Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-11-30
FOREIGN NEWS.
LATER FROM EUROPE.

LATER FROM EUROPE.
BIZ the arrival of the Caledonia al Boston.
The Caledonia left Liverpool on the afternoon
of the 9TH inst.
The intelligence is altogether pacifc the King
of the French having resoutely opposed himself
to war, the Theirs Ministry was dissolved and
old Marshal Sout came in as the head OF the new
Cabinet
That Cabne, is thus composed, according to
the official announcement IN the Moneur:
Marshal Soult President of the Council aud
Minister of War; NJ Guihot, Foreign Affairs
nj. DuchnteL, Interior; Nj. Human, Finance NJ.
Martin. Ida Nord) Justice Admiral Duperre, Ma
rine; Nj. Viemain, Public Instruction; NJ. Gu
min Grdaine, Commerce; M.Teste, PublicW Works.
So far as the Stock Exchange can he deemed a
safe index as TO the probabilities of war or peace,
the signs are oil for peace Consols had risen to
SO l-2 about one per cent. in the course of ten
days; and the money article of the Times, OF the
Sd, says" An opinion in favor of the preserva-
ton of the peaceful relations with France is pref
ty general among the trading interest"
The latest intelligence from the seat of opera
lions was telegraphed at Paris on the LIST inst.lrom
Toulon on the 3lst of October. Beyrout had
been taken possession of by the aIlies the Emir
Beacher had abandoned the cause of Mehcmet
Ali and surrendered to the English. He arrived
at Malta on the 9th on board the English steam
err CycIops with fifteen members of his family
and suite OF one hundred persons on his way TO
England. Inc revolt uBilllSt MeHCtn6t WAS
spreading throughout the mountains.
BARCELONA, 10th, noon.
BY manifesto of the 18th, the Queen Regen,
has abdicated. The Ministry in publishing this
manifesto, announces that it is Professionally charg
ed with the Regency until the convocation of the
Cortes
The Caledonia steam packet arrived fat Liver.
pool on the Both of October, from Halifax, after
run OF little more than eleven days. She sailed
from Boston on the 10Th, and from Halifax on the
afternoon of the 10Th Of October.
The Great Western went out in ID days, nv.
ing left New York on the 10th October, and arri
we'd at Bristol on the 9th,
The packet ship South America from New
York tor Liverpool, was fred upon by one of the
British Revenue Cutters, rs the 5. A, was going
I'd the Channel, to make her show her colors
Dreadful storm in ShetLand.-The gentleman in
whose house spent last night has lost no fewer
than twelve of his tenants by the hurricane oil
Wednesday night se'nnght; and his loss is COM
paratively small visited family yesterday, con-
ssting of father, mother, and five daughters, whose
sole livelihood depended on the exertlons of the
eldest BIZ other, who, with five others of the most
able seamen in the whole island, persisted. In
another house, close by, the father and son have
persisted, leaving large number OF children in
most helpless condition There are, indeed, IA
whole families deprived of their heads, aud cas-
lonely and unprotected on the world. The whole
mirth has deserted the islands; the appearance o
almost every countenance is totally different from
what it was last week. The bravest seamen ant
the best fishers have lost all courage-they have nj
heart 10 venture to sea again, and no hope of sue
cess ifthey do. The storm of 1882, in which Is
boats, and upwards of 100 men were lost, was no
ut all so strong and terrible as this. When a
Mossbank lodged with poor widow, whose
husband and son left their house in boat, and, q
minutes after their departure, were overtaken b,
n gale, perishing with five others, in presence o
the wife and family, but short distance from thei
own door. In another place, at Buxta, the laird
had four sons and nephew IA clergyman who
with the servant, all pc shed in crossing the sound
in front of their house, while returning from par
~ of friends. But the havoc of the storm was
by no means confined to the sea, for the injury b,
land is ola very distressing nature. was on Mon
day se'nnight over one of the islands of The west
where saw whole fields of corn completely dies
troyed You would have imagined that every
ear had been purposely cut off by means of some
particular instrument, for the whole field had pre-
cisely that appearance Letter in the Glasgow Re
formers Gazette.
Thipes in Paris. NJ. Gisquet, in his memoirs
which have Just been published, estimates the mum
Der of thieves in Paris at 10000. Ofthese, 600C
he says, would steal your purse # left upon tn
BILE, or in the box of theatre; 5000 would picl
YOUR rocket, aud OF these 1000 would enter hous
es to steal by picking locks land from 1000 to 12O
of them would commit burglary at night; and GOO
at least, would not hesitate to commit assassination
if it were necessary to dc so to consummate theft.
From The NJ y american.
LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM CHINA.
By the shin Isaac McKim, from Canton, w
have papers of 25th June. The first portion O
the British naval forces from lndia arrived on tn
9th of June in the Chinese waters, consisting O
the Wellesley, "a, Alligator, %, Cruiser, 16, witt
xytfh
with troops.
A regular blockade OF the river and port O
Canton was notified to take effect on the 18th Q
June, by the commander of the Wellesley, j.
Gordon Bremen, who is senior officer until the ar
rival of Admiral Elliot The Chinese, on the ar
rival of the squadron, attempted to burn the ship
by fire rafts-but they were quietly towed ashor
by the boats of the squadron.
Foreign ships would be allowed TO depart un
less detained by the Chinese.
A cargo of poisoned tea packed in small parcels
to be sold the sailors, had, it was reported bee
sent down by the Chinese. 1t was however cap
tured ny the pirates and sold to the people on tn
coast among whom, in consequence there hat
been many deaths.
part of the squadron had proceeded to tn
North, the object being, as is surmsed, to TAX
possession of Tinghoe district, in the province O
Chekeang-in other words, " the island OF Chiu
SAN" This is "fair, fertile, and popuious dis
trct" and would be easily subdued.
Every was preparing to leave Canton, an
all foreign business would be wound up in egh
or ten days.
Up to the 25th inst, no other hostili,ies had oc
Cured.
Ii wus reported in Canton that an edict is jus
published, offering rewards for Captain Ellio
and the rest OF the English, dead or alive.
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Mehemet Ali of Egypt is one of the most re
markab'e men of the age. Last week we CAV