The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-03-30
ARRIVAL OF THE
COLUMBIA A T HALIFAX
AND THE
UNICORN AT BOSTON.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE

Parliamentary Proceedings-Riband ism In
acknowledgements In Trade-Rati6ca Ion
of the Right Of search-Trenty by the Fou,
Po~ers-Refusalo OF France-The Insurrec-
tiOn In ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Revelation
In spaia-Symptoms OF discomfort at Pari,
Little later from Chiaa--Continued
Fighting In Upper India Troubles I'm sy
ria-M ajorities against Corn Law repeal
Slight decline In the Cotton Market, SC.
The steamship Columbia arrived at Halifax on
Saturday morning last in safety She left Liver
pool the 4th Of March on the 18th efter several
storms che broke her intermediate shaft; the floats
were taken off the wheels, her sails wore set, and
under them she went till the 18th, when her star.
board engines were started, and under this, she
reached Halifax.
She brought Mr. Cunard and II passengers, -.3d
for Boston The Unicorn brought these latter or,
reaching Boston, att o'clock on Sunday night. She
returns TO Halifax April I'd.
Trade is terribly depressed.
The Bank has reduced discount to 4 per cent.
Dates from China to Nov. SOth. Nothing new.
Teas had advanced I'd per ID. money. The de-
liveries lower but fair business is doing $500
Ccmprnys Congos closed at Is. lid l I'd per Id.
We have London dates to the 81, and Liverpco
to the lh instant.
In England the prospects Of business are dismal
at present. but the necessity of increasing the forces
in China is promoting employment for the army and
navy departments.
The X light Of Search has been signed by the all
parties, with the exception OF France she refuses
to sign it at present The Charter is in full force in
nd dod
progresses. The accounts of distress in England
continue to be as gloomy as before, ard trade does
not appeas to improve. The cotton market. how
ever, is in better state and the money market is
easy
The burnngs in efiigy and corn law meetings still
continue.
tedious debate on the corn laws occupied the
House of Commons during five successive nights,
during which no new arguments were brought for
ward of particular interest Mr. Villiers moved "that
all duties payable upon the importation Of corn, meal
or flour, do now cease or determine;' when the
committee divided, the numbers were the motion
80, against it 1913 90 the 18th ult Mr. christopher
proposed higher scale Of duties. His proposition
was that the maximum duty should be IS. higher
than the maximum duty proposed by the govern.
ment. The division was taken Ga the question, and
the original proposition was carried by 3O6 to l04.
In the House of Lords. 81 st ult the Earl of Aber.
deem laid the table the treaty Of the slave trade
signed by all the great powers of Europe except
France. He regretted that he was under the neces-
city of informing their ordshps that the ratification
of the king Of the French had not been exchanged
with thosh of the other powers; neither was he able
to inform the house ofthe time when naturalization
might be expected The treaty with France con clu
ded in 1881 and 80, remained in full force and vgor
RroHr OF SEARcH.-We learn from Paris that
delay of four months has been asked and obtained
for the French Governn ent to ratify the right Of
search.
There is terrible work in Ireland. A tremendous
ribbon conspiracy has been discovered.
The Columbia saw upwards Of one hundred and
fifty icebergs.
BY this arrival we have Liverpool dates to the
4th instant, and London to the evening of the 3D.
The packet ship George Washington arrived at
Liverpool from New York February y, carrying
news from this country to the 9Th. The London
Times, in its money article, remarks, that the
of the state of credit of the United States
Government in the New York papers "are Of the
most formidable description"
The packet ship United States, arrived at Liv-
erpool on the evening Of March I'd, having made
her passage from New York in Ia days. She car.
ried out papers TO Feb. H.
Mr. Oiel, of Devices, states that the wages Of
agricultural laborers, Wiltshire, range from to
shilliHgsa week, and that the greatest distress
prevails amongst them, many families being actual.
ly starving.
A violent hurricane has recently been experien-
ced nea- Genoa. Thousands of olive trees have
been broken or rooted up.
The steamer Trent, for the West Indies, left Lon.
don February a. with fifty passengers, and was to
have touched at Southampton, but the weather
having been tempcstuous, she had not arrived there
at 10 o'clock on the evening Of march,.
The veteran repeater, Tom Steele, obtained his
discharge as an insolvent debtor on Wednesday.
a letter from Bayonne says, "the Bay of Biscay,
which has been abandoned by the whales for the
last 800 years, is again visited by them. Several
have been during The last week, by the fisher.
men on the coast between Biarris and Socena.
At Stratford, in Essex, upwards of 900 persons
are employed in staymaking After laberine
twelve hours per day their earnings do not amount
TO Did. each.
A man Of the name Of Leary, a soldier, is now in
Cork ial, charged, on his confession, with the
murder afthc Rev. MIR Hamilton, near Bandon, il
1888
The reinforcements which have already sailed
or abont to SAIL for China, amount toseventet ship
| Of war.
A delay of four months has been asked and OBJ
| tanned Tor the French government to ratify tn
| right Of search.
| All transported convicts will hencefort be sen
| direct to Van Dieman's Land, instead of Sydney
| New South Wales
| A letter from Rome represents that q create
quantity of snow has fallen this year in Italy thar
| has ever been remembered.
| 1t is understood in well informed quarters tina
| the Bank Of England, within the last two or three
days. has received very important addition to it
| stock Of bullion; some estimates make it as mucf
as f30000O One Of the first Hebrew firms in tn,
city has, it is further stated been the chief depo
| sitor.
| Her Majesty, the Quees, Prince Albert, and
| numerous suite, visited Portsmouth, on Monday
also the doc yards and several of the ships in tn
| barber that and the following day, retaining t
| Brighton on Tuesday afternoon
The lords commissioners Of the admiralty hay