Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-05-10
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FOREIGN.
ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA.

Fourteen Days Later from Europe.
The Caledonia arrived at Boston on Thursday morn
ing in fifteen and half days from Liverpool bringing
pa pers up to the 10Th ut her day Of sailing.
The news from Europe is of very little importance
Sir Robert Peel going on swmmingly with oil his
projects in Parliament, and his Government may be
considered fairly and firmly established. The final votes
lad not been taken his corn, tariff and tax bills 0u
from the test questions which had been decided
it evident that he would carry them all by triumph
ant msoriles.
The financial and commercial news is more favorable
The money market was easy; the price OF Consos had
advanced, the cotton market was also more animated
and prices shade better The state Of trade, however
bad and the distress in the manufacturing districts
continued.
Money was plenty. An advance had been exper.
enced in The cotton and markets, and IN the laief
it thought that still further rise must take place
The advices from the'manufacturng districts, however,
show that there is yet actual improvement III the
Of business either respects the quantity of the
goods sold, the prices obtained. Wages have been
reduced and number Of the operatives in Lancashire
caryring n hopeless contest against their cm'
ployers the mill owners by standing out against lie
reduction.
The steamer Columbia, Capt. Judkins, spoken
off the Skerres about six hours sail from LiverpooD
by the Caledonia.
FRAscx.-The Paris papers Of Tuesday are almost
exclusively occupied with the debate The right Of
search the Chamber Of Peers Of the preceding day,
and the comments to which it has given rise
lii said that the four great powers, parties to the a
~ Of December last for the ee ctual Suppression
Of the slave trade have presented joint note 10 the
French Government, calling upon il forthwith TO 'aiy
the treaty No answer has yet been given
M Timers has treated his country and Europe TO ano'
Their wnrlike speech, to another tune, played tie
chord of national "feeling NJ Theirs, in this speech
strongly insists the immediate outlay Of large suns
in order TO establish great naval port at Algers, ca
pabe Of containing and protecting feet Of 70 sail Of
the line
| SpArS-France and England have at length agreed
upon the person who s to be the husband Of little Queen
Isabella Of Spain They fix upon Prince Of Barar'
in order that English interests may not be too e1cu
svey consulted by the selection ola Coburg, or French
by that Of member Of the Orleans family. II ought
to be added however, that the consent of Austria Rus
STA and Prussia to this arrangement has yet to be pro-
cured.
ALGIERs-The French troops have experiencedarf;
verse al Temechen. Abd.el Kader, who was supposed
10 have retired towards Morocco reappeared IN the VI
cnty of Temechen with 5000 men, and inflicted h'a
w loss the French troops, which had lett that Town
under Gen. Bedeau. The precise state OF the case '
transpred, but It's clear that the advantage
by the Arab chief must have been considerable as u
Bugesud instantly despatched two steamers 10 o''-
| for reinforcements. -.
PrRsIA.-The Brussels papers contain this sta.fm
"Letters from Odessa announce that revolution H'
broken in Persia; that The Shah was dehroneo' w
that 10000 insurgents were ON their marcn 10
/
On the authority Of Berlin correspondent, Sp.a
whose informaiion derived through letters rom ~,
COW, great reliance is placed, the Times sa'es pa
Shah Of Persia has marched against Herat al Inc
60 900 men, and that Russia has furnished sop'.t
9 600 900 rubles in order to enable the Shan 70 ''
| the movement. ,ob,,
i LIVERPOOL CorTos MARKET, April 16-lhe'e No
been an improved demand for cotton througmoIh
week and yesterday the sales amounted 10 lo'Vou
Monday, April 15.-The sales on Saturday an n nj
10 5000 bags, Of which spectators took 4ooo oa h,.
American chiefly Of middling quality Io'cay u Of
siness is again large, 1000 bags having been ar,
which SPECTATORS have taken 1000 bags. 's. ,o.
yery firmly supported at Id TO Id advance on u'
est point OF the market a.. ,sc;men.
embarked for India and in few days the 10Th
greatly augmented, will also embark for Inc sa" as
Troops for India in considerable NUMBER ~ Earl.
.emblng al Canterbury, Gravesend, and lilouiy ,c,i
and the embarkation Of the men is going on arderd
y;ty. Three additional regiments have peer ,oh Foot,
| 10 that countryside 18th Highlandefs, inc ~"
and the 9th Lancers. :. Governor.
One of Lord Ellenboroughs first acts, Us .,,on Of
| General OF India, has been to order Inc 1e'''
Batta 10 the Madras sepoys. ,I roupdry
Orders had been issued at the British hoya hrs. n.
for the casting of 5000 cannons Of veIou'
tended chiefly for the larger vessels Of % power
The Lords of the Admiralty have oIot, ,,e ns,opsl
full re.enpnes to be constructed 'or use
dock yards. Nine Of those engines nave
and sent 10 Woolwich TO be proved. "
o,,c TO-. oil, he Petition presented to n .aaut The
4 x,.emby praying for an aet 70 ~ Conn
members from ", the county Smith and sst Of Justice @
| sjouers TO view and locate sue .o' " arys
COUNTY Of Grayson central point. MANY CITIZEN
ifsigned) wv"