MOUNTAIN SENTIUL.
EBENSBURG, PA.
THURSDAY, MARCH 7. 1850.
OThe Sentinel, has much the largest
cir.
culation of any paper published in this county
-and as an advertising sheet offers superior
inducements to merchants and business men
generally. Those desirous of making us of
this medium tor exienaing ineir business can
do so by either sending their notices direct, or
through the following agents:
John Crouse, Esq., Johnstown.
E. W. Carrt Evans' Buildings, Third St.
Philadelphia.
V . B. Palmer, Esq., New York, Philadelphia
ana uallimore.
Democratic
COUNTY MEETING!
The Democratic citizens of Cambria
county are respectfully requested to meet
in the Court House, in Ebensburg, on the
evenmgoF I uesday of the April Court, at
. ,r . i i r .l r
half-nast seven o clock, for the nurnose of
appointing a Delegate to the Williamsport
t aw a rm, . vvIaaa Z w. m m-. t a. t . I I
ocratic candidate lor Canal Commissioner,
and also for the purpose of giving expres
sion to the views of the Democracy of
Cambria county on the
various anitatinsr
questions of the day.
S. J. RENSUAW,
Chairman, County Committee
Feb. 28, 1850.
Notice!
The democratic citizens of the Borough
of Ebensburg are requested to meet at the
Court House on next
oaturuay evening,
at seven o'clock.
MANY.
GOur thanks arc again due Messrs
Drum, and Brawley of the Senate, and
Messrs. W. A. Smith, Hastings, Rhey,
Hemphill and Porter of the House, for
useful public documents.
Car" A number of the citizens of Johns
town recently tendered a public dinner to
i iiu.has j i owek, isq., laic oupermien-
on the Allegheny
Portage
Railroad as a
mark of the high esteem they entertain for
him both as an officer ard a private citi
zen. Mr. Power declined the honor thus
tendered him, alleging a
multiplicity of
business which he is anxious to have set
tied, as the reason of his inability to meet
his kind friends at the festive board.
fjNews from California have been
received up to January 1 1th. On the 10th
San Francisco was nearly inundated by
Hoods from the rising of the Sacramento
nn.l Amprimn rivprs. The nnnnlnwerfi
... f. i .... . .
couipeucu iu iiy iu mu aim
Several lives were lost. It is reported
that all the swine and herds in the values
were destroyed.
li'Among a variety of matters which
will come up before the meeting at the
Apni court lor the consideration ot the
democracy of Cambria county, there is
owe particularly on which we would be
pleased to see a decided action taken. a
... , .
question m which we are ail, as Cambria
couniy men, ueepiy nueresieu. a nep-
resentative in Congress is to be chosen at
thf npvt frill rlprtFnn. nml wn llilnlf thnt it
...:n i II..
u in ir. iiti.ri i i i v 'iiit . w . iii.ii iiiiiL iiii.i i.iiiiii
& j
ty is entitled to the candidate. We h
never had a member of Congress chosen
from this county, nor are we likely to
l.ovo llv( l.nnnr Pnnf0rml a nc f,r , nnm.l
. e i .
uir ui years ii tuuii-, uuiuas wm usseituur
J ...
rights on the present occasion, bincc the
formation of this District, Westmoreland
and Bedford counties have each had their
mprnhnr fnr fnnr vears. nn.l common ins.
. :. . ' V J
ticc would give us at least two years out
of the ten. After the taking of the next
census, we will, in all probability be pla-
mm m mm a a
ced with oihpr counties in the formation
nfn ,Ht. t i, lnrmnnntiP tvill.
T I 0
is ucrcioiore, ciaim a precedence oer us,
and we will thus be diddled out of our just
rights for another term often years.
s we have actr.l in crno.l faith inward
OUT SlStOr COUIlt OS nf Wmtmnrolm.1 anrl
"
JJCU1U,U' "uum ocucve mai mey
Mill throw no obstacle in the way of hav-
ing our modest demand granted. In fact
wp nnnrol.rnl no onnosition to our d-.,; J
c -i ir . 11 i ir 1 -r
from cither Westmoreland or Bedford, if
vc only present a man wno is worthy
and competent to nil the oflice. Never-
thclcss, we think it the duty of the demo-
cratic meeting which is to assemble in this
place on Court week to express publicly
their views relative to the matter, and
adopt resolutions asserting and setting
forth the claims of our county to the priv
ilege of presenting for the suffrages of the
democracy of this District the next candi-
date lor Congress. This is the proper
: mode of giving publicity to the position
we intend to assume, and we sincerely
I hope and trust that the democracy of this
rmintv will act in harmony relative to a
matter of so much importance.
The New Bank BUI.
A kind friend in Harrisburg has sent us
the Bank Bill reported by Mr. Laird of
Westmoreland. It is very lengthy, but
the importance of the subject, and the ne
cessity of placing proper restrictions on
the banking corporations of this Common
wealth, renders it necessary to make a law
of this kind very stringent and particular
m j5 operations.
This bill, which affords
. . . . , , .... 4, . r
evidence 01 signal uumiy un mc paiw u. .u
author, embraces all those great principles
of the democratic party relative to the
banking privileges, for the adoption of
which they have been contending for a
number of vears. If Mr. Laird succeeds
in getting his bill passed, he, as well as the
democratic party will have achieved a sig
nal triumph, and conferred a favor on
Pennsylvania of the greatest magnitude.
Uut we aie alraid, as has been heretolore
always the casethere wi
number of men in our own
'ill be a sufficient
own ranks who have
, . , . . - ,
not nerve to battle against monied corpora
1
tlons' and who' wuen united Wlth the
r 111 TTO 111 I'O 1 t f 1 r l" nUln 1jtlVn4 1
measure of this kind. Fears are enter
tamed that if this bill is passed at all, it
will be so modified as to render nugatory
many of the most important provisions.
M.
Affairs at Washington.
f 11 . war a
1 lie liaitimore oun s Washington cor
respondent writes under date of February
1 27th:
lam very happy to inform you that an
arrangement has been made whereby the
northern members agree to abandon the
project of forcing the California measure
by the gag rules. It was well known that
the attempt would endanger the quiet of
the House for some time to come, and
whether it succeeded or not, would retard
and obstruct any plan of compromise.
J he northern members are well con-
vinced that their movement last
Mondav
week was premature and indiscreet. The
resistance of the minority was conservative
ana proper, and win De restored again.
whenever it may be necessary to check
th arbit and oppressive conduct of the
majority .
Mr. Doty's resolution accompanied by
a out ior the admission 01 uaiitornia, is
1 1 1 . t r at -m v -
now before the committee of the whole
House on the state of the Union, for aful
discussion. 1 his is the proper mode ot
relieving anxiety and calming the excite
mcnt oom in me iiousc and in the coun
.1.1 .1 w W a-
try.
Next Monday, when Mr. Doty s reso
lution comes up as unfinished business
it will be withdrawn or passed over by
consent.
So, the imminent and pressing danger
alluded to in the Senate, on Monday has
been averted.
With the prospect which we have before
us of a wise, rational, constitutional, and
Draclicai Dian of compromise from Mr
Webster, and signs of a better disposition
on the part ot the House we may eongrat
ulate ourselves upon having safely passed
the crisis. Unless some untoward events
should happen we shall, in three months
see land.
Alabama and the Sashville Convculion.
TVirce Southern Slates not Represented
In the Legislature of Alabama, whic
s just ended its session, no legislation
iuuk. iiiacu on uie oiavery suoieci. iaci
IIouse it is lrue passeJ 'resolutions con
cerning it, but neither House would
agree
to the other's resolutions. Delegates
to
"lO proposed iaSllVllie convention WCre
appointed by the members of tlie Lcgisla
plished by the convention. In addition to
this, there is the positive contrary action of
'C JeglSIalUTCS Ol DOtll IVeiltUCKy aild
Tennessee, which we have hertofore no
,,!. ,i ... 1 . . . .1
ticed; and we have now the statement also
from New Orleans, that the Louisiana
Legislature arc strongly opposed to any
revolutionary movements, and are not dis
P0scd to recognize the Nashville Conven
tion. Bait. Sun.
Mississippi Prcparinj for War.
f ar. .
it appears that the committee of federa
relations, m the .Mississippi Legislature
sa's t,,e Baltimore Sun, has recommended
"t $250,000 be placed at the disposal o
lhe 0verument to be used in c.isp Mii
sippi is thrown on her reserved rights in
U"C great contest between the North and
ie OOUUI 0,1 lIie slavery question. In
T. T . .'' .rw..jr litoctt
tully reminds the sovereign State of Mis-
I sissippi that there is a small balance of
several millions of dollars due from her to
certain creditors, a part of which her Leg
ls,aturc as repudiated, but another nor
110,1 simply stands over from year to year,
unpaid, principal and interest. If she has
any $230,000 to disburse in any way, the
cotempoary aforesaid affectionately advis
cs ner 10 aPPl' 11 "on account."
1 1.-.. "
0"A man who was reprimanded by a
divine for swearing, replied that he did
not seen any harm in it. No harm in
it," said the minister, "why do yo not
know the commandment, , 'Swear not at
all?' " "I do not swear at ," replied the
man, "I only swear at those wtigautiov
me." '
2M of February.
At Loretto the 22d of February was
celebrated in a very patriotic manner by
the Allegheny Infantry, who were on pa
rade subject to the orders of CapU. Henry
Schnetberg. Alter perlorming various
manoeuvres with their new shooting irons,
the company adjourned to the store of
Lieut. A. Little, The meeting was or
ganized by appointing Henry Scanlan
President; George M Uough and Joseph
A, Buck, Vice Presidents. On motion the
assembly was addressed in a very anima
ting manner by James Kaylor, Captain
Schnetberg, Francis A. Storm, and others.
The orators having concluded their re
marks upon the subject of the day, the
following toasts were read,
REGULAR TOASTS.
1st. The American Army: That it may
always sustain the honor of the nation.
2nd. Here's to our Nation: That it
may increase in strength.
3d. Here s down with slavery and up
with freedom.
4th. Our Nation: As capable of repel-
a
ing invasion as any in the world.
VOLUNTEER TOASTS.
By James Kaylor: Would to heaven
that Washington and Jackson were living
to-day, and they should lead the army of
tvmenca to drive to the jumping-off-place,
the kings and potentates of Europe.
By James O Donnell: I he Stars and
Stripes of our Country The one to guide
the patriot in his country s defence, the
other a punishment to her aggressors.
By r rancis 1. Litzinger: '1 he 22d of
February A day upon which the Ameri
can people and all lovers of liberty thro
out the world, had born to them, the father
the founder, rnd the defender of freedom
and liberty.
By James Todd: George Washington-
who, when yet a boy, out-generalled the
veteran Generals of Great Britain, and
who, by his perseverance rescued his
country Irom its tyrannical oppressors.
Long may his birth-day be celebrated by
the American people.
By Henry Schnetberg: To the memory
of the Father of our Country May his
birthday be celebrated by his people as
ong as this world turns 111 its sphere.
By J. M. Christy: Here's to the Cap
tain of the Allegheny Infantry, and that he
may perform his duty as the man did
whose birthday we celebrate.
By John I. Leavy; I hat the Cambria
Legion may celebrate this day, the 22nd
ol February, the ever memorable birthday
of the father of our country, in a manner
that cannot be scorned at.
By II. C. Kaylor: General George
Washington the man who led the Amer
ican heroes of the dark and dismal days of
7b, and gained for us the liberty which
we now so largely partake ot. lie was
justly styled the father, the founder, and
the defender ot the American government.
By George M. Parrish: Our Washing
ton's glory unfaded will shine, and die not
until love of virtue shall cease on earth, or
earth itself sink into chaos.
By Augustine Kaylor: That the Cam
bria Legion may ever remember the glo
rious 22d of February, the birthday o
w ashington the lather of his country
who was a friend to and a defender of the
American people. iiav me Aiiegnenv
k. w. mi . i
Infantry be as ready to the call of their
country as Washington the brave who
never flinched when his country called
him te arms.
By Universal Consent: T.hc Allegheny
mianiry 1 ne best set ol toasters now
living; whether in prose or poetry, they
can take the hat on an 8th of January.
he IsOrd help them.
By Joseph A. Todd:
Here's to Gen. George Washington a sol
dier brave,
Who became a soldier his country to save
Whoso nobly refused a sceptre or crown
And into quiet life peacefully settled down
Long may his memory be held sacred and
dear,
By all who the name of Americans ber
By George M. .Parrish: Gen. Wash
ington, the gallant soldier, the bravest o
the brave May his name be forever hou
orcd and respected by the American peo
pie.
Jy J. M. Christy: Here s iuck ana
success io the Allegheny Infantry, and that
they may be the star of the Keystone.
By Henry Schnetberg: To the fair sex
ol our dear country,
uvJ. 31. Uhristy: Here s to the man
that owned the land, that raised the corn
that fed the goose, that raised the quill
that wrote the Declaration of Indepen
dencc.
By Peter Kaylor: Gen. George Wash
ington My mind and pen both fail when
they attempt to draw a picture of the hon
or the glory, and the praise due to this
great marf.
By Win. J. Coons: May the Allegheny
Infantry always do therduty towards their
country and their fellow-soldiers.
By Peter Kaylor: May the Allegheny
Infantry always meet to celebrate the
birthday of the father of his country with
as much patriotic feeling as they did to
day.
By Henry Schnetberg: Here's to the
paper which so ably displayed its wisdom
in ridiculing the iguorance of a few coun
try soldiers on occasion of the 8th of Jan
uary
By Joseph A. Buck: Pause, oh! ye
critics, and take breath, for there has come
to light a certain Blair County editor who
seems determined to conquer you all by
criticising upon volunteer toasts; and when
he shall have climbed the djzzy heights
of his ambition, and with his brow bound
with the chaplets gained at the expense o
a few country volunteers, he will like an
Alexander, look down upon a world o
conquered critics and ween, that there is
not another world of such for him to con
quer. Such genius as his should not be
left to pass away in such a low station as
criticising upon volunteer toasts; he should
have a wider . scope for the machinery of
his ponderous brain to work upon, than
that of pouring forth his wit and wisdom
upon a few country volunteers. We
would say to ' the Blair couniy editor.
sound the tocsin, draw the bright blade of
criticism, and let it cut deep into these
country volunteers; wake them up from
their deep sleep of ignorance, let them
now learn to be careful how they compose
their next toasts, to have every thing cor
rect, for if they don't, the Blair county
editor will be put to the trouble of heral
ding forth their ignorance to the world.
By Joseph A. Buck: The Editor of the
Blair County Whig Let him look sharp
when he next criticises.
A little learning
is a
dangerous
thing.
The Foreign News,
The Steamer America left Liverpool
on the 9th inst., and brings a variety of
transatlantic news of different degrees of
interest; none very exciting, however.
The despots have arranged, or will arrange
we suppose, everything to their liking ,for
the piesent. Liberty is trodden down,
but not so effectually that she will not one
day rise again; and the day of her resusci
tation, which must come, will be a terrible
one for the tyrants. There are accounts
to be setiled, accounts of long standing
centuries of oppression and of wrong, and
the reformers will make the discovery,
f they have not yet made it, that tempo
rizing, compromising, half-way measures,
achieve nothing, remedy nothing, amelio
rate nothing; and that whilst they keep
the tyrant, they will try in vain to rend the
chain.
To crush the tyrant whilst tliey rent the chain'
is the only infallible means of crowning a
revolution with success. Our forefathers,
the patriots of '7G, knew this, and for this
reason many of them, who would other
wise have inclined towards an accommo
dation vith the British Government went
at once for independence, as a sine qua
non- They well knew that to continue to
be subjects of the British crown, would
eventually rivet their chains, notwithstand
ing some temporary concessions on its part
and modifications, or repeal even of ob
noxious measures.
The Pope has not yet returned to Rome.
Some accounts say that he will return 1m
mediately, and some that he will not we
believe the last to be correct. He has
been returning "immediately" for the last
five or six months, but he docs not. It
was said that he could not go for want of
money. l his was no reason at all. lie
could do without money as well or better
at Rome, than he can do without it in the
Neapolitan territory. What we have al
ways thought and said, we still think
that he has no desire to return whilst the
French occupy Rome, for well he knows
that the French General would be the
bona fide ruling sovereign, and not him
self; and Pius, having once been a soldier,
knows very well, too, what kind of a dom
ination it is that rests upon the point o
foreign bayonets. He feels a little reluc
tant, too, perhaps, to face his subjects
whom he mauled so terribly in his Ency
clical letter, that is the republicans and
liberals, who (let European correspondents
of certain American presses say what they
may to the contrary) are pretty numerous
in the Eternal City.
A (jreat battle has been lought, it is
said between the Russians and Circassians
Une account says that the latter were
utterly defeated, and that Schamyl, their
chief was killed. Another says that the
Russians were defeated a slight discrep
ancy.
It seems that the Swedish Nightingale
Jexxy Lixd, is, without doubt, coming to
America. She will sing here to more pur
pose than ever Nightingale sang before.
The sum to be paid her by Mr. Barnum
is enormous; and that a little human
breath can be so modulated as to insure to
its owner an annual income more thaufive
or six times that of the President of the
United States, is one of the wonders of
the age, and that would be incredible if the
proof were not visible, tangible, and unde
niable. Daily Globe.
Mexico. The Mexican officials are at
the jame of blood and plunder again sev
ral Texan merchants. Warthington,
Bowen, Campbell, Ililhnan and Mangus,
of lloma, crossed the Rio Grande with
goods, and paid 230 duties- The Mex
ican officers pursued them and took a
large stipend. When the Americans
reached Salinas, the same Mexican offi
cers araived there and shot Mr. War.
thington thro' the head. Campbell shot a
Mexican but fell beneath the fire of 8 Mex
icans, Bowen had his brains beat out with
a gun, and Mangus surrendered only to
be murdered in a most shocking manner,
and their remains mutilated and left a
prey to vultures and wolves- Texas
will revenge these barbarous deeds!
Rliacral Cesonrccs of California.
The following statement respecting the
various mineral resources of California, is
extracted from Dr. Wiezbickis new work
"California as it is, and as it may be, or a
Guide to the Gold Region."
"When considered in point of mineral
productions, if allowed to be developed by
capitalists, California in capable of becom
ing an important centre of the commerce
of the Pacific. Here wc find in the neigh
borhood of Clear Lake, about 125 miles
north of Sonoma, lead, copper, sulphur,
and Saltpetre; on the south side of San
Francisco Bay, silver mines have been
found, in the vicinity of Pueblo dc San
Jose; Quicksilrcr mines, which are pro-
nounced to be richer than those of Spain,
are already being worked to a great profit
in the same region. Uoal strata nae aiso
been found in the coast range of mountain
near Santa Cruz, in the neighborhood of
the mission, San Luis Obispo, and near
San Diego. California coal seems to be
in the intermediate state, between tne an
thracite and the bituminous. It is not so
hard as the former, nor so soft as the lat
ter; it burns more easily than the first, and
does not give out so smoky and unpleas
ant a flame as the second; it ignites easily
and burns with a very pleasant flame
without much smoke. Iron is scattered
through the mountains of the country, and
we have no doubt that a workable mine
of it will before long be discovered. We
mention not the gold washings that are
being worked so successfully at present,
for as respects their duration and the de
velopement of the industry of the country
they scarcely deserve the attention of the
economist, be they ever so rich, as all oth
er mines are more beneficent in their in
fluence to the progress of a country than
gold mines. These will become the means
of advancing the prosperity of the country,
only when a regular system of mining b'
sinking shafts into the rocks shall com-
mence, which it is to be hoped will be
done ere long.
From Mexico.
By the arrival, at New Orleans, of the
brig Water Witch, from Vera Cruz, 8th
instant, late intelligence Irom .Mexico nas
been received:
Gen. Hernandez has been obliged, by
indisposition to resign his post as Comman-
dat General ofChiapas and Tabasco. Gen.
Tomas Marin has been appointed in his
place.
The Traill Union of the 23d ult.,
says that the mines in Mexico have never
been so productive as lately. 1 ne states
of Guanajuato and Puebla daily become
the theatre of new discoveries and new
explorations Gold, silver, and mercury
abound in various places. In Oajaca the
mineral ditricts are again put under labor,
and measures have been taken to develop
the resources of that favored portion of
Mexico.
The Indians sliU continue their destruc-
live incursions. Irately, however, tney
received two signal checks in the States
of Durango and New Leon, where the
Mexicans attacked them and killed 34.
rescuing some prisoners and capturing a
considerable number of cattle.
The Trait iC Union of the 25th uit..
says that rumors were then in circulation,
that the charges brought against fcanta
Anna, by the Senator Gaboa, were to be
immediately submitted to a grand jury;
that the voluntary exile of Kingston, Ja
maica, ardently desires to return to his
country; that his impatience is so great
that he will not perhaps await the de
cision of justice, but will take the country
of surprise by unsuspectedly disembar-
king; that his Iriends are actively em
ployed in his interest; that a movement
wili burst forth at all points, &c, &x.
The Montplaisirs are still at the capital,
where they are much admired and ca
ressed by the citizens. Franze Coenen,
the celebrated violinist, had returned
from a tour in the interior States.
The opera troupe now, in this city,
with Valtellina at their head, are anx
iously expected in the city of Mexico.
Patent Iiijle. A modest Prussian me
chanic, by the name ef Charles Hartung,
now in this city, has invented a new
style of lifle, known by the name of Lund
Nadcl, (darting needle,) which is attrac
ting much attention. It is impossible to
present a scientific description of it with
out engravings, but we can give our rea
ders a general notion of its peculiarities.
In the first place, it loads at the breach.
In the second place it is discharged by a
darting needle,' which pierces the bottom
of the cartridge and ignites the powder
by friction. T.h;s is done inside, with
out any priming, and as well in wet as
in dry weather. Behind the cartridge is
an air chamber, in which expanded air is
used in propelling the ball. The breach
pin slides in and out, and all together op
erates with curious simplicity, It is said
to carry a ball eight hundred yards effect
ively.
The Scientific American states'that the
guns were used by the Prussians in their
late war with Denmark with terrible ef
fect, and that all the Pruasian light cav
alry are to be equipped with them. Mr.
Uartung has assigned his invention to
Mr- Jhon B. Klien, who proposes to sub
mit it to our government for their patro
nage.r A competent board of commissioners
will soon determine whether the invention
has all the merit which its simplicity and
ingenuity give promise of.
iV. Y. Eve. post.
Mrs Miller. We have received a note
from a gentleman of Washington city who
informs us, by authority, that the state
ments relative to the unfortunate Mrs.
Miller having been seen and recognised
in different parts of Virginia, are wholly
unfounded. Maj. Miller and her father
ate now in Washington,and have diligent
ly followed up these rumors and overta
ken the parties described, (who in some
cases were suspected with some show of
probability,) but as yet have been totally
unable to discover any thing which in
the remotest degree favors the supposi
tion that she is still in existence. The par
"S alluded to by the Virginia paper,
wnich we published yesterday, are doubt
less the same already several times spoken
of by different. Virginia newspapers
Baltimore Suu.
Nothing of importance from Congress.
Opening of lhe British Parliament.
THE QUEEN'S SPEECH.
House of Lords,
Thursday. Jan. 31.
Parliament was opened on the 31st i.lt
with the usual ceremony. The royal
speech was delivered by commission, the
commissioners being the Lord Chancellor
the Marquis of Lansdowne, iUe Marauia
of Breadalbane, the Earl of Minto.and ihe
Bishop of London. '
By the direction of the Lord Chaaccl
lor, ' - '
The Usher of the Black Rod proceeded
to the House of Commons to summon the
Commons to the bar to hear the royal
speech, which was read by the Lord
Chancellor ?s follows:
'My Lords and Gentlemen.
"We are commanded by fier Majesty
to assure you that her Majesty has great
satisfaction in again having recourse to the
advice and assistance of her Parliament.
The decease of her Majesty, Queca
Adelaide, has caused her Majccty deep
aflliction. The extensive charity and ex
emplary virtues of her late Majecty will
always render her memory dear to the
nation.
"Her Majesty happily continues in
peace and amity with Foreign Powers.
"In the course of the autumn, differen
ces of a serious character arose between
the governments of Austria and Russia on
the one hand, and the Sublime Porte on
the other, in regard to the Ueatment of a
considerable number of persons, who, after
the termination of the civil war in Hunga
ry, had taken refuge in the Turkish terri
tory. Explanations which took place be
tween the Turkish and Imperial govern
ments have fortunately removed any dan
ger to the peace of Europe which might
have arisen out of these differences. Her
Majesty having been appealed to on this
occasion by the Sultan, united her efforts
to those of the government of France, to
which a similar appeal had been made, in
order to assist by the employment of her
good offices in effecting an amicable set
tlement of these differences in a manner
consistent with the dignity and indepen
dence of the Porte. ,
Her Majesty has been engaged i:i com
munication with foreign states upon the
measures which might be rendered neces
sary by the relaxation of the restrictions
formerly imposed by the navigation laws
of this country. The governments of the
United States of America and of Sweden
have promptly taken steps to secure Bri
tish ships in the ports of their respective
countries advantages similar to those which
their own ships now enjoy in British
ports. With regard to those foreign states
whose navigation laws have hitherto been
of a restrictive character, her Maiestv has
mf
received from nearly all of them assuran
ces which induce her to hope that our ex
ample will speedily lead to a great and
general diminution of those obstacles
which previously existed to a free inter
course by sea between the nations of the
world. In the summet and autumn of the
past year, the United Kingdom Avas visi
ted by the ravages of the cholera; but Al
mighty God, in his mercy, was pleased to
arrest the progress of mortality and stay
this fearful pestilence. Her Majesty is
persuaded that we shall best evince our
gratitude by vigilant precautions agains:
the more obvious causes of sickness aii'i
an enlightened consideration for those whv
are most exposed to its attacks.
"Her Majesty, in her late visit to Ire
land, derived the highest gratification from,
the loyalty and attachment manifested by
all classes of her subjects. Although the
effects of former years of scarcity are
painfully felt in that part of the United
Kingdom, they are mitigated by the pres'
ent abundance of food and the tranquility
which prevails.
"Her Majesty has great satisfaction in
congratulating you upon the improved con
dition of commerce and manufactures. It
is with regret that her Majesty lias obser
ved the complaints which m many pans
of the kingdom have proceeded from the
owners and occupiers of land.
"Her Majesty greatly laments that any
portion of her subjects should be suffeiing
distress; but it is a source of sincere grati
fication to her Majesty to witness the in
creased enjoyment of the comforts anil
necessaries of life which cheapness ami
plenty have bestowed upon the greatbody
of her people.
"Gentleman of the House of Commons.
"Her Majesty has directed the estimate?
for the year to be laid before you. They
have been framed with a strict regard
economy, while' the efficiency of the vari
ous branches of the public service hae
not been neglected.
"Her Majesty has seen with satisfac
tion the present state of the revenue.
"My Lords and Gentlemen,
"Some of the measures which wui
postponed at the end of the last sessiont
for want of time for their consideration!
will be again laid before you; among t!ic
most important of these is one for the bet
ter government of the Australian colonics.
"Her Majesty has directed various
measures to be prepared for the improve
ment of the condition of Ireland. The
mischief arising from party: procession?,
the defects of the laws regulating the rcla
tion of landlord and tenant, the imperfect
state of ihe Grand Jury Acts, and the di
minished number of electors for memoer?
to serve in Parliament will, together with
other matters of serious consequen '.e, fomj
the subjects of measures to be submit
your consideration.
"Her Majesty has learnt with satisfy
tion that ihe measures which have been
already passed for the promotion of t"r
public health is in course of gradual ado
tion, and that her Majesty trusts that bo--'