, 1843-04-15
FOREIGN S.

b liz oltltdl Va thS StSutii Siti
Columbia foreign news to the 4th ult.
has been received. The Rt. Hon. c.
Metcalf, the new Governor General
of Canada, arrived in the Columbia.
In the manufacturing districts.
trade, which at the beginning Of the
year, showed symptoms Of revival.
has receded to its former state of de.
preston, If it has not gone beyond it.
The corn trade partakes of the gen.
eral gIoom-transactions few. prices
~receding. and a feeling, Of despond'
encv prevalent.
Money is abundant; immense sums
Of it are lying comparatively idle.
, and for anything like good security
it may be obtained to any extent, al
a low rate of interest.
The En- Ilish creditors who have
advanced their money 10 the repudl'
ating States in the Union, have adj
dressed a s'rong memorial on the sub
ject to Mr. Everett, the American
Minister, in LonduD. with a request
that it may be forwarded TO the Pres
ident for pre:ea!aiio1 ia Congress
and to the different State Legisla'
lures.
In the House Of Commons. Feb.
81. Mr.. Dewitt called the attention
of the House 10 the Northwestern
Boundary Question. pending between
ENGLAND and the United States. He
complained of the insulting language
used towards England in the Amerl-
can Senate.
Sir Robert Peel hoped the honora-
,le members speech would rot be re-
garded in the same light by the Amer
lean people. lie trusted it woGId
Lave effect on the American funds.
The nrgpi alton with the u. States
was GONG on in al amIcahle spir-
it. and the violent language of a par
ticuiar Senator must not be assumed
10 represent The feeling of the whole
Union.
Cap'lin RnsS's expedition 10 the
Sou,h Pole. is expected home in May.
Only four men h We been lost during
this vovane. Captain Ross has pen
81 :ated Tie Antarctic Circle 10 II
40.
4 letter from Rome states that on
the Slh ult the Tibcr had "veIfiowed
its banks, and invaded a third of The
CITY.
Il vas stlted OK Sir Robert Peel,
in the House Of Commons, that the
annual estimates for the amy, navy.
and ordnance, would be f85O,OOO
below those Of last year, owing to
the peace with China, the treaty with
the United States. and the reduction
Of 100, 700 men la the French army.
From a statement made in the II. OF
Lords a few nights back. is appears
that the sum raised for the collection
of the starving poor last summer, a.
rising out Of the Queens letter. a
mounted 10 f75,O0U, to which was
added f25,O00 collected by private
subscription. or this sum-. f65.OoO
las been expended in relieving the
poor in various parts of the country.
and the re nainder unexpended in in
vested in Exchequer Bills.
Mr. Charles Butler has given notice
of a motion for March ii, ITO move
resolutions on the necessity Of extern
sive and systematic colonization,
with a view of lettering the condi-
ton Of the people"
The morning chronicle reports, on
the authority Of those who are sup
posed to be well informed, that the in
come tax will produce a sum nearer
seven than six millions.
At a meeting Of the Dublin cor
p,ration, on the 28th of Feb, Mr..
U'Connei brought forward his long
promised motion for a petition to Par.
lament for a repeal Of the Union.
His speech occupied four hours in The
delivery.
Louis Philippe was TO lay the first
stone of the tomb of Nepolern in the
Hospital of Inralids, on the LIST ult.