Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-12-07
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ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA.
TWELVE DAYS LATER FROM ENGLAND.

TWELVE DAYS LATER FROM ENGLAND,
The Royal Mail Steamship, Caledonia
Capt. E. c. Lott, arrived al Boston at :
O'Clock on Thursday evening. She arri.
we'd at Halifax on the 10th, at 10 A. NJ
and left same day at 5 P. NJ, thus making
the passage to Boston in ID days and 8
hours.
She brought 40 passengers to Halifax,
left . there, and took on board addition
al ones, making 43 to Boston
The Steamship Acadia, from hence,
10Th uIt., arrived at Liverpool on the
evening of the 29ih, in a little more
than Is days passage. She carried out
the account Of Mcleod, which is publish
ed at length in the London papers. FE
teen columns oil the Sun, Of the 3Oth,
are occupied with the particulars of Il.
Tie papers generally express satisfaction
at the result. The London Chronicle
(WhIg) announcing the decision, saws:
The result Of this trial might have easi-
~ been anticipated from the proceeding
OF the three first days. The manner how.
ever, in which the investigation has been
conducted is highly crediabIe to The
character of the judicial tribunals of
America Had the case been one affect.
ing an American subject in England, and
trIabIc at one of our assizes we could not
nave wished the mere formal proceedings
to have passed offOlherwise than they did
at Utica.
A report that Louis Philippe had Of
tered his mediation between England
ana thIs country, was current in the best
Informed circles.
The cotton market remained without
any material alteration.
There is no later news from China.
The Lords of the Treasury have author.
Ized the admission of the rough rice from
The United States at Id per quarter.
OConheH elected Lord Mayor of
DubHn:-At the municipal election in
Dublin, on the 25th ult., the liberals Sc.
cured IL wards out Is. Thus of six.
y aldermen and thirty seven town coun-
'lllors, while the tories only returned 3
aldermen and s town councillors. o..
(onneII was proposed as alderman for
W0 wards, and made choice of the Fours
jourts Wards, as the one for which he
VII sit. AT the election for Lord Mayor
t Dublin, Nov. lst, Dlniell O'Connell
Ias trIumphantly chosen to fill that high /
thee. O'ConneIl continues TO announce /
10 RECEIPT OF large sums from America, g
u the Irish Repeal Fund. a
II IS said that the Irish peasantry will
lis year be exposed TO the terrible calam. b
OF "a failure of the potatOe crop. Ii is o
20 known that the wheat and oat crops
p one third below fhe average, and the v
lee of meat is raising on account of s
SlembeF among the cattle.
A great fire happened ia the Tower of 10
'ndon on the night of Saturday, so til, al
tails OF which fills several columns of ar
papers. II caused the entire destruc- W
a with all its contents, of the mapni6. o,
mt buildings called "'The Grand Store
'nse and Small Armory," containing, in he
1Illon !, to an almost innnmerable quantity Fl
! Drl.1sh Gnn glory, no less number than no
IVY Stand Of arms, &c. With regard
'he amQnnt of value Of property des. 10.
yed' 1t was impossible to give an ad. 4
'qua'e idea; il is,. however, generally z
posed to exceed fi,96O,Oo0. The ei,
: outbreak Of the fire took place at an,
: pas!t ~ O'Clock, at which time the au
'nuon Of the Sentinel on duty on the rec
ace near the Jewel Office was atlrac. int
10 what appeared 10 be a glimmerine az
u under the round table or cdpulo in