Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1842-01-22
LATER FROM ENGLAND

The packet shi Mediator. Captain Chadwick.
arrived ut New York On Sunday night. frrm Lon
dnn via Plymouth. whence she sailed December
10Th. hrrng ng, however. Ouly one London paper of
DcCcmher 7,h.
The warrant decor1t ng The infra, Prince with
the title af Prince of Wales had received the aoyal
sisnalnrr, aud the Queen and her whole family
hud gone 10 Windsor.
Beaumont smith. the issuer er the frau lu'en
Evehcquer bills, has been sentenced to iran,pOriai
tior fr life. .
Accounts had been received from the Niger OF.
petition 10 the lsl OF October, brought by some Of
the Invalid OH ere. The sickness AMI mortality had
been very great. 26 OIL ers aud men having died.
and many Others unfit loT duty. The expedition
had reached The confluence oC The Niger and the
ICh1djt. about 270 miesu IA . ftmer. but il was
feared that on account of The sickness It would be
able tn GO no further. IL was intended, however.
II possible. that the Albert should g. up The Niger.
and the Wllberlurce up the ChadJe. The natives
were friendly en"ugh, and the Kings received the
presents offered them very grac'OuSly. A tract of
land had hccn purchased IN the Allah county
wnere a settlement was TO be formed. .
The overland India mail arrived on the 5th O
December. bnt brought nothing later from CHM
The Government had decided that The sN millions
eXtOrted from The Chinese blC Captain Elliot must GO
into the Treasury. IL was Presumed. ho NeVer that
n pnrton Of the money would be di.tribuied among
the troops employed IN the cIpeduiun.
Great injury hal been done ina the lowland conn
Ties Of Ergland by fioIs. The general dis,rc< was
increasing a. the winter advanced, and trade was
still ysy dull.
The accounts from The East Indies present no.
hing Of interest, except HAT sickness was prevail
ing very extensively among the troops empluycI in
Ahshaeistan, ScInde and other fields of British az.
erosion.
LpNDON. Observation-Disclosures Smith. the E,i
chcqncr firger. This man has received Tie sen
,rnce uf trans roraiion CIR life At the Central Grim.
ual Court. Tor forging EN~hcquer bills; ho was
twice married. lis second wife. q Nhum he had
no; been many months united when the recent dis
covery was made. - an elegant aud accomplished
woman, about The prisoners own aye. aud was b..
fore lac married her the widow Of u clergy man OF
the church Of England.
Mr. Smith Was much esteemed and respected by
every one Who knew him. anl 50 hule was he sus-
pecieI ct bctug implicated Ia the affair. even after
TIE foIgcrics had hcen discovered. that Mr.. hlaule.
The Treasury ) licItnr. alera partial inyesiic al, n
Of the circumstances of Ihc case. went Ia hun and
sail. "a mine is about 10 be sprung. Smith; but. ia K
.'oI. it will not affect ynu or me- Tue result, how
ever, u~uhappily proved how LIT le ground there WINS
for Mr. Maulrs confidence, rs far rs : NTH was con-
ccrned. Until after he had RESP lived to divulcc III.
guilt. he preserved has se!t-pOsscssion ia an eIiraur-
binary degree; aud two days ouly before he was
known TO ~ involved in the Transaction, an intimate
friend asked him what was tho meaning at The 81.
mars it, rbe city To the cd-cI that there was snue.
thing wrong IN the ETcheq .er hill uii c, when lac
replied ia an apparently indifferent maunoT O. We
ever talk Of these things"
THE WEATHER AND III FLOODS.
The weather sI!l continues IN Isl u~nprsmsinc,
without any appearance ct Amendment. The de-
yasialns Effects Of the hIrIs. from Ihe Ing cor.
dnucd heavy rains. are daily exhibiting themselves
~ al directions Field lab0rs arc generally at STAR
sIill. Al Chlrslalipn, S-rrcy. aud The immediate
Heighhorh"oi, the kitchens ana cellars Of IiIe huuse'
are under Walcr, alI Yesterday the water ca the
high rad at uine Marsh reached mp TO tie h,r
'es neilicS. Abuul Puitfcy, BaIrrr,ca and Wands
worth, wlI1lc tracts OF ilnd are inundated; and ~
tho nrishh,rh,0l Of Wcyhrdg". Chcrsry. an
Other more western Hrrrs o. = ,rrcy. the q ods hav,
bren equally destructive. 50 near town rs Bro
o.. green. and IheAse toward ArE,n, Ealing. Gre, n
= ford, Pcruvalr. aui % 10 UShudgs md iho eastern
paris OF BrckInghain 'hIre, whole fields are undei
wafer.
IT, co,fSoqucncc Of The inundated state ur IN,
country. 'he mails ye>iealay rapning were severa
- hours later han usual. In IIeuEIn!shirc, EsscI
{ Norfolk. Lin. olnshirc. Berkshire, Yorkshire and Ihl
ID low land counties. entire villages are under vale
4 from two 10 four feet deep. Many hay stacks. corr
. rick, and even cottages have been washed down
aud several Gocks o fshcep have been swept away
10 In many paris The lands have the appearance OF
p large lake. Is hedges or embankmenis are eiIhc
U washed down or cO'ered with waller. Many uf Ih,
railroads have suffered greatly, particularly in ID,
. eastern aud Ncsfcrn cpHi,Ics, tho embankmenl
e being washed on 10 the rails so a. TO prevent iu
n usual intercourse. From Oxford, The Villages. m
: the banks Of the Thames are completely inundai
4 ed, particularly near Alaidcnheld, EiOn. WInd,oi
4 CneTtsey. Siaines. &c. where many Of the dwell
2 ings are from two 81 three feet under wafer. TIL
/, overflow Of The grand junction canal. WaIlnrd. i
q HcriiprdshIrc, has made the country as Gar rs Ayles
n bury like one extensive lake. IN the vicinity q
IS Allldun. Ware aud BeTkhamslead. The country
y als1 ovcrl'wed.
SUSSEN-Durins the last week consierabl
damage has been done IN The levels and The lOwiand
j. of SlsseI. Many declared That The county has no
y been visited with 50 great a food since the yea
j lSl4. TEe-cu't1sers have heen compelled 10 taxi
= refuge up stairs. the lnwerpau Of their houses bein
e under waller. Al kIrord The wheat fields are ur
der water The whole of the pasture land present
e one sheet ot waller not a vcstIge 90 the hedges 10 q
y seen. In the ueighb1rhpOd of BIllingshurst Oh
road was imFassabIs In The ncishborhood u LewC
The land has the appearance Ofa sea. the river Gus
having oycfluweG The banks. Many of the house
on The cliff. Lewes. have had their cellars file
with wter. and much damage has been done TO IN
warves On each side Of The river. Al Ro'herfel
every bridge IN The parish has been overn"we,
The trees torn up b. the riots. und p"sis and raj
carried away.