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VOL. I. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1843. No. 3.

Having deemed it advisable to depart with such perfect justice) regard with have hitherto kept beyond its bounds, in" in some measurefrom our original plan of the highest admiration the deeds of capable of appreciating its advantages publication, toe beg to state that for ihe those brave men who in like circumstan and unable without assistance from the present this journal will be issued iveeldy ces hesitate not to risk their lives and to stronger hand of his enlightened relation instead twice a iveek as hételo e in- for a while that of for forego love of life sowise- to advance one step towards such appre- The ioill in tended. price of subscription lyimplanted in the breast of every living ciation, or to free himself from the degra- be reduced one until cir- creature if we consequence half ; all with one eordially as- ding idea that the civilized member of so shall render a cumstances prudent return senting voice proclaim them worthy of ciety, who for the first time presents him to the intended our warrnest first design. gratitude; how much more self before him, is a being of a higher and greátly does it behoveusto reflect whether holier nature? the means of assistance The firsf number of our journal which requisite in such The infant colony established by this gov not be extended to those tvill appear in the year about to open upon cases, may whose ernment at Port Famine, is thus highly lives are in such with us, toill contain a su mmary ofthegoods clear- jeopardy compara- interesting, as forming in itself one of ed through the Custom-house during the tively little risk on the part of those who those vanguards in the onward march of assistance. And week in which it is published, as likéwise a proffersuch inconnection civiüzation (above referred to) which are with this ofthe we generalabstract ofthe new manifests present part subject would at the present time opposinga line ofcom- make allusion to an ed by vessels arriving in the port. The invention which has batants in every quarter to the common publication of the above particulars will be been the instrument in other parts ofthe enemyof improvement barbarism, causing continued weekly. world of saving probably thousands oí the latter to quit his lines, desert his tren- lives under circumstances of shipwreck; ches, and beíake himsflf to a precipítate and which has full oft broughthope to the and irremediable movement. We know not that we can the retrograde employ breasts and to desponding joy the distressed As likely to prove a port of refuge to pages of our periódica! to better pur early hearts of those who apparently had nought distressed which the weather than the of the cause of ships stormy pose, advocacy but — inevitable death before their eyes so generally prevalent in those high lati humanity, and the pursuanee of those in many instances within sight of their tudes may to seek such shelter, measures whatsoever which have compel (in form) own native shore, perchance of their pa and as in a of the for their end and the of establishing part globe object weil-being ternal mansión! We allude to the life- characterised its our involved in the preeminently by stormy, speciesas preservation boat. and to the wrecked mariner ofthe lives ofour fellow-creatures. repugnant It being incontrovertible then that the and character thesettlement To thisendwe would wishto cali atten inhospitable , port of Valparaíso is in the winter season under remark has and tion to the situation of the peculiar powerful exposed portof ever exposed to the prevalence of violent claims upon our regard andconsideration. Valparaíso, and the consequentimminent northerly winds and ófa Few are of the risk of to which those vessels heavy long-drawn persons ignorant danger shipwreck ocean swell which at such periods sets in attendant a round are which be anchored upon passage Cape hable may within to it with great violence; and it being Horn in the winter season, and of the se the bay when the severe Northers exert equally indisputaWé^That the life boat of- vere "deg^ejoJ^pM- snperadded to boister- their violence and send in from the ocean fers itself as a method of communication ous winds and a terrifie sea, which pre- a swell which breaks upon its heavy when all other means, with the exception vail in thé neighbourhood of that southern shores with a violence and fury of which of those of Captain Manby's apparatus, promontory ^in the latter season of the those who have had an of opportunity are of no effect; we would urge our read- and none who have once — year; these so to sav — annual or at experi- witnessing and more ers, especially those ofthe com enced the "tedium" attendant upon a na all events annually espected visitations— mercial community, if possibíe more close vigation round that stormy point of land are sufficiently cognisant. ly and more intimately interested in a when opposing winds but must No one who was in prevail present Valparaíso matter which is at the same time of sur- hail with and unmixed satisfaction the severe storm of 18— vi lien the lively during to all to more passing importance men, take the than probability that su :h pas was stranded (and many other Monte-agudo measures for the establishment of a life- sage will ere long be rendered needless, vessels were tothe mostimminent exposed boat in this port (if with Captain Manby's and that the straits between the continent danger), but must remember almost asvi- apparatus in addition so much the better), and Tierra del Fuego will become the as an interval of a few months vidly though assuring them tbat they will meet as the channel through which vessels will find had intervened between the occur- only fruitoftheirendeavoursinsogood a cause their way from the Atlantic to the Pacific rences to which we make allusion and the highest reward which on earth can be ocean, and vice versa. It is highly proba the hour at which we write, the intense bestowed üpon us—the reward of an ap- ble indeed that ere many years elapse an period of anxiety which prevailed when proving conscience. other route, viz., a passage through the the crew thegallantindividualscomposing isthmus of Darien by a canal uniting ofthe boat which put off from the Arsenal the two oceans will be opened, but as that to her assistance wpre seen struggling Of all the various and radical as changes project is only in embryo whilst the pas with the ragingsea ere succeeded in regards which are place in they society taking sage through the southern straits is atany the object of their endeavours. the world around us and each gaining succeeding moment available to the navigator, we All be to those brave men who un other at the with praise present period startling cannot but hail the probability of its eafly der like circumstances their not one itself as more jeopardise rapidity, presents substitution for the boisterous circuit own lives in order to save a perishing fel- strikingly apparent to our view, as fraught round the Horn with feelings of no com low-mortal ! al! honour to those who in so with more for the future, inspiriting hope mon kind, and trust that ere long the for- sacred a cause hazard the of a or as more us to increased dangers srongiy urging ward progress of improvement will discov- sea and to exertion in order tohastenon its foaming tempestuous night comple er some method of establishing in the hold out the hand of assistance to tion from the on right example displayed every straits a supply of steamers competent to the stranded mariner! than side of the globe of the results which Farbrighter aid vessels in their transit through that ca the wreath which can bind the have emanated fromformerefforts directed greenest nal ; and that thus a scheme may be rea- warrior's brow is that conscious- to that end, than the continual retreat happy lized which would prove beneficial aliketo ness of a ntéritorious of barbarism af the ofciviliza- having performed approach the cause of humanity, and (from the action which sits in radiant smiles on the tion. And what cause can be adduced avwdaire© ef that frightM arsetrnt ef weaf of him who has thus nobly done more worthy of Man's temples Warmesfsupport? and tear ( oenseqüent upon buffefing thé his ! — more brilliant and more hon- what as the world around duty object respects waves off Cape Hórft durrfig the winter ourable than the decoraüon us more to his than glittering acceptable ambition, season) to the pecuniary interests of ship- which adorns the breast is his in vvhatsoever to conqueror's contributing degree owners who may send hither, aiid of mer that innate ofsatisfaction which the advancement in the scale of of feeling per- being chants who may possess cargo on board of, the bosom of his uninstructed and to the vades him who has taken brethreií, ships from' Europe and other óf the his within civiliza- parts part in rescuing brother from the jaws reception the palé of globe. of a horrible death ! If then we can (and tion of that brother whom circumstances No. 3.

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vara 1 I MP o a T Serge, Malaga 25 1 50 75 s. '* Paper, Spanish florete 3 wide 1 French, 1 12» half ditto... 1 62 Sewing silk, Spanish Ib. 6 50 ' ' *' Genoese florete 1 62 French — 5 50 COTTONS. half ditto 1 375 Shawls, satín, 8/4 each S 511 ll> French poat Bed-ticka Velvets, Spanish yard 3 50 S yard " Pepper, black qql. white French 2 3 Cambricks, Pianks, Cedar vara 50 colored WOOLLENS. '* Mahogany 50 Drill*, 21 to25 in Baize, pellón, 54 yds pee. 66 08 Pine Feet 1000 45 colored cotton *' Fringa-, cien hilos, 45 yds , 42 44 Quills 3 3 ■white ditto '• fajuelas, 40 varas 20 22 stock Quicksilver qql. 110 " heavy. Gitfghams dos frisas, 56 yds 34 Raisins, ofEurope 9 cotton " Handkerchiefs, doz. Broad cloth, , 1 25 2 50 Mendoza 12 " ordinary, yard *' printed fine 2 75 3 00 Rice, Peruvian ¿t Central Amer. 3 25 " " wove Carpeting Carolina 5 cotton flne men's " Hose, Brusseís 1 25 In demand. Rum, Jamaica 43} 50 " " gall. other quality *' Kiddermins ter North American " 62} saleable. 37, wonwn'a flne " Venetian no Rugs church each 1 US 4 *' 68} demand. other 12 40 qüalíty Cassimere, fine plain , 1 25 Saddles men's, English une 23 ins. to 29. stock small, " " Madapollams yard striped 1 1 25 ladies* ditto 15 40 30 ins. to 31. " French 15 20 Flannel, mixed pee. 7 50 men's, 32 ins. to 33. " unmixed ladies ditto 15 20 34 ins. to 36. Hose, men's doz. 3 50 Sugar, Havannah, white i 7 5 salOübio: ord'y 27 to 28 ' brown 1 " 40 60 31} Lastings yard " 29 to30.... French 1 Campos, assorted 1 " Merino, 1 121 751 31 to32.... " " . . . 1 37 English ., 50 Santos, ditto i " 371 '* 33to34.... Saved lists • Rio Janeiro 1 " 674 35 to 36 '* 1 Shawls, cassimere, 8/4 each 2 75 3 25 Cerro azul 76 Moleskín " , lanilla Lambayeque 1 ¿5 Muslins Moscovada Peruvian 93} 1 dull. SUNDRIES. " Jacct, plain, 6/4—20 yds. refined in loaves 2 25 " in " " salea. Almonds, shell...., qql. 34 1 printed, 9/8-24 yds '* crushed 8/1 without , ■ib Nankeens, yoliow Saltpetre 2 25 " Anlseed of2bot. .. blue sales. water, pkgs. pkge. 871 Salt 9 625 " beef brl. " French, ín common bot. . doz. 5 ...,....,..., Shoes calfskin, English doz. 20 23 Prinjs, English, Ist. 28 yds 3 25 scarce. Brandy, Spanish gall. 1 Shot 6 French l^- red 6 4 87» Turkey " Soap Mendoza Two blues little demand. English 1 1)21 " 6 *■ North American Coñac. 75 blue & white. . 6 7 Navy " Spades with handles doz. " in bottles. doz. 4 other qualities. . Staves for barréis.. 100 Brazil wood 2 25 Qniltings yard *H qql. Steel, English qql. Calfskins " do. imitation doz. 16 16 8 " Milán vamished 18 20 Snirtings, grey , 27 to 28 ins. Eng. Tar bri Amer. Candles sperm, English Ib. 50 " " Tea, imperial Ib. 37j '■' 29 30 American m " 1 Eng. " gunpowder Amer. composition , 25 " black 10 i " Chairs, wooden bot. N. Amer. . , 17 31 32 doz. Tin CGse 10 10 Eng. " *' ** plates cañe 34 Amer. ToMeco, Havannah qql. 33 " C Hvnhs slble. " 32 34 Eng. Cigars 1000 50 Safia bale Amer. Cinnamon, Ceylon Ib. 1 50 2 S " \ qql. 9 " China 20 23 abundant. Virginian 36 37 Eng. Turpentine :ja:l Coal ion. 12 Amer. Window glass Ftei I 000 4 50 Cocoa, 7 Thread, ín balls, assorted Ib. Guayaquil qql. Wine Bordeaux, doz. 2 25 Coffee 9 10 " in reels of 150 yds doz. no demand. Champagne 10 in " Copper, sheets 28 3 LINEN & HEMPEN GOODS. Frontignac 75 Cotton Paita, cleaned 10 6 7 " " Port uncleaned 5 "' Bagging, 40 In. yard 10$ little demand. Sherry 4 Earthenware. assorted érale 14 19 Bramantes, linen white, 41 in. . . Yerba mate, Paraguay 4 Eau de doz. 75 " .... . no demaud. Cologne 1 Britannias, English, wide. pee. I2{ Flour, North American brl. 7 50 Paranaguá" various '. ... . acc. to Goat Skins , doz. 4 Canvass pee. quality. Gunpowder fine , Ib. 15 Cordage qql. " 10 70 varas no mining EXPORTS Creas, pee. demand, " canister F. . . . Drills 37 í few sales. F. F. 35 yard Hats no demand. straw, Breguets doz. 15 20 Almonds sweet 34 4 KstopiUas pee. " Irían 25 fine media ala 8 Barley 1 50 shirtings. yds. " fanega " " machitos 5 50 Beams from 9 to 10 varas. each ■1 middling. " " Platillas, Ist 2/" guarapones 20 50 small 2 2 Germán, yd ° índigo, Guatemala, N 7. 8. 9 Ib. 1 25 Beans 4 2nd "' fanega " 3rd 4. 5, C 87} Beef jerked 6 50 " qql. Union 1. 2. 3 Biscuit iíne. 4 Huanes Iron, English qql. 1 62} ordinary 2 50 Sheeting, imitation Russirt Lavender water doz. 3 Copper in pigs 14 25 Lead, in pigs qql. 5 Chick peas 4 " fanega SILKS. in sheets Flour 200 Ib. 7 Mats China yard 15 20 Hemp qql. 5 ÍO saleable. Miner's hammers, , t> Hides No 1 Gtos de Naples vara 87 English qql dry, 11 Moroeco skins, imitation doz. 2.... Y... . 0 Handkerchiefs, pocket Corahs. pee. Nails, iron assorted 5 50 6 50 salted <; India (choppahs) pee. qql. 4 Needles 1. tol2., Horns ox Hose, doz. 16 50 sewing, N?s 1000 ■¿n 1000 20 English 1 " 12 50 Oils, Almond Ib. 50 Lard for 9 French " cooking qql. listón N? 15. 20. 40 87 Castor doz. 5 Must (or mosto wine)..., arroba 3 50 Ribbons, pee. " " ** saleabl». " 1 25 Linseed. cali. 1 12* 1 75 Planlis Alerce ICO 6 Spanish ' " in bottles figured Olive, doz. 4 50 5 Rope qql 14 ■* each Walnuts 3 galloon. set. " fanega " satin Soerm. . . . gall. 75 Wheat, white 2 50 pee: " " velvet Whale.... 37? red 3 " Paint, green qql. 8 50 small demand. Wool, washed 10 gauze " " qql white, &c. 8 saleable. unwashed Satin, « l6 75

FREIGHTS. Vessels of War. Chiloe and Straits of Magellan; under Government orders. Fon England :— H. M. S. 42 Duntze. 4. 2. 6. ton. & 5 ot. Fisgará" Guns, Captain Copper for Swansea L. per p. British barque Enchantress, 241 toi.s, Foster, for Swan id. Liverpool 3. 15. 0. Fr. Frigate, Reine Blanche 60 Alix.with sea Light freight 2. 15. 0. the flag of Adml. Du-Petit Thouars. ; copper ore. Saltpetre no charters. British 200 ' — tons, Moore, for Callao wheat 3. Corvette, Sonóme 20 Guns, Alain. brig Sophia, ; Huano 0. 0. Captain and other Continent:--- — Danae 54 Comt. Fournier. produce. Frigate, British Cocoa for Spain brig Forrester, 296 tons, Thoms, for Swansea ; frt for 1. 10. nominal, Heavy Hamburgh.. ore. — copper Light freight, ditto *4, Saltpetre & Huano for France Fes. 60. to 70. MARITIME INTELLIGENCE. British barque Statesman, 345 tons, Quillor, for Swan States :— Drs. 20. U. — ore ; sea; copper and 40.000 dollars Coast of Pertj, &c. :- - 2 1 a 5. British Villaire Girl, 6 tons, for Liver For Cobij FORT MOVEMEKTTS. brig Wooff, Arica & Islay 7. pool ; huano. coffee, and silver. Callao 7. to 8. ARRIVALS. British 222 — for Liver Guayaquil 8„ 10. brig Mary Holland, tons, Plomer, Dec. 23, British brig Content, 154 tons, Hamílton, from pool ; copper ore and treasure. EXCBANG£ & BUX.X.IOI9Y Callao in 26 days ; in ballast. British barque Princesa Royal, 249 tons, Newby, for Dec. 24. Spanish brig Havanero, 202 tons, Sensat, from Liverpool; copper ore. Oñ London 44 | d. to 44 3 d. " Cádiz in 105 assorted French corvette 22 Paris at 30 d. st F. 4. 80 for Treasury Billi. days; cargo. Triomphanle, guns, Com. Postel, for '* Hamburgh at 2 m. st.|. Sgs„40 banco per Dr. Dec. 25, Brilish steamer Chile, 700 tons. Holloway, Arica. HardDollars 10 0/0. from Talcahuano in li Chilian and 7 French Relie 344 for Bar Silver—-12 dineros 10. 37 i day; produce ship Poule, toris, Conmiat, Bor passengers. deaux; Chilian and Peruvian produce. American whaler Eagle, 300 tons, J. Perry, from Chiloe French ship Arequipa, 400 t«ns, Boulan, for Bordeaux, and Talcahuano in 11 days; necessaries for the fish- Chilian and Peruvian produce. eries. U.S. Ship Constellation, Commodore Kearney, 40 guns, GENERAL REMA.RKS. Dec. 26, Chilian brigantine Ministro Portales, 135 tons, for Arica. Samora, from Talcahuano in 6 days; Chilian produce. Hamburgh brig Helene, 150 tons, Tiedman, for Talca We have little alteration to make in the general tenor of our last re- French Danae, 54 guns, Comt. Fournier, from huano ; in ballast. marks ; ñor indeed can we note any material change in prices. As the Frigate Chilian very slight modification which has been effected in the Chilian tariff does Tahiti in 31 days. Dec. 24, barque Laca«,204 tons, Rugg, for Co not come into until of for operation the 18th próximo, the despatch goods barqne Maria, 190 tons, Carnario, from quimbo; assorted cargo. the interior of the republie will remain suspended until that period. We Spanish Malaga in 1 14 assorted Chilian 190 for have no arrival ofimportance either from England or the coast since our days; cargo. barque Esperanza, tons, Layson, Copia observations of last week werepublished, and there is little doubt but that Chillan brigantine Emprendedor, 44 tons, Leteneur, po; assorted cargo business will continué in the same quiet state in which it now is until from Constitución in 6 Chillan 70 for Consti the new year is fairly set in. days. brigantine Calavera, tons, Nelson, Freiohts may be considered merely nominal as regards charters to Chilian barque Nieves Martínez. 252 tons, Coursinet. tución; in ballast- England, until the arrival of the next steamer from the coast, from Chiloe in 1 1 days; country produee. British barque Mexander Johnson, 290 tons, Swan, for Dee 27. Peruvian Isabel, 156 tons, from in ballast. Upon the whole the present year closes with modérate stocks of manu brig Best, Huasco; factured goods in general, but more especially of the leading cotton fa Lambayeque i n 34 days; Peruvian produce. British ship Mary Harlley, 450 tons, Bartlett. for Liver brics ; a greater degree of firmness is evinced holders than by generally Dec. 23, British 228 tons, Robertson, : copper ore. at the corresponding period of last year, and as this disposition is founded barque brougham, pool on the receipt of advices both from Great Britain and the United States, of from New Zealand in 36 days; 15 passengers. Dec. 26, French ship Viseante Chateaubriand, 2IJ2 a decided improvement in affairs having taken place in both those coun- Chilian brig 178 tons, Andrews, from Talca tons, Godinan, for Arica and Iquique. trifis, a similar feeling will in all likelihood be maintained at all events Enrique, huano in 7 Dec. Chilian 260 for Tal during a considerable part of the next year. The stocks of rough goods days; country produce. 27, brig Volante, tons, Brun, are but a relaxation in is to very heavy , supplies beginning take place. British brig Victoria. 260 tons, from Guayaquil cahuano; assorted cargo. in 25 days; in ballast, Spanish barque Irurae But, 415 tons, Corteñas, for Co- Dec. 29 British barque Margaret Connal, 400 tons, bica and coast of Peni assorted cargo. and merchant vessels in Classification tonnage of from Port Philip in 52 days; assorted cargo. Dec. 28, British barque John Souchay, 234 tons, Fal- the port of Valparaíso. British brig Caitherne, 222 tons, Grainger, from Herra lenstein, for San Antonio. dura in 18 ore. Chilian 160 for 20 British... 4,589 tons. 3 1 7,59 1 tons. days; copper brig Teresa, tons, Evans, Talcahuano; " in ballast 4 American.. 1,461 1 Hamburgh 240 DEPARTTJRES. S " Dee. 29, British steamer Chile, 700 for. Danish.... 749 1 Austrian.. 550 Dec. 23, H. RI. Steamer Cormorant, 6 guns, Commander tons, Holloway, " and intermedíate S Spanish... 64-2 1 Ecuador... 160 Gordon.for Cobija, Arica, Islay, and Callao. Callao ports ; assorted cargo; 35 1 Peruvian.. 150 26 Chilian.. .4,319 Chilian Joven Daniel, 148 tons, Combre, for Val passengers. brig whaler divia; in ballast. American Eagle, 300 tons, J. Perry, for Sand- Islands necessaries for SI 7,591 tons 60 12,860 tons. Chilian brigantine, Volador, 140 tons, Harewood, for wjeh ; the fisheries. Dec. 80, 1848.

Butwhilst Indian It is not generally known that the recent nego- tho West sugar grower has the ad- behold. Four days the victoríous Candahar army of so to it would be hard that he ciations between France and Brazil for a commer vantage staple, speak, remained encamped cióse to the Yillage, but not a cial have the should enjoy also the additional one of protective duties; treaty totally failed, notwithstanding particle of anything was taken from the Affghan ; f<>r duties that exelude Eastern competition mustofcourse marriage of the Prince de Joinville with the Em- the fruit for sale was for at a rate far protect Western The British there- brought paid — produce. g.vernment, peror's sister. Times. above its no no was in- Liverpool f.ire, notwithstanding all that her Clarksonsand Wilber- valué; man, living thing, I did not command at Cabul. How am I to forces have done, must still be reg-arded as the great pro jured. The kmgdom of Greece has declared itself in- moter of slavery, and that, too, t» the detriment ofher have patience to reply to «whether Affghans were own free colonies. It is in vain that she enaets laws to be murdered?» Is this soivent ; and England will, as a matter of course, pro- permitted wantonly hibitory so purchases and consumes a to be to a British General be a loser this financial move ofslavery, longasshe proper question put heavy by interesting the " The produce of slave labour. serpent tempted me, officer who has ever had the honour of his coun ment on the of the which part young tnonarchy and I did — the whole eat," there is history of West India in his and aided so to cali into existence. try uppermost mind, deeply impressed England materially Slavery. The most civilized nations in the world were upon his heart ? Never did an army march Spain pleads inability to fulfil her pecuniary en- tempted and overeóme by a sugar loaf, and the most a with less and less ever marauding gagements with her British creditors ; while our abominable crimes that stained humanity were per- through country violence than that which I commanded in worthy customers in the United States have so- petrated to sweeten a dish of tea. If men are but children Affghan- of a are most istan. In lower or the Candahar dis- lemnly « repudiated » their debts to this country. larger growth, they mischievous children. Affghanistan, But it is an oíd observation that is no I down rebellion— all resistance These melancholy results naturally prompt the in- there arguing triets, put quelled tastes. Jofin Bull has a sweet tooth in his to —in of the fears and — against mouth, the British quiry « Is the foreign loan system a wholesome power spite and sugar he must have. Be it so. He has got it at weaknesses of mild ? Is it on the a to my superiors. By persuasivo system not, contrary, system in his own without home, garden, stirring abroad for it, measures I induced the whole to re which the is bound to population government of England op- and such a as India was never surely garden possessed turn to the cultivation of their land, and to live in pose the full measure of its iníluence ? » What and neglected by mortal before. But the blood of black peace. And now 1 am rewarded by a certain set has England ever gained by lending money to fo cattle is used to clarify certain fluids, and John Bull's of iu taxing me with that which reign countries? What can England gain by im- sugar relishes most sweetly when clarified by the blood people England of •' Would be disgraceful to me as a religious man, as parting such a direction to any portion of its capi niggers." None can more than we do the la- an honourable and a British officer! tal ? If the money borrowed by foreign states be appreciate highly gentleman, bours of a Clarkson and a Wílnerforce; but, vast as were not repaid.the loss to England is obvious enough ; their services in the cause of oppressed humanity, the but even if the money should, at last, be returned THE MOTION OF VESSELS CAUSEO BY WAVES AS great object for which they fooght, and fought not un- to still it is clear that the interests of En England, successfully, though long íneffeetually, could be aehieved A MOTIVE POWER. must have been affected the gland injuriously by at once by Great Britain, by simply doing a heneficial borrowed A power which has been known primary arrangement. The capital by act to her own rnagnifioent colony of India. Why she long vaguely d:d not to exist, but the idea of ever it into uso foreigners is, of necessity, borrowed for the pur do so long ago, is plain enough. West India su bringing never to have been ever pose of setting in motion a certain amount of fo gar had not one. but many representatives in Parliament, appears thought of, isjust whilst the interests of the East had now under notice Y. A. reign industry. The ultímate effect of the process sugar scarcely any being brought by Etzler, at It was not that the British loved In ma all. government , who means of some may be, it is true, merely to lessen the number of Esq by very simple dia less, but that lovsd rotten more. 'Ihe — boroughs hasmade the our customers it will, more they chinery, alternating perpendicular although probably, vote of oíd for a few casks of molas Sarum, purchaseable motion a the of the waves, sub- result in an ofthe number of rival of ship, by power augmentation was more to a British ses, of importance minister than the At a servient to her horizontal motion through producers for neutral markets. home, large the of five millions of naked ten, prayers ryots. Five, water. for a massof productive energy has, long time, twenty millions naked ofryots, wooldnevergive a minister how this can be a To conceive power in lacked employment. Had the capital vote, whilst oíd Sarum, which was nothmg more than a brought profitable to naked a to action, it is know, that to what which, within the last twenty years, has been ut- wall, could. Henee the naked wall had repre necessary sentativo in whilst the naked millions had ever a wave rises, it has no effect on the terly, irrecoverably lost in foreign loans, been ap Parliament, height none. water further a or calm of the below, than at depth plied in the way of enabling the unemployed, But we trust that at the of a end henee it is labourers of to cultívate length dawníng brighter equal to its height, easy to render thepoorly paid, England is about to beam the Eastern ofthe Bri would not have been day upon portion the power of waves efficient, by offering them a our wastelands, the country tish that the hour is empire. We may hope of a to cast about for approaching resistance ; for the propulsión vessel, this compelled/as itis at this moment, when India will be known and its valué appreciated, by resistance is obtained a sort of which the « destitution » by connecting plat- means to stay that plague, the parent state. England is her natural parent; Leaden- form placed beneath the uudulation ot the waves of vast masses of industriously disposed operatives hall her stepmother. We have not quite so strong " " with the vessel in them at both ends of — an floating ; has generated 1 John Buíl. antipathy to that relation as the bard of Mantua, confessedly this and on each side ofthe who sends them all without exception to a place that platform, brought up shall be nameless, butwe may quote two words from the vessel, are strong connecting rods, attached to TRADE AND CHEAP SUGAR. FREE poet, as descriptiva of the relative position of the presi- arrns working on an axis ; to these arms are fixed ' (From the Calcutta Enr/lishman.) ding power of that sanctuarv,and India, injusta noverca. ratchet rods, working in tooth wheels, connected There is one however. describes the We shall be happy fc/lend our best and most strenuous difference, Virgil with the paddles, and at every pitch ofthe vessel wicked as to her eo-operation to Mr. Thompson and our contemporaries, stepdame administenng poison adopted the altérnate perpendicular motion causes the slave children, whilst the of Leadenhall en- in promoting the great cause of emancipation from good Lady only paddle wheels to revolve. This is the most sim of the world. The Hurkaru is, as be- courages hers to poison other people. ry in every part ple application of the power, but by a proper ar in the canse too, indeed so earnest comes him, earnest rangement of requisite machinery, fly wheels, etc. that his zeal leads him to a work of supereroga- perform the motion of the vessel be as trade is slave- may regulated true tion. He tells us that the root ofthe slave ALLEGED EXCESSES OE THE BRITISH as steam and were no the engine, by in he properly reasons, that if there springs placed pro- ry.and very ARMY IN AFFGHANISTAN. of the two the there would be no slave trade, or, in other words, per parts floating bodies, namely sla'very — no But vessel and the all be re- if there were no demand, there would be supply. platform danger may more de- We have much in rendered the cause of the slave trade may bo correctly pleasure inserting sisted, and concussion harmless. Mr. for commodities the fined.as a demand in Europe pro the following complete refutalion of the Etzler calculates that twenty to thirty miles per which are cultivated slave labour. ducé ofcountiies by accusalions tlie British ar- hour can be easily and saf'ely attained by these it follows that the most brought against As a corollaryto this definition, means, and that into consideration the dura whilst in ihe war. It taking of an end to would be to my eífectual mode putting slavery, engaged Afíghan tion of calms when there is al ways an undulation of undersell the slavehulder, by supplying the European is from the of Sir William copied reply the sea, the averatge of velocity on long sea voy- with a articie, the of free labour, market cheaper produce Nott to the sent to him the ten labour. Letusac- queries gov ages may be estimated at from to twenty miles than that wluchis produced by slave by is solved. would ernment : — an hour. A perfectly successful has complish that, and the problem Slavery experiment acts of men been made off witli the most me- then be put an end to, without Patliament, Márgate simple unless we. can ac- 1. I am called to state what a model is exhibited in the of war, or national conventions, and, upon upon prívate chanism.and Captain's and acts and what — complish that, national conventions, men of war. property, upon prívate buíldings, injury Room at LloycPs for publie inspection. Elgin vain to dis- tolera- of Parliament, will be ¡neffectual. But it is was inflicted by my orders, or under my Courant. involves consí- matter. The question, albeit it tion, at Ghuznee? I answer, upon none. guisethe is derations ofthe highest importance to humanity, pure- 2 I am desired to state, « whether unresisting into a a commercial one. A purchaser goes grocers individuáis were in cold blood for mere ly destroyed a series of to so much saccharine. If the shop- By interesting experiments lately ehop in London, buy and whether women were either vio- " the vengeance, made in a woman's has besa were to there is East Indian sugar, Philadelphia, tongue keeper say lated or ornaments ? I will en- murdered for their of one thousand nine hun of free labour, and here is West Indian sugar, found capable moving growth scorn the na deavour to my and indignatíon ! the of slaves—which will you have?" suppress dred and twenty times in a minute produce " or " But," while I to this charge, suspicion, tural reply would be, the former." supposing shortly reply or whatever it be called the from the honest shopkeeper were to add, "the West Indian may by persons as as the that is to whence it emanated. And this is the return made sutrar will go twioe far East, say, you LATE NIGER EXPEDITION. for the same invested of or rather I would be- may sweeten two puddings money bythe people England, that will enable to sweeten one the many unsuccessful at- in Western produce, you lieve, by a few individuáis, to the gallant Candahar Notwithstanding Eastern is it to form con- of — iflaid outin purchasing sugar growth;" which was for so a time neg tempts previously permanent trading sweats him- army thatarmy long that a labourer, who toils and nections with the countries on the a new to be supposed lected, but our Niger, in the will exer which, nevertheless, ;nobly upheld a for six days week, on a was undertaken self like slave, national a of four euterprise, large scale, by the inferior articie, honour, and during period cise that philanthropy by taking and the of Great Britain in the year 18 iO, It is acted with the forbearance hu government who neither toil ñor labour renounee? years greatest which they in the 1841 . Three slave trade is not to the of Af On Ghuznee though only accomplished year in human nature. The sin of the manity people fghanistan? not new iron steamers, under the command of who toils for his bread. With entered the British troops, ít was found Cap- on the head of him daily being by W. and Bird — constitu- no slave in the was neither tains Trotter, Alien, Alien, the of the lash, there is greater that not a single person in the city exception and the And is he to beex- was no ted the of the expedition, total world than an English manufacturer. man, ñor woman, ñor child. There pro body origi on some of his miserable a nal of men, though modified the pected to sacriflce portion earmngs perty, and I do not belíeve there was house left complement cause offreedom and emancipation? Why, African coast, amounted to 155 in number. The to promote the completely standing in the town ; the whole had than for a man who, cost of the and their what can be a greater exasperation, been unroofed and the outset vessels, ordinary most destroyed by contending is in fact a slave, and to ihe six was calculated at 35.000/. although not by ñame, for the sake of the etc. I have stores for months, be to d "Take Affghans timber, merciless of masters-poverty-to you But the of the men and other said that there were no in wages provisions aud will pro inhabitants Ghuznee, the inferior articie, atthe higher price you were not ñor were the " a and therefore « individuáis could not included; extraordinary of freedom ! To talk thus to British unresisting mote the cause stores intended as to the African chiefs but a Bri women could presents be complimentary, have been destroyed in cold blood ; manufacturer. may highly in the mentioned. The other ex You for their or comprised outlay tish manufacturer cannot live upon compliments. not have been murdered and violated were likéwise very large, as we learn, cannotfeedcaponsso,and a British manufacturer requires naments. » These, I boldly say, are gross and penses than food for capons. other faets, from a recent something even more substantial villanous falsehoods, whomever they emanate among parliamentary in- on the now before us. Let the rich and wealthy, if they arebenevolently from. I ordered the fortifications and citadel of report subject, at the pnce, and The main of the was to clined, buy the inferior articie, superior Ghuznee to be It had been the scene object expedition form their benevolence, and destroyed. let them proceed one step further in and such friendly treaties with the chiefs on the Niger, the of treachery, mutilation, torture, starvation, the to make up in quantity, comparative as tend to cheek the enormous and enable poor our and might frightfuí of our Indian cruel murder, to unresisting imprisoned deficiency in quality, and the fortunes sugar of slaves from central África, carriedoa West ludían trade exportation are made at once-whilst the countrymen. erowers means of that stream. It was al and the slave trade with at the contrast—see the conduct of the by great desired, will be knocked up altogether— Look so, to establish extensive commercial relations noble British soldier ; and are calumny and gross with the true with the interior ; and moreover, if found advisa- But this would bo inconsistent principie falsehood to rob him of the honour ? They shall it was can never besustained per ble and the purpose to fix a sta- oí cornmerce. Artificial prices not while 1 have life to defend his fame. practicable, of cornmerce will find their own tion somewhere on the shores oithe in the manente The waters The extensive village or town of Rosa is situate Niger, of all the dams and dykes within which or at least above the Delta. level, in spite two miles from and is tJ interior, circumscribe them. about Ghuznee, lovely Legislation may attempt to No, '8.

The entered the river in Au- alliances; interests nearer, and unite it her a expedition Niger bring Germany ing share in the conquest, which may afterwards. ■ self our cause our • ■ that season tp influence there. be from ,,,.. . . -a gust 1841', believed to be the by increasing retaken her. , being « most 7. Seek from preference the alliance for our « 12. to The ships. ascended as far as English Apply yourself attractirig all the disunited ot favpurableí cornmerce, as being the power mos't in want of us for her schismatic Greeks scattered Egga, more than four hundred miles from the over Hungary and Polandt sea, navy, and most useful for ihe of our own. development make yourself their centre, their and establish but, ere that the same calamities which befel our support, time, Exchange wood and other productions for her gold, beforehand an universal predominance by a kind of sa former attacked the The crews and establish between her her and voyagers present. merchants, sailors, cerdotal autocracy and will ours supremacy. They be so became the victims a which will form those of our we of peculiar disease called the frequent intercourse, many friends that shall have among our enemies country in the of navigation and trade. « 13. River fever, and one vessel could only remain 38 knowledge Sweden dismembered, Persia conquered Poíanrl « 8. Extend conquest towards the north, in the another and the third 64. In continually subjugated, Turkey vanquished, our arrales ass'embled days river, 45, alone the Baltic, as welPas towards the the thesouth, by Black Sea and the Baltic guarded out> all 41 perfo is, officers and men, fell victims to dis Black Sea. by vessels it will be necessary to propose, first to the but « secretly, Cour't of ease, all suffered so that Dr. 9 Get as near as possible to and the Versad to neirly wofully Constantinople les, then that of Vienna, to share with her the Indies. He who there will be the true sove- Williamscn, the surgeon, carne to the conclusión shall^reign empire of the universe. If one of the two of the world. In accepts which that the reign consequence, raise continua! will case chínate was unendurable by Europeans. up ínfallibly be the by flattering their ambition wars, sometimes wilh sometimes with Persia. and make use of We fear this to be now too As re Tftrkey, selllove, that one to crush the other bv clearly proved. Establish as dock-yards on'tbe Black Sea, as well the Bal- her in a the issue other the formed anti-sla- engaging struggle, of which cannot bí gards points, expedition tic, as a double point necessary to the success ofthe pro- Russia rloubtlul, possessing all the East and a great nor- treaties with two ° F very of the three important chiefs ject; hasten the fall of Persia; penétrate to the Persian tion ol Europe. if •who rule the banks of the stream for 500 miles Gulph; possible, re-establish, by Syria, the ancient "ot at Probable, both refuse above trade of the Levant, and advance towards the Indies, the.i ain-ofícrIf¡Th'c-hof 11 '! a11, the sea, namely, the kings of Eboe, Russia,the latter must know how to raiseauar- Egga- which are the mart ofthe whole world. Once we and Rabbah. there, reís between them, and make them exhaust rah, The two first gave ready as- do without each other may England's gold. Then a decisive sents to the abolition— profiting by moment, Russia should falí compacts formed, chieíly, « iu. Seek for and keep carefully the Austrian alliance; with her upon Germany troops prepared beforehand at however, it is to be feared, in of im- support its ideas of the future of the same time that expectation outwardly sovercignty two considerable fleets should sail— medíate and future It became clear and excite the of Germán one from the sea of presents gain. Germany, privately jealousy Azof, the other from the port of Arch- to the British Princes against her. Endeavour to make either one with Asiatic commanders, that the substitution angel, freighted hordes, under the con or the othercall in the assistanee of Russia, and exer ot the armedfieels of legitímate and consíant traders for the traffic in voy ofthe Black Sea and the Baltic cise a kind of protection over the country, which will the was Advancmg by Mediterranean and the slaves the mode -ykich ve ocean, the» only bj thesu[;pr.-s?k;u pa the way for futuro domination. would overrun France on one of the side, while Germanv was latter could be effected. The will not «11. Interest ti:e ílorse of Austria to drive out the so on the people other, and, these two countries vanquished tha give up their source of emolument unless Turk from Europe, and neulri;!i?,e itsjcalqusies when rest ot would present Europe pass easily, without strikinir a another shall be either 8 be put in its place. the ex- Constantinople conquered í/yraising i?p blow, under the yoke. Unfortunately, a war for her oíd or of amongst the European states, by giv «Thus may, and to períence this and many other expeditions, ought, Europe be subjugated. » shows that Britons cannot habituallv visit these 1IST OF VESSET.S IN PORT with , DECEEtBER 30 I 843. regions safety. The present '.re"jties, there- , fore, will too probably prove a dead letter. & ÑAME. A statíon was from the NATION, CLASS, CONSIGNEES. purchased King ofEgga- DESTINATJON, &C. rah, and a model farm set on foot. But on a se- cond steam-visitup the river, the party left at the farm British. were brought away, and the thing broken 1843 up. This did not occur in of consequence jea Jan. 29 schooner Lord Abínger 90 Pinhorn Alexander Cross lousy or injurious conduct on the of the na Nov. 22 Rosalind 270 Sellers part brig London Graham Rowe & Co. For Charter. tives. On the the found a 25 Artemis 312 Macdonald contrary, expedition barque Sydney Graham Rowe & Co. For Charter- strong desire to exist the establish- 26 Helen 156 Noel Punta arenas Gibbs everywherefor brig Crawley & Co. Loading for ment of British 29 252 Graham Liverpool. stations and intercourse. The barque George London J .Thomson .Watson & Co Diseharging. » brig Sarah Birkett 202 Proddow King Boy class of chiefs, who live near the Sydney Lyon , Santa-María & Co For Charter. » Edward 220 Gilbert motith of the are the true barque Hayes Payta Alison Cumberlege&Co. Chartered for Niger, savages among I Ctss. 190 Swanse». these Dec. brig Westmoreland Chase Stevens & Bunster For b,lack men, and sad to say, have been Buenos-ayres Charter. they 2 brig Eliza Heywcod 230 Fox Co. made such the whites. That famous Liverpool WaddingtonT.&L For Charter. by pretty 4 barque Saladin 254 Mackenzie Newcastle A. G. Miller will his deserts Diseharging. gentleman, King Boy, get soon, 10 barque Grace 400 Bland & Seorgie Liverpool Myers Co. Chartered to load Imano. we hope. Heis strongly suspected 12 Paeket 139 ofrobbingand brig Bunkeuburg Cobija José Lima For Cobija. » Faith 120 Simons Tahiti murderingMr.Carr, agentlemanwhoaccompanied brigantine Captain For sale or charter. this 19 Michael Williams 224 expedition. brig Bridgeford Glasgow J.Thomson,Watson& Co Diseharginor. On the whole this enterprise tends farther to 21 barque Ann Smith 276 Hogg Copiapo 23 154 Diseharging, as brig Content Hamilton Callao Stevens & Bunster prove, already observed, that the climate on the For sale, frt. or charter. 28 2i8 Robertson N. Niger is unendurable Britons. So lives barqne Brougham Zealand Gibbs, Crawley. & Co. by many » Victoria 250 have now been thrown in such brig Guayaquil In quarantina. away enterprises, 29 barque Margaret Connal 400 Maxton Port and so much has been Fhiiip expense fruitlessly incurred, a brig Catherme 222 Grainger Herradura that we trust some intermedíate parties may be trained to the task, if we again attempt to trade American. with the Niger. 5 420 Dec. ship Oneida Trippe New York F. Huth & Co. 3 670 Gruning For Cantón. ship Chile Knowles Boston A. Hemenway & Co. 14 227 Diseharging (FROM THE SIECLE.) barque Lark Tibbitt Tahiti, Cntn F. Huth & Co. Gruning Heavingdown. 15 brig Lama 144 Church Oahu & Co. The following historical document will be read with Loring Diseharging. lively interest. It is the will of Peter the asit Great, was Austrian, sent to Louis XIV. by the French ambassador at St. Pe- tersburg, and in which is found the political idea which Nov. 19 Marie-Antoinette 550 Verana has ever since over the ofthe so ship A. Canciani & presided policy vereigns Iquique Nephew For Trieste . — shortly of Russia : « In the ñame of the Most Holy and Indivisible Trini- Danish. ty, we, Peter to all our descendants and successors to the throne and government of the Russian nation. Nov. 9 Waldema* 240 Rasmussen The barque Hamburgh Rambach & Cramer For Charter. great God from whom we hold our existence and our 26 309 Muller ship Napoleón Iquique Kundhart & Co. For Charter. throne, habing opened our eyes and upheld our Dec. 7 Elizabeth 200 steps, brig Sophia Jongan Altona A. Canciani & Nephew for perrnits me to consider the Russian people as fore- Loading Hamburgl ordained to the domination general of Europe. I found Ecuatorian. this thought upon the fact, that European nations have reached, for the most part, a state of oíd age approaching 22 Sabino 160 Sabino decay, or they are inaking rapid strides towards it; it Sep. brig Callao Ambrosio Sanchea follows, therefore, that they must be easily and indubi- tably conauered by a people young and fresh, when this Hamburgh. latter shall have attained its tull age and strength. I look upon the invasión of the countries of the East Dec. 14 Maria Teresa 240 Petersen and West barque Guayaquil A. Canciani St Nephew In by the North as periodical movements, determined bv quarantine. the designs of Providence, who thus regenerated the Ro Spanish. mán people by the invasión of barbarians. The emigra- tions of the Polar races are like the flow of tho 250 Nile, Nov. 8 barque Santos Loreyno Gibbs St, Co. which, at certain periods, is sent to fertilize the Guayaquil Crawley impo- Dec. 24 brig Havanero 202 Sensat Cádiz José Cervero land of I found Russia a i yenshed Egypt. stream, leave 26 Maria 190 Camaño it a river; successors harque G. H. Huelin my will make ita large sea, destined Málaga to fertilize impoverished Europe, and its waves will flow over in of the Peruvian. spite dykes opposed by weak hands, if my descendants know how (o direct its course. It is on that Dec. 27 Isabel 150 account I leave them tíie following direclions, which I brig Best Lambayeque E. T. Loring, íi Co. recommend to their attention and constant observatiom «1. Keep the Russian nation always in a position for Chilian. war, that the soldiér may be always inured and in breath- leave him no but for the amelioration of repose the state; May. 5 brigantine Horacio 110 Stewart Chiloe A. Peres remodel the choose favourable army; moments for ar! Aug.25 schooner Delfina 44 Frouchon Chiloe attack. Inthis subservient Captain waymake peace to war, and 8 schooner Francesa 20 Constitución war to in the interest and Sept. Haymet Captain peace, aggrandisement ofthe Nov. 3 schooner Carmen 40 increasing of Russia. Goursay Coquimbo Captain prosperity 11 400 « barqne Ana Evans Talcahuano 2. Attráct, by all possible means, from the Captain among 12 140 Rowett learned people of Europe, captains and the brig Napoleón Coquimbo J. Manuel Feliú during war, 21 Flora 290 learned during peace, that the Russian nation barque Craig N. C. Chile J. R. may profit 26 190 Astaburuagi. the advantages of other without brig Rita Grenet J. Manuel Feliú by countries, losings anv Copiapo J 30 150 of her own. brig Alejandrino Serville Constitution Juan Leclerc «3. Dec. 2 schooner 70 On every occasion take a part in the affairs and Elizabeth Cros Constitución Captain debates of 4 Europe, and especially in those of Germaiiy barque Capricho 200 Rundanelli Chiloe Juan Leclerc which, more 9 340 being nearer, directly interests. ship Confederación Drouet Talcahuano J. Squella « 4. Divide Poland » schr. Adela del 30 by keeping up continued trouble Carmen Latanneur Constitución Julián & and jealousy; gain over other 10 Thili 100 López by gold powers; influence brigantine Medina Taícahuano J, Manuel Feliú diets; corrupt them, in order to have a decisión in the 12 brig Calbuco 200 Goñez A. choice of cause Castillo kings; to be named, » 190 partisans protect brig Intrépido Bartolin Valdivia Ramón Manuel Diaz them, introduce Muscovite troops, and seize the occasion 14 brig Orion 230 Stewart Pan de torender them stationary there. Azuc J, Squella Ifneighbouring powers 15 brigantine Matucana 101 Bondeme offer difficulties, appease them Cobija Izquierdo St Vasquez momentarily by parcel- » Huemul 197 hng out the country till an offers of relaking brig Langmaid Chiloe opportunity ° 17 94 what was given. brig Union. Huesset Realejo « 5. Take as 18 Carolina 314 much as possible from Sweden, and study barque f. L. Aguirre Talcahuano E. Cruz & Brother the means of 21 260 drawing on her attacks, in order to have a brig Valparaíso Guimaraer Chiloe lor 26 pretext subjugating her. To obíain this, sepárate her bgtne. Ministro Portales 135 Samora Talcahuano B. Bravo from and » Denmark, carefully, for their rivality' brigantine Emprendedor 44 Letenenr Constitución Captain « 8. Always take wives for Russian from » Nieves Martínez 252 PBINT1NG-OFFICB. f princes among barque Coursinet Chiloe Ramón M. Diaz the pnneesses of Germany, in order familv 28 178 OF THE tomultiply brig Enrique Andrews Talcahuano Budge & Searle MERCURIO.

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