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*inpritat Varitament.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY.
Sir T. FREMANTLE moved for a new writ for the elec-
tion of a representative in parliament for the borough of
Huntingdon, in the room of Sir Fredrick Pollock, who
had been appointed Chief Baron of Her Majesty's Court
of Exchequer; also a new writ for the return of a mem-
ber for the city of Exeter, in the room of Sir William
-Webb Folletr, who had been appointed Her Majesty's
Attorney-General ; also a new writ for the borough of
Woodstock, Mr. Thesiger having accepted the office of
Solicitor-General.
Sir R. PEEL mentioned the 29th of April as the day
appointed for bringing forward the budget.
Sir ROBERT PEEL, at the pressing solicitation of Mr.
Wyse, agreed to postpone the further consideration of the
Irish Registration Bill. He would consent to the post-
ponement of the bill from Friday next ; and he trusted
that this would be regarded as a proof that he (Sir R.
Peel) wished the bill to meet with a fair discussion. He
would attempt to arrange some future day for the second
reading; but, at the same time, he trusted that the house
would not hold him responsible for the delay thus occa-
sioned.

Sir R. INGLis said, that, on a former occasion. he had
asked the right hon. baronet the Secretary of State for
the Home Department whether it was the intention of
the government to bring forward any general measure
which might settle the question of tithes arising out of
parochial assessments.

Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, it was his inteleon to ask
for permission to introduce a bill for altering the law of
settlement, and he thought that if that alteration were
considered expedient, it would supersede the necessity for
any legislation with respect to rating. A very elaborate
report on that subject had been presented to the house in
pursuance of the promise he made on a former occasion.
It was impossible to overrate the magnitude of that sub-
ject, or the difficulty of dealing with it ' • but he had given
his attention to it, and it would be his duty, if the house
allowed him to introduce the Poor-law Amendment Bill,
at some future period, if he then bad the honour to hold
the same office which he now held, to propose some mea-
sure on the subject alluded to by the hon. baronet, but he
could- not express any hope of doing so in the present
session.

The house then went into a committee of supply on the
miscellaneous estimates. On the vote of X 1.50,000, to
defray certain charges hitherto paid out of the county-
rates, being proposed,
Mr. GRANGER complained of the discontinuance, in
many cases, of the employment of counsel for the prose-
cution of prisoners; observing that, when counsel were
not employed, the judge was made to appear in the cha-
racter, as it were, of a prosecutor, and thus the weight of
the bench seemed to be thrown into the scale against the
prisoner.

- Sir J. GRAHAM was understood to say, that he had ob-
served in the public journals that Mr. Justice Cresswell
had expressed regret at the discontinuance of the practice
of employing counsel for the prosecution of prisoners, and
he concurred in the opinion that this discontinuance was
not conducive to the due administration of justice.
Sir R. PEEL said that the converting a judge into a pro-
secutor was altering the relations in which a judge ought
to stand, and he could conceive that a judge in such
a situation might abstain from taking advantage of points
which a barrister could fairly urge. It might be said,
that the appointment of a public prosecutor would remedy
the evil, but, without going that length, he thought, con-
sidering the number of young men in the profession who
were anxious to display their ability, that nothing could
be more easy than the employment of counsellor the pro-
secution of prisoners.
Mr. I-I umE advocated the appointment of a public pro-
secutor, and thought it unfair to call upon boroughs, by
this vote, to pay a share of county expenses in respect to
the prosecution of prisoners.
Mr. HAWES suggested that the right hon. gentleman
should send a circular to the magistrates, stating not only
his own opinion, but also the opinion of the judges upon
this point.

The vote was agreed to. Numerous other votes were
then passed.

Sir J. GRAHAM said, ha wished to move the order for
the second reading of the County Courts Bill.
The bill was read a second time, and ordered to be
committed on Friday next.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY.
Sir A. LEITH HAY moved an address, praying that her
Majesty would confer an honorary distinction on the sur-
viving officers of the Peninsular army. He would not
presume to take a tone of dictation on such a subject ; but
he could not forbear endeavouring to call to the recollec-
tion of the house the merits of those brave men. It was
no small grievance that while other gallant men were re-
warded, the Peninsula officers alone should be neglected.
They who by six years of the severest service had broken
down the most formidable dynasty the world had ever
seen, remained unnoticed ; while the single day of Wa-
terloo had decorated men who, on no other occasion, had°
ever sustained an enemy's fire—ay, every drum boy who
was within sound of that day's musketry. He enume•
rated, by way of example, some t venty or thirty officers,
of whom many were now commanding regiments, but
none of whom had the honour of a medal—none of whom
had anything to show, in evidence of their•services, except
their wounds. And yet it was mainly by the Peninsular
war that the British army had been made what it had now
become.

Lord ARTHUR LENNOX seconded the mntion__
Sir H. HARDINGE, after a just compliment toThie-
manner in which Sir A. L. Hay had brought forward his
motion, contended that the house ought not now to inter-
fere. The rewards for service in the Peninsular war were
given or withheld according to the regulations of that
time; and in order to change that arrangement now, it
ought to be shown that the regulations were so faulty as
to require reversal at this day. _

After a good deal of discussion, Sir A. L. HAY said,
that as he found he had no chance of carrying his motion,
he would withdraw it, rather than produce, by dividing in
a small minority, an impression among the army that the
House of Commons was indifferent to the claims of the
Peninsular officers.

Mr. HUME moved a resolution for giving effect to a
recommendation of the committee of 1841 upon national
monumeos, that the public should be admitted more
freely into cathedrals.
Mr. WYSE seconded the motion.
Sir R. PEEL believed that the admission of the public
to those buildings could be productive only of good. To
the present resolution, however, he could not assent. The
control of these buildings belonged to the ecclesiastical
authorities connected with them ; and while that right
continued theirs by law, the house ought not to interfere
by resolution : the only way of dealing with a right was
to legislate upon it.
Mr. HUME said he had too much respect for Sir R.
Peel's opinion upon this subject to press his motion to a
division. He trusted, however, that the almost universal
sentiment now expressed would have its effect in the
proper quarters. The motion was then withdrawn.
LORD EBRINGTON moved for a return of certain ap-
pointments of stipendiary magistrates by the government
of Lord Fortescue in Ireland. He made this motion
with a view to displace a charge preferred some time since
against Lord Fortescue by Sir J. Graham, that the Irish
administration had made a considerable increase in the
number of such appointments in 1841, very shortly before
they were removed from office, and actually a condemned
government.

- Sir JAMES GRA HAM explained his former charge, which
he had made from a paper put into his hand at the mo-
ment. That charge, however, he contended, had been
substantially correct, though he admitted he had been
mistaken respecting two of his dates.
Lord EBRINGTON said a few words in reply, and the
return was ordered.—Adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY.
There was not a sufficient number of members present
to constitute a house.

HOUSE OF LORDS:
Lord CAMPBELL asked for leave to bring in a bill to
enable actions to be brought against British subjects re-
siding abroad, the cause of action having arisen in this
country. With respect to the law of debtor and creditor,
if the debtor had property in land, or in the funds, to the
amount of £lOO,OOO, he had only to cross the Channel,
and that property could not be reached by the law for the
benefit of his creditors. The importance of a measure of
this nature would appear evident if they considered the
very large number of British subjects who resided abroad
—many of them, it was to be feared, with the intention
of eluding their creditors. By a return made by the
French authorities of the number of British subjects
domiciled in France in January, 1841, it appeared that the
amount was 66,000, exclusive of many thousands who
were travelling. And it was calculated that the sum an-
nually expended by those residents in France was not less
than £5,000,000. (Hear, hear.) Now, if, instead of
thousands, there were only 100 persons who chose to
reside in France, for the purpose of defrauding their cre-
ditors, that would, be conceived, afford a sufficient ground
for the introduction of this bill.
The bill was read a first time.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY.

Loan ASHLEY intimated the course which he will
adopt on the progress of the new Factories' Bill There
were which led him to refuse all discussion
until at the third reading of the Bill ; and at
this stage he would propose clauses, the purport of which
would be to reduce the factory hours to eleven from Oc-
tober next, for two years ensuing and then to commence
the ten hours, from October, 1846.
Sir ROBERT PEEL in answer to Mr. P. M. STEWART,
said he would bring forward his propositions relative to
the Bank Charter on a day immediately after that fixed
for the discussion of the bugdet, which is announced for
the 29th.
Mr. M. GIBSON brought forward a motion relative to
agricultural statistics, with a view to ascertain from time
to time, statements of the breadth of land under cultiva-
tion for each species of produce respectively, and the
amdfint of produce derived from the same ; together with
such other information as will exhibit, as far as practi-
cable, a perfect view of the agricultural capability and
production of the United Kingdom.
Mr. GLADSTONE admitted the importance and the de-
sirableness of the objects contemplated by the motion.
Perhaps, of all parties, the grower of corn would be the
one most benefitted by a good system of agricultural sta-
tistics ; and the government had the subject much at heart,
and were.actually engaged in ascertaining to what extent
it was practicable to carry it into effect. 'lt would, there-
fore, be imprudent in the house to pledge itself to the mo-
tion
before they had really ascertained how and in what
manner it could be best carried out. Ile hoped that Mr.
Gibson would rest satisfied with these assurances, and
withdraw his motion.

The hon. gentle,ni,nn assented, and the house"adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY.
Upon the motion for going into a committee of supply,
a discussion was raised by Mr. Bellew respecting the ap-
pointment of stipendiary magistrates in Ireland, in the
course of which Lord Eliot vindicated the appointments
made by the present government, and defended Mr.
O'Brien from the charges which had been made on a
former evening against him.
Captain BERNAL admitted that the explanation of Lord
Eliot was satisfactory, excepting as far as regarded Mr.
O'Brien, whose appointment he could not think the noble
lord had recommended.
Some discussion was also raised respecting the New
Zealand Company, and Mr. Aglionby pressed upon the
Government the imperative necessity of instituting a
strict and searching inquiry into the conduct and
motives of the founders and members of that company,
either by a commission or a committee of that house.
Lord STANLEY deprecated discussion, and said it was
probable that such an inquiry might be instituted during
the present session.
Mr. ROEBUCK said he believed it would be found that
fraud and fully also were at the bottom of most of those
transactims.

The house then went into committee, and the re-
mainder of the evening was occupied in the discussion of
the miscellaneous estimates.

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPE.—THREE DAYS
LATER FROM AMERICA.
By the Europe, Captain Furber, which arrived in the
Mersey from America on Friday, after a fine passage of
fifteen days, we have received New York papers to the
3d instant, being three days later than those brought by
the Caledonia. The RichmOnd Compiler of the 30th of
March states, that the schooner Jane, Vickers, of and
from Baltimore for that city, with sundry merchandize
and a deck load of lumber, was burned down near Pick-
ett's wharf, some forty miles down the river, and that the
captain and every soul on board perished in the flames.
The New Orleans Republican also states that the steamer
Osage, bound from Yazoo, with a cargo of 600 bales of
cotton, caught fire nearly opposite Jefferson's college, and
was consumed to the water's edge, when she sunk. Very
little of the cotton was saved. There were no lives lost.
Advices had been received that the disturbances in the
island of Hayti had assumed a serious aspect. The
whole of the national army and all the national guard
(militia) were under orders to march against the insur-
gents, and it was thought that there would be some fight-
ing.

Holders of cotton at New York had shown less dispo-
sition to press sales, and there had been a fair demand.
Prices had slightly improved.
' The following statistics respecting the cotton market
we take from the New York Prices Current of April 3d ;
Stock on hand, 722,399 bales ; same time lost year,
446,448; same time the year before, 317.880. Cleared
to Great Britain, 432,644 bales; same time last year,
967,753 ; same time the year before, 559,515. Cleared to
Great Britain and other foreign ports, 619,264 bales; same
time last year, 1,296,691; same time the year before,
859,392. Received Ist. September, 1843, 1,546,372 ;
same time last year, 1,913,852; same time the year be-
fore, 1,298,171.

The American ship Natches made her passage from
Callao to Canton in 53 days, being the shortest passage
on record.
B 3 a Colonial Ordinance, all port, anchorage, and light-
house charges hitherto levied at the Cape of Good Hope
are abolished.
The grippe (influenza) continues to make painful pro-
gress in Paris. Differing from former visitations of the
malady, it has this year proved fatal in very many cases.
The National states that Louis Philippe will pay his
visit to her Majesty, Queen Victoria, in the month of
June, and that he will be accompanied by Marshal Soult.
Accounts from Goritz state, that the disorder of the
Duke of Angouleme is decidedly cancer in the stomach,
and, consequently, that no hopes can be entertained of his
recovery.
A petition, divided into three parts. signed by anumber
of male and female operatives, and demanding the aboli-
tion of slavery in the French colonies, was presented to
the French chamber of deputies on Wednesday.
The Moniteur states the total number of copies of
newspapers printed daily in Paris to be 90,900, of which
52,600 are sent by post to the departments and foreign
countries.

A rich vein of cobalt has recently been discovered at
La Motte, in Madisonian county, Missouri. The ore has
been known in that spot for several years, but it was sup-
posed to be black oxide of copper.
ENCOURAGEMENT OF DRAMATIC LITERATURE.—The
Prussian has followed the example of the Austrian govern-
ment, and granted to dramatic writers a per centage on
the receipts of each representation of their productions.
As it should be.

Letters from Egypt announce that the pounding of
marble monuments into mortar is at an end—that the
Pasha had suddenly fallen in love with antiques, and has
given positive orders that no more shall be removed out
of the country.

THE SLAVE TRADE.--The slaver Josephine, Lieuten-
ant Jamieson in charge, one of the three slavers captured
by her Majesty's steamer Thunderbolt, arrived at 'Fable
133 y on January 29, having on board 457 negroes—viz.,
2to rnalea and 917 females_ The ntln, turn dace', had
not reached port, but were daily expected.
WIRE. BRIDGE IN AMERICA.—We learn from the
American papers that an iron wire bridge, sixty feet long,
has been constructed across the Miami Canal, Cincinnatti,
at a cost of 1,650 dolt-irs ' this is the first bridge of this
description erected west of the mountains, and it is calcu-
lated that it will bear, with safety, a weight of 150 tons.

The Moniteur Parisian states that, according to the
lest arrivals from Hayti, the government of the island has
come to the resolution that no foreigners shall hereafter
have a right to purchase or hold lands within the terri-
tory, unless they are subjects of governments who have
emancipated their slaves.

The Courier Francais announces that a most important
capture had been made near the Spanish frontier. Ten
individuals, who proved to be Carlist officers and privates,
were arrested by some custom-house officers. Within
the last fifteen days thirty-two arrests bad been made, and
amongst them four of the most ferocious and sanguinary
Carlist chiefs.

FRANCE.—The Univers publishes an address from the
Bishops of Bourges, Clermont, St Fleur, and Puy, on
the liberty of education in France, addressed to the king.
This address inculcates the necessity of giving every sys-
tem of education a religious foundation, and complains
that the spirit which animates the university is irreligious,
and tends to substitute the domination of an incredulous
philosophy for the salutary influence of religion.

A CHURCH OF ROME MOVEMENT.—The legislature of
Indiana have wisely given the go-by, through an indefi-
nite postponement, to a bill " incorporating the Bishop of
Vincennes as sole to hold property for the use of the
Roman Catholic Church in the state of Indiana." Let
the legislative bodies of all our States act thus promptly,
in reference to similar propositions—and we feel as though
Popery in the United States would receive a mortal wound.
—American Paper.

GREECE.—Accounts from Athens come down to the
3th ult. inclusive. On that day King Otho closed in
person the session of the National Assembly, to which he
delivered the following address :—" I am rejoiced to see
the great work of the Constitutional Charter of Greece
brought to a close, and I present myself before you in
order to seal it by the prescribed oaths. I desire that the
constitution—that sacred and indissoluble tie between the
nation and the king—may produce and consolidate the
prosperity of Greece. The task for which I have con-
voked this National Assembly being finished, I declare it
to be closed." The capital was illuminated in the even-
ing.
THE RULING PASSION.—An aged female mendicant,
named Margaret Kerzlerinn, who died •the other day at
Musich. having long been remarkable for a most miserly
disposition, earnestly requested, hefore her death, that
she might be buried in the cap she then wore, for which
she pretended to have a great regard, as being the gift of
a benefactress. Her sister gave the required promise,
and old Margaret expired in apparent content. The sis-
ter, in arraying the corpse, took off the cap, and thinking
that the band which surrounded it might be made more
useful to the living than the dead, took it off, when lo!
bank notes to the amount of 1110 florins (about £94),
were found concealed under it. The old lady was evi-
dently anxious to take her money along with her.
DREADFUL OCCURRENCE AT HALIFAX.—The Hali-
fax Journal of the 4th of March states :—About two
o'clock this morning, a fire broke out in the Asylum for
the Poor, some three miles from town, and in the course
of two hours, the building was burnt to the ground. So
rapidly did the fire spread, that those in the house were
unable to save any of their effects—and awful to relate,
ten of the inmates were burned to death. One of those
burnt (Lydia Bowen,) had carried her child to a place of
safety, and returned to try to save something, but did not
herself again escape the devouring flames. There were
fifty-nine persons in the house, besides the family of
Capt. Timothy Bunker, the keeper. Capt. B. lost all his
effects and 40 dollars in money. There were 13 of the
paupers bed-ridden—one of them we were told had not
walked for about twenty years.

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FORMOSA.—There are at present lying off the town
(Hong Kong) three junks which brought cargoes of cam.
phor from Formosa. A gentleman who had some con-
versation with a part of their crews has favoured us with
the following information derived from them. They have
brought about a thousand peculs of camphor from Hap-
nia-lan. a town situated near the northern extremity of
the island and containing about twenty thousand inhabi-
tants. They represent their native district as producing
in abundance sugar and rice, and the interior of the island
as abounding with large forest trees and inhabited by
Aborigines who wear no clothing, subsist chiefly by hunt-
ing, and procure their fire-arms and powder from the
Chinese. They cultivate rice to a small extent for the
purpose of distillation, and are extremely fond, of ar-
dent spirits. They lead a wandering life, but never ven-
ture into the Chinese settlements; they speak a language
peculiar to themselves, but have no books.,
The Chinese
occupying the northern portion of Formosa generally
speak the Fokien dialect, and one of the party remarked
that his ancestors had lived at Hap-ma-lan for four gene-
rations.
They carry on commerce with most of the ports
on the Chinese coast, with Amoy, Ningpo, and Shanghai,
besides Macao and Canton. An officer of the first rank
resides in the district, which bears the same name with
the city. They say that rice is selling there for drs. 1.75
per pecul, white sugar at drs. 5 par pecul, and camphor
drs. 30. They made the passage in flue days, passing
directly over to the coast of China, near the ouill of
the Min river, and then running along the coast south-
ward.—Hong Kong RegiBier, January 2.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN NEW ORLEANS.—On the
11th ult a fire broke out in the New Orleans "Cotton
Press", and destroyed an immense quantity of Cotton.
By the least calculation 4500 bales were burnt—with
200,000 dollars. The building was considered the largest
in the world. It fronts upon the Mississipi, and on
Roffigne and new Levee streets, and is 632 feet in front,
by 308 in breadth. It was built by an incorporated com-
pany, at a cost of 753,000, and is capable of yoring thirty
thousand bales of cotton, which amount, we understand,
was under the roof at the time of the fire.
SINGULAR SUBTERRANNOUS EXPLOSIONS.—A letter
from Lisbon, dated March 26, contains the following :
" An explosion of subterraneous water took place lately
in the district of Vizeu, by which the soil was torn up,
and earth and stones thrown up to a great bight, for the
distance of more than a league, between the small river of
Oleiros and the Douro. All the cultivated ground over
which the explosion passed was destroyed, and in many
places it created ravines 40 feet in depth, and 30 fathoms
wide. It carried away and shattered to fragments in its
course, which was of extreme rapidity, no fewer than 50
wind and water mills, choked the Douro with rubbish,
and caused the death of nine persons including one entire
family. The loss to the poor farmers and labourers is
calculated at 60 coatons, or £14,000.—0n the same day a
similar explosion took place in the mountain of Marcelins,
in the same district, arising from the same source, but
branching off in the direction of the river Bantanza. It
carried away a farm-house, four cows, and some sheep
and goats. '
DREADFUL CALAMITY IN THE BALEARIC IsLes.The
following dispatch from the Deputy Alcalde of Felantix to
the Political Chief of the Belearic Isles, gives an account
of a frightful accident which occured on the 31st ult. by
which many hundred persons were either killed or wound-
ed : Constitutional Corporation of Felantix.—This after-
noon, at six o'clock, a dreadful catastrophe occurred in
this town. On account of the procession that takes place
yearly on the evening of this day, an immense crowd of
spectators had assembled at the place called the Old Ce-
metery (Cimente'rio Viejo,) opposite the door of the
churcii Santa Rossa, in order to hear one of the twelve
sermons that are preached near the churchyard. During
the preaching the wall that separates the old cemetery
from the Calle Mayor fell down upon the assembly who
were congregated in the street, the whole (more than 300
according to calculation) remained buried under the wall
and the adjacent earth. In union with the most influen-
tial persons of this town, I am taking the necessary mea-
sures. The Alcalde Don Francisco Bonnasser and six of
the members of the corporation (who are only installed
to-day) have been buried. The deputy Alcalde JUAN
CALDENTE.—Further particulars of this accident are
contained in the following letters from the same place :
Felantiz, April I.—My dear friend,—This accident has
been more horrible than we at first believed. 414 persons
killed, 72 wounded, 22 contused, and 27 with fractures ;
this is the result of this dreadful catastrophe over which
the inhabitants of this town are now shedding tears of
blood. What we have witnessed yesterday afternoon and
during the last night seems to us a dream. The Political
Chief arrived at six o'clock.—l can give you no further
particulars."—Times.
DESTRUCTION OF A SOUTH-SEA WHALER AND MUR-
DER OF THE CREW.—By the arrival of the Sussex whaler,
Hanmer, from the South Seas, we learn the fact of the
loss of the Harriette, Banker, of London, a South Sea
whaler, (the property of Messrs. Boulcot, of St. Paul's
Wharf, London,) which sailed from the Thames, in June,
1839, and of which no tidings had been heard for about
two years. It appears that while she was at the small
island called Strong's Island, in N. let. 6, E. long. 163,
she was seized by the natives, that the captain and the
whole of the crew were murdered, and that the vessel was
plundered and burnt to the water's edge. The following
are such stray particulars as could be collected from a few
of the natives and others, by Captain Rounds, of the Pa-
cific, from New Brunswick, who, with other navigators,
visited the island on the 30th of April last :—The Harriet
had put into the island for wood and water, and the inter-
course between her crew and the natives was apparently
carried on in the usual friendly manner. A deep plot,
however, seems to have been laid by the natives, which
was at the same time wholly unsuspected by Captain
Bunker. One day, shortly after their arrival, the captain
and the surgeon went ashore shooting—two boats' crews
being engaged in collecting wood, and one in taking in
water. Out of a crew of 27 to 30 persons, only five re-
mained on board the ship, and this fact doubtless being
observed by the natives, who were anxiously watching an
opportunity, they simultaneously attacked the different
parties, killing each almost instantaneously. Resistance
would appear to have been hopeless, for, although the
island is not more than 27 miles in circumference, it is
very thickly populated, and from 300 to 400 natives were
frequently seen on the shore at one time by Captain
Rounds. The five persons who were on board ship at the
time observed the attack on their comrades, and seeing a
number of canoes putting off towards the vessel, they
hastily embarked in a boat and have not since been heard
of, the probability being that, as Strong's Island is situ-
ated at a long distance from any other, they also must
have perished in the course of the few following days. In
the course of Captain Rounds' investigations on the island
he fortunately discovered four or five leaves of the Har-
riet's log, from which it appeared that the ship had re-
cently been to Port Jackson for the purpose of undergoing
some repairs, and the captain had made an entry to the
effect that he had had some trouble with his crew. Find-
ing all their endeavours fail to procure more information
the several ships above alluded to bore up and stood away
from the island together—parting company some days
ev.k.eccescntly. Tho owners of the 1-Ipx.R.te •,•: • -
effected ail addiumnaimsarance Of Zl,auu, making a total
£7,500. Many of her crew left her at Sydney, whose
places were supplied by others; it is therefore impossible
to give the names of those lost correctly. It is generally
believed that three olher vessels have been destroyed in a
similar manner at the same island, information to that
effect having been obtained by Captain Rounds. These
vessels are supposed to have belonged to some of the Sand-

with is!ands—ships from that locality visiting Strong's
Island fur the purpose of collecting the beach le mar, a
species of worm, in which a considerable trade is carried

on with China. Captain Hanmer states it as his opinion,
that although there may be no Englishmen resident on
the island at present, there must have been at some pre-
vious time, as the natives are so well versed in the Eng-
lish language. lle adds that the natives appeared ex-
tremely desirous to prevent his becoming acquainted with
any of the circumstances of the affair, affecting a degree
of indifference with regard to the American captains. On
entering the harbour it was suggested to him that it might
be advisable to hoist the American standard at the mast
head, instead of the union jack. This however he de-
clined to do. The Sussex brings home a cargo of 1,500
barrels.