ACQUITTAL OF MR. M‘LEOD.

New Zealand Herald and Auckland Gazette, Volume I, Issue 62, 23 March 1842, Page 2

ACQUITTAL OF MR. M‘LEOD.

{Extraordinary Express from Liverpool .) Liverpool, Friday Night. —The Acadia arrived at ten o’clock this evening, bringing New York papers and letters from the Bth to the 15th inst. By this arrival we have the result of M‘Leod’s trial, and the gratifying intelligence that the jury in his case returned a verdict of “ Not Guilty.” If we may infer from a paragraph in the New York Inquirer, Mr. M‘Leod, who immediately on his acquittal retired from the Court, is now in England, as he expressed a determination to quit America in the vessel which brought the present information. Another paper adds — “ The fact ofM‘Leod having gone to Albany, and crossing the river to take stage to the Boston road, may prove only a ruse de guerre to cover his retreat to some other place.” It appears by this arrival that Sir Richard Jackson, in the temporary administration of the Canadian Government, promptly yielded up the person of Grogan upon the demand of the American Government, and he was, on the 4th instant, handed over to the Inspector of Police by the Sheriff of Montreal, to be by the former functionary escorted to the United States lines. The Queen.— The event of the week has been a slight indisposition which the Queen has suffered ; an indisposition, it is intimated, incidental to her present condition, and not affecting her general health. Her Majesty was first conscious of the ailment on Saturday evening, October 9; in the night Dr. Locock and Sir James Clarke were summoned. Sir James returned to town on

Sunday afternoon; and on Monday he relieved Dr. Locock ; on Tuesday he left the Castle quite unguarded by doctors; and by Thursday the Qaeen was pronounced to be looking remarkably well. The indisposition did not interrupt the outdoor exercise which the Queen has taken daily, mostly in walking with Prince Albert. The only exception was on Tuesday, when the had weather kept the Royal couple within doors.— Spectator, October 16.

It is said that the Queen has expressed a wish to let Windsor be the scene of her confinement; but many inconveniences forbid it, Her Majesty, however, has obtained her physician’s permission to remain at the Castle till Wednesday; though, indeed, every day next week is mentioned as the one on which the Court will probably depart foi Buckingham Palace. — Ibid. Lord Stanley has been so unwell as to be unable to attend to his official duties; but he is getting better. The Morning Post says that Lord Ellenborough is to be the Governor-General of India; his appointment having been confirmed at a meeting of the Court of Directors on Wednesday, by an unanimous vote; and Lord Fitzgerald and \ esey is Lord Ellenborongh’s successor as President of the Board of Control, and therefore a member of the Cabinet.

The Times denies that the appointment has been completed — “ We have the best authority for stating, that a morning contemporary has at least been premature in announcing the appointment of Lord Ellenborough as Governor-General of India. The appointment rests with the Court of Directors ; anil so far from the noble Lord having been confirmed by an ‘ unanimous vote,’ his Lordship has not as yet been nominated at all. His appointment will, as we are informed, be proposed at the Court to be holden on Wednesday next; and when a vacancy shall have been created by his Lordship’s acceptance of the important office thus confided to him, Lord Fitzgerald may probably succeed him as President of the Board of Control. We again repeat, that as yet no appointment of a successor to Lord Auckland has been made.” “ The appointments of the representatives of her Majesty in foreign states,’’ says the Morning Post, “ under the present administration, are now, we believe, finally arranged. Lord Cowley will be the British Ambassador at Paris; Sir Robert Gordon at Vienna; Lord Steward de Rothesay at St. Petersburg; and Sir Stratford Canning at Constantinople. Mr. Fox will, it is believed, remain for the present her Majesty’s Minister at Washington, No immediate change is in contemplation in the British Embassy at Madrid. Nor is it probable that any important change will take place in the representation of Great Britain at any of the European Courts, with the exception of those already mentioned and the Court of Naples.” To this information the Times adds:—“ It is now, we believe, definitively arranged, that Lord Burghersh will succeed Lord Wil.iam Russell as Ambassador at the Prussian Court. Mr. Aston will remain Minister Plenipotentiary at Madrid; and Mr. Bulwer will, we trust, continue to perform the duties he has so long and so effieiently discharged as Secretary to the Embassy in Paris. Tuesday Gazette announced the appointment of the honourable Charles Hope to be one of the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital.—Spectator, October 16. The quarterly account of the public revenue was made up to Saturday, the 10th falling on Sunday. It exhibits an increase both on the year and the quarter, as compared with the corresponding date in 1840 : on the year, the increase is £248,148 ; on the quarter, £241,721. The Excise has increased £872,547 on the year, and £244,617 on the quarter. In the Customs, the tendency is still downwards: there is a decrease of £667,522 on the year, with an increase of £74,340 on the quarter, which doubtless includes a large payment on account of corn. The Post-Office has declined—£ 7,ooo on the quarter, and £268.000 on the year .—lbid. China;— Canton had been more than “ virtually” taken, it had almost been seized outright. While Captain Elliot, more suo, was negotiating, the Chinese, after their fashion, were repairing their fortifications for new defences. Captain Elliot at length discovered the fact: a council was held; the military officers had instructions —or leave—on the 24th of May, to concentrate their troops upon Canton; the walls were gained at several commanding points ; the Chinese still resisted; the order to storm the town was just upon the point of being issued—when all that had been done was undone : Captain Ellict was once more indulging his mania for negotiation, this time under the temptation of a bribe of six millions of dollars. For that sum, in the name of the Crown of Great Britain, he allowed the city to be ransomed. His colleagues, compelled

to concede to their diplomatic superior, do not attempt to conceal their disgust; but both of them, Sir Hugh Gough, the military, and Sir Le Fleming Senhouse, the naval commander, record their disapprobation in their official despatches. Sir Le Fleming, who died almost immediately after, is believed to have fallen a victim to mortification at having been (concerned in a buccaneering expedition. Captain Elliot use t e money thus obtained, it is said, to pay some of the opium-dealers cn the spot, and “ opium scrip” at Calcutta. The last accounts represent the Chinese as again preparing for resistance, and the Biitish as contemplating another attack somewhere to the North—whether in search of more “ransom” or not, is not stated. Nearly two months more, probably, had Captain Elliots career to run ; and then, towards the middle ot August, Sir Henry Pottinger and Admiral Parker would arrive. —Colonial Gazette, Oct. 13, 1842.

The Globe quotes a letter from an officer who served in the engagement at Canton : he says, that when General Gough received Capt. Elliott’s letter requesting him to suspend hostilities, he threw it upon the ground and stamped upon it with rage. The same writer describes the Chinese as using “a large sort of matchlock, on three legs, which carries three times as far as our muskets, so that they keep out of our reach, and vet pepper away upon us.” He adds : “We none of us thought of making our wills before going into action, as we had no idea it would have been such sharp work, but now some of us have thought proper to do it, as we expect to be at it again in about a fortnight (at Amoy).”

Friday’s Gazette (Oct. 20) announces several honorary rewards dispensed among the officers who were engaged in the operations at Canton. Sir Hugh Gough receives the Grand Cross of the Bath; Captain Herbert is appointed a Knight Commander; and Colonel Burrell and Lieut.Colonels Morris, Adams, Mountain, and Pratt, are nominated Companions of the same Order. Lieutenants Chambers, Coryton, Hayes, Hamilton, and Wood, are promoted to the rank of Commander in the Navy; while Messrs. Bryan, Sanlez, Need, Miller, Tayler, Purver, and Bate, are appointed Lieutenants.

The long-threatened insurrection in favour of Queen Christina, has broken out in Spain. It > was heojun bv General O'Donnell, who seized the citadel of Pampeluna on the 2nd October; and a battalion whom he found there joined him. General Riberio retained possession of the town. O’Donnell had not been very long in Paris; thence he proceeded to Pau, where he resided. He got leave to proceed to Spain to see his family, giving his word that he would not meddle in party intrigue. Yet he remained about a month at Pampeluna, bribing the garrison with Christino’s funds. Riberio, who is Captain-General, is a staunch and good officer, but a heavy and inactive man. The garrison consisted of probably not more than two battalions ; which ought to be about 2,000 men, but which probably do not muster more than . 1,600, Of these it would appear that 300 remained with Riberio, as well as the cavalrv, whilst the citizens that formed the National Guard were most staunch, and enabled him to hold the town against the citadel, O’Donnell had issued two proclamations, one to the armv and another to the inhabitants of Naverie. He accuses Espartero of having traitorously seized the regency, and onlv watching an opportunity to murder the the little Queen and her sister, and instal himself in their place ; and the present Government of having taken their lands from their clergy, their fueros from the Biscayans, and of having starved the army. He carefully avoids in both proclamations to profess his attachment for any constitution; but still he promises the purchasers of ecclesiastical property, that although it may be taken from them, a compromise shall be made with the Pope so as to indemnify them. His object is evidently to unite the Carlists and moderate Liberals in a crusade against Espartero and the liberals. On the sth O’Donnell summoned the town of Pampeluna to surrender, and on refusal opened the fire of the citadel upon it. The cannonade was still heard at the date of the latest advices. Bilboa, with the people, the National Guard,. and a garrison ot 1,600 men had declared for Christiua ; and some Carlist officers had joined O’Donnell. A proclamation had been circulated in the name of Don Carlos, enjoining his partizans not to join a movement in favour of the usurping Christina : but that was known to proceed from a hot and influential Carlist, not from Don Carlos himself. The movement immediately began to spread in Biscay and Alava, and l&L----toria has joined it. On the 3rd, General Alcala marched from Tolosa to reduce the citadel of Pampeluna, with 5,000 men ; but he afterwards retreated from ’ Bergara back upon Tolosa.

Christina is busy in Paris. The Gazette de France records her proceedings— The telegraphic despatch which announced the movement at Pampeluna reached Paris on Monday evening at four o'clock. It was at the instant communicated at St. Cloud, and to Christina’s palace, Rue de Courcelles. Maria Christina convoked her Council immmediately. It was discussed whether' Maria Christina should not go to Spain and put herself at the bead of the movement. It was decided however that she should stay where she was, and two agents were sent to the frontier. O’Dounell had brought away three millions of francs with hiui from " Paris. The hotel of Christina is thronged with visitors.’’ The Times relates a strange occurrence at the Foreign Office in Parife—“A. violent scene occurred on Thursday at the Foreign Office between M. Olozaga, the Spanish ambassador, and M. Guizot; the former having attributed the movement at Pampeluna to French influence. M. Olozaga complained in severe language of French duplicity ; and added, that M. Salvandy might possibly find a bad reception at Madrid. M. Guizot protested that the Government were extremely well disposed towards Espartero, but at the same time hinted that fhe ex-Queen Regent’s position deserved some sympathy. M, Olozaga quitted the hotel in a violent rage.’ A private letter from Paris, says the Times, states that the accouchment of the ex-Queen Regent of Spain took place in that citv about a fortnight since. Her Majesty and her infant (a boy) were doing well, under the care of her , former professional attendants, Doctors Castello senior and junior, who had been specially summoned to Paris for the occasion. It was reported that three deputations from the provinces of Navarre, Alava, and Biscay, had waited upon Queen Christina, in Faris, and invited her to repair forthwith to the northern provinces. The Queen, it was thought, would shortly remove to Pau. Mr. John Elmore, the spirited proprietor of Lottery and some of the best steeple chase horses in England, has taken a very large contract for „ supplying the French Government with 3,000 horses, which Mr. Elmore has undertaken to deliver in France, there to pass scrutinv. The money to be paid to Mr. Elmore, by the French Government, will be something over eighty thousand pounds, a great portion of which will be ex pended in purchasing horses throughout England, and thus by the enterprise of one party this large sum will benefit those whose avocations have been curtailed by railway operations, and to whom a horse is no longer a source of profit.

The Glasgow Argus of Thursday, October 15, contains an account of the destruction of a part of the Lancefield cotton spinning works, near Glasgow, on Wednesday night. The works belong to Messrs. William and Alexander Graham and Company, and are the most extensive of the kind in Scotland : they comprised four distinct factories, and 1,110 persons were emploped within the walls. The fire originated in the pickingroom, it is supposed from a spark struck out of the ircn machinery falling on some cotton. Instant attempts were made to subdue it, but the flames defied the small means at hand ; the South Mill was destroyed, and the Front Mill much injured. The damage is estimated at £30,000 ; and three or four hundred people will be thrown out of employment, with no prospect of obtaining it elsewhere during the winter.

The Morning Chronicle of October 19 announces more failures in Glasgow : —“ We regret to learn bv letters from Glasgow that there have been, within a short period, three commercial failures in that city. The first, on Saturday week, was a commission-house connected with North America: liabilities estimated at £40,000. The cause assigned was the want of remittances by the Britannia. A considerable portion of this sum is due to that devoted town Paisley, The second was a calico-printing concern, ou Saturday last, not in extensive business. The third and most important took place on Monday last: it was in the shipping and commission business, and the liabilities are estimated at from £40,000 to £60,000. The failure was not exptcted, and the cause assigned is over-investment in West India produce. A correspondent informs us that ‘ these failures had thrown an additional gloom over this commercial city ; and as there is no sign of improvement, the future prospect, particularly that for the next two months, is any thing but cheering.”

Letters have been received in London from Cape Coast Castle,, dated the 28th July, reporting the steam-vessels the Niger Expedition to have arrived there from Sierra Leone ; the Soudan on the 15th, the Albert on the 19th, > and the IVilberforce on the 24th of that month. Every thing relatingto the expedition is repre-

sented as being in a flourishing condition. From information gained on the coast from persons who had been up the Niger with Lander, it was found that large vessels would be unable to proceed above Ibre at an earlier period than the month of August.

The Duke of Wellington’s Umbrella. A fancy fair for charitable purposes was held some since at Crossdeep, between Twickenham and Teddington, by some of the ladies resident in that neighbourhood. The Duke of Wellington having been present, had gone away, leaving his umbrella behind him, whereupon Lady P—-immedi-ately said, “Who will give twenty guineas for the Duke’s umbrella ?” In one moment a purchaser was found, and on his grace’s return the fact was communicated to him, when he good naturedly remarked, “I’ll soon supply you with ,umbrellas, if you can sell them so much to the advantage of the charity.”

The National Charter Association. —A National Petition is about to be prepared and will shortly be laid before the public, The executive body will meet in the west of England. Almost every night in the week there are fifty or sixty Chartist lectures being delivered in various parts of the country. SpiNNixG Rope Yarn. —A very fine Dutch steam-frigate, the Etna, is now lying in the river off Deptford dock-yard. This vessel arrived from Amsterdam, to receive on board the new patent machinery for spinning rope yarn by steam power (which has been so successfully established at Her Majestys dock-yard at Deptford, as well as the private establishment in this country,) the Dutch Ambassador having succeeded in obtaining sanction of the British Government to the ex portation of a limited quantity for the naval yard at Amsterdam.

Death of a Veteran. —For the last 20 years on old man has stood at the gate of Greenwich Park, which opens on to Maize-hill, opposite Van-burgh-fields; this venerable centenarian, whose name was William Lucas,expired on Friday morning, at a house at Greenwich, at the advanced age of 106 years. Till within the last few years lie occupied his old station at the Park-gate, where he was well known. He was one of the crew of the Royal George and sunk in her at Spitl.ead, but according to his own statement, was washed up through the main hatchway, and saved by one of the numerous boats attending on the melancholy occasion. The deceased lias resided upwards of "80 years in Greenwich, and was much respected by the “College men.”

Wood Pavement. —The wood pavement in front of Whitehall has now been tried more than two years and succeeds admirably. Some days ago a considerable portion of it was raised to make an alteration in the gas-pipes, and the pins which unite the blocks, were found as entire and sound as when tho pavement was laid down. The abrasure which has taken place on the wood for the last two years does not exceed the eighth of an inch.

Cause of Consumption. —Thirty one thousand and ninety English women diedinoneyear QB3BJ of the incurable malady (consumption)! Will not this impressive fact inauce persons of rank and influence to set their countrywomen right in one particular article of their dress, and lead them to abandon a practice which disfigures the body, strangles the chest, produces nervous or other disorders, and has an unquestionable tendency to implant an incureble hectic malady in, the frame ? Girls have no more need of artificial bones and bandages than boys. Dr. Granville's Midland and Southern Syas of England . Dublin. —There is no doubt we believe, of the fact that Mr. O’Connell will be returned as Lord Mayor of Dublin at the ensuingjMunicipal election. He is preparing his state carriage for it already. This is reaction sure enough !— Glasgow Reformers Gazette.

Theodore Hook died on the 24th August, of bilious cholera, at his cottage in Fulham, in his fifty sixth or fifty-seventh year. Mr. Hook had been for years, if not from its commencement, editor of the John Bull. He is well known as the author of several entertaining novels Among a large circle of friends his powers of amusement will be much missed.

The Wesleyan Conference. —By a late Liverpool paper, we observe that the ninetyeighth annual meeting of the Wesleyan Conference was held in Manchester, on the 28th July last. More than four hundred ministers were present, besides a goodly number of lay members in connexion with the Wesleyan body. The first business of the Conference was the election of a President and Secretary, and the following was declared to be the result: Rev. James Dixon, President; and the Rev. Dr. Hannah, Secretary.

The female boa-constrictor at the Garden of Plants in Paris, recently hatched three eggs, and the three young serpents that have issued from them are of the greatest beauty.

The railroad from Vienna to Raad, which has just been opened to the public, conveys daily from 17,000 to 20,000 persons. The receipts for the first week amounted to 70,000 f. Among the new paintings that have heed lately added to the National Gallery is one by Raphael, which has been valued at five thousand guineas, Prince Albert has been presented with two beautiful black Arabian horses by the King of Prussia. The state of Baden is about to increase the import duty on British Manufactures. The total number of scholars now at Eton amounts to 634.

It is a remarkable fact, that each of the nine conservative members who have displaced whigs m the boroughs of Yorkshire have been placed at the head of their polls. It is rumoured that Lord Melbourne, at no very distant period, contemplates a visit to the continent, it having been stated that his lordship’s servants have received instructions to hold themselves in readiness to quit London at the shortest possible notice.

Release of the Chief Birmingham Chartist Agitator. —Edward Brown, a member of the late Convention, who was arrested for sedition just before the daring attempt to burn down Birmingham, having completed his time of imprisonment, has been released • from Warwick gaol. The Chartists celebrated the event by a public dinner, to which Brown was invited. New Post Office Order. —The Postmas- ; ter-General lias issued an order by which petitions addressed to Parliament, and forwarded by post to members of either houses, if they do not exceed 32 ounces in weight, are exempt from postage, provided they are sent without covers, or in covers open at the sides. No letter, however, may be enclosed in such petition intended to be sent free of postage, the practice being illegal ; and if any inclosure is found in a petition, it will be subject to the full rates of postage.