New-York daily tribune., 1842-07-23
Arrival Of the Steamship Acadia.

Thursday morning We have London dnd Liver
pool date. to the 9TH on which DAY she left.
During the first ten days the Acadia expert
epc,d very rough weather, with strong head winds
She passed one large iceberg She made tie pas-
sage in Is DAY. and hours.
We make up from the paper. brought by her
the following summary Il news,
ENGLAND
There i. still great distrss. in the msu"iscilr-
ing and commercial districts. Psramentis about
in.tu,ing an enquiry into the extent Of the d-''e'
and the best rsans of afording relief. lhis h''
rc6p-ned the question Of the corn laws ard the
trading and financial policy OF the late and existing
governments.
Meetings Of the shopkeepers OF Marche'ier'
Wolverhampton. Leicester, and other laIgs towns,
nave been held to consider the prevailing distress
The Charis,s and the anti-Corn Law Association
are also active.
The sales Of Cotton a, Liverpool were small. the
aspect Of the market dali, and the prices at tne
close Of June lower than at the commencement.
The marke, well supplied, but in yiev Of tie
stock beisg considerably less than it last year
at the same date, holders were rather hrn.
The crops are represented unusually abun-
dant and early Copious rains have relieved them
from the effect, Of the late droughts, and yegea-
tion seems remarkably stimulated. The wheat
harvest will be fortnight earlier than it Wa last
year. The markets have a downward tendency
in consequence Of the promising state Of the crops
the easy rates Of money, and the general siagnG-
ton Of business.
Considerable inconvenience has arisen amongst
the trading community by the government having
issued their proclamation for cuttin, and deiAcing
light gold as the greater part Of the soyereign' IN
circulation and all the half soyeregns have lost
weight by friction. Tho operations Of " sweating
and "Jewiag" had been praciiced Jpn to o
great extent.
A ridiculous attempt Of an ignorant boy TO
gain notoriety, has besn disnicd with the name
Of an attempt to assa.sinate the Queen. " tho
royal cortegc was returning on Sunday from the
Chapel Roval, in St. James :, to Buckingham Pal
ace, deiormed youth presented and snapped an
old rusty pistol at the Garage in which her Ma
lestv was seated. He was seized by another youth
who wrestcd the weapon from his hand, but the
policeman in attendance refused TO take him IN
charge believing it to be hoax, which he was
permitied to escape. He was unprecedented in the
course of the day, when it was discovered that hr
had recently and repeatedly been heard TO say that
he admired the conduct of Francis. and regretted
that he had not succeeded in his attempt; that
Francis was brave fellow. and lie wished he hal
been in Francis place, for he would do for the
Queen, that he had prime air-sun and pistol.
and ne would use them in the same cause. Inc
pistol had an old flint lock with screw and rife
barrel. Upon detaching the barrel. which was
done with some difficulty, from the screw having
become exceedingly rusty, owing to it, long dis
use, there were found in it portion Of very coarse
powder, a piece of tobaccopipe, and some paper
--Adng. His motive is supposed 10 bc the ,ame
~ that oi rranv's. III. name j. John Bean, and
ne Is din4inutNe creature not more than Al
feet high, with al enormous hump His general
appearance is hidcous and unprcposscssing IL tie
extreme For some weeks past his conduct has
given the greatest uneasincss 10 his parents, be
had ab.ented himself from home, and they were
unable to trace hi. haunts. 1t will be satisfactory
to know that the young mscreant had no accom-
plices. and that he was prompted to the deed by
his own spontaneous depravty OF mind. Inc
new attemp, Immediately followed the announce
ment that the convict Francis. who fired az tie
Queen, had been reFriev,d. There exists dou' q
that the pistol was loaded with any thing besides
powder He -till asserts that he had not intended
to iniure her Majesty, but did it with a view To
get provided with home for life similar Go that
Of Oxferd. lie will be transported ior lite 10
some penal settlement.
Her Majesty is ,ad to be about TO give her sub
ects new reason not 10 fear failure IN the direct
succession TO the
Mr. Dickens arrived at Liverpool June 29 ha,-
ing made the passage in twenty days.
Twenty houses and a quantity of valuable prop
crty we're burnt and darnsged at Rotherite some
time since.
Frederick Yates, the popular pcriormc. snd
manager Of the Adelphi Theatre, died on tAe 9 ct
nit. at London.
Tbs King and Queen of the Belgians arrived,
visit to her Majesty, on the 2Oth ult.
As the Marqu. of Waterford was driving ont
MS bride, the horses Of the phaion ran away, and
the lady suffered some coutusions. The mo,tii'c-
u interest was excited by the recsut nuptals OF
tine pair, the Marquis kindne.s-(he hal just
forgiven hi. tenant. whole years Ient) )-and the
engaging demeanor of the bride
The result of Lord Ashburtons negotiations "a,
Washington was anxiousy looked for
The Premier. health has, within = few weeks
become greatly impaired, and his nd.posiIion is
rapidly increasing.
The Columbia arrived at Liverpool ON the 23ih
ult. in nine and half days from Halifax. The
Great Western arrived at Bristol on the 29ih.