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UNrrED STATES.

Guano FEs'rivAi. AT Bos'ron IN nonocn or Mn. 'Cunann AND ms STEAMEits.—Agreeably 'to the published arrangement, the subscription dinner to the Hon.'Samuel Cunard, the successful proJector of the line of steam packets between Liverpool and

Boston, came ofi‘ at East Boston, July 20,‘in a spa— ~

cious and elegantly decorated pavilion prepared for the p se. It was erected at the Western fi'ont of the averick House, at the roof of which one side of the canopy was aflixed. The piazzas were convened into galleries, ornamented with flags, for the accommodation of several hundreds of ladies, who desired to be witnesses of the celebration. In the centre of the piazzas, an arch arose benigng as an inscription, “Liverpool—Halifax—Boston, and the name of “Cunard” at the base, between the names of the new steam packets Galedoma, Britan- nia, Columbia and Acadia. Within the pav1lion,

' 'te brilliant and el uent speech made on the ggdsiblh~to thrice whd)q had never heard him be- fore, the effect was startling. For warmth of feeling and felicity ofexpression, it was not approached, by an immeasurable distance, by any other speaker:

The Hon. Jonathan Chapman, Mayor of the city, responded, and closed with the followmg— ‘

Old England and New England—oceans may divide them, and different forms of government may. distinguish them; but so long as their merchants. can raise the steam, they cannot be kept asunder.

The Hon. Mr. Philips, Mayor of Salem, also made some remarks, and gave a sentiment. . .

Every one appeared to be entirely satisfied with the entertainment.

SPAH‘I. _

PARTICULARS or THE FALL or MORELLA.—.0n the 28th May the besiegers kept up a fire against Morella, more destructive than on the two prece-

' ' ' r - ' - ders was lth u n hts and so) rters were wreathed With ding days. A batter of five 24 poun gergi‘eeiisgand the chloride of various nations dis-ldirected solely against the castle; another of two

played in every direction. In a conspicuous posi-,

tion, in front of the President’s seat, and within a

speakers as might be called upon, and for the use of

the choristers. I Here is inserted the order of process10n.]

24 pounders and eight 16’s battered the wall extend; ing from the Castle to the gate of San Miguel, and

view of the ladies, a. platform was raised for such: the morth fired indiscriminately against the place

{and the Castle..........The latter maintained their fire

during the whole night of the 29th, with great effect. At six o’clock in the morning, a shell blow up one

ttl before three o’clock‘ the subscribers andlof the magazines of the Castle, killing 50 men, a invAiteil ghosts, in all numberinghbout two thousand, colonel of lDartillery, and the prior of the convent.

were formed in procession on Cunard’s wharf; un- der the direction of the Chief Marshal, Col. C. B.

The entire of the batteries shortly afterwards opened against the place. At five o’clockm the

Greene, and his aids, and moved toward the pavi-levening, Brigadier Zurbano arrived at the head lion, where it arrived at a precision of time unusual ! quarters, escorting 50 prisoners, ,whom he had on such occasions, at the very minute prevrouslygmade, 111 an encounter near Herbes, With the bat—

ap ointed—three o’clock. olonel Josiah Quincy, 433’: ,

gatih most impressively invoked by the Rev. 1'. Stone, of Charlestown. After the cloth was removed, the President made a timely and appropriate address, respecting the

jun. as President‘of the l called the company to order, the blcs-, 'ne providence on the occasion, and the ,3 " se which had drawu the company to.:

talions of Forcadell, in the morning of that day, and in which that chief was killed with 150 of his men. Zurbano presented General Espartero With the scarf of the Major-General, which was taken from Forcadell by one of his soldiers..........At one o’clock in the morning of the 30th, the garrison attempted to make its escape, but having been discovered, they were met by the besiegers and beaten back, with the loss of 600 prisoners. At six o’clock, the

new line of steam packets, .and its speedy connexion 3 Governor having offered to capitulate, the firing

with the eat western railroad; and spoke at length 0? the enlightened activity and energy of Mr. Cunard, aided the British Government, in the establish- ment the line between Old and New England. He had, he said, demonstrated, by the successful arrival of the Britannia, that he had a head to con- trive, a tongue to advocate, and a hand to execute his at achievement, and he felt authorised to ten er him the respect and esteem of a. free people, and in the name of the high minded, intelligent, and enterprising merchants of Boston, he would hail and bid him welcome.

with the following toast:

Health, happiness and prosperity to Mr. Cunard —-may he meet with the success, and enjoy the honors, which are his due in both the countries Which he has now united.

“Rule Britannia,” arrhnged as a glee, by Charles H. Locke, Esq. was now sang with great applause, by a special glee choir, who acquitted themselves excoedin ly well throughout the entertainment.

After the glee, Mr. Cunard was presented to the company, by the President, and remarked, that he was altogether unused to speech-making, and 'if' otherwise, he never could find language to express heartful gratification at the reception he had met

e Sovereign Lady of En land, and the Sove- reign Ladies" of America—T e one governs all Englishmen collectively, and the others govern all 1108118. The band here struck up successively God save the Queen and Yankee Doodle, after which Mr.. Grattun, the British Consul, was announced, and said, that as the representative of the British Crown, it was impossible for him to escape from making a response to the preceding toast, and he deprecated ’in an amusing strain, the numerous calls which had recently been made upon him, at festive occasions, ‘ military, literary, national, international, and railroad v I: openin 5. Whenever the Queen, or Great Britain, or the ather lafid was pledged in the sooial glass, he felt that he was called upon to reply. Like the celebrated P ini, who played on one string, he was continual y obliged to make a speech on one; subject. Alluding to the pinzzas, crowded with hundreds of elegant and charming ladies, he further complained of being unfairly dealt with in being called upon to speak in the presence of such lines of living beauty, which shut out daylight by outshining it. He also spoke in favor of the English custom of having ladies present at such celebrations. In con- clusion, he maintained that after England'had be- come convinced that she could not finally conquer the colonies in the revolutionary struggle, she mag- nanimously forbore pron-acting the war, for the mere purpose of annoying the new government, and casting back no furtive glances of malignity, but en- tered into a liberal treaty of alliance, and had ever

_ since thrown her influence on the side of liberal principles of overnment, and had contributed large sums to the tfifi'usion of the general principles of civilization. ' Mr. Grattan closed with some remarks on the labors of the committee of arrangements, and others, who had taken part in the beautiful decora— tions of the pavilion, and proposed their health ; after which the band struck up the ‘ Sprig of Shillelah.’

The President, after a short interval, announced the fbllowing volunteer:

The arrival of the first of a regular line of steam- ers to Boston—we' will say nothing about the empire of the sea, but while Captain Woodrufi' makes such passages as his last, the Yankees will say, ‘ Britannia rules the waves.’

Captain Woodrufi' made a few remarks in reply.

Mr. W ,bster being now loudly called for, arose and spoke at some length upon the results of the in- vention of steam, and-its favourable effects upon the peace of nations, and its advantat'es to a weaker state when assailed by a stronger. I‘he theme was hackmcd, and Mr. W. spoke as if he felt traversing an exhausted field.‘ He concluded with the follow- ' toast: a .. ,

e peace of the world—may it long be preserved by the influence of civilization and Christianity, and by the power of all independent nations to defend themselves.

By a volunteer——

The Justices of our District Court—Fitting guests on deck or dinner table, as by statute they have ju- risdiction over all men ‘ half seas over.’

1115 Honor Jud e Story responded to ' this senti- ment, and rela seVeral anecdotes of Fulton, with

.. whpm he was acquainted, and concluded With gums—

The memory of Watt and Fulton, whose combined genius united nations, abridged distance, and turned upward the streams of rivers, for the purposes of commerce. ,

The Historian of Ainerica—a'collectar of the deeds of the- daughter, and worthy" of the deeds of the mother. f

The object of this sentiment being to call up George Bancroft, the Collector of this port, that

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Colonel Quincy concluded.

gentleman responded to the call, in by far the most

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instantly ceased on both sides ; at eight o’clock, the terms of treaty were signed, and the besieged agreed to surrender at discretion; at nine o’clock the gar- rison, consisting of 2,500 men, marched out; and at 10 o’clock General Espartero entered it with his army. The town had been considerably damaged, and the Castle was in so ruined a condition, that it could not have held out much longer. ‘ '

THE sononsanmnmanno

Sfl TURDA Y, .iUGUST 8, l840.

The Steam Packet with the Mails did not arrive from Pictou until Eleven o’clock last night ; no time is therefore afi'orded for extracts. '

The Britannia, Steamer, returned to Halifax on Tuesday forenoon, fi‘om Boston. She left Boston on Saturday afternoon, and was detained off: Halifax harbour, 30 hours, by the fog. She started for Liverpool on Tuesday afternoon, with upwards of seventy passengers. ‘

The papers are without news.

It is estimated by the Connecticut Courant, that upwards of seventy factories have ceased operations in New England, and that at least one-fourth of the population ofthe United States are now out of employment. *1

Barrisn MAILS.—We are indebted to the‘Boston Courier for the following piece of neWS respecting the future conveyance of the British mails to the Provinces :—

“ 'l‘he Mails from London for Halifax and Boston, by the Cunard line, are to be made up in London on the Third day of August; the Third and Eighteenth ofSep- tem’ber and October; the Third ofNovember, December, January, and February. There will be no other maul for this place in July (the present month,) but one in Au- gust, and but one in November and the succeeding win- tcr months. The semi-monthly arrangement recom- mences in March. The return mails from Hullqu will he made up on‘he some days.”

Letter from the Rev. Dr. Norman M‘Leod, of St. Columba’s Church, to the Rev. J. Martin, Halifax :—

' Glasgow, 6th May, l840. Rev. Dear Sir ;

Your letter ofthe 26th of March, and the other (locu- menls which accompanied it, from Charlottetown, P. E. Island, reached me a few duys ago. I laid them before a meeting ofthe Sub-Committee of the Colonial Society of the Church of Scotland. The case excited grunt interest, and all the papers are transmitted, with a strong favourable recommendation, to the Committee in Editi- burgh. lam a member of next Assembly, and I beg leave to say that 1 shall do all that I can, 10 promote the object of your communication.

I am, Rev. dear Sir, yours faithfully, NORMAN M‘LEOD, Minister, St. Columba.

The Rev. John Martin, Ilulifux, N. S.

GEORGETOWN COURT.

The QUEEN, vs. Willidm Douglas, John Collin, James Howlett, John Hewlett, John Ill-Kic, William Blackctt, and Thomas Wallis, and several others not yet appre- hended. ,

Indictment for Riot and Assault, and obstruction of the High Sheriff of King’s County, in the discharge of his duty.

The Solicitor General opened the case on the part of the Crown, by stating the charge against the Traversers and detailing the evidence that would be adduced against them. -

EVIDENCE.

Peter IlI‘Callum, Esq. I was High Sherifl'of King’8 County last year, in January 1840.~—A Fieri Facias was delivered to me at the suit of Flora Townshend, against James Douglas, under which I levied on some cattle, the property of James Douglas; the Cattle were advertised for sale on the 2lst of January, on the premises of Douglas—I went there on that day to sell, all the Tra- versers were there, I found nearly 100 persons'assemheld, the traverssr, James Howlett, came up to speak to me, he said there was no justice in the Country to protect them, and they were determined to protect themselves, “ that self preservation was the first law of nature”— the Traverser John M‘Kie, heard him and said “ self preservation. was the first law of God.” \ I lold them that l was the Sheriff, and that I must do my duty, but they would not listen to any reason—the Cattle were in. the barn, they were taken out, and some of them ran about. I commenced the sale—some person threw snow upon me, II turned round and saw John Howlett, and challeng- ed him With throwing it, and feel confident from his position and manner that he did so—I put the cattle up to sale, there were no bidders, except at nominal prices,

the highest bidder for a cow worth seven or eight Pounds

was ls. 6d., and 3s. 4d. wasthe highest offer for nam- ble mare—Blackett was one of thoseth said'lI ought to sell at the third bidder—I refused to allow the cattle to be sacrificed at such'prices, stating that I should be liable to the Plaintiff if I did so—the cattle were put into the barn with my consent for the purpose of eeping them together—l asked James Douglas ifilfe would give securit that the cattle should beforthcomiug at a. future day, 0 rwrse I. ust remove and drive them away, he

said he would of them but (not for inc-ale:-

. r r- - ' t ander Douglas, his son, 110‘ glow P532??? :1 me, and told me to take t (“1:12. h did not there were would he 'prevgm' me, 1h}? Smowd afound ~ that would—— p}??? $1281.53: gggetgr‘esiiiirand must ha’ve heard him.- a e m e .' L o ‘ ow and other'inissilesa— Iwas‘pelmd mm {hazillirglwnfligrilu they came from all I do n0: know W o ' u tnolse and tumult. I was quarters of the crowd With l,rea . h ‘ m thinc very struck a heavy blow upon the head Wit .so e nor the large and hard—I suspected a person for it, not fine ‘ b traversers. and struck him in return—I was‘a Vlse( y

' k t o away for that it would be a person named Bur e 0_g . , I _

lon er. From the manner

dangerous for me to remain g b re in "2' of their proceeding I felt that Iwouldnot e 53 t > i ma‘inirig, us they appeared determined to prevenreugs taking the cattle at all hazards—the traversers vigor the actch as tiny—I could not take the cattle away q) th violence ofthe assembled people. I was deterred y le outrageous conduct of the people from taking thehcatt e away—I cautioned them repeatedly against 9011‘; duct—I retreated from the premises backwards tepyazg my eye upon the crowd which followed me up: qivte afraid to take my eye offthem, they \‘i ere very a h £ I believe all the traversers were amongst the or? t 13} followed me up; they pelted me, and John Co n m 1 some others threatened me With Violence, all the travel; sers were active in obstructing me. The crowd follouc me along the read to Riley’s, and when I got intodmy; sleigh they shouted and hurraed—‘from theu eon uc throughout, I am satisfied theirinteuuon from the very first was to obstruct me in the discharge of my duty,'an_d to prevent my removing the _cattle from the premisies: There ,was a. gun tired immediately on my first 3.,l‘l‘lVa.. A ‘ Cross Examined—I gave almost a fortnight 5 notice of the sale—that is the only sale I have had Since I be- came Sherifl.—I gave several notices to James Douglas, the Defendant, to post at his own. request.——J put up se- veral myself, and made it as public 2151 could. I expect- ed there would be a great many people there. or none at all, from its being a rent matter, which causes so much excitement in this county. The Defendant told meto go and make the levy previous to advertismg, and said I would not be obstructed—I might have heard something to induce me to believe that I should be obstructed—l spoke to some Constables to be there to keep order.-——I took two with me, or rather, one Constable and another persou.——I had summoned two others to attend—I went in a sleigh—I had my whip ; it has a. brass hammer at the end—I had a. loaded pistol in my pocket, which I did notshew—l saw a musket fired ; it was fired in the air. I saw no other muskets there—I believe there were others there because I was told so ; one John Brown fired the musket—I arrived there about noon—James How- lett spoke to inc—They said it was a very hard case-l told them I had no control over it—I suspected from what Howlett said and the others appearing to concur Wllll him that it was their intention to resist me—I saw William Douglas shoving the people about towards me -—-I saw him picking up» dung—I think John Howlelt struck me—his brother James was near him—I saw none of the other Defendants throw at me, nor do I know if they struck me, for it was impossible to tell who threw, the missiles came from all parts of the crowd—I struck a lad—a1 might have observed Steele who was behind me and who I believe struck me—I was collected and not violent. -

Kenneth McKever, Examined—I was present at Doug- las’s Farm, when the Sheriff attempted to sell his Cat- tle—they were put up at sale, the bids were‘only nomi- nal, from 13 to 18 pence—the Cattle were afterwards put into the barn—the Sheriff was interrupted—I saw a man strike the Sheriff with some snow, it was either John or James Howlett—‘the Sheriff turned round and spoke to him, and told him he had better take care—it was allup- roar and confusion together—the Sherifl asked James Douglas for the Cattle ; he said let any man dare to take them—I saw William Douglas there—I think from the way they were acting, their purpose was to obstruct the Sheriff—I saw the Sheriff go off—I heard some ofthem say the Sheriff ought to have a d d good pounding— James Douglas said to the people they were cowards to let the Sherifl‘ inside of his ‘fence at all—he and the Sherifl‘were reasoning With the people for a longtime, and exhorling them to be quiet, and telling them he must do his duty. -

Cross Examined—I heard a gun fire and knew it was for the sale—I have heard it is customary in some parts ofthe Island to fire a gun on such occasions—when I first went there I saw nothing that denoted a riotous in~ tentiou to obstruct the Sheriff—I saw nothing wrong be- fore the Sale 001nmefid, the people were shoving about

apparently in goo‘nour—I saw William Douglas

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and John McKie, t for was inquiring about the cow he bid for—William lackett was there and Thomas Wallis also—I did not hear \Vallis say any thing—the crowd followed the Sherifi‘when he retreated—I was then at a distance, they were making a great noise—when I said I had heard it was customary to fire a gun, I meant it was for the purpose of giving the alarm when the Sheriff was coming.

John McCallum, Examined—I am the Sherifl‘s brother —--I was present at this sale—I saw all the traversers there—I went to Douglas’s house—William Blackelt and John Brown, when they saw the Sherilfcoming, ran into the house and called for the guns and the Conchs 5 theymoli the guns—Some of them said there was nojus- ncc In the Country and they must Iry something else— the Sherifl put up the Cattle for sale, 4d. was bid for a Cow—and John McKie gave the third bid at 1s. 6d. and 1nSisted upon having the Cow—I saw some snow thrown at the Sheriff—Cutler was‘holding the Sheritl’s horse— they threw frozen dung at- him and the horse ;they were pushing each other about and Skylarking in every direc- lion.

Cross Examined .mBlackett and Brown took two mus- kets from the house—a shot was fired—I cannot sav who threw snow at the Sheriff. '

lVilhmn McEmen, Examined-J am a Constable—I went with the Sheriff at his request to Douglas’s—when we arrived, found a great many people there—l think James Howlett was the man I saw talking to the Sherifl —I saw cow-dung thrown at the Sheriff-I saw William Douglas and John MKie throw, it was thrown towards the Shérifl‘ with the intention I have no doubt of hitting him—I did not see it hit him—the Sheriff said he should be responSIble for the debt if be sacrificed the Cattle—- Alex. Douglas told the Sheriff the Cattle were locked up and to take them if he dared—I think the Sherifljha‘d good cause to be afraid—I was afraid from the demeanour of the people—the Sherifl" did not take the Cattle away because he was afraid—the Sherifl' was driven away as, I should call it—he walked along and the people follow- ed him up—hthere was great shouting, they pursued him as far as Riley’s—l do not think the Sheriff could have taken the Cattle with safety to himself.