The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-12-09
Ffya the Boston Post
ARRIVAL OF THE COLUMBIA.
FIFTEEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.

The steamer Columbia, Capt Miller left LIVER
pool at half past |, P. NJ the 18th ult, and ar
rived at Halifax on the 4th inst at III 80, A. NJ. and
left again day, at A. p. NJ, and arrived at this
port at 3, A. NJ, this Tuesday morning. She ex-
perienced tremendous westerly gales during the
whole passage, but sustained no damage. AT the
time we had the severe gale from the eastward, she
was between the longitude of As and So and had the
wind from the westward. BY this arrival we have
received Liverpool papers of the 10Th, and London
of the 18th ult. We have received our full files
Among the passengers notice the name of Gen.
Cass, late popular Minister at Paris. By some
unexplained accident at Liverpool, the European
newspapers was not forwarded by the Columbia
From Mr. Charles Winners American News Letter,
dated Liverpool, Nov 10, we make copious extracts
below.
We arc still unable to report any favorable change
in commercial affairs. In the manufacturing dis
trcts the greatest possible distress prevails and it
is impossible to form any opinion as to the period
when any change for the better may be anticipated
| The new American tariff has occupied no nconsde-
| rable degree of public attention of late, and the
increased stagnation Of trade is attributed mostly
to ITS operations The general opinn in this coun-
try is that il has failed TO produce the beneficial re-
| suits to the American government which its promo
tiers had anticipated and that unless it be speedily
| repealed, good deal of British capital, heretofore
| engaged in American commerce, will be in future in
vested in other channels
| As one of the effects produced by the operation of
the new tariff we may mention that, on Saturday
| last the packet ship Columbia sailed hence for New
York, with a freight, the value of which did not
| amount to more than ESQ.
| If the Americans and others can improve the
quality of their meat much as they have improved
the quality of their cheese some of which Is now
/ fo llppt Cheshire thp IL,
| be immense. Even now it is bought up eagerly not
because it is very good but because it is much better
than at ALL Owing to this competition and per-
haps to other causes, the price of meat has fallen at
least penny pound IN Liverpool, and is as low as
! it has been for many years.
| In the cotton trade there has been no material
change since the Acadia sailed The sales have been
on rather more extensive scale, but the tone of The
market has not undergone any change worth noticing
| The purchases principally made by the trade.
In the Corn trade there has been some little i'm
provement, but there is still great want of confidence
In London, Wakefield, and Liverpool, an opinion
prevails that prices have their lowest point,
but there are Others who entertain very different
opinion.
In the Raw Sugar arket there has been good
deal of business, Notwithstanding that p,ices have
given way little, and the chances now appear to be
that the movement of prices will continue in ia vor OF
the buyers No novelty has occurred in the Foreign
Sugar market.
The Tea market is still dull, the buyers anticpat-
ing more advanag Gus purchases at the Forthcoming
public sales. In the SPICE marke, scarcely any vara-
ton has occurred in respect to prices and the ransao-
tons have been confined 10 the actual wants of the
buyers. No feature has shown itself in the
| Spirit market and the Wine trade continues in the
same uncertain state as for many months past.
DREADFUL SHIP WRECKS.
The Connaught ship Abercrombie Robinson,
I4l5 tons, from London, with 500 rank and file of the
9lst regiment, and band for the Cape corps has
been driven ashore ia a storm in Table Bay Cape of
Good Hope, and gone to pieces. No lives lost In
the same storm, the Waterloo, lying near the Aber-
crombIe, with $40 male conucs, a guard of 30 SOL
diers, women, and 43 children, with crew of about
$50 souls, parted all her cables, and broadsde
amongst the breakers, and n les than hour aud a
half was dashed into fragments, and 30 of those
| board met with watery grave. The Reliance East
lndiaman, Thos. Green, commander. was lost on the
coast of Merlemont on the 18th OF November as
stated by letter from Boulogne-S Mer and only
n passengers out Of l22 on board were saved Il is
alleged that Capt. Green was inexperienced sea-
man, and mistook the French lights on the coast for
some others, of them bad been changed since
he left Englsnd ~ months ago.