Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-03-21
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81 DAYS LATER FROM ENGLAND
SAFETY Of he Caledonia Atrial Of Tie .lcadia and
niccrn-2uecns Speech al tic opeliite n Parliament
-Ref,asai Of The British tiorcr1nenf 10 gre uo uc
Creole Prisoners, and orders fer hel hbcrnfion-le-
f,sa q France toratfg The TREATY IN regard oslarcs
The Corn -DeporitVc # Lord .7stb,oto,-Brd
isa Disasters IN .fgghaasioa.
The Steamer Acadia arrived at Halifax the niahi
of the 1ih inst. bringing the gratifying INF rnataa If
the safety Of the Caledonia. which Yes-t Put back to
IivorPool having damaged tho nddof IN The late severn
galcs.
Tho Acadia rf Liverpool on the l9ih February. ana
brought, liverpool ppls up to that date, aud London to
tho l4tli. both Inclusive
The Unicorn which, had en Halifax with the Mails
for England met the Acadia the evening or her arrival
and turned back with her The Acadia was 10 return
10 England on the sih inst. aud would thus maLe tho
quickest outward and hfneWad VOYAGE ever made BE-
tween tbs country and England
The Caledonia left Liverpool "a n itb Feb, and On
tho ~ began TO experience adverse winds and eaes
which continued to inefoase mp the | lh when uas
found necessary 10 return er rudler haypgs n pant
u, her bglwarks and the rail the tahail twisted
of She put into Cork ior repars and Tic fth ARR
we'd saf' at Liverpool
The Acadia was col ready Win tho e>trud.nat,
dcsraica Of day aud halt and lett liverp,l vh Inc
mail and passengers Of the Caledonia at ihree O'clock
ON Saturday the l9h.
The arrival d fle Acadia impaired great oy al Hal
fax. A few minutes before miduirl the uuns wrrr
heard pcaling down the hshor aud 'cr5sd4 bfsrme al
the wharyes, says the morning Post. and two sleau
passed up, answering tho haims l1om shute with
ACADIA and ''i'ncom -'ihe Caledonia SIZE IN
England Aud then multiiullnous Shout from
the wharvos, rs tho gallant sleam0s a.sed up II the
Canal wharf, where an Immense tarJng prcciri Them
with enthusiastic cheers
The Clyde, Conc Of the steamers Great Britain is
kind as TO supply coast with heua HI malls hy tn
Acadia to \. York, arriving bcrc SATURDAY at ocloc
A. nj. The tncora conveyed The mall 10 Boston. al
sivns there Friday.
THE QueEss SrrEcn.-Gueen Victoria opened
Parliament in person on the Sd Of February The speech
the occasion discosos nothing new.
When the young Queen got thrunua htr spoc#h. 81,
made Ter eAl, and returned 10 Buckingham palace the
assembled thousands, in dni, bound cherred very loud
~. which put her little heart quite IN a nl.tcr
The address IN 10 tho sps nr Nss moved IN Tho
house oI Iortshy the Marquis OF hherfofn seconded II,
tho Earl Of Dalhousie. Neither sad IA, Hing Of nm
iienlar Interest. and the address was usual mor
echo Ct The speech.
Daring liz eam,y d#f5ta which fllsfcl the prap5
sed answer i.rd Brsugbam SAID thai The only WA, t.
ssF<al with tic corn laws 10 roIeal hcm absolutely
otihe case Of the Creole he said ai the slaves densn
dcd by the L. States could not be qigeanp
TIE CREOLE CAslt.-ll pasc Of turls. F,b.
Lord lir5ueialn pursuant to nstee. brought under
the consideration Of their l5nship, tie oass Of the Gre
ole, by moving ur copies OF any correspondence upon
the subject lie had he sad, considered the sui cct
since he had first named the matter Ia hat house. and
opinion he had formerly gwen lie was of opinion that
even Tor the mee purposes Of god neghborhood there
ought 10 be law amongst nations 1iyng the power to
each OF snrendcrng criminals seeking refuge alter cen
demnatlos IN other countries. There was however no
such law IN existence. and ~ power the part Of tbs
country to comply with any suoA dnn9al
Tho faf oil Aberdeen sad that communications
had taken place upon tins shrc with Tie Government
OF America, but he hoped the Noble L5iWoul press
for them, II he Informed hm of the caHr,t which the roy
eminent intended to pursue. After roceivlnr all the h.
gal assistance they deemed requisite. tie Government
was satisfied that, by the law of tbs eauntry there was
no authority TO bring the persons who had escaped The
Creole 10 tal for mutny or murder On even to drain
them IN custody. Instructions had accordingly been
sent Tor their Iteration unless it sh aid appear that tr
was any colonial law under which they could be brau,h
for trial lie was not however aware Of the existence Of
any such law
Lord Denman said he believed that the whole of
w estminster Hall was unanimous thai the law Of Eng
land furnished no of delivering up tho persons who
had escaped IN the Creole The noble lord quoted the
oPlnun OF Lard Coke, and In latter years, of 81 C.
"eiheeil 10 same effect, and said that il would be in
aeed desirable II there international law eiNnn
power TO surrender criminals but such law could ON
~ rest upon tho presumption that the laws of all nations
were reasonable, and he feared the nearols traffic in
slaves would stand very much in The Way ofauy such AZ
rangcment
Lord Campbell said hs should net have spoken on the
SUBJECT but that an opinion had teen attributed 10 him
contrary 10 that Just expressed by the Lord Chief Jus
ice; which opinion he had never given He was of o.
phioh ,hat the american Government had no power To
demand that these men should he given us, and that ii
snch demand were made, there was no power by the
municipal law OF England 10 comply with IT,
LORD Coiienhan and the Lord Chancellor gave sin
lar opinions. and Lord Brougham said that the same
view was likewise taken by Lord Wyniord and Lord
Abingcr.
Lord Broughan then Withdrew his motion and their
lordships adjourned.
THE CORN LAWS.
Dir Robert Peel brought forward his project for a
change IN the corn laws the OH Ii is substantially
embraced IN The following schedule:
whenever the average price Of wheat made up and pub
iished IN the malner requiredby law shall be- fol eve