Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-01-17

ing him authority to part with them 10 the person
whom her Majesty might command to be entrusted
| with them.
This her Majesty refused to do and the stranger was
ultimately taken to the station house When seated
there Al the fire, he told of the officers that
from his being mposter he had the letters and
papers with which he had been entrusted for the
queen In his pocket and to prove this assertion, he
took from his pocket and showed the superintendent
! Two or three newspapers addressed to the Queen,
sPon which was stamped the foreign post mark. He
then asked for pen, ink and paper, which, being pro
| vided him, he wrote a letter to Lord Melbourne,
which was immediate transmitted TO his lordship,
and shortly afterwards, the noble yiscounts secre
tary arrived at the station house with authority TO
denver into the hands of the bearer any dispatches
he might have for her Majesty. This authority,
however, he did not consider sufficient, He said he
could not consistently With the oath he had taken,
deliver the letters and papers to any one save To her
Majesty herself, or to some one whom the Queen
might appoint, in her own hand writing to receive
them The police officer returned tn the Castle for
further instructions On his return to the station
house it appearing that the stranger" really pes
sexsed some letters and other documents addressed
to her Majesty he told the bearer Of them that his
instructions that unless he chose to give them
up quietly, he to resort TO other means to compel
him to do The stranger sill refusing to
part with them attempt was made 10 force
| them from him, and IN the scuffe the table and
chairs in the station house were upset, and, at one
tme the whole party were SPRAYING upon the floor.
The stranger resisted to the last, but being over
powered by superior numbers, he was at length de-
feated. Upon examining the letters and papers
| (Which were Immediately despatched TO the Castle)
IT was ound that there three letters addressed
| to the Queen, bearing the German post-mark, ana
three or foui spapers similarly addressed The
| letters, 1t Is supposed, were from Prince Albert
Lord Melbourne rquested him TO be detained tai
the following morning lt was soon discovered that
he is a clerk he Foreign Post Office OF the name
| OF Saunders. He duty at the Foreign letter
Office, and, upon the arrival Of the foreign mails, dis
covering the letters and papers addressed to her
Majesty, he put tnem into his pocket fer the pur
pose of conveying them, without los OF time, 20 the
Queen at Windsor. As soon his duties had ceased
at the office he started off TO the Castle post haste
10 a chase and four. Ec was taken TO London by a
police. officer, and has since been suspended ro his
duties. He is about thirty. The honour Of in
terview with royalty is believed to have been the
motive TO his extraordinary conduct on this occasion
LAUNCH OF THE PREsIDESr.-SeveraI thousand
persons went to Limehouse on saturday, Dec. 7th
to view the immense steam ship President ended
TO bet ween New York and London. The Presi-
dent Is o greater power and tonnage than the British
Queen; and was bull. in the same DOCK and not
upon slip, that she had to be fnated ont OF the
dock, and not launched. Mrs Laird, wife Of the
African explorer and protector of the Atlantic Navi
CATION by great steam ships, performed the ceremony
of christening, amidst The cheers Of the multitude
the banks and on the river. Many persons OF dis.
tinction had been allow TO enter and inspect the
vessel Afterwards, party Of gentlemen, invited
by the directors OF the company, dined at Love
groves; MIR. cambridge, Nj. p in the chair. Seve-
raj speeches were made by Mr. Laird, the Croupier,
Mr. Smith, an American resident In London, and
reproof to the private contract made by government
with company not then in actual existence, TO the
injury Of the British and American Steam Nav
Company. and ultimately of the puslic inter sed
in fa,T competition. Che President was hoated out
of the dock or Monday. This result WIS obtained,
not by improvement IN the tides, bnt BY pro-
Of much delicacy, difficulty and labor BY the
emp oy ment oil a large number of workmen during
the great part of 5 nday nigh and Monday morning,
the blocks which this enormous mass
strueted, weighing with the ballast on board,
al al Iron h.. 81
ana the ship safely lowered nine inches. In this
manner the foa,ation effected. The President
will shortly be sent to Liverpool to receive her
sses.
BLOCKADE OF BUENos AYNEs-A deputation of
merchants from Liverpool waited on Wednes day
upon Lsrd Pamerston, the subject Of the pro-
tracted blockade of Buenos by the French squadon,
aud understand his Lordship to have coDmun- |
Gated To the party the fact that negotiations for the
settlement Of this business are going on, and that |
the French Admiral, NJ Duportail who sailed in |
October last, had special orders to treat with the
British Authorities, without reference to Nj. Mart
neZ, the French COMMISSIONING Post.
1t is singular circumstance, that, Of four female
sovereigns that have occupied the throne Of England
not one ever was mother Three out of the four
were married; the first Mary, married to Philip Of
Spain; the second Mary, joined in her sovereignty
with her ever to be remembered William ILL.,. and
Ann, MARRIED to Prince George OF Denmark; Eliza
beth never was married. None OF the three, how
ever left child to inner I her crown.
CRo.sISG THE ArLASrIc IN BALL9oS-Mr
Chariess Green appears to be serious in his intention
to the Atlantic in balloon. The following are
the grounds upon which he dates the possibility of
crossing the Atlantic in balloon, from New York
to Lverpoolor London -
"He states that balloons with carburetted HYDRO
GET, or common coal gas, will retain this fluid unim
paired in its buoyancy and very slightly diminished
in quantity, for great length Of time; whilst the
contrary, the pure ydrogen is so subtitle IS and
capable Of great degree of tenuitv, As to escape
through the impercsptIble pores Of silk, whether
prepared IN the ordinary manner or bv means of
dissolved India rubber. These facts the result |
of observation made during 2I5 ascents; many OF
these occasions a smaller balloon has been filled at a
neig hboring gas wsrks and has been broup hit dis.
lance Of or miles to I'll that in which he intended
10 d. retaininl in many instances its contents
nearly the same in quantity and quality Tor nearly
week. The serrenaIt ed 300 miles with the
supply OF gas, and could have continue its use
for three months, II necessary. As TO making the /
voyage from America 10 Europe, Mr.. Green dates
its possibility IRON the following fact: On all occa
SONS in which the balloons in which he and other
seronauts lad gained altitude beyond the lover /
current Of air, or land breezes, they found uni
form current Of air coming from the Atlantic. and /
blowing w, y. w, or w. BY N, whilst the under
winds. from differeat causes, blowing from /
peints completely at variance with the above: \
the ascent OF the mac Inc into these upper cur
rents j. perfectly easy, and the al itude may
be kept Tor indefinite time with equal facility. /
In 1876. Mr.. Green made proposition IL Paris to
cross the Atlantic in a balloon, when he received |
letter from Admiral Sir Sidney Smith. confirming
his observations 90 the directions or the upper
currents, and IN which that gallant officer states his
conviction Of the safety u the proposed undertak
ing and his readiness to accompany the aerouaut
from New York 10 Europe in his balloon. IL must