Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1842-03-17

II BosToN, March I2lh 1912.
| Arrival of the Steam Packet.
20 DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
II Yesterday, at half pas, l2, The arrival of q
! steam packet was announced by Mr.. Paiker's
l Telegraph. and al bali past ., she arrived al
| the wharf IN East Boston. She proved To be-
| The Unicorn, from Halifax, with The passcn
! gers and mail Of The long expected Caledonia,
| which had been obliged TO put back To Lv.
/ erpooI, IN consequence Of damage IN a storm
on III" 7th day 0t her voyage, ni-er having
reached the 29rh degree Of longitude, aud
! was replaced by the Acadia. The Acadia
! left Liverpool on The l9ih of February, with
| an additional mail, and on entering the har
bor Of Halifax on Monday evening, an hour
after dark. met the Unicorn near Sambro
! Head, going out, she having sailed AT hall
! past 4 o'clock. The two vessels recognized
each other by The lights which they cauled,
and having hailed, proceeded To Halifax, aud
having exchanged mails and passengers, The
/ Acadla has returned TO Liverpool. aud the
| Unicorn has brought hither The mai and pas
sengcrs from Liverpool aud has happy re-.
IGved the anxiety which was fc!l for the
Il safety OF the Calrdonia.
Il II appears from letters from passengers
| published in he Liverpool papers, that the
| Caledonia, which left Liverpool on the Ash.
| proceeded successfully and with fine weather
until the Th, when heavy head wind began
In blow with heavy sea. On the 9Th and
| OH the storm continued viii increased vIo.
lence. "On the l0h." says u letter publish.
ed in the European,
Il "The sea was ircme ndous, and carried
away our fore .starboard bulwarks aud ice.
house; filed The fore cabin with water; com
pletely washed out the passengers whose
brrlhs were in that part of the vessel, aud
thoroughly saturated all the bedding. aud
sprung the rudder. Part Of the after. lar board
bnlwarkS and the iron rail on The inifrail were
twisted of, the wheel house damaged, aud
the paddle. box partly stove IN.
II "Tbp gale continued undated during the
L lIth. We hnd To steer by the ails whilst
I endeavoring TO secure the rndGer he main
\ piece of which was completely twisted ~
the case.) by laShing chains round. passing
iron bolts through IL. and fixing chains over
the stern. Al six, =. NJ. Nlib.) being then
IN latitude 40 30. longitude 90 W.. The cap.
tain and officers found it would not be safe
10 proceed on the voyage, ns they were all
of The opinion that the rndder would no,
hold together for two hour. more against
such heavy sea"
\ The head of the stenmer was accordingly
put aboEt and directed towards CoIk, where
>he arrived on the 18th, aud after n short
delay she pruce"dcd to Liverpool. where she
arrived nj 7 O'Clock on The evening of the
| l7ih. The passengers expressed the fullest
confidence in the excellence Of the vessel,
and the skill and Judgment Of her commander.
! Lord Ashburton bad his fnal audience of
the Queen, previous io his departure, IN Sat.
urday, the 9th ult. whcn he wns presented by
Lord Aberdeen. lie embarked on board the
Warsp,e 50. Capt Lord John Hay, which
sailed for New York Feb. ". but IN couse.
qnence of u gale she came IN on The follow.
/ Ing morning through the Needles, aud an.
chored in the Yarmouth Roads. On The 18Th,
a backyard lighter was despatched To the
Wa:splle. which was still ~ anchor IN tho
/ Roads, the wind continuing TO the westward.
On the 10th II was supposed she sailed for
! New York.
| Parliament was opened BY speech from
the Queen. Feb. 3. On the 10Th OF February.
Sir Robert Peel brough, forward the minis.
'cIial project for The amcndm:nt Of the Corn
| Laws.
| The papers arc much occupied by The fcs.
tivnles ~ honor of the King Of Prussia. aud
other distinguished persouages, and the bap.
tism of the Prlncc of Wales.
! The Muine,rs 9fhe Creoie.-.Tn the House
oi Lords, Feb il. there was long debate
on the question of surrendering for trial the
negro mutlncers oftho Creole.
! Lord Brougham brough, before their lord.
ships the case of The Creole. lu reply To his
Questions,
The Earl Of Aberdeen Informed The House
that communications had taken place between
the Governor of The Bahamas and Her Msi
psiy's Government oa the subject. Her
Majesly's Government had given the subject
ther most anxlous attention. and had satIs
fed themselves that there IL no existing au-
thnrlty fnr bringing the negroes Of the Creole
to trial for mmliny aud murder still less Tor
delivering them np or dc,niuing them IN Gus.
iody. The Secretary for the colonies. Lord
Stanley, had therefore sent out instructions
for thor release.
FRoM INDA AND CuiSA.-Tbe news
by the overland mail, which IL from
Bombay 10 Jan. | and from China To
Nov. II, is Of great interest. In Cabul
the British forces had suffered a serious
disaster, in n sudden outbreak, IN which
Alexander Burnes, aud several other Of.
fcers were killed.
In China the Briiirh expedition hao
met with uninterrupted success. They
had ,ecapiured Chusan, Notwithstanding
II had been fortified with great lsbr
since its recent occupation by them, and
also taken the Chnhae, aud Ningpo.
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TBE y. 6. TREAsunY NoTEs which
fell due on the eth aud 9th of March,