The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-02-25
Ngw Fort Correspondence.



The long expected steamship is in at last
The Britannia, Captain Cleland, arrived cff
Boston on Sunday evening, but, on account of
thick fog, did not come up to her berth till
Monday morning. She had long and bolster
GUS passage of seventeen days and ha'f, hav-
ing encountered westerly winds throughout
but her dates are tvenfy eight days later than
our last preceding. Her intelligence is of gene
raj and varied. though not intense interest
IL IS represented that hostilities between Eng
land and China are apparently at an end, and
that the late difficulties will be speedily adjusted.
Bad news for Tea spectators! But there had
IN fact been no later advces from Eastern
Asia
India appears to have sunk passively into the
arms of Britain TO its remotes, borders. No
farther resistance in Cabal or other Western
countries.
Egypt and Turkey are also thoroughly pacfed--
The Sultan has guaranteed to Mehemit Ali and his de-
scendants the hereditary government Of Egypt. The
Pacha has restored the Turkish fleet. These acts
took place simultaneously and without concert. lbra-
him Pacha is to evacuate Syria and return to Egypt
Immediately
Spain and Portugal have settled their quarrel
The British Parliament was opened on the 26th ult
by the Queen in person, Her speech amounts TO no
thing save the bare that treaties have
been concluded with the Argentine Republic and with
Hayti for the suppression Of the slave trade
| The Royal Infant has been third time vaccinared
the last with success. She is to be christened on
the 10Th, with the name of Victoria Adelaide Louisa
rather short for Princess
The Tories have elected two members OF the House
of Commons in place Of Wings resigned-a net gain
of four. They are now strong enough TO take
mand ofthe House and Dust the Melbourne ministry.
This eagerly desired by Of them but the Duke
of Wellington demurs to it, believing that the coming
in Of Tory ministry would re-unite the now arring
Liberal factions, and bring out the Chartsts in great
and dangerous force to the overthrow of
the new Cabinet and the reinstatement Of the Wings
on more solid basis and under Radical auspices
in other words the veteran thinks the pear is not
ripe" and says, wait till next year. The hotheads
and bockheads grumbe but dare not resist it-so all
is smooth water in Parliament, and on the surface
every where.
Lord stanly's Irish Registration Bill will pass both
houses.
FaAScEis tolerably tranquil though Louis Philippe
has been rendered still more unpopular than formerly
by the publication Of series of letters purpor,ing to
have been addressed by Louis Philippe to Taey
rand, dehming the revolution, prasing England, and
otherwise replete with anti Gallo sentiments The
discovery Of these letters is extraordinary their
forgery impudent-as you please. The Fertilization
Of Paris grows and more unpopular, and will
probably be abandoned
Although peace would seem secured, none of the
Great Powers discontinue their ornaments, but
seem rather to increase them 1t is stated that the
Others demonstrate against the enormous military force
of France which now amounts to 50O0 900 men, indie
pendent of her vast marine The British Army 10
to be increased 10000.
In the markets there is material slight de-
cline tendency to Decline in cotton. 1t is higher,
however, than it the LIST Of January-say l2d.
Grain and money little variation. American stocks,
though depressed high in England, compared with
their prices here,
Poor Scott, the American diver, has met an I'M
timely death by hanging himself invoun,arily he
was about to jump of the Waterloo Bridge, London.
He was in his 2sth year.
Hon F. A. TALLMADoE took his seat on the Bench
as Recorder yesterday.
Our Tppecanoe Clubs had very fine celebra-
ton of Washingtons Birth Day, at the Tabernacle,
where an audience of 5000 listened 10 the
reading of Washington's Farewell Address by Hugh
Mar,reu, and an able Grafton by Daniel Uiimon,
Esq. The orator discussed the nature of Govern
ment, and exhibited the incompatible superiority Of
republican institutions, passing thence to an admi-
rabe and well-timed disquston on the philosophy OF
parties and party Esprit in free countries, and tho
great necessity which exists for watching and curb
ing BOTH so that they shall nowise interfere with
the absolute freedom Of opinion, and the widest
exercise of that right by every citizen. trust this
Grafton will be printed
JAMES G. Brooks (the poet Floro,) died at Albany
on Saturday aged about 40 He has been eminent
an Editor and Poet, but had lately fallen into the
and yellow leaf
Stocks are rather here frmer to-day. U. s. Bank
closed at % l.2-3-4 higher than yesterday. $4,000
Illinois State 81 l-2. Foreign Exchange is lower
no essential change in domestic
| The amount Of u s Bank stock held in Europe is
stated by the London Times to be f4O00,000 s,eI-
ling
DANIEL BRENT, Esq. the American Consul died at
Paris 3ls of January aged GO
Yours, HAROLD
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