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led to tilt; deliberate. adoption of this noble
invention ; and their boldly resolving to apply it to a steam
vessel of 3000 tons burden, does equal lion mir to themselves

iias, don!

pirit and laudable emulation over preconceived
notions of excellence and perfectibility—and,

s such, we

public will receive and

r advantag

plan may posses,

ercantile steam navigation, they
r in favour of its application to vessels of war,
ry fo

over the old method for

itch it is not necess.., a work such as ours to demon-
We have much satisfaction in stating, however, that

the government have at length decided on adopting it into
the navy; and the dawn of that day, which Mr. F. P. Smith
ha.: so patiently awaited, appears now to be close at hand.
We never had the pleasure of meeting this gentleman.
nor do we know anything more of him personally than of
our great progenitor• Adam ; but we unite with all admirers

in sincerely wishing

reward

which his talent and perseverance in conceiving and bring=
ing to its present state of usefulness the Archimedes' screw
propeller, so richly deserve ; and we shall be glad if our
hpmble attempt to set the invention before the public in its
true light, in any way contribute to this desirable end. We
pretend to no extraordinary penetration • but we perfectly
coincide with the opinion of Rear Admiral the Earl of Dun-
donald, that " in three years it will be a matter of wonder
how such a barbarous contrivance as paddle-wheels was ever
adopted."
The article concludes with some extracts from the log of
the Archimedes in April last, which, as we noticed on a for-
mer occasion, lead to the most gratifying conclusions as re-

gards the capabilities and spee-d of ilie-Archimedes, whose
subsequent voyage to Oporto and back, in August last, was
(under several disadvantages) one of the quickest ever per-

We cannot conclude this.notice without expressing a hope,
that, at Liverpool, as well as at Bristol, some spirited indi-
vidual or company will construct a large vessel on the screw-
propeller principle, so that it may have a fair anti impartial
trial out of the Mersey as well as the Avon. The Bristolians
took the lead of us in transatlantic steamers on the present
system. Apart from envy, but in the spirit of that fair com-
petition which works out national benefits, let us not stand
idly by and see them occupy exclusively the vantage ground,
as regards a new mode of steam-ship propulsion, which pre-
seats so many advantages.

ANOTHER CHILD POISONED BY THE ADMI-
NISTERING OF AN OPIATE.-CORONER'S IN-
QUEST.

Yesterday an inquisition was taken before P. F. Curry,
onnira nnrnnor nn viPtxt of the hruic nf ehilrl named John

(ennedy. The case, which excited considerable
interest in the court, was introduced by an able address from
the coroner to the respectable jury empannelled. They .had,
he said, viewed the body on the previous day, and had ad-
jburned the inquest until that day, in order that they might
be put in possession of the opinion of a medical gentleman,

M'Crre

after a post mortenz examination, as to toe cause of clean.
Before he proceeded to lay the evidence before them, he
should furnish them with an outline of the principal facts as,
he believed. they would be stated by the witnesses. The de-
between six and seven months old, and had al-
s birth to the time of its death, been a fine and

ceased was

the right of canvassing any measures which are brought for-
d?

If such is the manner in which public meetings are con-
dieted, I confess my error: but being convinced that the
contrary is the fact, that the humble operative is ever justi-
fied in opposing any and every measure calculated to injure
him and his fellow men, I still consider myself as fully justi-
fied in proposing amendments to the resolutions which were
brought forward by the " League," and re-echoed by their

creatures, the spirit of which (if brought into operation) be
ing calculated not only to injure materially the working an
agricultural classes, but to subvert and destroy the constitu

tion of this country

These being the covert objects of the parties who convened
that meeting, which I was prepared to prove from their own
statements, and as every working man, who has given the
subject the slightest consideration, is capable of doing the
same, I would earnestly entreat the " Anti-Corn Law
League," at the next meeting which they may hold, to can-
didly avow that the foundation, on which their principles are
based, is of such a fragile nature, that they fear to expose it
to the view of working men.—l remain, sir, your obedient
servant, JOHN PALMER.

Franklin Club, January 14th, 1841

CHINA

(From the Morning Fleraldj

We have received the following intelligence from A quarter
from whence authentic information may safely be expected,
as well on account of the iccality as of the means which we
know the writer possesses for assuring it. But as it varies
considerably from all the news recently published concerning
China, and as the writer evidently miscalculates the time
necessary for the transmission of intelligence from the north
of China to Europe (which barely exceeds three months),
we publish it with the reservation of not holding ourselves
responsible for its perfect accuracy, though in many points
the statements, based upon commercial returns, are,evidently
correct:--

(Fiym a Private Con espondent at Moscow, Dec. 17.)

" We Moscovites, placed, as we are, in the very eentie of
Russia, and. by means of our commercial relations with
Kjachta (or Kliiidchta), the utmost paint on the frontiers of
our eastern possessions, cannot but receive news from China
much later in date than those arriving by way of l3ombav
and Suez. Letters from Pekin arrive at Kjachta in less
than a month, and the mail from Kjachta is regularly for-
warded to Moscow in 28 days, so that we are enabled to get
news from the capital of that enoemeus empire, inferior in
circumference only to our own, in two months' time, while
those arriving by way of India will take from four to five
months. Now, our latest intelligence from Kjachta, dated
about the middle of last month, speaks of events tending to
impress the whole political and commercial world of F,urope
with the importance of the Anglo-Indian expedition to those
distant countries. The English, having accomplished the
occupation of Chusan, had disembarked their troops some-
where on the coast of China, where they were making rapid
progress ; hence the news, rather unauthenticated, that
Pekin itself had fallen into the hands of the foreign invaders.
One thing we know with certainty, the taking of a Chinese
fleet, consisting of 45 junks, five of which had rich cargoes,
mostly tea, on board; whether • on the Peiho or on the Yan-
Ke-Kiang river, our correspondent does not write. Procla-
mations had been profusely distributed among the inhabi-
tants, in which the English announce their coming, in order
to liberate the people from the galling yoke of the Mantchou
dynasty, which is said to be hated by the nation in general.
Partial insurrections had broken out in consequence of these
proclamations, and the situation of the empire was designated
as being very critical. This news must be very disastrous
for our commercial relations with China. Already the price
of tea has been raised to 70 roubles banco per chest of 64lbs,
and a further advance is expected. In former times, the
Chinese .were accustomed to send their cargoes by sea;
now, for fear of the British, all have been sent by land, so
that the transports will arrive in March or April, instead of
January, as was formerly the case. Last year more than
100,000 fibroks (chests) of tea were purchased at Kjiichta ;
this year no more than 40,000 are expected. Our own ma-
nufactures will not suffer less by this critical state of things.
Our cloths and velveteens will lie in the magazines of
Kjachta without being asked for. The annual export of
Russian broad cloth to China was estimated at more than
40,000 pieces, and the import of tea at 80,000 or 100,000
fibroks a;year.