The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-03-02
ARRIVAL or THE ROYAL MAIL STEAM
n.IIn rWENTXl EIfsIi,r DAYS LATER.

ARRIVAL or THE ROYAL MAIL STEAM
EIGHT DAYS LATER
The Britannia sailed RoRi Liverpool on The even
ing of The 4th, and arrived IN Boston hnfD"i -" W"
morning Of the 22d, at o'clock--orns'ns 90 way
later news from England.
Observation-Disclosures was open
al on the goth ult. by the Queen ~ person. ana
,ha attendance of The Peers was quite numerous
Am ouarter past O'Clock, the Queen, preceded
nv the heraIds and grea, Officers Of State, entered
rhe House, when The Speech was handed the
Queen by the Lord Chancellor, which was read III
cler distinct manner.
The, following Paragraph from the speech IS all
that is said Of the Chinese difficulty Mo a'lusi'h
is made to the Boundary Question:
"Having deemed it necessary TO send TO the
coas, of China naval and military force, to Ne
mand eparation and redress for injuries inflicted
upon some Of my subjects by the officers Of the Elm
peror of China and for ndigni,ics offered to an a
rent Of nv Crown, at tho snmo time appointed
plenipoten,ari to treat upon these matters with
tho Chinese Government.
I These penipoten,iares were by the last accounts
in ne gociaton with the Government OF China, and
il will be source Of much qualification to me, 1T
ahat Government shall be induced by its own sense
of Justice to bring these matters to speedy settle
ment by an amicnblc arrangement.
As soon as tho Queen he'd concluded the Speech
her Majesty was handed from tho Throne, and, ac
companicd BY Prince Albert, left the House IN the
Same form as upon her entrance.
The christening of the Royal Princess was to
sake place, with great ceremony, on the ION inst
in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The baptsmal
names of the infant Princess were to be Victoria
Adeaid louisa the first, after her Majesty and
the Duchess of Kent; the second, OF The Queen
Dawager, and the latter Of the Queen of the Bel
gians; the Duke OF Sussex, the Queen Downger,
ana the Duchess of Kent, were to be sponsors.
There have been several great foods in Eng
lanJ, occasloned by an unusual quantity OF snow,
which had fallen and suddenly thnwed, carrying
away many houses, mills, and detroyng much
property, attended with loss Of life.
BY the dreadful shipwreck ofthe Thames steam
.er, on her voyage from Dublin to London, on tho
Sd u.t it is ascertaned that out Of sixty five pas.
sengers only six were saved.
A report was current in London the Sd inst,
that Chuson had been retaken by the Chinese, and
that Two British ships had been burned.
J. S. Buckingham is delivering course of lee
lures on America and the Americans, in London.
ALerERs.-The latest accounts from AIgiers
state that the French troops had marched from
ChercheII, to make ranzid; that is, TO surprise,
plumber, burn, and destroy poor Arab village.
They killed twenty Arabs, wounded many more,
and captured some and mules.
RussIA.-A letter from Moscow states, that the
British expedition againstC China had given very
nniayornpe turn TO me trade between NnInn and
Russia. The qeanti,y Of tea sent to Moscow di.
minished from 100 900 chests, the amount Of last
gear, to 40, 900, as the Chinese now only send
their goods by land. The export Of Rnssinn goods
70 China chiefly cloth had also greatly diminished.
INpIA.-Thirty eight persons po;soned from eat
ing Turhc.-We have been Mortified by hearing Of
the most extensive mortality we ever remember TO
have known, from eating noxicus food that occur.
rcd within the last few days near Pahtura.-tt ap.
pears that two turtles were caught and brought to
that eyery individ who part of them was
seized in about twenty four hours with species of
cholera, of which it has been ascertaned beyond
doubt, at least thirty ght persons Omen, women
and chldren) died and some upwards Of forty more
arc dangerously unweIl.- East India Telegraph.
SwITzERLANp.-There has been another revolt
in several towns in Switzerland, whose people
Gently adopted new constitutions, proposed by the
government of each. The aristocrac party and
abe Catholics resisted the government troops Tor
ahree days, and tho result the utter of the
insurgents. The monks had also taken part in H. e
rebellion in con sequen nee OF WHICH all monas ste ries
This extreme measure, it supposed, would
lead TO troubles. The excitement in many OF
abe large towns was intense.
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STEALING or CREDIr.-A farmer in His State,