Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1841-11-04
From the Baltimore American.
arrival OF the Columbia.
SIXTEEN DAYS LATER FROM ENGLAND.


The steamer Columbia, of Cunard's line, arri
we'd at Boston on Thursday morning, about o.
clock, from Liverpool, whence size sailed on tn,
9th instant, making her passage in fifteen day,
and half.
Among the passengers in the Columbia ART
our townsmen, the Hon. Christopher Hughes, A.
merlcan Minister to Sweden, and Col. Samuel
| Moore. Also, Lord Morpeth, the author Of the
Irish Registration Bill, and the unsuccessful
Wing candidate for the great West Riding OF
| Yorkshire. He proposes to make the tour of the
| United States and Canada.
| MIR. Stevenson the American Minister, was to
leave England the 23d inst, in the Great
| Western for New York.
The London papers are full Of the news from
this side, carried by the BRITANNIA of the break
| ing up of Congress, the petos, the dissolution of
the Cabinet, Mcleod. &c.
Money is scarce in London, worth from five to
six per cent, and will contiue SO until after the
payment of dividends.
The American Stock market remains in the
same state of depression and inactivity, and eX-
cept for New York and Ohio State Stocks, and
United States Bank shares, in which occasional
transactions occur, our quotations must be con-
sidered as nominal. Illinois Sterling bonds, 6
per cent. 1870, so. Indiana do 5 per cent. 1868,
90. Louisiana do. per cent. II. Maryland do.
per cent. 10. New York State per cent IS45
to 1860, 70 to 10, ex div. Ohio per cent. 1850
to 1860, IS to sc. Pennsylvania S per cent.
1854 TO 1865, 65. Massachusetts per cent
1868, IS. United States Bank shares, gl 5s to
.Gl l5s.
From letter in the Boston Express, we take
the following:
The debates in Parliament during the last fort
night have related principally the dstresses of
the country. AS to the repeal of the Corn and
Provision laws, rather than give them up, because
al 81. I,tsN al.
the human animal-the pocket verify believe
they would take sword in hand, and fight for
their maintenance to the last. Swift used TO saw
that ''he never knew a man who couldn't bear the
misfortunes Of others with Christian resona-
tion.''
Business, as may be imagined, continues very
depressed. The depression extends TO every
branch of trade, manufacturing and commercial.
Every one feels where the shoe pnches-the
wealthy merchant, the plodding shop-keeper, and
the hard working mechanic and Iaborer, especial
ly the two latter. The Liverpool Cotton market,
that great barometer of the manufactures of Eng
land, continues In stagnat state.
The continental news of the week is unimpor-
tant. The last advices from Lisbon communi-
cate the fact Of an extensive failure having occur
led In the cotton trade. 1t is the great Spanish
house OF Corpas, Sarcia g. Co. The liabilities
are under million of dollars. They offer to pay
! so per cent. in four years. The loss will fall
principally on English cotton houses.
| GREAT BRITAIN.
The Chartists are very active, holding torch
light meetings, and denouncing the Tory Minis
! try with great vehemence.
| PROPAGATION OF PARLiAMENT.--'The first SEES
sion of the Parliament which made Sir Robert
! Feel Minister, was to terminate either on Thurs
day or Friday, the 9th or 9th, by an adjournment
to January or February.
Parliament continued its sittings, but the new
ministry appeared very much at loss as to
what measures 1t were best to propose for the re-
I lief of the country. Sir Robert Peel finds it
much easier to pull down than to build up. The
people were evidently growing impatient. and
were beginning to inquire for the tokens of that
public prosperity so loudly promised them upon
the accession Of the conservative administration.
Unusual activity prevailed in the dockyards Of
Chatham, Portsmouth and Plymouth. The line
of battle ships formidable, Iilustrous, Belvidere,
Thalia and Heroine, and the men-of-war Speedy,
Pique, Harlequin, Agle, Syren, Styx, and Mala-
bar, were nearly ready for sea. Some difficulty,
however, was found in collecting crews for these
vessels. They were supposed to be intended as
a reinforcement TO the China squadron.