Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-11-07

rOREIGN ~ Z 8.
From the New York Express Of October ~.
EIGHT DAYS LATER FROM ENGLAND

The packet ship Independence, Capt. Nye, from
Liverpool, arrived at an early hour this morning.,
with London dates Of Sunday the 29th, and Liver
pool Of the same. having sniied on that day We
have our flies of papers, ard the news - interesting
and important, both as to he movements OF The U
s. Bank in London ond Paris, and as to The Lon
don Money Market, and the weather.
II is worthy of remark that the draining Of Bull
lion from England to The Continent is yer going on,
and that in some quarters, the probability OF a sns-
pension Of specie payments 10 more than ever DIS
cussed.
The weather in England for ten days prior to the
sailing Of the INDEPENDENCE had been better, and
there was more encouragement for the crops
American Flour (duty paid) was quoted at 30 to
i0s per barrel,-in bond at IS TO 33s. Cd with a
tendency to a decline. Wheat is 6 10 90. lower.
The expectation ofthe precious metals from the
mort of London, for the week ending on Saturday,
consisted, according to the official returns, of 3d.
600 ounces of silver coin, of which so, 900 ounces
were shipped to Gibraltar, md Q 900 10 Hambufgh;
TIA ounces Of gold bars 10 Hamburgh, and l,l5o
ounces Of gold coin TO the same place.
The treaty between France ond Texas was sign
ed in Paris on Wednesday. France Of course re-
cognizes the independence Of that republic, and the
relations between the two countries are placed on a
footing Of perfect reciprocity. The treaty is not to
be made public until ratified by the Senate and Pre-
| sident of Texas.
The French papers assert that the British Cabi-
net has officially Communicated to the French Cabi.
net the intended marriage of Queen Victoria with "A
Prince OF CobuIg.
From the East, there is but little Of interest
| Mehemet All had NOT given up the Ottoman feet,
| and was no more disposed so to do than ever.
A Marseillcs paper publishes a letter from Con-
stantinople, OF September 7, which says:-
Austria, Great Britain, and France, have sign
ed, at Vienna, a treaty, actually guaranteeing The
integrity of the Ottoman Empire. The last chan
ges at the Porte have been made by the influence
of the SuItana Mother"
Another letter in the same paper says that the
Sullsna Mother corresponds Directly with Mehe-
met Ali.
The following is from the Alexandriau correspon-
dence Of the SUM-
"There is some talk at the British consulate of
dis embarking Il, 900 troops at Sucz. in case Of
French troops being sehl from Toulon to any part
of the Levant."
SPAIN.-Bsyonne papers state that all the small
towns and forts along the northern coast Of Spain
are now in the possession Of the Queens troops.
Whatever vessels the Carlists possessed bad been
sunk. but measures were taken for raising them.
Accounts from Switzerland mention that the peo-
pie Ct the Upper valais have determined on re-es-
iablishing by force the old Constitutions. Sion was
occupied by soldiers on the 18Th.
The Frankfort Journal announces that the Empe-
ror Nicholas was 10 arrive in Berlin on the 18th
inst; that the camp of Borodino had been broken
up, and that all the troops which composed it had
marched towards the South.
Money was becoming very tight in London Z
per cent. is the common rate Of discount on good
bills; and in The Stock Market the Continuation"
or rate at which the settlement of dealings is de-
ferred for a few days, has been as high as 8 per
cent. as 10 Consuls, and is per cent. as to Spanish
Bonds. The cause Of the present uueasiness is the
peculiar situation Of the Uuited States Bark.
The UNITED STATES - Some doubts ha-
wing been entertained as 10 whether it was the in
tention of Aessrs. Rothschild to take up the bills
refused acceptance by Messrs. Hotiingucr, it may
perhaps be satisfactory to state that they have al
ready come forward for that purpose, and have in
timated by letter, to those quarters where they were
held, their immediate readiness to do 50, which re-
moves entirely any apprehensions on the subject
Morning Chronicle.
A daughter of Dir. Daniel Webster, o(the Ameri-
can Senate, was married on Monday, in London,
to a gentleman named Appleton, of Boston, United
States. The occasion was honored by the presence
of the American Minister and Lady, and Mr.. Rush;
The Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer,
Sir Henry Halford, Bart, and a large number Of la
dies and gentlemen, English and American.
Two of Mr.. Webster's associates in the Senate
of the United States-Mr. Linn, (of Mo- and Mr.
Young (of III )-were among the compony. After
the ceremony the company Psrtook of a dejeaRe
with MIR. Webster, at the Brunswick Hotel; after
which the new married couple left London on a
tour.-L0ndon Paper.
4 petition was presented to the Common Coun-
Gil of London, on the Goth of September. from the
" Oberiin Institution, in aid of the abolition of
slavery in the United States asking pecuniary as
sisiance. This institution is established in Ohio;
and receives white and colored pupils without dis
tinctlnn The Dpiiion NNaG UeLprrpd IN "a commit |
tee. The Rev. Mr.. Knapp, an agen; of this insti
tuition, had been successful in collecting donations
for il.
Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy, a gallant and dis.
tineuished officer, and Governor OF Greenwich Hos
piial, ia dead. He served under Lord Nelson, and
it was in his arms that Nelson expired. Every one
mus, remember his dying exclamation, anchor,
Handy, anchor" Admiral Hardy was the Com
modore Hardy who blockaded Long Island Sound
for so long a pe6od, during the last war with Eng
land. ilisfas ship, We believe, was the Families,
"a, with the Acasta, and another frigate as consorts.
The death Of Mr.. Justice Vaughan is also announ-
ced.
CoURr NEw~s.-PARIs. SEPT. 24.-His Excel
lency, Gen. Cass, the American Minister, who had
the honor Of dining with the King and Royal Fami-
ly, on Saturday,, was accompanied on that occasion
by Mr.. Van Buren,, son Of the President Of the U.
States, and SIR. Vanderpoel. member Of Congress.
LATER FROM IRELAND.
By the arrival at Philadelphia of the ship Gale
donna from Liverpool, via Londonderry. papers
have been received from the latter port of the 2Ist
September, being two days later news from the
North OF Ireland than before received.
The HARVEST IN THE NoRrH OF IRELAND -
The Londonderry Seminal says that during the pre-
ced'ng week, up to Thursday, l9th, the county
had been deluged with rain, and the crops greatly
lnjmed. On that day, however, The weather he.
came fine, and strenuous efforts we're being made
to get in the oats, nearly the whole Of which were
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