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MEMOIR OF MDLLE. RACHEL.
Mdlle. Eliza Rachel Felix was born at Munf, in the
canton of Arau, in Switzerland, March 24, 1820. Her
rather, et. Felix, was a native of Metz. Her mother's
maiden name was Esther I-lava. Her father, at the time
of her birth was, like most French Jews, a hawker ; he
travelled from fair to fair with his numerous family. A
parson who saw them at Beaucaire, in 1829, relates that
Mdlle. Rachel was then a very fechle child, but that her
deportment was not deficient in either grace or dignity-.
There was already sonietbing in. her a,nnounciia;•' the
germs of her splendid talents, and the brighness of her
eyes and the ardeney of. their expression gave promise,
inure especially, of future .distinction. In 1831, when
when at the age of .ten years,• she was•sent by her father
to take.lessons of one M. Choron, a teacher of singing.
Being desirous of devoting herself' ekclusively to the
tragic drama, she bade adieu to her felloW-pupils at
Choron's at the • end -of- ten maths, and proceeded to
join a class for the praetieeof daamation, under the pro,
fessorship of aM. St-Aulaire, Like many other per-
sOns'ef ezninant talents, she wodestined to be mistaken
by her early preceptors. Ms St.. Auldire was entirely
deceived with respect to her. He took, indeed, very
little notice of her, and at length, without giving him-
self any Teal trouble to ascertain whether she had any
capacity for the stage, he neglected her altogether, al-
lowing her merely to be present at the lessons received
by the other scholars.
At length, by •accident, perhaps, he gave liar some
finer parts, which she played with success, first on the
little stage of the Prado, which had been granted to him
:or the use of his scholars, and afterwards at- the Salle
Mdlle. Rachel was then 14 years of age. In
the part of Esther she succeeded in gaiifing considerable
applause, and began to reveal the resources which she
ifterwards developed. alieady possessed the power
of extending-, as it were, her stature, and of chaining the
attention cf the spectator with an irresistible force re-
sembling fascination. At length, on the 27th October,
1836, Mdlle. Rachel was admitted to attend the lectUres
at the Conservatoire, and was there placed in the class
of dramatic studies, directed alternately by Michelot,
Samson, and Provost. She continued her studies 'till
January 24, 1837, when she quitted the institution volun-
tarily, and entered into an engagement with the Gym-
nast, Dramatique, where she- made her debut April 24,
1837, in a drame-vaudeville, entitled La Vendeenne..
We have now to recount an act of generosity which is
almost without example in the annals of the theatre. M.
Poirson, the manager of the Gymnase, had a right to the
services of Mlle. Rachel at a very Moderate salary, and
could have commanded them for a very considerable
time, but the conscience of this excellent man refused to
allow him to take advantage of his position.
One day when Mdlle. Rachel arrived at the theatre
-enveloped in her humble red tartan for the rehearsal of
a new part, Poirson sent for her to his room : "My
dear child," said he, "I am -proud of having made you
known, at a-moment when everybody deserted yon. I
have no doubt that my theatre would be indebted to you
for a series of brilliant nights, but I cannot prevail upon
myself to keep down, for the sake of my pecuniary in-
terest, your soaring flight, to refuse you the air which
your genius requires in order to expand its wings. You
are a 'statute too grand and too beautiful for such a
pedestal. Rachel, tragedy is dead at the Theatre Fran-
cais—so and recal Lazarus to life."

"What do you say, sir•? Do3rou dismiss me ?" said
with tears in. her eyes the, poor girl, who was now begin-
ning fbr the first time in her life to taste, if not the luxu-
ries of fortune, at least the happiness of ease--" but what
will become of me ?"

" I `will place you in the position which you ar3 born
to fill. You belong to me for three years longer. I dis-
solve this engagement, which is solely to my advantage.
You n.re free; but I shall continue to pay your salary till
the clay of your debut at the Theatre Fra,nc:ziA. With re-
spect to your appearance on the stage, do not trouble
yourself about it—confide in me."

The celebrated Samson of the Theatre Francais under-
too'; the tinishing'of her dramatic education, and was
wits the most 'laudable zeal that he superintended her
stu lies and practice. After some months of persevering
pre7tration and of valuable iestruction, the bills of the
Th!atre Francais announced the debut of :Wile. Rachel
Felt in the character of Camiik, in. " Les Horaces."
It was on Tuesday, June 12;1838.
The very first entry of the debutante caused
astonishment. Her gait was not the movement, more
stiff than noble, consecrated by stage tradition. Her
recitation was not the usual diction in musical
notas. Her verses were not scanned, so •to say, .by
slices, nor delivered with pluses at every rhyme.
The public • found themselves put out from the very
commencement, and began to seek a solution of the riddle.
Indivichals Were- seen Molting at one another with
astonishment and enriosity ; none dared to speak nor to
interrupt by applause,
and in a short time they were all
eyes and cars for what was passing on the stage ; for, in
the acting of Mdlle. Rachel everything had its signifi-
cance ; her eyes, her mouth, her arms, her feet, the mo-
tion of her head, all had their proper expression, which
no one wished to lose. At the end of the third act the
audience began to discuss with astonishment the unfore-
seen revolution which was now to take place in the
theatre. The fourth act proved a brilliant triumph for
the youthful tragedian.
But we need not here go through the series of her
dramatic triumphs ; suffice it to say, that in every new
character in which she appeared she at once astounded
and delighted the public. Mdlle. Rachel is said to be a
person not of merely histrionic talent, or of tact for thea-
triCal declamation, but of an eleVated, ardent, susceptible
(though externally cold), and richly-endowed nature.
The following are a few amongst the anecdotes respect- '
ing her which have of late years abounded in the Parisian
journals

- On one occasion whilst dining at the house of a distin-
guished patroness of letters, and on its being observed
that few fortunes are larger than those of theatrical fa-
vourites of the public, she said qttietly—" As for me,: I
do not want money ; I desitO JAW n oahings, glory and
fri?nds." , Mad. de —, wllo present ;at this party, so:,
lieicd lldle. Rachel
.so ,urgcnitly.ta: honour .one .of her
so 'ices with her prescribe, that the young actress, could.
no'..resist = the flattering e4rnestness -.of-the invitation.
Th, evening arrived,, and Af. Oh-lteaubriand.mad
his appearanee'jn the salon.

• After havingheard Mdlle, Raehel,hq said to her, with
the solemn melancholy peculiar to him--7‘‘. Whata pity;
Made noiselle, that_ one cart .only. ,sea•• such .things rise at
the momenkwhen ,one is aboutto die." :'.Monsieur,'.
Rachel,;with sweat accent of affection,
" th:,79..are men who never -1- • "

o.i one occasion, after a performance, some• passagei
were pointed out to her Which she had pronounced less
happily than the rest. She was advised to repeat them
on he: return to her lodOlg-•. " Evening studies are
the bast," some one s;:il to her. " With me," she
replied, "nothing can compensate for my morning
studies ;" and on saying this she held out her hand
to her preceptor, M. Samson. with whom she passed
her mornings in studying. Notwithstanding this affec-
tionate declaration, we may observe that it is whilst in
bed, mentally and by reflect:on only, tnat Mdlle. _Rachel
prepares henie:f for those splendid and powerful effects
which agitate her audience and force them to enthusiastic
applause. Some person, hoping to flatter her, observed
that the actors who played with her placed her talents
in relief, whilst she on the other hand rendered their de-
fects more prominent.. "I am sorry fbr it," she replied ;
"ly,hen I am on the boards of the Theatre, Francais I
dotild :wish that only one thing were" evident—viz., the
kindness which every one has shown me."
She appreciates 'very properly the objection of want
of sentiment which has been made -to her acting. "
seek," she savS, ." but when I wish to reach the accen-
tuation which corresponds to the sentiment as I conceive
it, my voice is false." In speaking thus she is musically
correct. Talmo, had the same defect.
Mille. Rachel is an aWectionate (laughter and a gene-,
mu; sister ; she has shared her fortune with her whole
famFy. She interests herself with a touching solicitude
in the education of her brother and her sisters. Accord-
ing. to. 'sOme French accounts, her home is. a-nursery
ground 'of tragic actors. Her brother, it is 'said, is on
the point of realising- the hope or succeeding
on the
stave, which he conceived on witnessing the brilliant sue-,
cess of his sister. She is now the soul of the Theatre Fran-
cais—she is the main spring which moves this rusty ma-
eatifstir as Corneille and
chine. She haS succeeded in banishing the wrinkles which
defaced the brew ofits olden traedy, which had previon sly
lost all its freshness and vigour; her breath has restored
t, Mdlle. Rachel
a vital colour to its cheeks—its eyes, •too, have bean to
beam with a youthful ardour—its heart to beat with the
Racine titst conceived it in the realms of their poetical
agination.
hackl.l()le 'let ea
s 6 of
tbsl b,
rgigrahitieds,t.ft(llladyb.

I, BAG-31Elq."eyconstantly sit
FRENCH --Th
sit down to table with their hats on ; and this I have frequently
on, •rved to be equally the case when oec 'slangily female tra-
ewtthiescu7l:l°anmsoYi:eaengdo far towards
vellers have chanced to be present. This is certainly a trifling
ma-ter, but still is worth noticing,l as . ,
a slight trait of the re-
trogradinr, civlzation of polite" Frani•e Their personal
the
them. But the
toa any" an arrangement
worst annoyance, as well the most important indication of
national character, is their cotrtyersation and language. The
'of their talk
habits,oof
the
dinner-table,
andin'n thoseer.t a blconnectede, are
frequently
topics are frequen ,y such as to evince a total de-
sroenneddersintrganagneyr dwi nhnoemr
auynne.sh ;care yto ofa7
and one
particular vice only,
but on every point of principle n moral sentiment.— TrOl-
tn, in France,
lope's Summer
moralization, not with reerd to

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leetion :—=•
" From Boston to the mouth of the Columbia DiVeri
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mouth of Columbia River by St. Louis :6have 1?1650
miles. • t..
-`i The most recent exploration of the !oentry, from
iNlissouri to the Paelfle, dads not admit of i ioubt of the
practicability ' of locating a rallrOgl flirk74lo the rocky
mountain ridge. A settlement has been cornindllOttl by
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they must succeed ; for when has the enterprise of Ame-
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until they arrive at within less than 1,000 miles of the
month ot the Columbia. The climate of>tlie west coast
of America is. not only more evenly tem-4mA, but for
more Sallibriona' than that of the east. The Columbia
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clas3, and constituting the- outlet of a fertile. region.
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where will be the limits of the population': of the fertile
regions of the Mississippi and its tributalies ? Will it
not arrive at the base of the • Rocky Morintains ? Will
not the Oregon territory be-the centre .of n Valuable coin--
merce on the Pacific! ? It cannot be doubted. The cur-
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human power can arrest. And whoeall.donbt that, .cre
the close of the present century, we shall receive the teas,
silks; ,and spices of India and China, &ohm; the Oregon
territory ? From the port of Canton to the mouth of.
the Columbia River is about 7,500 milek;: from Canton
to Panama, about 11,200 miles ; from Panama to Bos-
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seas of the ocean. From the mouth of the Columbia.
River to Boston is ab0ut.2,450 miles, while from Boston
to Canton, via Cape of Good Hope, is in :4d than 13,000
miles ; making a difference of more than t5,X)00 miles in
favour of the route by the Columbia River over that by
Cape of Good Hope, and about 4,000 over that of Panama.
" Let us suppose a railroad in operation from the Co-
lumbia River to Boston. The distandei wallowing for
sinuosities, • cannot exceed 3,600 miles., ;Allowing the
rate of travel to be fifteen miles per houreit will require
ten days to travel from Boston to Columbia, River ; and
allowing sixty days (or twentyninc by= strum) for pas-
sage from Caotun To Columbia River, we have seventy
days from Boston to Canton, and we can. have not merely
Zhe news, but a cargo from the port of Canton to
Boston in less than 80 days, which is sooner than the
ship could arrive at Panama from Canton, allowing the
same rate of sailing which I allowed the ship to arrive at
the Columbia in GO days. Can there, be a doubt but
that this will be the route of communication iti less than
60 years ? , . ,
" Admitting a ship canal to -be shade- across the
Isthmus of Panama, can it compete with the Columbia
route, when a large proportion of the piodndts of China,
which arrive at Boston, find a market, of consumption
west of Boston, and that this market is ally; increasing ?
" It will be seen, by reference to the Maps and charts
of that coast, that from the Isthmus of Darien to the
head of the Gulf of California, a distance of 2,300 miles,
there are but about six harbours where . ships may- re-
main with safety during the stormy season, and that five
of these are to be found in the vicinity. of Central Ame-
rica, confined within the limits of 700 miles of coast,
and the sixth is to be found at the head of the Gulf of
California, surrounded by an uninhabitable and waste
country. Of these harbours there is not one that pos-
sesses those natural resources absolutely necessary to its
becoming a place of importance.
" Froth the extremity of the peninsula of Lower Cali-.
fornia to Gray's Harbour, in lat. 47 N., a . distance of
nearly 2,000 miles, we find but five harbours and the
Riyer Columbia, three of which are Santa Margarita, in
let. 24 N., San Francisco, in 30 N., anchhe bay of TodoB
Santos, in lat. 31 N. These harbours are all to be found
on the rocky and mountainous coast 'of the pe"ninsula,
which affbrds no resources whatever,: -not even it -
supply •of - good water. We - then arrive at San
Diego, in let. 22 deg. 20 min. N., situated in Upper
California. This_is. a safe but small. harbour. Here
we find a country capable of affording some of the neees-saries of. commerce, bread stuffs, provisions, oil, wine,
and fruits. From this to San Francisco, in let. 38', a dis-
tance of about 500 miles, the coast, although • •tolbrding
numerous roadeteads suitable for anchorage daring the
summer mooths, has no safe harbour.. North of San
Francisco there is no good harbour until you pass • the
Columbia River ; for this river, although navigable for a
considerable distance, cannot be described as a good or
safe harbour. Like most navigable rivers, it must be se-
cure from storms and gales when once the ship is safely
within its• mouth ; but the obstruction to easy or safe ac-
cess by a dangerous shoal and bar must ever render it a
hazardous point of ingress, and more especially in heavy
or dark weather.
The mouth of the Columbia River, from the 'extremity
of Cape Disappointment to that of Point Adorez, is seven
and a half miles wide. From Cape Disappointment to
the outer line of the shoal is five and a half miles ; ft-Om
the outer line of the shoal to either point is six miles •,
and from either point the minimum breadth of the shoal
is two miles and a half. The shoal con/inues within the
two points or capes, and occupies six miles of the whole
breadth of the river. There are two channels through
this shoal ; the one on the south •• side at Point
Adams is narrow,. obstructed by a bar, and the depth of
water not given. The north channel, passing along by Cape
Disappointment, is about one mile wide, and has about
six fathoms of water. At the distance of two and three-
fourths miles from the point commences a: bar having
about four fathoms water, and extending out about two
miles nearly to the outer line of the shoal. The length
of• the bar from shoal to shoal is about two miles.
Arther-feature of—this shoal is, that, from its pro-
jecticin' out and lac the points
_of • the, capes, the
' channel '• is subject to 'frequent alteratiense;, Eq
much so,• 'that, • lit` the apse of a Storm, the channel
,• i
..iieldorn ato ,heefeund 'ate the •samo' place, •ar Which' it
was previous to the.stprm ; thus
,reintkering• the, access to
the river difficult and dangerous. And so wide and open
is the ocean, thatthere ia!atways a heavy Swtell; and when
the wind is aboutea gentle breeze there ii a breaker
eqqitei'nerois_tb,e iyar,, and there is. no .liaising it etc: pt
when the wind and tide mire both very. With-.
out the bar there is no anchorage, .old, /here have ille,OM
Itistaffeegiii the winter "season of ships laying off and on
3Q days Waitinfr-fdrin oPpurtunity to pass ;;and a-'good
pilot is always neelled. Tel-haps-there haye _been- more
lives lost here in proportion to the inimber of y1i.,,,,p who
haVe entereid the'ill'er; thAti in 'entering al Hoot any other'
harbour in the world. 'the number of Yessels that enter
this ricer is very limited, yet, in 1811, the TOnquin, from
NeW York, lost eight men in crossing the bar ; in 1827.
the ship William and Anne was cast away a little within
the capes and lost. In 1833 a JapaneSe junk was cast
away, and 14 out of 17 men were lost. About 30 miles
south of Point Adams, not far from tfie shore, is the
wreck of an unknown ship ; it is 'not known by whom
she was owned, or where from ; Makin five diSasters
at the mouth of this river, and the total IOSs of four of
the ships. Of late the calamaties have been less frequent
than formerly, and when business shall require or be suf-
ficient to authorise steam-boats for the purpose of towing
ships over time bar, the delays and dangers would be
greatly diminished.' , .
." The country borderin; on the river fbr Some, distance
from the mouth is mountainous, and posSesses but few of
these qualities necessary to render-it a desirable location,
until the interior or upper country shall become Imo-
pointed and affore the means for an active, commerce.
Ascending the aiver •to Fort Vancouver and the
mouth of the Nultenoma, we ' find a country suitable
for agricultural purposes. The winters are mild, the
summers agreeable, and the soil productive. Even the
mountains will become of value for thelrtabitodant supply
of timber and naval stores, there being... a ready market
for these articles in the more southern ports of the Pacific.
Even now a large quantity of lumber IS shipped to the
island of Palm, together with salmon, floury, butter, and
cheese. •
" A large portion of this territory is well calculated for
grazing ; the winters being mild and requiring but little
forage. The forests are magnificent, and the timber of
various qualities suitable for naval or civil architecture.
The country is well watered with abundant streams. The
.Niiltenoma from its source runs for more than 130 mites,
and joins the Columbia about 85 miles from the sea. 'The•
Kalis River from its source rums north more than 175
miles, and empties into the Columbia, about 85 miles
above the Nultenoma. The Umga, and.M`Leod's rivers
have their i,ources on the west of the Nultenoma, and
run west -to the ocean. There are 'numerous other
branches of the Columbia, besides a number of smaller
rivers emptying moo the ocean south of M'Leod's River.
The Sacramento River has its source in. -the Oregen
territory, and, after running south and eouth-west
for more On 450 miles, empties into the bay of San
Francisco, in Upper California. This; river is navigable
for about 150 miles, running through a most delightful
valley, in many places stretching out its wide plains, and
covered with luxuriant . grass. The climate- is most
evenly temperate and healthy. This river has name-
tributaries,. which take their rise in, and flow from the
mountains, affording facilities for- all the valuable pur-
poses to which water power may be. applied. Large
quantities of live oak are to be found in various sections
of the valley ; while the . mountains afford pine, cedar,
spruce, and fir, of most magnificent 'size. From the
source of the Nultenonia, south to the -navigable wtorp

,

PRWE sd.

it 41A*3 Sacramento, is only 175 miles, and from the SOUrN
of FA Nifer to the sique point on the Sacrai_nento i
but 150 miles. Irmo the source of Fa!ls Iliver IV tha.-..
of the Sacramento is faxAit 00101,,5, and i:orn the sou,-CE.
'
of the Sacramento to Lewis or im:: Snake River is bin
A tunl t 140 miles while to Sonv of illi ti; inches of Snake
a
River is I.”.it about 73 miler. Thu:3 prebcmjng a country
abounding in -gtrfv,rul, and affording menns of
cation of no minor imi7ortance. comuruni-
" The situation of the Ore gon - territory ar.d.:4o''e-
sources, to constitute it pre.-ernintntly a commenja t,
.titnie, would seem:to require some harbour on the coast -
other than the Coluinbia lliv2r ; oz,l easy of access as
well as of defence, if nceossary ; one where its ships
ittight enter at any and at all times, and where those
arUclefi hceesssey for the support of commerce may he
obitinod without thsi delay of ascending a river nearly
100 miles. But especially would it be of importance to
the inhabitants of that territory that no other situation

pessessinggreater advantages than the Columbia River
Shen iif n their immediate vicinity, be in possession of
eorrie foreign and perhaps unfriendly pee- er. That such
a pubit doe§ exist Is easily demonstrated.
"The Bay of Batt Yrancisco, in Lipper California, pos-
sesses, advantages to which the Columbia River can never
avire. Capt. B. Hall, R.N., after having,. visited Califor-
nia; in 11,1122, says, The harbour of San Francisco is one
of the best and moat interesting, from its security and
tntilitudei in 66 world.' In conclusion he says, I
would flimark that California, viewed as a maritime sta-
tion, is unriv2ikd by any other section of the west coast
of America. The port of San Francisco affords the most
ledisse anchorage for inunerOna fleets, with facilities for
establishing; wharfs, docks, .and arsenals of all descrip-
tions : the climate Lis one of the best and most healthy I
have ever visited, and the country is one athe most fer-
tile.' lie further states that Upper California is capable
orailifpnrtinT a population of 24 millions, and from its
geographical position its possesses very great advantages
on account of the exptTlitiotu; and easy intercourse which
it can maintain with Jape li,`.''.tine, the Ph:_lippine Islands,
India, Australia, and all ih island's of the Pacific.
." A Into li;ngliA writer, who has resided in Mexico,
and had California, while remarking upon the
proposed ship ettiMi iterssaa the Isthmus of Darum, ob-
serres,—sqf ever this rotli,Siatsdi be observed, Califorwa
will then be one of the most iliftnissing commercial situ-
ations In the world. It would in that case be the point
of' rendes:roils fur all vessels engaged in OM trade between
Europe and Asia-by that route. It is nearly mid-voyage
between,these.,twn.etstintalesi' and would furnish plant-
sions and all naval supplies in the most ample abundance;
arid most probably would becattie. ft mart for the interchange
'of the three. continents. No of hty station in the course
of the route would Ise in any way enual to California..
Its coasts are, healthy, its harbours excetic7l,t7 and its ca-
pacity to produce materials. for ship-buildingl;ll4
marine
stores is almost without limits. ',lf, therefore, there .should
ever exist a sufficient population to maintain a sepa,mtte
sovereignty, or the occupiers of the country be of a
quality and character capable of taking advantage of
those resources, Mexico, instead of being able to reduce
California, would be obliged to succumb to it, Taking
every circumstance into account, perhaps no country
whatever can excel, or hardly vie with, California in
natural advantages. Its' geographical situation is such
as one would point out if he was desired to select the
most favourable situation in the world. Its topographical
relatluna are also most favourable. It stretches along
the shore of the Pacific Ocean, and thereby enjoys al!
the manifold advantages of a maritime country. By its
great extension from north to south 'settlers have also
the option of selecting a nib-nate suitable to their health
or views. And I think it safely may be asserted that
there is no country of the same extent which possesses
so many natural and local advantages. California is
designed by nature to be the medium-of connecting com-
mercially Asia with America, and as the depot of trade
between two vast continents, whiCa possess the elements
of unbounded commercial interchange; the one Over-
flowing with all the rich and luxurious commodities
always characteristic of the east, the other • possess-
ing a superabundance of the precious metals,. and
other valuable productions, to give in exchange..
The same writer obserVes, ' It has been proposed to the
Mexican Governmet, that it should endeavour to cancel
the English debt, which exceeds 50,000,000 dollars, by a
transfer of California to the creditors. The cession of
such a disjointed part of the republic would be an ad-
uantage to Mexico, and in no case Cllll it ever be pro-
fitable to the Government, as .it cannot possibly remain
united to it for any length of time. If California was
ceded for the English debt, the creditors might be formed
into a company, With- the difference that they should
have a sort of sovereignty over the territory, somewhat
in the manner of the East India Company. This would
certainly bring it revenue in time, which might. be equal
to the interest of the debt, and under good management,
and with an English population, would most certainly
realise all that has been predicted of this flag country.'
" I have quoted froin 'thess English writers for three
Objects To corroborate my own rernarlts respect-
ing the -value of this territory (I 'pper California).-2.
To show that the .i.';uglish roding community and the
Government have more in!'orm4on Kcspecting a country
which is entirely separated from any of theirposseasionS
than-the. people or the Government of the United States
have, although it borders on their own territory for more
ilien 800 miles, and from its position and advantages
-mast everpossesssa commanding inlluLace over it. 3.
To - confirm the opinion advanced—that England is now
• disposed to negotiate with 'Mexico for the acquisition
of the Bay of San-Francisco' and.the- territory of Upper
California. There cannot be in the Mind of any person
intimately acquainted with 'the bay of San Frane:seo, a.
doubt bet that it Will becOme the most commanding point
of all Pacific America, whether we take into consideration
the productions of its ,soil, its. commerce, or its ma-
ritime power. There is no point of all Pacific America
that unites a moiety or advantages that are to be found
in the bay, and it is free-from all objections. It com- '
blues the most salubrious climate, produce soil, capaciotis
and safe harbours, and fine rivers, with the best geo-
graphical situation Of any point on the- Pacific Ocean,
and I might add, (without fear of .error), in the
known world.

"If the proposition made to the Mexican Govern-
ment to cede California to the English should be accom-
plished—placing. the all-important harbour of San Fran-
cisco in possession of the most powerful naval and
commercial kingdom—one which has now plmost ex-
clusive power on the opposite shore of the Pacific
Ocean,—would it not ruin the prospects of the Orregon
territory ? Is it not that point which England would be
most anxious to acquire ? a port to which the numerous '
ships on the India station might repair, o recover from'the
effect of the climate of India, and where she might Cook
over the broad Pacific, and see that all tibeyed.her com-
mand. Is it not important, then, that;,Ostead of per-
mitting it to fall into the hands of our most dangerous
rivals, it should be united to our own territory ? And,
although I may be accused of presumption,' I cannot re-
frain from saying that the present, appears u favourable
opportunity for the accomplishment of this desirable, ob-,
jeet;'Wtfeh'Clll6tiatiiin is pjfil:4; Which must leave
Mexica a,l rdeildr,. tTY this' G overntrient—wh en she - is not
in the most favourable situation.to cancel- the claim,' and,
would prolAlybeglal to transfer California on account
it. I am
,cenfident , that unieSs Upper California is
:purdhased 6f itiekido;. it kill cost the United States a
greater -sum--to defend the Oregon territory- from -the
rivalry
,of. California, than the purchase would . now•
amount to. For -we must not suppose that• California is
• to -reinaili Stationary, or under' the control of the 'Alexi-
.dan GavernMent; -while all the parts of the earth are int
movement,.if.not advancing. It must soonfall to some.
.More enterpaiSing nation than the Mexicans.. ,•

. . „...
THE`"ii-PRESIDENT" AND,. THE
./. " • '

Mr. Editor,—T beg leave to call yOur attention'
to conduct which needs but exposure to ensure it
the just condemnation of all classes. When I
say that the mysterious disappearance of the
Presidentstcam-ship creates more anxiety than'
if a thousand Whig or Tory Ministries were a::
stake, I feel assured that I but speak the feelincrs
of every friend to humanity. How painfill,
it must be to-the feelings of the friends and rely •
tives of those. on board that unfortunate vessel,
to find prinishops exhibiting the destruction and
total loss of every soul ; sonic are seen with out-
stretched hands imploring aid of Heaven; others
betakin,, themselves to boats; while, to crown
the awful catastrophe, the sea seems' to ope its
ponderous jaws devouring all with relentless fury.
This conduct needs no comment. - If really
the case, it would be uncharitable, nav cruel, to
rip open the agonised minds of hundreds. How
much more cruel is the present case?
Thousands clinzing hope--heart-brokenfriends, painfully- inquiring in every quarter
where hope is likely to cheer them from despair,.
no sooner receive consolation than it is damped
by a, wholesale, cold, and heartless traffic in the
fate of their dearest friends. And who, Sir, are
those greedy triflers with man's feelings ? •T h •
conductors of cheap periodical papers, who, for a
temporary subsistence, can bend their minds to
any theme of horror; who can draw even the
Swiss valet from his Newgate -tomb, and let him
figure as the hero of his murderous exploits, care-
less of the feelings of his honest friends, upo.-1
whose brow his conduct has sttmped alliance Ivit,
a murderer. Hoping, Sir, that these few liue -
will give consolation to the afflicted,
I remain, your obedient servant, „
London, May 20. p. O.

I--------• -------
STEAM REGULARITY.—RENIARKABLE Co-
ISCIDENCE.—At a dinner at the City of Limdcn
Tavern, of Steam Proprietors, on the sth instant,
'Wolverly Attwood, Esq., M.P., in the Chair, Christo-
pher Claxton, Esq., the Managing Director of the Great
Western Steam Ship Company, in eulogising the exec!.
lence of the Great Western's machinery, which had
carried her nearly 130,000 miles, without a disappoint-
ment, or missing her advertised hour of sailing,
stated that he felt confident in predicting
,that at half-
past two on the 14th, the Great Western would arrive in
King-road. At that very time, we have been informed
by our Bristol correspondent, her smoke was seen from
the hills in the neighbourhood of King-
road, and she
anebored g seven o'clock,

a3:ll:,r.thlaetelWy I:haligsci
" hypocrisy" has been . defu led- by a Tvigororusau cr
6rigipal;Yvriter as "the hoinage, whichi vice pays to v.ir.
file ; ' and if' the maxim.. be -I'
de rS a nopdp
partyoo hare
'toitheehomafe
the which
.."and
slaverydrm Gladstone, are-a
abolished the slave trade, must be regarded as a-liattering
•; although perhaps reluctant and tardy compliment to the:
,; latter. The same party who a few years back detained
taOntdlipp_h•pill-aizliicrstihprolocisisotftlih7ch7or.
anathematized Clarkson, Wilberforce '
, Roscoe, =A
• other philanthropists who dared to maintain that all men,.
I
white or black, are equal in the eyes of their common
'taker---this same party now affect to be converts to the
principles of the very men whom they formerly denounced
as spoliators, visionaries, and desperate '
innovators.—
A.:ter having done all in their power to prevent cr
lard the abolition of the slaVe trade, and:
having
ucc,,,ete.d the enormout; Sinn of twenty millions sterling
-:
fir rek `squishing that to which they had no equitable
cairn, th.,v have now ,the assurance to assume.a high
moral tone;
while it is notorious that had it been in
' their power the: would Pay a compelled Englishmen to
use West India s.:qve sugar exclusively, they affect to
feel that sympathy ,s'..)r the Lingering's of the Bmilian
negroes which they net,:r evinc.: -
• et- 1 for the slav;,:s on our
own plantations. . .
Edmund Burke, in one of' his rhaV•
sodical spetches ena
subject which has escaped our recc,l, %lion, ex It hn< d,
—" Perish commerce, but let the con St. ;_tution l; v. !"
and the former apologists for negro slavery and th(a• slave
trade, who now affect to be shocked at the bate idea .0 f eat •
ing Brazilian sugar, exclaim—" Perish commet;!e? La t let
the 'West Indian monopoly survive !"—just as tee g rent
landed gentry ejaculate—" Perish commerce, but lee . the
corn monopoly survive !" With respect to the denounci rs
of Brazilian slave-grown sugar, we might give them son e
credit for consistency and a contrite sense of their t n -
mer transgressions, if they would comprehend in th( it'
list of proscribed articles of commerce, cotton, core ,
tobacco, hides, mahogany, dyewooas, • dye-stufk,, drugs
gold, silver, and diamonds, which are the prod:lce of 7
Akmerica, Brazil, Cuba, Porto Rico, &c. They i tight
then join in a grand chorus, —" Perish commerce, p( licit '
the revenue and the natioral debt, but let not slut cn 'Y'
survive !" it is by no means certain, however, di t
the British fundhohlers, merchants, and cotton-spinners ,
would adopt the maxim—fiutjustitift, ruat calam, atm
it may be under that conviction that corn and. sugar mo-
nopolists pass by all the articles we have enumerated,
sat, si/entio, and concentrate all their energies in the de-
.

fence of their own :,pecial monopolies, -by which the:
country at large is annually robbed in an amount grea:cr
than that of the whole direct taxation of the country.

The miserable and hypocritloal larefejloc„,of,4-16
porters of Lord 6andon's motion; that they are actuated

by considerations of humanity in excluiling Bra li;in
sugar, is too preposterous to deceive any Mall whose an-
dQrstanding ii no oKliscated by party cr faction.. "J7iie
sole object oz the motion was to embarra.ss- and displAce
the Administration; and, as cant is the order of ;lie day,
the quondam advocates for the slave trade, actuated. by
the most selfish and grovelling motives, have not scrupled
to assume a lofty moral position as the frk: is of the
negro, whilst they would exhibit Ministers in the false
and odious position of connivers at slavery for the sake
of revenue.

If the disgraceful manoeuvre should succeed with the
cout2trY,
the fact will prove that Englishmen, motiVith-
standib: their boasted refinement and intelligenc emi-
nently ine. -it the reproach ironically passed upon tit; mut,.
titude by Fi.ciericic of Prussia, who styled the peop
masses „, 'intellectual imbecility, made to be .he.
dupes of those who ill take the pains to deceive them.'"
The new-born sy mpat,:ie.of the old pro-slavery party for
the wrongs of the Braiilll negro is one of the most ex-
traordinary moral phenomees
in the history of inenkind,
4
if we contrast the feelings th.'Y row Profess with those
they formerly exhilthed on the `an-"e subject ; and as a
striking illustration of the march of morality and libe-
rality we invite the attention cal our "lore to the sub-
, joined reminiscences :
In the year 1806. the Liberal and Anti-s.. ".very party
in Liverpool, by returning Mr. Roscoe W I,ltrizam• Mt,
for the moment retrieved the character of the b,:roUrh,
which had b ?en previously, as it hes been sut,seone.:lty,
degraded by Tory a-seem:Laney. The supporters of i-7rtraers.t
Gascoyne, as one means of rendering him the popnAr fa—
vourite, adopted a very extraordinary expedient, which ruF
even have escaped -the recollection of some of our veter.-at
readers, but which nothing but death will ever erase frone
our memories. Two little children, either of African ex-
traction or blackened for the special purpose, were carried
round In their processions, mounted on a kind of platform,
and chained together, to remind the public of the benefits
derived from our traffic in the tiesh and blood of our sable
fellow-men ! As a contrast to this revolting snectia2lc, Mr.
Roscoe's Committee engaged a tab, well-built man of
colour, who had been enfranchised, and who:. trium-
phantly exhibited a large colour on which was inscribed
the motto—" We thank God for our fretxlortir and we
distinctly recollect having frequent!), seen sable
standard-bearer, as the processions came in contact iii
the street, wave his flag over the heads of the poor un-
conscious bablese.vho graced the procession of the slavery
advocate, and, as he once styled himself, Cie puppet :xi
the Liverpool Corporation !
These are unpleasant reminiscences, to v-hich we
should not have reverted. tinder ordinary provoculon, but
there are eases in which

To laugh were want of dignity or ,;race,
But to be graVe exceeds all pt. wer of face ;"
and there is Some:hing so outrageous. v ludicroi.s in this
nascent sympathy :of the Tories with th.• negri) :31ave that
our dis'gnst at the gross hypocrisy of • t'ae.Fretext is en-
tirely,overpowered by irrepressible laugher.
" One good turn deserves anosher,' :md in return,
therefor.?, tier the compi:inent which the ex-slavery party
have paid to the anti-slavery advocate: In adopting some
of their principles and abandoning the ;_r own, we have a
proposition to make to my Lord San ion and his snp-
Forters, which, we trust, they will rect vc in the spirit
with which it is tendertd.

The Liberal party in the town, amc tr;st their old
election paraphernalia, must, no doubt. ,lave certain
flags or , standards which are of no ft r semi z)
tO ' them, hut which might be very :it ceptable to
the ContuthtPe of Lord Sandon, as dc;:i ,ratim for
tho' itneit• • ar,--ultitheatricr,l dinner gi,-fmt to their'
candidat, if -s,,ch an event shouli'. ever take
There• Wll4 a nag, . for instal-. imer.bed
" Roscoe, and freedom .o the slave !" 1171.1 ter which the
Liberal party; fought an 3 rallied, until crowned
their efibrts-,,that Ilag, w;th the sub•lit:zio;:_ Sandon
fur llos2oe, might be tFsplaied as an" ; :and visible
sign." of the "inward a.,d spLiund ;):. which the
quondam -advocates lie slavciy are now so :.uidenly
spired.—Licerpool i'llowitry.- •

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
(LLOYMi.)

LoNnos, MAY 21.—Wind this day at noon, S.E., fresh
and clondy.
DEAL, MAY 90.—Wind S.'W., sfrong.--Arrived the Anne,
Burgess, from Tobago.
SHEEr,NESS, MAY '2o.—The New Brunswick. from Ha-
vannah to Chatham, got on the Grain Spit this morning, but
is expected off 'next tide.
HA aisaArE. MAY 20.—Arrived Anna, Agatha., from
jlotterdam, with qu.rter stovelhaiing been in contact..
POIITS 510 Tll, 111AY 20.—Wind E., fresh breeze.—Sailed!
the Wes; minster, Aloore, for London.
To RBA Y, MAY:IB. —Arrived the.Arethusa. from London ;
Burne,•, New York, for Stocknolm; Vi'aden, do., Liainburgh;
Auckland, Richardson. 'Buenos Ayres:
DA RTNIOUTIi MAY 18.—Arrived off, the London, Johnson,
from Grenada.

PIA-mount, MAY 20. —Wind S. W ,strong irales and squally.
FALMOUTH, MAY 19. Wind W. S. .11. , st..T., rig• Ari iced
the Five Sisters, from London to Montreal; Me. %/or, Gregson,
for Constantinople ; Wm. Henry, Shields, Malt i..
Minrotto, MAY 19.—Arrived the Harmony,iiig
483r,.5.hn01,5Q.i0,ebbe3,, .s..
• 'Llyratroon, MAY 20.—Wind W., fresh.— A rrived she
St. Mary, Whiteside, from Jamaica, -and from Ba rbadoes, as
reported; Medo,ra, Ilan ison, I3arbadoes, sailt d ,:tlst ult. ;
Isabel, Grilliths,Antigua, sailed- 17th ult.. ; Briton, Jamaica ;
Diadem, Barstow, New Orleans; Oneco, Drew, de • ; Milo,
:Thompson, do. ; Vandalir, Wadsworth,- Mobile; C nrol of
Carrolton, de. ; Thomas 'Perkins, Graves, do. ; Ern- muds.,
SilibeT, tro.'; Washington, M‘Lay, do. ; Sonia°. ) -sy, do.
Dibdin, do. ; Solon, Fulman, Apalachiola ; Garland, _angers,
do., sailed Ist lust. ; Bertha, Hovey. do. ; New York, Cropper, New York; Camhridze, Burl',
'the Young Queen, Reid, for China; Merchant,..Ney
ff.
the
Glenview, Quebec; Princess Victoria, de. Arry d
'eddle° Ne '
Thomas P. Cope, froia Philadelphia; Nicholas, 13; w
S.• AlilaOl's.,
IS,,tl:d.
York ; Montap,ue.
froKrErT;c;isr•riiod;wtz;,
riiylA2n-a5.119);-mpA,r,..ryi:•,.cdr,ostih),ye.,
dCalteicehor:
LEITH, MAY 19. Arrived, the Mary Barry, trPaelejrornsee;
Gleaner,philii Gibb, Calcutta.
Lo. EsTO;FF, MAY 20.
boach, ha, sustained considerable damage, 1 b
___TSbaeilAelda,r
ythAetkt;ol:asneea:as:t(i.ilnt forg n‘i.'etoryhret
bea-..y. Wind West, a gale. Iy, Ford, from Demerara
LIVERPOOL, Ma V 20.—The Nearu-d-, on the 14th Wt., cargo
to Dublin' w" condemned at. Acne Tpait of the roun,i-ti„.
is discharging in good order,
iT —The Oscar, of,tl4lo,,ar3:pcArtms
i4tyth,
VESSELS sr°"'4 w-- Ivins Liverpool
ftoor Anlii,r.eamr
sieth.i,L2tiv.t.h.
Cork to Queluee
inst., tat. 43, lon. 50;
Sandon, from London, 13th, lat. 48'
ii,,rd at Liverpool. Montague, &terms
NI, ! 'a
arrived at Liverpool. B • • 6
ritantoa
ult., lat. 19, lon. 30 ; Seutsman
in
107ru0.,tf1,,b.? .I.,e'ecirsi,:ate(39.tyt.,4l,,3t.fb3o4i,eir:
siGbtio.iy;s:pah.,4t,o_e_
t.:3,:lorfriot,P'l.l,;a3isitlirt.'a4/tial arrived 7
iLlsoto. n,‘iienta).sitia,,K
t(hsete anNwerw).
yLiLekr.l74:
Ayres to LiverP%l'et
t lat. 21, lon. 30, by the I • ..
,a3car, arrived m
dun to J.maie.., -
the Downs. ......,-...........1.7,7....,,,.................
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