Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-03-13
LA1Ear From EUROPE.

The Britannia steam; .ckci arrived ii Boston
| on the Ed uIt.
| The political news is not Of much Importance.
The British Parliament was opened on tie 2S'h
Jcuuary, by the Quecn III person: Her speech
10 one OF ne nos, rdsue and unsieaning Of these
r=,ye,tia,ly lnane pnpars. No allusion " ha'eVeT
is made to The late difficulties With France, 10 the
! Boundary Question. or any other of the questions
III dispute win thi. co"n''y, 10 Chat'is1, he''
peal Of the Uulvn, or Other ~agitating domestic
auostinna. These omissions we're strongly com
! men,ed upon IN debate, and considered SO unto-
soraaio sign. Of the strength ofthe ministry, that
on the pnhiioasion of lilo speech, the funds de-
c,ined in London, and also in Pa'is.
A raasa:e reisting to the China Question:
mentions thc pen ling Of negotiations al canton,
setw cen Adtnirsi Elliot and tho Chinese Governs
ment. This adds strength to the previous reports
af lie rrrspec, Of an adjustment in tn.t quarter.
and The gi"nin in the Tea market L. g still more
encouraging eien,-but there is yet o want OF pre-
cisios, and cerssin,y in ,hes. a%eeounts, and there
are many who look upon them "ith little conf
dence.
France was quiet. The hamhe were en-
gagged in discussing The war expenses and the
Budget, The Press was in a little excitement,
on account Of he publication Of some ietters,-we
10 no, know their purpnrt,- siirtbated 10 Louis
Philippe, hut which were pronounced tn be for
gerics. Five of The Paris papers had been seized
for printing them.
The Turkish Question is at last formally set
tied. The Pacha bns given up the Turkish heel
into the possession Of the Sultan. aud the Sultan
hs. confirmed to The pacha The hereditary govern
mems Of Egypt.
The latss, dates from the United States receis-
ed in London, was the 9Th of January. The
Bank Of The United States was in somewhat bad
odnr. The London Spectator of the som, says
that the papers h.oughtby the Cambridge, created
The Creates. anxiety in the London money mar
ket. The impression that the Bank would not
resume specie payments, carried it's stock down TO
Ell l0s. per share.
Daniel Brent, the Amrricen Consul at Paris,
and for many years Chief Cl'rk in the State De-
partner, at Washington, died in Paris OIL the 3ls'
Of January.
Bills and balances of account Of Canadian e1pen-
dituee, arising out Of the insurIecnons III Lower
and Upper Canads, have poured in already to the
extent Of G500, 000 or $500, 900 "a large PORTION
Of which is To ss provided for over and above the
expenditure otherwise taken into more exact es-
iirna,iou 10 last Yeas financial rahings; and thls
large account, which is believed 10 be q good deal
below The sum tota, Of damage Of which all the
bills hsve yet to be delivered; properly aPpersains,
in gFes, part to. and should approximately have
been me, and covered, so far as possible, by votes
of credi, and appropriation, two years ago, IN
stead of being loosely left to end THEFT way against
The E2caequer.at any time; anA finally 10 be paid
of by recourse TO the usual draft upon tue b1ns
againss an issue OF ID deficiency Bills"
Some small portion Of the oitls for Syrian aud
Chinese, if no, for East Iudian glories, must, by
this time, be making their appearance also at the
Treasury, in the shape Of Commissariat and other
drafts; but, where practicable, it will be sn object
within the usual policy of the financial people to
s,ase of The bulk Of these accounts, so as to
throw them pas, bulge. delivery, in which case
The present years burden might be eased in ap
pearance, but after ali at the expense OF the next.
Altogether i, may be confidently taken for gram
ted tina: financial affairs are in no very e%nviable,
position; aud thai the Chancellor of the EScheq-
DER would not be greatly concerned if the ensuing
Eastern holidays, previous to The awful inOment OF
budget delivery, could be Indefinitely prolonged
TO something nearer the ep CHI known ss the
Greek Katends.