Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1841-04-08
Arrival Of the Queen.
IMPORTANT lNJELLIG

a IMPORTANT lNJELLi"ENCE'
II Effect of The Pickcns Repon-late Noes
+ from China-rcsis"adon cf .ddmlrd
s. EHioR-Pariiamcnt notice Of The .Hc.
Leod affair, Sc. &c.
4 The long looked tor steamer arrived
I at an early hour on Monday morning, nf.
ter a very bostcrous passage OF 81 IL
6days, having been compelled to put int
! Halifax to repair her paddles, which hac
$been carried away by the severity oI
! the weather. The Queen was without
4 a rag of canvass, and the floats or pad
dies of one Of her wheels entirely gone
d for ten days. She arrived at Halifax
Oh the 3Oih Of March, and after under
agoing the necessary repairs, left thai
5port on the lst, aud made the run to n
q York in three days.
a Our London papers are to 10Th OF
q March inclusive. ~ Y. Com. .idp.
q Tho famous report of Mr.. PIckens
Hon tho Mcleod affair and divers Other
Smatters, reached London on the 9Th OF
q March, and a. was expected, raised
Hquite commo,ion.
q The papers generally, and especially
Ethose in opposition, were loud and iuri-
Nous i'm their comments on the report, and
4 agcncrally upon the arrest aud indictment
Eiof Mr.. Mcleod, but we attach yer.
Eliule nscqucnce to their iuimlnations
4 for various reasons. Ampg these are
1.-The evident political motive by which
Hlhey were suggested, and the excessive
&ignoranCc, not To say misrepresentation
Not the facts in the case, exhibited ny
kthe writers almost without exception
& The case as they present ii Is so total,
Hdihercnt from the case rs II really eNlsis
athere is no relation whatever between
Hlheir comments and the facts. They
Hhaye made statement for themselves,
Hand then proceeded to roar about IT
l. which is a very unwlse method oi pro-
ceeding. We would civily suggest to
l. them that before they give Judgment III
: the premises, and especially before they
undertake to enforce their Judgment
with lne-oi battle ships, they make
Hthemselvos acquainted with the facts
when they will discover that no injustice
Neither has been or ls likely to be done
Ito MIR. Mcleod or the nation whose
Hyeng eancc is invoked IN his behalf.
"A There were runors Of warlike prrpar-
uations to usward, but nothing Of an au-
Ethentic nature had transpIred. One OF
tslhe reports was that a squadron ol ten
Gsail had been ordered to rendezvous AT
EGibral,er, destination supposed to be the
+ coast OF the Ubrcd States. Two ships,
! the Monarch and Vernon, had received
e,orders to expedite their eIui pment, and
1.-TWO others, the Tweed ami indus, had
sailed from Portsmouth for Spilhcad-all
supposed to be under orders for America.
The Austrian garrison evacuated the
acity Of Cracow on the 2Oh "i February,
/ ito the great Joy -. the inhabitants.
Some OF the London papers nov deny
1.-The statement recently put forth re-
lspecting the Interesting situation oi
the Queen.
6ARRIvAL or THE OVERLAND MAIL FROM
INDIA.
The overland mail arrived on the OH
! of March, with accounts from Canton ia
Dec. 10, from Calcutta Ia Jan %, and
1 from Bombay to the lst Of February.
d As regards the progress Of affairs III
q SChina, nothing decisive in the way OF
Z anegotiation had yet taken place, though,
Hallcr some delay, the prclminaries had
sbeen begun. The lmperial commsslo''-
Her. X Keshcn, arrived at Canton on Nov.
: 90; and it was stated that he was about
to establish himself at Macao, for the
apurpose OF entering upon affairs. Pre-.
3vious 10 his arrival flag Of truce had
abren fired on by the Chinese in the
q Bogue fort, bnt this was subsequently
sexplained away aud apologlscd for
4 The mos, material feature, however, IN
1.-THE news from Canton, is the esignatlon
Hof Admiral Elliot, on the plea oi Ill
@health lie shifted his flag from the
q Melville 10 the Voltage and sailed immc-
ddiatcly for Singapore, leaving the com
Hmand of the fleet To Commodore Sir j.
EGordon Bremen, and the negotiation OF
g affairs in the hands Of Capt. Elliot. II
twas hoped that the energy of tho com
Nmodore would counteract the yacil'ailou
Aoi the commissioner. The squadron al
z the mouth of the Canton river arount-
. led to | | ships of war. besides steamers
mand store-ships; the remainder OF the
lsheet, under Capt. +. Boucher, were al
HChusan. The troops there were still
n Msuaerng from sickness, bu, not in so great
IN degree as had previously been the
Gcase, though few OF them could be look
He'd upon as fit for service. The actual
Estate Of the negotiations NJ Canton was
Rnot yet known Mr.. Stanton had been
breleased.
d UNITED STATES BANK.
\ BY the arrival ofthe Caledonia steam
Eer we have intelligence that the news Of
Nthe suspension ofihc Pennsylvania banks
chad been received at London. but NJ
ftlme had elapsed to show lis effect upon
gthat market. On the 4lb Of March, the
Aday OF the reception of the intelligence,
81 British stocks declined in consequence
aof it.
a Turkey AND EGypT.