The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-28 00:00:00

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1. RICAN NEWS.

RitIVAL OF THE ASHBURTON.

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j 01,, WEDNESDAY.—The New York packet-
P Ashburton, Captain Howlard, arrived here about
ht
u'eloek this morning. She sailed from New York
thetia 6th inst., and brings papers and other advises
i that city to that date. When the Ashburton sailed
t*as quiet. The negotiations about Oregon were in
:ess, ana the acquisition of California was in con-
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tri)liti°l". The Amerieans had turned their attention
it emigration to Oregon to California. The :soil of
kof °rater place had not given satisfaction, so that many
end emigrated there had gone to California, the
-142 I°wing with milk and honey." " That paradise,"
'le New York Herald," will soon be more inhabited
a Americans than any other section on the continent, out
lei twenty six United States, and must, of course, be
annexed. The impetuosity of the people of
Pat \Vest for the acquisition of all the territory
thel' Pacific is irresistable.
4m8-37 be the test question at the presidental elec-
'ol 1848, as Texas was in 1844." The news from
iet) is considerably later than that brought by the
kt-ship Britannia. It does not appear, however, that
Oxicat authorities have made any decided or war-

til"ement against the newly-annexed state, Texas,
eptto send 20,000 men to the frontier of Texas, and
'rite
b the howe-topi in Vera Cruz with sand.
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41efollowing is from the New Orleans papers of the
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14 (Prom the New Orleans Bulletin, July 24.)
zkrLa le, Ar air. 23.—0 n the 18th instant consider-
Iqtitement was caused in this place, occasione b a
t't artillerymen marching through the principal
towards the custom-house. On their arrival
4t
Place, the o'iicer in command received orders from
4„ Lueetors of the Aduena Teresrte, to accompany one
' Clerks of Me said office, with Sestigos, and lay a
Ch, embargo, at, tue point of the bayonet, on the property
°oly t.vn American houses in the place, Parrott and
4d4 Mott, Tar iot, and Co., to satisfy a demand for du-
4ed by a law )f the state of Siooloa, 1834, which law
,Zaelled in 1837 by the tariff of that year, and from that
to a few slays previous to the date of this the Custom-
'4elnever demanded from any house such duties. The
7Z Parrott and Co., of course, was embargoed, on pro-
IStittilte arr.aunt a 45,000 dolls., to satisfy the claim, only
itieh,ig to aboet 4,000 dolls. ; after which the troops were
h; to the house of Messrs. Mott, Talbot, and Co., with
ts 'ect of lacing an embargo on their property, but Captain
e,,,_°l H. E. M. frigate Thalia, interfered, and prevented
uogoes I. 'sing laid, one of the partners of the said firm
4.eliritish .übject. Mr. Parrott, who for many years
o our consul at Mazatlan, suffered with much pa-
, the ir..i4nity to his person, and as the di-
e relati iis between the United States and Mexico
NPended, no has no resource in seeking
,re-
from t.e Mexican Government, and very pro-
' 'ailed in t.ie l'rench consul to witness the proceedings,
,p 5; are it zgai and unjust from the commencement,
'NiestldKe or eorepetent authority in the place had passed
in or ju I.guient, in any shape or form, on the proceed-
ve, Mr. Par, oit has gone before the French consul and
his pletcst, and will submit it to his Government, to
'tiled with the other difficulties pending with Mexico.
vlare at Mazsalan nearly a dozen importing houses, and
r atanding net a single demand has been made by the col-
' ' against then. for duties, he having, as it appears, deter-
to take his revenge out of the Americans. Many re-
,
le eitizns, seeing these scandalous proceedings, have
4Meir inflacncs to conciliate matters.
tt. 24.—ne Prefecto of the Port has addressed a letter
egovernor of the State, complaining in strong terms
the violent and unjust proceedings against the Ameri-
, 'lod very pi operly pointed out that they were caprices of
0t„„ ,geetor, and from the concourse of people who were pre-
` Was sufficient to disturb the peace of the port and bring
Ap.tountry a war.
SO. 25. --The embargo on the property of the American
i'Asp,,:lad not been raised. notwithstanding a meeting has
NkPlace to that effect. The consul is determined to resist
Nerd and suffer his property to be sold. A military
tllkitla again demanded for laying the embargo on Mott,
itsql, and Co.'s property, but it was wisely refused. Over-
litlte been made to the consul, that if he would address
47. to the Gofe Superior de Hacienda, his property would
tsit;ased, but he has refused, and is determined to let the
t(,take its course. Other outrages will follow.
i:_eral Rangel has been sentenced by a court-martial—for
it revolutionary attempt in the city of Mexico, in which
Bated the President and his cabinet with such indignity—
NI dears' imprisonment, without the loss of his rank—a
tid'exican punishment for treason. Another authority,
S4ltally not so well informed, says he is stripped of rank
,le )4 employment, and banished for ten years. The ire of
i'iOlcans was a good deal aroused, apparently, at seeing
net off so easily.
40,e Ocean House, at Newport has been entirely de-
15t ed- and some lives have fallen a sacrifice to the fury
V%lnes. We take the following particulars from
New York Tribune of August 3 :
41;twroaT, R. 1., SUNDAY, 4 o'CLocx YAK., AUGUST
1140. e arrived here on the Massachusetts this morning at four
N' and were very greatly chagrined to find the Ocean
,ttip„ lull and overflowing with people—more than a hundred
li!_littrned away. We tried with similar bad luck the Atlan-
kl)'7,l3ell!sue ..House, and then spent four or five hours in
W.O gain admission to a private house. At length we were
'IT 41 tolerable comfart at Townsend's Hotel.
SLrobably no watering place in the Union was ever so
N." 4 as Newport is the present season. There were over
etaridred and fifty strangers in the Ocean House alone, and
k Place in the city full.
Stl' it turned out that our regret at being excluded from
Wan House was foolish and wicked. At about one o'clock.
, n'leCuhile the fashionable
.throng i..cre dressing for dinner,
Ce4,-1. house, a small building adjoining the eastern wing of
'l., ki.j. caught in the ceiling, from a dish of lard which took
ml,' blazed from the floor where it fell to the roof.
,sltp„,'l4l instant the cry of fire was given, and such a scene
'ltite"Olsion and distress ensued as no man could wish to see
441: The boarders were running from room to room,
,thing fur their friends, brothers, husbands, wives, and
Nen, and all inquiring with white lips the cause of the
,ttsd. There was a most pitiless lack of water, and the flames
L'4l ~-,leith fury upon the extremely dry and combustible mate-
Nir,` which the cook-house, as well as the whole
'4l 41,1? was composed. The bells rang the alarm-
41t4aole city hurried to the spot, and the opinion
Mfr became general that not a timber of the whole of this
ti a,,to and airy, but light and unsubstantial edifice, could be

The
.. work of carrying out baggage now began in great
N•ti!, and fair aristocratic hands, albeit unused to the
tb.g mood, performed incredible tasks of porterage. The
the`sd magnificent parloar of the hotel, occupying the whole
rAsktortb end, was now stripped of its costly furniture, and
eld directly opposite and to the northward of the hotel
kie speedily filled with trunks, boxes, furniture, &c., while
-:;-set was lined with elegantly attired ladies, lamenting the
their dinners or their dresses.
4 Water, water, water !' was the unanswered cry of the fire-
V4tancl the citizens who had rushed to the spot to render their
lee, hut none could be procured. The fire department
!ti''`ed to be efficient and well organised—ambitious and
Wlt „Rs-but what good were their half-dozen fire-engines
cs::•111t water ? It was now clearly seen that the building
Skitlllot be saved, and in two hours the whole pile was a
ug ruin.
;tt,.l Ocean House was built by the Ocean House Corn-
'he winter before last, and finished last winter. It was
at 36,000 dolls., and insured in Providence and Boston
,4" 'AC 0 dolls. It was rented by John G. Weaver, of New-
i;szt, paid 8 per cent. on the value. The building •was in
°r'i: of an L, running north and east—the northern wing
226 feet long, and the eastern wing 125 by 30—four
'high. It contained 208 rooms, its situation was beau-
sb"d commanding, and its loss is a heavy blow to Newport,
as an indescribable inconvenience to the boarders, a
`g but of whom were from New York.
k the saddest portion of this calamity is the death of
krel Fowler Gardiner, Esq., one of the oldest, wealthiest,
41s,lsost estimable citizens of Newport. He owned a large
Ist kllt of property here, and was the agent and part proprie-
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str e extensive Newport cotton mills, the Coddington,
ttsiZ: and Newport Steam Mills, and another of which he was
t. 1/e owner. He leaves a wife and ten children.
The
il body of Mr. Gardiner was found in the ruins, more
kite consumed—a key and a pencil lying on his chest. I
tiftii eat that Thomas R. Hazzard, Esq., residing in the beau-
kis; sZnntry seat of Varcluse, has perished. You will re-
itils; him as the author of some political tracts, published
t:!;+.—lt is certain, lam told, he is dead.
aitilmseorge Burrows and Robert Coxall were on the ladder
5 tr. Gardiner when the eastern wing came down, and they
lopktitward, while lie fell inside the burning walls. The two
11; were seriously injured, and it is doubtful whether Mr.
sill,„ will survive."
idly The furniture of the house was worth 25,000 dolls.—two•
147, saved, 9,0,, dolls. insured. Mr. Weaver, the lessee of
Siad-'ecan House, 'IRS already taken a house which will accorri-
tispre fifty, and which he will open to-marrow. There's en-
fte.f`n. 7°U.
tf th_ Is said that there was a gentleman in the second story
11.1:47 east wing who was lost, but of this nothing is certainly
41.rtwn• Rumour also gives three or four other victims to the
s.
stit ,orne fresh riots have taken place at Philadelphia, arising
ttili7 the stoppage of some allowances to fire companies,
eh have again kept that once peaceable city in a turmoil
tae days. Philadelphia is becoming from its disorders a
irord in other cities.
had advices carried out by the steam-ship Cambria
kark:t favourable effect on the cotton and provision
xeh.
ange on England was quoted at from 109- to 110.

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114aPtain Manby has presented to his Royal High-
t 4 s Albert a geranium, raised from a cutting off one
146'14 in Nelson's cabin, on board the Elephant, at the battle
I.3Peuhagen. Cambridge Advertiser.
tl4, ARISH or ST. LEONARD, SLIOREDITCM—Yester-
W' adjourned Vestry meeting of the inhabitants and rate-
-7"'sell;; of this parish was held in the vestry-room adjoining the
loceb, for thepurpose of electing four trustees under the
!I(,i` Act, 42d of George 111., cap. 13, called the Four Rates
44; At the previous Vestry the Church party proposed
Ntelr,rs. Long, Hopkins, and Toplis as trustees for the Holy.
ttictu. district, and Mr. Warr for the Horton New-Town dis-
k upon which the Opposition and Anti.Uhurch party, with
kiew to test their strength, proposed a Mr. Lawson for the
trijoiell, and Mr. Pickford for the Floxton New-Town dm-
NT A poll was then demanded, which closed at four o'clock
den—rdaY. At the close of the poll Mr. Bewley, churchvvar-
Nl(the chairman), declared the result of the poll to be in the
171,01 district—Fur Long, 173 ; Hopkins, 170; Toplis,
Lawson 103; majority for Hepkins, 67—and declared
thitt"rs. Hopkins, Long, and Toplis duly elected trustees for
Lt. district. For the district of Hoxton New-Town the num-
It a were—For Mr. Warr, 175 ; Pickford, 103 ; majority for
Farr, 69, who was also declared duly elected.
avttcTiorr or A JUDGE.—A meeting of the Corn-
th'slionera of the Westminster Court of Requests was held at
of6jenttrt on Monday, to nominate the candidate for the office
tilllage or Assessor to the Court, agreeably to the provisions
tni„.' Small Debts Act. There was a full attendance of cora-
eh;!luners, when Mr. Green, of Soho-square, was elected
Turman ; and Mr. Cuff, the clerk, proceeded to read over the
gications from the various barristers and solicitors, condi-
-1), for the appointment. Most of the candidates were backed
1e.,,,10ng list of testimonials from judges Znd_gentlemen of the
gal profession. Among them were Mr. barrister,
i‘loylan, Mr. Horry, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Campbell, a,: 'tr."
Zs• The solicitors are Mr. Le Breton, clerk to the parish
sap t• Martin's-in-the-Fields; Mr. A'Beckett, of Golden-
Mor:.! ; and Mr. Howorth, of High-street, Camden-town.
1e,...1 next is the day for the election. The contest will be
„If Lekse. The number of commissioners for the nine parishes
1/4 wiestminster is 288 ; but agt more than half have qualified
t
t° entitle theoi to roteiw