Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-07-31
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ARRIVAL OF TIE
GREAT WESTERN.
TEN DAYS LATER FROM ENGLAND.
From The New York Comn,,,I,,Aa,.r,.

From the New York Commercial Adyeuiser
True TO her time the steamer Great Western,
Capt. Hosken, was telegraphed this morning at
n'li past 10 o'clock. and at o'clock were in
possession Of our papers-London TO the I4;h Of
July, Bristol to the same and Liverpool to the 18Th,
all inclusive.
Our thanks are rendered to Captain Hosksn for
hIeS oil Englih papers to the latest dates.
The Western arrived at Bristol on the Sd, l,f,
again on the l4''; making her passage in less than
Is days.
The cotton market had farther improved.
a considerable sensation felt for the harvest
The weather had been cold and unpleasant We
refer TO the market report.
The dividend due on the Illinois sterling stock
has been paid. The p pers remark that the Indiana
bonds are tie only American State Stocks, the July
dividencs upon which have not been paid
The elections have terminated in a mo jorty for
the Conservatives, but whether il is a suficien,
working majority not determined when the
Great Western took her departure. From the tone
al the London Head, Conservative, we infer that
the acquisition Of such majority is very doubtful.
The returns up TO the 18th were as follows:
England and Wales, Conservatives 9S3, VIII I.
i95. SEQ land, Conservatives 10, Wings %. Ire
land, Conservatives es. Wings 3D. The nett Con.
servauve gain was 81. Mr. OConnell hiss been
defeated IN Dublin, but will 90 into the new ParIia
ment from Meath.
The Queen OF Hanover died on the 20,b Of June
The King had dissolved the Chamber OF Deputies
for It's stubborn resistance to his projects.
Galgnanls Messenger says that Madame Catsli-
nj is not dead. She was in excellent health on the
25th of June.
EIIIv-One J.o 49,. 4.
barge at Rotterdam, i'll Yorkshire, on the s:h in
slant As 1t was going into the water the barge up
set, and Of the ono hundred and fifty persons on
board fifty ooe drowned.
The revenue returns for the year and quarter
ending July ,, show decrease Of Gj2464O on the
year, from 1910, and on the quarter decrease of
f366l. The great decrease on the year is in the
customs, Es56 99I. On the taxes there was an in
crease Of f6i9,i7I.
There had been serious disturbance At Tou-
!ousH, IN France, in consequence of which the SOL
dery had been ordered to act and many lives were
lost Ii gsew out Of the proceedings taken bv ,bs
Government TO obtain fuller returns of the door and
window taxes, which were resisted oy the peope-
The excitement continued for two or three DAYS
hut at the latest dates the disturbance was
ed at end.
There is No later intelligence from CL,na-and
nono OF any moment from the continent
The Rev. William Dawson. a well known and
very popular clergyman belonging to the Wesleyan
Methodist Church. died suddenly on the 3Oih Of Ju-
ly; he WAS in the Gslh year OF his age.
The London Herald OF the 18th says that the
new treaty for the settlement OF the Sfi4irs Of the
East was signed the day before by the represents
tiTes OF France, Austria Prussia, Russia and Grea,
Britain. Intelligence had been received ofthe for.
mai acceptance Of the Porte, uItimatum by Me
hemet Ali
American Stocks in London, July I2-Unted
States Bank "a; Maryland Skies. IS, New York
Fives Tor 1855, 81. Ohio Skies, IS, Tennessee 70.