The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-11-23
ARRIVAL OF THE ROYAL MAIL
STEAMSHIP CALEDONIA,
At BOSTON, ELEVEN DAYS LATER PROM ENGLAND

AcyNowL rpGMENT-W are indebted TO The
N. y. Herald, Philadelphia Ledger, Philadelphia
Chronicle, N. Y. Tribune, Boston Evening
Transcript, &C., &c, for extras containing the
foreign news by the Caledonia. We copy the
following paragraphs from the Herald;
Great Fire in the TONER of London-Enor-
nous Fraud in Bills of Erchequer- o. Con.
ned depression in Trade acifcation in
Spain = Revolutionary Plot in Belgium,
&c, &c.
The British Royal Mail steamship Caledonia, Cap
tain E. ID. Lott arrived at Boston Monday evening
about I o'clock.
Captain Lott has been substituted for Captain Nc
Keller, the former commander, for what reason we
have not heard. The Caledonia brought out fifty
passengers.
On the ID Of November all was hustle in the pal
ace preparing for the approaching ACCOMPLISHMENT OF
her Majesty. Sir Robert Peels horses hanessed,
all ready TO convey the intelligence to town, il any
thing should happen to inform all her Msjestys sub
jecis if it should be another Princess Prince OF
Wales
plot TO overturn the Government had been discov-
cred Brussels which created alarm for time,
but turned out have been got up by few officers OF
damaged reputation with the pretended object of
more uniting Belgium with the Dutch crown.
Daniel O'Connell, Esq, has been elected Lord May
or ofDubln
Another violent earthquake has been felt at the
island of Tercera
The town of Dover had suffered severely from the
late gales. Nearly the entire beach had been carried
away and nothing remained to prevent the sea wash
ing against that vast and stupendous cliff which Shake
speare has immortased and here also the raging
surf seemed fully bent upon destruction. large guam
li,y Of several thousand tons weight fell into the sea
on Sunday last the mouth Of the railway tunnel,
and many other huge masses might be seen ut dis
"a tnitar Inu nv or n m eNc
The news of the acquittal of Mcleod had reach
ed England and appeared to create good deal Of sal
isfaction.
The 18th Regt. to proceed to China direct, in
stead Of relieving the 87th at the Maurtius, formerly
| arranged-and the 50th to proceed to China from
| Calcutta
| Twenty-Five villages have been destroyed in Egyp'
by the OVERLOOKING the Nile.
younger brother of the present Chief Of the
Druses in Syria is on his way To England, to be ed
ucated in one of Tho Universities of Oxford Cam
bridge.
| Sir Charles Bagot the new Governor General Of
Canada, who sailed with his suite from Portsmouth
in the Styx steam rigate, the 2ls u was obliged
to take refuge in Cork harbor the 25th during a
heavy gale from the N N. w. The steamer put back
TO Portsmouth on Monday the lst instant, with en-
gines damaged. Sir Charles had arrived in London.
The Queen had contributed f1O0 towards the relief
of the distressed operatives at Paisley.
A life boat had been upset off the port of Blythe,
anu eieVeH lives lOst.
The corporation Of the city of Durham and the
commissioners under the Durham Paving Acts have
effected two very great improvements in that ancient
| cy-namely, the enlargement of the market-place,
and the widening of the thoroughfare at the foot OF
Claypath. They contemplate still further improve
ments
Nearly all the miners of Casteton, in Derbyshre,
have turned out in consequence Of the agents requir
ing them to work two hours day extra for the same
wages. Thera Of wages has been only 2s. cd day,
q n
the reduction is, that the mines have become too i'm
poverishcd TO afford an adequate return.
The Steamer Acadia arrived at Liverpool on the
evening Of the 29th ut The news of McLeod's
quttn caused an immediate rise in domestic securities
of 5-8 per cent.
1t is stated in the Ssntnelle that fourteen Carlst
officers arrested at Bayonne Sunday, and sent
off to Mont-deMarsan, where they to remain sta
toned.
Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer has all but abjured
novel writing owing to the Indifferent success Of his
more recent works of fiction. He il turning his
literary attention solely to dramatic authorship.