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ef4LL bATERl FROM ENGLAND.
The sllanship Csiambia arrived al Cos.
ION On tab. lss inst. ebout 8 O'clock.
Tbs Columbia len Liverpool on the
18Th, ard has mnde The passage in twelve
and ahalf dnys--,he shortest passage ex..
cept onepn record.
The gsneral tone Of business in Great
Britain ihleyldently improving. ~
Tug BFitannia arrived Il Liverpool oni
Saturday, The 10Th 7
TIE lprks erecting atIIowley, 10 CEN
meet Vie Mersey and Irwin, gave way on
The lbii killing six men.
ssIfuap were So plenty at Limerick as
10 ssil atIlad perlb.
Tbs Moscow Gazette gives the pariicu.
lars Of another great FIRE al Bolschoe Pita.
ievo, which destroy edtKo hundred houses.
With nearly all their contents.
HQfaafs had been received at WooIwich
~ rs 81 sou horse power.
H In the British Parliament, the Peel mia.
istry still maintains its strength. Mr..
Roobaek had introduced ais long promis-
ed report on the subject Of the election
compromises. h. Ills 4
The Courier de Haul Rhn states that
The notwithstanding interests in Alsace are
threatened wilh new crisis. At Null
house a number 81 calico printers are un-
employed, aud al Colmar no less than so
weayers applied for employment at one
establishhent and were refused.
b A new banking company. called tho
Londen and Dublin, has commenced op-
erationsin Dublin.
5 Thu Berne Constitutional Of the ath
inst. STATES that on the Sih inst the inhabi-
tahis ,pff FerTeireres Suisses were much
astonisiied at seeing troop Of French
LanceCs entering the village. They were
aboutts traverse Val de Travers, when
the Mayer asked the French officer the
reason. II his violating The Swiss territory.
Tie officer replied. that he did not con-
slider IT'D required permission TO enter .
friendl country. He Immediately, how
ever returned 10 France,
All The operatives in the mills belong.
ing to Bic. Samuel Ashton. near Hyde
hsve Turned out id consequence Of al at
tempt toTeduce their wages. The num-
Der employed has been near, Il not Alto
| gelf Der, N9U nands-
The accounts from The manufacturing
districts coufinue 10 be Of the most alarm
ling andafearful character. The distress
aid starvation that exists in every part Of
Tie country is appalling in the extreme.
4 M FRAN CEg-The, Partisan papers are
ftled WITH matters growing out Of theflate
meiancholy death Of the Duke Of Orleans
1.-THE frst expressions Of grief and regret
which they made at the untimely death
pf The P}inhe are giving place to political
lPartE. The regency question is at pres
sat the mott dominant one in Paris.
A Rayal Ordonnance conyoking the
Clamhets for the 26th inst, has been is~
Esaed. sn1is known to be for the purpose
lof passing a Regency bill; and all par
lies begin tosregard ibis question as the
frs. trSaI Of strength. The ministerial
iourrals announce thai the intention Of
The Gogern mets mi he King is TO have
ihs Das1e If Npsp ours appointed Regent,
Etha Duchess az CLEANS remaining .u-
fsoress pf her children.
I No sopner wssthis known than orposi-
tion hSgan 70 Cabal against il. Il was
thrsl oH al alleeed that toe nomination Oh
a Rssept would require dotation, OF
vote Money for The Due de Nemours,
whichssbe avoidsS .hy declaring the Ouch
less Of Orleans Regent, and the respective
frnefil3of the duchess and her brosber-in-
lEJJsw rkre passed 10 review.
i Il hhs been .slleged that ut. Theirs hai
4 airaad6 and onenly cspcused the Regen.
cy oihbs Duchess 1t Orleans.
n The WarizbuFg Gazs!te Of the 7ih inst
stasesElhat The repertsis not confirmed, bnl
. ihatiI you'd appear the Emperor bad
. ban:shsd 10 Siberia several persons con
, EI4necissl With the frst families in the en-,
pire. kiihout assigning the cause Tor iaa'
tnew Set Of imperial severity.
II ii 4 officially snnounesd IN the London
4 lGszsils. that the expenditures Of lhs
\ Unit4dH Kingdom during The year sadin6
\. I5lh Aptil last, exceeded the revenue OJ
sEthe sian of So. I39. 1854, and that there
Sore dolhing will Be applied to the ssdnc
don pf The national debt. between Toe
iii Il July aud he 10th Of October.