Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-10-22
ARRIVAL Of the ACADIA.
Sixteen DAYS Later.

and destruction Of Beyroof-ahempf 10
fire The SheernessI Dock Yord--deah
of the Princess Observation-Disclosures
ofMe King Of Holland.
The British steamship Acadia Capt Mil
Ter arrives al Boston. on Saturday morning o.
8o'clock. She lett Liverpool al 3 o'clock OF,
the afternoon of The 4 h and has been IL days
and IL hours from dock 10 dock. She was
detained about 10 hours at Halifax. and of
course has made the voyage in little over
IL days Of sailing time.
Lieut.. Frayror, Il. N. had been dismissed
from the command Of the steamer President.
His friends had held meeting on the sub.
jcct, at which a letter in his own defence was
read, and elected immense applause. The
moving cause Of his dismissal appears TO have
been the dissatisfaction of the owners oil thu
President on account Of the time occupied by
th!t steamer in crossing the Atlantic.
The prospect ofa general war IN Europ"
on the Eastern question:, seems to have blown
over, though there appears to be some d'ih
Guilty in compelling the Pacha TO ncccde IL
good faith to the requirements OF the Four
Powers. The bonbardment and destruction
Of Beyrout, however, appears to have been
premature, and in anticipation OF the refusn
of the Pacl,a To accede to the s,Pulations.
less had its origin in the destruction OF the
Forts of Bocca Tigris.
FALL or BEYRoUr-The intelligence from
the Eust is highly interesting Beyront has
been reduced 10 ashes by the forces of the
allied Powers. The Egyptians evacuated the
town after a bo,nbardnent OF days, aud the
allies took possession OF il.
The 6rtnan deposing Mchemot Ali was
communicated To his ti'ghness by the Con
suls General Of the five Powers, who imme
dintely struck their flags and retired on
board their shipping.
ABpIcATIoN OF THE KING OF HOLLAND -
The King of Holland has abdicated his throne
. in favor. OF his son. The intention OF In,
Majesty was announced to his Ministers, ana
was To be communicated to his subjects i'm
mediatcly by proclamation. The King, after
making known his determination, departed to-
Loo, where the Prince q Princess OF Orang'
were summoned to meet him. Baron Fnge'.
I. one of his Oldcst frionds accompanied nm
The King, it is believed, hos already gwen
orders to transmit all the official Gocn nents
Of the various ministerial departments To the
Prince If Orange, who will for the intnr'
conduct the affairs Of tho Kingdom. Tht
reason which has led the King To this re
innrkablc step, is understood 10 DC his deter
mination to marry the lady-his union with
whom was so much opposed by his family
and subjects
DgsraucrloN or THE FoRrs OF THE Boo.
CA TIa,ius.-A letter dated July 23'l.
at9 o'clock in the evening, just rs the steam
er was getting under way, announces tn
arrival of part Of the expedition in lh'
Canton River, and the total destruction o.:
the forts Of the Boccn Tigris. The exped-
tion then proceeded TO Whampoa, having
pressed two Chinese pilots but on reaching
the Second Bar. the passage for large vessels
was inpedcd by the Chinese having taken
fl,e prccauiion To sink some large junks-
however, the smaller vessels and steamers
will almost Immediately proceed with strong
military force TO raze Canton TO the ground
ArrEnPr TO FIRE TINE SHEERNEss Dock
YARp.-The third edition Of the Lpndnn
Slando rd of the 3d inst. contains the intcllI'
gcnce Of an attempt to fire the ship Camper.
down. 100 guns. The fire was discovered
in a mdshipman's berth, but was extngulsh.
ed after burning a locker, but on further
search well laid train was discovered in The
warran, officers s,oro rooms, consisting OF
roein, oakum, and lucifer matches.
GnsAr FIRE At DAvENPosr.-A dcstruc'
tive fire first discovered on board the line ",
battle ship Talvera. at one time threatened
the entire destruction Ot the Noyhl NuVa'
Arsenal. The Talvcrn was entirely destroy
ed and the Minden line OF battle ship and
the Imogenc frigatc were also much injured
A large range OF sheds covering timber and
other valuable property was destroyed. Thr
total lrss is estimated ut from f40U 900 Ia
I5OO,O00.
DrAru oY Tus PRiacrss AUGUsTA.-Th6
Princess Augusta, daughter Of George th
sI,l,rA d;,J a, q o,rlork on the evening oil
Sept. 25th, in the 72l year of her age. The
funeral took place on the I'd, at midnight
The services wore performed with great
magni6cence. The Princess died without
will, and her property goes to her brothers
and si,iers,-the King of Hanover. the Dukes
Of Sussex and Cambridge, the Duchess o'
Gloucester and The Princess Sophia.
PRiScg LOUIS NAPoLroS.-rhc trial ol
yonnp Napoleon exciies less interest thar
might be- expected. lie requested pcrms.
sion to address the Court, and read defence
IN which no denied The jurisdiction Of The
Court. and declared that he had neither oer
cy nor Justice to expect from u. The read
ing Of the accusation against hun occupied
hours. The fact is Louis Napoleon ha'
made himself ridiculous, and this Is enongl
to destroy all sympathy from Frenchmen.
The prospects OF the harvest were good
and wheat and -four were rather dull.
The naval and military preparations o
France continue on n great scale.