The southern press., 1851-04-24
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Bfitsb Houss OF Cumutpas drought forward By
~. labouchere) to consolidate and amend tie
laws relatinR to tho regulation Of steam navigas
ton, aud 10 the boats snd lights 10 be carried by
81. going vess4ls There are forty-nine clauses
Ia tie hi. Some new regulations are to bs
made respecting steamboats, which will prevent
their being over crowded. Steam vessela arc
10 be surveyed twice year, and the owners
are to transmit the declarations to the naval de-
partment Of the board Of trade, which board will
grant certificates, which certificates are TO be
placed in conspicuous parts Of the vessels. The
number Of passengers is to be limited by cer-
tiicate, and penalty of 5s to be enforced for
every passenger beyond the number allowed
Persons forcing their way on board when vessels
Ars full, will be liable to penalty OF 4Os., and
81. penalty on persons who refuse to pay their
fare or to quit vessel. The board OF trade are
TO appoint surveyors, and they are to be allowed
to 20 on board and inspect vessels-p,rties OBJ
structng them to be liable to penalties Iron
steamers are 10 be divided by water-tight parti-
tons. The measure is to be called "the Steam
Navigation act, 1851"
A RoLD OrrER-Darius Davidson offers,
through the New York Tribune, to enter into a
contract with responsible parties in the United
States or England, to build vessel, Mt the ex-
pense Of himself and associates, within the
period Of eighteen months, which, for strength,
available capacity for burden and passengers
safety, durability, economy Of construction, pro-
pulsion, &c, shall be unequalled by any vessel
aAoat, or that IL now being built in this country
o. Europe to be run on the ocean; and, in point
Of speed, shall be run at least one hundred miles
further In "a hours than any other vessel now
aaont, or now being built IN this country or Eu-
II a. 1.
own expense, within the period Of one year, to
run between New York and Albany, which shall
make the pass &c between the two cities (l5O
,niIes) in five hours In either case he will for
felt S250,0O0 II he fails, but is to receive the
sum in both instances ii he succeeds. The Of.
fer is q bold one, but there is no saying what
mechanical invention and Improvement may not
effect II Mr.. ID. can show he IL able to effect
what he claims, he will have no trouble in secur.
ing the half million Of dollars.-PhR Ledger
TnE NOTORIOUS PARxEa II. FREScH NOT YET
DEAp.--A correspondent OF the New York Her.
aid says. that Capt. Parker II. French, who has
figured so much in the papers recently by his
bold acts, is not yet dead. In the fight IN which
he was defeated. one Of his party North West
by namc) was killed. and some four others were
badly wounded. The captain himself received
severe adDIc cut WTO5S tue JdCf, anu Wa6 Ol1eT~
wise badly wounded. The whole party are now
in the jail in Durango, awaiting their trial. 1t
is generally thought the entire party will be
aentenced TO long confinement in the castle,
though the writer Of the letter believes that
French will b. at liberty in less than month
Since his confinement, he has employed young
Spaniard 10 instruct him in the Mex can Ian
guage. lie has recently addressed letter to
the governor, in which he proposes 80 soon as
he is cleared, to raise company to fight the
Apaches. The names of the ersons compris-
ing Capt. French's party ars---Pa'kcr II. French,
North West John Jones, John English, Francis
Lelay, George, (nego Thomas Parker, WIN.
Arnold and Peter Floyer OF these, the three
last were baby wounded. and nre now in the
hospital in Durango, Mexico.
PROPOSED NOBEL FARM FOR Corros CuL-
rIvArIoS IN THE WEST ISpIEs.-On Wedaes-
day meeting Of cotton spinners and manufac.
turers was held at Farnworth. near Belton, to
hear proposal for the establishment Of model
farm in the island Of Trinidad. Thomas Pax
ley, esq, president Of the Manchester chamber
Of commerce, took the chair. Mr.. Walkinshaw,
late of Trinidad, is the gentleman with whom
the proposition originated, and the plan which
he submitted to the meeting was that ElO,0OO
should be raised and lent tohim, at interest, for
the purpose of carrying il onf. and for promot-
ing the growth Of cotton in the West Indies
generally. II was proposed that the money
should be raised in such sums as might be con.
venient TO the promoters Of the undertaking:
Mr., Walknshaw to transmit periodical reports
to the lenders and the pubIic press % TO the
progress and results Of his operations. Mr.
Walkinshaw's scheme met with the general ap-
probation of the meeting, and a resolution was
passed appointing committee to act with him
in carrying it out.
The WORLDS FAlR-ARTIcLEs rok ExHfnr
rIoS.-At the close of The week ending the last
of March, there had been received in London,
for the great exhibition, 6,234 packages from
foreign countries, 767 from the continent, 90
from the Channel Islands, and $3.50 from Eng
lish contributors.
1t is stated that the directors Of tn South
eastern railway have made arrangements to carry
10000 passengers per day during the exhibition
The eccentric but talented DR.. Crofts Of Cow
entry, intends at tho opening exhibition, to set
the Thames on fire in reality. 1t appears that
he mas invented a composition to make water
blaze on the application Of flame, and will ex-
perimentalise on portion Of the Thames.
Amongt the most remarkable productions
from Birmingham. ut the great exhibition, there
will be piece ofiron wire, for the PURPOSES of
the electric telegraph, mie long This is the
greatest length of wire that has ever been drawn
= GooD.--IIere is the puff of all the puffs which
we have yet seen. II comes from an old chum
of ours now editing the Lone Star, Washington,
Texas, and capital paper he makes of IT,
Here's the puff which we commend to the espe
cal attention of Neighbor Nelson Of the Tenn
perance Organ.-NashriNe American.
"DRAM DGINKISc. There was never truer
line written, than that brandy is the bane Of life
If all the misery, suffering and death, which has
been caused, directly or indirectly, by this one
evil could be brought, in panoramic view, be-
fore our eyes, we would shrink back in horror
and dismay Mt the vastness Of the con curse. and
the degradation of its votaries Yet, II, not
witbstanding the certainty Of the consequences,
and the awful sentence passed upon him who
giveth his neghbor to drink and makes him
drunken = if, notu outstanding our advice, and
the examples which we see daily, men will
drink, they have only to call on Geo. L. Lynch,
opposite Baldridge's tavern, to have il done up