The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-12-28
Arrival OF the Steamer Column
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FIFTEEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
The steamship Columbia arrived at Boston the
2Ist inst.
IL appears, that since our last accounts from Eng
land, the distress among the poor people has in
creased with fearful rapdy; the papers are filled
with accounts ofpublic meetings TO alleviate in
some degree this appalling misery and TO keep the
people from absolute starvation. The government
proposition to relieve their distress by The whole
sale emigration meets with general Appreciation
The great panic of 1926, il is said, bore no COM
parson to the present universal distress.
The London papers Of the Goth ut., gives an nc
count of daring incendiary attempt destroy tn o
Horses Guards and st. Georges barracks. A ball
| composed ofexplosive materials, thrown into
the court Of the Horse Guards, and fell at the feet
OF n soldier and exploded with the noise offs can
non. Ii caused great alarm throughout the me-
! tropolis, which increased, when it became known
that a similar ball thrown into the barrack
yard at Charing -cross. These daring attempts to
destroy public buildings, follow so closely upon
the fire at the Tower, and the alarm at Guildhall,
are supposed TO be the work of foreigners, and gov
eminent have orde red return OF all foreigners in
England, to be made forthwith.
| The American Minister, Mr. Everett, arrived
! in London the 10Th Of Nov and the next day he
had an audience with Lord Aberdeen. On the
Oath he dined with Sir Robert Peel and two days
afterwards he left London for Paris.
The Queen and infant Prince were enjoying ex.
cellent health. Her Majesty and Prince Albert
took airing in Hyde Park the Cd instant,
being the second time since her accouchment.
THE CHINA WAR.-England seems not to sleep
on the question. BY our last accounts learn
that two thousand effective troops, consisting of
Attachments from the 18th Royal Irish Fusilecrs,
Goth Cameroians, 49lh, 55th and 9Sh, regiment
| Of infantry, embarked at Portsmouth on the LIST
inst board Her Majesty's ships ofthe limo Sap
phre and Apollo and were to have sailed on the
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The Liverpool Standard says large and pow
erlnl association is now in progress OF formation,
having for its object the establishment Of an ex-
tensive and national system of emigration TO our
North American colonies An object benef.
cal 10 the poorer class of this country, and so
conductive TO the general trade and prosperity OF
the empire, cannot fail to meet with general CO.
operation. But this association is also sup ported
by n union with the baropets of Scotland and No
va Scotia, whose territorial claims the ancient
province OF Nova Scotia win thus, it is anticipa-
ted, be made only available to themselves, but
beneficial Ia the distressed population ofthese king
doms.
Letters from Beyrou: to Oct. %, announce that
Syria bad again become the theater of violence
and bloodshed On the 10Th Oct. the Druses from
Dair Ell Kamen assaulted, with the utmost ferocity,
the Christian population, who had met to deliber-
ate on The affairs Of the mountain, and put old
men, women and children the sword The
Christians ran to arms, and civil war was raging
throughout the country. No fower than n hundred
villages had been sacked, and Beyrout was crow
ded with families who had fed from the fury of The
combatans.