The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-04-23

been of miscellaneous character, but not particular
y interesting out Of the country Two motions, how
ever | may briefly notice. the one, made by the
ment of naval parsonage to fill the Office Of First
Lord of the Admiralty, instead of following the pre-
sent pan placing civilian as the First Lord aided
by naval council-ths other, by Lord Stanley, Co
onia Secretary, for the appointment of two commit
tees for nquirng into the state of the British possess
sons the West coast of Africa, and the state of the
West India Colonies connected with the present
condition oflabor and production therein
The speech of Sir Charles Napier was highly cha
racteristic bluff and blunt He showed that with the
exception of Earl Spencer, all the Civilians who had
held the post had neglected the Navy, but displayed
their nepotism Under their rule, ships were only
half manned, and, under Lord Melville, this had par
ticuarly been the in the American war. I" First
of ALL /" said he, "two three brgs taken, and
we did not open our eyes until two or three
frgates walked off "a laugh)" He repeated his
sertion that the British fleet in the Mediterranean had
it been attacked in 1910, would probably have been
defeated, owing to paucity of men but he was of
opinion now the government had taken the alarm and
put full compliments of men into every Ship that ''f
the British Navy continued to be manned as it was at
the present moment all the nations in the world might
keep themselves perfectly quiet, for they might rely
upon it, they would get good licking if they did
not" This opinion, thus quantity given was received
with some laughter and good deal of Growing. His
| motion was negatived.
Lord Stanley full Of congratulaton on the moral
and social improvement that had been effected in the
emancipated negroes, particularly in Jamaica and
Demerara, the two largest colonies The negroes
were saving money and buying land. This led,
as they became independent, to scarcity of la
borers for the planters. Wages became SO high to
| be absolutely ruinous The remedies WERE improve
ments In management and cultivation, and an extern
sive immigration OF free labor. The latter
cessful only with Africans Europeans and Hill Coo
lies having failedthe latter, however only partially.
The planters were laborng under great loss and suf
fering and therefore he moved select committee to
ascertain the cause and to devise, if possible rene
dy The inquiry which he proposed as to the state of
the British possessions on the west coast of Africa
is to be more especially to the present relations
with neighborng tribes. These motions were agreed
The Right of Search has occasionally occupied the
columns OF the metropolitan papers, and the Times
particularly, has fallen foul of General Cass and his
pamphlet. On the Goth ult. column and a half is
devoted to the consideration of his excellencys Bro
churc, but nothing novel is to be extracted from
the article, shall leave the same to your private De
rusal and leisure comment.
The publication of the Earl of Aberdeen's reply tc
Mr. Scvensons last despatch has given rise to some
considerable selfcongratulation among the corp.
editorial, and they one and ALL appear to consider i
not only unanswerable, but positively crushing ant
annihiating.
/ The news Of the seizure of Hogan, and his bene
charged with participating in the crime which led t(
| the M'Leod affair, did not excite much sensation
among the public generally, though some Of thu
e morning papers blew the shrll clarion,-the Tory
!, Herald in the following blast
+" II the Federal Government contrary to our hop
and the claims OF their own character do not maxi
satisfaction for this most contumelous proceeding W.
shall be bound to enforce it in the harbors and on thu
seaboard OF State, full of commercial enterprise
spirit and activity but cursed with the weakest exc
cutive that ever dsgraced the functions Of govern
ment."
The orations and resolutions delivered and passed
at the Philadelphia Convention for aiding in the cause
OF the repeal of the Union between Great Britain ant
Ireland have not created any particular feeling here
except what has casually arisen from the insertion
portion of the speeches. &c. in the Irish and metro
politan papers. have always assured you that the
Repeal move will never terminate in repeal, and that
Dan O'Connell is well aware of the fact The Libe-
rator holds his adherents in the leash Of repeal lei
them loose the more powerfully on any given point
occasion, circumstances, necessity.
Mr. James Wallack, late proprietor of the Nationa
Z THEATRE New York, has been discharged by the In
solvent Court without any imputaton on his charac
ter. He was unopposed, and he had given up all hi
remaining property for the benefit Of his general
ditors He attributed his insolvency entirely to tn.
destruction or tho National ny flIo. The who'll,
amount of his debts is 414OOO-his bona fide credit
, to meet the same, about FL 300
The same activity prevails in the British Navy
which have had occasion particularly to call atten
ton to in most of my recent communications. Thu
week orders have been issued for the laying down
vessels and for several the stocks to be com
pleted with extraordinary despatch. There are now
building, independent of those the stocks in India
eighteen lineofbattle ships, fourteen frgates, ant
seventeen soops, besides small craft and steamers
, j. w. G..