In relation to the slave trade in the Spanish Islands, the La Verdad, a Spanish paper, remarks:

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During the last four months, 2400 negroes have been introduced into Cuba, and other shipments are expected daily, as it is known that 10,000 negroes have been purchased at the price of $8,50 each, on the coast of Africa. Representations, it seems, have been made to the Governor-general, that it would be expedient to permit the importation of negroes from Brazil, and the Attorney Olaneta, on being consulted by the Count of Alcoy, gave it as his opinion that such importation would not be in violation of existing treaties."

25th. Mr. Clayton, the Secretary of State of the United States, addressed a note to L. H. Breisach, Esq., dated at New York, who had sent to the President a letter enclosing the proceedings of a meeting of Hungarians and others; the Secretary holds the following language:

"The government and the people of this country are profoundly interested in the events which are now passing in Hungary, and all information calculated to throw light on the present struggle between that country and Austria and Russia, cannot fail to be welcome.

"It is the policy and practice of the United States to recognise all governments which exhibit to the world convincing proofs of their power to maintain themselves.

"If Hungary sustains herself in this unequal contest, there is no reason why we should not recognise her independence. Congress, it is believed, would sanction such a measure, and this government would be most happy in that event to enter into commercial as well as diplomatic relations with independent Hungary."

26th. An industrial Congress, so-called, recently assembled at Cincinnati. The grand object was the discussion of all subjects bearing upon the prominent reforms of the age; the establishment of principles by which reformers are to be guided in the furtherance of such questions as Anti-Slavery, Temperance, Land-Reform-the Rights of Labour, the Abuses of Capital, Abolition of Capital Punishment, &c.

There were representatives in attendance from five or six States in the Union, and the discussions were quite able. Among the speakers were several females-Mrs. Townsend, of Providence, R. I.; Mrs. Burns, of Cincinnati; and one or two others. The world is full of reformers.

27th. One of the most terrible and melancholy disasters that has ever been recorded occurred this day at sea. The barque Charles Bartlett, of Plymouth, Mass., was run down, about seven hundred miles to the westward of Cape Clear, by the steamer Europa, in a dense fog, and sunk in three minutes. She had one hundred and sixty-two passengers on board, and only forty-three were saved. The following are the particulars from the Liverpool Times:

"The steamship Europa, Captain Lott, arrived here on Sunday morning last, after an extraordinary passage of ten days and eighteen hours from Boston to this port. On board the Europa we were grieved to find that she had forty-three persons, the survivors of the passengers and crew of the American barque Charles Bartlett, which vessel the Europa ran down at sea on the 27th ult., about seven hundred miles to the westward of Cape Clear, causing the loss of one hundred and thirty-four lives. The Charles Bartlett, Captain Bartlett, was an American ship of four hundred tons burden, chiefly loaded with lead and chalk, and having one hundred and sixty-two steerage passengers, one cabin passenger, and a crew of fourteen men, outward bound for New York, and at the time of the collision was going at the rate of about five knots an hour, close-hauled on the wind. The Europa was sailing at the rate of eleven and a-half or twelve knots per hour. At the time of the collision both vessels were enveloped in a dense fog, which prevented those on board of either vessel seeing beyond a few yards. At about half-past three o'clock, the look-out of the Europa suddenly perceived the ship through the mist, and had just time to announce the fact, when a dreadful collision took place, the Europa striking the Charles Bartlett amidships and cutting an awful chasm in her side, killing several persons on board. The barque began immediately to settle down, and in a few minutes sunk. The scene during those few minutes was appalling in the extreme. A crowd of suffering passengers, maimed and broken by the collision, lay dead or dying at the spot where the bows of the Europa had entered. Some of the individuals who crowded the decks appeared panic-stricken, others ran shrieking to and fro in despair, while some rushed forward and eagerly seized upon the opportunities which were presented for giving them a chance of safety.

"The most strenuous exertions were made on the instant, by all on board the Europa, for rescuing from the imminent peril which pressed upon them as many individuals as possible. Hand-buoys and ropes were thrown over, boats were lowered, and every man was busied in those few fearful minutes in rescuing the struggling sufferers from the waves. Yet, with all the exertions that could be used, only forty-three individuals were saved out of one hundred and seventy-seven, who had recently been alive on board the unfortunate ship. Amongst those preserved was the captain of the Charles Bartlett, the second mate, and seven seamen. Of forty women who were on board only one was saved. It is a remarkable circumstance that the second mate of the Charles Bartlett, and all the men of his watch, who were below at the time of the collision, were saved, whilst the whole of the watch on deck, with two exceptions, perished. The boats of the Europa, which had been lowered immediately on the collision taking place, and which had been actively engaged in picking up the unfortunate sufferers, were near being engulfed in the vortex which the sinking of the barque

created. No blame whatever can be imputed to those in charge of the Europa. The collision was purely accidental; no human foresight or prudence could have prevented it; and on the unfortunate circumstance taking place, every exertion was made to save the crew and passengers of the sunken vessel. The damage sustained by the Europa was very trifling.

"Immediately after the accident, a committee was formed, electing Mr. Bates as its chairman, and Mr. Peabody secretary, for the purpose of giving a tangible form to the benevolence of the gentlemen and ladies on board. Subscriptions to the amount of £352 5s. were collected on the instant.

"We may here observe that, at one of the committee meetings on board the Europa, the following resolution passed unanimously:

"That we have witnessed, with feelings of intense interest, the bold and rapid movements of Capt. R. B. Forbes, of Boston; that his selfsacrificing and daring leap into the sea to save the passengers of the Charles Bartlett, commands our admiration, and we rejoice that these deeds were performed by the missionary of the Jamestown."

29th. A desperate battle was fought on the 29th, between the Prussians and the insurgents, in the neighbourhood of the villages of Calasche and Muglennsteine, between Carlsruhe and Radstadt. The insurgents were entirely defeated. Peneker has taken possession of Baden. The head-quarters of the Prince of Prussia were at Oos.

29th. The French troops, under Gen. Oudinot, made the last and successful assault on Rome. The fighting was very severe, and one regiment of Italians was almost cut to pieces. The next day, the Constituent Assembly, finding that further resistance to the French arms would be in vain, ceased hostilities, and virtually surrendered the city to the besiegers.

29th. The spirit-stirring proclamation of Kossuth, the Hungarian, to his countrymen was published.

After telling the people that "their Fatherland was in danger," he proceeds:

"Fired by our sense of duty, we tell you, people of Hungary, that the Austrian Emperor sends hordes of Russian barbarians for your destruction. We tell you that a Russian army of 40,000 men have invaded our Fatherland, from Galicia through Arva, Zips, Saros, and Zemplin, and are constantly pressing forward ready for battle. We tell you, beside, that in Suebenbergen, Russian troops have entered from Bukowena and Moldau, with whom our army has already had bloody conflict. We tell you that, relying on Russian troops, the Wallachian rebellion has again broke out in Suebenbergen, and that the Austrian emperor has collected his last forces to uproot the Hungarian nation. We tell you once more, fellow-countrymen, although it is as certain as

God in heaven, that if the Russians succeed in conquering our Hungarian Fatherland, the subjugation of every nation in Europe will be the consequence. We can expect no foreign aid; the rulers, who look on our righteous struggle with coldness and silence, will chain up the sympathies of their people. We can hope in nothing but a just God and our own strength."

He thus concludes his forcible and eloquent address:

"This strife is not a strife between two hostile camps, but a war of tyranny against freedom, of barbarians against the collective might of a free nation. Therefore must the whole people arise with the army; if these millions sustain our army, we have gained freedom and victory for universal Europe, as well as for ourselves. Therefore, oh strong, gigantic people, unite with the army and rush to the conflict. Ho! every freeman! To arms! To arms! Thus is victory certainbut only thus. And therefore do we command a general gathering for freedom, in the name of God and the Fatherland."

Accounts from Circassia were received which mention that the Russians had sustained a severe defeat from the Circassians. The fortress of Totcha was captured by the Circassians, and of the garrison of 3,600 Russians one-third were put to the sword.

The Danes obtained a victory over the Holsteiners, who lost fortyseven pieces of artillery, and 3,000 men killed, wounded and prisoners.

30th. News from Chagres, up to this date, were received by the steamer Panama. The accounts from the Pacific are important. Upwards of $1,500,000 in gold had arrived at Valparaiso, and after being run into bars, assayed and marked, had been forwarded to England. The emigration from Chili to California continued. Merchandise was at low prices at San Francisco. All the better classes of the population had been frightened from Panama by the cholera.

JULY, 1849.

1st. The Journal de Constantinople has a letter from Trebisond, containing the latest intelligence from Persia. The Salar (one of the insurgent chiefs) was still blockaded in Mached, and dangerously ill. His brother-in-law Jaffer Kooli Khan, who beheaded the Koords and Turkomans, had made his submission, and had gone to Teheran, where the Persian government had received him with high honours. The surrender of Mached was daily expected. Sultan Moorad Mirza, uncle to the Schah, had assumed the command-in-chief of the Persian army; he had carried by storm, after a siege of fifty-five days, the fortress of Sebzewar, where the sons of the Salar, Emir Islam Khan and Hadji Mehemet Khan had retired. The former had succeeded in making his escape.

We learn from the Toronto Globe that a most frightful accident occurred on board the steamer Passport, on Thursday evening, on her

passage from Montreal to Kingston. It is represented by passengers that the engineer was absent, the assistant in his berth, and the boat left in charge of an incompetent person. When off Lancaster (sixteen miles below Cornwall, about nine o'clock in the evening,) the boat struck the ground. The under deck was loaded with steerage passengers. The order to stop the engine and back out was promptly given, but the ignorance of the person in charge of the engine led to a most sad catastrophe. Instead of backing, he opened a cock which let the hot steam in among the steerage passengers. A shriek instantly broke forth, which was heard for several miles. The nature of the accident being for some time unknown, the steam continued to be discharged upon the poor creatures, adding to their insufferable agony. Four persons jumped overboard, two of whom were drowned. The nature of the terrible mistake being ascertained, the steam was at once shut off. Medical assistance was soon procured, when it was found that forty-four persons were severely scalded. The scene during the night is represented to have been horrible in the extreme-men, women, and children, in dreadful agony, continued their shrieks throughout the night. When the boat reached Cornwall, nine persons had died. About twenty were left at that place, and the remainder taken to Kingston, where four more had died, and many others were in a critical state. They were all immigrants.

The St. Joseph (Mo.) Gazette gives the following estimate of the number of emigrants and wagons that have crossed the plains en route for California:

"In making this estimate we give the number of wagons, and from this make our calculations as to the number of persons now on the plains. The wagons that crossed the river at this place, by ferry and steamboats, number 1,508; at Duncan's ferry, four miles above St. Joseph, 685; at Bontown, Savannah, and the ferries as far up as the bluffs, say 2,000. This makes the number of wagons 4,193. A fair average would be about four men and eight mules or oxen to each wagon. From this statement it would appear that there are 16,772 persons on plains, besides 33,544 mules and oxen. A number of emigrants, anticipating some difficulty in getting through with wagons, went with pack mules, which would probably increase the emigration to at least 17,000, and the number of cattle and mules to at least 34,000. From the best information we can get, about 10,000 persons have left Independence, which will increase the number of persons to about 27,000."

2d. Governor Fish, of New York, communicated to Major General Winfield Scott the resolution of the legislature thanking him for his gallant and meritorious conduct during the late campaign in Mexico. To which the veteran general-in-chief responded:

"This is the second time, within a third of a century between, that