Litchfield enquirer., 1841-05-13
From the Boston Mail, Nays.
ARRIVAL OF THE BRITANNIA!

TEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
The Britannia arrived at the wharf at
O'Clock this morning. She left Liverpool
on the 10th, and has made the passage In
about fifteen days and half. She expe-
rienced very rough weather during nearly
the whole passage.
The STEAMSHIP PRESIDENT HAD NOT AR
RIVED, and the excitement and anxiety In
consequence was past all description
There was. a lingering hope that she had
put into Fayal, but this OF course must be
soon dissipated.
The arrival of the steamship Oriental
from Egypt caused a sudden thrill OF joy at
Liverpool, as when first seen, she was sup
posed to be the President. The disappoint-
ment was great.
The most important item of news by this
arrival is the settlement of the Chinese ques-
ton. The terms of the treaty appear to be
the same as first demanded by admiral Ell
liot; namely, the payment of the $6,OOO,0OO
indemnity, and the permanent occupation
of the island of Chusan. AS a necessary
consequence, tea had fallen in price.
The steamer Caledonia arrived at Liver
pool on the 15th-being fifteen days from
dock to dock. She had rough passage.
The excitement on the subject of Mcl.e-
DDS Imprisonment had mostly subsidized,
but the British press, gathering new cour-
age from the virtual submission OF China,
was as arrogant as ever towards this coun-
try.
Sudden Dea,h of a Great Man.-We have
heard with great regret, of the sudden death,
on Saturday last, at the Union Theological
Seminary, in Prince Edward, of the Rev.
George A. Baxter, ID. ID. the President Of
that Institution. Mr.. Baxter was one of the
Oldest Ministers of the Presbyterian Church
in Virginia, and his reputation, as -pious
and learned preacher of the Gospel, was
co-extensive with the limits of the Union
Rising early in the morning, his wife heard
him groan and fall Immediately afterwards !;
and instantly summoning aid, placed him
again in bed, where, after suffering great
pain, he breathed his last in about fifteen
minutes. His loss is heavy calamity not
only to the denomination of which he was
SO distinguished an ornament, but to the
Church at large-not to speak of the fami-
Nv and personal ties which have been so
abruptly and SO painfully broken.
LynchbGrg Virginian.
In making this world, God did not mean
10 supercede, by any arrangement the ne
cessity of activity. II men would know any
thing, they must think: if they would have
anything, they must Oork. But, if they will
do either, all things are so arranged, that
they NAV not receive rich rewards. AS on the
one hand, the great truths of science are not
made into books, or written on the rocks or
sands, that the idle man and fool may know
without thinking: so on the other, they are
not planted SO deep, as to elude patient
thought. In the same way, God has stored
the earth with treasures, not for the lazy
man, but for the industrious. If any one
thinks that the soil is stored with spontane-
ously growing products, let him fence in his
land, and reap that which he did not sow,
and what will his crop be! Solomon told
him long ago. 81 went by the field of the
slothful, and 10. it was all grown over with
thorns, and nettles had covered the face
thereof" A poor crop to winter upon.
Beechers Address.
Gossir.-h ia reported by the knowing ones in
such matter' that Mr. Fox. the British Minister at
Washington. has 60, himself so completely ensnared
by the attractions Of the place that he will be in no
haste to leave for the present 1t s said he is pre-.
paTing 70 marry Miss Williams, q beautiful Young
lady Ut sixteen. and sister to her who married lhe
Russian Minister there, two years since, Mr. Fox Is
On old bachelor, between forty and fory.ye wears of
aGe, but il seems that his cold bosom and stubborn
John Boil heart not sufficient TO resist the nfin
snce Of the sparkling eyes and sunny smiles oi Inc
young lady.-POkeepsie Eagle. WV