North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1841-07-03
NORTH AMERICAN:
swANToN, JULY is4l.
"prassvrux TO rur nxn..
FOREIGN NEWS

Inc cream ship Col4ntla, which lvft
Liverpool on the 4lh inst. arrived \, Boa.
Ton on the i6ah June, mskipg the passage.
Including her stoppage at Halifax il l,,ile
over Twelve days, The quickest trip We,
made.
The accounts of the distress in the En-
glish manufacturing districts are Of the
most gloomy and heari.rruding nature.
And Ills distress is likely to increase rather
Than d'min on J Alss huw deplora6le ia the
situation Of the over.wfoughl, over.,axrd
and starving operatives OF tina, misgoy-
erned country
The news from China is 10 the lat of
April War, between the English and
Chinese. is renewed, ard, at the bsyonrt,s
point, England is determined to inrroducr
that deadly poison, opium, TO aultifv and
bruiallze the people there Canton and
all the fnus on the Bogne co miles from
the sra were taken possession OF, ON the
25th Feb, by ihe British. Many of the
The Chinese fell in this attack. and a We,
larger number have been slauph tered In
cold blood How many more are vel /,
fall prey 10 the grasping avarice of those
freeboolers remains 10 be seen. And s,rangr
10 say, while the whole world il condemn.
ing the outrage as unjust and inhuman.
the commander Of the expedition is furious.
~ assaed by his coun,tvmen, Cor not doing
more than he has done He murders TOO
sparingly and plumbers too daintily u ssts.
~ his employers Assurediy Heaven,
justice will not ever sleep, and an end vii:
yet come TO the pfesen. unhallowed carre.
of Great Britain.
Darmes the last one who had atiemn,ed
the assassination OF the monev-lovinp ~.
rant Of his country, Louis Philippe. was
guIlloiined at Paris on the Slst Of Nav.
He boosted of his conduct while under III.
guiIIotine- refused TO name his acconplices
and proclaimed the King a traitor To the
Constitution and 10 france. Fears wrrs
enterioined ol an attempted rescue nv the
people, and the military were presen. in
great numbers His pardon was thrice
offered him, If he would disclose hs accom-
pIices, hut he declined, saying, that "he
would carry that secret with him Ia the
grave" His last words, while the axe
was descending 10 behead him, were.
" Fivc la France I" His body was Ia
TERED in the enclosure exclusively sppro-
pria'cd for those, who attempt The life Of
the King.
The next steam packet, which has ere
this probably reached Boston, will bring
important news from England. The de-
bate on the corn laws, If decided against
the present mnisty, will necessi,ate dis
solution Of Parliament, and alb England
must be in ferment and excitement. The
privileges Of the British aris,ucrsey are
now being seriously menaced, and il is no,
impossible hut this crisis may be a begin.
ming Of n better dieesied and more success
fol attempt a: revolution Than that OF 1888.
The CAPTIVE PATRIoTs.-The pro-
ceedings OF a public meeting holden az
Newark, Wayne Co., N r., and a memo.
rial to Congress in behalf Of the generous
hearted men who are dragging out life
Of slavery in Van Diemen's lard, have
been scot u for publication--bu TOO late
for This No. they viii receive q promin-
emf notice in our next. Right glad are We
10 find one spot thr1ue houi this estensivs
Republic, where the sordid coveiousnrss OF
The age has neither scared the heart to The
souI-debasine, body-enslaving sersitude of
lur neighbors, eountrymen end friends.
Dor muzzled the tongue nor press, 10 eIosk
4 possible, or 10 extennaie the yDpafslIel-
81 barbariiy with which these unfortunstc
men are treated
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