Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1842-09-29
ARRIVAL OF TIE GREAT WESTERN,
FIFTEEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE;


The Great Western, which sailed from Bristol
on the Sd inst was telegraplIed about half past s
O'Clock on Saturday evening" and a, 10 o'clock az
rived at New York, bringing letters from London
and Liverpool to the day of sailing
We are gratifed to learn by this arrival that tho
instruction in the manufacturing and mining
districts. having spent its violence, was subsdinp
ana Inc restoration OF tranquility was becoming
general. At many places the disturbers of the
peace have returned to work. BY the thousands
nron thousands engaged in the nsurrectionary
movement, no hre arms were used. In Yorkshire
ana Lancashire, the women were among the most
active OF the rioters. The turn out in Scotland
regarded az the project for general movement,
has been failure
In the manufacturing districts the question OF
wages seems To be the only one apitated-At
Aberdeen the Chartsts have met and agreed not
to turn out for the Charter or any thing else. An
attempt TO get up Chartist meeting at Glasgow
on the goth ult. turned ont 10 be comulete fail.
ure.
:, Ht'ii IN Lancashire the do not return to
their "ork so generally was anticipated.-1he
accounts from Manchester of the 29th distinctly
STATE lat The greater part Of the factory operatives
still remain 'out." and declare that thew will not
resume their employment until their masters adj
vance 'heir wages. One account states that cali
.,ie power loom weavers, and great portion of
The lire splnners, are still out, and some persons
accuse the manufacturers OF being implicated in
inc prolonged cessation Of work, in order to GET
rid OF their large stocks, which they have been
enabled to do ut a considerable advance i'm the
prices. II is also said that many respectable
mil owners and others are subscribers to the cup
port OF the workmen in order to enable them 10
continue.
The London Morning Chronicle contradicts the
report of an attack on Drayton Manor, the resi-
dehce OF Sir Robert Peel; not only the report but
the alarm was uniounded.
he Queen and Prince hort ,voro nv, torr
10 Scotland They embarked at Leith on board
lie Royal George yatch, and accompanied by five
steam ships of war, and other national vessels,
set sail for Edinburgh. The squadron had not
! arrived IN sight of that port on the LIST inst. at
which date all Edinburgh was on the look out
for the royal cortege.
The Archbishop Of Canterbury was lying dam,
gerously Ill, but the bulletins issued BY his phy-
sicIans on the Sd inst reported an improvement.
DIR. Ireland, Dean of Westminster, died in the
ciolstefs OF Westminster Abbey on the morning
OF the Bird instant.
The Great W estcrn. il will be recolected, took
out tho new treaty, ard she brings the first INTEL
ligcnce in renrn. The Liverpool Chronicle re-
marks that "uPon the whole, Lord Ashburton has
ably and efficiently discharged his duty, and more
Than realized the expectations which his embassy
held out. All the bad blood which the constant
discussion and agitation Of the points in dispute
between the two countries produced, has been
moved between Great Britain and her magnificent
dauSnteT oil the west, which will endure, it is
| 10 be hoped, for ages" AS far as we notice the
treaty is received in like spiri. by the London
press.
10 the Criminal Court on the 25th ut., John
William Bean, aged II, was tried for his singular
assault upon tbs Queen; found guilty and sem
| fenced to Is months imprisonment
INDIA AND CHINA.
Anextraordnary express from Marseilles reach
ed London on the Cd inst. bringing advces from
Calcutta to July 9Th, China May 81, and Canton
July l.
! From the correspondence OF the London Morn
ing Post, under date of Bombay, July 10, it APP
pears that affairs in Af!gbanistan remain very
nearly in the same state al the departure OF the
last mail. General Pollock's force is still at Jei-
lalaba5, unable to advance or recede; and Gener-
al MOTIFS position at Candahar is not much more
satisfactory. Akbar Khan, son OF Dost Mahom-'
| ed has obtained possession Of one OF the bastons
of the Bala Hssar at Caboo, while Futteh jung
son Of Shah Sbooiah still holds the citadel, but
was not expected to he able to do so long.
! Nothing certain is known respecting the inten-
ton Of Lord Peterborough the question of Aft
| CHAN politics--there being still room to doubt
whether they incline TO the absolute abandonment
! of tho county, 10 an ultimate and more vigor-
! Gus prosecution OF the war--whether an advance
or retirement is to be the order Of the dey. Tho
balance of probability, however, appears to be on
the side that the troops will be withdrawn. This
is generally believed even by those most reluctant
TO admit il.