UNITED STATES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume IV, Issue 160, 28 January 1854, Page 8

UNITED STATES.

The Boston Times of the 18th has the following sketch of a new consular treaty between the Republic and France:—"A Consular Convention between the United Stales and the Emperor of the French was concluded and signed in February last, and the ratifications were exchanged on ihe Hih instant, at Washington, by Count de Sartiges ami Air. Alarcy. The Convention is published in full in the Union of Sunday. It provides for the reciprocal reception of consuls, vice-consuls, f<c, and for iheir enjoyment of the usual privileges. Article VII. piovides that in all States of the Union, whose laws permit, Frenchmen shall enjoy ihe right of possessing personal and real property by the same title" and in the same manner as citizens oi' the United States, and the President engages to recommend to such Siaies as do not permit aliens to hold real estates, to pass such laws as may confer the right. The French Government, in like manner, hut with the reservation of the ulterior right of establishing reciprocity in regard to possession and inheritance, accords to ihe citizens of the United Slates the same rights within iis territory i;i re<pcci to real and personal property, and to inheritance, as arc enjoyed there by its own citizen-;. The remaining articles of the convention relate to consular duties in regard to merchant vessels, to deserters, and to wrecks. 1 lie Cuivfiiiion is to remain in force for ten

years and longer if no notice of a year is given by either party to the other, of his intention not to renew them." The following appears in the Bus lon Atlas of the 19:h: —" Dales from St. Thomas to August 3, .stale ihat there had been an insurrection among the negroes at Tortola. The town h ils been burned, and several persons Lave been killed. All the whites were fleeing, and many had arrived at St. Thomas. S ndiers were sent fro in St. Thomas to quell the revolt." Tiik 'Goi.dex Agis' Amkricax Steamer.— A Liverpool paper for October has the following notice of this vessel :—The steam-ship 'Golden Aue,' which may shortly be expected here, to he placed on the berth for Australia, has been out Dii a trial trip. She is a line model, fitted up in a sumptuous style, and embodying a number of es>ential impiovernents in the accommodation of steerage passengers aud in the construction of her engines. Her dimensions are remarkable in one point, a breadth of beam, which gives ample room for between-deck accommodation, and conduces very greatly to the comfort of her pas.-engers. She is 285 feet in length, 43^ feet breadth of lxam, has 32 feet depth of hold, and is of the tonnage of 2,864 tons. She has a beam engine of somewhat peculiar construction, the diameter of whose cylinder is S inches, with twelve feet long of stroke. The boilers constitute the chief peculiarity. They are each 40 feet in length, and are fitted up with furnaces :it each end, the smoke funnel ascending from the centre. By this arrangement, it is claimed that economy in bofh space and fuel is gained, ami the truth of the proposition is pretty clearly proved so fat as regards space. We Tiave never seen a vessel so thoroughly roomy in every part. The steerage is fitted up with accommodation for (iOO passengers. The berths are furnished with neat mattresses anil pillows; the latter rendered lifepreserving by means of an impermeable cotton felting. Particular attention is devoted to the ventilation of the ship. Accommodations are afforded for one thousand passengers, and, on an emergency, twelve hundred persons may find reasonable quarters on board. There is a. large safe on board, which is intended lor the storage of gold dust during a voyage. In the purser's room is a smaller sale, for the temporary security of smaller articles belonging to the passengers. The general conveniences of the vessel are worthy of mention. The crew are well cared for. The captain, the iirst, second, and third officers, and the surgeon, have apaitments comfortably arranged. The doctor's corner has a pleasant wav of putting all the bottles out of sight, s i that the unwary passenger need not anticipate. The steerage is blessed with an immense box, labelled " Medicine chest," conveniently placed just at the head of the ladder. The crew numbers, when complete, one hundred aud twenty men ; their quarters forward are remarkably roomy. She will leave New York for Liverpool, whence she will sail for Australia, and will form the pioneer of the new line between the latter and the Pacific coast. For the present her port will be Panama; eventually, Acapulcoor San Francisco.