Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-01-05
From the New York Ey.ains Post.
TWENTY-oNE DAYS LATER FROM
ENGLAND.

ENGLAND.
Tho steamer Acadia, captain miller,
arrived at Boston abont two O'Clock yes.
terday, bringing dates from London to the
4th OF December, inclusive. She touch.
ed at Halifax on Saturday, after encOun.
teFing, for nearly the whole voyage. a
continuation Ofhead winds and boistsrous
weather.
Captain Thayer, ofthe MOhegan steam
boat, remsined at Stonington fonr hours
waiting for the papers to be conveyed
to this city BY Harden's express-to
which we are indebted for London Jour
nails.
The most important intelligence is the
continued prospect Of peace, the taking
Ofan important military station in Syria,
and the birth ct daughter to the young
Queen Of England.
The taking of St. Jean D'Acre was
followed BY the most awful loss Of life
the magazine within the fortress having
been blown up, killing, it is supposed,
about two thousand. Y
The condition ofcommerciaI affairs is
said to have improved, the manufacturing
districts giving symptoms of a revival
Of trade, and the markets generally hav-
ing advanced.
A report was circulated in Paris al
the last dates that most perfect under
standing has taken place between the
allied powers and Mehemet Ali, with the
appreciation ofFrance; but no arrange
ment has been officially made public.
The viceroy Of Egypt is said to have ac-
qulesced in the ultimatum ofthe allied
powers; being content to possess Egypt,
and to surrender Syria to its allegiance to
the Sultan. ~ r#
The London Globe of December Sd,
says: "a second edition Of the Malta
.MediterrGnce contains news from Alex
'andria, which confirms the report prsva-
lent at Paris of the submission of the
Pacha." l''' 80
The New King Of Holland was inaugu-
rated on the 2Sth Of November, with great
festiVity.
The EAsT.-ALExANDRIA, Nov, IL
IMPORTANT FROM SYRIA-TAKINC OF ST..
JEAN D'AcRE.-On the 9Th inst. the Eu-
phratesrelurned from Syria, bringing the
news fihe taking of St. Jean d'Acro on
the Sd, after a bonbaldment Of three
hours only.
The principal FIRE was directed against
the powder magazine, which was blown
mp, and the fortress Immediately taken
by the assault. The loss Of the Egypti-
ans is enormous 1900 blown up with
the powder magazine, 400 wounded, aud
5000 prisoners. About 1000 more es-
capped with Mahmoud Bey, the Governor
Of Acre. Ibrahim Pacha is SO hemmed
in BY the allies, that there seems great
doubt if he may be able to escape. II
was not known where Soliman Pacha
was.
THE ROYAL BIRTH,
Extract from letter to the New World,
dated London, Dec. 3, 1910. T
3 "Ths very important domestic event,
so anxlously looked forward to for some
time past, occurred on Saturday the 2lst
,ult On the day, at ten minutes pefors
ten o'clock P. M. the Queen was safely
delivered of princess. Her Majesty
began 10 have iDtimations Of what was to
be expected at two in the morning, and
at four these indications became so mar
ked as to induce her Majesty to summon
around her the female sttendants appOin-
ted for the occasion. The writer Of this
saw private letter, written in Bucking.
m,paIacs BY the Earl Of Albemarle, five
minutes after the birth Of the princess,
in which it was stated that her Majesty
evinced fortitude in the crisis Of her
suffering which was the admiration OF the
ladies present. She had only returned to
Buckingham palace ,af few days previously,
from Windsor. Her accouchment, we
may here mention, was not expected by
her medical attendants until the second
week Of the present month; in the words
not until some days after the dats ofthis
letter Immediately after the birth 81
the princess, and before it was dressed,
it was wrapped in flannel and taken into
an adjoining room and laid on table be.
fore The Archbishop Of Canterbury the
Bishop Of London, the Lord Chamberlain,
Lord Melbourne, Lord PalmsrstOn, Lord
John Russell, and other Privy Council
Iors, whose duty it was to be present On
the occasion. The Duchess Of Kent,
Prince Albert and Eve medical attendants,
were among those who were in the
room during the. accouchment Of her
Majesty.
The royal infant is a remarkably fine
plump, healthy child; and 50 we'll have
both been doing since the event, that
only one bulletin has been issued since
Saturday last. ThatbulletiRapPeared on
Tuesday, and il to be the last. lis as
follows "The Queen and the princess
Royal continue in a most Satisfactory
.to9a Hor MasaafvSa s.Onwnlaanhnch is