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froi-a theX. Y. Jour. 0 Commerce, LATE FROM EUROPE. Py the packet ship Canada, Cantran Brilton, we have received London papers to May 3d, inclusive, cont lining Liverpool advices to the evening of the 1 st. We regret lo announce the death f Lander,

the discoverer of of the mouth of the igei he j has been murdered, at a place 200 or 300 miles that river. ' All appears quiet again in Fiance. A letter from Dublin of April 29th, represents various parts of Ireland a in a very distorted stale. Doo Pedro Ins issued a decree reducing the duties on all foreign goods impoited into Portugal, to fifteen per cent, for all nations, not with standing the treaty of 1810 with England. This had excited much surprise in the latler country. SERIOUS RIOT WITH LOSS OF LIVES. A'tack on th? Police and Military near Drumolluher. Intelligence of an alarming riot in the neighborhood of Drumcolloher has reached town this morning. The particulars as far as v. e could collect them with acuracy, are these: la consequence of the refistar.ee which had been experienced by the Her. T. Locke in the collection of the tithe composition due to him. that Rev. Gentleman found himself under the necessity of applying to the proper authorities

for assistance. Accordingly a strong force of rolice and military under the command ef our active chief magistrate of police, T. P. Vokes, E-q. proceeded yesterday to the land in question, where shortly after, multitudes of the country people began to assemble, expressing their determination to prevent any seizure from taking

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I it 4o 20, Ion 43 52, the Marg ire!, Wnh, fromlolher ngctils to supersede that brink in lire Newcastle, picked up the captain of barque ! payment of such priiHoiui s. James, from Ireland for Quebec, with ten others j And decided in the ndiimativc without a

only mrrivors of tivo hundred and sixty personsdivUion. Alte r which

on board the James when she sprung a leak and

sunk. Sydney, May 14. Ship Marchioness, of Qreenshury, frum Liverpool for Mirarnacbi. went ashore on Cape. Torrr.f ntine, night of 1 Ot Ii

inst., but w ill be got oil" if the w ealher oonlinues moderate.

Three vessels bound to Qoher, with passen

gers, (one of them Jane, of Workington.) are

reported ashore on St. rani s. Barque John Atkins, from Halifax for Richmond, went ashore three miles from that place, and was totally lost. Oa the night of the 15th inst. brig Margaret

from Belfast for St. John. N. 13

Harrington, and tvas totally lost crew saved. The mate's wife and four children were drow n

The Senate adjourned.

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'.ce. In defiance of the firm and friendly remon

slrances of Mr. Vokes on the folly and illegality of tiieir proceedings, they tarried their audacity so far as to assail the police and military with a volley of stones, which they quickly repeated. The latter were then ordered to load: but this, instead of intimidating their assailants, only in creased their fur'. In their own defence, therefore, the party had to fire on the multitude, and the result bns been a loss of lives among the country people; to the extent of twenty or more according to report, tut this, we trust, will

prove an exageration. Mr. Vokes was struck several times w ith stones; nor is it yet ascertained whether he has escaped w ithout severe injury . Limerick Herald. Londcjx, Saturday, May 3. The following we have reason to believe, will turn out to the principal stipulations of the Treaty between Great Britain, France, Spain, and Portugal, which has given rise to so much speculation during the last ten days: 1st. Don Pedro binds himself to expel Don Carlos from Portugal, and to publish an amnesty in favor of such of the adherents of Don Miguel; as may within a limited time, desert the cause of that sovereign. 2d. The Queen Regent of Spain binds herself to send an army into Portugal to assist in placing Donna Maria upon the throne. 3d. His Britannic Majesty binds himself to lend the aid of such a fleet as may be deemed necessary to co-operate with the land forces of his allies in settling the affairs of Spain and Portugal.

4th. The King of the French binds himself

i contribute to the objects of the league such

aid, of every kind, as the other three contracting

parties may jointly demand.

This treaty was signed at London on the 22d

T April. Confirmation of the loss of the Jatne, with up wards of two hundred and fifty persons. Ls;

of the barque Astrea, w ith two hundred and eight persons. Loss of brig Edw ard. Loss of brig Fidelity. Loss of brig Columbus; all bound to Quebec. Loss of barque Charlotte Langin, from Liverpool, for Philadelphia. Loss of ship Marchioness, of Qieensbury. Loss of barque John Atkins, from Halifax, for Richmond. Loss of brig Margaret, from Belfast, and four lives. Never, within our recollection, have we bad t record such a list of disasters among shipping and loss of lives as has fallen to our lot this d;iy.

It will be seen from the following anccount from

1 he Halifax Gazelle of the 2lst inst. , that the

I iss cf the James is confirmed together with the numerous other vessels. From the Halifax Gazelle of May 21. Our paper of to day contains melancholy nc counts of shipwrecks and the loss uf human life. We saw a person yesterday who was at Louis burg when the Astrea was lost. The survivors

had reached that place. They informed him that that vessel struck on the morning of the - . . . 1 1 .1- - . . 1

7!h ineiani, against some nign cutis ai l.mie

Lorain Head, about five miles from Louisburg and almost instantaneously went to pieces that

that she had studding sails at the time, and up

to the fatal moment of striking had been proing

at the rate of ten knots. The only individuals sued were the surgeon, carpenter and one seaman, who were thrown almost insensible on some of the cliffs. Sydnev,, May, 1 4. Rarqne Astrea, William Ridley, master, with two hundred and eleven passengers and crew, went ashore at Loian. u-ar Louisburg, morning of 7th inst., and only 1 h". surgeon and two of the crew sated! Sams .: v, brig Edward struck a piece of ice near Port Nova, and sunk immediately crew saved i-i the 10th brig Fidelity, Clarke, from Dublin i- t I I r 1

1 11 virnei. vtiii iisnore on ocnuau anu was

I .-t; passengers and crew, 150 in number,

Same day, bri Columbo. Rusel. from

Newcastle fr Quebec, was lost three miles Eai Mi Louisburg crew saved. On the 27th ult.

ITEMS.

Impri-onment is now generally substituted

for w hipping in the English army

it should be. A new nrrrangement is made in the distribu of prize money in England, by which the subaltern officers and crews, receive a far greater proportion than formerly. It is proposed to introduce the breed of drom edaries into France. The lands, or sea marshes near the mouth of the Garonne, are thought the best locality. A boatman of the G'ros Kemps, found some time ago, a botlle floating on the Rhine. It contained the following note: To those who may find this paper: I am confined in a dungeon ;.t Lauffenberg, on the Rhine. My prison is under ground, and is unknown even to him who occupies mv throne. I can write no more, lor

REPORT OF THE BANK COMMITTEE. It w as announced in our report of the proceedings of the House of Representatives of Thursday, 'hat the majority of the Committee for investijfitinf I lie all irs of the Dank of the United Slates on that daj made ;i report ; bul as the document was r.ot read, and no opportunity occurred for a perusal of it during the day, w e wcrc unable to state to our readers its purport, or the measures, if any, which it recommended for the adoption of the House. The report was ordered to be printed, bul as

went ashore atilato as last night it had not icached the oilier

of the public printers, nor had they., we understand, been able to obtain from the ofii rers of the House any tidings of it. Ye men

tion these circumstances only to account to our readers for our inability, even vet, to pre

This is as sent them any other information of the con

tents of a document which many of them are undoubtedly cigcr to see, than that derived from hearsay. From that source we understand that the Report consists chiefly of a discussion of ilupowers of the Committee, and a recital of the several attempts made by them to subject the

hooks of the bank to an unqualified inspec-

bcrn accused of abandoning the cnuie of the!

old General, resorted to the colums of the Wabash Mercury, and lescnts the charge "tithe following patriotic languae: " If I was to be found guilty of such a mis demeanor or rebellious act, oppo-itig Gen.

.Jackson, I should vol consider myself zcorlhy of the prirection of the lans of my country. Ther e are beings in this country who get angry at being called Tories. They may call them selves w hat they please, but I call lh:m rebels. and of the deepest die, and can maintain it by solid argument. And w hy 1 call them be ings is, J r.-j not consider them ivorthy cf the name rf men; for God made mar), but a rcbrl he never made. The only thing I can compare them to, is a hungry wolf, who has been in the habit of running to a carcase, and when it is consumed, it comes about d uk to hunt its prey, and if it does not find it as usual, it sets up a howl, that one would think their

were nventy. ami pist so w itn these bangs

Hear them howl, and you would think ail men had turned against Jackson, bul when you find out the truth, it is no one bul the

same rebel band.'''

this t il)'. The public, f course, is left to con

jecture the object of an arrival under circum-

stances so unu-ual. Judging Irom our own

fcciinirs, we can casi

imagine how anxious

I cm most rigidly and cruelly guarded.

The average number of letters arriving in London, on ordinary mornings may be takeu at 43;000; on Mondays, 10:000 more. Five men charged with murder in the coun ty of Meath, Ireland, were recently apprehended in Liverpool. Three of them had taken pas sage in the St. Lawrence, and a fourth in the Roman, for New York. There names are Halfpenny, Thomas McAnalty, Prancis Casey, Christopher Harford, and Peter Hughes, or

Magee. A steam carriage is building at Paris to travel on the common French roads, to convey 30 passengers. From the 2Slh of Augnst to the 23th of December, 1833, the aggregate amount of notes circulated in England and Wales, by private and joint stock banks and branches was as follows: Private banks 8,836,803 Joint Etock banks 1,315,301 10,152,104

Monday, May 26, 1834. SENATE. SPECIAL ORDER. The special order was announced. The

report of the Judiciary Committee on the sub

ject of the Pension Agency.

Mr. KANE concluded his remarks on this

subject.

lie was followed by Mr. Bibb in reply, at

considerable length, and by Messrs. Wright

and Clayton. The question was then taken on agreeing to the following resolution, (moved by way

of amendment to the original report,) a3 fol

lows:

Resoh-cd, That the Department of War is not warranted in appointing pension agents

in any State or Territory, where the Bank of

the United Slates, or one of its branches, has

been established; except when specially au

thorized by act ol Congress.

And decided as follows:

Yeas Messrs. Bell, Bibb, Black, Calhoun, Chambers, Clay, Clayton, Ewing, Forsyth,

Frclinghuysen, Kent, King of Ga., Lee, Man 1:11m, Naudain, Poindexter, Porter, Preslon

Rohbins, Shepley, Smith, Southard, Sprngnc Swift, Tomlinson, Waggaman, Webster 23

tion, first, at the banking house, and then at the hotel where the Committee lodged. It charges the Bank with disobedience to law, violation of the charter, and contempt of the authority of the House in resisting these attempts; and closes with sundry resolutions, of which the most important is one to this effect: "That the Speaker of the House issue

his Warrant to the Serjeant at-Arms, directing him In proceed to Philadelphia and arrest the Directors of the Bank residing in that city, and bring them to the bar of the House, to answer to the charge of contempt of ils authority." The Report of the Minority of the Committee, (Messrs. E. Eterutt and Ellsworth.) was, as our readers are apprised, presented

to the House at the same time with that of

the majority. It was also ordered to be printed, and we have enjoyed the pleasure of a hasty perusal of it. It, in like manner, con

tains a discussion of the powers of the Committee, as understood by the minority, and the reasons which led them to dissent from their colleagues, in their demand to have the books of the Bank carried out of the banking house, or there submitted to inspection, except according to the requirement of the charier. The minority of the Committee have urged that, under the circumstances of Ihe case, they did not feel themselves warranted in calling upon Ihe Bank, voluntarily to co operate in an inquisition, of which the object was directly or eventually to criminate its Directors and officers; and that, in insisting that the inspection of the books should be confined within the limits of the charter, the Committee of the Board of Directors was

guilty of no contempt of the House. The paper is one of great ability, and will we are

sure carry conviction to everv mind capable

oi considering the subject dispassionately.

We torbear all comment, till their delib

erate perusal in cxtenso shall make us fully

acquainted wnn meir contents, meantime

it strikes us somewhat singular, if the Direc

tors ol the Dank have, as is alleged by the

majority, oeen guilty ot a vioUtion of the

charter on the subject of the inspection of

the books, that the committee did not recom

mend a scire facias, the process prescribed by

aw wnen me charter is alleged to be viola

ted, and which would have given the parties

implicated the uenetil ol a trial bujuru; and

would, on that ground, have been more in

conformity w ith the spirit of our institutions,

than the summary arrest and imprisonment of

the Directors. jat. Int. May 24

Nays Messrs. Benton, Brown, Grundy

Hill, Kane, King of Alabama, Linn, Mclvean

Morris, Robinson, Tallmadge, Tipton, While

Wilkins, Wright 15.

So this resolution was agreed to.

The question was then taken upon agree

mg to the following resolution:

Revived, That the Act of Congress "for the

reliel of certain ofiiccrs and soldiers of I he

Revolution,1' passed on the 1 5lh of May, I 828 and the act supplementary to that act, pass

cd on the 7lh June, 1832, ate properly act

providing for the payment of Military Pen

sions.

Yeas Messrs. Bell, Bibb, Black, Calhoun

Chambers, Chy, Clayton, Ewing, Frcling

hnyen, Kent, King of Georgia, Lcijih, Man

mini, INaudain, Poindexter, Porter, I reston

Robbinson, Si Isbee, Smith, Sou I hard, Spray tie

Swift, Tomlim-on, W aggaman, Webster 2G

IN ays Messrs. Benton, Brown, l oisylh,

Giundy, Hill, Kane, King of Alabama, Linn,

McKean, Morris, Robinson, Shepley, 1 nil madge, Tipton, White, Wilkin?, Wright 17. So the resolution was agreed to. The question was then taken on agrceir g lo the following resolution: Resolved, That no power i conferred by any law upon the Derailment or Secretary of War, to remove the agency for the pay

ment of pensioners under ihe said act of the

7th June, 1832, and the funds, books, and pa pers, connected with that agency, from the

Mr. Rives. The conduct of Mr. Rives

in our diplomatic relations with France, de

serves severe reprehension. After repeated

itlempts had been vainly made lo induce the

French Government to do justice to this country, that government expressed willingness

lo act conformably lo the laws of nation?, and make restitution to our citizens of property

injuslly seized, by order of the French Go

vernment. Alter the correctness of the general principle was admitted, it became ne-

oessaiy only to fix the amount. Representations were made by our Minister, Mr. Rives, which are believed lo be cornel and Ihe amount of indernity agreed on. But Mr. Rives, desirous of trumpeting forth lo the world his skill as a Diplomatist, has managed to have

his correspondence in relation to that nego

tiation published, in which he vauntingl) boasts, that he has succeeded in over-reaching the credulous Frenchmen!

Such conduct might be in character with a Yankee Pedlar, or a Southern Horse Joc

key who each acts on his own responsibili

ty but is not what might have been expected from the Representative of a great com

menial nation and will not tend to elevate

ihe character of this Republic in the ryes of

Nations. Ihe trench Chamber of Deputies, as might be expected, hac indignantly re fu sr.d to appropriate the necessary ums for carrying the t'ealy into effect, and they pro bably will persist in this determination until they are convinced by facts ns well as nrgu merits that they have not been over-reached. Harlan Journal.

OUTRAGE ON THE AMERICAN FLAG. A scandalous outrage on the American flag has been committed by the government ol Havana, in the arrest of Capt. McKcidgc, of the brig industry, of New Oilcans; and the detention of his vessel, on a frivolous pretence of having contraband goods on board." Cap). MrK. it appears, was bound for Laguira, and put into Sisal for water, where he w as seized

and thrown into prison. The particulars of the outrage are furnished by the Captain himself, who has since arrived in the. sc!ir. Eliza

beth, in a letter lo the editor of the Mobile Register. A letter from the American Con

sul at Tobasco to Mr. Schley, owner of the

Industry, confirms, the statement. Tobasco Pnrsox, March 10, 1 S3 1. To the Editor of ihe Mobile Register. The following circumstance I write to inform you of the outrage committed on the brig Industry and myself the commander.

1 arrived at the Frontera. at the mouth of

the Tobasco river, February G, from Mobile, w ith a cargo of lumber, on the 9th w as hoarded by the Custom House officer, and accord

ing to custom, w as sealed up with eleven seals ; on the same day made sail and proceeded to

wards Tobasco, and arrived on the 2bth rcb. I was again boarded by an officer to sec if I was sealed, and also to see if none were

broke, all of which he found correct. On

going forward, he perceived the fore scuttle

was not sealed, lie immediately said I had

bribed the officer not to seal me so I could smuggle. 1 denied it. The following day I

began to discharge. I then thought no more

of it. March 1st, then sent and took the depositions of my mate and crew; all testified on oath, the brig brought nothing but lumber. They then sent for the officer at the Bar, and

asked him how much I had paid him not to seal me. The answer he made was, he could

see the cargo, and was well satisfied she had

nothing but lumber, and for that he did not see fit to seal me, and for his neglect of duty

I am detained.

On the 13th March, I was taken, hove into

prison; hltle or nothing to cat; and lor wa

ter I suffer most; an earth floor to lie on; at night confined in irons. My sufferings are insupportable, most., with what I have to un

dergo with heat and thirst. J he Consul has

done all a man can do, but all in vain; he has applied for my release to all the officers under Government, but I am imprisoned by the opposite party, lie can obtain no satisfaction any way, w hy I am a prisoner. On the 2'2d, I was taken before the commandant, w ho asked me how much I would give him for my release. I told him it was impossible to pav any thing as 1 had nothing, and moreover I was ignorant for what I was in prison. All ihe reply he made me was, if I would pay him twenty doubloons, I was released. He then ordered me back lo prison. On the 2od, 1

was taken down with a violent fever, and in the situation I was in, I sent him word lo

know the least cent he would take. The an

swer he made was ten doubloons, which I sent

him, and on the !25th was set at liberty, and then not able to walk to the house. The day

I was set at liberty, they went on board and look mv crew out, and made them fight in an

action, that took place between the Govern

ment troops, and the Commandant. On the 2Sth, I was again arrested by the

commandant, because my sailors wanted their

wages, and was only set at liberty by prom

ising to pay as eooii as 1 had funds from my

our readers w ill he for more important infor

mation on the subject.

The Post Boy brought no papers. ITer arrival is presumed lo be connected with some commercial speculations. DREADFUL SHIPWRECK. The fine ship Shenandoah, Rose, which sailed from Rremerhaven on the 16th April, hound to Raltimore with 190 passengers was cast 11way the same day, or on the follow ing night, on the Melhtm, near the Creamer beacon, and went to pieces, with the Joss of thirty pasrengeis drowned! The remainder returned to port, A serious riot occurred at Oldham, the borough appropriately represented by William

Cobbed on the I 5th of April, armng out 0f a strike for higher waees. it seems that a lar

ger number of operatives assembled and took the administration of law unto their own hands by marching around and compelling all ihe laborers in the various cotton mills to join in the Miike. It happened that one of them , belonging to a Mr. Taylor, was closed against ihern. Il was surrounded by a high wall bul such wa their eagerness to efi'ect their purpose, that they undertook to scale it. In the attempt a man by the na-nc of Hently was shot at and killed. The mob increased immediately both in numbers and in fury, and proceeded to the work of desolation by pulling down the buildings of all w ho were obnoxious to thero. For two days

Oldham was presented a melancholy scene. Not a female moved in the streets. 15 y the active measures however, of the civil and unitary authorities, order and tranquility w ere restored.

The Genoa Gazette contains an accennnt of the removal of a church steeple entiie, at Crescentino, in Piedmont, from one point to another, at several yards distance, where it was placed on new foundations. The operation took place under the direction of an engineer, and the master mason was so confident of its success that he made his son remain in the steeple and

ring the bells during the transport!

A Jlmaicr Spirit. A Mr. Robert Ilarvry.

Bank of the United Suites, and to itppointin Tippecanoe Count in this Slate, hutine.

The brig they offered to give me up, if I

would pay them hltv ounces in gold, which 1

shall not do. The Collector has granted her

clearance, but the brig is detained by .the Commandant, who has a thousand Indians lo

back him. Since the seizure of my vessel.

they have seized the Pelicano, Edward, and

Amethyst, all of which are defamed, till the

Captain pays a few ounces. The brig Only

Daughter, was to leave 1' rontcra, March 1st, for New York.

WILLIAM McKElGE, Commander of the brig Industry.

MYSTERIOUS.

The New York Gazette, of Thursday, con

tains lire following announcement: The British cutter Post Boy, Capt. Too

good, arrived here last evening from Falmouth, England, whence she sailed on the 5th of May. The vessel has no cargo, and

only a single letter to a mercantile house in

Curious Challenge. An Irish gentleman, an observer of rural life in both countries, has otTered a chellenge lo a gentleman of England. lie proposes that he shall go into any market town of Meath, en a fair day, without notice beforehand, and select 100 men of that country; and that the English gentleman shall go into any market tow n in any part of England, also w ith

out notrce, and choose 200; that the parties so selected shall meet on the Curragh on a day to be tixed in August, 1834, without any weapons, and that they shall make the following trial of strength and skill: That the two parties be drawn up opposite lo each other, at a distance of

21 yards, that they close at a signal ; that no clour

shall be given; and the challenger wagers 1000

that the 100 Irishmen will throw the 200 Englishmen on the ground; each man once thrown

to be removed, and not to be allowed to take further part in the contest. Fifty sovereigns hae been deposited by each party, and the English gentleman forfeits unless bis countrymen are on ground on or before the first of August. Dublin paper. Progress of improvement. A young woman in a town in Massachusetts, thus addressed a young man: John, you have been paying your distresses to me long enough, i want to know what your contentions are, 1 dou mean to be kept in expence any longer. i)S-AFFECTION EXEMPLIFIED.

The espcriencies of physicians have lately

been often detailed in print; formerly they held themselves bound not to tell the "secrets of ihe

prison-house. A couple of anecdotes never hefore published, were related to us the other day:

Dr. C. as celebrated for humanity, address, and penetration, a? for his professional skill, attended the last illness of a gentleman, the profligate levity of whose "son and heir" hastened his disease. Meeting Ihe young parricide on the stairs, the doctor, without assuming the least caution or delicacy, said, coolly, "Sir, your father has just expired." " Indeed!" exclaimed the youth, star ting; "this is very sudden had you not belter open the body immediately, to ascertain?" " Oh, sir," interrupted his hearer, with cutting severity, "you need not give yourself the slightest alarm 1 assure you he is 0!i7c dead." At another time this doctor was called in to the abrupt and fatal ir. disposition of a very rich old man, who left behind him a curionsly ignorant yet handsome young widow, apparently

unsolaced by the prospect ot wealth, a year s

freedom, und (hen the lady let down her hair to tear il, raving wildly, " I'll not believe that the dear man could die, and leave nie! No'. he lives! I'm sure he's alive! Doctor, tell me, don't ycu think he will come lo !ife again?"

" Why, madam," replied Ihe physician solemn

ly," since you are so pressing, I confess that we hive means. Shall I galvanize him? you will soon see him jump up ihen." 'No, doctor, no!'

screamed the widow, in pious horror, "I II have none your experiments; they are downright witchcraft none of your experiments. Jump up against (he law of nature! Heaven forbid, dear man! Hard an it is d hear my f.i'.e let ua have no experiments! Comic Offering.

Mr. Grundy, a Senator in Congress from Tennessee, and a supporter of the Administration, hardly ever makes a speech without saying