Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-08-01
Nexxs for England.


News for England.
The noble steamship, British Queen, leaves tins
day for "Merrie England" at two O'Clock, carry
ing with her one hundred and thirty passengers, a
goedly freight and smart sprinkling of specie
The Britannia takes one hundred from Boston to
Europe today.
Three sailing packets also leave today for Europe,
carrying more than half hundred passengers. So
that the hardness of the times and the passage OF
the subtreasury bill has not stopped the propensity
to travel.
The news the Queen carries out is rather of an in
eresting character. In political matters, the wings
appear be triumphant nearly all ever the country
The result of the Louisiana election is a Fremont
tory symptom of Mr.. Van Buren's Political DEATH
In short he may be considered as dead and buried
and il is safe for friends in En- land to bet heavy
on that. Older heads than ours, and more refined
ones too say that he has not even the smallest or
most Indifferent smell for the next presidency.
This prospect ahead, enables the wings TO keep
up their spirits; and to indulge in their desire for
travelling over the country. All the fashionable
watering places are full Of company; the White
Sulphur and Saratoga Springs, Niagara Falls, New
Brighton, Rockaway, and dozen other delightful
places are alive with beauty, fashion, and talent
British officers running all over the country alter
our pretty girls And if any tradesman sends his
clerk to collect bill in the city, the answer is,
ssCall again in fortnight; Mr.. --i is gone to the
Springs"
So much for politics and fashion In theatricais,
we are doing but little. The gardens, the vaude-
viIles and Fanny Elssler have crowds oil admirers'
The rest-none. In literature the Harpers, Apple
ton and Carey and Hart, all dong all that Is 10
be done. In science we are exceiiing Saugerre in
the Da ,reotype. and Jacob in the EiectrotyPe.-
In Swartwouting and defaulting, we are deing aoe'
cent business; and in petty roguery nothing very
extensive. A few banks are expected 10 purs' DC
fore the hot weather ceases; and sundry CASHIERS
10 melt into air-thin air-and disappear
In commercial matters there is much stagnation.
The Pearl street jsbbers are dong nothing Inc
stock of cotton is small under l4,OOo bales, and will
probably be reduced to 1000 bales before the new
crop comes in. Prices are firm, with slight ad
vance since the sailing Of the Western. 1t is belle
we'd that the southern planters will be out Of debt
before the next cotton crop comes in The coming
crop will be quite large.
The corn crop will be 10 per cent larger than last
wear. and prices have advanced an average of 30
cents barrel in IA markets since the Queen arrived
The supply in the city is small, but there is plenty
In ship building we going ahead. Two govern
ment steam frigates are nearly finished; two more
are preparing and one for the Russian government,
all about the size Of the Great Western. In this city
we have six merchant ships on the stocks, and two
small steamers. We have just launch merchant
ship of 1900 TONS the largest in the country, and
steamboat called the Troy, the longest in the word,
being 294 feet long. with promenade OF 20 feet 50
much for ship building in which we excel the world
The armed ship Of the Sultan Of Muscat has beer
re6ed at an expense of $50 ooo and the people have
footed the bill.
The North East Boundary 10 about TO be surveyed
by ompetent Americans directly, and Uncle Sam
paws s25 900 to have done thoroughly. After this
Jshn Bull must do the handsome thing, or take the
consequences.
Canada is tolerably quiescent. Governor Thorn
son gets along pretty well with the disafected but
there is heavy storm brewing ahead.
In Texas, they are giving themselves mp TO ca
rousing and feastng but they do not like Belshaz-
zar see any hand writing the wall.
Mexico is cut and torn to pieces, and the liberal
party is decidedly in theascendant; they arc in pos
session Of the whole province Of Yucatan.
The Philadel phans are still taking about line Of
steam packets TO England.
In this city we dull and stupid enough at pre-
sent. The principal features afoat mad dogs,
dirty streets, hard cider, and hot nights, and the
thermometer at sinsty-two in the shade. Can John
Bull beat this