Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1840-08-20
Arrival of the Acadia.4"Ten Days
Later from EnrODe

The Acadia brings us files of Liverpool
papers up 10 the day Of sailing, and London
TO the Sd; they do not, however, contain
any thing of much interest, with the excep.
ton of the threatened difficulties between
France and England.
The ma rkets remain nearly,the same as
at the sailing ofthe Great Western.
There appears TO be revival in the ex-
port of British manufactured goods TO the
United States.
The Earl ofDurham, late Governor Gen.
eral of the British North American pos
sessions, died at Cowes in the Isle of Wight,
on the 28th July, in the forty-ninth year
of his age. His lordship was much respec-
ted by all parties for his integrity of char
acter, and his death will be severely fen
by the liberal cause.
A great deal Of i'll feeling prevails be-
tween France and England, in regard to
the settlement Of the eastern question; the
French appear to be afraid that England
wishes to dislodgeiMehemat Ali from Syria,
to retain possession of it herself 1t was
doubted whether Lord Palmerston's views
in regard to the Syrian question met the
approval Of the other members OF the Cab
met, and it was rumored, though without
much foundation, that he intended to re-
sign.
There has been change of ministry in
Spain, accompanied by some disturbances
al barcelona. The new ministry is COM
posed as foIlows:-Antonio Gonzales, Pres
ident and Minister o. Justice. Charles de
Onis, Foreign Affairs. Vincent Sancho,
Interior Valentin Ferras, War. Feraz,
Finance. Amero, Marine.
The English parliament was expected to
be prorogued on the 18th or 18th.
The Regency Bill passed the House Of
Commons on the 3lst of July.
A large cotton mill, belonging to Messrs
Stocks e. Son near Stockport, England
was recently destroyed by fire. The bull
ding was forty seven yards long by eighteen
wide; seven stories high, The entire prop.
erty was insured for rather upwards OIL
sf3O, 900.
A violent shock of an earthquake was
felt at Athens, at midnight on the l lth ul-
timo.
An alarming fever was prevailing at Ho-
bart Town. II broke out in the penitentiary
and female house Of correction.
! MISS Burdett Coutts. The Marquis Of
! Douglas, the only son ofthe Duke of H am.
iIton, is the young nobleman alluded to as
having succeeded in winning the affections
of the wealthiest heress in the empire.
THE EAST.
There is much diversity of opinion as to
the extent Of the Instruction in Syria
While some of the papers represent it as
threatening formidable consequences to the
power of Mehemet Ali, others speak of it
as being of a very limited nature, and cas-
lily subdued.
The London Morning Herald of Aug I
says that the insurgents have all returned
to their homes, with the exception of 5000
men. In the interior Of The mountain or
| der is restored.
Some circumstances have come to light,
giving rise to the opinion that the outbreak
was fomented by agents from Constantine
Pile.
CHINA.
Owing to accounts of the great advance
in the prices of tea in England, and the
probability of an entire close of the trade
from the approach of the expedition from
India there had been considerable advance
in the Canton market, and nearly all the
black tea on hand, suitable for shipment to
this country, had been brought up,