The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-01 00:00:00

LATEST AMERICAS.

ADMIRAL STOPFORD AND COM-

MODORE NAPIER.
67, Baker-street, May 31,
DEAR STR,—I have read with pain a speech of yours
at Malta. accusing me of arrogating to myself the
whole
.credit of the Syrian campaign, which has gone
the round of the newspapers in this country.
I conclude you have taken your text from some of the
public journals, who for party
.purposes. have endea-
voured to damage me in the opinion of my brother-offi-
cers, but have signally failed in this country. Had you
done me the honour of writing to me, I should have
informed you that I had at all times, and in all places,
done justice to the officers and men placed under my
command. I shall not fall into the error you have done
with regard to me, and take for grantid that your speech
is properly reported. Before I make any animadver-
sions on it, I should wish you would be good enough
to inform me whether what has appeared in the papers
is correct or not. _

I am, dear Sir, your obedient Servant,
CHARLES NAPIER.
Admiral the Honourable Sir Robert Stopford.

REPRESENTATION OF
MARYLEBONE.

A meeting►, convened by the Marylebone Registration Asso-
ciation, was held on Monday night at Lawson's Rooms, Upper
Gower-street, for the purpose of considering what candidates
ought to have the support of the Reformers of the borough at
the next election for Members of Parliament. Mr. Bagshaw,
the President of the Association, was unanimously voted to the
Chair ; anti immediately afterwards Commodore Sir Charles
Napier came into the room, and was as usual greeted with the
most enthusiastic and prolonged cheering, in which we observed
three electors present, avowedly belonging to the " Conserva-
tive" party, joined with great cordiality.
Mr. Hon° lITON, one of the churchwardens of St Pancras,
moved, and Mr. STOCK seconded, a resolution pledging the
meeting to promote by all possible exertions, the election of
fir Benjamin Hall and Sir Charles Napier, to represent this
borough in the next Parliament.
The several speakers deprecated in strong terms the insidious
attempt which is being made to let in two Tories by dividing
the Liberal interest, under pretence of supporting a gentleman,
who (they said), however estimable in private life, had
not convinced any large number of the electors of Marylebone,
that his political consistency is worthy of their confidence.
The resolution was carried by acclamation, there being but
five hands held up against it by three Tories and two Chartists.
The majority was 157.

THE CHARTISTS AT SHEFFIELD.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
The Chartists issued a notice last week that a meeting would
be held in Paradise-square, Sheffield, in order to counteract
the effect of the great public meeting held 'last week. The
meeting took place this mornin; (Monday), which was at-
tended by upwards of 15,000 people. Gill, a Chartist, and
late delegate, moved, and Mash, a Chartist, seconded the first
resolution, amidst the greatest confusion. An amendment
was moved. W. Ibbotson, Esq., and the Rev. S. Bayley
spoke with great force and effect ; and Barstow, the Chartist
Missionary, spoke excellently, but on a show of hands taking
place the Free Traders beat the Chartists full five to one.
Benson, one of the Operative Anti Corn-law League, appeared
to please all parties with his remarks. which went home to the
breast cf every working man in the immense meeting►. Char-
tism is at a discount, as you may judge from the fact, that
two years ago, a Chartist news agent here could scarcely con-
vey in a wheelbarrow his weekly supply of Northern
Stars from the Post-office—now he can easily carry them
in his coat pocket. We are sorry to hear the Chartists are
lending themselves to the Monopolists and Bread Taxers,
headed by the notorious rat Holland, but right glad to find
that the Borough, as well as the West Riding, will each re-
turn two good and staunch Repealers!
[Full particulars will he given to-morrow.]

THE PRESIDENT STEAM-SHIP.
SATURDAY.—This morning Mr. Macgregor Laird, the
managing director of the Company, received the following
communication from Messrs. Emerson and Co., the Com-
pany's agents at Paris and Havre-de-Grace, in reply to a letter
requesting them to make inquiry whether a steam-ship be-
longing to the French navy was likely to be cruising in lat.
29 deg. 29 min , longitude 40 deg. 28 win. on the 22d of
April, the Portuguese brig Conde de Palma, which arrived
at Lisbon on the 6th inst., having reported to have seen a very
large steamer proceeding under canvas only, in that latitude at
that date, and which might probably have been the missing
President :-- _ " Paris, May 27, 1841.

" Dear Sir,—ln compliance with your request, our Mr.
Emerson has obtained an interview with the Secretaire des
Mouvemens de la Marine, and the following is the information
received :—' The only steamer belonging to the French navy
that could be within or in the proximity of the tropic on the
22d of April is the Tonnerre, of 130-horse power and 600 tons.
The last news from this steamer is of the Ist of January, at
which time she was lying in tlie Plata. She is supposed to
have left there in March for Martinique, where she would ob-
tain a supply of coals and continue her voyage homeward. She
has not yet arrived iw France ; we shall be informed of her
arrival, and be allowed to read the Journal du Bord to know
if on the 22d of April she was in longitude 40 28, latitude
29 29, according to the report of the Conde de Palma, re-
cently arrived at Lisbon. We presume this is the report you
refer to. Should there be any other place, give us the latitude
and longitude.—We are, yours, very truly,
" Macgregor Laird," &c. " EMERSON and Co."
This morning the Managing Director of the Company (Mr.
Laird) also received a letter, dated Friday, from their agent
at Liverpool, but it does not contain any tidings of the Pre-
sident.
The report in a Cork paper of a bottle said to have been
picked up at sea, and containing a letter written by Mr. Power,
the celebrated Irish comedian, momentarily expecting the
loss of the President, is altogether disbelieved. Neither date,
latitude, nor longitude is given.
Among those interested in the fate of the crew and passengers
on board the President, and who called at the Company's
office in Billiter-court this afternoon, anxiously inquiring if any
intelligence had been received respecting her, was the eldest
son of Mr. Power. Inquiries were also made on the part of his
Grace the Duke of Richmond (whose second son, Lord Fitzroy
Lennox; is a pass Anger), Mrs. Roberts, the wife of the Com-
mander. &c.
The President had three months' rations on board when she
left New York on the 11th of March; moreover, her cargo
partly consisted of a large quantity of flour.

MISS COSTELLO'S NEW ROMANCE, " THE
QUEEN'S POISONER ; OR, FRANCE IN THE SIXTEENTH
CENTURY."—FOr this remarkable and powerfully written
historical romance we are indebted to a lady who has already
won a high place in the literary world by her felicitous cultiva-
tion of the early poetry of France, and by the graceful unaf-
fected erudition and lyric taste with which she has rendered its
beauties familiar to her land's language. From the intimate
acquaintance with the olden French chroniclers to which this
interesting line of study naturally led Miss Costello, we should
have been well prepared for the success of this bold experi-
ment, to transfer to an English romance, in all the vivid-
ness of a native record, one of the most harrowing chapters
from a history in which the feats, fantastic levity, and the most
dark, deep atrocities of crime, are brought together in un-
matched singularity of contrast. We are not, however, here
presented with a picture in which horrors alone are thrown
into relief ; on the contrary, a tale of much interest is car-
ried through the whole deign—characters with every winning
claim upon our sympathies are made to mingle in the action
before us, and a compensating light is thus set up to secure an
agreeable general effect. The pure taste and the skill with
which this is effected, are very conspicuous in the whole pro-
duction.— Morning Herald.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—Lag night, between the
hours of eight and nine, as Mr. Penny, publisher. of the Weehlo
Chronicle newspaper, was rowing with friends up the river
Thames in a small boat, and when near a tier of barges at
Vauxhall Bridge on the upper side, the tide, which was running
up very strong at the lime, drove the boat's head under the
barge with such violence, that Mr. Penny and his frier.ds were
thrown into the weer. Every assistance was rendered by the
more fortunate portion of the party, who, seeing Mr. Penny
for a m:nute or two struggling against the strength of the cur-
rent, imagined that he would have been able to have extri-
cated himself; but unfortunately, in a few moments afterwards
he disappeared under the barge road. Drags were procured,
and every endeavour was made to recover the body, but up to
this morning his distressed companions had not succeeded.
ATTACK ON COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.—
An attack was made on Friday last on two commercial travel-
lers, near Hermain, an extensive ironwork within seven miles
of Merthyr Tydvil. It appears that Mr. Rolling, from Bristol,
questioned a lot of lads who were playing before the inn, if
any of them were Chartists ; one of them, with some show of
spirit, replied, " what if they were, it was nought to him."
Rolling replied, if they were Chartists they ought to be hung
up like sheep. This was all that passed, and the circumstance
was forgotten; and a little before night set in the two travel-
lers, in a gig, started for Merthyr. They had not pro-
ceeded far, when they observed a number of boys and men
evidently awaiting their approach. They noticed that one
or two were provided with sticks, but not contemplating
an attack, they drove on. When within a few yards of
the party, one of the meh advanced, and seizing the horse
by the head, called his fellows to come on. Mr. Dixon
asked what it was they wanted, when the spokesman of
the party, pointing to Mr. Rolling, with a few oaths, ex-
plained that they had come purposely to make him unsay
that which he had said about the deserts of the Chartist
body. Mr. Rolling was about to reply, when he received a
blow from behind on the head, which knocked off his hat into
the road. Rolling immediately leaped out of the gig to re-
cover his hat, when the leader of the party, quitting the
horse's head, tripped up his heels, and struck him as he was
falling. Mr. Rolling is a very powerful man, and with great
determination of purpose and presence of mind, seeing the
horse's head was free, he sprang to his feet, and seizing the
astonished Chartist round the middle, threw him across the
bottom of the gig, calling at the same time for Mr. Dixon to
drive on. Mr. Dixon immediately applied the whip, leaving
the astonished Chartists to follow in useless pursuit. Mr. Rol-
ling being a much more muscular man than his antagonist,
succeeded in keeping him down, and when this aspirer for
liberty found his struggles were useless he counterfeited intox-
ication. The ruse, however, was of no avail ; they brought
him to Merthyr, and he is now fully committed for the out-
rage. Mr. Rolling suffered but little from the two blows he
received, but during the struggle in the gig he received a bite
on his thumb, the marks of which will descend with him to
his grave.
Major Malcolm, of the 3d Light Dragoons, is
to accompany Colonel Sir Henry Pottinger to China as his
official assistant.— United Service Gazette.
Yesterday, between twelve and one o'clock, as
the servant of Dr. Pope, 3, Manchester-square, was proceed-
ing along, Oxfoi d-street, with his master's gig, the horse took
fright, and, galloping off at a furious rate, dashed the vehicle
with tremendous force against the carriage of the Earl of
Cardigan, at the corner of Portman. street. The Countess was
riding in it at the time, and, as may be imagined, was greatly
ala med. Dr. Pope's servant was somewhat hurt, and one of
tiis Lordship's horses was also injured.
SOUTHEND, MAY3O —M EL A NCHOLY EVENT.
• —A distressing case of death from drowning occurred here this
morning. A youth, son of Mr. Cabrow, who occupies a
house on Grove-terrace, 17 rears of age, accompanied by his
brother much younger than himself, went out in a boat for the
purpose of bathing. It appears the boat drifted farther than
they intended ; deceased got out in nine feet of water, and
bring unable to swim sank almost instantly ; the other youth
immediately rowed to shore, and assistance did not arrive until
some time had elapsed. Seven boats (in one of which was
the afflicted father) were employ( d in dragging for the, body,
which they did not succeed in finding until upwards of two
hOurs after the accident, when of course life was quite extinct.
—Essex Herald.
D A man called Eddy, of St: Just, Cornwall, was
killed by lightning on Tuesday evening. —Bristol JournOL
DOVER, MAY 29,—The mackarel fishery In
the Channel has not been so successfn‘ thisseason hitherto as
could have been wished. The boats_ Wei nevertheless, caught
some fish in the wekt Nyof, pangeness; bot as .10. t the
nets along shore have not succeded so well as was anticipated,
The present gue weather, however, is favourable for our fisher-
men, and the smacks have brought in a quantity of plaice and
other flab it their trawls.

NEWS.
(BY EXPRESS.)
LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVI:I°NCI.
The Cornelia, Capt. :French, a fine large
ship, from New York, came into our river
evening, bringing New York papers to tlie 7"1
ult. ; thus, in part, anticipating the Rus" .7
cue, and the Halifax and 130.5w11
~
steamer, which are both expected every
tide; indeed the Roscoe was sioltalled
telegraph to have passed Holyhead, at 'II!9
o'clock, 1.111., to-day, and will bring oile day'
date later than we have now received only. Ths
is the first voyage of the Cornelia; she is „splen-
did. ship, replete with every convenience. for her
passengers' comfort. She has brought font-tee!
out on this trip and they have expresied th
gratification at, the kind attentions of her Co"

mander in a very flattering manner.
The following are Extracts from the .Nerr,
York Papers :
(From the New York Courier and Enquirer, MaY 6') the
Stocks generally were a little better to-day, although.
2,
operations were not extensive. The sales of United st
bank Shares reached about 900, opening at 16, and leaving 4'sf
at the second board at 17, showing an improveruvnt st
14 per cent. on yesterday's sales. North American I.lller.
improved ; Delaware and Hudson, i ; Stoning tot), ;
Ya
son, and Harlaern dec_ined %.
The operations in Bills on Paris have been of fair ragout
s
to day at 5--=`Bl, and London, at 7g to 721. Some South`
Bills, not endorsed here, 107 ; Amserdam, 391 to 40 ; Haul-
burgh, 36 ; Bremen, 76i.
Our banks are constantly adding to their stock of specie, 3:
export demand exists. Generally they are opposed to ;
on stock of all kinds, but business paper from sixty day' to
four months is readily taken. Caution and prudence aPPet"ba
govern our merchants, and business may be said t° •
in as wholesome a train as for many years past. „, at
At New Orleans there was an active demand for Co"-,
advancing rates. This was attributed to a rise in Exchn4;
and a decline in freights, as well as a rowing conviction t
the crop will be smaller than usual. g
(Correspondence of Courier and Enquirer.)
PHILADELPHIA, to
MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS OF THE UNITE' S.,lk tea
BA NK. —The meeting of the Stockholders of the letter
States Bank was crowded. The President presented a '',„"
stating that in compliance with a resolution of the Stockh"la-
a Committee had been appointed to see what legal
the former officers of the Bank had ineuri,t.„,c.o
and to enforce any such liabilities. No new discounts had —to
made, and no new business taken without a full Board'
Directors had made assignment to protect the post nottso6;
in the hands of the city banks, but had not blo
able to procure legislative authority to railk,es te-
assignment to secure the circulation and deposits, a, /hit
gislature refused to make a special alteration in the lavr• tors
gave rise to much discussion, as it was said that the p'r"7th
had exceeded their authority under the sth resolution ot
of
April, which empowered them to make the bank' of
the city secure only on condition that the netes,hela
the United States Bank should be received by 1.7..4
►
on deposit. This gave rise to much discussion.
071;
a resolution was offered, refusing the assent of the St
holders to the action of the Directors. • err§
1 tabilitil
Mr. Bayard, of Delaware, in reply, stated, that the Du ,e,.s
were tillable to comply with the resolution of the Stockhok'tho"
and in order to protect the assets of the Bonk and keep the
faith of the Bank, which was pk.dged to the redemptiond , no set,
resumption did not go on, the Directors were compelle:6.olo
on the authority which they held as Directors, and e°,;," of
the authority given by the resolutions of the , it" 30,1
April. In the course of his speech Mr. DivassY ty•
said, that some gentlemen argued as if the Bank was ins° _A if
it was not so, the stock was worth 14 million dollars, ar"'.l
the credit of the State rallied, it might become Worth 20 t.
lion dolars. After much discussion the resolution vai lasroat
A resolution, proposed by Mr. Josiah Randall, that a t.
be created to protect the currency and deposits, was carries or
A long paper was presented by Mr. Lippincott, being ,
ply to the published letters of Mr. Biddle—this part 01
proceedings will require another notice.
...„t of
The meeting adjourned to the 18th, to hear the vr-
the committee on the state and prospects of the Bank.

(From the Courier and Enquires.)
SUPREME COURT.
(Present Chief Justice Nelson and Justice Coma'''.
This Court met yesterday for the Term, and held their
ting in the Chamber of the Board of Assistant Alder
City Hall. No business of importance was transacted. tici,
Alexander M'Leod, indicted for murder, in having „_,l4,r,ars
pated in the destruction of the Caroline steamer oo ffittbe
River, arrived in town on Sunday evening, in custody °` to:
Sheriff of Niagara County, and took lodgings in the
M'Leod is to be brought before the Supreme Court on 113, bis
corpus, citing the people to show cause why he should no'
released.

(From the New York
_Commercial Advertiser, May

REMOVAL OF M‘LEOD,

The arrival of this gentleman in our city, this " tete od
causa belli," yesterday, took us somewhat by surprise', the
even now the exact purpose, the absolute how and why o',o.
matter, are not very clearly ascertained. There is to be a P'op
tion for a habeas corpus argued before the Supreme Court bst
Thursday ; but by whom it is applied for, and with
sp,
object, we are not as yet informed. On Thursday, Pe!.bthat
we shall know all about it. Our wonder in the matter 15 art
the application was not made long ago to the Supreme Ciclora
of the United States, where the whole question could be art,
and settled at once. f tits
The Rochester Democrat gives the annexed account o
removal :
tot
On Thursday evening the Lockport coach brought to
city the famous Alexander M'Leod, in custody of the Sher',
of Niagara County, on his way to the city of New York, 011_,
writ of habeas corpus, issued by the Supreme Court, to WTI
him before it during its May term in that city. He was lodr,
in gaol until the time for the packet to leave for the East ,4"-,
next morning, when he was brought on board, and took or,
departure.
(ANOTHER ACCOUNT.)
ARRIVAL OF AFLEOD FROM LOCKPORT. —Alestwr,
M'Leod arrived in the steam-boat Swallow, from Albally 1,ou"
terday morning, in the custody of T. Stone, Sheriff of Ni
County. Mr. J. L. Wood, District Attorney for the CA3'7'..,;
of Niagara, accompanied the party, and they all took 1001
at Howard's Hotel. Willis Hall, the Attorney-Gene:.
and Messrs. Spencer and Bradley, M'Leod's Counsel,
also in town. M'Leod comes here by habeas ce_4:170,i4
His counsel are to apply to the Supreme Court to-day, for
digtharge, on the ground that, as the destruction of the
line was ordered by the British authorities, and has been a. 714,,
by the Government, he is not liable to punishment
tohreti:osue:
the Judiciary of this State. The motion will be heard, coe%
week, and the arguments will cover the whole ground 0'
troversy. 4
if the Court shall deny the application far the diseharerneae,
M'Leod, his counsel will apply for a change of
This will no doubt be granted, and he will go to trial 3 orliv
time and place as his Counsel shall deem advisable. An vet'
day is wished for by the prisoner, and is desirable on
account.
aud
M'Leod was ostensibly in the custody of the Sheriff, jiff
restraint was imposed upon his motions, and if he had ai)
position to evade a trial and go hack to Canada, or t° ifP
devil, it would seem that every facility was offered hitil;a,„,i)t
is a stout, and rather powerful man, and was wander-11160 u"
pre,
the city yesterday, looking at the lions, with nob°(l).t ,00011
vent his escape but the Sheriff of Niagara county, a n'a",„
inferior in point of physical strength. .
On his return to Howard's from his stroll, there wag gU
„ale
rush to see him, and so much excitement, that it was ue-mbia
e
best to shut him up ; he was accordingly taken to the; her&
Could there have been any design in sending M‘Lon Or'
with an escort so insufficient to guard him? Al`Lf7en' (1°
understood, has no desire to get out of the way. ne ai
"lie P.
brave it out, unless he is discharged by authority of law.
might have been made a fugitive without his own conset;mset
State Barber understands the art and mystery of " id‘ea•
ping—the Sheriff, and M'Leod too, might have heel' P
up and shipped for England, or sent to Canada, whetherotle 'twou'd or no. This would have been the easiest v
getting rid of the whale difficulty, and there is nothinglune
history or character of the Albany Junto to render the 5 r
si i •
' .O
M'Leod is apparently some 45 years old, about v
„1 A
s
height, compactly built—broad, full face, sandy hair an , ow'
kers, a small scar on his nose, with a determined a"1/41a're,iisl,
what sullen expression of countenance. He is very w'U r str
of respectable appearance, and might easily be taken butte
s antial Duchess County farmer, come to town to s°ll
and eggs.

SOUTH AMERICA. 13.)
(From the New York Journal of Commerce, 31. Y 110'°
IMPORTANT FROM NEW GRENADA. By way of "'fel o°,:
we learn that on the 9th of January General
manding the Government troops of New Greeala. Pted
decisive victory over a body of insurgents, reibrOey
have been 2,000 strong, under Generals Geozelez vier°
l'atria, at a place calle4 Aratc c Marl odeg
killed, and about one thousand taken prisoners, below
whom were many chiefs and officers of the
Other advantages were subsequently obtained by the th'at slc,„
ment troops at different points, and it was suppose' :„o.
insurgent provinces would soon be reduced to subject'
fact several of them were already re-o. ganised under
rides appointed under the general Government. 000
General Her, an, by the. last accounts, had about. 4,0 d tee:oj
under his command in the province of Pamplona, 3 erol
were also two thousand Government troops, under 11°'1,-0
Popayan. The insurgent forces in Ocana, 0d,,,-) .j 11.4
whole line of the Magdalena, were said not to ex ,
'5„5/'
thousand men ; those commanded by Colone!s
and Lopez having been routed on the same dal
..„4"-ieta°,..
with the battle of Aratoca. In consequence of overttn%
to General Herren by General Carmona, the former wailiAtiall
to proceed to Ocana with the hope of effecting a „one
op
without further effusion of blood.
The Gazette of Venezuelapublishes in detail the „Joe,'
the above events, and adds:—" The preceding statenn'
a correct idea of the state of things in Grenada. It'eY Or"-
rise us to expect a speedy termination of the disorde:10:10111
afflict our sister republic, and the complete re 1....°1
of constitutional order throughout the whole ter
victory of Aratoca, and the total defeat of Gonzalez,;)
firmed by a letter from the insurgents of the (so call ddreseof,
of slazanares. This letter we have seen. It was aoluron ;
by Vincent Gutierrez de Pineres, Commander of a er coed"—,
observation, to the insurgent Governor of Pamplona ?,
and is dated in the parish of La Cruz 22d February.
JOB
FATAL ACCIDENT.—MOtiday evenile.4' a
ing the return of the General Steam Navigation (-7°nTnr%
steam-vessel the City of London, Captain Grant. fr'snaceidr:j
cursion to the Nore and Sheerness, a most afflicting were
occurred in Long Reach. Two boys, whose parent!. iocr'r;
board, in defiance of an order of the Captain, and a" „„
Linn painted on the vessel warning passengers not to Sy of .etra
the paddle-boxes, ascended one of them fur the PurP°,,ry; s°,
taining a more commanding view of the river and scenii „alo
its banks. One of the lads was about to seat honslow3,
stool lie took with him, when, the vessel giving a
tiser
fell overboard, and, as he was falling, seized the `)le in'
and (hogged him over with him. A shout from the 1-).:'erooirie
formed the Captain that some one was overboard; d
Thrown
n oti
t immediatelytosa Te
slot!) P 1
ae(dis,, oan ebooaft
and the Captain, his eeew,
piked up by 'William Rome and Henry Al.ston, fis"coe
wr's e,
Grave=end. The City of London was detained for s, in od
directions for the other lad, but did not aucceeo.
whomwas lower etl,
,sta°di rectoif
him, and the stt amer proceeded in London-brtuoi,_e eof IP
and the fishermen sear, cl'o 0011,:h5
name of the boy saved is Ilene} Appleby, but the warn
lad who was drowned could not be ascertained. Or
~•rs
THE STEAM COMMUNICATION
anotha
tend le ran a steamer from Brighton to Dieppe. , Toole
AND ilamoetas.—lt is understood the Railroad "wr t
by the Pier Company, who, until row, have gt,e.head.
Stoat ti Navigation Company have been allowed then #
steamer will also run from'Brighton to Hastings, 1"",., fohni
a very agreeable means of communication beta een
th
able watering-ploes.

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