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THE NEW YORK HBKAtD. ? ? - - ? " " ' " # " " _ " ? - - ? WHOLE NO. 7528. MORNING EDITION ? THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1853. , ' PRICE TWO CENTS. ARRIVAL OF THE EMPIRE CITY. filgfelf IntMMtlitg Intelligence from Culm ?Ml TneaUui? Another Phase In the Slave Tiade? Increase In the HpanUh Sqaadrun, Ac., Ac. The steamship Empire City, Captain Windlo, ar rived yesterday morning from New Orleans and Ha vana. She left the latter place on the 29th ultimo, and brings us letters and papers to that date. Our thanks are due to Purser Craig for late news. Singularly enough, on the day we received our Hivana news our Yucatan correspondence, em b racing intelligence affecting Cuba, reached us; we therefore give the whole together. OUR HAVANA CORRESPONDENCE. Havana, July 29, 1853. Arrival of the Spanish Squadron at Havana ? More about the Slaveship Lady Suffolk ? IVho is her Owner? ? Duplicity and Forgeries of the Spanish Officials in the Matter ?Ravages of the Yellow Fever, Small Pox and Diarrhaa ? Great Mortali ty among the Troops, fyc.. fyc. The Spanish squadron which sailed hence about a month ago on a cruise, have all got safe back again into harbor, " grac.as a Dios." Although several ctrgoes of slaves have been landed in the neighbor hood ?f the late cruising grounds, I have not learned tkat the squadron has been more fortunate than their predecessors during the last fifteen years in falling ill with and capturing any piratical slave vessels. To give you an idea of the expense incurred by this government in their naval department alone, I will give you a list of the ships of war now in this harbor, aB first class vessels, and which, I assure you, make a very imposing appearance: ? Steam frigate Iaabel Segundo, (guna) 14 fVlgate Ettperanza 44 ?' Peila 44 Brig Galiuno 20 " Aleedo..?<. 20 " Kolpioo 18 " Nervion 18 Steamer Blanco de Ouray ('a'ge cutis) 6 '? Don Antonio de tllloa, do 6 " llano, (large n? ? guns) 6 " Neptu&e. do 4 " Conde de Benldlto, do 4 Total gun* 205 Besides those enumerated, there are two or three mailer vessels, the names of which I do not at this moment remember. I understand that in consequence of it having come to the knowledge of our worthy acting Consul, Mr. Robertson, that the late Mexican Consul at this place, Buenaventnro Vivo, had inserted in the documents which he granted to the famous slaver, the Lady Suffolk, that he (Vivo ) had granted said papers up on certificates given by the American Consul, Judge Sharkey. Mr. Robertson had addressed a very, strong letter to the present Mexican Consul, Don Ramon Carvallo, requesting to be informed if it was true that reference was made in the documents furnished by Vivo to the Lady Suffolk to certain certificates purporting to have been given by Consul Sharkey, on the 13tn of May last. Mr. Carvallo has replied ? That, it is certain that reference in maile to certificates received from Corsul tfbarkej. on the 13th of May. oerti. fyiag that the t-hip llary or Lady Suffolk, then lying .to the port of Cieniuegos. on the south coast of Cuba, in the property o' a certain Mr. Henry We?.t, of Boston, who had authorized the Captain Mr. Wo. Smith, to sell ?aii Tear el at Cienfuegos. but that said certificates could not ho found in the ai chives of the consulate. 4 Of course they were less likely to be found in the American Consu)^, from whence such documents never were isalH: bnt that they, as well as Captain Win. Smtti, and the o^ier, Mr. Henry West, of Boston, were probably the creations of Mr. ex-Consul Vivo's inventive genius, or of some one in his office. The history of this -nan, Vivo, you have already had. Having suc i ceeded in inducing Santa Anna to make him Minister to Spain, this ex-slave trading captain could not go upon his mission without implicating one of the purest men in the United States, Judge Bharkey, in the scandalous transaction. A person .connected with Vivo's establishment has openly de clared that the thing wis done as follows : ? Iko pretended certificates from Consul Sharkey were false. Vivo returned h?ie from Mexico, on board the British steamer, on the 8th of May ; on the 18th be drew op the oifern wh'ch *ere to enable the Lady Suffolk to aavMrate from CienfnentK to Laguoa de Terminos, but his nephew Joaquin Soter, a lad uot eighteen years of age, signed the documents as "in absence of the Con fSL" Don Jnlian Zulueta no longer retains lodgings in the Moro. Nothing has yet been hear J of the six American sailors belonging to tho Jasper, who were left at Cayo Cortez, hy the three men who were sometime ago picked up in a boat at Cape San An tonio, and are now confined in the public jail of this city. It is to be hoped they have not been murdered. One hnndred and forty slaves landed from the Lady Suffolk, and seized by order of the Captain General on the estate of Julian Zulueta, have been returned to that person. It having been proved to the satis faction of His Excellency that they were not Bozales, i. recently imported Africans, but had been in the island some time. The cholera, yellow fever and small pox are mak ing fearful ravages on tbe estates in the interior. The thousands of recently introduced Africans have brought with them a terrible kind of diarrhnea, which is canring off vast numbers of victims, and rapidly extending its frightful progress through the island. In Havana tbe troops are dying like rotten sheep. In some regiments of a thousand men, there are scarcely four hundred available, and all the hospitals are as rail as they can hold. All sorts of ridiculous ru mors are abroad us to a conspiracy having been de tected among the Creole doctors to poison the sick soldiers. The truth is that the yellow fever has this year taken a very malignant form, and that as soon as the doctors succeed in removing the fever, the patient becomes seized with cholera, which carries him off in a few hours. The quarrel be' ween ths Captain General and the editor Galinno, has boen compromised. Havana, July 2!), 1853. TV Art tM of Zulueta, owner of the Lady Suffolk, a Sham ? Another Cargo of Slaves Landed. Precisely it was predicted in the Herald a few weeks ago, so it has turned out, the arrest and placing of Mr. Julian Zulueta, tho owner of the Blave Bhip Lady Suffolk, was all a sham, got up for the occasion of satisfying tho British govern ment that our hnmiculato Governor wius doing his duty, and potting down the glare trade. The late act of returning to Mr. Zulueta the 172 negroes of the Lady Suffolk's cargo, which had born seized on his estate, the Alava, pre tty clearly indicated that Zu lueta 'r residence in tho Moro was only temporary, and that as soon as the storm which was threatening in England blew over, he might return to his town residence whenever it pleased him to do so. Accord ingly, yesterday, Don Jnliun Zulueta removed to his house in Havana, and abont 11 A. M., held a levee of his friends, which was numerously attended by all the most notorious slave traders. Several of the sailors belonging to a Spanish vessel which landed four hnndred and fifty slaves four or five days ago at Batabano, (immediately opposite Havana, on the south coast,) w?ro yes teixlay brought in here prisoners, as usual. After , the negroes were safely put on shore, tho slaver vessel and part of the crew warn seized by the autlio Titles. The slaves were conveyed by the public rail way cars to an estate not three miles from Gaines, where vet most of them are to be found. Yon shall have all the particulars in tho course of a few days. * IteiVM from Yticntan OPB I.AUI NA COUItKHPONDF.NCK. Laouna na Terminok, / ( Yucatan, July 10, 1853. J The Paper* of the Lady Suffolk, and the Duty of Our Government in relation to them? Consul Vivo verms Judge Sharkey- The Lady Suffolk to be Judged. Bj the schooner Mercedes, via Sisal and Havana, I hasten to transmit to yon copies of the original do cuments furnished by order of the Mexican ex-Consul in Cnba, Buenaventura Vivo, to the pirate ship Lady ( Suffolk , alias Eclipse, alias Mary, alias Mariana, under . t which she navigated from Cienfuegos to thi i port. It will be unnecessary for me to call your attention to the Infamous falsehood introduced into the bill of sale, wherein it is stated that on the 13th day of May last the United States Consul at Havana granted a certi ficate to tbe effect : That the ship Lady Pnffoli (or Mary) then lyln^ in the harbor of Cteafuenoe, was the lawful, pro petty of Mr. Henry Went, of Ronton, merchant, and th*t Hi. Win. Smith, the mtattr of Mid ehip Mary, or L*dj Suffolk, wa? duly authorised by the aaid owner Mr. We*t to Mil i?i<l veagel. The character of our Consul at Havana for up rightness of conduct is too well known to bis country men to be for even a moment tarnished by the vile and slanderous .statements of Mr. Buenaventura Vivo; but as the latter person has had the audacity to found his right to grant tbe papers which he furnished to the ownere of the Lady Suffolk, and nnder which she sailed for Laguna, npon the certificate which he states he not only received from the American Con sul at Havana, nut the said certificate authorizing the sale or transfer of the Mary, alias Lady Suffolk, at Cierifuegos, to her Spanish purchasers, now exists in the archives of tbe Mexican Consulate at Havana, it will become imperative on the part of the government at Washington, as it will be the duty of Mr. Consul Sharkey, for his own sake, to de mand that this certificate, which it is pretended was given by him, be produced, in order that it may be declared ? what there con be no doubt it ia? a vile und infamous slander. The crew of th'a vessel, from the moment of their arrival here, uever hesitated an instant in declaring that their ship was the famous Lady Suf folk; that they had landed upwards of 1,2S7 slaves at the E.-tenado de Coshinos, district of Cienfuegos, Island of Cuba ; that their captain's name was Eugenio Vinas; that he, Vinas, landed with the greatest part of the crew to serve as an excort to conduct the slaves to an estate called the A lava, which belonged to a certain Don Julian Zulueta, who also was owner of the Mariana (Lady Suffolk) as well as the cargo of slaves; so that there is not tbe slightest doubt in my mind that there is as little truth in Consnl Vivo's statement, that Judge Sharkey ever had anything to do with this infamous transaction, as that the Lady Suffolk, or Mary, bad been commanded by aCaptain Smith, or was ever owned by a Mr. Henry West, of Boston. An order has just been received here from the su Srerne goverment, commanding ttut the Lady Suffolk c sent to Vera Cruz for adjudication. * THE DOCUMENTS. On ?h^?,K^ATKJ0LMKXICO AT HAVANA. On the third day of the month of M.y, in the year of ?r.,frd0ne thou?D<1 ei?ht hcDdwd ?n?i flft, wr i ? aHje?r*a befor? me Mf- Ju*n Gutierrez, a Mexi can citizen acting lor and in the name of Mr. Jose Ruiz nn.a Mex n citiz*n *Bii resident, and said ' That having acquired, in the name of hi* principal the property or the Amedcan snip Mary anchored in the port of Cienfuego,, ? appear. fr%'anT?in?nt? sw^of d2y liy the 0<mnd ?s the UnUed Slate* of America, to tlusunderngn%ed Mexican Ccmtul J-c., W*B ,d"81rou" should obtain the neoessary papers, duly authenticating his right and title Kow, therefore in presence of Mr. Juan Gutierrez acungfor and in the came of Mr. Jose Ruiz and Mr. Wil (oaptalnj first purchaser and seoond yendor of the American ship Mary, the fallowing articles were agreed upon before me and the witnesses, whose names are hereinafter signed Captain Smith, by TlrtM of the full power which he holds from Mr. Henry West, merchant, of the city of foston. andby virtue of compeUsut authorization from hit lomul 'n thu Consulate, sells to the Mexican captain Mr J,,.n Gudemz, agent of Mr. Jo.c Ruiz, the Amenctn ship Mary, anohoml in the bay of Cienfuegos, with her masts, tackle calls, anchors, chains, running rigging smaller craft*, and other appurteoancej, according to the inventory now presented by the *aid captain 1 .?A7hi? ar?r?"aid measures four hundred and ten tons, and h^r dimensions ore 120 feet keel, 130 beam, 17 feet hold, and 32 extreire breadth Captain Smith sells the aforesaid ship for the sum of sixteen thousand dollars ($16,000 ) for which sum he ac Jinn pt in fulJ h*vio? u howlo his posses "?d^h,ch ta\d Hnm h? acknowledges to have been paid to his complete satisfaction, and he therefore ssrrr^ to tssHs ship, and he grants to the said purchaser, M?. Juanf.'u Btvan<1 c,0B1P"?test acknowledgments of paj meet that may bs conducive to his security by virtue of which he abandons, divests, yields, and fully gives up the right of property which he has in the aforesaid vo1MP the ship "Mary;" he grants, relets, and quit-claims aCcive' personal, useful, mixed, direct and executory, to the aforesaid purchaser, Mr. Juan Gutierrez, acting as the laxful attorney of Mr Jo-e Ruiz.cf Mexico, that he may hold the sa"d7 vessel' fr?e wui a"ndrhr7,. ^w"18* * '*?M of the at his just Uwful tlttai. ?"D pr0perty' ftc1uired "ith a wV?*" Gutl?"?- ?s the representative of Mr ?.'*? the '*id Mlfl. and therefore acknow ledges that he has received the aforesaid ship with all inVent'ory? aD(1 * ap?'urw,14nces1 set forth in the ch*2faZi?7 J*"?' tb,e roreeoiag was duly read to Diaz, Clpmno Munoza and Fernando Hjm SKS}.... r.,.h,?, cworrS'ifl'S.. irert entered in the s4th page of book A, of the records of aid in il I"*? my charK? Iu testimony whereof, arcl jn order thut the tamo may full ran oear whan n?. ceegary, I haee Mgoed theno pre*enti?, 011 thi? thirteenth a*d fift, ihrD^Uth U May' 0n0 thous*nd hundred Ibe Consul being absent, (Sg oed, ) JOAQUIN' S0LER. CONSULATE OF MBXfOO AT HAVANA. bv Mr J??n r r" pe,1,i?n P^^te-l to this Consulate by Mr. Juan Gutierrez, Captain of the ship Mariana re. q netting that there be granted to the vessel under hi? of M?* Jo H8" ?' n*t"rmlizution- ?he being the property , and Citizen rz reiiuniic, a.i apieirs from the instru'iient of Mrev2ta5!tlS? r ,00"8"141"' ,u,der date May 13th inst. Ifr. \alentine looijo, a merchant of this pl?ce ner<on ally appealed on this thirteenth <Uy of Miv oni^tlmn iciiljt'o -a d Th?ri'r ThT nttBies ?'e hereunto sub iciiiiea. sa.d, tbat in order to comply with the laws hi bound his p'e^ent, past and luture property, givimr 'wo tlurds the amount of the security of two- thirds of the purchase money of the ship Marina, he btirg co?? quen ly resprnsibie to that amount for the Imnro^r t u ral ^tifn'8^ i l K? 0n the l,r?vi?ional patent of L turalizatioD, solicited by CaptaiQ Juan OntiArroT iu Ae^.^ to a"ow bis sailing with the said vessel under the Mexican i4 t?81t,mony whereof, he signs these presents at the J} , Havana, at the office of the Mexican ConsuUte on ^amon KiV'cTnri Md Pre"?,nc? of the witnesses h anion I)i?z Cipriano Mun?,za, and Don Fernando EUas. [Mgned.J RAMON DUZ CIl'RIAVO MU.V07.A, Before me. Joa.v Soum. FEKNAN0? EUAS lie foregoing document is a true ropy of the o'isinal instrument, to he found on the 47th n'lre ,.r L?k ? ! Recorcs of this Mexican Consulate and under my^harge mnrfr f?ny W lt)&/- and in order that the same m?y more fully appear when Deceg'ory, I have uonn reouest given these present, .on this thirteenth day Sf May one f 'ght hundred and fifty three. 7' The Consul beintf abr-ent, (Signed,) JOAQUIN' SOLER. T?,o ?"""? MRXrCO, AT HAVANA, r Mexican Consul at Havana, declares that Mr .Juan Gutierrez, a Mexican suhj.ct, by profession a sea ninn, and the authorized agent of Mr. J op.r Ruiz ? m?r chatt f f Mexieo, has, duly und in conformity to the laws nfJu t>f ' pr<,,Tn ,t,uit han acquired for his nrin cipal the property of the ship called the Mariana and that. d?'"'ing that she should carry the national Hag he letters of na?^.." him the rmite let er? of natnrslizatlon and r*tertof nationalization j Off f declare *hat the a'ore*aid ve^^fl the shin u?pi.r? oi ? he burthen of four hundred and ten (410) Ions and of 'he folloirinr dimensions. fc/?*] net i fee, ' b ' eMreie b'eadth 32. hold 17, haT a n/hT t. ^viga^ iinder^the Mexiean ling, and consequently I urant" the pre? . nt ,?issport to the sa.d Juan (lu^isrrez, merchlr 1? uiptaln. In order that, ?i'h the said ship Mariana he n,a> .eaye the port or Cienruegos. where she is now an chored, ard proceed to the 1, senna de Tsrminos for be va ld^Lr'7. <hU J)rpH!>r,t P^Tisional patent shall r ?? ??. K ,ncunJb?nt ?'??"> him there to pre-eat hinjnelf to the oomretont authofirien, that thev^ mav de -rfc r r r T"*n<,("",ry national patent.. ' ?Jefo'V b,K <">'1 "itreat of all the civil, milita of ves ,"u\' ,'tri and functlnnaries, the cammanlers forei/n nnVo wh'nmr4. r 0flir:'rH' h',th ""tlunal and . r"!V 1 f. "horn the-? presents may co^ie, to on n i ve?pel an Mexican, anil consequently not to,,geebut ? ?!???* '" ,hfl War of her her lo7beralH..H ? mtraT"T to f-??Mitttte the same, lend them succor, should the same be asked of n,lnrr^Pri-ioi'al paf,,nf' ?alWforthtswyage ?> auhe^tvofHn, tn" oir"l" of .th0 Con^fl Havana, on the thirteenth <lajp of M iy , I'he Consul beirg ahvent, (signed) ' JOAQUIN 80I.ER. PcrlslonaMn^o? th- HAVANA, at a, 410 tons burthen* and" hi) lh" l"llto,ml flh,P M*ri a m? tchant of Mexloo- J,un (;l tf ,0 *^r- R"1*. in the port of C.enf JeVis to -?n' ' i""9r' an<,,,orr"' Ugura de Termir.o i, WUh thVhlnM "V T?'age tn t'"' hutdnafter set i. i th hand,, whose names are we[ omIt[]"?W t"# QHm" ?f 1116 ^d ?ew, which I grant leave nnto the said cantaln .in. t i , and crew aforesaid, to set sai/ for Yho W" (1,^ T? to which place only this provision*! roll ?||i L 1a h '' him; and he shall there provide him self with all Ui? d? pers requirea by our laws. P* Said captain has declared that he has on boar* tlie fol Irwing patsengers ? 101 [We omit the names.) vpn Havana, this thirteenth day of May 1853 Consul brl 'g abffDt, *? .? JOAQUIN 80LER. IjS u' th? ke'ance of provisions taken In by t ap ts'n of Mexican ship Mari,na bound from the ?Vrt ?f Clenfueros to Ug?rft de Term'no^, ?o wit:- P ?f do vin/JTl^ ^?fl 8 ?>ork; 6 d0' biscuit; 3 do. lard; 8 car. ? hfl, 3 ^O- mackerel; 5 do. brandy (de cana, or d'> ssli- v' A a' ^?mag?d ; I barrel beer; .L i j' flo,ir dams red I box -Jinrar >? d* ohtt^ildo. tea, 4 do. cod, dama^; 3 df cider; do. Rhenish wine: 3 hags red bnni; 3 do. white do. ; 3 do. rice: 2 banelx fresh bUcult; 20 big* barley, damaged: 2 do. Md* potk; 2 do coffee; 3 keg* batter: 2 do olives; 2 do. fait ftoh; 4 package* smoked meat; X bag almond*; 8 (Mllfaen wine; 10 bottle* wine (Mu-citel) 16 do. cberrv brandy: 6 do syrup; 2 jars olive oil; 10 bixei sweetir eats, 6 small 4 large; "l do. medicine; 0 baton mats. 3*'0 water provisions; bulla t; 25 muukeU. Ij>g>ina deTeiminoN. May 31, 1853 [Seal.] (Pigneo) JUAN GUTIERREZ. THE BPANISH SQUADRON AT II A VAN A. [From the D ano de la Marina, July 27 ] Two new steamships ia one single day have tome into out port, devoted to the sole purpose of protecting, de fending, and guarrine Cuba Eleven ve?sels of war al-eady lie In our waters, 'rom the haughty Isabella II to the other no less u.efol one? recently constructed for the service of our want*. Another on the ooint of comple tion, lr about o??n pletii g tha dozen. Whea to ihiae are added the other ve k?c Ih of dilRiirnt kind* ("whose bnautifal evolutions, a few days since, were a subject of general s<imiietf<n) our New Orleans periodical friend, with whom we had a dn-oussiou on the subject but a few davs sic c? may have his mind conclusively made up as to whether we are or are not. as hyperbolical and exagger ated as be would appear to imagine. The naval forces of Spain in the Aaeric?r. waters are as respectable for their tiuo ber as tbey aie for the excellent disclolins. the fine uraianeot. and the aiaor of thevr officer* and men We did not ?-rr (hen when we contemplated with pro found crnremut the joy of thoi-e fe* wre'ehes who dream ed tlist Spsin saw ber power dimmish with the lo?s of the PizatTO. Did tbe> fear or hate the Pi/. ?rro? or did they entertain both the?e feeMrgs aualost that vessel? For, h* e they have her anew, rininf our own bay, and born from ber own ssht-x, bearing the >?m? barthen the *ame artii etj , the >an<H S|>*uM> hearts on board, and the ?ame p>oud binner of Castile flnarti g over her and protecting ber with its glorious folds. There is but one feature wanting. ao<t that is the matetitl part tho planks and keel f 'he old Hzarro an nbjuct ef sacred veneration for us, as b< io(t lu>keo in our minds with the remembrance >f piracy hunib'ed and chastised. B'lt the name of the vererated victor still survives and with it all its efforts, htightcneo by remembrance and example to stimulate it t> greater * dor's that it may occupy an equal rank among the noble defenders of our country and our queen. NEWS BT TELEGRAPH. From Washington. TITK BELGIAN MISSION? MO VEMKNT8 OF THE SPAN ISH MINISTER? RETURN OF MKSSItS. MARCY AND C'USIIING ? ASTOUNDING DEYELOPEMENTS EXPECT ED, ETC. W isniif gton, Augusts, 18(3. Don Calderon de la Barca, the Minister from Spain, left here for New York to-day. Secretary Marcy ieturci to Washington on Saturday. Secretary MeClellana's visit to New Tork, It is rumor ed, is touching an astounding scheme of gigantic fraudi just discovered, atd kept a profound secret by the go vernment. He cannot well return before Saturday night. Ihe whig convention at Bltdensburg, to day nominated Augustus R. Sollers, of Calvert county, for Congress. Attorney General Cuahing has returned. There is no truth in the statement telegraphed to th? evening papers in New York last week, that Walter Feara has been appointed Minister to Belgium. Ne appoint ment to that court has been made. State Election!. KENTUCKY. Louisville, August 3, 1863. First District? Linn Boyd's (dem.) majority for Con if ess 1m 1,500. Eighth Diftriot? The majority for J. C. Breckenridge (d?m.) in 6S0. Teeth District ?The probabilities to day are that Stan, ton, dem., is elected to Congress oyer Hodge, whig, by a small majority. The yote is very close. A storm South prevents the receipt of despatches from other districts. MISSOURI. St. Louis, August 3, 1853. Jackson, anti Benton, author of the famous Jackson resolutions, is elected to Congress in the Third district. Caruthera, whig, la olected to Congress in the Seventh district. Edward Bates is elected Jndge of the Land Court. From British Guiana. COOI.T* ???????? THE VENK/.V? -.V BETOLU TIONi ETC. , Boston, August 3, 1853. Tapers have been received here from Georgetown, Brit ish Guiana, to July 14. They report that there was con - Idrrable diasatl (fac tion at the result of the importation or Chinese Codies, who were very quarrelsome. The baik Appollone had artived from Calcutta, with ons hundred and ninety Coolies ; twenty others had died on the passage. Four hundred more Cfcineee Coolies had been contracted for, and were expected. "Jhey were said to be the off-scour ing of the Cbioese nation. An article in one of the papers declares th'.t If Cuba is allowed to continue to reoeire slaves, the British West Indies cannot compete with her in the produotioa of sugar, &c. The same papers have details of the Venezuelan revo lution, of which tbe Province of Cuir.ana seems to be the head quarters. They had formed a provisional govern ment. and had taken measures for a convention of ths disaffected provinces, to torm ? confederation. General Tbaddeo, a gene'itl of Moottgas, was ma ching against, them, at the hesd ol 3.008 men. The Moiagas family had sent 7,000 doubleons to Trini dad for ? atekeepirg. ' Tbe Tii.nidad.ian thinks that the Venezuelan* are unfit to be fite, and that an American rifle corps had better take possession or the country and govern it. State Teachers' Convention. SECOND DAY. Rochester, August 3, 1853. The Convention of the State Teachors' Association re assembled to day, A lecture was road by Mr. Rildle, of New York, upon motives to mental culturo. A debate took place upon a proportion to separate the oflico of Superintendent of Schools from that of Secretary of S'ate. Speeches were made by Mr. Racdall, the Secre tary of State, and Messrs. Coburn, Woolworth Waller, and Valentine ? all ir favor of the plan? and the resolu tion w?s adopUsl. In the at emoon fesslon a very able lecture waa renl bv Professor Upi-on, of Hamilton Col'ege, on practical education, afler ebiet the order of businaos was taken up. acd a discussion on county association* folio red. Tills evening thu association attend < a leveo given by A. H. Brewster, E?q. From Boston . THE DANISH SLOOl'-OF-WAR SAGA? FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT? L08H OK TUK 1IKIO ELIZABETH FEL TON. Boston, August 3, 1853. The Banish sloop -of war Saga failed from here at noon to-day, for New York. This evening, as the express tra'n from the north upon the load) Railroad watt passing Woburn, it ran over an unknown man, who was Ijir>g upon the track, cutting him to pieces. Loks of the IJilg ECIIxahcth Felton. Bostox, August i 1853. The hrlp Kllzabeth Felton, Rogers, from Urn ton May 14, for Har. Frtirekco, was abar doned at aea Jane 48, (no latitude or 1( ogitude given,) leaking bsdly. Tiij captain and crew leit 'n two beats, and after four days harl Buf fering, arrived at Surinam, from whence, the captain writeH, he would have for Iloston by the fi-.it vessel. The P. F. ? good ves-*l, of 101 tons, built at i'.s&ex, in 1M7; i tul owned iu this city. ^ Non-Arrival of (he Niagara. Halifax, Augm-t 3? Midnight. Up to the present moment there are no signs of th? steamer Niagara. Sho is now in tier twelfth day out. Departure of the Karapa. Bostow, August 3, 1853. The royal mal! lo Fitropa, Captain Mhann in, sailed at noon to de.> n ;.i y passengers for Liver pool and thirty two to. 1 1 tli'ax. Among the former wore lady Hlofmere and daughter. The Koropa took out $?83,000 in gold ingots, and $1,5C0 in Knglish silver coin. Southern Nail Failure. Baltimore, Aairust 3, 1853. We have no mail nouth of Charleston to night. Two New Orleans mails are tow due. Markets. Albawt, August 3, 1858. Receipts of the pant twenty-four hours:? Flour, 8 500 bbla ; wheat. 14,000 bushels; com, 39.000 do : oats. 11,000 do. Flonr has be*n in good, steady demand for the s)a<t aDd home trade; salos of 2,000 bbls. at $5 a #5 12 for S'ate, and 94 87 a $5 12 for common and mixed western. Wb?at firm; good inquiry for milling pnrooses. Corn In gocil request, at better tirices; 10 COO bushels sold at 7lc. fitT nn.out d am? "4c. a 76c for sound mixed western Oats steady: tales o' 15 000 bushels at 44c. a 45 Ho* Whiskey ?o'd at ilOJjO. for prison. THE CRYSTAL PALACE. PfOgTtM of the Exhibition? Description of Ai tides. The clinking of " hammers closing rivets up" still continues at the Crystal Palace, but with daily increasing indication that their work will soon be ended. The machine arcade will be ready for visi ters in a few days, and will add much to the other attractions. Many of the packages from the ship Centaur, which we have before noticed as being received in the building, were opened yesterday, presenting new gems of art to associate with the already numerous collection. A marble bust of Pope Pius IX., by Tenerani , is among the new contributions, and is much admired, especially by the Catholic visiters. Also, a group called " The Lovers going to the Fountain," is a work of much merit, which was yesterday placed in the west nave. By no means the least interesting object, added from the Centaur, is a large marblo dish by Lazzarini. from Benvenuto Celliai, Florence. This artistic work is set upon a pedestal four feet high, highly carved with clusters of grapes, &c. In the centre of the dish is a likeness of Cosmos, one of the dukes of Florence, and around the centre are numerous allegorical groups and landscapes. The dish is about two feet in diimeter, and miy be considered as one of the finest specimens of the fine arts on exhibition. These artigles spoken of, all belong to the Italian department, which excels all others in sculpture and painting. While all the civilized nations of the world are represented in the American Industrial Exhibition, at the same time many isolated sects and principalities contribute their mite to the great apotheosis of labor. The Waldensians have sent some specimens of silk, which are worthy the attention of all wtto sympathize with these people in their struggles against ages of persecution. The silk is in the skein, and is from Qenicourd, in the Protestant valley of Piedmont, somewhat celebrated for producing the most superior silk, which forms a great staple of the country. A group of statuary, representing an eagle carry ing away a child from its sleeping mother, has been lately placed in the west nave, around which daily gather crowds of admirers. This work has many admirers, although it is not entirely faultless. The body of the mother and her face, upon which is the calmness of "balmy sleep," is wrought with much excellence. But the head of the child is dispropor tionate with its body, and the eagle is not large enongh to impress one with a belief of his power to carry off his load. The claws of the bird are firmly set in the flesh of the babe, and the countenance of the child, indicating fear and pain, is eminently superior. The face of the crying infant powerfully excites the sympathy of the spectator, who actually forgets, for a while, that he gazes only upon marble, and feels a thrill of horror in beholding the peril expressed. This work is by Auguste Lechesne, of Paris, and was much broken during its transit to this country; weeks have been consumed in repairing it, and its appearance now is free from any mutilation. Another very beautiful contribution exhibited during the last few df.ys, is a hose cart made in Phi ladelphia, but owned, we understand, in New York. In richness it far surpasses anything of the kind ever manufactured, and with firemen in particular it is a theme of praise. It is composed of great quan tities of the precious metals, and it cost $5,750. The side plates and boxes are massive silver, ornamented with fine gilt edging. All the iron work is silver plated. On the front box, in gilt, on a groundwork Neptune and his sea coursers rising from the ocean-, on ??!? ?i4le. in bas-relief, is a repre sentation of Night and Morning, from me vrtgtnal . by Thorwaldsen. Upon this box, dolphins of gilt sup port Neptune and Amphitrite, the two holding a golden scroll, on which are the words "Neptune llof-e." The lanternn oh either side are of pure sil ver, supported by nereids in gilt. Upon the rear box, in large silver raised letters, is written "Nep tune." The inner part of the Bide plates is ele gant papier mache work, illustrative of va rious occan scenes. The outside of the plates are highly dceorated with dolphins, shells, and imple ments of navigation. The support of the side beam is an oval silver reflector, in which is a dancing nymph, supported by two of the horses of Neptune. The speaking trumpet and two torch boxes are mas sive silver, beautifully embossed. Two miniature firemen's hats are hung upon two flag staff's, and all are placed in a glass case in the north nave. We were told that, in a few days, in the agricul tural department, there will be shown a plough, tho identical one which was used by Roger Sherman. This will be a very interesting relic. ADMISSION'S AND RECEIPTS. Number of single admissions $3,282 Do. season ticket! 1 ,227 Amount of cash received 1,597 THE UNITED STATES COAST SURVEY. TIIE KI.ECTROTYPTNO PROCESS. Among the most valuable contributions in a scion, tific point of view, are the instruments employed in the United States Coast Survey. Thene occupy a place to the right of the Forty-second street entrance. As very few of the thousand of visiters to the Palnco understand their nse, or are even acquainted with their names, we iutend giving a description of each from time to time. Meanwhile we present the follow* ing description of the process of electrotyping, to our readers. It is a veiy important art, as will be seen from this accoilht : ? The C< ast Survey exhibits threw sets of electrotype platen ? the larper ii42x3S Inches; the medium 38x27. and tbe Kma ler '.'"*18; there are the get, era! mzo* of the Ceai>t burner charts. J-'.uch ret contains the original plate, or that produced 0/ the cngruvers, the electrotype mould taken fiom the origintl aril the elecmtynA t upli rate of the original taken from tbe mould, this dnpllctt* ih fo ta'thfni a fac Hmilr of the original, that the on? cannot bo dis'ingul-hcd from the other; the most atten tive examination falls to detect a difference. Till* ex >ct re*s of copy c&tains in no otoer art of cop* log forms; fven the common printing type, simple a i their forms are, differ pomewha* fiow the steel punched used to mike the matrices ; but when we relloct what UrK-n and delicately wrought surfaoes am exactly duplicate J by the ?l?ctr?type, the beauty cf the "art In oora p?ri*cn with all other plai ic o^eration^ become* conspicuous The largest platen of the Ooist ^urvtiy ptrsent a surface ? f over ten square feet, *o elab rat?ly wrought thai a minifying* glase It required for viewing the m.nutlju before the real extent and difficulty of tbe work bpctiines apparent. Sue'- a plate requires a set of skilful engravers Irorn three to live veats in its prntlnc ton; end yet, ?h.u completed, it can be duplicated in the lah iratory of -he survey in three ??hort dats, fo perfectly that the artist who h.is labored over It dnily for jeara cannot discover wltioh in the pUtt he produced. The practical ' e- n 1 1 of this exact raulti pUc ration of form* ih, that tbneograver having oacn done his work, an infinity of prints wny be obtained, and time all of ttie fir*t clsss, or new itm<ie*hlons, as the printers style tho?f> taVtn before the plate bagins to show the wear of pjirtiog. The plate being gradually wOra out hy the printir g, the impressions decrease in valne until ther no longer teprepent the dei-ign ot' the artist H"nce Ur?? engtavinpf must be costly, -md the Dumber limited, unless the txpenre of engravine Is often frt-nrrod. Tnis nlir im stapoe early oacurred to I'rof. [Ucha as limiting the d'f futicn and perpetuation of the ueeful results of the surrey, and he accordingly caused experinmufal trials of the ?'ej. ttotype to be made. But notwithstanding the <d?t whirh attended the new art, the retention of the b>>?t Karopean procesrcs (rave hut unsatisfactory results : It wa* found that the electrotype plate was to deficient In mechanical virtues as to be of but little i?e, and vsry often would be to frsgrle, lu whole or in parts, as to break like acsko of sandstone; but wor>e than all tfriese defects, deposited copper was apt to adhere so firmly to the original plate as to wholly spoil it, converting a monument of patienct, persevetance ar.d artistic skill Into a sightless miss of topper; and the knowu or recommended means for p'e venting the adhesion, defective of they were, obllta raNd tJie finest parte of the engraving. No cure for the?e casualties appeared in th3 office of the Coast Survey except from a radical examination of tbe principles of the art, a ad a thorough application of the sciences involved to the principle". This has vielden even ut.hofod for results. The forming of large electrotypes in the (Vast Purvey laboratory Is now as certain a pro cess as the moulding of bricks Tbe first grand result obtained hy the toast Surrey wan an infallible process for earning the electrotype to separate from the original plate This la principle obtained by attending to a more Mcurate demarkation of the force* which deiernfine the two pWtea. That sleight of tbe black-mith. by whioh he break* a bar of steel by a mere tap of the hammer, af var making a One notch In it, is at the basis of tbe process used for preventing the adhesion. On experimenting on the adhesion of air, wax, (the substanoes previ ously proposed for LinfleiLng adhesion.) to metals, it was found that it was too near akin to metallic cohesion to i permit thin films of thoi-e substances to intervene between tbe plates, for the; actually acted as cements, instead ef din: icUblng the cohesion. The o Deration for preventing adhesion now performed, is entirely chemical, and oon^juently far morn delicate than the mechanical operations of coating the plate with air. wax. powders, kc. The plate to be eiectrotyped, is made chemically clean, and washed with an alcoholic so lut,i< n of iodiz e and then expoaed, for near an hour, to sunlight; the solar rays cause a portion of the iodine to rise in vapor, forming an extremely low atmosphere of that gas on the plate; the plate being now iatr'tduced lb to tbe electrotyping connections, the newly formed copper combines with the iodine vapor; thus both plates are faced with a thin dim of iodid, which admits of the lfast. force determining a line of cleavage along the faces. Tbe chemical action of the iodine, tho'igh causing the plates to separate like the lai&iaea of mica, does not in tbe least mar 'he poUnh of the faces. Although the face must be admitted to be corroded. when chemically considered, yet the depth of this corro sion is trifling in a mechanical view; the iodine selution used for jrepariog tie plate is very weak, coatainirg ooly one gmiu of the babigen to '20,000 grains (over ihree pliits) of alcohol, and Mr. Mathiot, who ha* tbe laboratcry in charge, has calculated that the film of iodid is f?r less than tne ten-thousandth part of a mil lionth parr of an irch, in thickness. This process has in variably given good results at the Coast Survey office; and tbe copying ob.ained by it is far more perfect than that obtained by former methods, for in defiance of the most dexterous manipulation an excess of wax will cboki si me of the liner lines, and when an air film is uted, bubbles are very liable to be retained in the catting. The beauty and delicacy of the views on the charts of the survey, now at tbe fair, show that the copying is per fect Tbe chemical process has the advantage, als>, in Eoint of time; tbe largest plate can be prepared in an our, while the mechanical methods require several days. Tbe other improvements introduced by the Coast Sur vey are in tbe metallic virtues a f the electrotopes, and the time, economy and facility of ooaducttng the opera tions. The objections which benet the earlier operations in electro metallurgy were toftness and friability in the metal, with scantiness and unevenneas in the deposition. Specimens of electro copper are exhibited fully equal to the best fire- made metal in tenacity, hardness and elas ticity. The plates are now cast uniformly one eighth of an inch in tbickiess, and work so well compared with the originals that the Urst duplicate of the largest plate exhibited printed near two thousand copies with out showing tigns of wear. Yet the original, from the fineness of the work, was estimated as capable ef fur nishing only eight hundred copied. A chief feature in the electro -metallurglc operations of the coast suivey. Is the use of hot electrolytes for the reduction of copper; this, while greatly improving tbe quality of the wo- k, has much reduced the time, so that which was formerly the work of a month can new be done in a few days | It has heen frequently proposed by persons nottho rcuirhl} conversant with thiu subject, to use steel plates instead ot copper, as the s eel will print a greater num ber ef copies. But this is only putting the evil off in point of time for the steel plate will eventually wear out. But it is not only the gettli^ of many daplbatea that gives the electrotype the preference. It is brought to bear diiettlv iu the production of the engrave! plate, and greatly reduces the time for getting out large en gravings As but one artist can work at a plate at a time, the time for producing a plate must be propor tionate to its size. To abridge this time, the plate Is now cut in tour or more sections, and distributed among as many artists. When the sections are done the electro tjpist pi c?s them in conjunction, and takes an eotire ckst. as though the> were but one It can readily be seen fr?m this that there need no longer be a limit to tbe amount of work on one sheet, sn4 that maps of our cities need no longer be tiictures of the pa it, but repre sentations ot things which are. 8WISS DEPARTMENT. WOODEN WAKE. The Swiss make a very creditable show in their embroidery, watches, snd wooden carvings. Some very interesting curiosities, composed of wood, show great proficiency and patience in carving in this ma terial. The wood of which these articles are manu factured is a dwarf tree, of the cedar species, indi genous on the mountains of Switzerland. It is re markable that the same wood has two distinct colors, side by side, which give these carvings their beauti ful appearance. Among the carvings arc models of Swbs cottages, of this kind of wood, showing great Unent*o skill in their manufacture. Also, sala<l forks and spoons, carved in the most exquisite style, ornamented with grapes, vines and dolphins, &c.; poper foiders, lipped with the chamois horn, and plates, equally embellishea, au/vu ??kii>uinn. 8eve eral beautiful work-boxes, highly embellished, .rail forth much praise from the ladies. A carving of not the leo&t interest in the collection, is a little statua ry, representing a met ting between a Swiss hunter und a milkmaid; while the enthusiastic hunter is patting the rosy cheeks of his fair companion, the dog Is lapping in the milk pail. Large centre tables, fans, and other articles of a lady's toilet, show the industry of the Swiss in this kind of work. JEWELRY AND WATCHES. By far the finest case of jowrlry on exhibition, is that from the manufactory of Auguste Pubertre, Geneva. This city has a universal reputation tor its superiority in making watches, and the articles exhibited show that this reputation is well founded. Watches no larger than a gold dollar, in perfect order, with all the chains, springs and wheels of the best watches, are in the side of port monnaies, card cases, eye glasses, bracelets and other jewelry. Particular notice might, be properly called to a gold bracelet shaped like a coiled serpent, blue enamelled, with ruby eyes, and having a large opal set around with diamonds on its head. The mouth of the ser pent i-t made to open with a spring, and discloses a small watch witliin. Nothing more elegant was ever before exhibited in this country. Various other articles in this case, too numerous to be es pecially noticed, dazzle the eyes of all beholders with their numerous jewels. There are many cases of jewelry from different manufacturers of Switzer land, all of them displaying superb specimens. WASHINGTON NATIONAL MONUMENT. CONTRIBUTIONS. Cash on hand $771 13 Contributions for this day 57 62 Total $828 75 Terrible Catastrophe 011 tlie Bclvldere and Dtlawaie Rullrooil. TEN MEN KILLED? ONE FATALLY, AND SEVERAL SE RIOUSLY IN.IPRKD. [1'rom the iAmbertvllIe (X. .1.) Diarist Extra, Aug. 3 ] It. befalls 119 Ibis morning to record the moat awful rehmity tb.it has occurred in tbis vicinity. I<a!.t evening a tra'n of |il;iUorm cars, conveying the laboring n otthe Belvidrrv nod Delaware Railroad Com pany, and about one hundred of those a??mt>ag in the repairs of the 1'cnnsvHanla Canal, to tbeir homes, nan thi own front the track at Bull's I?Und, nine mite* abovo b? re, and tlie fatal result announced above endued. The trait, consisted of teu c?r*, and tliem were on board two hnr.dred or more men. Tiding* of the citastrophe were brought to iAmbe'tvllle as soon as poMbie. and a locomotive w? n immediately Irrod up and doparted for the hceoo o' the di>a?*er, hiving on boa'd Drs. I.llly, Koon, and Reily, of l*mbertville. and Dr. Konlke, of New Hope, Home of i.t'e officers of the company, and a suffl cietit. numbe- ot citizens to audit In tlie duties expected to be requi-ed. (>n arriving at the ground, the beart rend'ug spectacle of r irie dta J 1hkIi"h, ?nd a number wounded, lyin,( upon the oars, su'roanded by the frler.dn who were with tliern, was pren<-nted. The particulars, ai nearly as we could ascertain them, were es follows: ? The In in ws* backing down the read, and when at Bull's Viand, about; t<ut;do*n, a cow suddenly jumped upon tlie truck, almost under the platform ol the fore most car. The par *>as thrown ofT, und live othrrs fo! k lowed bfiore tb?i locomotive could le stopp<>d? M>me of 'thfiii beicu ovui'irr cd others set, np on enil, kr. The men wno were not Ir iured, and the clti/ens of the neighborhood fet to work, and when we arrived we , found thlog.i as stated abovo. The physicians attended to the most nnrent esse* of the wou>dtd, and, having made them as comfortable as pos sible, the train started for I<atnbertvllle. NAMES OP TOR KILLED. Matthew M alone, John Dfgnsn, Michsel Cavi Jiy, Michael Mclletrlck, Johnlrvlrg. R*?tholomow Shehsn, Patrick Coffee, 1homau Marran, Jeremiah Loar/, Michael lUlton? 10. .Teh" Conroy was terribly mangled, and not expe?'ed to 'ive from one minute to another, at the tune we put this to pr.??. (4 o'clock, Wednesday morning.) \V*e ??re not able to learn the names of the wcunded, hot ?W? are norre twelve or fifteen of them. The most >wieas ere three broken legs, one of them badlv, and three fractured collar bone*. None of the wounded are foriMderfd in larger, except Conroy, who cannot poseibly live many minutes. In ooniing down the road with this death train, some of the dead and woonded were left with their friends at different DOinU ? the walling of wives and relatlvea were heartrt ndlag in the extreme; and also at iAmbertvUla, where a large crowd was collected. The dead bodies were tsken by their friends to their homes, in mourning, and the wounded were Pressed and bandaged by the physieiana present, and made as comfortable as possible, and con vened home. the Rev. P. J. Henegan, (who was also on the ground.) will administer the funeral oe'ewionle* In the Roman Catholic buning around, (near Mount Hope Cemetery.) al 4 o'clock this aft?inoon. I AMERICAN DIPLOMACY. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN. BZITOUOAS SKETCH. LIST OF AMBASSADORS, Ac., Ac., Ac. Tae Hon. James Buchanan will embark for Bog land on the 6th inst., to enter on hia duty as Ambas sador from the United States at the court of St. James. Daniel E. Sickles, Esq., of this city, the Secretary of Legation, and William Henry Welsh, Esq,, of York, Peensylvania, Private Secretaiy to Mr. Buchanan, will leave on the 20th inst. The present favorable position of our relations with Great Britain will probably render tha duties of the new minister easy and agreeable, compared with those of some of his predeces sors. But the present condition of aHairs on the continent of Europe, and the questions which are likely to arise in consequence, involving the interests of both England and the United States, may afford Mr. Buchanan abnndant opportunities of displaying talents for diplomacy, quite eqnal to thofe which were required of and exhibited by hia, when Secretary of State, during Mr. Polk's adminis tration. The change in oar intercourse with Great Bri tain, occasioned by the appointment of a new minis ter to that court, affords a suitable occasion to take a retrospective view of our diplomatic relations with that country, since our independence was acknow ledged by its rulers by the treaty of peace of 178*. Our sketches, extending over a period of seventy years, must necessarily be brief, embracing, ho wemv the most important points in this part of our diplo matic history, and drawn from the most authentic sources. It will be recollected that the war which led to the establishment of the Independence of the United States, commenced in the year 1775, and was closed in 1783, a period of eight years ; of which, however, most of the two last years were characterized by ia activity on both sides. The war, it may be said, was virtually brought to a close in its sixth year, in Octo ber, 1781, by the surrender of Lord Cornwallis and his army at Yorktown, after which no military events of importance took place between the contending forces. It is worthy of note here, that as early as Febru ary, 1778, after the surrender of Burgoyne and hia army at Saratoga, and the alliance had been formed with France by the United States, the British minis try made a decided effort for peace, and Lord North introduced into the House of Commons what were called his " conciliatory propositions," declaring it to be the intention of government to send a commis sion to America, to treat with the Congress, to grant pardons and immunities, to restore to the colonies their ancient charters, to exempt them from taxa tion, and not to reqnire them to renounce their inde pendence till the the treaty had been ratified by the King and Parliament. This plan, so suddenly de veloped, bnt entirely matured, by Lord North, was as unexpected to his friendd as his enemies, inas much as by it he abandoned the principles opa* which he had heretofore condncted the contest with the American colonies. A Writer of that day re marks : ? " A dull melancholy alienee succeeded to the speech madf by Lord North on this occasion* A -lament, dejection, and fear, overclouded the whole assembly. Although the minister had de clared that tho sentiments he expressed that day had been those which he always entertained, it is certain that few or none had understood him in that manner ; and h? had been represented to the nation at large as the person in .it the most tenacious of those parliamentary rights which he now proposed to resign, and the most remote from the submissions which he now proposed to make." Mr. Fox, who followed Lord North in the debate, congratulated the public on tho conversion of the minister, and his own party on having gained ra powerful an auxiliary. If Fox and the whigs gener ally had then pressed Lord North and joined with the war party, now disgusted and mortified, the ministry would have been left in a minority in the House of Commons. But the conduct of the whigs was directly the reverse of this ; they took snch a hearty part with the minister, that no appearanoe of parly remained, and some of his complaining friends ?vexatiously congratulated him on his new allien These new allies, however, though they supported his measures, showed no mercy to his conduct. The conciliatory terms proposed by Lord North in fact contained all the stipulations that the Qrst Continent al Congress, assembled in 1774, proposed to accom plish. America had, in reality, conquered at this early day (1778) every thing for which she originally took up arms. The declaration of Congress of July 4, 1776, constituted no part of the original requisi tions or grievances of this country ; for the war, ia the outset, was certainly not undertaken for indepen dence. It may be added, that had General Wash ington's views been seconded by the co-oprration of General Gates and other leaders, mainly of the north ern army, after the surrender of Burgoyne and hia army at Saratoga, a similar capture of the army of Howe, at Philadelphia, would have taken place, ia all probability, and the British ministry could not have recovered from the effect of these repeated blows. Pcaco must therefore have followed, and la dependence have been acknowledged by Great Britain in three years after the declaration, and be fore aid had been received from French troops. It appears, also, that propositions were made ia March, 1778, to Doctor Franklin, then one of tha American Commissioners in France, by Mr. William Pulteney, a member of Parliament, who saw him at I'uiis, under the assumed named of Williams. The terms did Lot differ from those with which Lord Noith proposed to invest Commissioners to treat with the Americans. Another gentleman, a mem ber of the Irish Parliament, Mr. Chapman, had a conversation with I>r. Franklin on the same subject. This Irish gentleman was nt great pains to colleot information touching a peace ; and he made such proposals, in relation to independence and commer cial privileges, a* were then fashionable in England. The American Commissioners in Europe, at that pe riod, had no power from Congress to treat with Great Britain; but Dr. Franklin informed Mr. Pulte ney, that, in his opinion, America would not make a peace in which her independence was not formally iccognized. Mr. David Hartley, a member of the British Parliament, and an- old acquaintance of Dr. Franklin, also called on him in France, in April, 1778, and in conversation expressed the stronger anxiety for peace with America, and was anxions to know Franklin's sentiments of the terms which might probably bo accepted if offered. Frnnklin answered " that the 1'nited States were not fond of war, and, with the advice of their friend*, would probably be easily prevailed with to make peace on equitable terms ; but we had no terms committed te us to propose, and I did not choose to mention any," Ac. Dr. Franklin eon jectnred that Chapman was sent to him by Lord North. Hartley, he says, wm generally in the opposition, especially on Americaa questions, but had some respect for T/ird North. ? On the whole, (ivmarkd FraaLiin, ia a letter to