Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-03-15
BY LAST NICIIT'S MAIL.

TWENTS-FOJR DAYS LAIE Err FROM Ell RDff
lrrrai Of the .4radia at Hattax-I Catalonia SAFE
NEW York, March r. Her Brilannic Majesty s
Mail Steamer Clyde arrived this morning al one clock
in fiytwo hours from Halifax, bringing US The pleas
ing intelligence that The steamer Caledonia had return
ed sale TO Liverpool, whence the Acadia brought her
passengers ard mails to Halifax, having sailed from
Liverpool on the l9h February.
The exciting question in England is the defeat oil
Lord John Russels motion abolish the Corn Laws
by maloty of 1885, and the probability, rather the
certainty, that Sir Robert Pees scale will be adopted
This result has produced great connotion in ngand
and in Northampton Sir Robert burnt in eiiigy and
the military called out 10 preserve the public peace
The distress among the poor said to he almost inde-
scrbable and on the increase Lord Kinnaird stated
in the House of Lords the 4h that in Paisley alone,
there are 10000 persons iirng on charity
France has refused ratily The Treaty OF the Five
Powers in relation to the Stare 1rade
There has been an nsurrection in PORTUGAL
The Cabinet OF Sir Robert Peel already shows signs
of weakness in the resignation Of the Duke of Buckng
ham, Other leading Conservatives it was expected
would soon follow his example We are sorry 10 find
that the suierlngs Of the people of England still con-
tinue, and trade s still greatly depressed
RETURN OF THE CALEDONIA STEAM sHr.
The Caledonia, which left Liverpool on the 18th inst
after having been at days. and experiencing
most terrific gale, has been obliged 10 put back, with
some damage, which, trust, will prove im.nateria
"Io The Directors Of the British md North .lmsriean
Royal Nail Steamers.
'sThe misfortune that caused the return Of the
ship Caledonia induced the passengers TO hold meet
ing to take the circumstances into consideration.
"On the 10Th instant, after succession Of adverse
winds, gale met Us, and such was lis almost
Unprecedented violence, that had it not beei for the
deep confidence placed in Captain Lott and the great
strength of the ship, we should have felt pain.
fully anxious for the result severe blow of the sea
so wrenched and disabled rudder that it hardly held
together. Our confidence in Captain Lott was, how.
ever most nobly answered; the first 10 discover the
misfortune he, by prudent and cffectua measures,
cured immediate safety; it was his skill and judy
ment that directed every effort; and not not content
with directing, he applied his hands TO the work
The Of our rndder defed all endeayor 10 repair it
sufficiently 10 permit US 10 continue in safe
ty, and after many hours of severe labor Capt Lott
Welding to his conscientious opinion, and after
consultation with his officers, unwingly ordered our
return.
ave, the passengers, many of whom have been in
the frequent habit of crossing the Atlantic in these Ia
ritudes and al all feeling that safe
w. under Providence, to his efforts and epossession
during the moment Of trial, and as much 10 his final
decision to return feel called upon to express in the
strongest manner, full and implicit confidence in
the skill and conduct of Captain Lott.
awe wait but the opportunity to evnce this conf
dence by choosing the ship under his command 10
vey again across the Atlantic.
1.-THE passengers, DESTROYS of giving mark of ex
preston of their esteem, have instructed their commit
lee to present Capt. Lott with valuable memorial Of
their obligation.
N Sea- IN board the Steamer Caiedonia Feb. 1912
PAT. D. CALVERT, LIT. Col. Royal Engineers,
Chairman.
a. CAssILLI, of New York,
WIN. H. JErrERY, of Canada,
FREDERICK A. LovrRiNG, of Paris,
GEO +. OxLEY, Of Nova Scotia,
Rev. III. WARREN, OF Sussex,