The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1841-11-18
From the sririt of the Times.
NINETEEN DAYS LATER FROM
ENGLAND-ARRlVAL OF THE
GREAT WESTERN & BRITANNIA.

The Great Western arrived at New York
yesterday morning. (Nov. 9th, with about l30
passengers, exclusive of their servants, AMI
full md valuable cargo, chiefly of wooiIens and
silk !, with small amouOt of hardware. A.
mong the passengers are the Hon, Mr.. Ste-
venson, the American Minister, and Major
Thorpe.
A fire occurreda at GLASGOW, by which
several hundred thousand pounds worth of proI
perty has been destroyed. The Town Hall
OF Derby has been burn! down.
WAR,-AII the English papers are talking
about le P'obahili'y Of war and active
preparations ar making for il.
The news from Canton is no later than our
recent direct intelligence. All is confirmed
The English are exasperaed with Captain
Elliott.
Tas lottery system is TO be revived in Eng,
land.
The sea is making terrible inroads on The
south coast Of England.
Sir Charles Bagot, the new Governor Gem
eral Of Canada, left England October 20ih,
in the man-of. war steamer Styx.
Details of the recent occurrences in China
have reached England, |, was tho opinion
there that the labor Of beating the Chinese
would have TO be performed the second time.
Toe Indulgence of The commencement of
MJLeod's trial had reached England.
Daniel 0ConDel stated at a recent Repeal
meeting that he should soon have The honor of
addressing the association as the Lord May
or Of the City Of Dublin. He acknowledged
the receipt Of large sums Of money from A.
me i1a.
There was an enormous rise Of the River
Thames, on the l7lh Of October, and the two
or three following days. Upwards of 10000
houses and stores we're laid under water, and
property 10 an immense amount destroyed.
A meteor Of unusuul size, being az bg as
tnn, according to some accounts, fell near
Behuno, in The Pas De Calais, Flance, ma,
king rushing noise like The passage Of
hurricane.
GREAT DIsTREss. AS an eyidence Of the
great want of employment in England, it IL
said that there were more than four thousand
applications in one week in answer 10 an ad-
verlsemeet for man to I'll Irresponsible place
al a salary of only 1901 per annum.
The cropsn Ireland had fallen greatly short
Of the usual average; but the spread Of tenn
perahce, it was thought would proven, that
distress among The poor which might other
wise become insupportable. Although the
price of corn had risen in almost all the French
markets, still the weight Of bakers lOsves in
Paris was just double that Of loaves of cor-
responding prices in London. So much for
the effects Of corn laws.
Mr.. Fergus O'Connor was stil harranguing
the cbarlsts in the manufacturing districts. Ia
fact, Chartsm appeared TO be much on the in
crease in all parts of England.
FoREfGN WHEAT The importation Of bond
ed wheat Into England had been very great
Nearly all the ports were filled with foreign
vessels. Al Hull the docks we're so crowded,
that the flag announcing that no more could be
admitted had been flying Tor several days.
Foul PLAY.-The body Of James O'Nei
the secretary Of a chartist association, and 6
very active politician had been found drownd-
ed al Sunderland, and dark hints were throWr
ou, that there had been foul play.
The effective strength Of The army in Ire-
land, was Is, 5,29l rank and file, and ii was
about to be increased to another regiment.
O'Connell was still "agHaiing" the repea
| question, aOd had made great speech to hit
constituency at Meath.
The eastern coast Of Scotland hsA been vie
tied with tremendous storms destroying mucl
shipping.
Madrid paper states that ere wer,
caught in the Deva, recently, in a single net
40 salmon, the total weight Of which was owe
| 20I0 posnds.
ssysiaf sefsIs shocks Of an earthquake ha