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Foreign News: Arrival From Europe

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Day
1
Month
August
Year
1842
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Public Domain
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The news. iliough s.xteen d.iys later than previous arrivuls, is jiot very important. Git-at (listress prevails in ihe niunuluciuring distrieis; as a remedy. a tnotion h;is boen made 10 empower the crown to open tlic Bmfsh portfl to a tree imporiaio)i oí lo.eign corn. in egse oi necessiiy. The tnriri' bilí has passcel to iis tlnrd remiing in ihe Hous ai Commons. The niáa wkp shot at the Queen hus been reprjeved. The King and QuBcn ol ihe Jii-lgi.niB had arrived on a vjait 10 Victoria. JVoihing irom Franee, except, 'that the Frer.cli havegained somesuccessin flie neiyhborhood of Algiers, and that an ad valorein duty o! tweuiy per cent. had been impósed on linen yam imponed inio Uie kingdom. In Spain they are npprehending. tr,i.)g;coiidenining. and cxecuting lliose wlio have been engaged in the late insmrecttonary movements Fjfum Portugal nothmg, except that neither the siave trade, nor'the comniercial treaty had been signecl. Nothing imporlunt irom Afíghanisian; tlie reporti d assatsmation oí Shah Soojhh, the reigning morarch, is connrmec'. The accounts from China n-,v.o'. ihat ihe Chinese, with an anny 10 or 15.ÜC0 str ,na had made a desperate eliort t , reti.ke NingpP, bui we.e repulsed wi.l, n loss of 58O deèd. Upwards of thirty persons, of a i;8,ing mty werc drown. ed uéar Bungor, Wales, on the 4h nlt. Ibrahi .. l'asho lelt Cuh-o on the 9'h (or Upper Egypt, tosiipeiimend the eieciion ofdutor rmlis which hn is building fqr his ow.i accounu Latest accounts from Bataiaépqok in frihtful tenus of the effects of theenrthijailkes inthe ot Sumarro and JftVa. Thëöe ëai-rhquakta wtre caufed by n new.eriiption ol the yolcano oj GoBnong Gontuur, the higheêt in Ja'vn,' which coveifid the rich country around it with nslies and l.ni, and enürely destroyed üoiiie of the finest coff e phmtations on the ïsland. Many livcs were also lost. Anöthcr youth, whó was tnfluenced by the saiiie laudadle desirc ui be.ng provided lor, snr.pped a pistol at her niüjesty aa she was returnina trom thé Chapel Royal. in St. James', to Buckï'igham palace, on Sunday. the 3d net. Il niissed fire, howevcr, and oh e.xaminalion, it pro ved t) be an old rusty affair, containing a portion ol' very coarsc powdcr, a piece of a tobáceo pipe, and eome coarse wadding. , Mr. Everett. the American Ministor, atterjdm êed the annnal meeting of ll)e British ossociation ut Manchoeier, and thé merchante, manniaciurers )"l tradcisui tliat town ayailed iljaniaeïyes 01 lije opportuun! to posenll un address to him illed vvuli kind sentiment lowards ihis country 11 . Wiiaresp.mtleü to in corresponding tonus by Mr. Evcrett. A omial communication luis been made to Culond Burnet irorn the Pasha of Egypt, that tnetradeof the ne.xi cotion crops wouid be tree and all would at thai time bu at iibetiy u pur' chase thenj tííróughout all Egypt. Thé ratifieations of the long pending treaiies between Great Briiain and 'l'exas, wereèxclwna■don thetóili June, l.y the earl of Aheideen plcnipoieiitiiiry oi Gieat liiiuiin. mid ihe n Ashbel Smith. plenipoicntiaiy ol ihe icpublic oi lexiis. These treaties aie thrce in number- i treaty of amity. navigation and o t eatv undei taking mcdiotiun by Great Briwin I eiween ihe república of Mexico and Texas; and a reaty granting rtciprocal righ ol seaicli for theeuppre8stuü.of thn Afiican slave irade. Mexico. - Recent advices state that Santa Au na signaüzcd his binh day, ihe 13ih June, by he (berajion oiali the Sanip Fe prieoners. The' tare to be sent home by Gen. Thompson, ou minister, by the first inan-o.'-war that may jftrive at Vera Ciuz. Texas. --Agiceabiy to the proclamation orPre ident Houstón, the Texnn Congr esa hse cóny r ed. The Presiden t's Me&sage is occupied chiefly upon the financial einbarraèménts of ihe country and recommends the seks of the public lands as the most feasihle w.iy of extricating ihe country trom itsdeplurahly enibarrasscd condition. Jn regard to invasión of Mexico, hesubmits tl,e matter to the discretion of Congress The Indians are cöm'mittihg depredations upon the frontiers, and there lia ve been the usual number of duels! murdersand assassjnanons-teuough to keep up the chatacterof ihe country. The crops are dest royed ly drÓJight.

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Signal of Liberty
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