The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-06-16

settlement at Bathurst, on the river Gambla, on
the west coast of Africa. There is French trad
ing station at Albreda on the north bank of the
Gambia, and the petitioners state that they ex-
posed al great disadvantage to keen competition
with the French. Germans, and Americans.
The arrival of three bales OF raw silk, by the
Elizabeth, from New Orleans has excited much
interest in Liverpool, and the announcement has
travelled through most of the English papers
The Augsburgh Gazette mentions a report that
the Austrian Government intends to form mill
that, in case Of any threatened invasion, Ulm may
be Immediately supplied with troops
statistical return, lately published ut Vienna,
gives the total population OF the Austrian mon
archy at 81, 4el ,l3O OF this, Hungary has u 273,-
~ Bohemia, 4,2s9, 66a; the Kingdom of Venice,
The prospects Of the new harvest in England
are most encouraging.
lbrahim Pasha may be shortly expected in
England, his hghness having signified his inten-
ton OF visiting London on his departure from
Paris.
The German journals assert that imprisonment
for debt 10 about to be abolished in Prussia. The
state had long given i up for the recovery of fines
and the expense of law prosecutions, and it
exists only in case Of private proceedings.
The King and Queen of the French, attended
by some of the junior branches Of the Royal
Family, contemplate paying a visit to her Majesty
the Qneen of England, about the latter end Of
June or early in July.
w. S. O'Brien was liberated on Monday. nav
ing his fees under protest The Times remarks,
"As indifferent Wine is sometimes improved by
lying in the cellar, we can only hope that Mr..
Smith O'Brien's sour and fiery quality may have
been soitened down into decent port by the same
sooling process"
The Florentia, transport Of 452 tons, is charter
ed to convey detachments of the 14th, 23d, list,
and Slst regiments to Quebec.
EMaRArIoN TO THE UNITED SrArEs.-In conse-
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months since to the ship Robert Isaacs, which had
emgrants on board for the United States, and
proved 70 have been unscaworthy, her Majesty's
Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners
gave directions that every vessel, which intended
to take emigrants, should be examined as regards
her seaworthiness, and the law relating thereto
strictly complied with. They issued an order
That all vessels which were not registered at Loyds
or which being registered and Chased lower than the Sc
cond description OF the first class should not be
sdered eligible by the Government Emigration Agents
for the conveyance of passengers without having been
first subjected to an examination by Lloyd surveyors
The surveyors, mistakiny their duty, refused to
pass any American vessels unless they complied
with all the arbitrary rules laid down ut Lloyd's us
necessary, in order to be classed on their books
In consequence, several OF the new and first class
New York packets, and saAers, were denied the
privilege of taking passengers, at time,
too, when the rate OF passage was very high
This caused great excitement among the
American shipmastcrs, and others interested,
uo ~ WOulu tuIOW ILLS lIupCItduL part OIL the
intercourse between the two countries into
British ships alone, to the exclusion of Ameri-
can-and created, necessarily, very bitter feeling.
we are happy to learn that, through the repre-
sentanon OF General Armstrong, United States
Consul at Liverpool, who is ever watchful of the
interests of his countrymen, other surveyors have
been appointed, who perform their duty to the sa-
usfacnon of all parties. Upon this subject the fol-
lowing communication has been addressed to
Colonial Land and Emigration Once,
8, Parkstreet, Westminster, 27th April, 1886.
Sir- am directed by the Colonial Land and Emgra-
ton Commissioners to acknowledge your letter Of the
22nd inst received Saturday and to you that
the Commissioners are very desrou. that
obstruction should be presented to the sailing Of
sci which fit for her intended voyage The of
the agency through which the survey of emgran ships
cded before the end of the present week. But in the
meanwhile, am desired to acquaint you that the Com
mssioners take the same view which you have expressed
that tho scaworthiness of the ship the only question
be determined and that they have already furnished their
officer at Liverpool! with Instructions which will enable
ship respecting which he satisfied that she caworthy
to be fit her intended voyageI have the honor
to be- sir your most ob'disnt humble ~ . servant
"R Armstrong, Esq, United Sta es Consul Liverpool
MILITARY PREPARATIONS IN GREAT BRITAN.-
The armament for the defence of the ships Of
war on the Canadian lakes being completed, and
the advance-shlps being for the most part equip
ped, orders have been received to expedite the
supply of ordnance for the coast desences at
home. The giant scale on which these defences
are to be formed may be Judged of from the an
nexed details of the supplies of guns, carriages
and ammunition which are to be forwarded to
the following places For the additional defen-
ces at Sheerness, one IS FOUNDER, 81 cwt.; II g.
inch, of IS cwt each; - 32-pounders, of IS cwt.
for Sheerness, IS guns. The 24pounders are to
be mounted on iron carriages; all the heavier
guns on carriages with traversing platforms. For
the additional defsnces at Tilbury Fort, 30 80
Founders OF 81 cwt each, on carriages with dwarf
reversing platforms; 10 81 Founders of SO cwt on
iron carriages-total additional guns for Tilbury
Fort, SO. Additional guns for Gravesend, Is 81
Founders, of 56 cwt. on carriages with dwarf ira
versng platforms: Guns, carriages, and tIayers-
port, Portsea, and Pnddy's Hard, in addition to
he existing armament:-2 5O-pounders Of 81 cwt
IL 8-inch guns OF s. cwt.; and 10 8-nch of 30
,wt.; 81 S2-pounders of IS cwt.; 80 N-psunders
of 81 cwt.; s. S-inch howitzels and 2[pounder
On iron carriages, 10 2+pounder
guns of 20 cwt Total for Portsmouth, Gosport,
nc. 246 pieces of ordnance. Grand total for
Sheerness, Tilbury Fort, Gravesend, Portsmouth,
he. 1873 pieces of ordnance of various sizes. A
small armament of light pieces OF ordnance, CON
'isting of 6 6-pounder guns, 63pounders, S4 %
nowitzers; 2.5 mortars, is ready for ship
nent for Quebec. This armament is to be
to the various forts Of the Hud-
'on's Bay Company in the northwest terri
DRY, to be ready in the event Of hostities 0c-
curing in connection with Oregon, as guns Of this
Kind will, in the event Of war, have to be convey
I'd over mountain districts. A continuance has
been invented by which the guns can be carried
between given number Of men. Several trials
Of the invention have been made here, and it has
been found that it isquite practicable. -Loadoa
Globe.
The ENaLlsH HARvEsT.-Ncu in importance
% the fate Of the proposed scheme for lowering
he duties on grain to nominal points the pros
pect for the ensuing harvest. On this head some
apprehension was beginning to be felt in conse-
luence Of the very wet weather experienced for
several consecutive days, but those fears have in
great measure been set at rest by the splendid
weather VIC have enjoyed since Tharsdny. At
his early period it would be folly to enter into
anything like prediction as 70 what may be the
yield Of the next crop, but we are certainly in
,lined to think that there exists at present very
title real cause for dependency. Rather too
much wet may have fallen to be altogether beRc-
fetal for the wheat plant; warm dry June
would, however, put all right and for the spring
sown corn, the hay-crop, and all kinds OF culinary
the showers must have been highly
~v,co olls Tba var ivnp faptd ecliue vVhich