; Amsterdam, 401 to 40 ;
Hamburgh, 36± to 361; Bremen, 79i to 79. ;
Frankfort, 40k- to 40/. Cotton was in im-
proved demand, the advices by telegraph of
a large falling off in the . receipts of the ports
having brought buyers freely into the market, and
the sales for the past three days have been 12,000
bales, closing with an advance of A cent. on our
previous quotations. The sales of the week are
13,000 bales, independent of 7,000 bales which were
sold on private terms. The flour market remained
in an unsettled state, and prices were again lower.
Wheat in slack demand at almost nominal prices.
Provisions without alteration. Freights :—To
London—Tobacco, 30s. per hhd. ; flour, 2s. 9d.
per barrel ; turpentine, 3s. 6d. per 280 lb. ; mea-
surement goods, 30s. per ton ; heavy goos, oil,
&c., 255. to 30s. ; cheese, 30$. ; beef, ss. per tierce.
To Havre—Cotton, square bales, id. per lb. ;
ashes, $8 to $lO per ton.