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FOREIGN 1%E\Y&. J [From the N. Y. Com. Adv. April 8.] j, NINE DAYS LATER FROM FNGLAND. The steamer Acadia, arrived yesterday j j at Boston, at half past 7 o'clock. She had y a boisterous passage from Liverpool to Halifax. From the latter port she ran ? .i? .37 1-2 hours'-to B >slon. s ? - i- " The Columbia steamer, which >?11 I CM ^ frorn'Boston on lite evening of the 21 of Murrh, and froni Halifax on the 4th, arrived at Liverpool on the morning of the k0<h? making the passage from Boston in little more than 14 days, nnd in a little more than 11 days from Halifax. The arrival of the packet ship England, on the lOlh of March, and that of the steam packet Columbia on the l/ith, revived the nlarin and angry excitement occasioned by the report of Mr. Pickens j, eprlierfn tire month. The former carried j' out the proceedings in Congress relative j, to fortifications and other preparations for | War,'and those of the Maine Legislature J, on ilhe subject of boundary; among the , news by the latter was the letter of August ( M'Leod, denying his brother's piesence , at the affair of tlnr Caroline, which the rabid Journals of course laid hold of as disposing of thje. wlmie question, taking , the rase of M'Leod away f-orn the tribunals, and making -it inoperative on the Court and the Government to order his : immediate discharge. Queer notions of law ihesc Journalists seem to have. But before the Acadia left England, two new subjects of newspaper controversy had sprung up, and were in the full t de of discussion; these were the action of the Canadian Government ill. relation to l!? Catholic Seminary of St. Sulpire, and ?.- Ovf'nrd divines IIIC UIIIUMg ??V - - respecting lite famous ''Tracts fur the Times.-" which secins to threaten very serious consequences, not only to the Unirersity but the Anglican Church itself. IN PARLIAMENT. In the House of Commons, on the 10th of March, Lord Stanly gave notice that he should persevere in his endeavors to effect the passage of his Irish registration bill, and to that end moved the. order of the day for its second reading be fixed for the 28th of April?the Government bill having been set down for the 23d. On the 12th, in the House of Lords, the Earl of Mnuntcashtd gave notice that soon after the Easter recess he should move for a committee to enquire into the causes of duelling, a ip see whether it could not be put a stop to. Should the house refuse a committee, he would move a repeal of the act 1st "Victoria (under which Lord Cardigan was tried) for it was quite rediculous to allow the law to remain as it now stood. In the House of Commons Lord Palmerston was pressed with questions, by Sir Robert Peel, Lord Francis F.gerlon and others, relative to the conditions imposed _fev _lhe Sultaji- -or) 1>.-tro MX - xigypl?whether the hattt-schorif (published the other day) had received the sanction of the four powers?whether it was in accordance .with the treaty of July 15?whether it had been communicated to the English ambassador at Constantinople before it was sent to the Pacha, &c. &c. L?>rcl Palrnerslon evaded direct replies, saying lie hail no official information ?that communications might le still pending, &c. On the 15th in the House of Lords the Bishop of Exeter moved an address to the Crown, praying her Majesty to disallow | the ordinance passed by Lord Sydenham, ( Governor of Canada, to incorporate the j Catholic Seminary of St. Slupice, in 1 Montreal. The .motion was debated at | great length and-.with considerable beat;) the Duke of Wellington took part against I the Bishop, and the motion was negatived I? without a division. At which result ihc'l standard and the other ultra Tory and ul- ( \ tra Protestant papersn>e highly indignant, j denouncing it as virtually revoking the t Prntesiant reformation. I, On the 18th, in the I/ons'1 of Commons '< great numbers of petitions for the ab"|i-i j lion of church rates, were presented, and ? many also for the extinction of Ecclesias-! r lical C.)uptsV A lono debate arose on the! I motion l? print one of those petitions,! and the motion was negatived, 45 to 50. I ^ The rumors current when the British j Queen left England,' concerning divers d ships and squadrons being ordered to the j f United Slates, seems all to have died away, c Touching the ships named as being under t orders for immediate equipment, it is now c said that their destination is China. But. per contra, the Hampshire Telegraph has I the following:? c We have this day learned that our Go- i vernment, in order to prepare for any t emergency that may spring out of the | case of M'Leod, (and if the republic exe- c cute hint, we do not think thnt there is a g mau in this United Kingdom hut will de- f maud justice.) have directed six regiments i to hold themselves in readiness to embark d for North America?two of which are the s 19th and I8ih regiments, now in Ireland, it It is also stated in private letters from the b first circles in Paris, that Lord Granville, h on the 27lh ult., officially announced to M. Guizot that the English Government c would find it necessary to send ten sail of b the line to the same quarter. Of course a b fleet of steamers will form part of such an expedition. 'The boy Jones," who had already n been twice delected prowling about the! n apartment of the Queen, in Buckingham c Palace, was a-third time found thcie on 1 the 16th of >1 arch. The subjoined ac- L count of his movements is given:? -s 'HIRD APPEARANCE OF THE BOY is ONES AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE in The boy Jones was liberated from Tol- W ill fields prison on Tuesday, the 2d of F larch, his term of imprisonment as a e?' rogue and vagabond" having expired.? vt lis father was then sent lor, and Jones ci rus given into his charge, with strict di- tr ections that he should take every possible p are of him, and watch his actions; at the 01 nine time the offer to send the boy abroad rri vas renewed (and we understand it was p iflered in the first instance some weeks Ii since.) The boy's father and mother, al- a bough they uiu uoi uujun iu 11 I C WMV. | , lsked for a week or two in order to get h lim ready, which of course was granted, ti illliough they were upbraided for not let- A ling him go without delay. v On Monday he was at home during the t [lay, but about eight o'clock he was miss- I ?d, and nothing more heard of him until yesterday morning, when his father and I mother were summoned to appear at Bowstreet. The lad's father says, although <1 his sou has often been the cause of tinea- ? >iness to him, he never knew him guilty s i?f* any dishonest action, hut that iiis curi- j 1 n/>p!ijinns. has been re- d , ??!? iiiuiij markable; and the urchin himself still c persists in declaring that his only object j in going to the Palace, was to hear the ' r conversation of. her Majesty and Prince i Albert, in order to write a book," which,'I he says, must be read with great interest, i 1 He has from his infancy been fond of read-! t tug. His father asked hint several limes s how he had obtained admission. The on-11 ly reply lie was ever able to obtain was j v "Oh, by the door or window." Immedi- r atoly after the boy was discovered in the 1 Palnce, thrpe months since, two extra po- i licemen were appointed, whose duty it is, 1 on alternate nights, to watch all the stair- < case approaches and interior of the build- I ing; and in consequence of this arrange- s iricnt, Jones was so soon discovered?it is t supposed shortly after he had effected his I entrance. r It appears from what we have heard, I that shortly after one o'clock in the morn- t ing, the sergeant of police on duty in the t Palace imagined, as he was going along s the grand hall, that he saw some one I peeping through the glass doors, which < turned out to be the case; for on approach- I ing, Jones ran against him; and, of course, ? co/Mirorl. and at once I >V(19 iiiinawmw ,j wvvm. V..T ? sent i-ff in custody. It was afterwards I discovered that the boy had previously I visited her Majesty's larder, as, at the i time he was diseovered, he was feasting 11 himself with cold meat and potatoes, I which he had conveyed up stairs in a j i white handkcr'f. When asked how he ob- I tained an enterance, his reply was the same J way as befero, and that he could, at any t time he pleased, obtain an entruncc into e the Palace. , ' Jones was conveyed to the HomeOflice i and underwent a long examination. The t boy was committed to the House of Cor- 1 rg?lion~_Ioihill street,., as a. rogue and I vagnbor.d, for three months. t Jones says he had no felonious inten- i tion; that some one hud told him if he i gt>t into the Palace and could hear the t men and women talk, he might write a ! r hook and make his fortune. He says he ' c was in a room where there was a coronet ,'t and many jewels, which he handled; that j c he sat upon the throne in the throne i t room, and read books in the library, which c books lie can name, and point out the i; places where they are placed on the e shelves. He says, also, that in one of the t rooms two men came in one morning to u light the fire?that one began to whistle, j. itnd the other said, "Jack, you know that j, is airainst the rules:" to which he renlied. r tD ' I ' v "There are many more rules than that broken In this house." THE CASE OF McLEOD. We chronicle as a remarkable circumstance, the fact that one paper in London j| las taken a reasonable and comrnonsen.se s iew of the McLeod case?perceiving that }| t lias mine properly and in order before f lie judicial tribunals, and must there be 8i lisposed of iii the first place; while its a lisposilioo there, one way or the other, w nterposes no obstacle to such final action k is may be consonant with national justice, 2i lational equity and national honor. The ai jonilon Spectator says:? n( Every thing seems to conspire to ag- \ rravate ill.feeling and to neutralize better p lispositions. What is Lord Palmerston m loing? Rumor says that he has sent out w leretnptory demands for McLeod's dis- t| iharge, and orders for ships of the line to tl ?ack those demands on the American ft oast. To what end has that been done? s| in what ground? in what fashion? Has CJ jord Palmerston consulted the law offi :ers of the Crown, and made quite sure hat the United Slates can be called upon 0 give Up McLeod, hefore he has made iia appearance before the tribunals, on a barge which, being formally, however rl soundlessly made, most be legally dis- w in^ed of? Has Lord Palmersion chosen (|, he proper time and mode of urging the ^ ematul to secure success? The most reaonable demand may be so put us to make bi 1 impossible to accede: the country would m e glad to know how Lord Palmersion sf, as managed. j We give another extract, of a different harncicr, but perhaps equally remarka- t,( le, from the Dublin Pilot, understood to be _ At - Af/1 lit e rur. u uumieii s |?ii|ier? "WAR?ENGLAND vs. IRELAND. D "The time approaches when England nisi be humiliated or just, and Ireland tiay be ftee. * * * England may dolare war, but who will war (or England? or reland? What! pay taxes, and shed our th lood! And for what? * * ? Why ha hould Ireland war against France? There ca no Irish feeling to be gratified* ho Irish lerest lo be promoted, by such a war.? Hiat has Ireland done to France, or i rancc to Ireland, that we should shed c ich others blood? France in-, ides Ireland?well, where in her compii- 1 ited embarrassments will England find J i oops to defend Ireland, and preserve her |f rovince? Will Ireland defend herself, t r leave the battle to the belligerents, and lake no choice between masters? .It is I lain that England does not calculate on I rish co-operation. # # A war I ffoinst America is a war.against friends. I Vere England never our tyrant, nor Iremd her slave, we would war with rclucmce; but as it is?no we cannot war with .merica; our hearts forbid it?our hands rould be powerless. We cannot swell he ranks of such a battle?and for what? "or love of England!" AfcT WORns OF A MURDERER. The confession of Ervin Berkshire, unler sentence of death for the murder of Samuel Hudson, n?-nr Paint Rock, last timmer, is published at length in the last Uabama Southern Advocate. The murlernr states that he was born in Randolph onnty, N. C. in May. 1811, of honest >arents, and that his father afterwards renoved to Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ala>ama. He left his father in 1833, and ived nine months with Messrs. Ferrell Aid i^eemster, near Gunter's Landing; sixeen months, with S. K. Raybnn, in Marhall county, and kept three months at led Hill: lived as a clerk three months vith Leonard and Wear, and twelve nonths with Parker and Johnson. In )ec. 1836, he and his brother began busitess on their own account, in Camden, DcKalb county, Alabama which continual until 1838, when he lived with Frankin F. Roberts and sold goods in partnerihip with him until November, 1839, wlifen hey failed. He then went to Georgia and Vorth Carolina, collecting money, and eturned by Ross' Landing, where he left lis horse and look a freight boat to Gun er's Landing. He remained there ahout hree weeks, and went on the boat of Hudion and Woolley, intending to go to Huntsville. At night the boat was fasten;d to the bank of the river, and the paries lay down to sleep, friendly, in the same bed. When his victims fell asleep, te rose up, took an axe and made two atempts to kill them, when his heart failed aim. But he 6ays 'I felt depressed in spirit,?blood thirsty?craved money, and ivould have killed any one that ! thought lad money about him?at lirr.es I felt as f I would have killed any one whether ie had money or not.' He then struck Hudson several times on the head with he axe, killing him in his sleep, and instantly despatched the other in ihe same ,vay. After rifling their pockets of what noney they contained, near 8500, he cut he boat loose, threw the bodies over-! >oard, and went ashore to Huntsville, and. Torn thence to Whitesburg, where he was I trrested on the second day. He says 'Imnediutely after I had done the deed, I vas very sorry for it?would have given he world if it had not been done. 1 made 10 attemot to escane?could easilv have lone so if I hud been so disposed. I had lone what I ought 11 it to have done?fell :are less about every thing; determined not o give myself up. bui left every thing to diance.' The unhappy man adds, 4In the lame ot God, before whose awful bar I xpectshortly to appear,I solemnly declare his is the only crime I ever committed; if all other crimes my hands are pure; it s my first and last offence.' He assigns ntoxication from spirituous liquors as the ausc! [Correspondence of the Savannah Republican ] FLORIDA, April 4, 1841. Gentlemen?An express has this mornig arrived at Pilnlka from Fort King, luting that the Indians have exhibited an ostile attitude this day within one mile of 'ort King. A party of seven warriors jddenly emerging from the hammock, Harked a small party of soldiers who ere out hunting* fired upon them and ilied private Thompson, company ''H." d Infantry. This occurrence took place L 12, M. A detachment of the command - Fort King immediately left in pursuit, nother item to add to the pleasing pros-1 eel of closing the war. These Indians re supposed to be of the same party hich left Fort Clinch yesterday about ie time the express rider started from ...? rv._? r. . i._ lUb CMatllMI 1 w I 1 UU Ulllgt lb 13 IHJW ilie ill of the moon and you may expect i torlly to insert in your columns an arti* i e headed bloody massacre. I Yours, &c. i Putnposity.?A facetious gentleman Ira- i idling in the interior of the State on ar- 1 ving at his lodging place in the evening, , as met by the ostler whom he thus ad- | essed. "Boy extricate that quadruped orn the vrhide; stabulate him; denote * m an adequate supply of nutritious ali- * enl; and when the Aurora of the morn r iall again illumine the oriental horizon, will award you a pecuniary compensa>n for your amicable hospitality:" The j ?y not understanding a word, ran into e house saying, 'Mausser here's a |( utchman wants to see you,' e When a man of good will is troubled b tempted, or afflicted with evil thoughts; c on bo kottoi* tlnrlo??r>tonrln ?irbot U. UII Iiv wv/vivi uuuui OIUIIUO wuai UUCli lie pi ith of God, without whom he finds he d ,n do no good.?Thomas-a-Kempi*. IC; \From the Charleston Merhry.] * U. S. Bank-?The Report of the Eximining Committee was made to a meeting _ >f the Stock-holders on Monday last.? The Assembly was crowded and excited* tnd at an early stage of the proceedings threatened to break up in a general row. 5ever.il gentlemen undertook to address hem, bi.'t were hissed and coughed down. * They called for the Report and would 1 have nothing but that. It was read, and < the developemtnts it made of a system of ' favoriteism, waste and speculation, drew 1 forth repeated bursts of indignation.? 1 Here is cne of its statements. < 'Mr. Samuel Jaudon received, for the brief period in which he has acted ns for- ' eign agent of the Bank, some eighteen months or two years, about three hundred i and eighty thousand dollars lor nis scm cos!" At one period of great scarcity, the Re- i port alleges, that within the space of two months, upwards of four millions of dol- i lars were loaned to one person?supposed < to be Mr. Thomas Biddle. The Report * states further that the former President and Cashier loaued money without check or reservation, and to great amounts. Under thi<* power they borrowed themselves immense sums, and appear to have paid off their debts in depreciated Stocks. Of the actual present condition of the Bank, the Report gives a better account than most people expected. It estimates the loss on the gross amount of present assets, at?17,301,940, and consequently that the Stock of the Bank is worth about three sevenths of the par value. If to this, however, be added the loss of character and a terrible entanglement of all its affairs, we might make some deductions fiom the estimate, though we can scarcely doubt that if all the Stocks held by the Bank could be realized at their present value, the Shares might be worth something. Another meeting of the Stockholders '? ? - 4nn Thnre/lov fnct_ was iu nave uccu ncm nuiuu.i , tlie result of whicl\ has not reached us?it might end in a determination to wind up the Company. In the meantime Mr. Dunlap, the President, had sent in his resignation, and there was every appearance of a total change, if not reform, in the" administration of the Bank. So ends the greatest humbug of this century. While we moralize on the fate of the great Bsnk ?brought on mainly it would seem by an excess of public spirit?a rash generosity in helping the Slates to get in debt, nnd to make paper money and enact Rail Roads, &c.?let us see what has been the effect upon the other parties, the States and "institutions" that have been most sigInnlly blessed by her help. Here is a paragraph about Mississippi that is in point; The ^Natchez Free Trader says: On Saturday, we saw a ten dollar gold piece sold for $100 in Mississippi Rail Road notes; and, on Monday a common Marseilles vest brought $100 in notes of the Mississippi Shipping Company. This is going back to continential quotations. A proposal has been made in Parliament for an important thadge in the duties payable in West India ports, on imports from foreign counties. It is proposed to admit Flour from the United Slatesat 2s per bbl. instead of 5s.: Shingles at 3s. 6J. per 1000, instead of 7s. and 14s.; Hops at 2s. 6d. instead of 5s. 3d.; Oak Staves at 7s. intsead of 12s. 6d. and 15s.; Pine Lumber at 10s. 6d. per 1000, instead of ?1 Is.; and Fish, which is now prohibited, salt at 2s. 6d. per bbl. and pickled at 5s. Hon John C.Calhoun arrived in this place on Tuesday last, and left early on Wednesday morning. He seems to be in fine health, and is on a visit to his son's in the State of Alabama. He was tendered a public dinner by our citizens, which his lime would not allow hitn to accept. It would have oeen nigniy gratuying i? "10 friends and fellow-citizens here, to have enjoyed an opportunity of hearing him upon the present political aspect of the country, and its future prospects. But the extra session will soon be upon us, and then, if not before, we may expect to learn something of President Tyler's policy. Athens [Ga.] Banner. FIVE WIVES. Mr. Editor?I am well acquainted with a highly respectable gentleman who resides in one of the upper Districts of this j State* not more than 36 years of age, who t is actually married to his fifth wife. This gentleman has been extremely unfortu- t riate, and yet very fortunate; to say the j least of it, he is certainly a great favorite with the fair sex, and the fair sex great t favorites with him. By each of his wives a le has a son, all of whom are still living 6 Jtuler his paternal roof. Their names are is follows: Washington, Leonidas, Jack- ^ ion, Alexander and Bonaparte. Thus fou will perceive that he believes in nighty names as well as many wives. p Greenville Mountaineer. c The Hoosier Ladies Forever!?A s] ady of Indiana recently dated a letter "in >ed," to her lover in Mississspi. The fol- s owing is an extract from the warm-heart- jn :d girl's love letter: "Oh, you marrygold V( ?you hollyhock?you tulip?you cab- be iage. Oh you sweet owl-?come and omfort your distressed, your sorrow qu mitten, dying, dead Caroline. Oh my ear Henry, how I do love your big grey 8ld ? oAJgPEMYH. CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 21,. 1841. President Tyler.?The now President, having* >cen called in the manner which ho haB, to^hedu ies of the Chief Magistracy, and under tho cirjumstances, having no opportunity, by way of an* naugural addrcstr, to make knor^i to tho people*they principles by which lie proposed to be governed in hie ' kdministration, has issncd an address to the citizen^ >f the United States, setting forth those principles, rbis document will be found on out first page, and' will be read by all parties with the deepest interest. It will be seen at orice that it is a Whig paper, and. .? X '* - Tennonrtr findfl iwi fnvnp in hla Uiai llio lmicpviiuoui. ?.V??v sight; and although the substitute is not distinctly mentioned, thore is no mistaking the fact that hewill sanction the charter of a National Bank, not*, withstanding all his former opposition to such an institution. But we need not dwell on the contents, of this paper. It will be universally read, and each, one can form bis own estimate of its merits. The Bank of CUhdex?Tho Board of Directors of this Bank, at its meeting on Wednesday last, resolved that the question of acceptance or refusal of the provisions of tho act of the Legislature to provide against the suspension of specie payments' by tho Banks of this Slate, should again he brought up for consideration, at the annual meetings which takes place ou he first Monday in tho ensuing; month. The War Prospect.?The Washington com*, pondent of the Charleston Courier, under date ofthe 9th instant, says: ''There is less danger of war, at this moment, I am told, in the consideration of the Cabinet, than at any previous time ior a year or two." PERIODICALS. Graham's Magazine, for April, is just rcceivrd.? Tho Engraving, "He comes," is a most beautiful Mezzotint, by Sartaln of Philadelphia, nn American artist. In this department Graham is unequalled. The Plate of Fashions contains four figures; this class of engravings is also furnished regularly every month. There are three pages of Music, "Oh, Gentle Love." The literary character of this number is equal, if not superior, to any of its predecessors. We notice, among others, an able review of Bui.wer's last novel, "Night and Morning." The Magnolia, or Southern Monthly, forMarch, wo unintentionally omitted to notice last week. It sustains the high character which it has already earned. It also contains some severe remarks upon Bulwer's last woijt. We have not, nor shall we read it ourselves; but the same strictures would apply so well to many of bis other works, that we do not doubt thoir justice here. Our own opinion of the majority of the works of this talented " v * - novelist is, that to tho young and inexperienced tjiey arc as gilded poison.' The Brother Jonathan.?We take pleasure in acknowledging tho regular recoipt of this voluable weekly Journal. There is nono that we have seen so well adapted to the domestic circle. Its pleasing variety, the amount of useful information, and above ' all its moral tono. should recommend it to every family. The last number is very tastefully arrayed in mourning for the late President; the Vigbetteleing a Monument ovcrshadowod by a weeping willow, with suitablo mottos, inscriptions, &c. )' . , >' -i ! Unitkd States Bake.?We congratulate' the stockholders of this institution, on having secured the services of the Hon. William Draytos as President. If eminent talents, a pure and perfectly spot, less reputation, can effect any thing in baildiog up the public confidence in it, it has all this in the character of William Drayton. t:i' i. Wo arc again in possession of late foreign news by the Arcadia at Boston. For particulani we refer our readers to the proper head. It will be seen that the warlike tone of the English press, bos been succeeded by other topics, and that the probability of hostilities is lessening. The advance in tbe Cotton market, which wo noticed last week, had not been sustained. It had receded l-8d. to l-4d. per pound. The manufacturers, too, had commenced workings short time, which augurs unfavorably for a farther advance in prices. ? ' / tor the journal, a ?-i:? _c 01?1?_ ,u. ? XUW'OUii^ VI Ui? A. lllil iVI O U1 UIV Wbi^ilUVlliwu was held at the Swift Creek Church, in this District, an Saturday the 17th inst., for the purpose of form, ing an Agricultural Society. Capt. John Boykin was called to the Chair, and Ja*. Chesnut, Jr. appointed Secretary. The Chair harng stated the object of the meeting, it was Resolved, )n motion of A. H. Boykin, that a Committee of* leven be appointed to prepare a Constitution for the :onsideration of the Meeting. A. H. Boykin, T. J. \ncrum, Thos. Whitakcr, Win. Sanders, Duncan Lang, Bonj. Hailc, Jr. and James Chesnut, Jr. were iccordingly appointed, and reported, The Committee appointed to prepare a Constitu. ion for the consideration of this Meeting, beg eave to submit the result of their Conference: We, whoeo names are hereunto a /Sired, do consti. ute ourselves a society for Agricultural improvement, nd do ordain and establish tho following as a Contitutiou for the same. Art. 1st. This Society shall be styled tho Waterik Lgricultural Society, and its object shall bo strict. y Agricultural. , 2d. The officere of this Society shall consist of a 'resident, two Vice Presidents, a Corresponding Se. retary, a Recording Secretary, who shall be Treajrer, and an Anniversary Orator,?all of whom jail be annually elected by ballot. 3d. There shall be two regular meetings of this ociety during each year: one on tho first Thursday i May, and tho other on tho first Thursday in No mber. At tho meeting in November, there ahull i an exhibition of stock and produce for premiums. 4th. A majority of members shall constitute a orum. _ . . 5th. It shall be the duty of the President to prelo at all meetings, and in his absence, the duly of /ice President; and if the President and both Vice