Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-04-22
FOREIGN.
TWENTY- EIGHT DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
Anelu.I OF Tile GREAT WEsTERN.

3f.hanis,au-Sir thousand soldiers s'aughtered-
.Iojor. Genera Eiphinstone masSaertd-.4ssdstnah0a
of Tie British ambassador to CaC0ot-.HoTe BTt,tS@
Tfoops ordered to Naturalization on Petfs Corn
Bill Financial and Commercial po!iey Of Great 6rt-
tain-Neo Tarif-Property Tar-Lord .absrdeen $
reply to Mr.. SteeensOns Noie on tie RgAt o. Se1rfA
Death of the Earl IF Mnnstcr-FreaeA 4Ta'rS-
POrtngH-Brh Of" rrineeaae Sua g% 1as ss,
Successes of lie Cireassiams-DcprcsSsd Stale q
Nrw YoRK, April I've again welcome the uni
versa favorlte the Great Western, Capt lloskIn, to
our shores She teegraphed IN the Eastern olhng
at about o'clock this morning. and arrived at the COCK
little after L. having made the passage in something
| less than 10 days. 80
She brings us full files OF foreign papers up 10 the I'd
inst her day Of sailing being twenty EIGHT days later
The intelligence brought by This arrivals OF immediate
| interest and Importance.
| There is no later news from China
| Lord Brougham has taken strong ground against The
financial policy proposed by Sir II. Peel Trade con-
tinres very much depressed. The cotton market 10
dull and The distress which has so long pfeVaied
among the laboring classes is not at all sackened IN
severity.
The steamer Acadia arrived at Liverpool on The
morning of the 2h ut, having made the passage home
in II days Her news had been anticipated by The ar
rival of the Oxford.
The Spectator speaking Of the death Of the Earl oil
Munster says The town shocked by the ne VS. that
the Earl Of Munster the eldest OF the late king, had
committed suicide He had shot himself OH the night
of the Goth ult at his house in Belgrave Square The
Jury reurneda verdict that deceased destroyed hmsel II
while lsboring under temporary mental arrangement
He was in his 18th year.
The Duke OF Norfolk died on the 10th ult., in ST
Jamrss Square, London. CherubnI, the celebrated
composer, died in Paris the 10Th ult. SIR George
Arthur, it Is snid will be the Governor of Bonn
bay. The Spectator re marks that AIR. . Conne pre-
parcs defend his seat for Cork, with zeal as II he
feared for the result
On the 2st ult the boiler OF the steamer Telegraph
burst, just after the steamer had left Glasgow, and
eighteen persons were killed, and many wounded by
the accident.
The House of Lords adjourned the Odd ult. TO
April eth, and the House of Commons adjourned the
same day, and to meet again April !, when Dir
Robert Pees financial measures would be brought lot
ward.
| P,prI,MryT.Rr PRocTrpIyGs-14 ult Motion
made 10 90 into Committee the Corn Importation
| Bill when the House went into committee, ana me
clauses TO nne were agreed to- Long DEBATES oi.
lowed the financial statement of Sir Robert Feel and
Lord Jno Russell signed his determination TO oppose
the Government measures of finance at every stage
The Premier reply stated that he expected 10 meet
some opposition his measures, but that on The attn Of
April the financial resolutions would be brought Tor
$3.50 .d.d Nth speedily possible. On
the 9th he intended to take the Corn Importation Bi,
with view of sending it up to the other House at
once
With the exception of the following abridged account
Of the financial statement, the general parliamentary
business of either House does not require, al present.
farther notice.
Sin RonrRr PEEL, FINANCIAL SrArEMEsr.-The
great length of,he Premiers scheme of finance will not
allow give it in detail. The summary of the &C
count, however may be tabled as follows:
i Loss-EIcesS of Expenditure Ineome-Esti-
mated deficiency in the year, f2,370, 600.
i Reduction Of Tares Modification Of various import
duties in the Tariff ego 000 Loss from the reduction
of coffee duties El7000O. Loss from the timber duties,
f600000 peal of the export duty British manuiac-
lures fl000 600 Reduction ofthe duty stage coaches
f70,000-making 81 ,20000, and total deficiency in
the public income, of E3, 10000
GAIs- On the taxation Of IreLQnd.-Produce OF addl-
tional spirit duty Of Is per gallon, 1000 Increased
income from equalization Of the Stamp Duties ESQ.,
0O0 property tax on Irish absen,ees amount not
estmatcd)
On The taration of Great Britain-Income taz.-(Ex-
GLIDING incomes under ESQ per annum) rent of land
Fl and houses tites, shares in railways, mines, &c. I'll
100000 Income of farmers, taken at onehaf the rent
which they pny, El50,0 Public funds and securi.
ties e646O00. Trades and professional incomes, El !
22OOO0 Income of public officers, El55, 900. The
total IS taken at f3 tD0,00O.
Ofthe Taration ofthc United King dom.-Probabe in
crease from the new Corn Laws-(not estmated)-
Duty on exported coal, f2O0,D0O Total amount from
new taxes "a 100000, leaving 4 surplus OF E520,00O
which will go to meet additional expenses which may
be incurred in carrying on the wars in India and Chr
ma 1t necessary TO give in this place the "BUDGEr
for the present year, by which the foregoing will be
placed in clearer light.
THE RIGHT OF SEARcH-The Times of 3Oth ult.,
contains Lord Aberdeen reply to MIR. Slevensons note
on the right of search, and in its remarks upon this
state paper says: lord Aberdeen begins by disclam-
ing all responsibility for any expressions used By hls
predecessor, Lord Palmcrston-he then explicitly
repeats his former renuncations The part CT this
country, of all claim 10 right of search American
vessels time Of peace and observes, that when
sci is once ascerained 10 be American the British cruz
sers ordered to abstain from all interference with
her, NE SHE SLAYER or OTHERWISE.
"Wth American vessels, whatever be their dcstlna.
tion British Cruisers have pretension in any man.
ner to interfere Such vessels must be permitted, if
engaged in it, to noy monopoly of this unhallowed
trade; but the British Government, concludes Lord
Aberdeen will never endure that the fraudulent Of
the American flag shall extend the iniquy to other
nations by whom abhorred, and who have entered
into solemn treaties with this country for its entire
suppression.
The Overland Mail from India brings most important
: and disastrous news from the English Affshanstan,
captured two three years since, after an immense
slauqh:er of the natives, has been reaken by them and
about six thousand British troops cut to pieces. Sir
William hcNaugh,on, the British Envoy ct Caboo, was
assassinated and according TO the cor
RESPONDENT OF the London Times, his head cut off,
and the mouth being filled with portion Of the mutt.
lated body, decorated with the green spectac les
which Sir William used to wear, and in that state pa
raded through the town by order of the of Dost
Mahommed.
prince hom the British drove from his throne and
RED into captivity when they invaded the country. The
ladies Of the envoy and several officers have been taken
as hostages by the Afghans. Full particulars Of the
bloody battles and The long train of disasters which
have terminated frigh,fuy, will be found under the
head Of India.
The demands for vengeance are of course loud both
in England and India. reinforcement of eight thou
sand troops has been ordered from England.
In the House Of Commons, on the OH Of March,
there division upon the second reading of Sir Ro-
bert's Corn bill The vote stood for Lord Ebrngton 8
nendmeni ls6, for the second reading 254. Einiste
rial majority l0o
EMIGRATION TO AMKRIcA.-A London paper says:
IN York packet ship Gladiator carries out $50 passen-
gers in the s,eerage, who intend TO settle in various
parts OF the United States and Canada, and 20 cabin
passengers The passengers in the seerage are prin
cnaly sgricnurai.ts from the home countless the