The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-02-08 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1853.

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SDAY 11ORNING, FEB. 8, 1853.

THE WEEK

THE anticipated favourable change in the weather,
which was to compensate for the long wet autumn
and winter, has not yet been realized, although se-
veral cold, dry, frosty days have tended to inspire
hopes which have been quickly disappointed by a
return to rain. It has been a sad drawback to
agricultural operations; but there is yet time enough
even for sowing wheat, and should a warm, dry
summer succeed, a harvest of spring sown wheat
may not be less productive than one that had been
tilled at the usual time. Liverpool has not been
without a full share of seasonable amusements. The
Masonic Ball, on Tuesday last, was perhaps the
most numerous festive party ever assembled within
the Town-hall, and afforded much gratification to
those who were present, The termination of Mr.
THOMAS' series of entertainments at the Philhar-
monic-hall seems to have given them an increased
popularity, as they were densely crowded the last
few nights, and will, no doubt, be repeated after the
close of the engagement at Manchester.
The proceedings with reference to the mode in
which the proposed Docks at Wapping should be
constructed, have been unfortunate in more than
one respect. The inevitable delay has already in-
volved a loss in the interest upon the £450,000
borrowed for the purchase of the site, which is at the
rate of £lB,OOO a year, and the difference created
between two such important public bodies as the
Town Council and the Dock Committee is also
much to he lamented. It appears, by the explana-
tions of the Chairman of the Dock Committee, that
the clause in the advertisement, reserving to them-
selves the right of rejecting all the tenders, was
understood by them to be a provision against mak-
ing any contract unless the amount was below the
estimates of their own surveyor. This was not the
case after the tender of Mr. THOMPSON was with-
drawn, and the committee, therefore, felt themselves
fully justified in entrusting the work to Mr. HART-
LEY, whose previous works had given general
satisfaction. They had tried the experiment of
getting it done cheaper by contract, and they
had not found that they could save anything in
the expense. On the other hand, it is contended
that the clause in the advertisement was under-
stood by men in the trade to be simply a protection
against being compelled to accept a tender from in-
efficient contactors or at an exorbitant rate, but it
was evident that it was not so understood by the
members of the committee, whose high character as
Liverpool merchants must place them above all
suspicion of improper motives. Another question
in the discussion was as to the legal right of the
Council to veto the proceedings of the committee,
and this also has given rise to considerable misunder-

landing

Many oUthe Council contend that while

they have not the power to interfere in details they
have the right to interfere in this particular matter
of the contract. Others contend, and with some
show of justice, that the right to veto can only apply
to the simple question whether the proposed docks
are to be constructed, and this being conceded, it
rests with the committee to decide upon the best
It is to be hoped that
some benefit has arisen from the lengthened dis-
cussion, which was adjourned from Wednesday
until yesterday (Monday), when the Council, by 31
to 21, affirmed their previous veto; but as this did
not constitute a majority of two-thirds, as required
by the Act, the veto fell to the ground, and the
works will, therefore, be proceeded with.
The question of imposing a halfpenny rate for a
Free Public Museum has led to some difference of
opinion in the Council. Of course the popular
feeling is in favour of saving any rate, however
small, in these times of reduction of taxation ; and,
as the corporate property is more than sufficient
for the ordinary demands upon it, there is less rea-
son for enforcing any addition upon the

means of carrying it

present

local burdens. The discussion gave rise to an ex-
hibition of temper unbecoming an assembly of
Liverpool gentlemen, and was finally disposed of
by an undestan ding that the obnoxious rate should
not be enforced until an opportunity has been af-
forded of conferring with the representatives of the
parish.

Some misunderstanding appears to have arisen
in the Health Committee with reference to a pro-
posal to affix signboards to the lamp-posts in the
chief thoroughfares, which should point out the
names of public buil d ngs, and the addresses of such
of the adjoining tradesmen as chose to pay for the
privilege of being so distinguished. It has been
opposed on the ground of its being converted into
a species of puffing advertisements, but the one
put Up in Dale-street appears to he a simple direc-
tion after the plan of the postoffice directing signs
on the lamp-posts in the metropolis ; and the pro-
jector offers to place the whole affair under the di-
rection of the authorities, and pay an annual sum
for the privilege. The decision of the Committee
has been adjourned for a month, in order to obtain
the opinion of the tradesmen of Liverpool on the
subject.

In common with weak minds, who are prone to
back their assertions with a wager, Mr. COBDEN—in
order to give a show of sincerity to his absurd pre-
dictions about the everlasting peace to be brought
about by the aid of cotton bales, disbanding the
army and dismantling the navy—offered our con-
temporary the Manchester Guardian to pay him
£lO,OOO in the event of a French invasion of this
country, upon condition of the latter paying one
shilling a week to the Manchester Infimary until
that event does occur. Our contemporary declined
the tempting proposal, but it appears that a Lieut.
General BROTHERTON has taken up the challenge,
and in a published correspondence Mr. COBDEN has
declared his willingness to pay the £lO,OOO whenever
a French invasionis attempted. In a subsequentletter,
Lieut.-Gen. BROTHERTON expresses his satisfaction
of lklr. ConDEN's sincerity, and declines the proffered
bond, though he engages to pay the promised
subscription to the Infirmary. Mr. COBDEN
has thus cheaply earned a reputation with the
vulgar, but it can never ascend higher. Of
what value would he the bond thus confidently
offered, when no Court of Law would enforce the
payment, upon the ground of there being an illegal
consideration ? He might as well have offered a
bribe to any one to promote an invasion by the
QUEEN'S enemies, a manifest act of treason; and
Mr. COBDEN, notwithstanding his mania about
Peace, and his political predictions, which have
always been falsified, has yet sense enough to know
that such an obligation would not be binding.
The important question of establishing local
tribunals for the decision of differences on mercantile
affairs, was again brought before the Chamber of
Commerce, at their meeting yesterday, of which a
report will be found in another column. The
chamber, by a unanimous resolution, requested the
new council of their body to petition in favour of the
proposal.

CENTRAL AMERICA.—.The only achievement
that marked Sir H. Bulwer's residence at Washing-
ton was a treaty relating to Central America, which
opened a free passage across the isthmian states to
the commerce of the world. Against this treaty a
most unreasonable outcry has been lately raised in
the United States, for no better reason than that it
does not dispossess Great Britain of her old rights
over Honduras, which she never dreamed of sur-
rendering. A groundless charge of dishonesty has
been fastened on Mr. Clayton, the minister who
negotiated the treaty, and it stands in imminent
danger of being upset altogether. Here is a useful
illustration for Mr. Cobden. He will find, we sus-
pect, as he pursues his historical studies, that de-
mocracies are apt to be more unreasonable, more
grasping, more peevish, more subject to uncon-
trollable impulse than monarchies. Happily for
them, their resolutions are less quickly executed, and
a dread of taxation supplies to some extent the place
of a statesmanlike prudence and self-control. Had
the American government been as strong and cen-
tralised as the French, the monomania which pos-
sesses them for monopolising their own continent
would have embroiled
quarrel. us long ago in a serious

THE BIBLE IN TUSCANY; A fact—a very
great fact—is stated by Dr. Cahill his eagerness
to accumulate criminations upon the l
Madiai. "They have distributed says)i a t least
atrocious
eleven thousand copies of the Bible."
About the
guilt of such an offence "let graceless zealots
fight." The fact is enough for us. It is an
admission of the utmost value, considering the
quarter from which in an unguarded moment it has
been wrung, that a desire for Scriptural knowledge
extensively pervades the people of Tuscany. If
two persons in so humble a station as the Madiai
have been enabled to circulate so many copies of
the Bible, where the mere possession of it is visited
with the heaviest penalties, it is manifest that
Popery is not alarmed without cause in its strong-
hold. Those eleven thousand Bibles represent a
doubt of the infallibility of Rome, and an earnest
determination to imbibe the truth at the fountain
head, in at least eleven thousand families, Truly

it was high time for the Grand Duke to bring out
his guillotine; and, no doubt, he was actively,
prompted to do so. The high crime of " propaga-
ting Protestantism" must be as rife in the territory
of his Serene Highness, as that of Ribbon Propa-
gandism is in Ireland. But Doctor Cahill, and
amateur jurists of his trempe, can only find in their
hearts to applaud the vindication of the laws in one
of these cases. His quondam friend, Mr. Keogh,
might lie for ever under the obloquy of having con-
tributed to the incarceration of a sworn Ribbonman,
before the Doctor would put his eloquence out of
breath to defend him. His warmth in the cause of
moral order is all nursed to advocate that benign
exercise of power which the Grand Duke of Tuscany
has exhibited against such atrocious revolutionists
as want to "turn the world upside down" with the
Bible.—Dublin Evening Mail.

LOUIS NAPOLEON'S MARRIAGE.—There etas
something deeper than all this in the feeling of the
multitudes who suffered the Emperor and his bride
on this signal occasion to pass among them with-
out enthusiasm, almost without recognition, not
only giving no sign of loyalty, but grudging even
the most ordinary marks of respect. The truth
seems to be, that whatever be the opinion in this
country of the love match of Louis Napoleon, it
has deeply wounded the sensibilities and alienated
the feelings, not merely of the frequenters of saloons,
but of the lower classes of Paris. They feel that
their Emperor has been rejected from the associated
community of Monarchs, and their pride is hurt by
seeing the diadem of France flung into the lap of a
lady whom they have seen for years a resident in
their city, and upon whose past career they are not
disposed to put a too favourable construction.
They feel that they have made an Emperor, but do
not wish him to repeat the process by creating an
Empress. They feel that public considerations had
nothing to do with the marriage, and with the
quick instinct of the multitude perceive that they
have been treated merely as a pis aller,—that it was
only when the Emperor found that the palaces of
legitimate monarchy were shut against him he dis-
covered he was a parvenu, and, while in reality gra-
tifying his passion and his resentment, affected to
fling himself on the sympathies of his people, and
to constitute himself the representative of the elec-
tive as opposed to the hereditary principle. That
sympathy he has not obtained. The crowd looked
coldly on him as he came and as he went, and the
listless spectators of his nuptials keenly criticised
the getting up of the ceremony, but forgot its po-
litical import and thought little of the prospects of
a future dynasty. The proprietors of private houses
would not illuminate, and the public buildings dis-
pensed their splendours to empty streets and de-
serted quays. For once, Paris was not "i' the
vein." She was for once deep in thought, thinking
of a disastrous past, an unstable present, and a
lowering future—of all the idle ceremonies she had
seen and may yet see—of all she has lost and of all
she has gained—of the Monarchy, of the Republic,
of the Empire—and of the unseen void which lies
beyond them all.—The Times.
The marriage of the Emperor and Empress of
the French was solemnised at Notre Dame on Sun-
day with that lavish magnificence to which parvenus
of all classes are particularly prone. We smile at
the splendour of the mushroom court; but it is
precisely because it is so spurious and ephemeral a
thing that it puts on so gorgeous a dress and apes
so carefully the etiquette and ceremonial of royalty
—a childish masquerade after all, unless they sym-
bolise the tradition ml dignity of a time-honoured
throne. Tailors, jewellers, and decorators, are
called in to supply the absence of all that can touch
the feelings, impress the imagination, and com-
mand respect. Moreover, the taste for pomp has
been in the Parisian populace pampered and culti-
vated to such a degree that every show must be
costlier than the last. Nothing but real magnifi-
cence will go down.—Guardian

THE ACTIUM CASE, the Queen's Bench hav-
ing properly refused a new trial, was wound up on
Monday by the infliction of a punishment, mild
indeed, but sufficient under the circumstances to

satisfy the ends of justice—a fine of £lOO, which
was paid on the spot. So ends the most painful
and disgusting of our causes celebres. Its close at
least was worthy of an English court of justice.
Mr. Justice Coleridge's address is a touching and
dignified piece of judicial eloquence, redeeming the
character of the Court, deodorizing (if we may use
the word) the filthy details of the case, and fixing,
while it softens and corrects, the impression it has
left on the public mind.—London Guardian.

On this subject the Morning Post says :—" We
must pronounce the bold, able, candid, and digni-
fied review which Mr. Justice Coleridge took of
the whole case to be a fine model of judicial beha-
viour under very trying circumstances. The case
admitted the expression of a great deal of feeling.
The Court had to inflict punishment, not to ascer-
tain facts. It had to weigh motives and conse-
quences, to determine what amount of retribution
would satisfy the alleged injustice to Dr. Achilli,
and yet not disregard the mitigating circumstances
of Dr. Newman. A wide margin was thus left.
In injudicious hands this latitude might have been
singularly prejudicial to the dignity of that high
Court. But in the hands of that learned judge and
dignified gentleman, and devout Christian, not a
single word was uttered which could have embit-
tered the personal feelings of any, not an opportu-
nity was lost of tempering the stern rigour of the
law with all the softening accompaniments of
Christian sorrow, and divesting it of all shadow of
a connection with the bitterness of religious con-
troversy. Not a word of harshness against the
faith of the offender, not a single comparison of
the two Churches, no one word that did not apply
to the actual Lusiness of the occasion, escaped the
lips of the judge, or betrayed any suppressed feel-
ing of the Court. A very proper care was taken to
prevent the question between the prosecutor and
the defendant from being considered as between the
two Churches of England and Rome. The con-
troversy between these lies far wide of any persona-
lities. At the same time, it was only just to the
Church of England that the court should declare
how wholly uninterested she was in the case from
first to last. And this Mr. Justice Coleridge did,
in language how forcible, in a spirit how charitable,
and in argument how irresistible, let the reader
ponder and judge for himself. Had Dr. Newman
been proved to be the wicked and bitter slanderer
which the criminal information alleged him to be
(but which evidently the court did not consider
him), the answer was, unhappily for him, that he
belonged not to her fold, but to Rome. On the
other hand, had Achilli been all that Dr. Newman's
libel asserted, the Church of England was not
answerable for his training, but the Church of
Rome. It was under the discipline of Dr. New-
man's own church that he became what he was
represented to be. Either way the Church of Eng-
land has no credit at stake; and the argument on
either side proves more than is good for the Church
of Rome."

The Morning Herald, taking up the same subject,
says :—" The Court of Queen's Bench has suffered
we fear, sentimentality' to lead it in pronouncing
its judgment yesterday. To the court generally it
would doubtless appear a glorious opportunity of
contrasting the clemency of the laws of a Protestant
state with the cruelty of the laws of such a state as
Tuscany. At Florence, a poor man and his wife
have been incarcerated for more than seventeen
months, for the crime of reading the Scriptures, in
their own house, to one or two of their domestics.
In London, an eminent Papist is brought to trial
for calumniating a convert from Popery. It is
proved, as Lord Campbell remarked, that at least
six flagitious crimes had been charged by him against
this poor convert, for the truth of which not a tittle
of evidence could be produced. Yet, after being
found guilty of these frightful calumnies, the sen-
tence of the Court of Queen's Bench is, that he do
pay a fine of one hundred pounds 1 We repeat, that
it is not possible to understand this sentence in any
other way than that the court was romantically bent
on showing, that while Protestants cannot get any-
thing like fair play in Popish countries, Romanists
will find in England a contrary system is pursued.
We doubt not that the judges would reply, that
they felt this to be a case which might be made an
exception to all general rules—a case in which it
would be noble and graceful in a bench of Protestant
judges to lean to the side of mercy in dealing with
a pervert to Popery. Such feelings maybe honoured,
to a certain extent ; but they may be carried to such
lengths as to work a practical injustice.
The Standard says :—" May not the mediators
for the Madiai with triumphant confidence present
to the despot of Tuscany the record of Newman's
conviction and punishment ; the victory of Pro-
testant toleration, which sheaths even the sword of
justice rather than wound too deeply the adver-
saries of the faith it holds ? Such an example
cannot fail of its effect upon Europe generally,
whatever effect it may produce upon the Tuscan
gaoler. Let him commute the remnant of the
three or four years' imprisonment to which the
Madiai have been condemned for reading the Holy
Scriptures for
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the sympathy f British
prison doors of the•
captives, The 'case of Acbilli

against Newman is of European interest, and in
every part of Europe will be read the triumph of
British law, and the glory of 3ritish toleration.
How much more valuable is this than it would be
to shut up Newman for a year or two, and make a
martyr of him, perhaps ensure his canonisation,
should he happen to die in his prson

FOREIGN NEWS.

FRANCE.—The impulse given to :he trade of Paris by
the late imperial fetes is said to have proved highly satis-
factory to the bourgeoisie. The etiqlette at official balls
and receptions requiring- gentlemen t) wear embroidered
coats and vests, has caused the ladies to enter upon a
rivalry in their toilettes, and :dread, an enormous de-
mand has been created for all kinds of the most costly
articles of attire for both sexes.
It is announced, on high authority, that the Queen of
Spain is about to present the Empress Eugenie with a
costly coronet, richly and magnificently adorned with
diamonds. The Duchess of Alba, sister of the Empress,
sends her an equipage of eight beautiful horses. The
crowd of visitors to the cathedral of Notre Dame on
Tuesday was immense. There was a line of people wait-
ing for admission, extending at least a quarter of a mile,
arranged in line four deep.
Twenty-eight young females were married and dottes
on the occasioa of the marriage. A. credit of 300.000
francs (£12,000), was pl4ced at the disposal of the Pre-
fect of the Seine for acts of charity, and for the liberation
of tools, furniture, Btc., from the different m9nts-de-piele.
Double rations of wine and soup were served out to all the
troops, and all offences against discipline were amnestied.
The bride, it is stated, received her education in
England. When a girl, Mdlle. Montijo, with her sister,
the present Duchess of Alba, according to a local paper,
wera pupils at a highly respectable establishment at
Bristol. Her Majesty is not only of English education,
but was obliged to summon the confectioners of London
to produce her bride-cake, which weighed 3201b5. It was
a monstrous white circular mass, as large as the wheel of
a brougham, from which arose an alabaster vase, whose
handles were eagles, and in this vase were silver corn
ears, and white roses, and other pretty flowers, and over
its sides trailed wreaths of lilies of the valley, falling
down to the snowy mound beneath. The cake was
covered with cornucopias, between certain nondescript
ornaments, with white lace " insertions," which were
pretty and fanciful, but conveyed no moral.

. . .
The manufacturers of Puy have forwarded a very
splendid present of choice lace to their new empress, as a
specimen of their tasteful productions and a testimony of
their devotion.

A correspondent relates one or two incidents which
show that the arrangements have not given universal
satisfaction in high places :—" The Princess Marie de
Baden (Duchess of Hamilton) left the Palace of the Tuil-
leries on Saturday evening before the signing of the act of
marriage, because no special place bad been marked out
for her in the ceremonial. On Sunday both her Grace
and the Duke attended the relicious ceremony ; but
although the Grand Master of the Ceremonies went three
times to ask them to take places in the imperial gallery
with " the civil family" of the Emperor, they declined
the honour, in consequence, no doubt, of the slight of the
previous evening. Both the Duke and Duchess of Ha-
milton declined to sign the act of marriage."
Another incident many would look on as an inauspi-
cious omen :—" The wedding-ring, which the Emperor
was to place on the bride's finger, and which the Grand
Master of the Ceremonies was supposed to have in safe
keeping, was not to be found. The Grand Master bor-
rowed a ring of one of the princesses present, in order to
be prepared with one. This he handed to the Archbishop
of Paris, and that prelate had already given it his bene-
diction when the Grand Master informed the Emperor of
what had occurred. The latter immediately put his hand
into his side-pocket, and drew out a box which contained
the wedding-ring and a fine medal, ornamented with
diamonds, on which were marked the names of the Em-
press and of himself, and the date of the marriage."
The names of 4,312 persons condemned by the Com-
missions Mixtes, and pardoned by the Emperor, are pub-
lished in the Moniteur of Friday. The parties are to be
immediately set at liberty.

SPAlN.—General Narvaez has received orders from
Madrid to proceed to Vienna at once, under penalty of
being regarded as a rebel.

TURKEY.—The accounts concerning Montenegro are
becoming daily more important, and seem to assume the
charnc:er of a war between the Crescent and the Cross.
On the night of January 5 (the Christmas-day of the
Greek Church), the Turks fired the shops in Mostar, and
then proceeded to a general pillage. A week later, we
hear of several villages being pillaged and burnt,
and that 36,000 Turks, under Omar Pasha, have landed
and surrounded Montenegro, with a view of attacking it in
five different parts at the same time. On the other hand,
we hear that districts, hitherto doubtful, have declared for
the Montenegrins ; who are reported to have repulsed the
Turks in more than one engagement, with considerable
slaughter. The Austrians are marching such large bodies
of troops towards Dalmatia, that a Vienna correspondent
appears to consider a war with Turkey inevitable :—"Not
only," he writes, " has a part of the Italian army been
sent to the neighbourhood of Cattaro, but reinforcements
have even been forwarded from this capital. It is pro.
liable that few persons excepting the chiefs of the
Emperor's Central Military Bateau know the exact
strength of the military cordon now formed on the Turkish
frontiers, but it cannot be less than 20,000 to 25,000 men.
No one here ventures to talk about the intentions of this
Government towards the Porte, but it is evident enough
that the very existence of Turkey is seriously menaced.
The night before last two rocket batteries were despatched
from Vienna, and orders have been issued that a staff
officer must always be on duty in the bureau of the first
army corps, which has its head-quarters here."
Other accounts state that the valiant Jellachich, the
Ban of Croatia, is at the head of a corps " of observation"
of 18,000 men, and that Gen. Count Leiningen has been
despatched to Constantinople to demand the immediate
withdrawal of Omar Pasha and his army, on the alterna-
tive of its further advancement being deemed a cases bellf.
We learn from Vienna, under date of January 28, that
the last news from Montenegro is, that on the Mth neither
party made any great progress. "In the evening," says
the Tristie Zeitung, " Osman Pasha, of Mcutari (who
entered by Szabljak), retired into the open country, and
took up a position at the foot of a hill. The Montenegrins,
taking advantage of a stormy night, stole into the Tur-
kish camp, where disorder and confusion soon reigned.
The Turks at last took to their heels. The importance of
this affair may be judged of by the number of trophies
which fell into the hands of the victors. They carried off
seventeen flags, eighty horse-loads of powder, sixty
horses, many weapons, silver-mounted yataghans, &c.,
and three hundred and seventeen Turks' heads."

EGYPT.—There has been a meeting of English resi-
dents at Alexandria, to consider what steps can be taken
for the completion of the English church now in course
of erection there :—" Though the foundation-stone of
this church was laid in the year 1.839, and £B,OOO sterling
has been expended upon it, it is not yet finished. Stre-
nuous exertions are being made by the residents to com-
plete the structure, and it is hoped that the government
at home will come forward to their assistance. A pro-
posal has been made, in order to raise funds, to sell a
portion of the ground adjacent to the church, which,
from its central position, would fetch a high price ; but,
as this ground was a gift from Mehemet Ali to the Eng-
lish community, it would be very desirable not to be under
the necessity of having recourse to such a measure."

WEST INDIES.—The Royal Mail steam ship la
Plata has brought advices to the 16th ult. She has
also brought 732,000 dollars in silver, and 328,000 dollars
in gold. No cases of yellow fever occurred on the pas-
sage, either outwards or homewards.

At St. Thomas's, the yellow fever had almost ceased
to exist, with the exception of one or two sporadic cases.
Advices from Jamaica extend to the lith ult. The
intelligence taken out by the La Plata had thrown the
colony into one generalstate of dismay. The inhabitants
relied on the Derby government for such measures of
relief as it had often been declared by members of that
government were necessary. But the altered views of the
government had spread an entire gloom over the whole
country, and sunk the public heart in dismay. The
house of assembly was to re-assemble on the 25th of
January. The object of members in agreeing to so long
an adjournment was to enable them to learn the intentions
of her Majesty's government. Those intentions being
now made known, it is generally supposed that the
assembly will refuse to grant supplies, which may lead to
a dissolution of the assembly.
Accounts from Barbadoes state that the yellow fever
still lingered there. The fever had disappeared from the
populous localities of the town.
In St. Lucia the weather had been unsettled. Several
states had commenced grinding, and a fair progress in the
manufacture of sugar had been made.
From Antigua we learn that, with the continuance of
fine weather, the island will ship one of the largest crops
known for some years. _ _

The Dauntless is stated to have lost 73 men and 16
officers by yellow fever. The Devastation had touched
Barbadoes, with orders from the admiral to tow out the
Dauntless, if unable to proceed herself to Antigua ; but
Captain Halsted refused the offer on account of his stores
being On shore, and the Devastation returned to Trinidad.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE PACIFIC

By the United States mail steam-ship Pacific, which
arrived in this port early on Friday, we have intelligence
from New York to the 22nd ult. She brought 54
passengers but no specie. The Europa arrived at Halifax
on the 21st ult. ; and the Andes in 26 days, from Liver-
pool.

In the senate of the United States, a long and some-
what dreary discussion had taken place on the state of
relations between Spain and the United States with
respect to Cuba. General Cass was the principal speaker.
Further consideration of the subject being adjourned, he
will have had afi opportunity, on the 27th ult., of extend-
ing his remarks. The debate took the form of a
reaffirmation of " the Monroe doctrine." " So far as
respects my own personal views," said Mr. Cass, " I
have already explained to the senate, I desire the
possession of Cuba—earnestly desire it, whenever we can
justly obtain it, and the sooner that time comes the
better, for then will be settled one of the most delicate
questions—the most delicate, perhaps, in our foreign
policy, always liable to embarrass us by grave con-
junctures more easy to be foreseen than be guarded
against. As to the means—though, as I have already
said, I am prepared to advocate its purchase even at the
most liberal price, still I should prefer its acquisition by
the action of the people of Cuba. ' Besides the Cuban
debate, little has taken place in congress. The Pacific
railroad scheme was taken up, but nothing done.
The Hon. Edward Everett, secretary of state, had
delivered the annual address before the African Coloniza-
tion Society. In the course of his remarks he stated
that six vessels had been sent from the United States to
Liberia during the past year, carrying 660 coloured
emigrants, of whom 403 were free-born, 225 were
emancipated, and 38 had purchased their freedom.—A
state temperance convention had been held at Albany,
the capital of New York State, at which 28,000 females
had petitiQned the legislature to enact, in New York, the

famous Maine Law, forbidding the sale of intoxicating
drinks. In the state of Massachussets, on the other
hand, where the law is in operation, a motion for its
repeal had been lost in the legislature by but a few votes.
Cholera had broken out on board the African colonization
brig Zebra, for Liberia, and the brig had put back to
Savannah with twenty-seven deaths on board.—The
annual report of the secretary of the United States
treasury, shows that the receipts of the fiscal year, ended
30th June, 1852, were 560,649,031, the expenditure
during the same period $46,007,806, and the actual
surplus in hand ten millions of dollars.