Imaacouass semasu ENGLAND AND Aus- mc5,-.'..The American States possess land in abundance, but are scantily suppliedwrth the other chiefelements of wealth and civdization—I capital and labour. For a constant influx of both they are indebted to England. Stop that supply, and the progress of American prosperity will be checked. The eloquent Dr. Charming is alarmed, it seems, for the consequences of too near an approximation to Europe. He is afraid lest his countrymen should pay the penalty of material prosperity in moral deterioration. In nlecture recently delivered to the members of a Mechanics’ Library in Boston, and .ln other respects worthy of much respect for its senti- ments and ability, he thus expressed himself in reference to the progressof steam-communica- tion with Europe—

“ I would ask, what is to be the effect of bringing the labouring classes of Europe twice as near us as they now are? Is there no danger of a competition that is to de- parts“ the labouring classes here? Can the workman

re stand his ground against the half-famislied, ignorant workmen of Europe, who will toil for any wages, and who never think of redeeming an hour for personal im-

rovement? Is there no danger, that with increasing ntercourse With Europe, we shall import the striking, fearflil contrasts, which there divide one people into separate nations? Sooner than that our labouring class should become a European populace, a good man would almost wish that perpetual hurricanes, driving every ship from the ocean, should sever wholly the two hemis- pheres from each other; Heaven preserve us frotn the anticipated benefits of nearcr connexion with Europe, if with these must come the degradation which we see or read ofamong the squalid poor of her great cities, among the overworked operatives of her manufactories, among her ignorant and half-brutalized peasants. Any thing, ovary thing should be done to save us from the social evils which deform the Old \Vurld, and to build tip here an intelligent, right-minded, self-respecting population. If this and should require us to change our present modes oflife—to narrow our foreign connexions, to de- sist from the race of commercial and tiianufacturing competition with Europe—if it should require that our great cities shou‘ld cease to grow, and that a large portion ofour trading population should return to labour—these requisitions ought to be obeyed. One thing is plain, that our present civilization contains strong tendencies to the intellectual and moral depression of a large por- tion 0fthe community; and this influenccniight to be thought of, studied, watched, withstood, with a stern, solemn purpose of withholding no sacrifice by which it may be counteracted.” .

Dr. Charming apprehends the introduction of “social evils w ' h deform the Old -World,” from a transfer 0 a portion of the European population to the New; but the more rapidly that transfer takes place, the sooner will his own country get rid 0fthe enormous “ social evil” of slavery. Darn up the stream of immigration, and you prolong the bondage of the Blacks. Dr. Charming needed not to have crossed the Atlantic in search ofa degraded race, and the " fearful contrasts which divide one people into

separate nations.”

Taou KWANG, PRESENT EMPEROR or CHINA. -—Taou Kwang was born in 1781, during the life ofhis grandfather, Keen Lung, at whose court Lord Macarmey, and the news ofa happy termi- nation ofa revolt in Thibet, arrived nearly at the same time. The first fifteen years of 'l‘aou Kwang’s life were spent at the court of Keen Lung, his grandfather, a man whose long reign of sixty years showed that the whole bent of his mind was set upon the subjugation of all the neighbouring kingdoms and nations, and the ex- tirpation of not a few of them. Many _a captive chief was brought to the imperial palace, and there made to writhe in all the agonies that in- genious malice could devise for them. Such spectacles must .have had a far greater effect in steeling the heart of the young prince, than all the virtuous lessons of Confucian lore could in the way of making it soft and sensitive. In 1820, he came to the throne; though the following year, 1821, was, by imperial edict, commanded to stand in the calendar as the first of his reign. Taou Kwang, though a Tartar, was a disciple of the Confucian school, and was, of course, obliged to feign a wonderful readiness to comply with the rigour of its precepts , but the solicita- tions of his friends saved him this piece of pen- ance and self-denial; and so, cutting asunder the thread of his poignant sorrows, he seized the reins of government in 1820, and ordered the following to be considered the first of his ad- ministration. But hear the self-applauding suf- ficiency with which he prefaced this declaration —“ All the kings, (several kingdoms are tribu- tary to China), Tartar lords, great statesmen, civil and military officers, have affirmed with one voice that heaven's throne must not long remain without an occupant.”

Pnori'rs or THE OPIUM Timon—The Sir Ed- ward Ryan has returned (previous to Feb. 5), from an opium cruize on the eastern coast of China. She proceeded on the' expedition with fifteen guns, and a complement of 70 men, and having successfully disposed of her cargo, re- turned with seven lacks of rupees in specie, inde- pendently of the sums which she had interme- diately remitted. The net profit oftliis underta- king, VIVth has been completed in little more than five months, is rated at £50,000 sterling.— East Indian Telegraph. V

Is it not a new thing (inquiresa correspondent of the Post) to see an American ship (the ‘ Samp- son,’ just from New York), with a cargo of teas, landing in the Wapping Docks? -

Mas. FRY IN HOLLAND.—The following anec- dote is recounted, in a letter from the Hague :— “ A Dutch postmaster on the frontier recEived a letter, bidding him to have horses ready for a lady,_who would travel that way, and arrive at a certain hour. The absence of any name made the worthy post-master see a mystery in the af- fair; and he not only set it down in. his own mind, but informed his neighbours, that the Countess D’Oultremont, whose intended marriage with the King of Holland was creating such a ferment, was expected, and would change horses. The lady in the post chaise arrived at the hour men- tioned. The population greeted her with the mast abusive language, the moat discordant and unwelcome sounds. To this the lady in the car-

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riage replied by a shower of tracts and pamph- lets, and upon inquiry, the Dutch mob found that the traveller was not the Countess D’Oultreinont, but Mrs. Fry, who had been visiting the prisons in these parts. - . . .

Captain Ross obtained soundingsin the mid- dle of the Atlantic Ocean, with a line of 2,500 fathoms, which is believed by far the greatest depth that has ever been reached.

CERTAIN ANTIDOTE T0 Assume—The efli- po

cacy of the hydrated peroxide of. iron in coun- teracting the fatal effects ofpotsoning by arsenic, has already been made public; but a sufficient number of facts had not been furnished seas to leave no doubt upon the certainty ofits action as a specific against arsenical preparations; but seven well-accredited cases, related byiDoctor Puchelt, of Berlin, remove all incredulity upon this important acquisition, conferred by the pro- gress ofcheinical science, and which, for the sake ofhumanity, cannot be made too public,'_ as it is now iiicontcstibly proved that the peroxide of hydrated iroti is the most certain, safe and ready antidote against arsenic known. ' _

BARNSLEY DIALECT—PROVERBS.—Baklng‘ it neet iriaks doafy bread. A scolding wife affaiice masks a druckau huzband. Shoe a jackass we gold, after all ill kick you if he cati. Ared nose Costs more keeping e repair then a brass rapper. When a kihg swears, its said the devil laughs. A gossaping woman sends t’ most rags tut paper mill. Its better to be kick‘t we a camel that lick’t we a lion. A pop-shop doorduzant need _a rapper. Its better to be lame it heel then it head. A sly drinker goes t’ back way tut cherch yard. One wife’s plenty, but one an a mistress al ruin ouny maii. Its better to lay e bed all day then get up soin to bakbite a nebor. A druckan liuzband keeps his wife aght at shainals. A public hatise sign iz’t fingerboard to a jail-door.

At a meeting 0fthe West Lothian Agricultu- ral Association, lately held, it was agreed “ that a premium should be awarded against the next show for the best two-year-old donkey, with the view ofraising this degraded anduseful animal to its proper status on the roll of the brute crea- tion.”

SMUGGLERS iN GREAT BRi'i'AiN. —Mr.M‘Auley, in a speech which he lately made in Parliament on the opium question, alluded to the system of smuggling which was regularly carried on in Great Britain, in spite. of the mast determi- ned measures adopted by government to pre- vent it. He said that the Preventive Servic‘e cost£500,000 annually, employed 6000 effec- tive men, and upwards of50 cruisers, and yet, as was well know", every article which was reason- ably portable, which was much, desired, and on which severe duties were imposed, was smuggled to a very great extent. It was known that the ordinary amount of brandy smuggled had been ordinarily 600,000 gallons every year, and of tobacco, an amount not much less than the whole quantity regularly imported through the Custom-house, was con- veyed into the country by clandestine means. It has been proved also before a committee 0fthe House that no less than four millions of pounds oftobacco had been smuggled into Ireland in opposition to the most effective pr‘e- ventive laws which existed in the w0rld —Bos— ton ZlIertantile Journal.

PAPERS BY THE UNICORN.

Farmed—One 0fthe most interesting articles to be found in the Paris papers is an announce- ment by La Prcssc, that the British and French Commissioners had at last agreed on the basis of a commercial treaty between Great Britain and France. According to La Prcsse, “ France is to increase herimport duties on linen and linen yarn, and to remove the prohibition now existing against the importation offine ii‘onmongery, stone pottery, a few articles ofwoollen manufacture, and various small objects ofordinary consump-

‘tion, substituting for the prohibition, an elevated

scale ofduties.”

In return for these concessions, which will be duly appreciated, “ England is to reduce front thirty to fifteen per cent. the import duties on all the articles ofParisian prodiiction,on clocks, watches, and on stained and dyed paper. She will redtice the import duty on French wines from 55. 6d. to 25. per gallon, and that on brandy, from 22s. to Ms. per gallon.” “ Thus” says La Pressc, “our wines will pay only an import duty ofeight or nine sons in England, while the customs duty on its entry in Paris is six sons; and we may hope to furnish for British consump- tion, good vin ordinat're at If. 25c. (15.) a bottle." “ The import duties on silks are to be thus de- manded by the city of Lyons l”

Arman—The following is a copy of a tele- graphic despatch from Marshal Vallee to the

French Minister of War :—

‘ At the Camp of the Alfoun, April 30.

‘ The army attacked yesterday the Arabs on the Ouedjez. The two wings of the enemy being turned, they fell back on the position of the Adam, which were carried by the bayonet, and the Arabs pursued till dark. All our troops behaved excellently, and our loss is small. The Dukes of Orleans and Aumale, who marched at the head of the troops, are well. The weather is fine; I continue my operations.’

FRENCH JUSTICE T0 AFRICA.—We rejoice to learn, that France is beginning to tread in the steps of England, by practically endeavouring to secure justice for much injured Africa. A so- ciety is now/being formed at PariS,‘entitled the African Institution (Institut d’Afrique), which already includes some illustrious names, for the

avowed purpose of giving freedom and civiliza- h

tiotrnto the Negro race. They are resolved to raise the No Slavery cry around.every throne of Europe (and we hope America will hear it), until every governmentrshall yield to the claims of humanity. Their ulterior object is to igroduce

s anion t the African tribes them-~_ tilted: a“litiiiitwe aregsglad to find, that some of our French neighbours are beginning‘to. open their eyes to the happy influenCes of Christianity, by admitting it to be a powerful means of produ- cing civilization. We are informed, that the Rev. R. Maxwell Macbrair, one of the Vice preSidents 0fthe Institut d’Afrique, recently endeavoured to draw the attention of its members to the wer of Religion, as being the only sure means ofcivilizing barbarians. Upon‘this. letter being read to the Society, it was enthusiastically ap- proved, and was ordered to, be laid up in the archives; whilst the secretary in his reply states, “the manner which you point out is undoubtedly the mOSt sublime arid the most powerful.” Verily this looks like an opening 0fthe blind eyes! May all the politicians and statesmen of Europe thus awake to an acknowledgment of the truth! The presidents of the Institute are Due de Donde- ville, Marquis de St. Croix, Admiral Rosamel, Comte de Laborde (aide de camp of the king), and Lieut. Gen. le Baron Berthezene.

REMOVAL or THE REMAINS or NAPOLEON:

The following’ are the remarks of the Courier Francais on the Ministerial proposal .to bring home to France the remains of Napoleon:—

“ In restoring the remains of Napoleon to France, the last wish of that great man is accom- plished. The King has charged his son With the pious task. The Prince de Jomvdle 'Wlll receive from the hands of England the precmus deposit. The old companions of the Emperor’s exile, Gourgaud, Bertrand, and Las Cases, will accompany him. A million of francs, voted by the Chamber, will raise up a tomb beneath the vault 0fthe Invalids. It was on the 5th of May, the anniversary‘of his death, that the French Government ordered its Ambassador at London to claim the ashes of Napoleon. Ere ten days had elapsed M. Thiers learned by an oflicialdes- patch from Lord Palmerston, that England, without hesitating, and with generous haste. was ready to meet the wish of France. The Minis- ter read this despatch at the tribune, and it does the greatest honor to the Government which dictated it. The British Cabinet hopes that the remains of that national hatred which so long divided France and England may be buried in the tomb of Napoleon. This noble wish shall not be disappointed. England and France have the one destiny to fulfil—no other than the advancement of civilization. Their discord must henceforth be a calamity to Europe, and a crime in whosoever would assume the respon- sibility of such a breach. The Ministry may be proud olthis great act of reparation. No previ- ous Cabinet had the courage to make the pro- posal to the King. No other, perhaps, could have obtained it. Marshal Sotilt, Napoleon’s Lieutenant, must regret not having marked his administration by such an act of devotion to the Emperor. We should be but just in associating the King’s name with that of the Minister iii the public gratitude. Ifthe Minister havethe honor of the idea, the King has the merit of sanction- ing it. Any other Prince, the aim of so many hostile plots and conspiracies, might have hesi- tated ; Louis Philippe saw but the wish of France, and deemed, as the Ministerial allocation ex- pressed, that ifaught could stand the comparison with glory, it was liberty.”

Stunt—The revolt in the Basque provinces appears to have completely failed. The unfor- tunate Carlist officers who crossed the frontiers, believing that the people would have risen on the standard of Don Carlos being unfurled, have fallen a sacrifice to their mistaken zeal. Zaha- la has been shot; several others of inferior name have met the same fate, while a few have been driven back into France to share again, with so many partizans of the same cause, the misery and starvation in the depots to which they are con- signed by the French Government. It is said that Doti Carlos is to be sent to the fortress of Blaye, where the Duchess de Berri was so long imprisoned, as papers have been seized coming from Bourges, which implicate him directly with the attempted insurrection in Navarre.

‘ TURKEY arm EGYPT.

Thelatest intelligence from Constantinople is 0fthe 522d April. Advices had been received there front Alexandria that, Mehemet Ali had caused sotne Turkish sailors, to whom Colonel Hodges had given passports to return to Constantinople, to be seized and shot as deserters, and that such oflicers as received passports were degraded to the ranks. A Tartar had also airived at the Porte in three days from the Taurus, with the positive assurance that Ibrahim Pacha had re- ceived orders from the Viceroy to waste no more time, _but march at once upon Constantinople. Certain it is that the day following the arrival of the Tartar, Lord Ponsonby had a private con- ference of three hours’ duration with Reschid Pacha. Ifthis intelligence be true, orders can- not be too soon given to a British and French fleet to pass the Dardanelles for the protection of the Turkish capital. If Mehemet Ali, hurried on by his own genius, plunge into war, the strug- gle must be of short duration. We are aware that he rests his hopes on the disuniou among the Great Powers, and that he relies principally “P0n lite sympathy of France; but thounh ilis‘raasn'tifil:zshniotledisposled to crush him utterly, she the integritn paste as England in maintaining

y o the Turkish empire, nor do we suppose she would fire a shot at the flag of the allies to save him from annihilation. ‘We are not, however, insensible to the fact, that a vic- tory over the Viceroy would be dearly purchased by the Sultan, at the expense of witnessing some forty thousand Russian troops in the heart of Is dominions. We know that the Em er Nlcllplas would desire nothing better tilt?!) (t); familiarize an army, shivering on the bleak shore of the Black Sea, to the fine climat d clear skies of Asiatic Turkey. The Czar :oau'jd be delighted to familiarize the Turks to the pre-

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sence of his Cossacks, and tosceusto. , :- attach to such-presence the idea of p . ‘ This must not be overlooked by Eng! France, who cannot be so blind as not to v p . this a satisfactory rgasfin for. the :ud‘prh I c'oura ement iven y ussta tot e i ., . to yielgd to mgnaces which become harm being set at defiance—London Sun. , l Akifi'Pacha, of Nicodemia, has been . H, . y;

ded from his rank, after haying been” .

be guilty of the most horribleatrocities. A bad for his prosecutors, before the Sultanr F- hundred 0fthe inhabitants of the Pachabch ' v _’ produced in court the bloody garments of .p,‘ cent persons whom he had caused to be m. This Akifi' it was by whom Mr. Chtt .

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ed. . '. was so cruelly bastinadoed. Beardes do tion, he was sentenced by the Sultan to.) sonment for life. Under the old system his

would have adorned one of the iron spikes ‘ the ate 0fthe Porte. ' _ 4". Five of the Sultan’s wives wererinQIioany,‘ pectation of giving birth to an heir'w.‘ Throne. The city Was to be illuminatéd seven=nights for sons, and three for da' , 1 without distinction as to priority of birtlm an: {-a. .,

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In the House of Commons, in answer .* S. Canning, Lord Palmerston stated that relations with Persia were the samenow set twelvemonth ago. Negotiations are in progresgf for bringing about a settlement, butour interests. in Persia are confided to a Charge d’Afl'aires, and a Consul at Tabriz. . , .

On the motion of Mr. Thomas Duncombe, : Messrs. Stockdale and Howard were ordered toi be discharged. It was not resisted.

Sir Augustus D’Este, son of the Duke of Sus- sex and Lady Augusta Murray, has btisied'himy self lately in attempts to make good his claim to' rank as a Prince of the Blood Royal of Great} Britain, Ireland, and Hanover. Having obtain-’ ed an opinioti in favour of his claitn as regar ' Great Britain from Dr. Lushingtoti, and as re gards Ireland from Mr. O’Connell, Sir Augu i” applied to two eminent German lawyers, Job's Ludwig Kluber of Frankfort, and Dr. Zachari‘ of Heidelberg, who have affirmed his right to, , “if “status of the legitimate son of his parent'-' Hanover.” ' i ‘.

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(From. the New. Orleans Bee, of May, 9.) . , w 5 " AWFUL TORNADO—Natchez Destroyed—W, are indebted to the Captain of the steamer Vic " burgh for the fol10wing melancholy intellig I " of the destruction of Natchez: ‘ '- . The devoted city of Natchez was visited xi ' one of the most awful and distressing cala 'g ties which it has been our fate to witness.~ * O 1 Wednesday about 2o’clock P. M. a dark uw made its appearance in the South-west. preced‘_ by aloud and continued roaring of the win .; As it came on swiftly and with the speed oft wind, it was met by another, which was waft w- from directly the opposite point of the com i . v , A description of the sublime spectacle Whie 1' ensued is beyond the power of language convey. At the momentofthe concussion, mass of seeming white spray were precipitated to t ", earth, followed .by a roaring of the wind as if i {Eolus were there guiding and directing I 5" ’ storm. Houses were dismantled of their roo ' and then almost immediately levelled to the earth. ' The air was filled with bricks and large ' , , ‘. oftiinbers, and even large ox carts were uplifl ; and. thrown hundreds of yards from theirorig', r posuion. f- -. About sixty flat boats lying in port were drit, from the shore and sunk. The ferry boat between Natchez and the oppostte shore capsized and sunk, and every one on boat: ' supposed to have perished. The Steam Hinds was capsized and sunk—crew all Wt The steamer Prairie had her cabin enti 't: swept off—crew nearly all lost. The two Hot, in the city were shaken, one partly, the - it entirely to the ground. Almost every house I‘ more or less injured. It is impossible tot how many were killed, as the streets were fil v, with large piles oftimber, rendering them i passable, and the work of extracting the de bodies from the fallen houses was not complete When the Vicksburgh left some fifteen or twent bodies had been found. It was verydifiicult ‘ find a landing, as every house under the h