The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-17 00:00:00

-INIOITINA NG- EDITION

AMERICAN NEWS.

ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT WESTERN.
lit; t or.. I\l A y 11. The Great Western arrived at Kingsroad
'from New York this evening at 8 o'clock. having lett New York
at 2 o'clock on the Ist inst., thus completing her home voyage
in 13 daNs. Her outward voyage was completed in 14 days
• and a half, havingsprrived at New York on the 233 of April.
She has brought home with her 97 passengers, and some des-
patches for Government, but. no siiecie.
but weWehaVe received by her New York papers to the Ist inst.,
regret to say, that up to the time of her departure
nothing whatever *as known of the President, although news
had real heil New York from Havannah, and other West India
isLinds, to the 15th of April.
In the House of Assembly for the State of New YOrk an im-
Porfunt debate upon the case of Mr. I%.l•Leod had taken place
on the 19th ult., on the motion of a Mr. Homann (a decided
locofoeo) for the release of Mr. 111.1.e0d, Mr. Hamann hold-
ing it to be inconsistent with the national honour to continue
Air. M-Leod in prison after the Government of Great-Britain
had taken the affair of the Caroline upon themselves. Mr.
Al`Leod, however, still continued in prison at. the time the
Great Western sated, and nothing definitive was known of the
ttgotia'ions between the United States Government and that of
Greet Britain, our would anything definitive be done iu the
-Matter until the extra ses3i,n of Congress. It was, however,
1;nOW71 that a gaol understanding subsisted between the organs
of the two Gores nments at Washington on the subject.
• Contmess was to be convened on the 31st of May, and the
eyes Of the whole country, it was said, would turn in anxious
expectation on the first movements' of the dominant party.
Tin' new Presi lent was going on well, and the impression
was becoming general that he would infuse into every branch
of the public service a degree of energy and integrity that had
.riot been seen since the early days of the Republic, occupying,
al he did, a position indePendent of all parties.
Ire Canada a strong opposition was growing up against Lord
Sydenham, and the Canadians were in a state of c,nsiderable
'lleitement at the proposed alteration of the timber duties in
the Imperial Parliament. A meeting of the commercial in-
terest hail been held at Quebec, and strong resolutions against
it Vassei, with which they had waited on the Governor-Ge-
lieral.,

(From the Weekly Herald,May 1.)
S FOR ENGLAND—CONDITION OF THE
COUNTRY.
We are in a state of comparative calm at present. The ,de-
bate at the Assembly of this State about M'Leod has resulted
in nothing. in fact, no consequences affecting the case were
anticipated or desired by those who brought up the matter.
by wished merely to. Conciliate certain interests on the border
°Y a disllay of excessive patriotism. This accomplished, th.:.
subject was permitted to drop, without any attempt to interfere
with the action of the General Government.
The precise position of ,the affair at this time, between this
"uvernment and that of Great Britain is not known, nor has
the character of the recent negotiations transpired. Nothing
definitive will be done in relation to the question until the extra
"limn a Congress. Meantime, we are enabled to state that
good understanding subsists between the organs •of the two
Governments at Washington, and that, in the opinion of the
Secretary of State, there is nothing in our foreign relations to
excite alarm or apprehension of any sort.
Congress wi 1 convene on the 31st of the present month, and
the eyes of the whole country will be turned in anxious ex-
Pectation on the first movements of the dominant party. The
elections are now nearly all completed, and on questions of
Purely party nature, the Administration will have a majo-
rity large enough for all practical purposes. 'I he great ob-
ject of the session is a reorganization of the finances of the
Country, and the adoption of a new fiscal system fur the Go-
viernment. The project of a national bank seems to be de-
ntng in the popular estimation. Bank explosions, bank
ti:'nclings, and forgeries succeed each other so rapidly, that
e Public mind is constantly engaged in their contemplation.
the effect must be great, and if the Opposition avail them-
lep'es adroitly of the weapons thus put into their hands, the
11l for chartering such an institution cannot be carried through
Congress.
The new President seems to be going on remarkably well,
Viid the impression is becoming general that he will infuse
• ° "cry branch of the public service a degree of energy and
Integrity such as has not been experienced since the early days
°J. the Republic. He occupies a position independent of all
parties,
i and all cliques, with no selfish purpose to subverse, and
n 0 object to aecomplish but the general good of the country.
The substan.ial business of the country was never more
Prosperous. To be sure, banks are blowing up. speculators
-‘I;! going to the devil, and some of the rogues to the State
~I)."°rls But honest industry is sure of reward, and the pro•
1
°',l,ive classes are growing fat and happy.
e are happy in our ability to assure our contemporaries
"the other side of the Atlantic that we are tolerably free
from internal commotion—that the Union of the States is in
nn imminent jeopardy, and that our expectation is that it will
endure for another year at the least.
In Canada, the ensuing Session of the House of Parliament
seems to be the engrossing tope of interest. A strong oppo-
sition
ititat is growing up to Lord Sydenham. The Liberals accuse
' of t ernovin,s; frem office for opinioa's sake, and are deter-
named to resist his administration with all the force they can
oster. The refugees who fled to the States are preparing concentrate at Rocester, or some other convenient point, to
assist the Opposition. It seems probable, however, that the
Administration will be able triumphantly to sustain itself.
Texas is going on with railroad speed to glory, prosperity,
and national strength. The negotiation of her great loan will
'cu'n put the Government in funds, and the enterprise of the
1)-0ple will so develope her resources, as shortly to put this
Young giant in a contrition of perfect independence.

. SPIRIT OF THE DOMESTIC MARKETS.
At New Orb- ans, on the 21st ult., the arrival of Cotton for
the week amounted to 12,820 bales. The demand was very
.moderate. and sales averaging about 2.500 per day. There
Wai no change in prices at all. The receipts of produce
Were still large. The stock of Sugar was large, and the de-
mand limited. Sales of strictly prime at a 611, Molasses
dull at 20 cts. in bbls.

At Mobile, on the 22d, the Cotton Market was becoming
mire firm, and prices were tending upward. There has been
an cdvance on all kinds of The supply was very small. Fair
Votton sdd at The sales fur the four last days amount
t° 1,300 bales.
to,A, t Augusta on the 2.1!, there was a good demand for Cot-
, t improved prices, particularly in fair, at the higher

''• The stock on hand was estimated at 10,800.
(Nisi the New York Commercial Advertiser of May I.)
't
• "I': PRESIDENT STEAM SHIP.—The barque Fame ar-
eed at Boston on Thursday evening, but brought no intelli-
Re"ce of the President. The steam-ship had not been seen
Ocr, heard of at Fayal on the 4th, when the Fame left, or at
'N• Alichael's on the 2d, a vessel from the latter port having
arrived at Fayal while the Fame was there.
(Correspondence of the Couer and Enquirer.
11 ILA DELPHIA, APRIL ri
have intelligence from
"Irrishurg that the Committee of Conference, as appointed
ik each Branch of the legislature of ,State, on the
d"e"ue and Bank Bill, it. will probably lay , over until this
t 4). for action on the part of the Legislature. The only al-
eratku made in the Bill from that previously reported, is in
re ht•
„ ion to the United States Bank, which is to be placed on
!° same footing as the other banks in relation to forfeiture
',barter, eec. She is, however,. to submit to future legislation.
(From the Journal of Commerce, May I.)
tt/.4011 BNENOS ATRES,-By the ship Eliza and Susan, at
1;,,, port, we have a Buenos Ayres paper or Feb. 20th.
was-I he number of foreign vessels in port on the day previous,
157; of which 53 were British, 23 American, 20 Ntench,
"fil.artiiiiiirn, 11 Brazilian, 7 Danish, 6 Spanish, 5 Swedish,
. I ti of other nations.
he Weather was warm—the mercury'sometimes rising to 85.
•• No .
• • American vessels of war in port.
b: Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce.
Ares's, FeeituaeY 20, 1841.—The Alontevidean
,017‘,ernment has issued a decree declaring that all vessels taken
pi!'er the Argentine flag, on the rivers Uraguay, Parana, or
gala. after ten days from the date of the decree, will be con-
t°"'"l a' good prizes, vessel and cargo. The ten days expire
al;4l°. rr,.'.°"*, consequently our lightermen have taken the
t"' and refuse to go to the outer roads. Three of the Mon-
ean vessels of war have been in front of the town for
i daYs• They sent their boats into the inner roads one
this G't and attempted to cut out a schooner which passed over to
'
,r,overnment a few days ago, but they did not succeed. •
!" Committee a British Merehants have written to the
t,'hister. Mr. Alandeville, to know what steps are to be
wyen 'but as yet we have not heard his reply, nor do we know
''l 11" or no a foreign agenta
li can interfere in the matter.
Produce has declinedlittle since our last, and Exchange
f" England advanced to lid.per $l. We think it will still
°r a little higher—but that this rise will not be maintained
any length of time.
Freights still low, $7 per ton to the States, and man ves-
sels would he g!ad to take even this low rate. y
f .°1" PitoVu THE Paciere.—By the ship Osage, Captain 'Vickie,
.:1
tes alparaiso, letters have been received from the United
~1 frigate Constitution, dated 27th January, 1841, by
leh we have intelligence of interest to many readers.
The U. S. ship St. Louis had sailed for the Marquesas and
Sandwich Islands, and the Coast of Mexico.
, Two drys ago," says a writer on the 27th January, "a
, rtnch man-of-war brig arrived here from Callao, in 19 days,
or'
eeig General Torico, and the news of a revolution.
There has been a slight emuete, the result of which is, that
Camara. is now empowered to make forced loans and raise as
Many troops as he pleases. • All the powers of a dictator have
been accrorded to him."— National Gazette.
(Correspondence of the Herald.)
PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 30.—The weather is still stormy
and very unpleasant. 'there is no business of any conie-
quenee doing, and absolutely nothing in the way of news. A
Man is on his trial here for the murder of his wife, it is true,
but then as it was a simple and instantaneous killing,.by very
eemmon parties, with nothing of the horrible about it, the
People look upon it with the calmest indifference.
'I he time was when the commission of an ordinary assault
and battery, and the arrest of a common pickpocket, would
Create an abund nee of horror, and afford a theme on which
nr moral press would
,dilate at a great length for a whole
nth. Now a man murders his daughter, kills his wife, or
Passes forced checks upon the banks to the amount of thou
',and', or bank officers rob the stockholders to the amount of
!nOndreds of thousands, and are permitted to run at liberty
ithout a. single homily from the moral portion of •the Press,
a'i'l without an effort to inflict punishment.
lhe hug The ditlienbies between the collector and surveyor, and
tae horde of office-seekers, that follow like so many
h, wolve3 in the wake of each, is understood 'to havb,''osettled' by arbitration. The lirt of each one of these
411•fheers have been referr ed to a Committee of three poll-
teal leaders, who will select .from them the requisite
corriber of appointments, and forward them to Washington for
..,`,l),fiirmation or rejection. This will, probably, settle present
I"4ll'ulties, but the nem of dissatisfaction is deep- eated, and
the quiet wit' never be restored until Tyson. iT snugly located in
Place of Roberts But is not all this a most disagreeable
Male of things.
The President of the United States has officially recognised
pChbiriistopli
.Freidrich Plate, as Consul of Bremen for the port of
talelphra.
s_ At the Stock Board not much busines was done to-day and
Meet were without change. At the second, 20 shares of the
kurard Bank, opening flat, sold at 291.

SALES OF STOCKS THIS DAY.
11/0, dollars Crate Ftve4 1870
SI
-11 t .Sihares U. S. Bark ... ....................... cash 174
1.--•••do do ............................ ...Monday 174
' -°••.do...Philadelphia 8ank........ 76
15,2...(10 ..I'ennsylvat.ia Bank ................... .. 3OO
•• do, Hank .................................... 42
'••
..Franklin Fire Ins ................. 99i
1„(.3 • do... Schuylkill Nay. ............... ... ..................... 63f
147147,' .Philadelphia W. and ri ............... .h 60 days 37f,
~14.. do.. -do .................. ... ................ .... 37
.-..d0 .. ..
„do ........................ . ...cash 37
'•••tlo ............ d
• ........... o .... ... ....... .b 60 days 374
- '
After first Board.

„4) *le; R
b 60 days 38
`Nt/..:d0...Wi1m. Lean Sixes, 1842.... ......... ...... 934
SHIPWRECK. —The St. Augustine Herald of the 16th
''hr says, ” The schooner Antelope, Gifford, in Go-
rent employ, without cargo, capsized near the St. John's
. ill a squall on Monday. Captain and crew saved in a
"lace
The wreck drifted ashore about twenty miles north of
T
th,, -7,- - NAL ACCIDENT. - A boat from Troy, for
ahtcf'"rl, th, was driven over the Cohoes Falls yesterda ill
ne one of the owners was drowned. To-day a scow y, with
nien, in attempting to rescue a coloured man from a pe-

rilous position, was swept over the Fails. The men in the
Scrow saved themselves.—AM. Evening Journal.
FROM FLORIDA.—The steamer William Gaston, Captain
Grin); arrived .at. St. Augustine on the 21st of April, from
Southern Posts, bringing a large party of artillery, under the
command of Lieutenant Bated, and shortly afterwards pro-
ceeded up the North !fiver. They are intended to e'tablish a
post about eighteen miles to the. North of St. Augnstine: Nu-
merous Indian fires had been discovered along the coast, from
Fort Lauderdale up to within seven miles of New Sycnrna.
DIVIDEISEL—The Bank of the State of New Yerk has de-
clared a dividend of 3 1-2 per cent. for the last six months,
payable after the 10th May.
The Guardian Insurance Company 10 1-4 Ter cent. on the
capital of said Company, payable on the sth inst.
A Mr. Harman was murdered at the polls on the day of elee-
tion, in Dinwiddie County, Virginia.
Sri:Am-BOAT SUNK.—We learn that the steam-boat Gipsy
was sunk near the lower rapids of the Mississippi a few days
since. She was on her downward passage loaded with lead.—
Louisville Advertiser.
DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE.— Some time in February last
a young man, named Gustavus Melsheimer. formerly a student
in Pennsylvania College, in this place, started from here with
the intention of going to Shippensburg, and no intelligence of
his arrival at that place having been received by his *ends, it
was supposed that he had wandered from his way and iitrished
in the snow, which was at that time very deep. Search was
accordingly made, and the body of a man, suppos'ed to be that
of Mr. Melsheimer, was found on Sunday last in South
Mountain, about six miles south of Shippensburg.— Gettysburg
Star.

Mont Immix TROUBLIS.—Advices from Wisconsin,
under date of April 10, state that large bodies of Sioux were
gathering in the neighbourhood of Fort Snelling, with the de-
sign, as was supposed, of making an attack upon it.. One of
the tribe, it seems, being drunk and disorderly within the limits
a the garrison, and resisting an attempt to remove him was
shot down ; hence the hostile aspect of the tribe. Two com •
panies from Forts Winnebago and Crawford had been ordered
to Fort Snelling.

ARRIVAL OF THE COLUMBIA.
The Columbia steam-ship arrived at Liverpool on
Saturday afternoon. She left Boston on the Ist and
Halifax on the 3d inst, and has made the passage in
about twelve days. The following are the only extracts
from the American papers of the' slightest interest :
LIBERATION OF MR. M`LEOD,—The distinguished
Charles H. Delavan is again in town from Washington,
where he spent the last two months. Mr. Delavan in-
forms us that at a Cabinet Council on Saturday last, it
was ageeed to deliver up M‘Leod to the British authori-
ties—and perhaps Mr. Delavan himself will be appointed
to the important trust of making the delivery.—. Anew
York Herald, April 30.
GENERAL JACKSON.—The newspapers have busied
themselves very much of late with the pecuniary :affairs
of General Jackson, and considerable sentimentality has
been expended upon a statement made in several of the
journals that he had become poor by endorsing for his
friends. The old Roman don't stand this, and has
authorised a Pennsylvania paper to pronounce the story
" false in every particular !" We need not say that we
are very glad to hear it.
EXECUTION OF NEGROES.—HAVA NSA IL —HavalMall
papers to the 15th have been received in New Orleans.
The Courier says—

" A few hours previous to the departure of the Natchez,
intelligence reached Havannah that 62 negroes from
Jamaica, believed to be abolitionist emissaries, had
effected a landing on the south side of Cuba. Thirty of
those black subjects of Queen Victoria had been arrested
and ordered to be shot. The Spanish authorities were in
pursuit of the others."
The Bee, of the same city, says, that these thirty
" were immediately arrested, tried, condemned, and ex-
ecuted."

The Courier adds, " It was understood at Havannah,

that 8,000 troops were about sailing from 'Cadiz for Ha-
vannah. Indeed, a few of them arrived last week. This
looks as if Espartero was apprehensive of an attack on
Cuba from some European power or other.
THEATRICALS.—PARK THEATRE.—The state of the

weather last night was enough to damp the ardour of
even a more ambitious aspirant for the honours of Mrs.
Siddons than Miss Clarendon is likely to prove, although
we see it insinuated for her by some of the Fungus order
of critics, that the mantle of the great actress is destined
to rest on the shoulders of this, their latest protege. All
this preliminary puffing is bad. And all the talent that
ever manifested itself after a regular probation, would

have been most certainly blighted if subjected to the
foolish ordeal which this young lady has had to undergo.
She makes her debut in Mariana, a part which Fanny
Kemble appeared in, and then tries Pauline in a city
where Ellen Tree is still remembered. Can any one be
astonished that, the house is empty ?—Braham is in the
neighbourhood of Savannah, giving concerts.—Fanny
Fitzwilliam and Buckstone played the same night at the
American. Of John Povey's whereabouts we are not
advised.

ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE.—An attempted
murder and suicide occurred on board the steamer Clip-
per on Sunday evening last, while on her way from this
city to Bayou Sara. As we could learn the particulars,
it seems that Mr. Tiernan, an old and respectable planter
of Point Coupee, had a sum of money stolen from him
while on board the Clipper, and soon ascertained that it
was taken by a yellow boy belonging to him some fourteen
years of age. He did nothing to the boy at the time,
but threatened him with a severe flogging on reaching
Point Coupee. Shortly after Mr. T. went to his berth,
lay down, and was soon asleep. The boy, probably in-
stigated by the fear of future punishment, procured a
large butcher's knife, went to his master's state room,
and stabbed him twice in the throat, inflicting severe, and
it was feared mortal, wounds. •He then fled to the bow

the boat, and, as the men were approaching to secure

him, jumped overboard, and was seen no more. We
learned the particulars at Donaldsonville on Sunday even-
ing last, at which time it was feared that Mr. Tiernan
would not survive.—New Orleans Paper.

The notorious vessel the Malek Aael arrived at Bal-

timore on Tuesday, from Rio Janeiro, under command
of Lieut. Ogden of the U. S. Navy. The crew have all
been arrested, examined, and committed on a charge of
piracy. Joseph Nunez, the Captain, escaped at Bahia
and was not retaken.

Five young men are now in gaol in Brooklyn, New
York, for committing a most atrocious rape on a married
woman, in Myrtle-lane. They were of a gang of fifteen,
and strong hopes are entertained that those now at large
will soon be secured. The poor woman we understand
is dead. No punishment can be too severe for these in-
human rascals.
MORE MORNONS.—The St. Louis Bulletin says—
" Two hundred and thirty-seven Mormons came up in
the Moravian yesterday from New Orleans. They are
from Westmoreland, Lancaster, and Yorkshire, England,
and are bound for Nauvoo, Illinois.
MR. Fox.—lt is intimated that Mr. Fox, the British
Minister, is about to marry a sister of the Russian Minis-
ter's lady, Miss Williams. The bridegroom in this match,
should it occur, will be aged about 60, the bride about 16.
—New York Toiler.

The Temperance Reform is exciting the most intense
interest in Montreal. Meetings are frequently held and
fully attended, eloquent addresses delivered, and during
eight days 328 new signatures were obtained to the
pledge. Its beneficial influence is felt,particularly among
the soldiers stationed at that place. _ .

MANUFACTURES.—Numerous . cotton manufactories
have been erected within a few years at the South, most,
if not all, of which are. successful in their operations. In
the city of Feyteville, F. C., six large mills have been
erected, and the
,amount of capital invested is 1300,000.
MORE ILL NEWS FROM FLORIDA.—The correspondent
of the Savannah Republican, in a letter dated Pilatki,
April 19th, says—" I am sorry to inform you that the
war has broken out anew. I have just learned that all
the Indians, save about twenty, have left Tampa—among
them Wild Cat, and, in fact, all of any. note. They
have killed a couple of express riders. The bag con-
taining the mail has been found perforated with two
bullets, one of which was found in a package of letters.
I fear we shall hear bad news shortly from these Indians."
Captain Ward, a passenger on board the ship Groans,
below at Boston, from Manilla, and last from St. Helena,
reports that seven vesse7s, slavers, had arrived 'at St.
Helena, with 700 slaves, prizes to her Britannic Majesty's
cruisers on the west coast of Africa. The last that ar-
rived (March 2) threw overboard' sixty dead slaves in
sight of St. Helena.

-GooD.—The following is said to be the last joke of
Sidney Smith. He says that the Chinese affair is all
picking (Pekin) and choosing (Chusan).
ODD TnErT.—During a recent fire at St. Louis, a
thief broke into a cabinet maker's shop and stole a coffin.
REPEAL OF THE SUB-TREASURY--On Thursday
last, the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania passed
a resolution, which had been preViously acted on in the
Senate, instructing the Senators and requesting the Re-
presentatives in Congress, to vote for the repeal of the
Sub-Treasury-law, and providing that the Governor for-.
ward copies of the resolution to the Senators and Repre-
sentatives. The resolution was carried by a handsome
majority.
HUMBUGGERY.—Thus a Correspondent writes us
" The people humbug the rascally banks by not paying
up, and the banks in return humbug the people for their
rascality. The merchants are humbugged by doing bu-
siness for nothing, and paying tribute to Columbus in
every shape and form, which business assumes. The
majority of the merchants are humbugged by the few
selfish and mercenary ones, who refuse to give their aid
in forming a Chamber of Commerce for the transaction
of business on honourable principles, and for a fair re-
muneration. The young ladies aro humbugged by the
beaux, who only flirt about them for pastime ; and, in
fact, Mr. Editor, everything is wrong, and must be re-
gulated through your interesting Journal.' " That's a
fact—all humbugs must and shall be journalized._

DARING.—On the 15th of February, a Mr. Taney of
Washington county, Md. was awakened about midnight
by a sound like the breaking of a door, in an adjoining
room to that in which his family were sleeping. Ile
sprang from his bed, seized a loaded rifle, and stood wait-
ing about fifteen minutes when the door was softly
opened, and he saw his servant man by the light of a fire
in the stove, with a large butcher knife in his hand.
Upon his exclaiming advance one step and you are a
dead man,' the negro instantly ran, and succeeded in
making his escape to Pennsylvania.
FIRE.—The cotton mill owned by Messrs. James
Rhodes and Sons, at Rhodesville, Thompson, Ct. was
destroyed by fire on Wednesday night. The building
was of brick, and eighty feet in length. It contained
3,000 spindles and 50 looms. It was insured for 10,000
dollars at the American Office, and for 12,000 dollars at
the Manufacturers' Mutual Office, in Providence. The ori-
gin of the fire is not known.

- SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—WhiIe Mr. Martin Mikesell,
Cambria county, Penn., and his wife, were absent from
home at a sugar camp, their house took fire and was
totally destroyed, with all its contents. When they re-
turned they found their dwelling in ruins, and that three
little children left in it had perished in the flames.

The Cincinnati Chronicle of the 17th inst., states that
Edward Layton, the young man who had been arrested
on the charge of having caused the death of Mr. Gris-
well, a Baptist preacher, was brought before the Mayor
or examination. After hearing the testimony in the
case, he was committed for trial on the charge of murder.
GRAVE ROBBED.—A man by the name of Jackson

died at Cher,,,iig-e, N. Ti. two Weeks since, and en the
succeeding day was interred in the village grave-yard.
During the night his remains were removed be persons
unknown, for svho:;e detection $5O reward is cared.
MAIL BorBERY.-.-The way-mail from this City to
Albany on board the North American- was robbed on
Feday morning last—the bags cut open. the letters rifled
and thrown into the river. The first intimation of the
robbery was given by the letters, which were seen float-
ing in the current near Stuyvesant. It. is not known
whether the letter; were rifled on board the boat. or
stolen thence and broken open afterwards ; but in either
case the remissness of those in charge was most culpable.
We trust this robbery will put an end to the shameful
carelessness with which mails have hitherto been kicked
about .the decks of our steam-boats, as if they were
sacks of potatoes.

MURDI:R.—The Portland Arqus states that Mr. Moses
Butterfield murdered his wife and two youngest children
in Sumner, Oxford County, Maine, on Wednesday last.
Two others of the family only saved themselve3 ley
ilight. Mr. B. has been hitherto a highly respectable
citi::en of that town, but has been subject to fits of in-
sanity. His alleged reason for murdering his family was
to Lave them from eternal ruin at . the approaching end
of the world. lie has been committed to jail in Paris.
lIoNouttARLE.—It will be recollected that some mow ht
ago, four of our packet ships saved each the of a
British vessel in distress. They were the Rhone, Cap-
tain Walton ; Stephen Whitney; Captain Thompson ;
Columbus, Captain Cropper ; and Sheridan, Captain De
Pcyster. Yesterday, Mr. Buchanan, the British Consul,
addressed to these commanders the ibllowing extract of
a letter :—" I am directed by Lord Palmerston, to de-
sire you to express to the commanders the thanks of her
Majesty's Government, fin• their praiseworthy conduct,
and for the assistance which they rendered on the same
occasions, and you will state to these commanders that
her Majesty's Government intends to show its sense of
their services, by sending to each of them .a gold medal,
so soon as the die, which is now in preparation, shall be
finished."—Journal qf Commerce.-

HAMBURGHAND DUTCH MAILS.
Baussees, MAY 13.—The average price of wheat
last week was 1,808 francs, and that of rye 1,073 francs.
Count and the Countess of Van de Weyer have
arrived at Bruss Is. A letter from Francfort says—
" We learn that the persons who were arrested it the
end of last year in tLe Grand Duchy of Hesse for politi-
cal off tnces presented a petition to the Grand Duke on
the day before the marriage of the Princess Maria to
the Grand Duke A'exander, praying that the proceed-
ings instituted against them may be quashed."
BRUSSELS, Max 14.--Captain Neygeur, of the
Swedish ship Neptune, bought five tons of salt beef of
Pierre Jean Vcrstreten, a butcher. Alter eating some
of it. he and his crew were taken ill ; a legal inquiry
having been instituted, it was discovered that tfiere
was an agreement between some butchers ,arid knackers
to supply the captain of ships with horse fl ?sit instead
of beef, by which they fraudulently made a considerable
profit. Verstrt ten, Leys, and Cleereus have Lean eon.
demiled for this fraud to a year's imprisonment.
Count Gerofski and the Princess Isabelle deuehter
of the Infant Don Francis de Paulo, who eloped from
Paris, were arrested yesterday at Namur, by the Bel-
gian police. "They had arrived there on Monday ; their
carriage having broken down on their way, they were
attained twenty-four hours to repair it, otherwise they
would have pesi.e.l through Belgium without being dis-
cotereal. On their arrival at the hotel two chambers,
communicating with etch other, were assigned to them,
but they chose two otl.ers, which were completely sepa-
rate, when the police asked for their passports. Court
Gerofski produced one with a false name, and having
been reques:ed to sign this name, he was not able to
spell it. He was detained prisoner with the Infanta et
the Hotel, and a notice was immediately sent to the
Government of their arrest. Orders were directly sent
from Brussels to take the Princess back to Paris. Count
Gerofski will probably be brought before the tribuna!s
for having used a false passport.
• CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 21.—1 n consequence of
the insurrection in Candi:), the Porte has resolve] to
shbjeet the ciast of that island to a strict blockade, ex-
cept the ports Canes, Suds, Rettimn, and Candia,
Which blockade is to begin on the 15th of May. A
squadron of 10 men-of'-war is preparing to enforce this
blockade. Ti e day before yesterday a note from the
Minister of Foreign Affairs was addressed to the K-
nisters of the Powers parties to the treaties of July,
informing them that Porte had accepted the prop-
• salt made by those Powers respect ng Egypt ; they are
as have been already mentioned. It. appears that sonic
delay will take place in the official notification of these
concessions to Mehemet Ali, because the Ottoman
Ministry feel considerable hesitation about the system
now observed with respect to Egypt, namely, to know
the provisions of the Allied Powers, in case Mehemet
AI should refuse the new concession, not, indeed, in
words, bet in fact, by continuing to act without
regard to the orders of the Sultan. The two conces-
sions, they say, are net to be understood as made to
the Peelle, but rather as'a sacrifice on the part of the !
Stettin to the wishes of his Aies ; this led to a second
note of the same date to the following Ministers, in
which the Porte puts the question—What the Powers
think to do, in case Mehemet Ali should not submit to
the other condieons of the firmen of investiture ; and
whether the Powers, supposing them to intend t ► eon-
Linn° their assistance to the Porte, mean -to make a dif-
ference in the measures to be taken by them, between
those conditions which are contained in the treaty of
July, and those which are not mentioned in that tree y ?
The Minister for Foreign Affairs likewise communicated
with M. du Pontois, to learn what course France would
take, since the Porte had granted to the Podia the here-
ditary soverefgrity of Egypt, and the choice of his
officers. It appears that M. du Pontois had not suffi-
cient instructons to give a deciiive answer on this point.
18/1131 FUNl.M.—AmaccuAm, Mw It
Woe, I i s.
%en.° slabs, a 4 per cent - -51.4 te2k
3ittn, ditto 5 per cezit.
A lirel t Svadie, 4N, per cent R 11
Ditto, ditto, 3N, per cent 74% -iete
Commercial Company. 4!, per cent l('s}4
Ditto (1635 and Isri) 5 per cent.
Loan 18:17, srcrcant. 974i
Exchange on London, One month l2 o`4
Two months
Dutch Papers, May 15.
e.s.tstise! I!UN ilS—eaussuda, MAY 14.
actual l/cl4,9ye per Cent.
Roll achild's Loan, 5 per C4nt 10.;%
Loan ot Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. V3
3 per Cent.

--Thirty-52WD— --- ,
...----------(1 4n) . li 0%
Loan a! City, 183:1, -I pet Cent Si Si
Society at Catiunvree, 1..., per Cent, lOO
Batik at lit igiunt, 5 per Cent ........... „ lB%
National Swiety .
Exchange on Loudon (short)
—Brussels Papers, May 14.
Ai.i.riti A N 1,1.1. ti LIS.— ~ ibpiNA, MAY• 5
f tve per C614t5. Mctalliquel
boar per Cents. 4..%
three per Cents.
'Link Zharos ;t 5.2
All,e,rine Zermag, May 11
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.— BettLiN, MAY 11.
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Bills. Money
St. Schuld. Sch., .V., per cent lO4 1.:
Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 1! 2 104,
ii: xcti an g e on Landon, three months 0 :9%
—Prussian State Gazelle. May 11

SELF-WINDING-UP CLOCKS.—A collection of
very curious clocks, upon a principle entirely new, is to
be seen in a room appropriated for the purpose .at the
Royal Polytechnic Institution. The inventor, M. Moi-
neau, a French mechanician, has approximated them, in
their construction, as nearly as possible, to the solution
of the perpetual motion problem. The means by which
they are made " to go" are altogether of a novel kind.
Thus, fire (in a fire-place), water (in a cistern), air (in a
chimney), the opening of a door, or any constantly oc-
curring motion, *is made use of by the inventor as a
primum mobile, and the results are truly extraordinary.
On the present occasion we must confine ourselves to a
description of one of these time-pieces ; it may possibly
serve as a key to the others ; at all events the clocks, on
examination, will speak for themselves. The first object
is to fix the time-piece in its intended locality—say on a
bracket in the hall' of a house. Behind the clock a
single piece of machinery is attached to the wall, having
affixed thereto a wire conductor with a spring catch at
the street-door. As often as the door is
opened the wire winds up .: a weight ; should
it previously be fully wound up, no effect is
produced, but if not the reverse is the case. The whole
of this machinery is hid from view in the wall, and be-
tween it and the clock there is a secret connection. Alo-
tion is communicated to the time-piece by a compensation
lever, loaded at one end with a weight, and regulated
by a pendulum. When this weight has drawn down the
lever to its limit, a mechanical arrangement permits the
lever to be acted upon by the powers husbanded in the
wall, the operation of which is instantly to restore the
lever (weight and all) to its original starting place,
whence it again proceeds on its work. A primary motive
power, sufficient for twenty- four hours, is obtained by
once opening the street-door in that time. Wherever
this is the case a clock will go correctly as . long as the
materials last of which it is composed. The other va-
rieties are equally as curious and ingenious as the one de-
scribed.

THE LATE SIR F. JOHNSTON.—SeveraI in-
correct reports having already appeared in the news-
papers, respecting the circumstances in which Sir F. G.
Johnstone, Bart., of Westerhall, came to his untimely
and melancholy end, I take the liberty of stating to you
the true facts of the case. Sir F. Johnstone having re-
turned from Eglinton Park races to Westerhall, rode
over, on Friday last, in company with his factor, Mr. T.
Borthwick, to Talford, to give some instructions to his
servants residing at new kennels there, previous to his
departure for the South of England.. On their return
lat.• in the evening. Sir F. Johnstone's horse galloped off
him, Mr. Borthwick followed, and when opposite
BhAdburnfoot, found Sir F. lying on the road-side,
to all appearance quite dead. sir. Borthwick • in-
snoltly rode back to Westwater, and aroused Air. Max-
well, who, after ordering his servants to follow him with
a conveyance for the removal of Sir F.'s body,
proceeded to the spot, while Mr. Borthwick came to
Langhohn for surgical aid. Sir F. Johnstone's body
w. ':s accordingly conveyed to Westwater, and examined
by a surgeon from Langholm, who discovered a fracture
0.1 the.right side of the skull, extending. through the car
to the base, an injury. sufficient to produce almost in-
stantancens death. These are the true facts of the case,
which you will be so good as adhere to in your report of
the disastrous accident.—Correspondent of the Carlisle
~ournal. •

THE POOR MAN's-CHulicii.---A child whose
parents reside in the parish of Thursby, was brought to
this city a week or two ago for the benefit of medical
advice. It died here, and the body was taken to Thursby
for interment. The priest demanded double. fees, because
it died out of the parish, and he had to be paid 1!. 4s. for
theinterment.!--Carlisle Journal. . _