Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-05-28
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM SHIP
CALEDONIA.

ANN V AL Or he - EhM Ot1lf
CALEDONIA.
FIFTEEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
State of Trade-.be better face on the cotton mar
ket-Pdrliamenta, q proceedings--Reroll-
ton in Persia-troubles in Ireldnd--Re-
ported Battle in India--TroubleS in Sy-
ria.
The Caledonia arrived at Boston this NOR.
ming, after a pleasant passage of fifteen
days.
We welcomed the Caledonia again this
morning with a hearty good will. She
made pleasant passage Of fifteen days
having arrived at about six O'Clock.
The Columbia had not arrived at Liver
pool, but was spoken by the Caledonia the
day she started, off the Skerries, at about
ten in the evening.
The Overland mail from India was hourly
expected, as the arrangements to reduce the
time between Suez and Bombay, from
eighteen to twelve days, were reported al
the last arrival to be nearly completed.
TROOPS FOR INDIA.-On Friday, the Goth
Regiment embarked for India, and in few
days the 10th Regiment greatly augmented,
will also embark for the same place.
Troops in considerable numbers are as
semblmg at Canterbury, Gravesend, and
Tilbury Fort, and the embarkation of the
men is going on with activity. Three ad-
ditional regiments have been ordered to that
country. The seventy-eighth Highlanders,
the 10th Foot and the 9th Lancers.
Madrid papers of the 9Th, mention that
Mr.. German, who was regarded as an agent
of Metternich, had received notice to quit
the Spanish capitol.
Orders had been issued at the British
Royal Foundry for the casting of two
thousand cannons Of various calibre, in.
tended chiefly for the larger vessels Of
War.
The Lords Of the Admiralty have Or
dered twenty powerful fire engines to be
constructed for the use Of the national dock
yards. Nine Of these engines have been
completed and sent to Woolwish to be
proved.
A fire broke out in London on the 25th,
which destroyed the extensive leather man.
ufacturing establishment of Messrs. Baily
& Co., the largest in London, and at one
time threatened very extensive conf1agra-
ton.
The Iron Steamboat Company has made
preparations for prosecuting their business
Chelsea. Contracts were already out for
upwards of fifty new boats.
The BRITIsH PARLIAMENT.-1he debate
on the resolutions proposed by Lord John
Russell, as an amendment on the Resou-
ton imposing an income tax, occupied the
House Of Commons several nights. The
amendment was, of course, rejected by a
large majority, and the original resolution
affirmed.
The second reading Of the Corn law bill
was fixed for the night Of the 48th, in the
House of Lords. Lord Melbourne has
given notice of his intention to move an
amendment, in the shape of resolution,
on the motion for the second reading. The
farmers are pouring in their petitions, a.
gainst the bill. The presentation Of one,
on Thursday evening. gave rise to curious
scene. The Duke of Wellington lost his
temper, and gave the lie TO certain state
ments with more energy than politeness.
The distresses in the manufacturing dis,
tricts Of Great Britain still continued, al.
though the demand for labor, was on the
whole, somewhat better than it had been fol-
sometime past. The Spitalfelds weavers
had been partly relieved by contributions
from the metropolis and the commercial
towns; and the distressed operatives Of
Paisley were in the receipt of donation:
sufficient to save them from actual starva
ton. Still the amount OF suffering wa!
very great, and much greater, probably
than ever the British public supposed i
could be, under the circumstances.
IRELAND.-The troubles in Ireland, ari
sing principally from the scarcity of pro
visions, the want of employment and disaf
section with the government, were every
day assuming a more alarming aspect
Murders, robberies, and other outrages up
on the laws, were Of frequent occurrence
all showing. "a relaxity of moral restraint
and desperate determination not to ODE.
the behests of tory rule. The complain
was, that the government, amidst all its pro
nosed measures, did not contemplate doinl
any thing for Ireland, or tolighten the bur
dens which weighed down its energies.
A large number Of houses in the neigh
borhood of Doonbeg, county OF Clare, Ire
land, were recently carried away by
flood, and several men lost their lives IN al
Cnttta.