The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-04-02

.i " do etne cOltfSesand termination O
'his solemn and interesting event. of which
! we briefly bat sincerely pray, "May
Gods blessing be upon it,
The royal salute which announced thai
the ring had been placed upon her Males.
'y,s niger was fred at precisely half pas,
one' and at twenty minutes 10 two the pro-
J, ccssion was re formed for Buckingham
Falace. At two o'clock her Majesty gave
breakfast, and al four the bride and bride
groom left for Windsor. We have moi
space or time to enumerate even the yari-
Gus setes, Examinations, etc, etc, which
took place, and with accounts of which
the English papers are full. Suffice it to
say, that the occasion seems to have been
served for fresh outbreak of loyalty.
The Queens Dress.--Her Majesty the
Queen wore on her head wreath of or
ange blossoms and a veil of Honiton lace,
with necklace and earrings Of diamonds.
Her Ma]esty's dress was of white satin,
with very deep trimming Of Honiton
lace, in design similar to that of the veil.
The body and sleeves were richly trim
med with the same material, to cores.
pond. The train was Of white satin, trim
| med with orange blossoms. The cost of
the lace alone on the Queens dress was
gl0OO. The satin, which was of pure
white, was manufactured in Spital6elds.
Her Majesty wore an armlet having the
motto OF the Garter, sHoni soft qui NAL v
pense." inscribed, and also wore the star
Of the Order.
Sir Frederick Maitland, Commander in
Chief Of the Naval Force in the East In
dies, died on board of the Wellesley
1 Nov 80.
/ Accounts of the recent hostillities in
China had reached England. The Hamp-
shire Telegraph states that great naval
armament is to be sent out Immediately
from Portsmouth, to take on board 6, 900
native troops in India, to lay the city of
Canton under contribution, or distroy it, if
necessary, and then proceed northward TO
Pekin, and compel the Emperor to SUBJ
mission. There were 900 Chinese killed
by the British ships of war that fired on
the Junks. Capt Elliot returned to
Macao after the action. The Chinese
were fortiiying Hong Key Bag.
SIeNs IN VIRGINIA. We find in the
Baltimore Patriot of Thursday, the fol-
lowing interesting intelligence from Vir.
ginia:
William NJ. Peyton, for many years
a Representative in the Virginia Legisla.
ture, and at the last election one of the
most efficient supporters of MIR Van Bu-
rem, has come out in favor of General
Harrison, and is announced as candi-
date for the House Of Delegates ior Roa-
noke county.
"B. G. Payne, for more than 30 years
a delegate in the Virginia Legislature,
from Fluvana, and one of the main pillars
Of the Democratic party in that State, has
come out in a very able address in favor
of Gen. Harrison. The county of Flu
vana gave Mr. Van Buren, majority of
$50 W ties in 1886, and will now give two
to one in favor of Gen. Harrison.
'E. Fontaine, (Conserva,ive,) Senator
from the Hanover district, has also pub
lished powerful address in favor of Gen.
Harrison.
"The revolution in Virginia against Mr.
Van Buren, extends through every county
in the State, and is sweeping Locoism
from the commonwealth. On the Wing
Electoral ticket there are nine gentlemen
who supported Van Buren, in 1896, and
we notice that DR. Stuart Baldwin, of Man
chester, the Van Buren, Elector for that
district in 1886. is now among the most
active supporters of Gen. Harrison! The
work goes bravely ONT
IMPORTANT FROM CH1NA.-Captain
Western, of the ship Morea, arrived at
New York on the 18th from Macao, 9Th
November. He brings intelligence that
on the day Of his sailing news reached
that place from Canton that the trade
with all nations had been stopped by the
Chinese government. A vessel belong
ing to Macao had just arrived from Han
an Island, the captain Of which reported
that an American brig had been wrecked
at that place; that near the wreck he saw
two children in Chinese clothes who
could speak English ;that he took them to
be Americans, belonging to the brig.
The captain further stated that the chill
dren pointed out their father to him, who
had been made slave, and had collar
on his neck
EDGAR SNowDEN, Esq. the able editor
of the Alexandria Gazette, has benn elect
ed Mayor of Alexandra, for the ensuing
year.
Green peas and Mademoiselle Yes
pucci were in New Orleans at the latest
dates.
The Journals of the House of Rep
resentatives were ready for delivery on
on Saturday last. We understand that
the Laws are also finished. All the Leg
islative printing has thus been accom-
plished nearly month within the time, in
the two offices at this place.