The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-04-22


been of miscellaneous character but not particular
" interesting out Of the country. Two motons how
ever, may briefly notice the one made by the
celebrated Commodore Napier, for the appoint-
Of naval parsonage to fill the Office OF First
Lord of the Admiralty, instead OF following the pre-
sent plan, of placing civilian the Flrsi Lord aided
by paval counc-ihe other, by Lord Stanley, Cor
onal Secretary, for the appointment of two commit
ees for nquirng into the slate of the British possess
sons the West coast of Africa and the state of The
West India Colonies, connected with the present
condition Of labor and production therein
The speech Of Sir Charles Napier was highly cha
racterisc, 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
tcularly been the in the American war. First
of all" said he, two or three brigs taken and
we did not open our eyes until we saw two or three
frigates walked of. A laugh)" lie repeated his as
serton that the British fleet in the Mediterranean had
it been attacked in l64O would probably have been
defeated, owing to paucity Of men but he 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 il 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 received
with some laughter and good deal Of Growing His
motion 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 a scarcity of la
borers for the planters Wages became so high as to
be absolutely ruinous. The remedies WERE improve
ments in management and cultivation, and an extern
siye immigration of free labor The latter
cessful only with Africans; Europeans and Hill Coo
lies having failedthe latter, however only partially
The planters 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 to the state of
the British possessions the west coast of Africa
IS to be more especially TO the present relations
with neighboring 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 26th ult. a column and half is
devoted to the consideration of his excellencys Bro
churc but as nothing novel is to be extracted from
the article, shall leave the same to your private pc
rusa and leisure comment
The publication of the Earl Of Aberdeens reply to
ME- Stcvensons last despatch, has gwen rise to some
considerable seli-congratulaton among the corps
editorial and they, one and all, appear TO consider it
not only unanswerabe, but positively crushing and
annihilating.
The news Of the seizure of Hogan, and his being
charged with participating in the crime which led to
the M'Leod affair, did not excite much sensation
among the public generally, though some Of the
morning papers blew the shrill claron,-the Tory
Herald in the following blast
IF the Federal Government, contrary to our hope
and the claims of their own character do not make
satisfaction for this most contmeious proceeding we
shall be bound to enforce it in the harbors and on the
seaboard OF State, full Of commercial enterprise
spirit and activity, but cursed with the weakest exc
cutve that ever disgraced 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 and
ireland, have not created any particular feeling here
except what has casually arisen from the insertion of
portion of the speeches, SC. in the Irish and metro
politan papers. have always assured YOU that the
Repeal move will never terminate in repeal and that
Dan OConnell is well aware of the fact The I.be-
rator holds his adherents in the leash of repeal to let
them loose the more powerfully any given point,
occasion, circumstances or necessity
Mr. James Wallack, late proprietor of the National
Theatre New York, has been discharged by the In
solvent Court without any mputaton ON his charac-
ter. He was unopposed, and he had given up all his
remaining property for the benefit of his general
dors. He attributed his insolvency entirely to the
destruction of the National by fire. The whole
amount of his debts is Sl4 0OO-his bona fde credits
to meet the same, about 81 300.
The same activity prevails in the British Navy,
which have had occasion particularly to call aen
ton to IN most of my recent communications. This
week orders have been issued for the laying down Of
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 line-of-battle ships fourteen rigates and
J. w. G.,