JUNE 15, J > 



Capb ot Good Hops.— We have accounts from the 

 C-pe to April 16. New j had been received from Natal, 

 * hiSi *5 not considered very satisfactory. The report 

 ir i revivtJ tkwr- that many of the Boers were about to 

 «io%^ farther into the interior; and although the 

 remit of their emigrafcftra to Delagoa Bay had disap- 

 pointed their hopes, still there was a desire for indepen- 

 dence of the British government, which may lead to the 

 withdrawal of many of the Dutch farmers. Sir Pere- 

 grine Maitland, the new governor, was expected to effect 

 -various reforms ; and despatches from Lord Stanley 

 were said to have been received, deciding the precedence 

 of the Lieutenant-Governor over the judges, and author- 

 ising him to act independently of the governor on special 

 occasions where promptitude is necessary. The Guano 

 island at Angra Pequina had proved very productive ; 

 and at one time no less than thirty-eight ships were load- 

 ing there. We regret to find that it was rumoured at the 



TH E NEWSPAPER. 



the papers relative to the Philadelphia riots, pointing 

 out the political causes in which they originated, and 

 _u :„„ *Ka«- thr «inlPnt sectarian animosity of which 



[1844: 





Cleopatra, had arrived at Simon's Bay, having struck on 

 a coral reef on the coast of Medges, 21st March, and 

 whilst weighing the kedge, which hud been used to warp 

 her off, on the 23d, Lieut. Molesworth and seven men 

 were killed by the natives. This outrage was occasioned 

 by two of the natives having been forcibly turned from 

 the boat whilst endeavouring to steal some stores. 



United States. — The Royal mail steamer Britannia 

 arrived yesterday at Liverpool with accounts from Bos- 

 ton to the 3rd inst. The Baltimore Convention had 

 resulted in the nomination of Mr. James K. Polk, of 

 Tenessee, as Democratic candidate for President, and 

 Mr. George M. Dallas, of Pennsylvania, asVice-President. 

 This result was quite unexpected, and was looked upon 

 as most favourable to the Whig candidates, Mr. Clay 

 and Mr. Freylinghasen. A great fire had occurred in 

 New Orleans, on the 18th ult., by which property to the 

 value of 400,000 dollars was destroyed. Nearly three 

 hundred valuable buildings were burned, and at least 

 2000 persons left houseless by the calamity. The 

 ship Ohio had previously arrived at Liverpool on 

 Wednesday morning, after a quick voyage of eighteen 

 days from New York. We have received by her 

 papers to the 24th ult. In answer to a request from 

 the Senate, the President had sent to that assembly a 

 further batch of correspondence : 1st, a note from Mr. 

 Calhoun to the President, stating that no communication 

 from the charge' d'affaires of Texas, temporarily declin- 

 ing the offer of annexation, could be found in the office 

 at Washington ; although this fact had been mentioned 

 in a letter of the late Mr. Upshur, which was already 

 before the Senate. 2d. A letter from Mr. Webster to 

 Mr.Van Zant, the Texian charge d'affaires, inclosing the 

 instructions sent to the American Minister in Mexico. 

 3d. A letter from Mr. Vau Zant to Mr. Webster, stat- 

 ing that Great Britain had offered her mediation, ac- 

 cording to convention, signed in London, 14th Novem- 

 ber, 1840, and asking the mediation of Great Britain, 

 France, and United States jointly, which was not agreed 

 to. 4th. Letter from the Minister at Mexico to Mr. 

 Webster, stating the result of his remonstrance on the 

 part of his government, against the atrocities practised 

 by both Mexico and Texas, in the murder of prisoners, 

 &c, on which occasion the Mexican Minister denied 

 emphatically the right of Texas to be considered a free 

 power, but described her as a revolted province, and that, 

 by the law of nations, rebels could expect no quarter, and 

 resolutely declining the interference of other powers. Ac- 

 companying this correspondence is a message from the 

 President himself, which is so curious that we give it en- 

 tire: — " In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 

 13th inst., reques'ing to be informed 'whether a messenger 

 has been sent to Mexico with a view to obtain her con- 

 sent to the treaty with Texas, and, if so, to communi- 

 cate to the Senate a copy of the despatches of which he 

 is bearer, and a copy of instructions given to said mes- 

 senger ; and also to inform the Senate within what time 

 said messenger is expected to return,' I have to say that 

 no messenger has been sent to Mexico in order to obtain 

 her assent to the treaty with Texas, it not being regarded 

 by the Executive as in any degree requisite to obtain 

 such consent, in order (should the Senate ratify the 

 treaty), to perfect the title of the United States to the 

 territory thus acquired— the title to the same being full 

 and perfect without the assent of a third Power. The 

 Executive has negotiated with Texas as an independent 

 Power of the world, long since recognised as such by 

 the United States and other Powers, and as subordinate 

 in all her rights of full sovereignty to no other Power. 

 A messenger has been despatched to our Minister at 

 Mexico, as bearer of the despatch already communicated 

 to the Senate, and which is to be found in the letter ad- 

 dressed to Mr. Green, and forms part of the documents 

 ordered confidentially to be printed for the use of the 

 Senate. That despatch was dictated by a desire to pre- 

 serve the peace of the two countries, by denying to 

 Mexico all pretext for assuming a belligerent attitude to 

 the United States, as she had threatened to do in the 

 event of the annexation of Texas to the United States, 

 by the despatch of her Government, communicated by 

 me to Congress, at the opening of its present session. 

 The messenger is*expected to return before the 15th of 

 June next; but he may be detained to a later day. The 

 recently appointed Envoy from the United States to 

 ^Mexico will be sent so soon as the final action is had on 

 the question of annexation, at which time, and not be- 

 fore, can his instructions be understanding^ prepared. — 

 John Tyler. Washington, May 15, 1844."— Bishop 

 Hughes, of New York, had addressed a long letter to 



showing "that the violent sectarian animosity 

 thev were the result, had been encouraged by certain 

 parties for political purposes. The writer is the Catholic 

 Bishop of New York.— It appears from the news from 

 the Havannah to the 7th of May, that the port of San 

 Juan de Nicaragua was blockaded by Her Britannic 

 Majesty's fleet. 



parliament. 



HOUSE OF LORDS. 

 Monday. -The Night Poaching Bill was on the motion of the 

 „arl of Straobhoke, read a third time and passed— On 1 the mo- 

 tion of Lord Redesoale, the Copyhold and Customary tenures 

 Act Amendment Bill was read a second time— On the mot °n of 

 Lord Mont«AOLB, the Holyhead and Chester Rai way Bdl «as 

 committed.-The Earl of Dalhousik announced that wbeni tne 



line was finally settled, the Treasury would be P re P» r °* *° J^?a 

 mend to Parliament a grant for the purpose of making Holyheada 

 good packet harbour.— Lord Campbell's Law of Libel BUlpassea 



through committee. . .. Tv«v fl «f 



Tuesday. -In reply to the Marquis of Normandy, the Duke ot 

 Buccleuch stated that the report of the commission appointed to 

 inquire into the sanatory condition of the poor was in a s.ate oi 

 great forwardness, but under revision. Under such circumstances, 

 he did not think any legislative measure on the subject could be 

 introduced in the present session—The Earl of Powis, af er pre- 



Earl 



tenting a great number of petitions against the union of the sees 



of Bangor and St. Asaph, moved the second reading of t lie Bill 



which he had introduced, to repeal so much oi the Act ot lwo as 



rovided for the union of those sees. The noble earl having urged 



provided w. 



the unanimity of the vast number of petitions presented to the 

 House, and the universal feeling of the clergy of North ^ ales in 

 favour of his proposition, proceeded to answer tne objections lie 

 anticipated. It might, he said, be called inconsistent to repeal 

 part of an Act so lately passed; but then it would be worse than 

 inconsistent not to repeal it if it were found to work a great evil. 

 But he had a precedent for his motion. Within a short time after 

 the original Act was passed, it was thought desirable to repeal so 

 much of it as related to the union of the see of Sodor and wan 

 with the see of Carlisle. Why, then, should that which had been 

 granted to the intreaties of the inhabitants of the Isle of Man, De 

 refused to the intreaties of the clergy and inhabitants of ^ortn 

 Wales ? The great increase of the population of Wales, the extent 

 of the surface over which the Bishop would have to exercise his 

 spiritual functions, and the natural difficulties of the country, were 

 all potent arguments against the proposed union of the sees.— 1 he 

 Duke of Wellington opposed the Bill, on the same grounds as 

 alleged last year, when a similar measure was before the House, 

 namely, that it would interfere with the recommendations made in 

 1835, by the ecclesiastical commissioners, and would disturb the ex- 

 isting political arrangements respecting the number of bishops. His 

 grace moved that the Bill be readasecond time that day six months. 

 —The Bishop of Baxgor warmly supported the Bill, andintreated 

 their lordships not to consider the question merely as one of 

 arithmetic, but as one of principle, and as one of deep and strong 

 feeling in the heart of the principality.— The Archbishop of Canter 

 bury admitted that the feelings of the clergy and laity of Wales 

 were in favour of this measure ; but argued that the opinions ot 

 the commissioners were against it, and against the expediency of 

 maintaining the sees separate. He therefore opposed the Bill- — 

 The Bishop of St. David's charged the Government with want of 

 regard to the grievances of the Welch people. He knew that 

 representations made to the Government previous to the recent 

 disturbances in Wales had been disregarded, and the principality 

 now felt the bitter effects of that disregard. The Church in Wales 

 was labouring under the effects of that general disregard. In his 

 own diocese there was a great want of the means of educating 

 young men for the ministry, and although a college had been 

 founded out of the savings of the parochial clergy, it was inefficient, 

 for the want of funds — the Government declining to contribute 

 more than one-tenth of what they gave annually to Maynooth, and 

 having hitherto taken no step of any kind to increase it. The 

 right rev. prelate scouted the principle of making an episcopal see 

 in Manchester contingent on the union of the sees of Bangor and 

 St. Asaph ; and, having reviewed the opposition given to this 

 Bill, concluded by saying that if the noble Duke, the hero of so 

 many well- fought fields, succeeded here, this would not be one of 

 his glorious victories, but another example of the melancholy 

 truth, that it was much easier for even the best and greatest men 

 to commit an error than to acknowledge it.— The Karl of Win- 

 ch else a warmly supported the Bill.— The Bishop of London op- 

 posed the Bill, on the ground that, if carried, it would endanger 

 the creation of the new see of Manchester. — The Bishop of 

 Exeter supported the Bill, and argued, that it was in com- 

 mittee on the Bill that the inconveniences mentioned by the 

 Duke of Wellington, and the future provision for the Bishop 

 of Manchester, would have to be considered. He said 

 that if the feeling became general that the bishops ought not to 

 sit in the House of Lords, he, for one, would not wish to retain 

 his seat in it. — The Bishop of Salisbury adduced his own per- 

 sonal experience as an instance of the mischief and disappoint- 

 ment attending the union of sees. He had, he said, the misfor- 

 tune of having cast upon him the duty of two dioceses; most 

 unwillingly he had been induced hy the request of those to 

 whose judgment and experience he felt great deference was due, 

 and by a supposed state of necessity in the Church, for which 

 he had been told no other remedy could be found, to undertake 

 the care of another diocese, in addition to that which properly 

 belonged to him. Now, he could assert, that the union he was 

 concerned with had given satisfaction to no man, and least of 

 all to himself. The burden of it distracted his attention from 

 the duties of his own peculiar diocese; it overweighed his 

 spirits, and it broke his health. He had earnestly desired to be 

 relieved from that burden, but for that relief he had petitioned 

 in vain. The clergymen of his own diocese might well complain 

 that a portion of that care and superintendence which was due 

 to them had been diverted from them ; and those of the other 

 diocese deeply felt, he knew, that they were deprived of the care 

 and oversight of a Bishop resident amongst themselves. He 

 assured the Government that by rejecting this measure they 

 would greatly shock the feelings, disappoint the hopes, and 

 shake the confidence of those who were the firmest friends of 

 the Church. Greatly would the Church rejoice to see a Govern- 

 ment strong not only in financial resources, not only in its suc- 

 cess in both Houses of Parliament, but strong also in those 

 higher attributes which attached to a Government the affections 

 ot the people. Greatly would the Church rejoice to see an Ad- 

 ministration strong in that faith which can trust for a blessing 

 upon all righteous questions; strong in that hope which can 

 animate to meet difficulties; and strong in that enlarged charity 

 for the souls of men, which would make them see it to be a 

 statesman's duty to bring religion home to the doors of the peo- 

 ple, and that the efficiency of the Church of Christ was the only 

 sure foundation alike of social order and eternal peace. — The 

 Earl of Harrowbv likewise supported the Bill.— Their Lord- 

 ships then divided— For the second reading, 49; for the Duke of 

 Wellington's amendment, 3" ; majority against the Government, 

 12. The Bill was read a second lime.— The Glass and Vinegar 

 Duties Bill was read a second time. 



Thursday.— In reply to the Earl of Clarkndon— The Earl of 

 Aberdeen stated that the Emperor of Morocco and the Govern- 

 ment of Spain had accepted the mediation of this country in 

 the quarrel that had arisen between them; and he confidently 

 anticipated that a just and reasonable settlement of their differ- 

 ences would speedily be effected. With respect to the actual 

 hostilities which had commenced between Morocco and France, 



Lord Aberdeen stated that be regarded it as an affair aitogeuitr 

 trifling and accidental, and one that would not lead to anr 

 serious breach of friendship betwixt France and Morocco. Ha 

 entirely exonerated France from any hand in fomenting the 

 quarrel between Spain and Morocco, and from any desire of 

 provoking hostilities with the Moors.— Lord Monteaclb sab. 

 mitted his motion for a select committee to inquire into the 

 effects of the import duties, as at present existing, en the com- 

 merce, the revenue, and the general prosperity of the country" 

 The noble lord, in a three hours' speech, contended that 

 the principles of free trade, as tested by the experiments 

 already made by Government in that direction, had turned 

 out in practice to be beneficial to the revenue, trade, and general 

 prosperity ; and that these principles should be carried out to 

 the full in all things. Though all foreign countries might still 

 cling to protection, Lord Monteagle held that as a stronger 

 reason that this country should hold to anti-protection as its 

 "distinctive die." A general war of commercial competition, 

 he said, had succeeded a general struggle of naval and military 

 strength ; and in order to show our greatness in the arts of 

 commerce as of arms, he urged that we should stanl single- 

 handed against the world under the banner of anti-protection 

 and free-trade.— The Earl of Dalhotjsie complimented Lord 

 Monteagle on the excellence of his speech and principles, and 

 opposed his motion on the ground of time only. Two years, 

 he said, had not elapsed since the whole of our commercial 

 system had undergone a thorough revision ; therefore it was 

 now too soon to re-open the question. The surplus of revenue 

 over expenditure had arisen from the Income-tax ; therefore, 

 until it was seen that we had a surplus without the Income-tax, 

 it was premature to reduce our duties further. He enumerated 

 the various instances in which Government had carried out 

 the principles of Free Trade— especially the removal of air 

 duty from wool — and claimed the confidence of their 

 Lordships for the Government in permitting them to 

 test their own experiments, and to remove, as they 

 deemed opoortune, further restrictions from commerce.— The 

 Earl of Clarendon complimented Lord Dalhousie with •' ap- 

 pearing to speak against his conviction;" and yet wit 1 ! 

 coinciding completely with the doctrines propounded by Lord 

 Monteagle. The noble Earl supported the motion.— Lord Col- 

 chester warmly opposed the motion. He maintained that the 

 vast difference between countries without coh nies and this 

 country, with its great colonial system, was a sufficient reason 

 why the restrictive policy might be disadvantageous to them and 

 yet indispensable to us.— The Duke of Richmond would hive 

 had no objection to the motion could he have agreed to it without 

 implying that he was a free-trader, or without a: mitting that 

 Lord Monteagle's arguments were valid, which he certainly 

 could not admit. The reason why he wished for inquiry was* 

 that he might show the peculiar burdens borne hy the agricul- 

 tural interests which entitled them to protection. This wa- one 

 of the motions frequently made in Parliament, because it was 

 known beforehand that they would not be carried; an 1 Lord 

 Monteagle knew well that his committee w a Jd not be a|reea 

 to, else he would never have proposed it. The noble Duke de- 

 nounced this as a paltry party motion to attack :fteG»er n- 

 ment for their conduct on the sugar and timber d uties, i and 

 declared his intention of opposing it, not because he vva, satis 

 fled with the conduct of Government, but because hew. ; mo*, 

 dissatisfied with the conduct and principles of Lord Mon.e«l. 

 He confessed that he did not like the spirit of the noble 

 Earl, the Vice-President of the Board of Trade . and he hope* 

 to have heard from the Government such a decla |JJ^ B ^JJ t 

 -•• We are of opinion that so long as thf.fJ^^Se-ticn." 

 is subject to its present burdens "Iw S? he eeemed to^e 

 The Duke concluded his speech by saying that he eem 



in the position of hardly i*™ 10 *™*™*^!^ that if 

 Noble Friend (Lord Colchester) -but be was con i 

 they polled the people of England they wouU find m i s sin . 

 jority, both in England and Scotland who j nter tain j ^^ 

 cere belief that free trade won Id be tne rm tfce 



Q „,i whrt wmilrl use every constitutional enori w v . 



and who would use every c ° nstu ""^"" trov them, destroy the 

 adoption of a system which ^ld destroy t £m. for ^ 



labourer, and make their country d^^^^u the theories 

 suuply of food.-The Earl of VVicklow ^agreed, ma d to 



down by Lord Monteagle, J". J declare d 



». *«— ■ ffcSBEKSS Sd only for 



and doctrines laid 



vote for his motion, „,.«—-- --- lM .; lir : n i e 9 



their entire coincidence with \hose pnnciples^ 



time to carry them into effect which he *~ u of E ng 



cord them. He was » a J lsned *J a ' J£ e t ered commercial in- 

 land was to pursue a free and unfet terea fof 



tercourse with other nations, out he i a exa mple.- 



a long period other countries «;pf ^Ji ^ ' ument usedbf 



HSrajSMS 



ted a 



r at the signs oi «■*•*-"; 

 tone of the Vice-President of the J Boaro - --.-^ KSSl0 * 

 Lord Lansdowne co n fide ntly P«*icted that adraD ces 



would not pass without P r « du t c h in ^ r f ^ n rGovernment, who, by 

 in the free trade direction by the P res * n \~°, v declared that the 

 the mouth of their Prime Minister, hadlat y . Thc Earl of 



sugar duties were only in a state ° f »« n * l J}°J "motion, on .the 

 Win-chelsea gave his dedded opposition to tne the rain of 

 simple ground that he believed free trade worn their rc stric- 

 the country. If foreign countries ^^ormous national 

 tions,or if we were unburdened witl an ^no batcl rcoia- 

 debt, we might entertain the notion oi free t r > a „, di- 

 stanced as we were, free trade i would. 9* r ^ neir Lordsh * 

 mately cause the downfall of Great Britain . Non . co ntents. 

 divided-Contents: present, 3«; proxie* J, ,-/ 5. motion was 

 present, 9 ; proxies, 9* j-184-majority, 109- 



•SMSSfc. Duke of R--.^-£^ 

 great number of petitions in favour of protee tio „m 



-The Lord Chancellor, in answer to tQ att emp« 



of the Earl of Wick low, said that it ne pape rs, oe 



?o correct the errors which appeared in the : * ^ tr . 

 might sit in that house and do , nothing e£ w no founds 

 At the same time he had to state that there th t the 



tion for the assertion in the papers i to tn cqU ence oi 



judges' circuits were to be Postponed >n , ne i --Tn 



the writ of error in the case the Queen £ ed state o 



Earl of Minto called attention to ^ e po ai in Scotland 



the 

 wished 



meritorki 



by introducing a measure to that effee ^ me nt had -^ 



dingto.v said that the attention of theGJJ pledged* 5 

 directed to the subject, and though he couia ^^ ^ l0 tro- 

 onthe part of the Government that a »easu that v 



dnced thta session, still he was P re P ar ^ d m i nis ters it eo **J 

 matter would receive that ^ attention ifro* ^^.tb.^" 

 merited—After a few words ^"J.^^erished state o^ 

 Galloway bore testimony to the ^P°v e e Act of PJ 

 schoolmasters in Scotland ; certain » P« ts ^ dl sgraced 

 ment referring to the Scottish scbooima* 

 statute books. [Left sitting.] 



HOUSE OF COMMONS. the p an she? 



Friday. -After the speech of Sir J. G*aba» th(?n dlVl deo. 



(Scotland) Bill, noticed in our > ftS ^ 11 t m f tt ec!ll3-ABa |n * 1 „*■ the 

 when there were-For going into ^^ocommittee.^^ 

 -Majority. 54. The House then went in to co Qn the g ^ d 



,st clause being proposed, Mr. *%!" %*!%***«» £l£ 

 that it would interfere with P^Pf^I^cnt. The co^ m i n 

 on the faith of existing Acte L^.^Jr^tfajoritf . >f- „* 

 divided-For the clause, 52-AgamsMt, 20 t0 the P & t 



clause 8, Mr. F. Ma^ejIi video. »« ^ tf 



given to those who had a life interest m v 



to 



