Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1842-04-22
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. IKE s1vamship Columbia arrived q Hall
f.x 81 Is Q6,h. Her psssengefs and mails
VOID f6fw asded to Boston BY fths bnicQrn
The Columbia nuet with succession OF
westerly Gales, and. on the 18th day oot her
main shaft gave way. and she had recourse 70
her sails and one engine.
{ She mSs with upwards Of one hundred auo
1 8, ,his;sni.al We have liverpool dates 70
the 18th, and LONDON 70 the evening q tne 90
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! In the British Parliament, the strong con-
serya,iye majority continue to sustain the poll
lev OF Sir Robert Peel in regard TO the Cory
Laws. The majority on Mr.. Villers' amend
m emf to Lord ]. Russel's motion, which 10,
volved the question Of cornSslaw, was voted
down by majority Of 303 in Favor q corn
law. Ii is evident from this that.the Capme.
possesses strength which no other Caoines
has attained for many years. j. !,
France has not ratified the treaty 10 relation
10 the slave trade. L0ld Aberdeel had exchan-
ged Publications in London with Austria. Kus-
STA and Prussia and j. was left open for the
French to raify at future day: Cons'deIa-
Bile sensation was created in Paris, by the
news that the other powers had acted without
France. and the fdnds fell, in consequences.
nearly half per cent. A delay Of four m6nths
has been asked and obtained tor the Freuch
Government TO ra,ify the right Of search.
A runner is current that the French Govern
mani has discovered new and formidable
plot arains. the lives of the King. Of the French
and his family, and that, in consequence, the
extraordinary precautions 10 guard the Futile
(.ries and various entrances thereto: The array
will il is said, pc Immediately strengthened
by the enlistment oS 5000 men.
Portpeal. IA revolution broke out at Lis
hon an the night of the 7th. which terminated
in favor of the Charter Of Don Pedro. The
immediate cause Of the movement was the
entrance OF Viscount Sa dc Bandeira, as min
| lister Of war, into the cabinet. formed on that
| eveniue bv The Duke Of Pamela, and the
measures resoytsd 10 by Visccuns Sa 70 put
down the Oporto movement in favor OF the
charter.
The news from India is not much later than
by the last arrival, and pnimPcttant..
! Miscellaneous Hems.---ln England the pros
poets OF business are dismal, but the, necessl-
| ~ OF increasing the forces In china IS promo
ting employmsnl for The army and Eavy de-
/ partments.
The lords -sarssnissieners Of the admiralty
| have ordered that, in future, all steam vessels
| shall carry a complement Of marines. First
class steam-frigafes one lieutenant, one SER
rean,, one corporal, one drummer and twenty.
eigh, men, or one sergeant, one corporal. and
twenty men, according to the accommodation
on board. :.
The reinforcements which have already sail
ed, or are about to sail, for China amount Il
lsereateen slips Of war. t..s-
| The average price Of wheat per quarter ia
| England is a, present higher than that for the
| whole Of France BY los. Sd. per imperial quar-
ter.
/ There are many indications of further revo.
lutionary movements 10 Spain. though hostil-
lilies had not YET actually broken out. Az
union between the Cristinas aid Carliats was
said % have 9Aken place 10 a considerable ex-