Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-08-29

The Journal du Hdpre authoritatively states that
it is the intention Of the French Government 20 es-
tablish two lines OF steamers--one between Havre
and New York. and the other between Bordeaux,
the Gulf 81 Mexico, and South America.
There was a meeting Of the cotton spinners Of
Preston and Manchester Judy 18Th, who resolved
that then factories should work only four days per
week for one month after July 18th. Ashton, Hyde,
ard Stslybridge have concnrred.
What ! wrote you respecting the flight of per-
sons implicated in frauds upon the ~cusiom-house is
cor,cci, notwithstanding the Journal Of Commefce
and the Srnr deny the fact. Seven persons, II is
stated, we're thus implicated-but some Of these
are here, and will stand trial on the civil process in
stitutsd against them.
NEW YORK, August 10.
Mr.. CLAY was yesterday welcomed in Troy, with
the greatest attention and respect. In the course
Of hh. reply, he observed that, If his noms was in
the way OF a concentration Of public opinion, he
would %implore the People to blot it from the list Of
candidates.
NEW YoRK, August 10.
The Liverpool came in last night, amid the rain
aud fog. with an abundance Of news up 10 August
1t from Liverpool-all Of interest, and much Of an
exciting character.
The Sultan Mabmoud is u dead, and the Turkish,
empire ID more than ever in a state Of disorganiza-
lion.
Mehemet Ali, the Egyptian Napoleon, hos rou-
1 teu tDt iufhirH bfHy III Dyth VIII sttut riuubu-
ter. Ibrahim Pasha Is covered with glory"
The Turkish Admiral has put his fleet under the
protection Of Mehemet Ali, it is stated and belle
we'd.
Mehemet Ali, it is also stated, has been solicited
to confer with the young Sultan respecting the set
tlement Of affairs al Constantinople This Is doubt
ed.
These great events in the East have upset oil po-
liticnl calculations on the part Of the great Powers.
| Enolapd 1oa. mt lila ~ a Mehpmef All neefino
10 the East. If Mehemet Ali gets to Constantine
pie, Russia has a powerful foil. France and Aus
tria hardly seem TO know what their interests now
are.
The news from Canton, April Is, by the over
land mail is ofthe imprisonment, by the Chinese
authorities, of several British merchants. and their
surrender of what opium they had in their possess
sion, upon which even, by the last accounts, they
had not been released. 1t is questionable whether
John Bull will stand oil this from the Celestial
Empire" for the sake of tea. The United States
squadron, under Com. Read, was on its way to
Canton from SINGAPORE. The American mer.
chants, therefore, viii be cared for.
The state of the crops in Great Britain is now
a matter Of anxious inquiry there, here, and every
where. The crops in England, Ireland, and Scot.
land were in the most promising condition till July
20-23, when a rain set in, and, August |, was crea-
ting the most painful npprehensions in all parts of
the kingdom. Intense anxiety was felt-and the
Mark Lane Express (good authority calculates
only on an average crop, as the best news. This
prospect over sea has communicated n spirit of pc.
culation to the New York Market to-day, and -four
bad advanced fall 25 cents per barrel. Such news
a. this commipgles bad with good news, so far as
we are concei ned, but the failure of the crop there
would, on the whole. injure US here.
Lady Hester Stanhope died June ODD. Sir
Isaac Coffin died at Cheltenham.
Mr.. Van Buten's speech Mt Castle Garden is
quoted in the Liverpool and London papers with
appreciation.
Mr.. WEBSTER was n guest at n great a~gricultn-
raj dinner celebration given at Oxford, at which
were present also the American Minister, the Duke
Of Richmond, Sir James Graham, many Members
of Parliament, and all the leading nobility and gen.
Try in that quarter. The Earl of Spencer, as Pre-
sident. called out Mr.. Webster, who gave his audi.
enee a brief idea of what be can do; und who did
much, | infer, from the rspturous cries of " go on,
go on" which absolutely drove him on. When he
was done, Lord Sandon paid him a handsome COM
pl;ment.
There had been in Birmingham very serious riots,
in which a great deal of property had been destroy
ed. The manufacturing districts throughout all
England appeared to be in a very excited state, and
there had been n serious loss of life in Carlow.
Lord John Russell proposed to add TO the army
5 900 more men. Wellington urges the necessity
Of sending more troops 10 Canada. Canadian poll
tics had been debated upon in the House of Lords.
New YORK, August 90.
Mr.. CLAY is approaching the city. To-day he
reaches Newburg on the river, and tomorrow he
visits New York. Whatever may be his well-knowu
wishes for n quiet and transformations entry, the
Peoples curiosity to see him, and determination to
welcome him, cannot be suppressed. Little or no
effort, however. is making. Whaieveri is done, will
spring wholly from the P~eople-an offering unregu.
iated, OF their own, to a great man whom they sin
cerely respect.
The European commercial news has generally an
unfavorable effect upon the money market. | doubt
whether The statement that the Bank of England
has completed its negotiation for specie with the
Bank of France is generally believed,
The Chartist riots in England attract a good deal
OF attention here. Our people seem to set more
importance upon them than the British people do
ludeed, they appear to create no real alarm in Eng.
land, and can hardly be said to have any effect upon
commercial operations.
A flour fever seized our merchants Yesterday, and
ragged till dark. 1t was difficult in the early part of
the day to obtain authentic information respecting
the prospect Of the crops in Great Britain, and some
rumored at one time that there was a prospect of
no crop at oil. 1t was well known also that orders
had come out from Liverpool for the purchase of
flour, but at what price, and what quantity, was left
to rumor. The result Of this agitation was, that
-four went up 25 cents per barrel, and many thought
lhat II would go up at lest 20 cents more to-day.
The market, however, to-day is at a stand still.
The rise is not sustained.
The city continues remarkably healthy, notwith.
standing the many and constant changes of The wea-
Their.
NEW YORK, August 81.
Mr.. CLAY will be heartily welcomed to the city
anon.
The Conservatives Of this State have called a
Convention for the State Oct. 3. New York arms
I pnuv Ca H., ,a.ls.. H. IAl..
The rout in Indiana and The drawn battle in Ten.
nessee but wakes up the Empire State to the mag
nitude of her vote and her position upon the Presi.
DENTAL question. A shout of defiance comes back
from her hills and valleys, as the news Of disasters
elsewhere is spread abroad here. IL is a pity that
we are not to have a concentrated action, but a bat.
tie by platoons only, for the State Legislature.