Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1840-09-24
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From the Baltimore Pilot.
SIXTEEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
mOST IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE
FROM EUROPE.

wARLIKE PREPARATIONS.
Rsf.sa, Of Mehemet Ali TO comply ruth ne treaty
-Escape of Louis Philippe and his family rom
| shippreck- Continued panic In The London and
| Paris stock czcionge--F Fall 81 the SPan1a Mt-
nistry-- Great fires in London Riots al cofae
-E1tensiUe smnggisng CASE 9na SEIZURE y
| the BRITISH Queen Steamer, Se &c.
The noble steamer British Queen, Captain Rel-
erts. arrived at about IL O'Clock last night ny
her we haye<receiyed copious files OF ioreigo papers
| up 10 the day Of her departure from Portsmouth
which port she left at o'clock on Tuesday AFTER
| noon Ist instant, thereby enabling our atehiise
| London agents TO transmit the London morning pa
| pers OF that day.
| The British Queen was off Cowes on the morn
ing Of tho 18th ut., having made her home"ata
voyage in only 10 days and half.
| The news which she brings US IS highly imPor
| tant, embracing events Of intense interest
| An Extraordinary Express was received from Ia
ri. at London the lst instant, the day The queen
sailed, announcing that Mebemet Ali had positive,
| " refused TO comply with the qnadrupie treaty, ana
| had determined to resist its execution ana Fepei
force by force.
Animated preparations for war are gong on
| through Europe, Asin and Africa.
The English and French Journals are hlled WIN
long articles on the Eastern question: and the prob,
ability OF a wharf.-the former show the rashness ana
folly OF France in attempting to oppose the -Four
I,owets--apd the latter the readiness and power oil
| France to meet whatever nation attacks ber. ~
would be utterly impossible to present our readers
with even portion Of these articles.
| From the London Times.-Sept. L.
EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESS FROM PARIS.
| Refusal Of Mehemet Al 10 acquiesce IN the ~
fimaiunn of the -Four Pomers- InsurreettoH IN va
leneia, and faH Of The Spanish Ministry.
/ We have received by an extraordinary express
the Paris papers OF Sunday night, with letter from
our correspondent dated 10 o'clock, 7. NJ.
! The Moniteur Parsin'' contains the following
article:
| " Intelligence from Alexandria, received by Go
vernmeat, states that the Viceroy OF Egypt mas re-
piled by refusal to the CONVERSATIONS when Mast
| Bey was charged TO convey him. he declared
that he would repe force by force, but that nc "oud
commit no act of aggression
| ESCAPE OF LOUIS PHILIPPE AND HIS FAMILY,
FROM SHipwREcK.--O On the 10Th ult., the king EN-
barked with his family at Eu, at IL o'clock at night
in the Veoce steamer, his intention being 10 touch
| al Bouogne bur the weather became very stormy
and the steamer was obliged to make Tor Cala's.-
In threading the channel the vessel was driven, by
| the violence of the winds and waves on the WORKS
of the new jetty where she grounded 10 situation
of Imminent. peril all on board. As soon as 1t was
possible to effect debaikaiion, the king ordered
every person to be- landed and was himself the last
person who left the ship Thousands OF the lnhab'
itapts of Boulogne crowded the shore to receive
their sovereign after which the king, with his fam'
w. left the town for Bouogne
French ORDlNAScE.--Seventy-si millions OF ex-
traordinaIy notes OF credit have been ordered IN
consequences of the Convention OF London, and IN
contemplation of war this is in addition to the or
binary budget.
Extraordinary case cf smuggling, and seizure 81
the British Queen
The greatest excitement appears to have prevail
ed in London, when it rumored that the noble
and favorte steamer British Queen" had been
seized in the Queens name by her mojesty officers
This rumor, which at first supposed to be only
a rumor, turned out TO be well founded. Her Off
GERS were acquitted of all blame, the guilty parties
being the 6remen and engineers, who were dischar-
ged from employment, and the ship released.
Great Storm al liverpool On Sunday the 10th
ult, Liverpool visited by one of the most Sc
we're storms, accompanied by torrents OF rain, at
times amounting to complete hurricane, which
has ever been known in that town.
Spain.-" On the o3d of August some disorders
occurred at Valencia. portion Of the population
desired to give serenade to the Queen. Groups
were Immediately formed TO prevent il. The Coun-
ell &C Ministers assembled and decided that the
ienade should not take place.
The Ministers afterwards demanded of the
Queen authority to announce by circulars tnat the
law on the Ayuntsmientos (or municipal law should
not be enforced until it should have been taken into
consideration by new Cortes. The Queen refused.
NM. Onis and Cabello ministers for Foreign af-
fairs and for the interior respectively have given
in their designations
Ckina.-The Hindoo, Manson, arrived at Liver
pool from Calcutta, spoke on the 23d OF July, the
Alden, from China. The Alden left Macao on the
eth of April, 10 days subsequent to the advices
brought by the last overland mail. No event of inn
por,ance had occurred in the interval.
We learn, in addition to the intelligence previ-
ously communicated, that all the American ships
had left Macao with full cargoes that tho British
trade was carried on under the Danish flag, and
that freights were from 7lto 81 per ton.
Egypt-Advices from Cairo of the 2Sth ult, de-
scribe the authorities of that Capital to be most
actively engaged in preparations for
FRoHriER OF POLAND, AUG 3.-All the letters
from Eastern Poland agree in announcing the great
movement of troops in those provinces.
Ii may be affirmed. without exaggeraton, that
two-thirds of the whole Russian force already
concentrated on the coast of the Black Sea on their
march thither. The whole army hope that Rus
sian corps will shortly sail to the Bosphorus, and
eventually occupy Constentinope.
LOUIS NAPoLEoN.-W learn from Gaignani's
Messenger that the previous examinations in the
affair of Prince Louis Bonaparte are carrying on
without intermission. The Chancellor goes daily
to the Conciergerie inteIrogae either the prison
ers or the witnesses. On Thursday, M. Crouy Cha
mel was examined the subject Of his letters,
which il is said be has acknowledged to have been
his He is said to have admitted that he received
from the Prince a sum OF lao 900f, but for
press purpose, and that he had fully accounted for
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