The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-04-30

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The London pabs@s 70 Tie 10th of April and
! liavrs to the l2th, by The steamer franklin. al
New York. furnish the following details Among
the passengers in the FrankIin, we observe the
name of Lorenzo Draper, esq, our consul at
Havre. lie is bearer Of dispatches Brig. Gen
Depeyster of New York. and Bishop McCIos-
key, of Albany, New York, were also passen-
gers.
THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO.
Seizure Of an American Vessel by The DUTCH
Suspicious of an Attempt al Revolution
Singular Story.
! Advices from Batavia, Java, to the 9Th of
February, are received, and say:
| A few days ago an American schooner, called
the Flirt, was brought into Batavia Roads, in
tow of war steamer from Palembang. The
! owner and all on board have been made prison.
ers on charge of high treason, for endeavoring
to induce the Sultan of Jambie, or Danbe, to
revolt against the Dutch The mate, or super
cargo, was despatched by Dir. Gibson, the owner,
with letter to the Sultan, written in the NAL
| ayan language, and stating that there was a
| large fleet of American vessels of war, which
would assist the Flirt against the Dutch. The
| letter was found, when the mate was captured,
concealed in one of his stockings. On his ar
rival here, Mr.. Gibson was kept close pris-
onor, but.reIeased by the court, on the ground
that the affair appeared to be no more than a
foolish escapade On the same day, the pro-
cureur general had Mr.. Gibson and crew mpris-
oned, awaiting trial before tho supreme court.
Mr.. Gibson has addressed letter to the Am
erican commodore, begging his interference and
protection.
ENGLAND.
In the event of the Crystal Palace being
pulled down, it was understoodlthat London
firm had offered 10000 for the building, and
intended to re-ercct it in one of the suburbs for
the purpose of winter garden In consequence
of an order from the government, the building
has been closed to the public, and it is feared
will soon be removed
The packet ship Hero, from Melbourne, Aus
traa, had arrived with an additional E2OO 900
in gold from the Victoria diggngs, making
G6OO, 900 received during the week.
A great number of mining companies had
been formed, and were forming for the working
Of the gold mines in Australia. The shares of
the California gold mining companies, on the
other hand, were temporarily discredited, and
had fallen slightly in value. A mania for min
ing in Australia is likely to set in amongst the
English people, consequent upon the recent &C.
counts
The greatest activity had been displayed,
April 18th, at Woolwich dockyard, to complete
the stores required for the vessels of the Arctic
expedition, that all may be on board early next
morning to proceed down the river.
A Horrible Murder has been committed in
London, furnishing most dcplorable illustra
tionsOf the neglect of society in attending to
the premonitory symptoms constantly exhibited
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tendencies. a young man who had been twice
confined in lunatic asylum, and who had for
some time manifested unequivocal signs of his
and then with a Ratchet cut off her head,
which he placed upon table. He ran away
Immediately afterwards, but was soon taken !;
and upon his examination befnre the magistrate
displayed his complete knowledge of the con.
sequences of his act by saying that he was pre-.
pared to go to the scaffold. Under these cir
cumstances, according to the existing laws of
lunacy, the plea of insanity in his case will not
avail, because the test, strictly defined by these
assembled judges some years back, was that the
prisoner must be proved to have been wholly
unconscious of the legal penalties to which he
had subjected himself.
IRELAND EMIGRATION
The flight of the population from the south
of Ireland is thus described in the Clonmel
Chronicle:
The tide of emigration has set in this wear
more strongly than ever it has within our mem.
cries. During the winter months we used to
observe solitary groups vending their way to-
ward the sea coast, but since the season opened
(and a most beautiful one it is) these groups
have been literally sweled into shoals and travel
what road you may, you will fad upon it strings
of cars and drays, laden with women and child.
rem and household stuffs, journeying onward
their final destination being America. In all
other parts of the country it is the same. At
every station along the rail, from Goods Cross
to Sallins, the third class carriages receive their
quotas of emigrants. The Grand Canal passage.
boats, from Shannon harbor to Sallins, appear
every morning at their accustomed hour, laden
down with emgrants and luggage, or their way
to Dublin, and thence to Liverpool, whepce they
take shipping for America"
FRANCE.
The Debats says that thirty nine senators are
to receive NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 100000
sixteen, 20,00Of; and two, $4,000.
Ii is stated that the decree granting the conces-
sion for the building of the crystal palace in the
Champs Elysee has been signed The party who
has obtained this concession is rich banker,
who has formed powerful company of capital
lists for the undertaking.
The mixed commission of the department of
the VacIuse has sentenced 6Sl political prison
ers, many to transportation
The Prince de Canine has returned to Paris.
He declares that he never designed going to
Rome, but only to Civita Vecchia, to see his
business agents, and arrange his neglected af-
fairs. A letter explains that the Prince owes
an American $4,000 scudi, 1O.0OOl,) which he
wishes to repay him, and, for that purpose, he
intended to sell his geological cabinet and paint.
ings. But the family refused its consent
Though his wife left home for Perugia on hear.
ing of his arrival, it was not to avoid a settle
ment, but merely to bring away her younger
son, whom her husband wished to take with him
to France.
A rumor that the French President had writ.
ten to the King Of Belgium, asking that the in
stitutions of Belgium be placed in harmony
with those of France, and urging him to adopt
more stringent measures against the press, is
denied in the Moniteur.
The French consul Mt Trieste has, by order