The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-12-21


bringing news six days later.
The packet ships England, arrived at Liver
pool on the 10th, in twenty-one days passage
the Garrick, on the It'll, in fifteen days, and tn,
Westchester on the 18th, in nineteen days.
The demand for cotton continued moderate
and the market presented rather languid ap
pearance
Nov. IIth.-The news received to-day fren
India and China was not regarded by the com
mercial classes as satisfactory. This was es'
pecially manifested in the tea market; the pub
LEGATION of the details contained in the second
editions of the journals being followed by rise
in the article of I'd. per Id. on its former value
Atthe stock Exchange much frmness was ex-
hibited So far from any retrogradation in the
funds having taken place, the quotations tended
rather the contrary way.
Commodore Hull, in the U. S. ship Ohio,
was to IeaSe Smyrna, for Mahon on the 18th
October.
The King of the Belgians, in his speech at
the opening of the Chambers, congratulated
the deputies on the abundant harvest of the
year.
A German artist, in London, is about to take
out patent for the invention of a clock, of
which the motive power is to be electricity
Its construction is said to be one of extreme
simplicity.
MIR. O'Connell walked alone through the
town Yesterday in the repeal uniform: namely
light gray freize coat, with brass buttons and
velvet collar A number of little boys followed,
struck with the novelty of his APPAREL Dublin
Warder
FRINcE.-The news from France is decidedly
favorable to continuance OF peace. The King
was sustained in his pacific policy in the Cham
bers, while the operations against the Egyptian,
Mehemet, seem every where successfuI-Acre,
the last post, being on the point of surrender
ing.
The Cabinet Of Deputies have elected all the
Ministerial candidates, for Presidency and Vice
Presidency, by large majorities.
The candidates put forward, and the number
of votes stood as follows:
NJ. Sauzet, 22e rotes
NJ. Odillon Barrot, 1854
NJ. Theirs, A
NJ. Berreyer, M. Dupin, and NJ. Dufabre one
each.
In the minor elections of vice-presidents and
secretaries, the cabinet were equally successful.
The four vioe-presidents elected were NJ. Cal
mon, VI. Dufaure, NJ. Jacqueminot, and NJ. Sal
vandy These results are considered to indicate
that the chamber will support the ministry In a
peaceful policy.
PARIS, Nov 9.-The seizure of the National
Yesterday, on account of its article on the army
under the late ministry, in which it attacked
with great virulencethe Dukes Of Orleans and
Nemours, char ging them with having beeA the
cause of the recent disasters in Africa-and the
late Minister of War, fer entrusting command
to them, to the Injury of the service-appears to
have given general satisfaction to all the friends
of ord and good discipline-the object of the
National being evidently TO create deep feel
ing of dissatisfaction in the army. 1t is not vet
quite certain however whether the Procureur
du Roi will go on with prosecution against
the editor.
Consols were quoted on the 18th at Havre, at
SO 10 to 81, in consequences OF extensive pur-
chases-this Is a considerable rise, the quotation
BY the Great Western having bean SS1-2.
On the 9th November another son was born
to the Duchess Of Orleans, who is to be called
the Duke de Chartres, which was deemed
cause of national generalization.
DEATH OF THE Princess BoRGHESpsS- Galig-
mani thus confirms our announcement in Mon
DAYS impression: 'FWe regret to announce the
intelligence of the death, at Rome,
Of the Princess Bourghsse. The Princess had
Just taken cup of coffee when she fell to the
ground, and on assistance being gwen, it was
found she had ceased to exist. The account we
have received gives no further particulars of this
distressing event"
SPAIN-The contents Of the Madrid papers of
Cd instant, are quite unimportant.
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ROYAL Guards, the troops were devoted to Es-
partero. The Regency chief is now disposed, it
is said, to dissolve the Senate altogether.
FROM THE EAsT.-The intelligence from
China Is not later than that we have had direct
From India-the London Morning Pest of the
18th, gives the following summary of news:
From India, the intelligence is disastrous and
gloomy in the extreme, and the miserable results
Of the premature withdrawal of our troops from
Scinde and Affghanistan are now being reaped.
In the interval that had elapsed since the depar-
ture Of the previous mail from Bombay, accounts
had been received there of the British arms
having sustained more reverses, and of the loss
of greater number of officers and men, than
during the whole of the Caboul campaign.
Khelat, the stronghold, which General Will
shire captured in such gallant style, has been
retaken; the whole of Upper Scinde was in a
state of instruction, and every day intelligence
of fresh disasters was received at Bombay. The
LIST Bombay GrenadIer Regiment had been near
ly cut to pieces, in an engagement with the
Belooches, when marching through a pass in the
mountains to the relief Of Kahun.
Five officers and 200 men were killed, and
all the baggage, consisting of upwards of 1000
camels, laden with supplies, horses, ammuni-
ton, and between forty and fifty thousand ru-
PEGS in hard cash, fell prey to the Beloches.-
Such," says our correspondent, 'tis the effect of
the premature withdrawal of our troops from the
country; such is the result predicted by the
Duke Of Wellington more than year and half
ago, sf the foolish attempt to conduct warlike
operations on a peace establishment" Vigorous
efforts were making at Bombay to retrieve the
disasters, brought about entirely by Lord Auck
lands penny-w Use and pound-foolsh measures.
Don Mahomed Khan was still at large; there
were strong suspicious that the Ammeers of Lii
neil and other native chiefs were intriguing a.
gainst he British Government
An array of observation was to assemble on
the frontiers Of Nepaul
The Post ofthe 18th gives intelligence receiv-