Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1841-06-12
FOREIGN NEWS


I'm. The steamship Catalonia, ,,.;..
Boston on the 9Th of MAY, 1. 1'D' :,
days from Liverpool. She r, ys'as 1'"'
icebergs in the Atlantic, ''p'''' nq
AIT At the time Of the sailing Of 4. :,
donio' nothing had been heard :, r' e Oh
,a'e' steamer President, which h., ,'' ''
o@G0 at sea fifty five days; and aI I' l., .l4
:" %1 ae' safety seemed to be los, in d., .,''
This I vessel is said TO have eo =. 's'pl'
thousand pounds and to have been ;' ''s,l
Only 10 SIXTY thousand pounds. '''''''
The Ea'! India and China Comma.
have made known to Lard n I''Dpany,
Prime a Minister 'hei. great d,, s,n'''o'
at me conditions Of Elliot. p.oa' t,''''
with the Chinese Authorize, 's'''''''p
Sir John Harvey had b...
Governor OF NewtoundApd. '''''''
The proceedings Of the Bi,i,h D. =.
ment had been of a mos, ips, ,s ''l'''
ture' The Irish registration t~ a''
warmly discussed for three t,y, W., '1
finally lost on the 9th Of ANY,, II '.'
small majority. '"'q'
This was favorils me,,.,. !, l.
ministers, upon the defeat of which A.,
resignation was regarded as certain Ss
however, has not been the coa,so,,,.,
They were about to iniroduc, ,n,,
sliIon to impose a permanenlGnoi..,,,
duty on foreign corn, by which m.,,,,
they may recover much Of tb,, h,
ground.
oH the night succeeding that On which
the Ministers were defeated, Lord job,
Russell introduced his plan ior the gene,
al reduction Of duties.
From the report of the CharcelorJ 9th n
Excheqaer, it appears that the aation
expenditure considerably exceeds IL To-
come. He has proposed some aItenia
IN duties on certain artIcIes ortraae AID
declared that ifthese do not Yield sufc,d
to supply the deficiency, he will tysu
on property or one equally odiaus,
The news from other divisions Of &,
rope contains hide Or nothing of iotsra
10 our readers.
BY the CALEDONIA we have the follow
Jog ;a,all.s~--- =. .s'u,ion ~ S,U LnvI!I
porl cotton market, ia which our renders
doubtless feel greater interest than aay
other foreign intelligence:
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Nav A, |
The arrival of the Acadia, YESTERDAY,
with accounts from the States to the l1h /
uIt., all 10 favor of cotton, give no auiml.
ION to our market, and we are droopIn,
for want Of demand; what is to have /
favorable influence 90 Que can ll,mIss T
the consumption is considerably ud
apparently increased. The SIDES to-day
IRE 1000 to $500 bales at last weeks
prices; if any change slight concesnn
are occasionally made to the buyer
Nav 3-The demand still coliInos
very limited and holders havo Submitted
to further decline Of I'd 10 per Poun
on thelo and midling qualities Of Amer
lean, whilst other descriptions are veE
heavy Of sale at the present quotations.
500 Am. have been taken on specuh'I'l
and $50 American and 45O SWal loiss
port. There has been Forwarded IH'o"
country unsold during the present n0AD
$3.50 Am, 100 Bahia and suta'
MAY THE sales Of cotton lod'l"
$500 bales, of which 500 bales Am
cans are Dough, for export The Ess'a
the trade. Prices ale without c"S'
though the market is still fiat
April 30--The demand tor co'pIr
day has been very limited, ano DOL l Ia,
than 1000 bales have been dIsP0'''
yesterdays prices. NAM
The sales of the week are oO'I i,S ,o.
bales: Of which are placed to 'lss''s "a
account, 500 Am, with 50O Aus WV
400 Surat export ; so that the Go0'a' q,
have taken less than 10000 bale'' ,, ~
which speaks volumes for Inc u''p'
state OF trade.
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