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Foreign News: Later From Europe: Arrival Of The Britannia

Foreign News: Later From Europe: Arrival Of The Britannia image
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Day
2
Month
May
Year
1842
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Public Domain
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The Steaniship Britannia arrived at Boston on Weduesday with London dates to the 5th , of April. , . . i No important change had taken place in the markets.' The cotton market was dull. The i low descriptions of American had tallen Ld.,but the best qualities maintain their prices. The prices of the week were otherwise supported. Foreign Wheat had advanced in price coneiderably, within a fortnight. Money contmued plenty and easy. The bu Ilion in the Bank of England was increaing rapidly, and ït was understood that the Directors would very shortly reduce the general rate of interest to four per cent. News from Bombay has been Teceived by the times to March 1. The previous accounts of British disaster are confirmed- but Gen. Sale's position at Jellalabad had not been attacked, and they had provisions enough to laat till April. Ghuznee is said to be in the power of the insurgents. A military convention har been held, in which it is said that ngrreements have been made by which the British troops are to evacúate Affghanistan. The account of the destructlon of British troops is fully confirmed. Tho names of 35 officers have been published as killed, but it is feared that four times that number have fallen. The fate of the 4000 soldiers and 600O camp followers is unknown: they are suppose to have been sla in. The British Parliament was still busy discussing Sir Itobert Peel's proposed Incomo Tax, and the Opposition were compacting for a "tug of war" against it. No votes had been taken indicating fairly the strength of parties. The question on the first reeolution involving the principal of an income tax had been agreed to without a división. So also,had the second and third. From China, the dates are 21 days later, but nothin"1 of importance had occurred. The dates are to the 17th of January from Macao. The Admiral is waiting for reinforcements.- The Chinese at Cantón were busy in makmg the defences of that riveras effective as possible. They had three Dutch engineers, for whom they sent a junk to Java eome months Bgo. . Great preparations are stated to be made m the province of Pekin, which is under hls own .imperial jurisdiction to resist the invaders who m exrjected here. Larare forcee were collecti in the neighborhood of Ningpo. The I h press and people hardly speni satisfied with h je campaign thus fur against China, ! It is mentioned in the French journals that l' ladame Laffrage has bocome a lunalic. B Letters fiom Constantinople state that there 1( as been a sad mortality amona: the Turkish t roops at Adrianople. Öut of 12,000 men, ] ards of 2,000 have died of the typhus fever in ( hreemonths. i One the of three tunnels between the Ando ver nd Winchester stations on the South Western ' tailway, feil iri on Saturday, April 2d, whilst a freat number of persons were at work on the ine. Many lives were lost, and the utmost alarm was excited. Briüsh Inny. - The army estimates exhibit n gross amount of about 15,000,000, for 1842 43, beiní an increase of only 125,000, over that of the preceeding year. The total num)er of all ranks in the army amounts to 121,121; about onefourth of the army in France. - London Sun. In the manufacturing district no improvement n trade had taken place, on tne contrary af'airs were more gloomy. Tlie money market seemed to be easy, and foreign exchange continue in favor of England. The Paris papers publish the disastrous accounts, from India with undisgmsed satisfaction. The right of search isstill a prominent subject of discussion with the French prose, and the feeling against the British tieaty was daily becoming stronger. The Cost of a Soldier - La Presse calculates that in Enghnd the annual expense of a soldier is 540f. ; in France, 340f. ; in Prussia, 212; in Austria 240f. ; and in Russia, HOf. The state of trade in the English manufacturing districts was without improvemen', and ajurther i'eduction ofwages was talked of. There are fifty-nine members of the British House of Lords upwards of seventy-two years of age; and a majority of these more than seventy-five years old. Texas. - The Correspondent of the N. Y Courier gives the best account of Texan affairs we have seen, under date of Galveston, April 1. He says the Mexican invasión turna out to be nearly all humbuggery. The en'.husiasm of the people on hearing of taking of San Antonio was unbounded. Every man who had a rifle, musket, shot gun, bowie knife, (and few Texans are destitute of all these anieles,) considered himself organized, and rushed for the fronlier, anxious who should get the first shot, and kill the first Mexican. The people generally went off in squads of 5, 10 and L0, and in this way 4 or 5000 men were soon under arms. Before the troops could reach Besar, marauders had fled. They numered in all less than 1000, including Indians, and Mexican robbers, and they carried off 132 mule loads of plunder, and a dozen carts of goods. The greater part of the Texan troops have returned quite disappointed and chopfallen. But the President offers all who choose a chance to enlist for an invasión of The Ports of Mexico are declared to be in a state of blockade. That there wilj be an invasión of Mexico now there can be no doubt. The writer adds: "Our troops will retun from Mexico loaded with thespoilsof the enemy: (that is, those who choose to return.) Texas will be at no expense, for in the crusade, like Napoleon's first campaigna ou thé continent, Ihose overrun will have to pay the piper! Volunteers are invited to join from the United States." We surmise, however, that Sam Houston's invasión of Mexico may prove as great a humbug as the recent invasión of Texas.

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