Mobile register and journal., 1845-07-01
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ligence IS not oi striking importance
 The Diet of Sweden has responded to the appeal of the King, in such manner as to secure the oboli ton of slavery in ihe island of S, Bartholomew. in voting 10000 pasres yearly, for five years, to be expended in redeemng the slaves of that island, and compensating he loss of their masters
 The London Times says,-'We understand that the proposed treaty with Braz'l has been abandon ed.''
 The sums expended by many the railway com panies, now before Parliament, endeavoring to pro- their acts, enormous; in some instances the outlay amounts to ll000 and { 1900 per day
 The Post office financial accounts, just published, show that the derNed from the peny post. age exceeded in lSI4 the amount of the previous year by fS4, 900. The net revenue of the last year was was t7l9,957.
 Poland is still in a disturbed state; al Warsaw the prisons daily increasing the number of their sictims. The danger of correspondence ny letters is greatly augmented
 fine first sale of United States sugar ever held | in Liverpool took place last week. The quantity exposed for sale was ocly small, and it sold very we'll There are two other lots in the port but as prices have risen very greatly in America, owing to l the smaness of the Cuba sugar crop, and have be- | come much more moderate m England than they were some time since, owing to the abundant sup plies from the Wesl Indies, the Mauritus, and the East Indes il is not fkel, that much more will be imported from the United States at present. 1 letter from St. Petersbnrgh of the 9th of May
 
 power have been built al Astrachan, by order oi the | Government, 10 navigate the Caspian Sea, winch are intended merely to cruise in thai sea, but to convey passengers and goods
 ] A trial of the monster gun, which has been manu actured in Liverpool for the steamrigaie Princeton, was recently made on the sands. between Crosby and Formby. The firing commenced about eleven in the morning, and continued with some slight in- ermssion until three in the afternoon. During that time upwards of three tons of shot discharged, -each shot weighing upwards of two hundred weight. The report distinctly heard elgh or nine miles distant. The experiments proved highly satisfactory.
 | The Paris Constitutional states that the French government has purchased from the British Cabinet the concession of the revision o the treaties by pledg ing itself 10 oppose the annexation o Texas to the l United States. The assertion that such pledge was required and given is made explicitly. and is | further alleged that the President of TeAas had been | induced by the French and English agents in that country, to postpone till late day the convocaton of Congress, by promise 10 procure ihe recognition of Texas by Mexico, and the adoption by England Ui the debt of Texas, in return for Treaty To be here | after entered into, favorable 10 the admission of | English manufactures into that country. It protests very energelcally against such an arrangement, as evncing bad faith the part of the French Govern ment towards the United States, and insists that France should have remained entirely neutral h the matter.
 BRITISH PARLIAMENT.-The third reading of the Maynoothlb, in the House of Commons, on tae night of the 18th May. engaged the exclusive atien ton of that body until Wednesday, the 2lst. These ,hree-nights of protrncted discussion evolved noth | ing new. The supporters of the measure mustered Sl9, its opponents lS6-majorit l33. The number of votes on the second as compared with the Ihird reading, was nearly the same-5O3 on the former 505 on the last occasion. Indeed considering the stir, which the anti Nlaynooth men have made out doors their success has been very disproporionatt .. Fr. ID I Catholic College in Ireland-a college which repre- sens the religion ol eghis of the people, whil, d million sterling is taken from their pockets to sup port the church of small minority, involves vio laion of the eternal principles of justice, nor ough il to act upon Ihe passions of sober and refectns men.
 The bill has been launched into the House o Lords, and he Duke of Wellington, superseded tht recognised representative of the Government there LoId Stanley, as it's nurse. The object of the sub sti;ulion is apparent The duke has charm or power over the nobility which no other peer posses | ses.
 LIVERPOOL, June 4.-There seems al present some, perhaps not remote, prospect, that the long takedof junction between the Atlantic and the Paci. ic Oceans may be carried out gentleman is al present in London, striving interest the great cap itasts in the speculation, and as he IS armed with the necessary powers by the Mexican Government and money is abundant foI all purposes which present tie least chance of fail and safe invest ment, it is moi improbable that he may succeed. It seems that Don Jose de Garay, with some Mexican officers. and an Italian engineer, Don G. Moro have been employed upwards of year Tn surveying the district of Tehuantepec, and that the result of their investigations have satisfied the great French authority Arago, and other eminent scientific men l in this country and on the Continent, that the new scheme is feasible, and may be ssuly carried out. Garay is guaranteed by the Government, fol period of fifty years, two-hrds of the tolls arising from the transit, commencing with the opening o the communication between the two oceans; end foI the fourth of lhe receipts, which the Government takes, the shareholders are to have an interest tc the amount for sixty years after the expiration | of Garay's term. Breadth of land. to the extent o thirty miles, each side of the line, is ceded to him in fee simple, with the priyedge of purchasing | lands, and establishing colonies, to the extent o l50 miles This, in substance, is the proposi. | ton winch is now before the capitalists of London, and it's purpor we have gathered from circular ad | dressed to many ofthe leading commercial houses - | The document Is unaccompanied by any estimates, I but these promise to be furnished forthcoming pamphlet devoted 10 the subject; but the sharehod CTS are assured, in general terms, that the specua ton will return of fifteen per cent upon the invested capital
 | convention between the Governments of France and England, and which has been signed by both par. ties, and the notifications of which will be ex- | changed in lew days, is 10 the following effect -"The preamble of the treaty sets forth that the Queen of Englan and King of France (ihe pa ties deeply bound to the execution of this duty | from heIr superior naval resources) deeming that the treaties of 1881 and 1883 have produced all the effect they capable of are desirous of forming another compact suited to the present emergency, in | order efectuay to repress the slave trade - They have accordingly drawn up the present treaty, to endure for years unless at period 10 be ap. pointed (which will probably be towards the fifth year,) their mutual efforts should have proved insuf 6cient and unsatisfactory. IL is therefore arranged that France shall keep the western coast of Africa
 fleet consisting half of steamers and half of sailing ships, the number amounting to not less than 26; | and that the naval force employed by England will be of the same character calibre, and amount, exer- cising simultaneously due wig ilance the flags of their respective nations. Acting in concert for this object each may visit the stations occupied by the other when convenient negotiating treaties with the native princes and chiefs for the suppression of the read only and bearing jointly the expenses of pres ents, &c.. upon the conclusion Of such treniies.- Should the use of force by land become sary in the execution of the object in view, neither Shai have recourse thereto without the sanction of ihe olher Notice will be gwen when the opera lien of thIs convention is about to commence, and from the following three months the right of mutual search must cease" The convention is signed hy ihe Earl of Aberdeen, the Due de Broglio, the Count de St. Auaire, and Dr. Lushington.
 LONDON, May 2l-One important circumstance, which must, ere long, be determined and made known to the world in one way or the other, will throw considerable light the real policy and inc ten,ions of the Cabinet of Washington, According to the practice and constitution of the United Sat.s the ordinary session of Congress will not begin until the first Monday in December; and if Mr. Polk should be minded 10 the effect of his unucky inaugural address by sincere attempt at settlement of the Oregon question, the summer will afford him an invaluable interval for negotiation, and he wlll carefully avoid converting the legislative bodies before the usual time of their meeIng. But