The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-06 00:00:00

LATEST FROM. AMERICA.

We received at a late hour last night, by ex-
press, from Liverpool, New York papers of the 11 th
ult., by the packet-ship John R. Nuddy:—
Mexrco.—Letters have been received at Washington from
Mr. Slidell, of a date as late as the third of March, which
confirm the published reports of his movements. He had
sent into the administration of Paredes his ultimatum, requir-
ing to be recognised, without condition or qualification, as
Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States, and giving
them until the 18th of March to decide.
These letters are dated from Jalapa.
In the House of Representatives, a discussion arose,
in consequence of the speech of Mr. Webster, in the
Senate, on the Oregon Question, to which we alluded in
our yesterday's paper. This discussion assumed the
character of a debate on the Ashburton treaty. The
opponents of Mr. Webster accused him of having be.
trayed, the interests of the country in the negotiations
for the treaty, and in the affeirs of the Caroline and
M‘Leod, and of having misapplied the public monies.
On the 9th, Mr. Ingersol, after a vehement speech against
Mr. Webster, proposed the following resolutions :
Resolved, that the Secretary of State furnish this House
an account of all payments made on the President's certifi-
cates, fron tile fund appropriated by law, through the agency
of that department, for the contingent expenses of foreign
intercourse, since the 4th of March, 1841 ; with copies of
all entries, receipts, letters, vouchers, memorandums, or
other evidences of such payments; to whom paid, for what,
and particularly all concerning the north-eastern boun-
dary dispute with Great Britain. Also, copies of what-
ever communications were made from the Secretary
of State during the last session of the 27th Congress ;
particularly February, 1843, to Mr. Cushing and Mr. Adams,
members of the Committee of this House on Foreign Affairs,
of the wish of the President of the United States to institute
a special mission to Great Britain. Also, copies of all letters
nn the books of the Department of State to any officer of the
United States, or any person of the United States,eo or any per-
son, in New York concerning Alexander M
Resolved, that the chairman of the Committeec
of this
House on Foreign Affairs submit to the House journal or
minutes cf that committee during the last sessionus of the 27th
Congress.

And if the papers were produced, they would, he said,
prove Mr. Webster's misdemeanours in office, and ren-
der him liable to impeachment for peculation. Some of
the public money, he asserted, had been appropriated to
procure the release of Mr. M' Lend. Several Members
addressed the House in vindication- of Mr. Webster,
among them Mr. Adams, who said if there were any
grounds fur the charge of a misapplication of funds, the
question must be addressed to John Tyler, who was
the proper person to be impeached, and not Daniel
Webster. After several other Senators had addressed
the House,
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The previous question was now ordered, and the main
question was ordered to be now taken, ayes 108, noes 70.
Mr. DIXON, of Conn., now moved an amendment for carry-
ing back the inquiries of the resolutions through every ad-
ministration of the Government.—This was rejected, ayes
64, noes 105.

The resolutions were then adopted, ayes 126, noes 28.
On the 10th the whole subject was re-opened, in con-
sequence of a motion by Mr. Dixon, of Connecticut, for
the reconsideration of the vote on Mr. Ingersol's re-
solutions.

The debate ended in a motion to lay the question on the
table, which prevailed by the very decisive vote of a general
affirmative and no negative voices.

In the Senate the debate on the Oregon notice still
continued, although it had since the speech of Mr
Webster assumed somewhat of the character of the
debate on the Ashburton treaty.
" On the 10th of April Mr. Webster offered a resolution re-
questing the President to furnish the Senate with all the in-
formation within his reach concerning the searching of Ame-
rican vessels prior to the treaty of Washington. This is in-
tended as an offset to Mr. Dickinson's resolution for a list of
the vessels searched since that period. It was adopted.
" Mr. Jsmagin offered a resolution calling upon the Exe-
cutive for information in respect to the expenditure from the
secret service fund through a series of years. It lies over for
debate.
" Mr. Clayton submitted a resolution asking for informa-
tion regarding French spoliations, which he said he should
call up when the Oregon question was disposed of.
" Mr. Fairfield, of Maine,, made a lengthened reply to Mr.
Webster's assertion that there were not fifty intelligent per-
sons in Maine who did not prefer a settlement of the north-
eastern boundary under the Ashburton treaty, to having the
question kept open. He said it was not approved of, but
only acquiesced in by the people of Maine.
Mr. Webster replied to Mr. Fairfield, and said that there
were not only fifty, but there was not one man of any pro-
minency in Maine, who would have voted against the Ash-
burton treaty, so as to haveremitted the question back to the
state in which it was before that treaty.
" Mr. Bagby, of Alabama, then addressed the Senate at
length in favour of the resolution of notice, but also in favour
of compromising upon the 49th parallel.'
This is the latest account the papers furnish us with
of the proceedings in the Senate.
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HORRIBLE OUTRAGE.

The residents of Westminster and Its vicinity were on Tuesday
thrown into a state of the greatest excitement, in consequence of its
having become generally reported that a woman had been killed by
her husband, he having thrown her out of a three pair of stairs win-
dow, after inflicting several wounds upon her. We recret to say
that there was too much truth in the report, awl that an outrage had
been committed of the most atrocious character, and one which will,
in all probability, subject the perpetrator of it to a condign punish-
ment.
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The following is the substance of the statement made by the wit-
nesses at the police station in Rochester-row, and which will, of
course, be confirmed in their tbstimony before the magistrate :—A
brickmaker, named William Luff, has for upwards of a twelvemonth
been cohabiting with a young woman who has passed as his wife,
but whose name is unknown even, as he alleges, to the man v,ho
has been living with her. They took up their quarters a week ago
at No. 4, Pear-street, a low house let out to persons of very indif-
ferent character, where the atrocious violence we are about to record
was committed. At about seven o'clock on Tuesday night Luff re-
turned home, and a violent quarrel was heard in their room by
other residents in the house, but as matters of the sort are of
nightly occurrence in low places of this description, It
was perfectly unheeded. After it had been for some time
evident by her cries that he was beating her most unmercifully,
he seized her by the waist and threw her out of the win-
dow, and the poor creature, after falling with her head upon
the wall which divides the yard from another, dropped into the yard.
The thieves and prostitutes of the immediate vicinity, whose atten-
tion had been drawn to the room by the poor woman's cries —to their
credit be it spoken—hemmed the fellow in his room, and took the
senseless victim of his brutality to Westminster Hospital, whilst
others went in quest of a policeman. Robert White, 100 It, on being
acquainted with the circumstances, hastened to the spot, and enter-
ing a back room on the second floor found Luff with a knife in his
band. He immediately struck him on the wrist with his truncheon,
and having induced him to loose his hold of the weapon, took him
into custody, and conveyed him to the police station in Rochester-
row, followed by hundreds of persons. Mr. Taylor, the inspector on
duty, examined a host of persons who had something to say on the
subject, and ulti,uately entered the names of three on the sheet, who
are in a condition to establish the above facts. White produced a
brick covered with blood and hair, as also several broken articles of
crockeryware, with a poker in a similar condition, and informed the
inspector that there was a pail in the room, in which the poor woman
had bled copiously.
The victim of the wretch's atrocious violence is about 20 years
of age. Not a feature of her face could be distinguished, from the
vielenee she had received; and the following is the certificate given
by Mr. F. Wildbore, the house surgeon at the Westminster Hos-
pital :
" I certify that a woman, —, has been brought to the hos-
pital by 100 B, and is now in a state of insensibility, and It is diffi-
cult to say what may be the consequences."

It is needless to add that the ninian, who is a strong, powerfu;
fellow, was detained. He appeared to be perfectly sober.

THE MAIM— SOUTHAMPTON, MAY s.—The Oriental
Company's steam-ship the Pasha, Captain Evans, arrived here this
morning, at 8 A.M., and landed her mails of the following dates :
Gibraltar, April 24 ; Cadiz, 25 ; Lisbon, 30 ; Oporto, May I ; and
Corunna, 2 ; which were forwarded to London by the 9 o'clock
train. The Pasha brought home 73 passengers and a full fruit cargo.
The Royal West India Mail packet, the Medway, Captain Andrews.
with the Mexican and West India mails, is fully expected here to-
morrow; she is believed to have many passengers and a Inn cargo.
The Madrid, Captain Bingham, will leave the docks on Thursday
with the Mediterranean and Peninsular mans fall cargo, and A ILII
s steam-ship
complement of passengers. The Oriental C
itn PTlt'lli,:a.gt India and
Royal-Tar, Captain Brooks, from Atexandla, w
China mails, may be looked for at the Mot ierbank on Friday next.
with The marriage of Viscount Castlereagh
Viscountess rowerscourt was solemnized on Saturday, at the British
Embassy. The ceremony was performed in a private manner, there
being present only the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, the
Earl and Countess of Roden, and other immediate relatives of the
noble pair. The newly-married couple have lett Paris to spend the
honeymoon in Switzerland.—Poris
_paper.
HONESTY UNREWARDED.—One day last week
man, while riding in an omnibus from the York ork and Albany, Regent's
young
Park, to the Bank, found in it an elegant silver card-case, and on
opening it discovered three 1001., one 301 , and one 101. note, with
the numbers on a piece of paper insid together with a card with
the address of the owner. He immediatelye delivered the card-case
and contents to the owner, a lady, and received an answer that she
" would think of him," but up tyo, this time her renection seems
not to have suggested the propriety of her rewardinge ah perdsonto
whom she is so much indebted, as he has not seen or
any-
thing of her. The finder of the card-case is in indigent circumstances,
so that his honesty is the more deserving of reward.
The " peace movement," concerning which so many
curious documents were published some time ago, is proceeding with
the utmost vigour, and in various parts of the country are to be found
numerous bodies resolved to prevent all chances of collision with the
United States, if there is any force in that system of " addresses "
which has been recently contrived. An address tuts just been sent
to the citizens of Cincinnati, and of the United States generally, by
the inhabitanrs of Exeter, who have signed to the number of 1,600.
The women of Exeter wished to join in this address, but it seems
there was no precedent for uniting their names with those of the men.
They therefore resolved to have an address of their own, and have
accordingly got up one to the " Women of Philadelphia," to which
they have subscribed no less than 1,600 names. The number In-
cludes persons of the most varied rank in society.
PRICE or GroLD.—The premium on gold at Paris
is 1614 per mile, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 1034 d.
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 56'; and
the exchange at Paris en London at short being 25 7214 it fol-
lows that gold is 0.64 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 435 per mark,
which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 1034 d. per ounce for
standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 10 ; and the exchange at Ham-
burgh on London at short being 13 113, it follows that the price of
gold is 0.68 per cent. dearer ill London than in Hamburgh.
SINGULAR DEATH DURING SLEEP.—Yesterday Mr.
Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Queen's Head, St. John's-lane,
S t.Sepulchre's, on the body of Francis Brenan, aged twenty-three
years, a gas fitter, whose death occurred under the following singular
circumstances :—lt appeared by the evidence that the deceased had
for the last two years lodged at the above tavern, and a remarkable
feature connected with his life, was the peculiar somnolent disposi-
tion evinced by him when at work, and even while eating his :noels,
at which times he would frequently doze off, and if allowed, sleep
for hours. On Saturday last he was called at six in the morning, a.,
usual, when he responded "all right," but he, however.iifg
sleep again, and about twelve at noon, as the servant eA
surgeon
edoirtht
room to maim the bed, he was discovered lying
dead. and said
was immediately called in, and who pronounced hip dead,
that his death had taken place while sleeping. 't ord Natural
death.". BOiarlUesChoigelre:
It is expected that Captain Sir
dmTihraol
K.C.8., will be appointed Flag Captain to A_ 323Slaarci
Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth.
of influential Mem-
bers understand that a meeting
—United eeivice Gazette.
.e yesterday, at the resi-
bers of both Muses of Pathan:eta took plat-
dence of Lord Robert Grosvenor, on the subject of the Bill about to
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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. .
PORTsmontil, TcEsnay.,-The Earl of Ellenborotift,\Flrst toad 0
the Admiralty, accompanied by Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, theCosn-
mandenin-Chief, went on board the Excellent gunnery ship, Captain
Chads, this morning as early as half-past five o'clock, to witness the
effect of firing of Mr. Halc's rockets and other gunnery manceuvres,
with which the First Lord and the scientific officers present ex-
pressed themselves highly gratified. A number of Captain Norton's
concussion shells were also tired; they exploded in every case with
the greatest effect immediately on striking. A solid shot was dis-
charged at the same time fro►rr the same gun, the shell being in ad-
vance of the shot. After this, shot practice at the steam funnel was
exhibited, and the seamen and marines were put through various
exercises with small arms, concluding by boarding with scaling lad-
ders, &c. His Lordship expressed himself highly gratified with the
state of efficiency exhibited by the crew of the Excellent, and highly
complimented Captain Chads and the officers.
At eight o'clock his Lordship returned to the George Hotel to
breakfast, and left fer town by the express train at 12.3 by the
South-Western Railway.
Admiral Sir George Cockburn visited the new works of defence
erecting at Blockhouse this morning at ten o'clock. His Lordship
returned to town at half-past twelve.
Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., inspected and inusrered
the crew of the Childers, 16, Commander Pitman, this day at
Spithead.
Ti►e Serpent, 16, Commander (now Captain) Nevin, was paid of
this day.

The squadron of evoluHen will. we believe, iiati on their summer
cruise on Monday next. The llue-of-battle ships will victual for tire
months and the steamers for :lave. The squadron anchored last
night in a line bearing from the Coeunodore aiient west north-west
in the order of sailing. the St. Vinceiit•
being the easternmost, then
the Vanguard, _Albion, and Trafalgar, coTeposing the vim divtAion;
next, the Queen, Rodney, and Superb, conspo:.4-ng the rear division.
The steamers anchored in a line to the north :'vard of the line-of-
battle ships. Commodore Bremer struck his pent; ant on board the
Queen as that ship passed the St. Vincent to take tiro her berth in
the place allotted to her. The Queen, Rodney, anti Superb carried
the white (Commodore Bremer's) ensign yesterday.
The Brilliant, 22, Captain Watson, came into harhomr this after-
noon to have 30 tons of additional ballast put on hoard.
Mr. Egerton, mate of the Raleigh, 30, has been promote..l by Lord
Ellenborough to the rank of Lieutenant.
Vice-Admiral Sir William Hall Gage, one of the Lords of the Ad-
miralty, arrived here this evening, at a quarter past six o'clock, and
will, we believe, conclude the inspection of this port, begun on Satur-
day by the other members of the Board.
Wootwien, MAY 4.—The Blazer steam-vessel has been refitted at
Woolwich and returned to Harwich to resume her surveying duties.
Captain Owen Stanley, the gallant officer who has comma" led her
since the appointment of Captain Washington to be a member of the
Tidal Commission, is about to hoist his pendant on the Rattlesnake,
formerly a troopship, but now fitted for the surveying service. The
Rattlesnake, under the command of Captain Stanley, is to be em-
ployed in surveying the coast of New Guinea, or Papua, the
South Pacific Ocean, situate to the north of New Holland, from
which it is separated by Endeavour Strait. Considerable interest is
attached to the contemplated expedition of the Rattlesnake, as it is
intended to combine two very important purposes---to survey the
coasts of a large and fertile island, and await the result of the ex-
pected passage of the Erebus and Terror, the vessels that proceeded
hfeouenndteripnrmisiranegtiecxail
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on the -North Polar expedition or, in the event of a north-west pail-
sage being
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tlou of his officers and crew, as it is cont emplated to accomplish the
object of a north-west passage over land, if not possible by water.

HOP INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Maidstone .Tournal of yesterday.)
MAIDSTONE.—The hops in this district are coming on fast, lit sonic
instances being nearly halt way up the poles, and looking very kindly.
Maatwoarn.--in this neighbourhood, our con\ spondent informs.
as, that the poling is nearly finished, and that the pine comes very
strong and healthy. In some grounds tying h
—as been begun. Thera
is a little lice, but nothing worth speaking of.
CANTsustatv.—The hops have vary greatly advanced in the past
fortnight, and in some instances they arc nearly three feet up the
poles. The weather this week has been somewhat ungentai. on
Monday and Tuesday they were attacked with a blight ; but on the
whole, we may say, they exhibit a vigorous and promising appear-
ance.

FIRE IN BERMONDSEY.—ShortIy after daybreak yes-
terday morning, a destructive fire was discovered raging on the gine
factory of Mr. Young, situate In the Spa-road Bermondsey, and un-
fortunately proved the most destructive that has occurred in the dis-
trict for a considerable time. The premises comprising the factory
were of long extent, and owing to their peculiar construction, the
upper stories being entirely built of wood, their destruction was ex-
ceedingly rapid. The fire is believed to have originated by a girder
in the flirnace flue having become ignited and communicating with
the floors, &c., in the boiler house, and before assistance could be
obtained, the fames had extended to the interior of the manufactory.
On the intelligence arriving at the various stations, engines
were dispatched with all haste to the scene, and no delay occurring
In obtaining water, they were got to work with surprising alacrity.
The conflagration then was most alarming, flames were rushing from
every window, and the destruction, not only of the factory, but the
adjacent premises of Mr. Powell. fellmonger, appeared inevitable.
By half-past five o'clock no fewer than eight of the Brigade engine&
had been brought to play on the burning mass, notwithstanding which
the fire raged for about an hour afterwards with almost uncon-
trollable fiery, and ere it was checked, almost the whole of the fac-
tory and its valuable machinery had fallen a sacrifice. The damage
is estimated at upwards of 2,5001. The factory Is insured In the Atlas
Fire-office.

FIRE IN THE WATERLOO-ROAD.—Yesterday after-
neon, shortly after tour o'clock, a lire broke out'in the workshop be-
longing to Mr. G. Griffith, picture-frame-manufacturer, situate behind
the front premises, numbered 145, in the Waterloo-road. The alarm
having been promptly given, the Brigade and West of England engines
were quickly on the spot, and, being instantly set to work, the flames
were happily confined to the premises in which they originated; but
before they were extinguished the workshop and its contents sera
almost entirely consumed. The cause of the fire could not be ascer-
tained. Mr. Griffith was insured for the contents in the Phoenix, and
the building in the Sun Fire-office.

SUICIDE BY A SIIPEINTENDENT OF POLICE.--.
LIVERPOOL, TITESDAT.—This morning considerable excitement pre-
vailed in the town, information having been received that Superin-
tendent William Henry Riding had committed suicide by taking tau-
dannm. The deceased had been in the force for twelve or fourteen,
years, and was much respected by his brother officers. A few years
ago be received some severe injuries in the performance of his duties
at the fire which took place in the Gorse, which had somewhat Jim-.
paired his constitution, and he bad lately been in a very desponding
state of mind, having been heard to express an intention of destroy-
ing himself, althoughno one suspected that he would carry his threat
into execution. The wife of the deceased returned home about five
o'clock on the evening in question, and :on going up stairs, found her
husband lying in bed in a state of stupor, apparently suffering from
the effects of poison. Dr. Halliday was immediately called in, who
applied the usual remedies, and in about two hours the deceased re-
covered to some extent. Shortly afterwards, however, he again re-
lapsed, and expired about nine o'clock. On inquiry it was ascertained
that the deceased had purchased an ounce of laudanum il'om the
chemist's a short time previously to the commission of the rash act.
He has left a widow and five children.

Yesterday Covent garden market presented the early
norelty of peaches and nectarines, with a profusion of cherries and
strawberries.

DEATH FROM DRINKING REM.—On Friday forenoon
an inquiry was instituted before William Carter, Esq., the coroner
for Surrey, and a highly respectable jury, in the committee-room of
Lambeth Workhouse, for the purpose of investigating the death of
Stephen Stapley, a bricklayer, formerly an inmate of the workhouse.
Police-constable 138'L, deposed that while on duty in Park-street,
Lower Kennington-lane, on Saturday night last, his attention was
called to the deceased, whom he found lying in the tap-room of the
Anchor and Hope public-house. Ile was quite insensible, and lying
on the floor, as if from drunkenness. Witness afterwards had him
removed to the workhouse, where he was seen by the parochial sur-
geon. Sarah Lucas, landlady of the Anchor and Hope, stated that
the deceased came into her house on the afternoon of Saturday
last, about tour o'clock, in company whit a tuan who is in the
habit of driving a cart for Mrs. WriOtt, ginger-beer manatee-.
hirer, of Kennington. The deceased had evidently been drink.
ing. They walked up to the bar. and partook of a glass
of brandy caob. ktoc. .nterwards auotber 111+111 came in, who ap.
peered to be known to them. The ginger-bc,r man then called
tbr a half-pint of rum, the whole of which the deceased put into a
large goblet, with some sugar. Witness left the bar for a few
seconds, and when she returned, she heard Mrs. 'Wright's man say.
" Well, if you will drink the whole of it, I will pay for it." The de-
ceased immediately seized the glass, and drank it off. The deceased
remained in front of the bar about three minutes, when ho fell to the
ground. Ile was lifted up, but was quite insensible, and did not
speak again.—By the Coroner—Believed the drinking was the de-
ceased's own act. The third person who came in r onstrated
with him not to drink so large a quantity, but he repli at "he
:*
would not be dictated to by any one." Mr. William Butte Id, pro-
prietor of the. Jolly Gardeners' Tavern, Lambeth-walk, sa' that the
deceased and Mr,. Wright's man came to his bona., on the
day in question, in company with several men. The latter
called for half-a-pint of rum, which he said he would
pay for if the deceased would drink it. The deceased Imme-
diately afterwards took the glass, and tossed off the whole
like a draught of water. The deceased said he could drink more,
which Mrs. Wright's man attempted to pay for, but witness would
not serve them. The deceased and his companion soon left the
house, and he saw no more of them. Mr. Duke, the parochial sur-
geon, stated that on Sunday morning last, about half-past one o'clock
he saw the deceased in the workhouse. Ile was then lying in the
hall in a state of drunkenness. Witness used means to restore him,
when he roused up, and seemed somewhat better. He was placed in
a warm bath and well rubbed, as he was in a cold and miserable
state. It was a very wet and boisterous night, which had rendered
his clothes very uncomfortable. lie was subsequently wrapped ha
warm blankets, and taken to the sick ward, where he remained until
noon, when he suddenly expired. The cause of death was temporary
congestion of the brain, resulting from the effects of excessive drink-
ing.• Verdict —" That the deceased died from the effects of a large
quantity of ardent spirits taken inadvertently."

ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE.—The annual meeting
of the council and members of the Royal College of Veterinary* Sur-
geons took place yesterday, at the Freemasons' Tavern, Thomas
Turner, Esq., the president, in the chair. The report read by the
secretary, a very lengthy document, commenced by alluding to the
condescension of her Majesty in granting to the veterinary surgeons
a charter of incorporation, which had emancipated them from the
grade and avocation of a nameless profession, and given them a po-
sition in the scientific world. The system of education and exami-
nation is working well, and although the •couneil regret the loss of
E. Stanley, Esq., late chairman of the board of examiners, they con-
gratulate the profession on the vacancy being filled up by the election of
Dr. G. Babbington. The report, after alluding at considerable length,
to the want of unanimity prevailing in the profession, and the attempts
making by the agricultural societies, and gentlemen connected with,
veterinary schools, to alter some of the provisions ofdtheechcoartrf
gives a correspondence between Sir James Graham and
or
Sir
James respect to such alteration, which thei council
tothe
~ diplomas"
given to puplls not being considered o
Professor Branc), Dr. Plabbington, Mr.
James they could not agree to. Afterf
wadevigehritt.nagithough
theboardof
nexmam„,i,nrColsopecro,m3fro.sedLilitronettfrinfry. Percival, James Turner, and
the report concluded
Field, 'e'en"' and Peit'he profession to support, by annual contri-
by an earnest appeal to
butions, the llmds of the college. After a most animated discussion
on a motion that the report be referred back to the council for further
consideration, in which Messrs. Cherry, Professor Dick, Tombs,
Vines, Mayhew, &e., took part, the report was adopted by 30 to 14.
The vacancies in the council having been filled up, and other busi-
ness got through, the meeting, which lasted near six hours, broke up.
MALDON, MAY 2.—WRECKED GOODS.—Three barrels
and a
windlasskildcrkin of porter, with an empty barrel and kilder and.
a winass and anchor, which were clandestinely landed andkin; con-
c(sealatedurdaaty)thbee
ebnasrecino,
vbeyreasoanmed Csecolurchedestebry fisthheermeoemn,pthroanveer tohfiscu...dar
toms. It is presumed they came from a vessel belonging to South-.
wold, lately wrecked on the Bucksea, a portion of whose cargo, con'. slating of a hogshead of brandy and some casks of porter, has been
taken into Burnham, and delivered to the officer of Customs. Five
of the casks landed here are branded Freeman, and the other Rea
and Co., London.—Esser Herald.
HARVEST PROSPECTS.—The continued unfavourable,
state of the weather for spring sowing gives rise to the most painful
apprehensions for the next harvest. The weather has again become
cold and wet, and the ground is so saturated that spring sowing can-
not safely be proceeded with. Generally, about the 17th of March
this important agricultural business is nearly completed. Now, to-
wards the end of April, half the spring sowing is not gone through.
If the weather should not speedily change for the better, the people
will become more alarmed for the next harvest than for the diflicui.
ties of their present position. The winter sown wheats are, however,
looking well and healthy.—Rosshire Adrertiser.
PUBLIC OPENING OF RAILWAYS.—In the course of
the ensuing month no fewer than eight railways will be publicly
opened. Of them, the meat important, is the North British, the
direction of which company have certified to the Board of Trade
their intention of opening a portion of their line, should it be approved
by the Inspector-General, on the 2d of May, from Edinburgh to
Cockbunispatch and Dunbar. A flirther passage will not be attained
for some time, owing to the backward state of the principal portion
of the works. The first portion of the South Devon Railway, from
Exeter to Teignmouth, Is announced to be opened on Friday next.
The Blackpool Branch Railway, from the Preston and Wyne line,
is to be opened to-morrow (Wednesday) with much ceremony.
The Blackburn and Preston line of railway Is
"on to-
ward a state that the directors have announced its openingc
Ist of June, although it will be ready for goods trtrirpahsseagarelieori
tion of the tunnel itear,:niciPsttgliowlenadierlt'oeirt,sisayi
The Furness Railway is intended to he opened
with the Easters Coon
Union line, in continuation
t month. With the excep-
tion trains on the let of next month. The spellingtioefstitheeifwaasytensat
Colchester to Ipswich, is stated to be neat
the line with ballas wasrgons. The Margate
running up and do
Railway (four miles In length) branch-
branch of the South-Eastern
expected to be completed by the end Ist
inailwiassy,
baeebnraonpeehheir
within
mhthilhe Ethastern
ing off from Ramsgate, wtrnhaPtittl'itted 1' Sanrda pTdloymotiv increasing,esare
Eh
laSt
the passage of coal trains.
ER FxstuNG.—The lobster fishing is going of Lonsr
rrfCjeru:Owoirusingpnedays
for
principal nieoibi:atlerps aNrtv were
elir:::sh.lehltseiSaSTtilanrtgaftindofr:aeljitgeautht net less than 5001, wotrtheh
thippcd from this by steamers for Liverpool,
them by
Mr. William Gallocher, one of the tackarnen ' of the fish-
market, who has entered into eXtenseet:y-eeaT
her engagements with the lob-
gagTehineseenWerwe from Mulls,
csitearyfi,shieursipofort,r thareirratizkeenthdroLeeughbfitt
the
lobster
fishing re are now, from 500 to
principal fishmongersLoinndtohne
COO individuals engaged in
purchasing lobsters for the
where agents for the
that it is by Englishmen and
employed alln'ilesliterblinislaree4
.. on the western coast, alerimshamrkehetst.mel re-
mark,tspiLii4e-osrothfytioshfingt, dd. among the isles of Scotland, has been ori-
ginated and nourished. We may mention, as a fact, that not only
have a number of the Highland lairds looked with apathy at this
rising source of wealth to the country, but have also endeavoured to
throw bars in the way of its cultivation, by trying to exact rent for
fishing in the sea on the coast of their domains. A number of the
independent Celts, and some of the sons of the Emerald Isle, how-
ever, aided by the fishery laws, lihve succeeded in throwing open tit
trade.--Nosshitv Agrernier.

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