The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-04 00:00:00

THE COAST OF AFRICA.

Th. following is an •,xtract of a letter from a enrre-
spoAeut
The Hydra steam-sloop, C‘a‘pAstacinensli'oot Jan.uing,v2en2i luBp47ilie
River Bonny on the 29th of October last. She attempted to
go up the day previous, but grounded inside the bar on
sand bank for four hours. She was got off after great
exertions by throwing the aftermost 68-pounder overboard,
also a 321 b. carronade, and almost the whole of her fresh
water; however, the Hydra was taken up the river the fol-
lowing day by one of the captains of a merchant.vessel a
anchor, trading for palm oil. Captain Young went up 10
inquire into the merchant captains' complaints against the
King of the Bonny; but they could not substantiate then!,
for it appeared that the King told them on their arrival,
that he could get no palm oil for trade, owing to his being
at war with the King of the Calebar River. The mercuent
captains had subsequently supplied him with powder, shot,
and muskets on tick, but as his memory was rather forgetful,
they thought a little music front the - Hydra's 68-pounders
would refreshen it. She proceeded from the Bonny to Lagos,
where she tell in with the Acteon, Captain Mansell, when,
she found herself in for another squabble with the King el
the Bimbia, he having been reported to the commodore as
committing, or having committed a breach of faith. Ae'
cordingly the Acteon, in company with the Hydra and Styr,
steam-sloop, Commander Cbads, proceeded to the Rivet
Bimbia, calling at Fernando Po for a pilot. Captain Seem"'
the Governor of Fernando Po, offered to pilot her. She ar
rived on the 18th November, and took up a position within
range of her shells, when it was found out that the inforsur
tion was false ; in fact, the Baptist missionaries have a large
settlement at the entrance of the river, and this would be
the last place for slavers. ths
" Whilst up the Bonny it was discovered, although
kings on both sides of the river did not sell slaves, yet they
murdered all prisoners in cold blood, roasted, and ate the,
and one of the kings assured an officer that a little girl, al!!
the
plenty of salt and pepper, was very nice. So much for
suppression of slavery, to say nothing of the expense an
loss of so many valuable lives and those who escape rm'el
rendered unfit for further service. There were 2,000 "V .
brought down to the beach at Palma, near the river LegL"
to be shipped into the two vessels captured last SePternvtil
by the Hydra. Not having enough provisions to last
the arrival of other vessels, they took their slaves down 1"
the beach, murdered them all, and stuck their beads 011
melt
poles. Provisions were very scarce on the coast, and
be brought from a great distance inland.
" From the Bimbia, the Hydra proceeded to Fernando re'w,
Princess Island, and arrived at Ascension on the morning r 4
the 26th December. I 1
" The Devastation, with the broad pendant of Sir C.
tham ; the Acteon, 26, Captain Mansell ; Sealark, 10, Or
Gooch, were then here. The Devastation, with Sir C. 14°-
tham, and Acteon, left Ascension the same day for Sierr‘
Leone and the West Coast. The Sealark left this place about
a week since, with dispatches for Sir C. Hotham, brought
out by the Haddington, a large merchant-steamer, bound to
China, and the Grappler, steam-vessel, Lieut. Cornmeal"'
Lysaght.
" Captain Hutton took command of the island of Mee!:
sion last Monday, so that Captain Morrell at present recoup'
a supernumerary, until we hear from the commodore. 'IL.
Grappler leaves this place also to-day, for Sierra Leone, "
meet the commodore.
" The Sealark left her captain behind at the hospital del;
gerously ill from repeated attacks of epilepsy, in fact, be
expected to die hourly.
" The turtle are rising very fast, which promises a g°64l
season.
" The Eurydice, 26, Captain Anson, touched here on her
way to the Cape.
" The Wanderer, 14, Commander Sommerville, hag lob
her second lieutenant and ten men from coast fever, Ott
to her commander sending his pinnace twice up the
Pongos. The lieutenant stated that himself and boat's ere

were-completely exhausted from their first trip. m the
" A vessel expected in about a fortnight fre,„,,,,,
commodore, with orders for the Hydra to proceed homy
She will probably be in England about the first Wee'
May."

THE RUSSO-DUTCH LOAN.
OPINION OF DR. ADDAMS. the
It is obvious that upon the separation of Holland en- bet,
Netherlands, consequent upon the revolution of Septei
1830, it ceased to be obligatory on Great Britain to makes
further payments on account of the Russian Dutch Loantter
virtue of the Convention of Pilay,,lBls, according to the Le
of that Convention. though it was said or intimated b ;,,
4
obligation still subsisted, according to the spirit of the C°
vention. vention. But whether Russia could or could not, fops
upon the spirit, as against the letter of the Convention,at
justly insisted on such further payments, is a question 11:1:01.,
merged upon the execution of the Convention of Novenna
1831, between Great Britain and Russia. And it is °;t
,
this latter Convention that it is now obligatory 02 "
Britain (if at all) to make any such further payments. by
Now, in the Convention of November, 1831 (exectit.7s
the two Powers), the objection of the Convention of 1° tbst
recited to have been, to afford Great Britain a guarantee
...,
Russia would procure a certain policy on all questiosens
debt,
to Belgium, on the one hand ; and the other, to ~bt,
to Russia the payment of a portion of her old Dutch 01'‘
in consideration of the general arrangements of the Cong'no.,
of Vienna, to which she had given her adhesion-411,117311
ments which (says the Convention) still remain '110„0.
force; and it is in virtue of this special consideration
1`."."t0
vention of 1831, art. 1) that Great Britain undert* 74,/r.
continue, on her part, the payments stipulated in the "'"
ycntion of May, 1815.
h h still
It seems to me, that the phrase " arrangemtntsw-t oielt
remain in full force," pretty plainly implies that 1 rapt
arrangements had not remained in full force, at sq....is,
through any fault or delinquency on the part of.-n-a
Great Britain would have declined to enter into all in scp
Convention ; and the language of the whole Coityerg:judg-•
cording to the true interpretation of it, in inY bursat Britain •
ment, is idntal in import with this--tht
o;eration of
undertakese toic continue the payments in - e us' aintaint.
Russia maintaining, or by reason that she does mto
those general arrangements of the Congress of
Vienna,
which she was originally a party at the time of the bold"
of such Congress in 1815.
And this being so, it also seems to me that a breach or
violation of those general arrangements in any material P
though the fault or delinquency of Russia, plainly reless;
Great Britain from that continuing obligation which A-
took upon herself under the Convention of November. 1a4)",
in consideration or by reason of Russia maintaining su
general arrangements.
which I
And this reduces the whole question (and as to 711,1110er
think there can be no doubt) to a consideration of vi,',--_se;s
the reunion of Cracow to the Austrian Monarchy, at Ws"
and in manner as stated in the case, is or is not a departure.
from from the general arrangements of the Congress of Vienna,
_„g,
a material article, and one to which Russia is a conses-'7
and therefore a guilty party.
For surely, it admits of no doubt that one of the genoersj.
arrangements (and that a principal one) of the Congi.;
Vienna was, the independence of Cracow. By the 61,.,.ft
sr
title of the " principal act," an Act consisting of r„6O
titles, of June, 1815, are several following articles. trircill
with its territory is declared free, independent, anid llossisr
neutral, in terms the most positive and precise, an a ,their
Austria, and Prussia are pledged to the maintenance o!
freedom, independence, and neutrality. The 6th 0°,48;
"La ville de Cracovie avec son territoire eat declares %rue,
patuite cite libre, independante et strictement o°,oo
sous la protection de la Russie, de l'Austriche% etv;ssie
Prusse." Again, the 9th article—" Lea Cours ne roir.
d'Autriche, et de Prusse s'engagent a respecter dare do
respecter, en tons tems, la neutralite de la villa " ntbe6
Cracovie et de son territoire, &c." These articles, ifthe
introduced inte an " acte principal," commencing with t
recital of that of 9th of June, 1815, clearly show the
independence of Cracow is one of the principal arrangelidor
of the Congress of Vienna ; and that the violation of Tot
pendence and of one of the general arrangements (eau flush
principal one) of the Congress of Vienna is one to OA
Russia has been a guilty party, is as clearly shown by
facts of the case. Gr°
Under these circumstances it appears to me that if tll.
Britain makes any further payments on account 0400
Russian Dutch Loan, it must be on political coneidern7oo
only (as to which I give no opinion), and not by ILO foie
s obliged thereto by the Convention (into which the
Convention merged in that respect) of November, 1831.
ArOt
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY of SIL -110,
PLATE, GOLD WATCHES, &c., AT NORWtilaP
A very extensive robbery was effected on Sunday °v r,
between six and seven o'clock, at the shop of Mr. Co°r")iP
silversmith, in London-street, at the corner oPPosittoll66
Barnard s, and on the alarm being made at the station'ior
the superintendent of the police (Mr. Yarington) snu„"ballt
rak of the men attended. It was soon discovered that I;+'i
fifty gold watches, which were safe in the shop on Safi deal
night at sin o'clock, had disappeared, and that a grtd tl3ll
more very valuable property had been placed bels"tecom
counter ready to be carried off. The amount of the
lost was variously reported, but after a strict inves.
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from
assisted by the magistrates, it seemed to have Dergr ono
1,5001 to 2,000/., and with this the thieves had et honi
leaving no trace of which way they had gone. Di°- frv-
pears to have seen any one either going to, or comingirter
the premises, and the private door leading from
lane, by which they must have entered, did not presentrerf
marks of being forced, or the lock having been picked. tbe
possible exertion appears to have been made to deter
robbery, but without any known effect. TelegtaPhieew
sages were sent in all possible directions of the robbed' base
descriptions of the stolen property. The robbery Mils of the
been committed between six and seven o'clock, for onset WO
young Mr. Cooper's, with a friend, appears to havebehrotber,,
the shop about six o'clock that evening, and his 10010
gave the alarm of the robbery soon atter seven. laysf
private investigation took place on Monday before thews so f
and a full bench of magistrates, when one of the C4:1);bot
one of the men were examined at very great lengtoo,bocl9
the nature of the investigation we know nothing. v.
in custody.—Bury Herald.

WILD SWANS.—Some of these birds were obsosoierge.
on Lech Eck; the week before last, by James inglitchinge
keeper to Mr. Murray of Henderland, who, after four °-
them for three days, at last succeeded in securing or
them. They turn out to be of the rare species kilo? bird'
turalists as the Bewick swan. One of them, a very itid ot
has been presented to the College Museum, which ed olus
1
possess a specimen ; another, which was onl9 wing el oWed
turned out on Loch Eck, where, it is hoped, it will be_ster-'
to remain, an ornament to that beautiful sheet of
Calecloniax Afercuru.

BLICHS. NV A-13611st°'
On the 26th ult.,at Denmark-hill, Camberwell, MO-
~f. t'
a daughter. eg 1 •
On the lot inst., at Streatham Rectory, the wife of .
the
_Af of
ic Nholl, of a daughter. Os 111'w
On the lot lust., at Adelaide-crescent, Hove, BrighWn'
John C. Turner, Esq., M.D., of a son.
.read, Wl' 11.
On the 2d inst., at York-terrace, Camberwell NeW
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A. Bevan, of a son. -------- . ,
di Alt LIED. 0 obeliAttu'
At St. James's Church, Clerkenwell, Captain G. F. ....II-hi,
Bombay Army, to Mary Anne, only chill of the late Jo"
Esq., of Worcester. danghter °f
On the 21 inst., Edward Jay, Esq., of Bath, to Anne,
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the late Abraham Harman, Esq., of Walworth

DIED. ,mn 10 DI
On Tuesday last, Mr. John Bird, of No. 52, Hatton-gar---,4. ar,...
75th year, highly respected by his numerous acquallit42,.„politO
many years Secretary to the Society of Patrons of the in"'"
Charity Schools. al It• 11.
On the 22d ult., at Newcastle, Staffordshire,
Yates, the
the Madras Army, aged 69. .N.,a aged 6grt.
On the 24th ult., in Paris, Thomas Coxhead Marsh, ---' gobe—
On the 26th ult., at Cowley-road, North Brixton, Captain 76.
Gilbert Livingstone Macdonald, of the 52d Light IntantrY, ate
Be.
On the 26th ult., at Bath, Maria Agnes, the wife ef
Walter John Partridge.yonnieSt
On the 27th ult., in Great Marlborongh-street, Mae' -
daughter of William Hunter, Esq. bfr. Itobert
Majer-Gener
On the 27th ult., in Gloucester-place, Carnden-toWn, •
Peale, aged 70.Anne,he WIO of
On the 28th ult., at Purbrook-park, Hants, 3101 t
John Deverell, Esq.
On the 28th ult., at Winkton, Hampshire, Edmund liretunan*
Walcott Simpson, Lieutenant-Colonel Royal Horse Artillery,

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