Polynesian., 1851-03-22
FOREIGN NEWS, BY LATE AR
RIVALS.


From the New York Herald, of the llth Of
January, we make the following extracts:-
The United States mail steam ship Wash
ington, Capt G. w. Floyd, arrived off this
port yesterday morning.
The Washington brings one days later
London papers, and, consequently, twenty
four hours later intelligence than that
brought by the Niagara. This is in conse-
ouence of the early hour at which the Ma
CARA left the Mersey. We have received
the London Times, of December 2lst, by
this steamer and made some extracts there
from, as subjoined:
| The information given in the New York
Gra,;a of 9th December, and copied into
tho Iondon Times, that it was in contempla-
ton to send the American Ilnc-''-oa'''e snip,
Pennsylvania, to Europe, as the bearer o. -
American contributions to the great London
exhibition of 1851, had excited considerable
attention, and was viewed with much salts
faction, as highly complimentary to the Brit
ish people. The visit Of such ship. (says
our private advices, would be attended with
great ecIat, and would, in itself, be an event
of some importance in the history of the ex-
hibition. The town of Southampton was
looking forward to being chosen as the port
of destination of the Pennsylvania, in the event
Of her being sent across the Atlantic; and
the Mayor and Corporation, backed up by
the principal inhabitants, were preparing
memorials 10 the President of the United
States, to the effect that every facility would
be afforded to the monster ship; and express
sing hope that Southampton would be fixed
upon, as being the most suitable port, on ac-
count of its contiguity to the metropolis, and
its great natural facilities in the way of docks
and railways. The Southampton Dock Co.
had agreed to waive all charges, both on the
ship and her cargo, and the Railway Co. had
taken into consideration the propriety of con-
veying all articles intended for the exhibition,
free Of expense, to London.
The festivities at Southampton, consequent
upon the visit Of the United States frigate St.
Lawrence, under the command of Captain
Hiram Paulding. and the hospltable and ex-
traordinary reception afforded to that ship
by the Mayor and inhabitants Of SouthaI2P-
ton, two years ago, are well known; they
are only an earnest of the triumphant demon
stration that would be prepared for the Pen
sylvania, and the event would assume a
national character, as serving to cement the
ties of good feeling that should exist between
two great nations that control the destinies
of the world A magnificent ship, such
as the Pennsylvania, would exhibit to all Eu-
rope what can be produced on this side of
the water, as specimen of naval architec-
ture; and the fact Of her first actual employ
ment being mission pre-eminently of peace
and progress, would show out, in, bold relief,
the cordial interchange of sympathies be-
tween the two powers, which will be display
ed in 1851, if suitable steps be taken by the
executive at Washington, to represent in SO
fitting and appropriate manner, the energy
and power of the transatlantic republic.
AS Southampton is superior to any port IN
Great Britain, for the purpose, liverpool
being out Of the question, from its difficulties
of navigation and distance from London.) let
us hope that the Pennsylvania will be sent
thither. When snugly moored in the beau
tiful and romantic waters Of Southampton, to
which the isle of Wight is a natural break
water. she would be visited by tens of thou
sands of persons, who would be drawn from
all parts of the United Kingdom by the no.
velty of the sight.
The Hampshire Independent, (SouthamP-
ton paper,) of 2lst December, contains the
following address of the Corporation OF
southampton, to the President of the United