New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-06-11

The man that slew wst Tyler, VII consent to forere
the lsxuries Of whebai turbOt6ns and lobster salad
for the rest Of my dsys-
The Government have received the
following reply to the inquiry made a, Newfoundland
concerning the vessels seem supposed to hsVe been
seen. By the crew OF the Renovation;
"GoVKKSsKST HOUSE,, ST.. JOINS, n ~ !
Thursdsy NAV s, IS52.
srR: IhSvo the honor 20 acknowledge the rcceiDs
oil MI herivales dispatch Of the 18th OF APrt To-
togeher with It's inclosure from the Board OF AdmRA'y
respecting two vessels reported 30 have been seen on
field OF ire attached 20 iceberg of Newfoundland, 10
Aprll loJl, and which IL Is surmsed may possibly oe
ST John Fran klins ships and, 10 compliance win me
Instructions therein contained have caused inquiries
10 be made through the Commercial S)cio.y OF 81
JOINS but can obtain no information whatever relative
10 the above desc -bed vessels
"linclose herein letter received from the President
OF the Chamber Of Commerce. and | share In the
opinion therein expressed that Is well nigh Impossible
that two vessels field Of Ice attached 70 an Iceberg
of the magnitude and description spoken Of By the
men OF the Renovation could have passed along tnis
coast from the north and have reached the latitude OF
Cape Race without having been seen either by some OF
the numerous sealing vessels which ntersect the ned
ice 10 the months Of March and April By some OF the
many vessels that pass this island that on their
wsy to OF from the Cult Of 81 Lawrence Nova Scotia,
or New Bruswick
ain the season of 1851 no vessels engaged 10 the seal
ffhery Of this island were lost and therefore agree In
the opinion that there must have been some mtssPpre
henfion on the part Of the persons who supposed they
had seen such vessels occssoned perhaps by the de-
ceptiye appearance that cebergs assume under some
peculiar scOn Of the atmosphere; whereas had the tn
curry been made with reference to the spring OF this
year. not two but many vessels might have been seen
In positions some what similar to that described by the
men Of the Renovation for, owing to two disastrous
gales OF the last month, very great damage has been
sustained by our sealing ee and out OF 4OO vessels ca
gsged In that hsheTy upward Of 90 have either Hour.
dered or been abandoned AZ among the field Ice and
many of the derects have after being deserted By their
own crews been brought In by hose OF other vessels
haor no. nv
eminent In search of others and - bring II from dif-
ferent parts Of the cOast the shpwrecked sesiers,
amounting to nearly 1900 in number. have, &c.
The Right Hen. Sir John 5 Pakngton, &c"
"Sr JoHN's Newfoundland Wednesday May !, 1852
SIR bad the honor TO receive your letter OF this
date and In compliance with your request have made
inquiry from several members OF the Commercial So
ciey and can obtain information relative 10 the yes
sells said 10 have been seen in the ice in April 1851
at Is evident that there must have been some misap
prehenson on the part OF the persons who supposed
they had such vessels occasioned perhaps oy the
deceptive appearance that cebergs assume under some
peculiar action Of the atmosphere for Il Is almost I'M
possible that iceberg Of the magnitude and descrp
ton spoken of by the crew OF the Renovation could
have passed along this coast from the Norh and nave
reached the latitude Of Cape Race without having been
seen by some of the numerous sealing vessels wnich
constantly ntersect the field Ice In the months OF March
and April and If il had escaped their observation u
must have been seen. when within thirty miles OF Cape
Race by others Of the very many vessels that pass ths
Island at that season, their way to or from the Gut
of St Lawrence NOva1Scota and New-Brunswick, or
by one of the steamers that weekly pass within teV
miles of the Cape on their way from Liverpool to Hall
fax or the States.
THE opinion is very general here that no such YES
sells could have been seen by the crew OF the Renova
ton. have, &c,
"Hon. John j. Crowdy Colonial Secretary, &c
In his address offering himself as
candidate FOR the City of London Baron Rothschid says
affected originally to vndicate the great principle OF
religious liberty, reelected to prove that the cizens OF
London had deserted that principle believe that
on my success the present occasion depends the
final triumph cur cause-O that for which you
have done so much, 10 behalf of which you were the
first 10 bear marked and generous testimony, and
which can succeed only by means Oi your continued
and resoute exertions.'
We read :"Mr. Abbott Lawrence, the
United States Minister at this Court having stated tothe
Lords Commissioners of her MsJestys Treasury that
two cases have arrived from New-Yerk, addressed TO
him. ard containing fossils, sent by DR.. John C. War
rem of Boston IT, g. for presentation the Royal Col
lege Of Surgeons, London their lordshps have gwen
tie necessary directions to the proper authorities to
permit their free delivery for that psrpose
"A meeting was held on Saturday last,
at house. for the purpose Of raising fund In
order TO erect monument to the late Right Hon sir
James Macintosh and on the motion OF Right Hoa-
T. u Macaulay, seconded by Viscount Mhon, " was
resolved that Immediate measures De tSken win thm
by Lord Broughton Committee was appointed to carry
into full effect Lord Lansdowne consent
ing Chairman and Sir r. II. Ingis Secretary
MIR. Scrope Davis, well known in the
literary gossip of the last half century Is dead The
Globe says:
ave regret have 10 the death Of Mr. Scr1pe
Davis who bad been for many months In bad health,
and who died suddenly on Monday last, at his apart
meuts in the Rue de Durss, Paris. Mr. Davis was edu-
Gated at Eton and Cambridge aud at the time of his de-
cease was Senior Fellow OF Kings College, Cambridge
lie vss the intimate friend OF Lord Byron, who had tho
highest opinion Of bis critical taste and dedicated one OF
his poems English Bards and Scsch R1ieoers) to him.
The deceased gentleman will DO deeply reg cited by
those surviving friends Who in the intimacy of private
life were able to appreciate bis ready wit, cultivated
mind and generous disposition"
For several weeks past challenge has
appeared In Bells Life "none accepting r." 70 the ef-
feet thai member of Of the leading Cubs in Lon
don VIII back "a young lady" for from $4,000 to
a5oO0 TO ride with any other young lady In England
either on turnpkeroad against time on course, or al
ter the hounds.
The decision against Mile Wagner is
confirmed.