The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-07-08
ADDITIONAL FROM EUROPE.
THE MAILS OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON.
THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE.
THE CASE OF THE BARK THOMAS W1TSON
INVESTIGATED.

commercial advccs, telegraphed to St Johns n.
F., appeared in the Herald on the morning of Sun
day, 4th inst.
Our European files by the City of Washington,
received yesterday, contain the following additional
intelligence:
In the House of Lords on the DIST of June the
Bishop of Oxford moved for the correspondence be-
tween the British government and the Governor of
Hong Kong, respecting emigration from Hong Kong
and China since 1856.
In the Commons, in Committee of Supply, vote
of fG54,0O0 for public educational purposes
agreed to. 1t stated that 200, 900 children
were deriving benefit from these expenditures for
education.
On the 22d ultimo, in the House of Commons,
Sir +. Buwer Lytton stated that, owing to rreg
ularites in the mail service with Australia, the
present contract was to be cancelled and new
entered into.
The following resolution was moved by Lord
Hotham and adopted after considerable debate:
That it is contrary to the usage, and derogatOry
to the dignity of the House, that any Of its mem
bers should bring forward, promote or advocate in
the House any proceeding measure in which he
may have acted, or been concerned for, or in con-
sideration of any pecuniary fee or reward
The American ship Onward had arrived at Spit
head with military invalids from the Cape Of Good
Hope.
Of the two destructive fires in London, one broke
out in the life boat factory of Forrest Il Co., of
LimehOuse, and extended to several adjoining tim
Der yards, &C., burning a space of several
second confagration occurred on the Fresh wharf,
near London Bridge, and destroyed three large
large warehouses with their valuable contents The
loss is said to be enormous.
At the trial of TruelOve, the bookseller, for pub
fishing libel on the Emperor of the French, in the
Queens Bench, on the 22d of June, the Attorney
General said he glad to announce that the jury
would not be called upon to try the indictment.
The defendant was prepared to state that he never
intended to countenance the crime of assassination,
and to express his regret that any such msconstruc
tion should have been put upon his publication,
and that the publication Of the work had ceased
This was confirmed by the defendants counsel, and
a verdict of not guilty taken. The prosecution
of TchOuzavski, like charge, was disposed of in
the same manner.
Madrid was still suffering from the food crisis but
it is said to be fictitious than real. Bread had
risen one-fourth, while there was abundance ofgrain
in the market.
On the lst of july and thenceforward, the post
age upon letters conveyed by packet between the
United Kingdom and Martinique, Guadaloupe or
Curacao, was reduced to the uniform British rate
of sxpence the half ounce, and on, according to
the usual scale. This postage must be paid in ad-
vance, or the letters will not be forwarded.
The London NeUs of 22d of june remarks:
Few subjects in mercantile community are of
greater Importance than the right regulation of
the laws affecting bankruptcy and insolvency. 10
the great reproach of this country there is scarcely
any portion of our law mercantile more confused
in its rules or imperfect in its administration
than this.
The steamship Valetta, Captain Roberts, arrived
at Southampton, Eng land, on the 2lst ult, with
the heavy portion of the Bombay mails, pearls of
the value of f222 OO0 six of tortoise SHE'LL one
case Of shaws three boxes of dispatches, % cases
of silk 1884 bales Of silk, and 80 packages Of
sundries.
1t is stated that the Special Neapoitan Charge
dAffaires at Vienna had quilted that court in dud-
geon when it was found that Austria would not
back up Naples against the demands of England for
compensation in the Cagliari affair.
The Turkish authorities deyotlng all their
energies to the preparation of fresh expedition
against Grahovo, Montenegro, unless the peasants
quickly submit. The Turkish force was expected
to amount to II, 900 men, The peasants showed
themselves less disposed than ever to acknowledge
the Turkish authority.
A report was current that the Montenegro ques-
ton to be arranged by commissioners sent there
to define the boundaries In that case Admiral de
Lagravierc, who commands the French ships in the
Adriatc, would act for France. Two steam gun
boats to be sent to the Adriatic to facilitate
the Admiral's communication with the shore.
THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH FLEET
Preparations were being made in England to well
come the Agamemnon on her expected arrival with
the end of the Atlantic cable in Vaentia Bay.
The calculation that she would reach there
on or about the 2Gth of June The principal di-
ing to Valentia, and advices from Ireland state that
the Lord Lieutenant would be in attendance on the
arrival of the squadron for the purpose OF lnau-
puratinp the line by a message of peace, in the
name of her Majesty, to the President of the United
States 1t was also expected that Prince Alfred,
who was cruising about the coast of Ireland in the
Admiralty steam yacht Black Eagle, would join the
squadron engaged in laying the cable.
THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE.
CASE OF THE BARK THOMAS wATsoN-THE STEAMER
BLOODHOUND SENT TO ENGLAND.
The war steamer Bloodhound had arrived from
the west coast OF Africa
On arrival she was visited by the Commander-in-
Chief, and an inquiry was held on board on the
matter of her being sent home, in consequence of
her having taken into Sierra Leone the American
bark Thomas Watson, and which vessel was after
wards released and proceeded to her port of desti
nation.
1t appears from information obtained, that on
the l4th of September last the Bloodhound was
riding at anchor in British water off Quita, and on
the evening of that day black man, in state of
nudity, was observed swimming towards the Blood
hound On being rescued from his periliOus situa-
tion-the water swarming with sharks-he stated
that his name johnson, native OF the Cape
Coast Castle and that being British settlement,
he claimed the protection of the British flag, in
sequence of the treatment he had been subjected to
on board of the Thomas Watson. He had shipped
steward, and was smuggled ON board without the
Governors permit; and being informed by the cook
that the master Captain Cousens, had sold him to
Spanish passenger on board, one of the crew of
SLAYER taken the coast and condemned, he (John-
SOM requested to be taken shore, to get his name
entered in the Governors book as guarantee for
his safe return to his own country. The captain
would not consent to this but illtreated him, and
put guard over him to prevent his escape.
After being brutally punished for an attempted
evasion, he succeeded in reaching the Bloodhound
described. Upon this statement being sworn to
by johnson, Commander Robson, of the Blood
hound attended by one of his officers, proceeded on
board the Thomas Watson. The master was in
formed of the statement, and demand was made
for wages. Captain Cousens admitted that john
son was not entered on the books, and ultimately
agreed that if Commander Robson would send on
board the next morning, he would pay johnson
at fha tp of Il q as
johnson asserted he agreed for. Accordingly, on
going on board next morning, Captain Cousens in
formed him that he had consulted with the super
cargo and should pay no wages, and demanded that
johnson should be returned as desefter.
This Commander Robson refused to do, and in
consequence of the captain of the Thomas Watson
persisting to have johnson returned, Commander
Robson ordered the ship to be taken to Sierra Leone
for the opinion of the Judge Advocate.
As the Thomas Watson happened to be an Ameri-
can vessel the Judge Advocate refused to interfere,
at the time stating that had it been Spanish
or Portuguese vessel he might have acted differ
emily. The ship was then allowed to proceed to her
destination. On the representation Of the Ameri-
can Consul the Bloodhound ordered home to
be paid oil.
FRANCE.
The Paris Patrie devotes an article to the Anglo
American difficulty, in the course of which it at
tributes the excitement in the United States to the
desire of the Washington authorities to divert pub
lie attention from their Kansas blunders, and from
the pitiful results of the Mormon campaign. "Ihe
manner of the Americans" says the Patrie, sis to
90 to war, but they have always indulged in more
noise than Deeds and their swordi never more than
half drawn. Quarrelsome but economical, they
hesitate before heavy expenditure, and prefer a
satisfactory arrangement to costly laurels. We
must consequently pay little attention to the noise
created on the other side of the Atlantic. The
like articles, which fill the immense columns of the
American Journals. the vehement speeches, the or
ders given for the filling out of fleets have already
been witnessed four or five times within twenty,
wears, without harming any one; and the Mayor OF
New YORK ENJOYS gnt conscience tmaitor for
! having drank to the health of Queen Victoria at
banquet recently given by the English Consul
The crops were reported to be in splendid con-
dition, and at Paris and elsewhere the advance re-
Gently quoted in wheat had been generally lost