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.Posmesstic News. From the Cormspoandece of the Charleston Mer, WAsuateo-oN, April 17. The fouse having nothing else to do are about to take some lessons on the sci ence of Meteorology. A Mr. Espy has ap . plied for the aid of the Government in pur, sain his inquiries into the science of the wea ier. Ile has convinced some of the mPembers, particularly Mr. Adams. that lie can learn evrr one to tell a fortnight be iffe hand which way the wind will blow on it particular dlay. It is thought that the science may be available to politicians as well as to Davi gmlors, farmers, &c. h'lae Committee to which the subject waI referred, reported at Resolmion granting the use of th lIall of Represenatives to Mr Espy, fir the purpose of delivering Lee tureb to the Members in support of his thee ries. Soeio opposition was made to thle propostlioln. .5i r. Pienoats suggested that, in this IIouse, it was quite nnecessary to resort to a pub lie Leetiure, for instructims in regard toiuind, The I iouse. however, sustained the Reso lttion, thiking, perhaps, that they woulh learn from he Professor soine new way o wisingf the wind. e t April 19. The Scule took uip the Bill to proven the issuing nad circulation of the notes o aite Bank of tle United States, as currency and the debate was continued through thc day. Mr. Wall saicl the present Bank clam imto pozsession of the property of the lat< B.-ank of ihe United States, as trustees, fo tle limited and specified purpose of liqui dtaing its debts and disposing of its means 'Thle new Bank fiiud amongst other proper ty and papers thus transferred, about six teen millions of dollars in uotes, Somec a which land beetn issued and called in aan discharged. They immediately seized up oil this hand as their owan property, and il vioilation of their trtst and of the rights oi the corporation or tiae oid Baank, put it i ciruelation. It was their principal stock ir trade. They had issued of their own note, oly about three huiadred thousaand dollars The Charter of the late Ba.nk having ex pired, there was no obligation any where for the redemption of this paper. 'the nev Banak was not legally bound to redeena theim. They might be hound in equity but that warnot a riatter for our considera tion; because the very object of a charte was to create legal rights and remedies. He uaggested that the Government havin< given existence to the Corporation, ant been a part of the Corporation from which these notes originally emanated, knowing o licir circulation, and permitting it, migh hle in eqmity b)ound to redeem them, in cas the Pennsylvania Bank should become in, solvent or refuse to pny them. Taat i anighit become insolvent was not impossible in its much as speculations in produce ai stocks wcre extremely ncertain, and a particular eisis, miglat be ruinous. II contended tant the whole transaction wa a fraud on the part of the new Bunk, ans that it was in the power of Congress to pun ish it. Mr. Preston doubted the power of Con defend the course of Mr. Biddle in issuin these notes. His own opinion was that r was highly improper. The Governmen ias a Corporation, in the late Bank, could ill a complaint in equity against the Pennsyl vania Bank, in any Court of Equity it Pennsylvania, for any injury done to thi Corpora'tion, 113n1 procuare ain i.ju.nction. As aan itndividual Corporation, if'he thouagh his rights impaired by the course of thae net Bank, lie wouttld seek redress ina that wav But thme Gov ertnment had no right to uasaar juriicttiona in the ease. It was clearly matter foar thae decisiona of the State Couarts If Congress consid'ered tihe course of Mr B iddle as imapro'per, they miaghat, as Corpora tors, stuimp thecir reptobaation tuon it, by Resoluttiont to3 that elleet. A rati 20, Te Cumbeiarland Rond Bill, wvhaich a fet <lays atga was rejected, lay a vote of 9t to 9E wag, to-day, after havting bieen conisideredi dhi4cussedl ill theo Ilouse, att n avassed ori adf thec Ilnase, fiinlly paassedl to a thairdl read inai, lay a vote of 100 to 95. This show thaat very little deapciendec is to be placci itt te aetion of thae fouse, beenuase at nae ver acts, as a body. upon aiay p)rinaciple, bti athat of' stront locial and1( party interests. Whlena, lay inadividtal imiptulse, it goes right tihe same causes will barinag it hack ngnlin. Very stroaag aad eloquenat speechecs wer tmndol~ againast thec Bill hy Messrs. Rhecti Piecens, alld Clownaey. Air Corwin re lled nat length to) daiy to these gentlemen A fine oppofrtuanity has thuts beena lost lby th friendus of reformai anal ret renchmtaenat to shot thte sinacerily of thaeia professioans. Mrd . Pickeans called uapon the f'rienaas e the Adaainaisaratioaa to patase inl their enree of fependitulre, if thaey wvished to stustnii thae Aainministratiun. If alley cotald not brin; thme disbuarseameits within twenty-three nmil hanas, the Admainaistrajtionacoauld not stanad. lie referredl to thec postponemneant of thac 4th inistahnaentt, ai measure witha which heo w a idenatiied, andl hen named the Slates of Nevl Yorllk, North Carolia anad thercts, wlahah aso harge an inaterest inl thaat instathnent, thxa thaeso sappropariaations wolid baeggar thaa Tlreasiary ad rendler it impaiossiblie for tha iovernent to pay that inastlalmenat to tht Si.~mes. Thea hill was finaltly passed lay a vote o 6 tat 80. Its friends finding thatt thtey hra secutred a mliarity fora the lill, were unswil ling to trust it for a sinagle day to thecchanea oaf anaother reconsidleration. It is stupposec thowever, at theo hill wvill be lost ill thae Senaate, tat least therec is a very good chane< for its rejetionm there. Th'le Sen ate to-ay signlalizedl its wvisdlom firamaness atnd patri otistm, by a triaumpana andt odeeisvo vote ia condemntatation of' Mr Biaddle's condat, as thae corporationa soib (as bao is ini fact:) called then Unaitced Statet Blantk oflPennsyvanain. The bilh to preven thae istiang tandt circulationa of the nlotes 01 alrafts of the laite Bank ofthte Unaitead States hby thte presenat Utaited States Bank of Penan sylvania, was passedl to a t'hirtd readinag, by a vote of 27 to 14. Mr. Cialhotan andt Mr. Rites ade very able argtuments ona thae quaestonl (If the powier of Congress to sup. press these tnotes, anid to entforace thenir saup. pression nlgmnsrt thec Banak of the Unitead States. All theo conservaives joined with, whige opposed it on the gmaund of enconsti tutionality, but admitted that Mr.Biddlo's conduct was a high handed and daring a buse of power and trust. On motion of Mr. Preston, his resolution relative to th.e. Annexation of Texas, was made the oider for Monday next. April21. THE REPORT ON TIE DUEL. Mr. Toucey, of Connecticut, Chairman of the Select Committee of Investigation on the late Duel, obtained leave to make a Report. The Report was not read; but it recom mends, 1st, Tihe expulsion of 51r. Graves, for a breach of the rights and lprivileges of tihe House, and an oll'encc of a high character against the vital principle of a deliberative assembly and of represenututive governament 2d, Trhat Messrs. Jones and Wise, as seconds, deserve the severe censtre of the House. The Committee dwell on Mr. Wise's conduct as particularly censurable in resisting any accommodation without death. 3d, The Committee entertain no doubt that J. W. Vcbb lhas been guilty ora breach of privilege of tihe House, but as he is amen able to the civil authority for a conspiracy to assassinate, they recommend that the House bestow on him no furtier notice. This Report was made by four members Messrs. Grenuell and Iaridon made a sepa rate Report. Air. Elmore made a Iteport distinct froi the other two. The Commit tee moved the printing of tihe papers and the postponement of the RIeport till Alon -lay fortnight, pending which motion, the Hlouse adjourned. From the Correspondence of the Charleston Cour WAsu:NoTON, April 21. Thle Senate did not sit to-day. The following ire the yeas and navs, by r which the bill for prohibiting the circtiation I of the old U. S. bank notes, was ordered to he engrossed. Yeas-Allen, Benton, Brown, Buchanan, r Calhoun, Clay, of Ala., Cuthbert, Fuhtilon, Grundy, Hubbard, Linn, Lumpkin, Lyon Niles, Nor.vell, Pierce, Rives. Itoane, Rob inson, JRuggles, Smith of Conn., Tipton, Trot ter, Wall, Williams, Wright and -Young -27. Nays-Clay of Ky.. Clayton, Critrenden, )avie, King, Merrick, Nicholas, Pretiss, Preston, Robbins, Smith of ladiana, South. ard, Swift and White.-i.i. From the N. Y. Commercial Adrertiser, April 17 BANif CoavENTrox.-This body ad jotirned yesterday sine fie, the Alaryland Delegation having withdrawn on Saturday, and several other Delegates returning to r their homes on the same day. Thie result of their deliberations is embodied in the fol lowing preamble and resolutions: -"Whereas it is found necessary in order to simtltaneous action by the basnks in time resumption of specie payments, so to pro ceed in designating a period for that pur pose as to secttre the nearest approach of unanimity-and whereas while in the jutd nient of this Couvenfon, the return to spe cie payments and preservation of the curl rency mn a sound condition, will depend es seutialy on the course of the general gov ernmei -..iet this Convention t good faith, exclhsive of any direct reference i to the prospective measures of the govern ment. At the same time, the Convention t has been happy to observe, in recent letters from the Secretary .of the Treasury, spe. - cifte assurances of an intention to sustain the banks so far U3 it may be done through the fiscal operations of that department of the government "Resolved, That it lie recommended to all the Banks of the several States to resme spee payments on thme first Mlonday of January next, without precluding ;an earlier may find it necessary or deem it proper.'' Thme discussions of the Contventin have been animated and' able; and wye have reat sonm to believe, notwithsanding. its sittings were held with closed doors. fliat however widely the members maty have differed up on other questions,but one0 opinion prevailed ,im regard to the cause ofour financial ditli culues-thme untoward action of the govern . ment. Mr. Galhlatin, it is stated, has sig a nalized himself by his exposure of Im'e I wretched measures of the p resent and( last . administration upon this subject. tThere was no difTrenee of opinion in re gard to the high obligatiotn of the banks to resume sp)ecie payments the momenit they couldl do so with safety, without apprehent sin of a second sttspension, and with a due regardl to the busiiness relations of the whole country. The only questions agitated re lated to the nanuing ot a precise day for a general resumptiomn. New York,nmot only from the requisitions of thme law, but fromt its own poIsition) ami f strength, desired thme shortest time, andI Alis r sisuippi the longest. Origimnlly foutr pro positions were intormally entem tained, nmamn tung thme 1th of Mlay ensuing: thme Ist of' October: time 1st of .ianuary, andl thme 1st of April next. The Committee reported int ifmvor of the 1st of October. Trhe Newv York delegates moved to strike out the ist of October and insu.rt the 1ith otUMy. Tlhe I ayes on this qitestion were Neuw York, in diana, Missouri. Illinois and Msiip. Th~le finad vote for nmig te bm Monday January for~ resuming was as idlows: Ayes--M~1aintie, Vermont, Minssamchumsetts, IRhodle-Island, Gonnecticut, New Jersey, E Delaware, District of Columbia, Virginia, I North Carolina, Inudianma, Illinmois and Alis souri. Noes-ouje from Ne w York and two from Alississippi. I It is utnderstood thtat the Ne i Entglandl D~elegates avowed themselves ready to re stite with Newv York, provided they could be satisfied tomo so, irrespective of tihe sitit niiont of time bantks of the South andi WVest. But of this fact they were ntot sattisfied thteir opintiont beinig that the business relaitioni of the whole country onght first to lbe so famr adjtusted, ats to enatble the baniks of thei Union to resnme simnultaneoutsly. The Co)nnecticut delegates fronm tihe fi'rst avow ed their readiaess to resmimne with New York,provided ime baniks of te latter would assture them thamt their depositors were to be paid int specie. Th'e funids of time Con neeticut banmks beinig mostly in New York on deposite, they should of'course look to the New York banaks for time mneans of sus taining their own resumption. it is not to be denied, however., that the Eastern deo'--:om~ wern ,ne-,.t... . avor the Philadelphia and Bahimore.banks Ahan those of New York. In a free conver iotion with several of those delegates, they rrankly avowed that their interests and sym pathies were with Philadelphia and Bati more, for the reason that while the course of the New York banks, during the year past, had in a measure closed New York against them as a market, the opposite poli .y of Philadelphia and Baltimore, had o pened those cities as markets for their man ractures. The proposition that has been adopted. however, does not fetter the operations of any bank whatsoever. Any and all are at liberty to resume at pleasure, at any tno ment, and without farther consultationl with any. Those of New York, it will be seen by the following proceedings, will resunie in nbedience to the law of the state, on the 10th of May. Ni.w YORK, April 16, 1838. At a meeting of the delegates of the city and country banks of the statesof New York, held inl this city, this day, the following preamble and resolution were unanimaouply adopted, and ordered to be published: "Whereas, the law which legalized the suspension of specie payments will expire by its own liititation on the 15th of May next; and whereas the effect of a resumption tire considentions which more properly per tain to the Legislature than banks: therfre. withont attempting to fore see what tihe ef fects may be. ut hoping that they may not he injurious to the commuerce and industry of the State, and with a determination to ren dor to thiose interests all the assistance which shall be found compatible with a discharge of our legal obligations itesolved, That the banks of this State he recommended to resume specie pav ments on or before the 10th day of May next. G W. LAWRENCE, Chairman. W. M VEa:sun.yp, Secretary. Snien:-New York Banks, &e.--lt is sta ted in the New York papers thnt arrange ments have been made by the Bank or Eng land, in connexion with Messrs. Baring, Brothers & Co. of London, and Mr. James G. King, of New York. to send out to the address of Messrs Prime, Ward & King, of New York, One Millioni Sterlings ($5, 000,000) in specie. Two hundred thousand pounds have already arrived by the packets Sheridan and Columbus, and the residue will come by the packets, in succession: . 100,000Io by each. it is stated that Ihis large sum is qett out to New York with a view to aid the Banks iu resuming. The American adds "It is estimated by those who have good means of knowing, that ten millions of dol lars will be imported before June 1st. and that, without reducing the amonut of bul lion in the Bank of England below ten nil ion pounds sterling-as the tendenev of gold was constant from the continenIt to England." From the New York Erpress. A notice was put tip in front of Prime. Ward & Kina's ollice this morning, that arrangements had been made by the fank of England and Baring, Brothers & Co. through the agency of Messrs. Primes and their partner Alr. James G. King, noI in sumne specie payment. Of this-sum, 6M, 000 dollars have arrived since Saturday. The notice has excited qnite a sensation in the street. Etiquiries are now made how this has been obtained; what Banks are particularly interested: and how have funds been piced inl London to pity, as all these points are important, if the specie is really gnitg into the vaults of the banks to enatble themi to resume. Specie Payments and Mr. IBiddle.--The Senate, yesterday, undertook to give a side comimuent to 1air. iliddhle's letter, by pis sing a resolution appiroving of the suspensiton of specie paymets. Thie Ilouse had a little more indeendenc-e-(the Ilionse represents souls--the Senuate diolla rs,--antd rejected the resolution by a vote of nearly tuo to one. much to the ama.zemient and chagrini of the liiddleites. Mr. Cantonl gave notice that, im ease the Newv York banks agreed to re sutme. andt any Massachusetts hank refuasedl to, he should immnediately move for a comn nittee of investigation itito its all'airs with imstrnetions to report its actual condition, thtat the|Ll egislatutre might know wvhetheur it was actually banikrutpt or nt, atnd whether its refusal arose from necessity or caprice, Boston Post. Fromi lthe AMilledgerxile airrorder, Apjril 24. Geni. Scott who has been~ ap)poited to the command of the troops stationed andt to, lie stationedl in Cherokee, lias, nttuder the aiuthority of the United States, matde a re qumsition on the Gonvertnor of GZeorg-ia for twvo regimlents, ten comipianies each, ofi in limitry for that service. TIheo Governor has recogmzi-ed thle reqluisitioin, bty ordering, thurotigh the respective colonels, one coam patny Iromu eachl regiment itn the folloiwing counites, the motst convenient to the scetie of operattionis: two companies hlall, two liabershamn, one Jacksoni, cite Gwinneti, one DeKalb, one Camrpbell, oneo Carroll, one Coweta, otte Fayette, two Ileurv, tine Newton, nte Waltotn, one Clark, one 'Madi seot, two Franklin, tine Elbuert. These trtoops are to be raised as volun teers, or by draught, and will rendezvous at New Echiota as speetdily as practicable. Reqtiisitioiis have hecht mtado likewise tupon North Carol ina, Tennessee and Ala hamta, wvhich, with the Georgians and the Umited States troops tnow in the conntry, and those ordered from Florida. will een stitute a force so formidable andt itmposinig, that wve hope, most sanguinely, that all dis ptasitionts to hostilities ont the liart of the Cherokees, will be quielled, withouit resort to violenice, or theo ell'usion o~f blood. Misssissippi Itanks--T he New Orheans pape~rs hldltly charge the Mississippgi baniks with tdeprecitatinig their own paper ini that city, and butymng it up at the heaviest dis enuntt. The Picayune says that the charge s trite becyondh all mistake, and that the conduict tof thies shavers deserves till execra iotn wvhich can he mueted out to thema. A New Territory.--The Territory of Wis yonisin hats bieeni dividetd by law of Contgress, and0 all that part lying wvest of the Mississip Pi, tufter the thtrsd day o)f o~f July ntext, is to ontst itte a separate terrorial government uiailar to that of other erritores. From the Journa of the Amer. Tem. Union. IEETING OF THE CONGRFSSIONAL TEMPERANCE SOCIETY. g This important Society,-composed or se veral members of the government, and of Lhe Congress of the United States. held a S public meeting In the Hall of the House of epresentatives at Washington. on tle 27th i ult.; the day * simultaneous Temperance iI meetings throughout the country and the it world. tI The Hall was well filled with a select andience of gentlemen and ladies. Amnong I them were noticed the ion. Mr. Adams, Ex-President of the United States; lion. C Judge White of Tenn., and many Senators i' and Representatives in Congress. the Cler c gy ald Medical Faculty of Washington, I and other valuable citizens. t The lion. Felix Grinly, Senator of the r United States, front Tennessee, and Pre.i- a dent of the Society, took the Chair. The 'l meeting was opened with prayer, by the ' Rev. Mr. Reese, Chaplain of the Senate. Mr. Grundy offiered a few remarks, explan- C atory of the object of tie ineeting; after ! which, in lien of a report, the Correspond- It ing Secretary of the Amnerican Temperatnce 1) Union gave a brief view of the present state of the Temperance cause. both in this arld e foreign cot.tntries, and offered the followin. N resolution: " C Resolved. That the great success which ha rewarded the Inbours of Temperance Societies, should encourage them tm contin uc their elorts until the triumph shall be d completet and that % hilst engaged in, pmsl- Fl ing firward the reformation, which it is e their putrpose to consimmate, they should carefully avoid every thing of a party po- h litieal or seetartan charaeter, and dirict all 1 their energies to save their fellow beings il and their <ountry fron the curse of intem- i perance. Thie resolution was seeonded by the llon. ti Mr. IHall, mnember of Congress *from Ver- t maont, and unanimously adopted. a The ion. Mr. Reed, nmcnher of Con- 'l gress front Massachusetts, ofilered the fibi lowing resolution: lb Rlesolved, That senmen, whether in the C merchant service or in the navy, fron their h exposed situation, ans well as from the tre- C mentdous responsibility of their trust, re- s quire tie peculiar symnpathy and protetii m of their fielow tmen to preserve thenta from time evil of intempernw-e Mr. Reed sustained the resolmtion b-y a I speech of some length; after which it was s secomded, w ith a few retnarks. liv Edward r C. Delavanm, Esq. of New York, and unan iimol y achaptpgh rhe [Ion. Joseph C. Noyes, imember of Congress from Maine, ofl'red the following resolution: Resolved, Thiat the reformation of the grossly intemperate was, fir too long a pe riod, looked upon as hopeless. The signial success which nhas attended the efforts of the friends of tie clause of Temiperance in this particular, wherever they have beenm fully and faithfully exerted, all'ords the stroigest argunments for renewed perseverance in, so a desirable an object. The resolution wasseconded by tie lion. Mr. Morris, member of Congress front Ohio, and unanimously adopted. 1 The Hon. Mr. Randolph, mem.,er of I Congress front New Jersey, offered tie fol both Ilouses oTCoiii c are entitled to time thantks of this society, and of tie whole country, for their pmmpt '1 adoptiotn of a joint standinmg rule, excltudi.. a ardent spirits froim tie restaurateurs of the Capitol, and the public grouids adj:acont thereto. M1r. R. sipported his resoluioh in an an when time resoutionm was secomnded by lDr. Ilarvey Laimdley, of Washitngton, and unam nonotnsly adopted.( VTe limn. Mr. Briges, membmher of Con gress front M. issnehnmserts, anmd Cim an~i~ ofa time Executive Commmittee, ofi'red the fol lowing resultntiont: Resolred, Thmat, while we rejoice at the t signal victories, w hich, umtnder Prmovidetnce. haive been achieved by time friendls omf Tent pmerantce mt our counmtry, we hail with sat is-e fteom its tmroduction and triummphs itt othm er lands, anmd wouldiecheerour own brethrenI who hmave thmere emmbraced tihe samte benme volent cemtse. Alien a few reimairks froam Mr. Briges,the l resoluttiom was seconmded hv thte I limn. .1lameses Silk linekinghlam, late metmher of th itBriit- i ih Pamrliametmt.a Mr. Biuckinghmanm, for whmom most ofthie eveninig lhad heen intentiontally reserveid, nad- t idressed thte atudietnce for abmotut aim imour antd ia a htal ; andii, thouitgh latbotuing mmtnder a se- t vetre cold andii speaiking with dilietnty to hmmmself, lie wams isteneid to witht thme great - est idelight ainid attenmti. Thme meeting wvas idismtissedl by thme Rev. Mr.. Saicer, Chtaplaitn of time House of Re- e presetattives. At hamlf Imast tenm, time next tmorninmg. thme souety tnet it time roott of thme Judiciali Comtt- ci mittee, andii electied theo follow-ing iiiileen. for thte year entsui"mg Presidentg. Ilonm. Felix Grundmy, United St ates Senm ator fromt Tiennmessee. Viece Presidents. Ilonm W'illiam C. Rives, United States s Sentato~r from Virgimia, lion. Jmems M. Wuayne, Judge of thme Supreme Court, U. S. ' hion. Samuel Premitis, 1U. States Senator from Vermmotmt.a Hlon. Franmklinm Pierce, .Iember of Cont gress fromt New llamplhmii. 1an. Johnm Reed, ?Member of Conigress bi from MIassachuiset ts. lion. Elisa Whlittlesey, Metnber of Con.g gross frotm Ohio. Honm. Samuiel Southard, Uttited States e Senmator from New Jersey. c Hlon. T ileniry, Mlembher of Cotngress a from PentmsylIvania. Hlon. Ar. Loottis, Memaber of Congress from New York. Hlin- Edtmundti Dehmery, Moember of Con-v gross ft oam Northm Catrolina.e IExecutive C'ommnittee. lion. Geaorge N. liriggs, Metmbler of Con- si gress from M assacumsetts. Ilimit. iletnionitn Swill. Utnited States Sc- di nammor from Vermnt-mt lion. Georye (Irennmel, Metmber of Con- sa gress hom Masachulmsetts. c Iln. David Potts, Member of C'ongress sm fronm Penntsyl vanmia.14 Ilon. William Slaide, Menmber of Comm- b gress frotm V ermonmt. a Secrclaryj. J. S. Mehan. Librarinan onCnmrom. TneIasurcr. lion. Joseph C. Noyes, Alember of Con 'Cs from Maine. Auditor. lion. Lewis II. Machin, chief clerk to enate of tihe U. S. Onl motion, Resolved, That the thanks of le society be given to the lion. Mr. Buck gham for his able, eloquent, and inmtemest ig address, delivered before the society on me evening of tihe 27th. Rtesotred, That all tihe proceedings of the eeting he published in pamphlet f1ornm. Resolred, That in future, the Excentive ommittee make an annual report, nud that r their aid, tihe secretaries of all State so eties, anmd of* the Americau Temperance mion. be requested to forward to tihe chair man of tihe cotmsittee, by the first of' Feb mry, annually, all such important fliets nid statemnents relative to time ndvance of me Temperance cause, as may be in their msessionm. The very respectble gentlemen who impose the imeeting, seemed fully resolved : sustain the association, and give it a more ifuential character than it has hitherto ossessed. It is hoped that secretaries of late societies will without further motice, )mply with their request. lion. George . llriggs is Chairman of tie Executiv, ommuittee. Ioanct nm.-Some two months since, r. Thomas It ivers (if Mil's Point, we mi eriiand, had a personal dilfliculty with a mani by tle namne of Ferguson, 'lrmierly mnectedi with time omllce of time Frankfort rgus. The dilliculty, it was supposed, md been imicablly wiliisteas; oi Friday eve ing last, however, while Rivers was walk ia tie street, with a little daughter by time miul. Ferguson shot him through the heart ith a rifle, fired from a rest, in a iotse oi mc street side. Ferguson was iinnediately mken into custody; but John Rivers. Esq , brother of the deceased, who lived some ules below, reacbed town during time night, nd time next morning about eight o'clock, roke in:o the room where Ferguson was omlimned, who immediately escalied by 11rsting throigh a window. Jones follo'w I himn. and at time distance of eighty yards Pot him through time back, aid coming up, espatched him by atnother shot. Such are me particulars we have received of this tra ical :drair, firom a gentleman of unques onemt'd respectability, who left tie Peint nee tie occurrence transpired.---Kash lle lanner. Foreign. From the Ncm York Ece. 11erahl, April 22. MPoRTANT FROM ENGLAND SIX DAYS LATEI--GIEAT IE \CTION IN THE BULLION MAIL KETS. Early this morning we received our let ers and papers from Liverpool by tite pack tship George Washingtn, Capt. Hold edge, to whom we beg to express our warm ekuowledgements for his civility in for varditng thema to us, und also fur commer al intelligence, and the latest Liverpool aper. The Geo. Washington left that ourt on time 2Gth ult. and brings Liverpool ates of that day, and tie London Sunday aper of thie 2.5mh. 'n onstuneta asem he intelligence by this arrival to mill parts f tihe country by the express mal of this fternon. The commercial mlews is interesting; it pears that cotton bas.fallen a trifle in Li The specie continues to arrive in great hunidantce. Abmout #I1,000J,000 at least, by his packet, as fiilows: 18 boxes spiecie, Primem, Ward & King, 2 o. Grimnnel, .inturnm & Co.; I do. Iieck her, Coste~r & Matdfieid; 1 do. Caimtmannm mmd ~U luehoumse; I do. liaruwaall & Co.; I o. order, iin all d'104,000 sterlimn-. Mr. King is also a passenmger~. Tme re etioni im iglamnd towards time U. Stattes is reater~ thman ever knmown. It is believed mhtt time trade, govermtmenmt, amnd inistituitonts 1. ltmglai.d deipend onm time comamrce wvith me United Suites. Om:r extracts on these oimts are highmiy imteresting. Thme Anglo-Amterican hIousessNot withi tanditi time stagnmationi of alitmost every ud of btusness which imas existed itt the (I tales, the dlebtsq of time suspimede Aiimericant rums ini Londtont hamve beemn worked off well; ndl we believe we miay say thmat omne of' se estabhlishm ents, whose ali~airs our m co smpojirary regarded ats hle~lss a'nd forlorn, ais reducted its liabilities to aibout ?1150; > niothintg, inm fact, as compiared withm its tisatimn mit time period time irm "'as Coimpiell I to 3 icai1 th le pressure of thme timhes. 'lie Ammeiicatns hmave strained every nerve in pamy oll' their debts. Th'ley have rt frmin miii sacritied er cry I hmtng to tihe omne gr'anmd oimt. thamt of tmaun:aiimug thiir credilt. 1mm iscuising ihmese~ tmatters it shoiuldl never be inrgmt tenm how cotmpuiltely time tw'.o conmries re nmow idetitfed inm itntere*st, andmi it is as mmch for thle betnefit of English t radce tht ssjstancmme shull lbe remnderedh to time imer-. hmats of Newv York, ais to time merchanmts f L~ondonm, Liverpool, or~ Leeds. it is a tyinig itn Lanmcashire that New Yonrk is Li erpooli, and Liverpool is Newv York. E'.rpotationm of GoldI to thme U. States. Ve are truly glad to fimmd that the Banmk of imgland hias, at length, determminmed to tmake ship~mentt of gold to time UJ. S. This wiill tonmy lie time maans of givinig life amid Lnmation im time United States, biut w~ll ad to extensive orders for otur variomus canufactures. it is evidently time harbrin-, er of mmotre chmeerful timies. Tme batnk in m1ds to sendl 4,000t,00t0; Messrs. Roths-. uild, ?25),000; amid various oithier firtmis lI'erenmt aimouts, umaking itt tihe aggregaute, he whtole, wve believe, is conusignmed to [essrs. Pmrimie, Ward & Kitng; but a pourmionm it, repourt says, is onl accounit of tihe Go ermnmenmt, to ameet bills from Camnadam. Tme ct producedl by this (opieration ini thme U. tlaes will be qutite astonishing. Theim re ttmption of ensh patymenmts has beenm the -eat contsidertion for a long tiime, btut time ilictulty of insurinig periamency to som vital :neasutre, hmas delayedci it. About 200,0t00 vereignms were sipped otn board tim pack shmips Cinlmbums mand Sheoridatn, which iled for New York omn Sundiay wecek. A mit s100,t000 itre alism, it is saidi, shippted (mi iarud time packet ship Gecorge Wa~tshtington, buin is expected to sai! to-day, for time mte port. Mr. Kitng, whlo hins beeun in rectors of the Bank of England, goes as a asseuger on board the George Washiug ton.-Albion. From the Toronto Colonist, A ril 12. EaX.CUTION oF iF.sSRS. LOUNT AND MATuswa.-This morning, at 8 o'clock, the last sentence of the law was put in execu tion against Samucl Lount and Peter Mat thews, for high treason. They walked with a firm step to the scaffold, and after an im pressive prayer b) the Rev. Mr. Richardson, they were launched into etornity. An im ience concourse of peole were present, by whom the greatest o er was observed. The square in rear of the jail, in which the seafrold was erected, was surrounded by the volunteer corps of provitcial militia, now stationed in Toronto. Corre.pondence of lte Alany Frening Journal. BUFFALO JOURNAL OFFICE, Saturday. 6 Pl. M. Dear Sir-I have before the mail closes, an opportui y to convey to you the latest news from Ioronto. The cars have just arrived from the Falls, and from Jacob Sei bold 1 learn that he saw the execution of Lount and Mathews, at that place, on the morning of the 12th inst., at 8o'clock. Petitions had been sent to Gov. Arthur for mercy, or even an extension, signed by some three thousand citizens of Toronto and its vicinity; the Executive Council had been called together, but naught availed to stay the execution. The bodies notwith standing the earnest application of their wives atid friends, were delivered up for dissection. 4 need not tell you that it has created a new a strong excitement. Seihold states that four-Theller, Mont gomery, Anderson, and - , are to be ex ectted on the 30th; and seven at Hamilton on the 24th. The British Colonist declares that it has good authority f1or saying that Sutherland has made no disclosures whatever. PENSACOLA. A pril 14. Important from Mevico.-The Ui. States ship Natchez arrived here on Monday trar ning last from Vera Cruz. The Natchez arrived at Vera Cruz the same day on which the Vandalia sailed. The French squadron consisting of one frigate and five brigs of war, were then lying at Sacrificio. Four of the brigs sailed two or three days after. The French minister was on board the frigate, corresponding wit h the 'Su preie Government,' and had given the Mexicans until the 15th of present month to decide upon and pay the indemnity demand ed by the Freneli, which has now been re duced by them to about 1800,000. This sum, it was supposed the Mexican Govern mnent would pay, but it was rumored and generally believed that the govornment would at once pass a law, banishing all French subjects froi the republic. In this way, by means of confiscations, &c. it was supposed the sum required would be raised. From the N. Y. Com. Adrertiscr. LATE FRO3M IIALIFAx.--We have received frot Mr. Keefler, our attentive correspon dent at Halifax, papers of tilat place to the 5th inst.' The frigate Pique sailed for St. John on the 11th, with the remainder of the 65th regiment. 11. 51. shVifI ercilcg 28 Wag f~prnCorkV with four hundred troops, being detach 'aents of the 15th, 34th, 6th and 85th re gitnents. The iblowing interesting letter we copy froi the Halifax papers of April 3. From the Ialifax Norascotian. NOBLE CONDUCT 1OF AN AMERIICAN ' UAPTAIN. 11er Majesty's Ship llercules, llalifax liarbor. March 28, 1838. Mr. hlowe, Sir-Mtay I beg te favourof yourl giving isertion to the followitg state ment: On otir passage f.'om England to this port, when in Iatittude 42 N. and longitude 42 WV. we observed a sail haul tup for uts, apparently with the desire of speaking tis ship. 1 immediately closed with her, and fthund it to he the American, ship "Comn umerce," of and from Charleston, bound to Liverpool, commnanided by Capt. Perry, and that his object in communicating wvith us, 'was, to beg that we would receive on heard part of the crew of the Elizabeth Caroline, of St. Stephen's, New Bruns wick, which vessel lie had met dismnasted anid waterlogged, Ja latitude 39 N. and. lotngitude 45 WV. and hail taken all the crew ofl the wreck six (lays previously. Trhese unforttunate persons had beetn 23 days (in the f'orecastle of the vessel lashed to the windlass, exposed to every sea, with barely snflicient food to sutstaini life, atnd all the water they hatd remaining was but twvo gaillotns, wvhen the Commerce full in with her. My motive in detailing to you these par tieunia, is principally to express miy ad mi ration. andl that of aell those under mny comn mnamil, at the generous andi humane conduct of Captain Perry, as it has' been mnado kntownm to us by the men belonging to tho lElizabeth Caroline. It a plears itat the Commerce fell in wvith this w'reck by the merest chance, at about half past nine at night. on the 4th March; tandl thiat on hearing the cries of the crew, the "Comtmerce" instantly shortened sail, wore ro)und, and wvent close alongside of the waterlogged vessel-Capt. Perry hail ing thenm in these cheering words, as the men have themselves represented: "Keep tip your hi'arts, boys, there is too tmuchi sea to board yotu now, butt I will never leave yott till I take yotu oil';" anti thro' the night le twiee or thrice passed round them, re peating those consoling 'words, and offering to veer to them water and pirovisionis if they wvere in immecdiatte want of either. These generotus assurances this bravo sailor rigidly fulfilled, and after piersevering ly keeping close to the vessel for two nights aend a day, blowing very huard all the time, he at hetngth succeeded in getting the people aell otut oif her into tihe Commerce, whe're ho clothed them, and treated thmeim with a kind- - ness whbich, as they grateftully say, they never can forget, or 'will ease to acknow ledge. I have the honotir tue be, sir, your v'ery obe dient servat. Captin 1I. M'. S. Ilercuiles. Shtort Passage --The ship Richa~rd An derson, frotm Iiumpiihton Reais, arnivedl at ive rlpool &hl M arch, int thie short- passage of 1I1 inva