The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-01-01

tale esvs that the coronrr's jury found Alexander
ohDstone, captain; Richard Hughes first maze snt
Kipisn Crawford second mate. Of ths Loud pderry,
guilty Of msDslsughter. aud have expressed. in tue
stropgest terms their abhorrencs OF ne Ia
duct OF the other arRmen board, throughout this
unhappy Transaction.
The Cholera In Great Britain.
(From the European Times Dec Is
The cholera eth fingers about the subarbs Of the
ably Dished The total number Of from the
ipcs ption OF the mslsdv uo to Wed ae-dsy lat vera
2t0, Of which 9sS had died. $50 had recovered and
6l5 continued VI der treatment Ia the metr, oiis,
however the cases are generally not more than from
three to five day. aud In the provinces about the
same number upon average IL 10 in Ssotlsud still
where the average twenty to thirty psr
day. The fatal cases In the metropolis we're lat
week only a. against 20 In the proceed ng week aud
81 In the week before that whilst the mortality for
me three or four preceding weeks varied from ~
65. The general health continues good. The deaths
In the metropolitan districts 1.l46 last week;
whilst the average for the last years. during the
SAINT PERIOD was LISA. isolated villages tue tisdy
'omrrmes appears and carries off f.~ parsons 40
or three cases have been reported In Manchester and
the same In Liverpool, the latter chiefly members Of
one f-m,iy. who had just arrived from DuDris; ble
the great towns have been throuz hout slngusry
exempt from attacks Last week report was circu-
lated that the disease had appeared in Paris; but the
alarm has qui'e subsidized The weather throu shout
the country ia uuususlly hne scarcely RENE nbsr
ever 10 have expsrien such warm temperature in
December.
THE AMERICAN FhfGArE" ST. LAwREvcE THE St.
Lawrence up Southa mpton Water an such ,red
fLe dropped anchor the Admiralty supsrinteuda ats
beat with the royal pendant flying, pushed of from
the quay to convey Lieut.. Brady, Il. N, Who in the
abse Of Capt Sir j. G. Sinclair, Bart, the senior
officer at Southampton, went TO pay bis respects -
Cspt Pauldipg Of The st Lawrence. and to offer hin
the civlitss OF the port Lieut. Brady was received
very politely and the most respectful lies we're
recipf bet the American aud British
At 10 O'Clock on Mondfy morning tho slu IN berin g
reverbeIaing echoes of salute Of Il guns from the
frisa's This was answered by . salute Of FL GU as
from the Southampton PLATFORM which was fred amidst
great concourse OF people The United StatesC onsul
went OFF TO the frgste, In official costume aud
the pier about IL clock With Sc sra
Of the frgate The captain was detained on board by
illpers. The weather was very tempes tuous, but
number OF gentlemen were the pier, and welco med
the American officers very cordially to Southampton.
merrily during the day. number Of reports having
been circulation to the conduct apt Psudi
in passing Portsmouth Harbor. We authorized to
state that in strict accordance with naval etiquette
the captain did saute the admiral the garrison and
Osborne. Capt Paudipg and the officers of the fgste
we're entertained the 18th inst at splendid al
given by the Mayor and Corporation of Southsmptou
at the audit house, In of the vsit
the st Lawrence aud to testify their respsct for the
The Mayor presided 1t the principal table and ct
the right hand Of his woshp the guest Of the
ing, Capt rsuldng supported by many OF his officers
On the came side we also observed A. T. Cockburn.
Esq, M p, Capt Norton, Capt Keele, 4. Shelton
| ECO, g. Atherley, Esq G. Bornett, Esq @. Gold
smith, Esq and Witt, Esq On the left Of the
chairman were d. Brooks, E'q, the late mayor, E.
Barnard, Esq, Captain Lamb, T. l. Herman, Esq.
| Tho vice chairs were filed by Mr.. Sheriff Andre VS.
and c. f. Deacon, Esq, town clerk. The banquet
was Of prncey magniticepce: every delioacy Of the
in pTofuse abundance, and the wines were
toned in the orchestra, which played many popular
and national airs during the evening The health Of
the Queen drunk amid q salute Of 81 guns from
the battery; aud the same honor pad to The
toast Of The President Of the nted States by the
guns Of tie St. Lawrence, both being very correctly
timed by signal. The heslths OF Captain Paulding
and the officers of the frgate; j. r. Croskey, Esq tho
American Consul at SouthspptoD the members Of
the borough; the Mayor; and many Others were
given. and responde to in q becoming manner; aud
the company feparated, after having spen. q very
delightful evening.
Coin IN CALIFORNIA.-With respect to the alleged
dcoveTy Of vast quantities of gold in Caforn a. the
Mining journal has the following notice -. We lear
that two gentlemen recently returned from Califor.
mia, and arrived at Southampton, by the West a dir
steamer Clyde, confirm in part the late statements of
the America nails as to the discovery of gold la
that country and, evidence of the fact, exhibit
fpecmens OF the metal which they hsd with them
We had doubt of gold being found there; but
to the extent represented by our trsusaIantis
mistaken fof gold assured and eau state on
the authority of gentleman nov In London, who Is
extensively engaged in the gold mines of Brazil that
be has frequently had applications to pu rsass gold
which was proved to be mica To inexperenc ed per-
sons the conviction may not BE- ready hue to a
practical and experie need miner the detection Is
easily made