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Parent Issue
Day
14
Month
July
Year
1841
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

By the arrival of the Columbia on the 16th inst., news was brought eight days later Trom Europe. Ilostilities had been revived in China, and the Brilish had taken possession of the Bogue forta and ihe factory of Cantón. Great Britain was ihoroughly agitatcd with the corn law question, and in Ireland immense meetings were constamly held in behalf oi'thc repeal. Thanks to God and father Mat inew, theso great afscmblages are no longer disgraced with drunkenness and riot. The Iriáh are regenerated. Having gained such a victory over vhiskey,the 'repeal' of the Union1 will be an easy matter. The chartists are as busy a3 ever, and obviously Englund is to have free trade and freo