The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-05-14
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FOREIGN NE Tvs.
FROM fhs Journal II Commerce. April Ri
sixteen Days Letter 4om Enslan1
ARRIVAL or THE COLUMBIA
Isl lhe arrival a Boston 81 sha steamer
Columbia, Captain Juakins. a fifteen dals
from liver poel, We have London ana Liver
pool dates q Saturday, the 81 inst.
The Steamer res idenl bad nor arrived out
when Che Columbia sailed. and her prcifaet
ed absence ltwenty-four days. gave rise "
much anxiety. The packet ship Nirginiant
which sailed ON the Faith. three days after
The President. arrived at lsiperpoolon the Sd
Liverpool paper, Of lhe Cd sholl.
6casion was made St LloYd's on Monday
morning, requiring tenders fol transports q
convey 900 men, with ~ officers. 80 Han
INK and Quebec. whittier, z IS reported J,
/ 900 men are ultimately destined.
Il was reported in England that the steam
ers British Queen and President had been
sold 70 the Belgium Government. aud that
they are intended 10 run betW cen Amsle am
and New York for The future.
ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STA TIES.
Tile Times, of the Cd inst. says: sseovern-
ment received dispatches from NJ. Fox 81
tile same steamer which brought our letters
and papers, and these dispatches leave no
doubt of an amicable and immediate settle
ment between the United States and Great
Britain as far as regards the question Of " 81
Leod. Mr.. Fox had received conamnnlca-
lion to that effect from the American Gov
crnment, couched ia the most conciliatory
language. We think the public mind may
be at rest on this point
IKE Mnrnirn, (shrot,srln sf sff1n same date
says: The news from the United States BY
the British steamer, may be looked upon ln
two-fold character, political and cOrnmer-
cial. In regard 20 the first, the contents are
considered very favorable, and the best evil
dence of that is, that the funds have risen
in consequence per cent. The only points
considered to be at issue now are. the time
and manner of Mcleod 8 Liberation, for all
fears for his safely, or indeed conviction, are
at an end
The London Morning Chronicle Of the
Sd, remarks: Now that Canada is tranquil,
and that the differences with the United
States no longer wear a MANAGING aspect,
the stream of emigration will, from various
obvious causes, sci more strongly than ever
for that interesting portion OF our colonial
empire
The London Sun Of the Sd, says: .sNot a
trace of the insolont tone which pervaded
Mr.. Pickens' Report is to be found in am
of the American journals On the contrary
the strongest hopes are expressed, that Mr.
Mcleod will speedily be sci At liberty, and
that the question at issue between the two
governments will be brought 10 an amicabIr
adjustment. The fact is, all the respectable.
people of the U. States are no less ashamed
of Mr. Pickens and his committee than of
the mob at Lockport, and are justly anxious
TO seperate themselves from madmen, who
would embroil two countries intimately unit
ed, merely to crafty spirit of wicked re-
venge or disappointed ambition,
President Harrison S inaugural address was
copied into all the London papers.
Resignation Of the Belgium .Uinisiyy.-
The independent, of Brussels, the minisle-
rial paper, announces the resignation Of ali
the members Of the Belgium Cabinet on the
9th ult. The resignation is attributed Is
the Kings refusing TO dissolve the Chamber.
HOLLAND.
The accounts from Holland speak Of Il
great fermentation, which, as they state, nlan-
ifested itself among the Protestant population
of all classes, in consequence of the resolu 8
lion announced by the King to carry into
effect the concordat concluded in 1898 with
the court of Rome.
E1T9hqunke at .4RtDteYGp00Tn'- - ms cItylsl
said to have been almost entirely destroyed
by an earthquake, which happened on the
night OF the Esd of March, I849; 800 per-
sons were killed. The cities of Ava and
Tragain are also said to have been destroyed,
with many neighboring villages.
FRANCE.
Paris dates are 70 the first Of April. The
Commerce states that petition had been
presented to the Chamber of Peers, demand
ing that the national representation should /
meet out OF Paris, when the capitol should /
be surrounded with Notifications, It being
impossible for the Legislature to deIiberalel
With becoming freedom under the artillery
Of the ramparts,
The accounts from lgiers gives no reason
20 hope for q speedy termination cf HOSTILE
ties IN that colony
Prince de Joinville IS To resume The COM
mand Of the Belle Houle frigate, and viii
take the Newfoundland station during the
codishIng season. The Belle Ponle viii then
proceed e The United States, and return to
the Mediterranean.
AFFAIRS OF THE EAST.
The intelligence from Constantinople IS Is
The 1sh ill.
The Augsburg Gazette Of the 28th nlt..
publishes private correspondence from
which states that Tie French
Ambassador there earnestly supported Gle
representa- ATOMS made By AehemeI Ali. fela.
tive IS kne hrman issued 1y the Sultan is
Vesslng nim with the government 81 Earnt.
and even threatened IA st nee would 69rr