The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1838-10-17
FOREIGN NEWS.
NEW YORK, Der. IL.
Arrival Of the Royal William.
TWELVE DAYS LATER FRON
EUROPE.


oool TO the Goth inclusive, the day o
which Capt. s. took his departure.
The Royal William has over sixt,
,osscnpors. She was short Of water an,
G,cl For some time before she came in
she had to burn every spare article tha
could be found-spars, casks, planks,& &c
The steam pecket Liverpool will posi-
lively leave Liverpool, for New York, ol
he 2Olh of October.
We find no politica! news ofvery grea
importance in the papers.
British Ports open for Foreign Gram.
The London Spectator OF Sept. 18th
says" Scarcity of food ID now experl
enced by the bulk of the English people
Yesterday, the average price had reach
cd 73s. and fraction, foreign corn was
offered as duty free, the duty paid being
only a shilling per quarter. IL Is stated
that upwards of a million of quarters ol
continental wheat, in addition to the pre-
vious stock, have arrived IN London
within these few days"
Yet it appears from the Mark Lane
report of the Courier,that there has been
a good demand for all descriptions, and
one shilling per quarter advance has been
obtained on The rates of Monday,the lOth
The Manchester Guardian of the l9lh
Sept. has the following -
Release of Bonded Gram at liverpool.
On the first day of the duty at Is per
quarter, coming into operation at Liver
pool, this rate of duty was paid at that
port on no less than f4, 1888 quarters Of
wheat, and on 32,963 barrels -four.
The Spanish cabinet has at last fallen
TO pieces, in consequence of Orn's de-
feat, and the failure to procure new loan.
The Duke de Frias has come IN as the
head ofa new ministry. Ii was suppos-
ed that Tacon would be appointed to the
war department.
Intelligence was received IN London
on the 18th that Espartero had retrcated
from before Estella, and that the Carlists
were preparing to invest Bllboa.
The Emperor Of Austria has proclaim
ed a general amnesty for political often
ces, on his coronation as King of Lom-
hardy.
The Swiss Diet had postponed to the
lst of October the consideration of the
final demand for the expulsion of Louis
Bonaparto.
Mr.. O'Connell has commenced publish
ing new series of asitating letters to the
people of Ireland.
The steamer Farfrashire, from Hull
for Dundee, was lost in gale, on the |
Ferne Islands ;al the passengers, twenty
five in number, pcrished, save one, aud
the captain and ten OF the crew were
also drowned. Many of the passengers
were ladies'.
The London and Birmingham railway
is finally completed. The distance was
run in four hours and quarter.
There was to be a great radical meet
ing in London on the l7ih. The Herald
says that it was a complete failure, the
numocr present beng only five or SIX
thousand, instead of the Two hundred
thousand calculated upon.
Letters in some of the French papers
say that the Swiss cantons are making
military preparations to resist the demand
of France for the expulsion of Louis
Bonaparte-or rather, the consequences
OF refusal.
Letters from Egypt say that the long
warfare between the Pacha aud the !
rebcllious Druses in Syria has been ter.
minated by arrangement, the Druses sub.
hitting and giving hostages. They state
that the Pacha has consented 10 pay the
arrears oftrbute to the Suliau.
The London papers announce the
death of Mrs. Charles Kembe.
\ new treaty OF commerce has been
negotiated between Great Britain and
Turkey.
The King of Belgium was still in Lon.
don September lSlh. On that day he
was present with Queen Victoria at a
grand review at Windsor.
The HolIaudo Belgic question appears
to remain in statue quo.
General Adye, OF the royal artillery,
died suddenly ut Woolwica Oh the l2th
of September.
LONDON, Sep. l4.-All the detach.
ments Tor regiments in Canada have EN-.
barked on board the Atholl troop shin :;
those intended for corps in New Bruns
wick aud Nova Scotia are To be conveyed
out by the Eagle, transport, which is at
present fitting up for the purpose.
MExIco.-The most imp,rtan, news
by this arrival, are the laiest accounts
gwen of,he dispositions and movements
OF the governments OF France and Eng.
land, relative to the blockade of Mexico.
Ia the early part of September, Prince
de Joinyille had sailed for Vera Cruz,
with feet of three ships OF the line, and
two bomb vessels, for the purpose of re-.
lnforclng The French fleet before tina,
city. It's supposed in Paris and in Lon.
don, that the French government have
,he i"tention of possessing themselves of
some point ddpput on the southern CONT.
ncnt ot America. At all ts,the Prince
Is expected TO strike blow, il the Mexi.
cans do not yield, sufficient to permi, tho
king TO refer 10 it with eclaf at the next
opening ofthe Chambers.
The French blockade of Moxico i
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