The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-17 00:00:00

Nos 171107. LON DON, SATURDAY MORNING SUN

THE HUNDRED

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CUSTO k
FOR SALE, by ordel
Commissioners of her Map
Sale Rooms, Mincing-lane, on Ti
THURSDAY, 29th, FRIDAY, 30th Jul
3d. and WEDNESDAY, 4th August,
precisely, the foiloksing GOODS to
Agate Brooch Pieces
Buttons
Beads
Boxes
Seal-handles, &c.
Artificial Flowers
Almond Paste
Bronze Candlesticks
Candelabras, &c.
Buttons, various
Beads
Boxes, Brass
GI. we
Buhl
Water
Needle, &C.
Barege Shawls, Scarfs, &c.
Bandabnoes
Baskets
Brandy
Chinese Paintings
Cat •ings
China Ware Jars
Et, ors and Basins
Bottles
Toilet l'ots
Flower Vases
F Lures
Cups, Saucers, &C.
Coral Negligees
Caps
Cambric Handkerchiefs
Curtains, Embroidered
locks, various
Carved Wood
Cameos
t hina Crape
Cologne Water
Cordials
Chet oots
Drawimr Instruments
Embroidered Slipper and Chair

AND FIRST SALE.
MOUSE, LONDON, JULY, 1847.
r of the Honourable the
jesty's Customs, at the Commercial
.UESDAT, 27th, WEDNESDAY, 28th,
; and on MONDAY, 2d, TimsnaT,
, 1847, at Twelve o'clock at Noun
or home consumptiOn, viz. :
Lace, Cotton
Tarbes
Berthes
Collars
Shawls
Scarfs

Ece.
Meerschaum and other Mei and

Bowls.
.' usical Boxes and Instruments,
viz. :
Pianofortes
Accordions
Organ
Marqueterie Tables
Chairs
Cabinets
Bookcases
Drawers
Escruteires, &o.
Matting, E. I.
M arbles
Marble, Manufactured
Opera ses
Paintings for Brooches
Porcelain, Plain and
Pongee, Silk
Paper. Gilt, &c.
l'ercussion Caps
Pictures
Pomat um
Perfumery
Pepper
Pencils, Slats
Rugs, Persian
Turkey, &C.

Rum
Ribbons of Satin
Steel uckles
Steel.l'urse Slides
Garnitures, &c.
Segars
Segar Moulds
Snuf
silk Worm Gut
Slippers
Shawls, Long and Square
Stays
Swiss Cottages
sugar
Silk and Cotton Stuffs
Do. and Goats Hair ditto
silk Mantdactures, viz. :
Net
1- racelets
Garters
Purses
Laces
Gloves
M itts
Ties
Handkerchiefs
Transparencies
Porcelain

_ _
Pines
Envelopes
Earthenware
Embroidery and Needle Work,
viz.:—
Caps, Cuffs, Collars
Chemisettes, Sleeves
Shirt Fronts
Habit Shirts
Lace, Veils, &c.
Flock for Paper Stainerts
Feathers, dressed
Feather Boas
Muffs
Ippets, &c.

Fans
Frames for Pictures, &C.
Gauze, gummed
Geneva
Hat Crowns and Linings
Hand Screens
Hair Mar. ufactures
ivory Card Boxes Toes
Counter Boxes Tobacco
Chess Men Tea
Napkin Rings Varnish
Brooches \Vetches
Backgammon Watch Hands
Men, &c Springs
Keys
Leather Seger Cases
Pocket Maker's Tools, &c,
Books, &c.
Lutestrings Walking Sticks
Labels Watstcuating
Lace, Thread Wine
Silk and various other Goods
For Es portation only.—Gold and silver watches, clocks,
books,
spars, extract, sugar, a brass gun, muskets, &e., &C.
or Exportation, or, for Home Consumption, on Payment of
Duties.—Wood, wine, coffee, tea, sueeades, preserved ginger, provi-
sions, saga., soap, books, silver plate, &e., &c.
For the Benefit of the Crown.—Sundry old boats, oars, sculls. Sse.
To be viewed at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom-, °else, Thames-
street ;at the Londo, and West India Docks, at the Tobacco-ground ;
Rotherhithe, on Friday, the 23d, Saturday, 24th, and Monday. 26th
of July, 1847, frttin Ten o'clock in the morning until Three o'clock
in the afternoon, and on the days of sale, from Ten o'clock in the
morning until Twelve o'clock at n. on. Take notice, goods sold at
this sale will not he delivered until after two clear days of the day on
which they are sold, and that no lots can be paid for at the office of
Receiver of Fines after Two o'clock in the afternoon, and on the
days of sale money wi I not be received by the Receiver of Fines after
Eleven o'clock in the forenoon.

PUBLICATIONS.
In a closely-printed and portable volume, price 10s. 6d.
fl LACK'S PICTURESQUE TOURIST'
AND ?LOAD BOOK OF ENGLAND,
With numerous Maps, Railway Charts and Views.
A. and C. Black, Edinburgh; and sold by all Booksellers.

Price Bs. 6d., a Fifth Edition of
BLACK'S PICTURESQUE TOURIST
OF SCOII, AND, with 24 Maps, Plans and Charts ; and 50
Views of Scenery and Public Buildings.
A. and C. Black, Edinburgh ; and sold by all Booksellers.

Price 55., a Third Ldition of
/I LACK'S PICTURESQUE GUIDE
JP TO THE ENGLISH LAKES, with an E-say on the Geology
of the District, by Professor PHILLIPS; minutely accurate Map
and Chars ; and Views of the Mountain Ranges, and other Scenery
A. and C. Black. Edatburgn ; and sold by all Booksellers.

Price 2s. 6d., a Fifth Edition of
R
LA C K'S GUIDE THROUGH EDIN-
BUR6II, with a DES, •RIPTION of the ENVIRONS.
Illustrated with a Plan of the City ; a Map of the Country ten miles
round ; an Viewsf the Public Bildings and •Ceighbouring Scenery.
Adam and Charles Black, Edinbuurgh ; and sold by all Books, Hers.

This day is published, price Bs. 6d , Mintisomely bound in cloth,
PUNCH, VOLUME THE T ELF CH :
contal.iing UPWARDS OF 700 ORIGINAL ARTICLES IN
PROSE AND VERSE.
AND ILLUSTRATED BY MORE THAN 400 CUTS.
The whole of the Volumes are constantly kept on sale, in cloth
boards or in Numbers.
London: Poblished at the " Punch" oMce, 85, Fleet-street.

On Saturday. July 17.
LETTE fro SIR ROBE RT PEEL to
the ELRS for the BOROUGH of TA NIWORTIL
London : James Bain, 1. Haymarket.
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RI ', RIDDLE'S Kris AND ENGLISH DICTIONARIES.
ACOMPLETE ENGLISti-LATIN AND
LATIN-ENGLISH DIcTIONARY. By the Rev. J. E.
RIDDLE, M.A. 6th Edition. Bvo. 3 s. Gd. cloth
The English-Latin Dictionary, 10s. Gd.
Separately [The Latin-English Dictionary, 21s.
THE YOUNG S HOLAR'S ENGLISH-LATIN and LATIN-
ENGLISH DICTIONARY. New Edition, corrected and enlarged.
Square 12mo. 12s. bound.
The Englb-h-Latin Dictionary, ss. 6d.
Separately [The Latin-English Dictionary, 7s.
Also. New Edition, royal 32m0., 4s. bound,
A DIAMOND LATIN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans;
John Murray, Athem

Just published, in post Bvo., price 89.6 d.,
rillE REV•
D. UM E'S ACCOUN of he
.5_ LARNED. SOCIETIES and PRINTING CLUT S E oft the
UNITED KINGDOM.
" This is a most usenfl volume. In looking at its contents we can-
not help feeling that such a work has been long wanted. The objec
of th author has ten to give a concise account of the origin, history.t
objects, and constitution of the numerous learned societies of the
United Kingdom. We are much mistaken if there are not many
who are entirely inorant of the histoand constitution of the so-
cieties of which they are members. To all Bildt, and to those who
take arest in the progress of scientific unions, Dr. Ilume's work
It fa ll irate
most welcome."—Medical Gazette.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, end T,ongmans.

ONDON end SOUTH-WESTERN RAIL-
WAT.
Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL
MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of SHARES In the LONDON
and SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY will be held at the
Nine Elms Station Vauxhall, London, on FRIDAY. the s.th August
next, at One o'Clock in the Afternon recisely, when the Directors
will submit a Report of their Proceedings on the Affain of the
Company daring the preceding Ilalf-year. A dividend will be de-
clared, and the General business of the Company transacted.
And notice is hereby further given, that the said Meeting will be a
SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING, to consider the propriety of
eurcha-tog or Accepting a Lease of the undertakings authorised by
the " Windsor, Staines, and South-Western Railway Act, No.
1847, and the Windsor, Si eines, and South-Western Railway Act,
No. 2. 1847," upon the term' embodied In a Memorandum of Agree-
MOO, dated 19th J intiary, 1847, and made between the Committee
of Mangement of the tinny of
►
Windsor, Statues, and South-
West; rtt Railway Company of the one part, and the Lond n and
South Western Railway Company of the other part ; and to autho-
rise and app•ove such Purchase or Lea-e. And al ,o to consider and
determine whether any and what number of New Shares shall be
created under the powers contained in the several Acts of Parliament
tribliritnhge the
; London
i n
pmasises,liolnth.thweepmreersoentßosentoyn ocfolm'apralitaiymteonto,
raeuattleto
Shares of what amount, and upon what terms and conditions, and
with what rights andn
p,
privileges such new Shares (if any) shall be
created.
And notice is hereby farther given, that the BOOKS of the COM-
PANY, for the Transfer of Shares, will be CLOSED from the 30th
day of JULY, to the 6th day of AUGU-I', both days inclusive.
By order of
L the Courtll of Directors,
P. ARENTZ CAMPBELL, Secretary.
Nine Elms Station. Vauxhall, July 16. 1447.
yotßiGn.ros AND cosLINEN I'AL STEAM
PACICE r COMPANTY.
Second Call of 21 per Share.
Notice Is hereby given, that in pursuance of a Resolution of the
Bo trd of Directors, the Proprietors of Shares in this Company are
required to I'AY a CALL of 2/. per SHARE on their respective
Shares on or before WEDNESDAY, the 18th day of August next, at
the Banking-house of Messrs. Denison and Co., Lombard-street,
London.
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the rate of bl. per cent will be charged on all Calls remaining unpaid
after the 18th August next.
BY order,
Brighton, July 12. 1847.

WM. J. IRON, Secretary.

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
WATERLOO-PLACE. PALL-MALI, London ; 97, George-
street, Edinburgh ; 12, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow; 4, College Green,
Dublin.

.....
(Established by Act of Parliament hi 1834.)
In 1841, the Company added a bonus of 2 per cent. per annum on
the sum assured to all Policies of the Pa tictpating Class from the
time they were effected. Parties wishing to secure the benefit of
the next division of profits in 1848, should make immediate appli-
cation.
When the insurance is for life, only ome-half the annual premium
need be paid for the first five years.
Every information will be afforded on application to the P.esirent
Director, E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall,
London, where prospectuses, &c , may be had.

N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE
ASSURANCE. SOCIETY.
26, CORNILILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
.vith respect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured
o, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
'enure of the policy, twothinls of the premiums paid (see Table);
dao the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of Ins in-
crests to meet other convetsiencies or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors
it the annual meeting held on the !2th May, 1847, to declare a fifth
bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each
policy effected on the profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

I I I Permit- Sum ill
..°4°.6 Annual Policy Bonus in sent Re- Assured
tge. E il.' I Pre- ' taken addition Bonus in duction ormay bor-
i4.3- gi mium. out in Assured. I Cash. Annual row on
Premiums. Policy.
-
£ s. 4.1 £ s d. £ s. d. £ 6. d.
r 1837 243 9 3'112 8 5 18 4 6 494 8 10
.£ .fs.d. 1838 218 4 tii 99 810 15 13 5 ,445 0 0
60 1000 74 3 4 1839 192 1 l 0; 86 9 3 13 4 9 ;395 11 1
[lB4O 143 5 10 66 8 4 919 1 '346 2 3
1941 138 14 2 61 17 6 9 9 2 296 13 4
1842 111 6 8 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 5

The Annual Report, with tables of rates, &c., ►nay be had at the
office, or any of Its branches In the country ; or. ou application, will
be forwarded post free.

F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY 15.—The Mercury tender, tem-
porarily commanded by Lieutenant Corbett, of the Ex-
cellent, returned from a cruise off Brighton to-day.
Quite a new feature in paying naval resp. cts to' illus•
trious personages was struck out yesterday by sir C.
Napier in his squadron at Spithead during her Majesty's
transit through that anchorage. Not only were the
yards manned, but the whole of the bulwarks of the
three ships of the line. The men being dressed in white
had a very imposing effect ; and when to this was added
the marines, who were stationed on the poop and gang-
way of each ship, and fired afar de joie as her Majesty
passed, the rattling of the musketry mingling with the
hearty cheering of the men on the yards and bulwarks,
we think her Majesty and her Royal Consort must have
been highly gratified.
The royal yacht has gone down to her moorings at
Cowes to-day, to attend her Majesty's pleasure.
WOOLWICH, JULY 15.—The Athol troop-ship, Master-
Commander Yearn, is lying off the dockyard, Woolwich,
taking in stores, brought down by barges from Deptford,
previous to her leaving England with two companies of
the Royal Artillery, for Ceylon. She will embark at
the same time detachments of the 7th Dragoon Guards
and 73d Regiment of Foot, for a passage to the Cape of
Good Hope, to join the head-quarters of those regiments
at that station.
The Garland steam-packet, Captain Smithett, went
up the river on Monday, to Messrs. Penn's, to have some
repairs made in her machinery.
The Dragon skam•frigate went down the river on
Tuesday to try her machinery, and returned to Wool-
wich yesterday afternoon.
The Minx steam-vessel went down the river on an
experimental trip to try her screw propeller, but owing
to some part of her works giving way, she was under
the necessity of being towed back to Woolwich by
another steamer, then on trial by a private firm, and said
to be intended for a steam pleasure yacht.
Commodore Lord John Hay, C. 8., one of the Loids
of the Admiralty ; Captain Ellice, Controller of Steam-
machinery; and Mr. Lloyd, Chid Engineer at Somerset
House, visited Woolwich to•day, and witnessed the test-
ing of the horse-power of the Trident steam-vessel et
the beam at the west end of the basin. The Trident is
norninail) 350-horse power, but the testing was not com-
pleted today.

AUSTRALIAN COLONIES.
The following notice, which is considered of some im-
portance by parties connected with the Australian colo-
nies, has just been issued from the General Post-office,
on the subject of the conveyance of letters,
" General Post-office, July, 1847.
" It having been represented to the Postmaster-Gene-
ral that the opport Inities of forwarding letters from this
country direct to Port Adeltide, Swith Australia, and to
Port Philip, New SAith Wales, by private ship, are now
frequent, and that the correspondence for those districts
Kill be more expeditiously conveyed by such vessels
than by the monthly contract packets to Sydney, by
which it is at present transmitted, all letters and news-
papers for South Australia and Port Philip will hereafter
he forwarded by private ship sailing to those places,
unless specially addressed to go by the Sydney packets.
-"rho postage chargeable upon such correspondence
will consequently be the usual ship letter rate of Sd. for
each letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight, &c.,
and ld. for each newspaper, unless such letters or nevi s-
papers are specially addressed to be forwarded by packet,
when the packet rate of postage will be chargeable up, .n
letters, and newspapers will be forwarded tree.
Letters and newspapers for New Zealand will still
be forwarded by the Sydney contract packets, unless
specially addressed by prh ate ship."

Private letters from Madrid mention that the
Ministerial project for the loan of 1,000.000/. on Trea-
sury bonds has been received with universal rind un-
measured hostility, the unconstitutional method of car-
ryin
• g the szheme by royal decree instead of by t e
authority of the Cortes, together with the shortness of
the notice, which gives the appearance of a preconcerted
job with the parties who might appear as contractors,
being ;he chief grounds of opposition. It is quite clear,
therefore, that, supposing dupes to be found in this
Country, and contractors willing, for the sake of a com-
mission, to lend their prestige in entrapping them,
scarcely a month would pass before the legality of the
b ,nds would be called in question—repudiation, of
course upon judieial grounds, being the ultimate result
of the whole affair, Any persons who may lend money
to Spain—no matter under what circumstances—while
her other creditors remsin in their present position, must
be regarded as accessories to the continuance of her
trauds, since it is only by the discovery that she is
branded and utterly denied trust in every quarter that
-he will ever be brought to any assumption of hoi.esty.
The parties, therefore, if any such are to be found, who
may now contribute to her wants, will not only have the
ultimate mortification of finding that they have been
swindled, like their predecessors, but that in this in-
stance, unlike the former ones, the penalty will be re-
garde d by alt persons save themselves with feelings of
undisguised gratification —Times.
THE METROPOLITAN FREE HosmaL.—The anni-
ver ary festival of this institution took place on Thursday
at the Albion Tavern, where a handsome dinner was
supplied to about 100 gentlemen. Sir John Dean Paul
presid-d, and among those present were—Mr. 0. An-
•terdon. Qu-en's Counsel; Mr. W.Roper, Mr. J. Gurney
Fry, Mr. Joseph Fry, jun., Mr. 1-1. Edmund Gurney,
Mr. Hoare, Mr. R. M. Bates, the Rev. Dr. Raphall of
Birmingham. Mr. J. Moses Levy, Mr. A. Haldane, Mr.
W. L. Ogilby. Subscriptions to the amount of 3001
and upwards were announced during the evening. It
pttrats
exceededthst
the
theex repencediitpuirseby 621.;
fthe
appears
from
the
y r
ettre has
in the same space 10.273 patients have been admitted to
the benefits of the institution. The only introductions
required by patients in apply ing at the hospital are sick-
ness and poverty. The arrangements or the festival
were unexceptionable, the musical department being
under the direction of Mr. Hobbs, and Mr. Toole being
toastmaster.

-
LORD CASTLEREAGH'S " JOURNEY TO DAMASCUS,"
jest published, includes his Lordship's Voyage up the
Nile to the Second Cataract—his Account of the Pyra
mids, Luxor, Philce, Thi bes, and all the wonderful
monuments of the ancient world accessible to the travel
ler—his Wanderings through the Desert, and Visi.s to
Mount Sinai, and other places famous in Biblical His-
tory—his Descriptions of Bethlehem, Jerusalem, and the
sacred localities of Christianity—his Characteristic
Sketches of the Modern Egyptians, Arabs, Arminians,
Jews, Druses, and Turks—and his Personal Recollec-
tions of Mehmet Ali, and the Nobles of his Court, the
great Sheiks of the feaert, and the Princesses of the
Lebanon. This is the most interesting tour, perhaps,
that can be undertaken. for it satisfies the desire of the
scholar to become acquainted with lands the mot famous
in Pnwan, Jewish, and Christian history. To future
tourists in the East the work will be extremely valuable.
[ AwntartsestENT.] —ln personal appearance, about
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fifty years have introduced all the leading improvements
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curling hair, they never assume the stiffness that is
ohs. rvahle with all that is artificially prepared. Address,
Ross and Sons, 119 and 120. B:shopseate-street.
To LADIES.—The female complexion has, perhaps,
no fiercer foe than the summer, with its concomitants of
heat and dust. On the drive, the ride, the promenade,
or the aquatic excursion, ladies should ever be provided
wland's Kalydor. which will be found gratefully
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rit•reahing to the complexion, dispelling the cloud of
langour and relaxation, allaying all irritability and heat,
and immediately affording the pleasing sensation attend-
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As a protector and restorer of the hair, Rowland's
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Macassar Oil will be found alike efficacious, guarding it
operation of the sun and dust.
on purchasing, from the injurious lt is
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article on the
as spurious imitations are abroad.
"Rowland's" precedes

AMERICAN AFFAIRS•
NEW YORK, JULY 1.

You have seen it announced that Mr. Trist, a clerk in
one of the offices in Washington, was commissioned, in
connexion with General Scott, to proceed to Mexico, and
negotiate a treaty of peace with that people. The Go
verianent journals have stated, that thes- envoys-extra-
ordinary. commissioners, or whatever else they may be
termed, mere clothed with ample power to effect the
object of their appointm nt ; and that the terms and
conditions which would be tendered to Mexico were of a
character so honourable to boll nations, and so liberal,
that they would certainly lead to an adjustment of pend-
ing difficulties.
The confident manner in which these assertions were
made, and the sources from whence they came, tended
greatly to sir. ngthen the opinion that an early peace
might reasonably be anticipated. In this state of things
:here were still to br found men who were sceptical, an,l
among the number your correspondent.
In the various party journals of the 'United States it
has been said that Messrs. Scott and Trist are not
on
the most friendly terms, but no explanation or details
have been off•red. On she contrary, it has been cau•
tiously avoided by the Union, the President's organ. A
colouring, however, has been given to the subject.,
:accord ng to the feelings or prejudices of the relator. I
have taken in,re than ordinary trouble to make myself
acquainted with the facts, which I will now give you.
My ii formation is derived from a reliable source, and
may be depended upon.
Before I proceed, allow me to inquire who is Mr.
Trist? He was a consul at Havannah. "Th. reby hangs
a 'al.'." He was lately a clerk in the state department,
and distinguished himself by furnishing Mr. Ingersoll
with the private papers in that department, which led to
the attack in the House of Representatives on the cha-
racter of Mr. Webster, which character Mr. Webster so
nobly arid so triumphantly defended.
Re it also remembered. dist ?reatient Polk refined to
ratify an armistice entered into by General Taylor ; and,
it is raid, declared at the time that he would never agree
to an armistice until after a treaty of peace had been
eala:eendienpreonrdmeendts.frielhuddseeocif, tGheenyeraarle
sccooi tti nbueel e
vtoe
ratified. Such, at any rate, were the silly vapourings of
theThp
this day.
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in ruin
which he is placed, by being associated in the same
commission with Mr. Trist.

The exact state of the question, as between this
country and Mexico, as to the probability of a speedy
peace, or even of a negotiation for peace, seems very
difficult to define. The Administration keep every-
thing dark, but among them are some leaky vessels.
From Mexico itself the accounts are vague and often
conflicting.
Nevertheless, it may be set down as sure that Mr.
Trist, who has no higher station in this country than
that already described, has been sent to Mexico to at-
tempt negotiation, and that General Scott has been re-
quired to defer to him even as to military movements.
Previous to Mr. Trist's arrival at the head quarters he
addressed a sealed letter to the Mexican Government,
under cover to General Scott, with a request that the
General would forward the same, which he declined
doing, but informed Ur. Trist that he held the letter
subject to his order.
At the last accounts Mr. Trist had reached the head-
quarters of the army at Jalepa, and it was notorious
there that none other than relations of the most formal
civility existed between that gentleman and the Com-
mander in Chief. lam not certain, but believe they do
not visit each other. This is accounted for by the fact
that Mr. Trist, of his own authority, but acting doubt-
less under the discretionary power conferred upon him,
but without thinking it necessary toask the co operation
of General Scott, had undertaken to propose or suggest
the expediency of an armistice.
11
When Mr. Trist communicated his project to the
twhheie possibility stsh:beilaitrymy of being reinforced or is paced, cut off by
General, he was promptly informed, that with th-
cthirce uvmomstiatonc
fersomin
supplied from home, and yet in i he heart of the enemy's
country, where it must, of necessity, subsist itself, the
question of an armistice was one of purely military
cognisance, and that he could not permit Mr. Trist, or
any other civilian, to meddle with it. So long as he
was commander of the army, and responsible for its
safety, he must decide upon the measure and policy
essential to that safety.
Such is by well informed men in Washington known
to be the position in which the parties stand to each
other; and as it is quite certain that General Scott will
not give way in a point of this sort, either Mr. Trist or
the General must be superseded. But the latter step in
the present state of public feeling would be too violent
a one.
Meantime all accounts from the head quartets of the
army concur in saying that General Seott, who reached
Puebla on the 28'h of May, would hasten his march to
the caeital, even thoueh he should not be able, after
girriserine Jalaea, Puebla, and Perote, to muster more
than 5,000 men.
The proclamation issued by General Scott a short
time since, and addressed to the Mexicans, has pro-
ence -I much discussion among the American people.
By some it is said to have been prepared in Washingteet.
~nd tran m .ted t ) the Commander-in-chief. By others
it. is contended that it is the act solely of General Scott.
The fact is that it was the ac• of Gen. Scott. in conformity
with the wishes and advice of certain Mexican clergymen,
and probably with their aid, as they were best able to
judge as to the effect of language upon their people. It
is believed, and I cot cur in the belief, that it was first
write n in Sp tnish or Mexican. and then translated into
English. Under such circumstances, whatever may be
thought of the policy of the measure. the whole respon-
sibility of it i+ with the Commander-in-Chief. The
President and his Cabinet, in
relation to it, are therefore
free from all praise or censure.
Having occupied so much apacewith what I deem in-
teresting details respectin Messrs. Scott and Trist, and
the progress of their neggotiation, I must refer you to
the newspapers of the day
rmies for an account of the recent
movements of the two a. d-
It is proper for me to state that I know the Comman
ing General has transmitted to the War Department
some time since all the p •
reasons therefor. The whole
subject, however, is ea from the knowledge
utiously kept
show
of the people, because its promulgation would
e how the mighty are fallen."P
In regard to the authorship of the proclamation, and
the sources from which its ienrinlents were derived, it
may bo well to note the fact, that General Almon, for-
te
merly Mexican Minister in the United States, has been
arrested and thrown into prison on a charge of treason-
able correspondence with General Scott.
The President of the United States has been here,
and is now on his tour to the east. lle arrived in
this city on Friday, and departed on the Monday
following (yesterday). The municipal authorities
received him in a manner highly creditabe, regard-
- rinth—no en-
less of expense. But there was no we
evinced a cold for-
thusiasm Everything—every ea—
mality. From the Whig party he had no right tooubexpect
any other. But from his professed friends he d_ tl
beeness
has
expected a cordial reception. If he did, he
sadly mistaken. It is, however, an affair of their own,
and they niust adjust it as best they can:
rit, ly and labo-
During the last two weeks I have c—neichl indeed all
riously examined many of the newsPsti rg
(eral states.
that I could get asi. ht of) published in t e several
' formation, as eor-
My object was to ascertain, for your in
new crop of rain
rectly as I could, the prospect of thet boar has been to
for bread-stuffs. The result of InY - 3
b
bring me to the conclusion, that t is d
. own ; an , nave
a full average crop on the grain s° there will be
quently, as that has been much 0
of the last
a greatly increased quantity Y
be °l)doubt. As it re-
year. On this point I entertain nc ~.i..ed.
est unit it
spects Indian corn, it will be alto
especially in the
There yet remains to be shipped'
west, much of bread stuffs. goos of transport to the
Atlantic States are insufficient to meet the demand.
every part
in of the country.
These facilities, however, a little while, and railroads
are rapidly increasing. Yet
will cover the whole face of theland. The present prices
be supported, unless there is
of grain and flour cannot e
an increased foreign
ve
_
demand. The next steamer, soon
on t
th
to arrive, may bring decisive.in tells
48 h
l -c
e est ou that mirs lli
ha
Several foreign vessels
during
Britain.
been taken up for Great d
cheap.
Public stocks of
Money is abundant an
demand, and rising. These
admitted stability are in
V) increase confidence in the fan-
circumstances tend .
I
ornate injurious y by promoting specu-
cies, and may opera
lation. firm. ci 61 to 7 per cast.; Tree-
United States Sixes,
demand at 7 per cent.
sury notes in
full supply' t a moderate demand
Sterling bills, a i
l 6.1 p
tendency, at 6 to
_peh r
cent.— Times.
and upward A GENE ESE TRAVELLER

NOTED
robber, " Thunderbolt," who
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DISCOVIIIItY Of • 011 ID ENGLISH ROBBER.—.
of ram past
_successfully eluded all
pursuit, died a few days since at
Brattleboro', Vermont,
had The
for celebrated el:bnralitmedber
-where he had resided a number of years, and enjoyed
much celebrity as a phrician. entirely unsutpected, but
in consequence of the neighbours,
giving his remains a mere decent
much respected. The Barre rattiot gives the following
account of the discovery of who he really was:
g his clothes, previous
musoevionf this eccentric debire
" During his last illness he refused to be undressed, and
when near his end, hired two men to bury him in his
clothes, just ss he died—a contract which was not ful-
fitoa nl
whol
dehdi
befitting
being
weret
tti hdneeg
sil raibri
opdu art
to:
its:Lt i
of t
01 1
en
re
ea
" Thunderbolt"
of his was manifest—the withered leg and cork heel,
so much notoriety in England and this
the shot marks and the scar which witnessed a previous
attempt at suicide—precisely as laid down in Lightfoot's
country, as one of the most cFl4triztnes and successful dwehsornibpstdiogain onfehdim
that men that ever
—marked him a., the
high-
waymen the annals of crime.
found •
On his person were also a dirk and pistol, and
1 among his effects, arms of all descriptions, together
with watches, diamonds, jewellery, &c., to an enormous
value, packed sway in sawdust. He always went
dressed In three suites of clothes, to make his figure
more portly, and to prevent recognition. and his withered
leg was found wound with cotto make it appear the
. sum of the other.—Nora York Paper.