New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-06-08
Foreign Details by the Arctic.
ENGLAND.


Her Majesty at the Recommendation of her Ministers
about confer the honor Baronetcy on Lord Boye
late Justice General and President the Court of Ses-
on reward for his long and valuable services the
bench of Scotland.
1t is also reported that like honor will be conferred on
Professor Alison on account Of his distinguished literary
attachments
The Constitution for New Zealand is published.
The colony burdened with civil list of $4,000 per
annum the Governor having f25oo Chief Justice f1000
Puisna Judge $500, General Expenses of Government
f470o superntendens of Province f3000 expenditure
for native purposes E7000.
We shall hear of the Wagner again Notice of ap
peal has been given and the will be heard before the
Lord Chancellor on the ODD of May.
The Post-ofice authorities have in contemplation a
comprehensive scheme for the equalization and reduction
of foreign postal rates.
The first ship of the steam line between England and
Australia sailed from Southampton on the 18th ult. She
is named the Chusan, and will speedily be followed by
others
By the return of the Basisk and Desperate steamers
letters have been received from the Arctic squadron
der Sir Edward Becher. They record succession of
avoring circumstances with the exception of gale of
wind, which for time dispersed the squadron and
stoned some injury to the North Star, unhappy washing
away Of her best boats The steamers left the squad
ron May in lat GO deg 10 mn lon % deg 80 min. W.
All well and in high spirits.
In England rains have revived the crops pre-
viousy suffering from drouth.
1t appears that from the peculiar nature Of the accident
not of the twenty-six unfortunate men who were
drowned by the terrible accident the Gwnaraeth Col
ey has been recovered The origin of the catastrophe
is still unknown but it is not true reported in of
the that it arose from the canal being approached
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1t is believed to have arisen from accumulation of
water in old working which had been tapped
There now in London some hundreds of foreign
fugees in very destitute stateverging in fact star
vation Their lamentabe condition has excited the SYM
pathes of the democratic party and number of gentle
men, among whom is Mr. Robert LIE Blond have formed
committee and devised plan for afording them relief by
means Of employment. 1t has been suggested that
gster the of all refugees and their necessities
Should be made out; and in realizing this it may be
stated that at the breaking up Of the last Cooperative
soree several influential present seemed heartily
disposed to lend concurrent assistance.
IRELAND.
The weather has been propitious beyond the most
sangune hopes of the farmer and there every promise
Of fine harvest.
the Lord Mayor, waited upon the Lord Lieutenant with
memorial praying for the mitigation of the sentence of
VIM. Smith OBrien and his companions The following
Is the reply of the Lord Lieutenant.
"My Lord and Gentlemen: am ready to make full
allowance for the deep interest taken in the subject of the
memorial which you have presented to me by many to
and the sympathy felt for whose criminal conduct
may in some degree have been influenced by vanity
enthusiasm but 1 have a duty to perform toward my
sovereign and my country to which all such considers
lions must give way.
surection in ireland has probably yelled the Nervousness
Of the guilt of those by whom they projected and
have doubt that many who advocate their pardon
would turn them with adherence had not the civil
strife and boodsed which they nedtated been prevented
Nv the defensive of the Government and the
although convicted of high treason the lives of Mr..
orien and associates spared by the exercise of
The Royal prerogative and they, well us the
Who the penalty of transportation for treason
able practices have treated with unusual indulgence
in the places Of their eeeyen the measures of restraint
rendered necessary by their own conduct have been OF
short duration.
IS however be regretted that these acts of enty
have not attended with the effects that might rea
sonaby have been expected but that the contrary
rsneated attempts escape have taken pacen case
With success-and that of the persons whose be-
half nv solicited have expressed contron
nr ter crime or manifested any sign of gratitude 10y
y to the gracious sovereign whom they have grievous
" offended and to whose ceency some of them are in
debted for their lives :.
Hinder these circumstances do not consider myself
justified in recommending the prayer of the memorial to
her Majesty's favorable Consideration"
FRANCE.
rs brave General Lamoreere has refused to take the
in ths following letter addressed to the Minister Of
Ear, and dated Brussels May II