True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-12-04

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Further Europsa't neus, as received by the
steamer Liverpool.
| F'om the London papers, as well as from mi
va'e sources, we learn that differences between
| England and Russia were assuming serious as,
| pect, and that war was deemed by MANY inevi.
table.
! 1t was confidently reported at the latest dates
that Lord Glenelg has resigned that Lord Spence,
and the Duke of Richmond had each declined the
vacated office of colonial secretary; and ,hat nc
successor 10 Lord Glenels had as YET been found
Lord Normandy still continued TO be spok en- of
as the successor OF Lord Durham in British Ame-
| RIGA.
public dinner was to be given in Waterford to
Daniel O'Conne!I on the 18Th Nov.
An explosion had taken place in coal mine
near Whl.ehaven, by which forty OF the workmcn
were killed. Two men and two boys were pro
Jected INTO the air from the mouth of the pit, iik g
bullets from gun, and, what is most exlraordi
nary, only one was killed, the rest ping with
some severe wounds. Thirty four of the men
were found at the bottom of The shaft crush d
together IN mass, and completely distorted out
Of the sc.nhance Of humanity.
'llern.'s Oak in Windsor park, tho scene OF
! Falstaii's punishment in the Merry Wives of
| Windsor, blown down.
On the great western railway it is stated tina,
two OF the ears were driven Is miles by the force
| of the wind!
| Parliament was 10 meet again on the 4th Of De.
| Gem brr, for despatch Of business.
Lady Russell died at Brighton on the end inst
| shortly after her ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Louis Napoleon Fcnlon's Hotel, Lon.
con.
The steam ship Royal William arrived on, in
&c days. She left New York Oct. 2O,h. Tho
packet ship Wellington made nearly as swift n
nsssau"- arriving ""' ~ 'h@ 97ih III n''.''..~, -
| II days.
''rhe staple trade Of Kidderminster wears n
most promising aspect. Several American n,r-
chants have made purchases of carpets. The home
trade is good.' % FINES of the LIST Nov
The packet ship Sheffield announced to
leave Liverpool on the 3rd inst, with many OF the
| Llverpool'S passengers on board.
The Champion man OF war had arrived al Ply
mouth, from India.
The sales OF cotton mp to the 4h INST. had been
large, chiefly for speculation, and an advance on
previous of Cd per 10.
We learn from Dublin paper, and we believe
the account is confirmed by private letter receivu
ed IN this civ, that the packet ship United States,
| Captain lloldredge, arrived at L,veTp 'ol the
28!h Of October She sailed from New York on
the 18th, and had therefore made the voyage in Is
days.
STORM IN THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND.
| tremendous hurricane was experienced in London
on the night Of the 18th of Oco' er. From in
the London papers, itapears to have been still more
violent its character than that which swept tho north
and northeastern of Eng land the 18th and 10Th
ct the same month, some of the disastrous effects OF
! which we detailed IL onr summary of news by the
1 Great Western. Houses nrooed by the gale
great numbers OF trees were torn up by the roots, and
| Hyde Park completely strewed with limbs and
branches. The adjoining hamcts of IIghgae, Put
ney, kehsington, HatnTersmth Hampstead, &C. SUI
fercd considerably, and many persons severely
hurt, though it is said lives were 10 t, There was
! much confusion among the shipping in the river but
owing to the precautions taken the vessels
| the commencement of the gale little serious damage
was done.
The American brig Grand Turk, bound to New Or.
leans, in attempting into Boadslars, small har-
hor between Margate and Rumsgatr, ran aground, but
after being ghtenci, got off with very uritling liz
jury.
At Shoreham, a brig driven ashore, and vessels
with the union down signal of DISTRESS was seen
dashlng past, but m assistance could be rendered
them. large vessel was oil shore at day break
dsmasted and helpless, but the hurricane soon bore
her out of sight.
Al Bristol the tide feet above high water
mark. Numbers OF vessels took refuge in the Severn
many of them crippled ntle guile.
We are sorry to ind from the Bristol Intelligence
that several fisherman lost heir lives in furious gale
of iddeord Bay. feared that not less then twenty
one individuals persisted. Other accidents appear To
have occurred in the British Channel.
1empcStioas ITeaher.-Me oncholy Acciacnt-
Captain iodredge, Of the George Washingto states
| that he has seldom had more tclnpestuous passage
from New York than the Just performed. For the
first week eastery gales prevailed, but during the us
ten VS. hurricanes from the 5. w. occurred every
four and twenty hours. On Thursday, off Cape Clear
a tremendous blow carried away the foretop-gallant
mnst aud caused other damage. While the men were
aoit, clearing away the wreck, spa struck
them on the head. The poor fellow fell from the yard
into the sea, which terribly agglated, and was
never seen aterwards.-Liverpool paper, Nov 3.