Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-12-07
Foreign News.
From the ~ Y Commercial Adrertiser, Nor. 90
ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA.
TWELVE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.

| TWELVE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
Quite unexpectedly, from the weather which we
| have had for several days, we have TO announce
the arrival of the steamship Caledonia at Boston.
and the receipt of our letters and papers brought
by this packet. The c. left Liverpool at | P NJ
on the 4th inst. arrived at Halifax on the 10th. at
| 10 A. NJ, and at Boston Thursday evening al
| clock, thus making the passage in fourteen
! days and six hours.
| Our latest London dates are of the evening of
| the Sd of November, and of Liverpool the 4th.
The intelligence of McLeod's acquittal and also
of Croghans release, had reached London, and af-
forded the highest satisfaction The report of the
| trial was published at large in the papers.
The abortlve attempt In Spain had been COM
! pletcly crushed. Monies de Oca, another of the
| leaders, had shared the fate of Gen. Leon. Istu-
| ritz was taken and In prison, and O'Donnell had
fled. 1t is confidently affirmed that negotiations
are in progress, with fair prospects of success for
political amalgamatlon between the mOderaGos
and the Carllsts, to be cemented by marriage be-
! tween a of Don Carlos and the young Queen
the Don formally abandoned all pretensions to the
| throne in favor of his offspring
4 conspiracy had been detected at Brussels and
quantity of arms and ammunition seized The
! ultimate object of the conspirators was varouslv
reported--some alleging that it was republic 9th
ers that it was restoration of the Dutch DYNASTY
| O'Connell was elected Lord Mayor of Dublin
without opposition. On being invested with the
! perfect impartlality, and TO discover himself COM
! petely from parts In his official capacity.
To increase the distress that forms so large a
portion of the difficulties attending the position of
Sir Robert Peel's Ministry 1t is said that the
potatoe crop in Ireland is likely to prove total fail
ure.
An extensive fraud in the issue of spurious ex-
| chcquer bills had been discovered in London The
amounts is variously stated, from 900 to $780,
| 600.
The comments of the London papers on the ac-
quittal of Mcleod, SO far as have had time to
read thcm-with the single exception of the Times
are written in good, liberal and gentemanly
| spirit, although they manifest reluctance dis
| mss the case entire y without reproaches of
| our governmental systenl-whlch might be expect
ed and may easily be overlooked.
The Times INDUCES in brutal sarcasms against
the court, the jury, the American people and their
| Government Pretends to ridcule the importance
given to the trial, sneers at the charge of Judge
| Grldley, affirms that the acquittal was arranged
| beforehand, for fear of England's vengeance and
concludes with long TRADE of bra ggadocio, the
| keynote OF which is windy call upon England to
take summary vengeance for the insult she has en-
dured and ample security that it shall never be re-
| peated A brutal and most malignant article.
The following paragraph appears in the London
Herald of October 80. The Herald by the way,
is said to be the organ of Lord Aberdeen the
| Foreign Secretary.
| We have reason to believe that if any serious
difficulties should between Great Britain and
the United States of America, relative to the trial
! OF Mcleod, the North Eastern Boundary, or any
other question pending between both countries our
Government has agreed to accept the mediation of
France, which mediation has been offered as a
| guarantee of peace and good-w will between the
| French and English Cabinets.