Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1846-02-21
LIBERTY ADVOCATE.
Liberty, Mi, February FL, 1916.
From The Picayune, FEB, oh.
FOREIGN ITEMS.

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Al the last election Mr.. WortIey, an ultra
tory, was elected by majority of III
but in consequence Of The Leagues" at
tention 10 the registration, Lord Morpeih,
q liberal, it is expected, will be returned
without oppostion--and il opposed by a
tory, Lord Morpelh, il is believed, will bel
elected by majority OF 1000.
The cal upon Lord John Russell TO at
tempt TO form a Ministry is said to have
been totally unexpected. The Spectator
gives the following anecdote connected
herewith
Ibrd John Russell was sitting with his
wife at Douglass hotel, IN Edlnburg,
reading to her, at ten o'clock in the eve
ming, when the Queens messenger aTrl
we'd and On hearing that somebody wish
ed TO speak to him, he declined seeing him
unless he mentioned his name and the
business he came upon. The messenger
sent up his name, which was unknown to-
Lord John, but he declined mentioning his
errand. Lord John then refused to see
him, and he was Obliged TO send up by the
waiter the Queens private letter.
To turn from politics to miscellaneous
matters, Miss Cushman has made pro
dig ious hit in London by playing Romeo.
Her sister Susan played juliet and was
successful. They followed Shakspeare's
tex,--not the acting play as arranged and
altered by Garrick. "Our Charloue'S'
triumph was most complete
Poor Giubilei is dead He had gone loI
Italy for the benefit Of his health, and
there died at his sisters house. He was
an admirable musician, whom many of
our readers will recollect.
There have been most violent gales ex
perienced in England The Liverpool
Times says that upwards of so vessels
have been totally lost, and al least 100 hu
man beings have persisted. The most
distressing loss is that Of the st. David
steamer, trading with passengers and
goods between Havre, Plymouth and Lv
erpoo. She sailed from Havre on the
18th Dec. and there is now no doubt thai
she has foundered, and that every soul
on board has persisted.
Severa! lives were recently lost at LiV-
erpool by the bursting Of huge water
tank.
book Of travels in the United States,
by one Rubio, has been published. 1t Is
said 10 abound in llbelIous matter.
In the case Of the Brazilian pirates, the
English Judges have decided the convic-
ton in the case Of the Felcidade invalid
on two grounds-frst, that it is no piracy
for the Braziians TO carry on the slave
trade until they have made it by Brazil.
ian municipal law; and, secondly, that
the Felicidade was wrongly taken, not
having any slaves on board-and, there
fore, that she did not become a British
ship, and was not accordingly justified in
capturing the Echo. The division of the
judges in the case was II against and 2 in
favor of the conviction.
The steam-propeIler ship Massachu-
sets made her last passage 10 Liverpool
in 90 days, beating all the ships who sail,
ed with her.
Louis Philippe opened the session Of
the French Chambers on the Goth Deem
Der in person, his wife and daughters,
and his sons.inlaw, aud the little Count
Of Paris being present. We cut this sin
gle paragraph rom the Kings speech:
81 have reason to hope that the com,
mon action of France aud England will
lead, on the banks OF the river Plate, to
the restoration OF regular and pacific com
mercial regulations, which is the sole OBJ
lect OF our efforts"
The comments Of the Partisan press
upon the Presidents Message are accor-
ding to the Judgment Of the scrbbler for
Wilmer q Smiths Times, unimportant.
Those Of the Journal des DebatS, the Go.
vernment organ are, however, significant.
Here is an extract:
1.-The Message OF the President OF the
United States expresses itself, on the
subject of Oregon, in tone which shows
that tho spirit Of Cancellation is not that
which distinguishes the present President
Mr.. Polk talks good deal Of his moder
alton, but he shows little enough Of it.
and his manner is such, that if il were &c
be- adopted in the relation of Governments
every dispute between States would be
terminated by war"
An abstract Of the Message relative to
the negotiation, is then given, and it is
remarked that Mr.. Folks manner Of
speaking Of England is "such as con-
querer, in height Of his power, would
speak 10 thlrd-rato State.n
be same paper justiGes the "balance
Of power" policy OF Guizot in America,
and is excruiatingIy severe upon the Pres
ldent OF the United States for exposing II
IL its true aspect.
On the 29th of February tine French
Government was to enter into contracts
for the supply Of 100000 kilogrames Of
Of Kentucky tobacco, 100000 Kill, of Nary