Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1840-03-19
LlvERpoo,. 1etb Foh, 700

,Eo 90 :" "oo,ooo bales, of which about
.~'ooo IS American, being very nearly as it
vas at tne end ct last year. The import
SINCE list january is 10000 bales of which
itl,ooo Is from the u. s., and the sales If ali
KINDS during the same time have amounteJ
" ''V'ooo bales: about IG0, 900 of il t,kep
ny consumers, 10000 by spectators and Id
600 for expectation. GNU io-
iho.igh the business has thus been rather
extensive and the demand nearly all ,ho ,;
regular and steady, the tendency of nricns
mas Deen downwards, and durnn January
| 'hey declined about l J per lb.
Inc duty on WHEAT is now OILS. sd nor
Iuar!er, and ON FLOUR lbs. Id per barred
fthG 5stt"o1 tie -ninerlcan rI6ur then in the
! ,"a~lso' >"as aiePoscd OF ut 29s. per Dbl. i'll
bond-since when the price has fluctuated
| between Dos. Cd. and sos. Cd, and it is now
| rather dull at 30s. per Dbl. The future course
| of the Corn markets must depend mainly on
the prospects for the next crops.
IAe Newport Gartisfs.-Frost, Williams,
and Jones, have been found guilty and sem
fenced to transportation or labor at the hulks,
at the Queens pleasure. They reached the
hulks at Portsmouth Feb 18th.
The Duke of Wellington has had two or
three alarming fits of illness SO much so as
to be considered hopeless. Daily bulletins
are issued from Apsey House.
Prince Albert was appointed Field Mar.
shall OF the British Army. His commission
| was dated Feb. s, 1910.
| CHIN .-The fighting between the En-
gllsh and Chinese continues. The Canton
! Press of Dec. ., reports that accounts have
| been received from the west coast of an affair
between opium smugglers and the Mandarin
boats, In which one of the latter was sunk,
and seven OF the survivors sent back with
their tails cut off!
lNDIA.-Thc fighting between the Brit
lsh and natives wakes hotter and hotter. The
British stormed Khelat Nov. 18th, took il.
Killed Mehrab Khan, the chief, all of whose
principal SirdarS We're killed or taken, and
hundreds of other prisoners.
.gnt'cipafed CHanges.-Lord Melbourne re-
tires from Office with Lord I,ansdowne. Lord
J. Russell is to be first lord of the treasury,
and Lord Durham joins the cabinet with Mr..
Ward and MIR. G. Butler in office. Parli-
ment will be dissolved, and the repeal of the
corn-l,iws and ballot will be made cabinet
questions.
On the last Monday in January, the Minis
try were defeated on the question of the al
lowancc to Prince Albert. Lord John Rus
sci moved that the allowance be g5O,OOO per
annum, to which Col. Sidthorp moved, as an
amendment, to make it 100000. The A.
mendment was carried by l01.
Strength Of Minisfers.-On certain divisions
in parliament the ministerial majority after the
Queens marriage had increased considerably.
u. =. Bank shares were sold at ELS to
ELS 10, equal to 20 per cent. American Cur
rency.
The British Ambassador, Lord Palmerston,
at Constantinople, has refused his assent to
the proposition of Russia, to send $4,000 of
her troops into Asia Minor, across the Taurus.
Affairs look warlike between Russia and the
other powers.
At Tois in France, 40 lives We're lost in a
conflict between the troops and the country
people, growing out Of the price of corn.
Mehemet Ally is fortifying Alexandria.
There were 800 of the Chinese killed by
the British ships ofwar that fired on the Junks.
Captain Elliot returned to Macao after the
action; the Chinese were fortifying Hong
Key Bay.
The Arabs had not appeared in the plain of
Algiers since December 81.
There Were $4,000 French troops in the
neIgh!borhood of Algiers preparing fer the ex-
petition againt Abdel kader.
The Queen held Il court ut buckingham
Palace Feb. 18th, and received the addresses of
both Houses of Parliament TO Victoria and
Albert, to which they both briefly replied, and
promised to fulfil the favourable hope EXPRESS
ed from their union.
lia1riage IF lite Queen to Prince .qUerf.
Queen Victoria was married to Prince AL
bert Feb. 10th. The following are some of
the particulars:
WHITEHALL, Feb. G-The Queen has been
pleased to declare and ordan, that his Serene
iighness Francis Albert Augustus Charles
Emanuel, Duke Of SAKE, Prince of SAKE
CobuTg and Gotha, Knight of the Most Noble
Order of the Garter, shall henceforth, upon
all occasions whatsoever, be styled and called
Ellis Royal Highness,'' before his name and
such titles as now door hereafter may, belong
to him.
And to command, that the royal concession
and declaration be registered in her Malcsty's
College of Arms.
| .Rrrirai9f HIS Royol Highne&s Prince M
berf.-At half past twelve precisely, the
drums and trumPets sounding along the pas
sages leading to the chapel announced the
approach Of the procession Of The royal bride
| groom.
The entrance of the Prince, after the music
ceased, was the signal for the whole assem-
blage rising; he came up the body of the
chapel, accompanied right and left by his
Serene llighness the Duke of SAKE Cobur0.
his father, and his brother the hereditary duke.
.8rrigaI ofHe british Queen.-ThS Queens
arrival was announced by the band, &c. play
ing the National Anthem. During the inter
val between the commencement of the music
and her Majesty arrival, the Prince frcOuent-
ly looked back to the Chapel entrance to
watch the approach of his angel bride.
Her Majesty on her entering the chapel
was received by all within its walls standing.
Her Majesty having advanced to the haut
took her tho c,II-ctooI 20