Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-09-09
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TURING iCTS--EXCITENENT RE
sPECTING MCLE0D-REf0RTED DEPA n
TURE OF FIFTEEN SHIPS Or WAR F0R
TIE AMERICAN COAST.
The Steamship Britannia, K. y. Gle.
land, commander, arrived in Boston on
Thursday morning, the % instant, at ten
minutes past four. She left liverpool on
the 10Th Of August.
4 The general European news IS not par
lticuiarly important, and the intelligence
from Great Britain is much Of The same
character as before received. Parliament
was TO meet on the 10Th Of August, and
Z the first business would BE- the election OF
a Speaker. The members would then
be sworn in By the Lord Steward, and on
the oath her Majesty would open the ses-
sion "by commission," and the royal
speech would then be delivered from the
throne. Then will follow great politi-
cal struggle Of ten days duration, which
will probably end 10 the resignation ofthe
Wings and the Installation OF the Tories.
The arrival Of :he next steamer will there.
fore be looked for with the greatest inte-
rest.
We arc panied 10 find that great alarm
IS manifested Tor The harvest in almost eve-
ry par, Of the United Kingdom; the con-
tinued wet and cold weather having near.
lly DESTROYED the crops. Ia the mean time,
trade continues in the same deplorab BILE
state, and the distress among the operatives
and the poor people generally is unusually
severe.
The Mcleod question had again been
ngtated, and it was reported that fifteen
ships of par had been sent 10 our coast
The steamer Caledonia arrived at Liv-
erpool on the morning Of the 18th ultimo,
making TIE passage from Halifax in 0
days and % hours. Her news was not
regarded as at oil important.
The American minister transacted bust.
ness a, the Foreign Office on the l7,h ul.
timo.
The London Globe, in noticing some
articles in the French papers on the A..
merican new tariff law, which imposes a
duty Of 20 per cent. ad valorem. on
French silks and other articles Of luxury,
says, this law has excited the anger of
the French politicians, who pretend that
it is an infringement OF the treaties between
the two countries.
About seventy country people, old and
young, of both sexes, have broken up
comfortable establishments in England,
for the purpose Of embarking for America,
to join those fanatics, the Mormons.
The SrKAKERsHIP.-Sir Robert Peel
has communicated to MIR. G.. Shaw Lefe.
vre his intention to support the reelection
of that gentleman in the event Of his being
proposed, on the meeting Of the new Par
Lament, as Speaker Of the House of Com.
mons.
The Thames Tunnel is now complete
to within ten feet Of the Wrapping shaft,
aud, il is said, that this will be finished in
about six weeks, and in November the
Tunnel will be open for foot passengers.
Mr.. Brunnt passed entirely through the
Tunnel on the 18th ultmo.
IMPORTANT FROM CHINA!
From the London Morn. Chronicle of the 18th ult
We received yesterday by special ex-
press from Paris, and published in an ear
ly second diton of the Morning Chroni.
Gle, the following tier from Macao,
which it Will be seen, brings important in-
teligence of a mouths later date than
that brought by The last Overland Mail.
The letter did not arrive at Bombay from
Madras until the regular mail had been
I on board and the vessel was almost under
weigh. This is Sufficient to account for
lis having been Detained until the present
1 Levant mail /; for, not having been en-
closed with the regular overland mail, il
YVES almost certain not 10 be forwarded
along with it.
MACAO, April 81.
The Chinese local governmcn, has VIC
lated The agreement made with Capt. Ell
lot for the renewal of trade with British
! subjects. We are also surprised to find
that since the lst not one thousand chests
of tea have found their way out to foreign
vessels by smuggling. We had hopes of
doing something in that way, but the I'M
expected vigilance and activity Of the
Chinese Mandarins and soldiers have dis
appointed our hopes for the present.
About the 18th a chop arrived from the
Emperor crouched in the most violent
terms, ordering all authorities, civil and
military, in the province Of Canton, to
destroy all the teas, Rhubarb, and other
articles necessary for the English barba.
rians. THIS order is rgidy obeyed, and
probably one half of the crop Of teas is al
ready destroyed, and tho work is still
going on. lnGemnity spromised BY the
same chop 10 those whose property is de-
stroyed, and rewards for those who dis
cover secreted articles. We further find
in this chop political Intercourse with the
English is interdicied, and the lately ap-
pointed commissions ordered to retire.
"Numerous fire vessels and RATS had
been sent down the river among the for.
eign shipping, by which several vessels
and cargoes have been injured but no to-
tai loss. .
"Our commander is celebrating on
the propriety Of moving all vessels below
the second bar into a wider part OF the
river.
:" A report prevails, but to which no
credit is attached, that some British sub.
jects were kidnapped by the Chinese on
the night Of the 25th.
But little is doing south of Formosa
in opium"
FIFTEEN SHIPs OF WAR ORDERED TO
AMERIcA-In thu afternoon Of the I Nth