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An Arabian man-of-war, the first, it is said, that ever appeared in English waters, came up the river on Sunday in tow of a steamer, and was moored in the afternoon off the Victualling Yard, at Deptford. Next day, it was towed into the St. Katharine's Dock. The vessel, which excited much curiosity, is from Zanzebar ; and it has brought over four valuable Arabian horses and other presents from the Ring of Muscat, to Queen Victoria.

Aly Effendi, the new Ambassador from Constantinople to this Court, arrived on Tuesday at the Turkish embassy in Bryanston Square. He is the bearer of a most magnificent sword, set with diamonds, as a pre- sent from the Sultan to the Prince of Wales.

Thomas Bishop of Glens, Vicar Apostolic of tbe London district, has issued a circular " to the Clergy and Faithful " of the district, appoint- ing certain observances to be performed in Roman Catholic churches, as a thanksgiving for the preservation of the Queen's life.

Tuesday's Gazette announced that the Queen has appointed Major- General Sir William Maynard Gomm, H.C.B., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the island of Mauritius and its dependencies.

The Earl of Erne expired at his residence in the neighbourhood of London, on the afternoon of Friday ; and is succeeded in his title and estates by Colonel Crichton, of Crum Castle, in the county of Ferma- nagh, Lord-Lieutenant of that county, and one of the best and most im- proving resident landlords in Ireland.—Dublin Evening Mail.

The Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry is so far recovered from his long and severe illness, that his Lordship last week directed his secre- tary, Mr. Burder, to send out the usual notices for holding ordinations throughout his diocese in the course of the ensuing month.—Globe.

Dr. Arnold, D.D., the Head Master of Rugby School, died on Sun- day last, of disease of the heart, after a short illness. The Morning Chronicle gives the subjoined account of the Doctor's scholastic life- " Dr. Arnold was well known as one of the most distinguished writers and pro- found classical scholars of the day. His edition of Thucydides,' and his, we fear unfinished, History of Rome,' are works which will always hold a high place in our literature. Besides these, we have his sermons and miscellaneous works, and his recent publication of the lectures delivered by him at Oxford in his capacity of Professor of Modern History in that University. But it would be great injustice to Dr. Arnold's memory to speak of him merely as a scholar and historian. During the fifteen yews he has been Master of Rugby School, be has not only governed that institution with admirable ability and success, but few men have done so much towards raising the standard and the character of education itself in this country. No man was ever more beloved by his pupils, or by his numerous acquaintances ; nor has the death of any given a more severe shock to his family and friends. Dr. Arnold was remarkable for the uniform sweetness, the patience, the forbearing meekness, of his disposi- tion. He was an innate Christian ; the bad passions might almost be said to have been omitted by Nature in his constitution. But his truth and honesty were unflinchingly regardless of his own interest, or of temporary conse- quences : he followed truth with a rare singleness of purpose and simplicity of heart. Dr. Arnold was attached from principle to the Whig party, and has been often considered as very near promotion to the episcopal bench ; but that such was not his own wish, we have the best means of knowing. Dr. Arnold had latterly devoted the whole of his time unoccupied by scholastic duties to his Lectures on Modern History and to his History of Rome, and was con- templating a retirement in the course of a few years to his favourite residence at Fox How, in Westmoreland. Dr. Arnold bad, we believed, attained the age of fifty-two. He was born at Cowes, Isle of Wight, and was the son of the late William Arnold, Esq., Collector of her Majesty's Customs of that port. He was educated at Winchester School, and from thence went to Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He was afterwards Fellow of Oriel. Dr. Arnold married a daughter of the late Reverend John Penrose, and has left behind him a numerous firmily, to whom, and to his many sincere friends, his prema- ture death will be felt as an irreparable loss."

Mr. Warburton has published a letter to correct two misstate- ments made in the House of Commons on the 27th of May. Mr. Cochrane said, that he had a conversation with Mr. Warburton on the 26th August, in which Mr. Warburton held out as an induce- ment to him to proceed with the petition against Mr. Mitchell, that they should have their seats one and one, and that it would be a snug borough for both of them. A conversation on the policy of each political party's returning one Member did take place : " This topic," says Mr. Warburton, " was started, not on the 26th, but on the 27th of August : Mr. Cochrane and Mr. Leman did then, of their own accord, propose to me that 1 should consent to the one and one arrangement ; and I gave a positive refusal to the pro- posal, as inconsistent with my notions of what was honourable, and all being, in the then state of parties in the borough, quite impracticable. I informed Mr. Cochrane and his agent that I could promise them no more than to give them notice of any determination to oppose him at a future election." The proposal was afterwards repeated by a leading Conservative in the borough, and again refused ; and Mr. Warburton has since acted openly in a manner inconsistent with the supposed ar- rangement. Mr. Mitchell is reported to have said, that he had admitted to Mr. Nicholetts, that if it were necessary for either Member to re- sign, it was his (Mitchell's) duty to do so ; and he only asked time till winter. Mr. Warburton says, " Mr. Nicholetts assures me, that at no interview that he ever had with Mr. Mitchell, did Mr. Mitchell make such an admission. What counter-proposition to that of his own re- signation Mr. Mitchell did make, Mr. Nicholetts will state to the Com- mittee." And by a quotation in parallel columns, Mr. Warburton con- victs Mr. Cochrane of having garbled a speech delivered by Mr. War- burton in the House of Commons in February 1831.

The Paris Moniteur of Monday contains the following Royal Ordon- nance—

" The Chamber of Deputies is dissolved.

"The Electoral Colleges are convoked for July 9th, those of Corsica for the 12th.

" The Chambers of Peers and Deputies are convoked for the 3d August."

To this the Journal des Debuts adds, that the session which com- mences on the 3d August will be of short duration : the verification of the claims of Deputies to sit, the nomination of President, Secretaries, and Questors, will be its only business.

The Journal des _Mats, a semi-official paper, announces as from nn-

doubted authority the intended augmentation of the duties on linen- yarns ; and confirms a suspicion that Belgium will be exempted from the provisions of the measure. The Journal declares that Belgium has a thousand claims to exceptional treatment on the part of France.

The Morning Chronicle publishes a letter, in which the writer frankly states that he is one of the shareholders of a company in France, or- ganized entirely by Englishmen, by whom most of the Capital w as ad- vanced, for the spinning of linen-yarn. That establishment was formed in 1838 ; and this year it has come into full work ; and it was one of the conditions of the company on its formation, that it should obtain from the French Government the protecting-duty which it is now about to give. ive The factory was planned by an Englishman, and is one of the most beautiful in the world ; the machinery was made on the spot by English mechanics from English models; and some of the best workmen in England were taken to France.

The Times publishes a second letter, dated April 11th, purporting to be addressed by the Queen Dowager of Spain to Don Carlos, in answer to a despatch from him. She accepts certain terms which he offers as conditions for a union of their power to oust Espartero ; but takes these exceptions. She consents to the marriage of her daughter Isabella the Second with the Prince of the Asturias; but wishes the alliance to be postponed until a year after Espartero's defeat, power being restored to herself immediately after the establishment of peace. She cannot con- sent to the restoration of Carlists to high offices, although, "as a servant of the Lord," she respects their misfortunes, because the Cortes of Con- stitutional Spain could not regard such Ministers with confidence. For she does not mean to deprive Spain of her constitution.

Advices have been received from Lisbon to the 6th instant. Neither the commercial nor the slave-trade treaty had been signed. The former, however, had been definitively conduits], being then in the bands of the copyist. Afresh difficulty had been started with reference to the slave-trade treaty ' • but it was not of such a nature as to cause much trouble, and both treaties would in all probability be for- warded, duly signed, by the next packet. The elections had taken place throughout the kingdom on the previous day (Sunday); and the results, so far as they were known, showed a large majority in favour of the Government. Disturbances had been at prehaaded in some quarters, but the elections everywhere had passed °it quietly.

A letter from Constantinople, of the 25th May. states that the Shah of Persia has formally abandoned all intention t f encouraging the Af-, ghans by a march of troops towards Herat. The report is confirmed that the Russians have behaved with good faith in that quarter. Intel- ligence had been received in Constantinople that six British regiments had reached Candahar.

The Morning Post publishes the following passage respecting the troops at Ghuznee, from a private letter, addressed to one of his friends in England, by an officer of the Third Native Infantry. " Ahmedabad, 22d April 1842.—Intelligence has just arrived that these poor fellows have been destroyed to a man. There were about twenty-five officers and seven hundred men, sick included. The Sepoys could not hold their muskets, and the Ghasis referred to in the P.S., perceiving this, closed upon and destroyed them."

The Acadia mail steamer, which left Halifax on the 3d instant, brings intelligence from Boston to the 1st instant, and from New York to the 30th.

The highly-important fact is announced of the appointment of Com- missioners by the States of Maine and Massachusetts, with full powers to treat for a conventional line on the North-east boundary. This measure was not, however, adopted in the House of Representatives of the State of Maine without strong opposition. Several amendments were proposed for the purpose of limiting the powers of the Commis- sioners ; but the original proposition was carried by large majorities. Most of the Commissioners are men of moderate opinions : they are— on the part of Maine, Edward Kavanagh and Edward Kent, Whigs, William P. Preble and John Otis, Democrats ; on the part of Massa- chusetts, Abbott Lawrence, John Mills, nd Charles Allen, Whigs. The negotiation will be conducted by Mr. VVebster on the part of the Fede- ral Government ; and although the only individual recognized by Lord Ashburton in the matter, 3 et it is understood that he will he the organ of the Commissioners. No ratification of their acts will be necessary on the part of the Legislature. The treaty is to be binding on the States represented. In confirmation of these peaceful prospects, the Congress has been busily engaged for some time past in cutting down the proposed appro- priation for the army and navy. They will, if the amendments pass, be reduced to the minimum peace establishment. The plea is economy —that the necessity for them does not now exist. The real reason seems to be, that the Tariff question will shortly come up ; and as it is agreed on all hands that revenue must be raised on imports, the advo- cates of free trade are now endeavouring to cut down the causes of ex- penditure, and so to do away the necessity for high duties.

The New York Express gives an account, derived from the Port-an- Prince Patriote for the 11th May, of a dreadful earthquake that oc- curred in St. Domingo on the 7th, at five o'clock in the evening-

" The principal destruction of life of which we have an account was at Cape Haytien ; which town was entirely destroyed. It contained about 15,000 in- habitants, two-thirds of whom are thought to be dead. The approach of the earthquake was indicated in Port-au-Prince by great heat and heavy clouds that covered the neighbouring hills, and followed the direction of the south- west to the north-east.. The vessels at anchor, some of the sailors report, experienced the shock before they saw the houses agitated, which seemed to indicate that the shock came from the west. There were two shocks at Port- au-Plinee very distinctly felt ; the first not so long as the second, which last endured about three minutes. Every person strove to get out of the houses, and the streets were filled with the affrighted population. A little longer, says the Patriots, and Port-au-Prince would have been the theatre of a disaster similar to that of 1770, of which disastrous year the remembrance was rushing into all minds. The Patriots also says that there is hardly a Louse or a wall that has not suffered a little. Some have become almost uninhabitable. The front of the Senate- house where the arms of the republic are sculptured, is detached and broken. The interior was uninjured. The families that could escape are fled to Fossette, where they were without an asylum, clothing, or

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" On the Saturday night succeeding and on Sunday there werq other shocks. Mass was iuterrupted, and the persons present ran hither and thither, while many women fainted. On Monday at twelve o'clock, there was another shock. The weather all the while was changeable; now extreme heat, now rain, now fair, and now signs as if of a storm. On Tueaday, again, there was another shock ; and since then, says the Patriots, it seems to us that we walk upon a quaking earth.' " Saint Marc.—A letter from this town says that the earthquake was felt there with violence. Many houses were seriously damaged, and tome destroyed; but no loss of life was mentioned.

" At Gonaives the shocks were yet more serious. The greater part of the houses were overthrown. A tire broke out at the same time, and there was

not a drop of water in the town. All the houses that were not burnt suffered from the earthquake. It was in the streets that the writer of the letter giving this account was inditing it. The church, the prison, the Palais National, the treasury, and the arsenal, were all destroyed. " This letter concludes at eight a. m. by saying, ' It is only half an hour since that we felt a very great commotion. At present we are ignorant of the

number of persons killed or wounded. All the prisoners who are not buried in the ruins are escaped. God grant that Port-au-Prince may not have expe- rienced such a disaster.'

" The President of Hayti has given orders to the physicians and officers of the hospitals to leave the city immediately, in order to give succour to the dis- tressed. Other aid of all kinds was about to be despatched by water to the distressed.

" Later.—In addition to the above disastrous intelligence from the Cape, a courier arrived front the city a few hours previous to the departure of Captain Morris, who stated that a fire broke out after the earthquake, which, on Mon- day the 9th, destroyed the powder-magazine, and with it the miserable rem- nant of the inhabitants who bad escaped the earthquake. The towns of St. Nicholas and Port Paix are also said to be destroyed. Other parts of the island had not been beard from when Captain Morris left ; but it is conjectured that all the towns of the North are a mass of ruins."

The Philadelphia correspondent of the Morning Chronicle describes the earthquake as having been felt throughout a wide range-

" On the same day that Cape Haytien was destroyed, a dreadful shock was felt at St. Martinsville and other towns iu Louisiana. At Catahoulon, Louisiana, a lake and river rose six feet in a few minutes, and did much damage, drowning several persons in the country, beyond all doubt. These waters subsided as suddenly. At Opelousas and AttaLapas the shock was also severe. 1 write with a map before me, and as far as statements have yet been made, I can trace the earthquake from West lorgitude 56 deg. in the Northern part of the Tropics, to West longitude 91 deg."

The receipts at Ascot Grand Stand in the four days of the races amounted to upwards of 2,0001. The erection was completed at an out- lay of 10,0001. in 100 shares of 1001. each. Five shares are paid off every year from the monies received, so that in the year 1859 the whole of the receipts will be available for the race-fund. The great eight-oared cutter match between the Oxford and Cam- bridge University Clubs took place on Saturday. The boats started from Westminster Bridge, Putney Bridge being the goal. After a hard race, the Oxford boat cleared the bridge nearly three lengths ahead of the Cambridge. Mr. Menzies junior _pulled stroke-oar, Mr. Shad well steered.