Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-03-02
FOREIGN NEWS.
TWENIY-FoUR DAYS LATER FN,. ii
ENGLAND

The steamer Acadia arrived at Bos,e.
or Sunday evening, 18th inst. She arin,,
mountaineering intelligence, among wh,e,
is the speech Of Sir Rober, Peel. eIain;n,
the righ' Of risiting AMERICAS vessels il
Though that of search, he SAYS. has bee,
surrendered.
The indian Mail reached Lopdon an
the It'll. General Pollock lcn Cahul -
the lath October, wnhihs BRUSH Troops
Before their departure the mark Of ven.
Igeance was set upon the place. This kiad
Of retrlbution was begun at Islaiifr: wa
sacked, the town set on FIRE, and the 70,
locations blown up with the exception,
500 women, moi living soul was spar
neither armed or unarmed.
Money was very abundant 10 LoDdo
The Bank Of England has upwards
ell 200, 900 in its vaults, or more IN,
one haifthe amount Of the circulation.
Mr.. Drummond, Private Secretary a
Sir Robert Peel, was shot in the yicnitl
of Charing Cross, OH the Goth ult. 1T
died in the course OF five days afterwards
DhlIlSu IAhLlaMENl.
On Tuesday the 2lsi ult., the British
Parliament was opened by commission
The Queen not beng present, the coca.
sion lost much OF its customary in,eresl
The Royal Speech was read, as is usua
on such occasions, by the Lord Chance.
Ter.
The speech contains the following par.
agraph
''By the treaty which her majesty has
concluded with the United States OF Amer.
lea, and by the adjustment of.hose differ.
ences which, from their long continuancc,l
had endangered the preservation ofpeace.
her Majesty trusts that the amicable re
Iatons Of the two counties have been con
irmed."
Lord Melbourne, who has been very It'll
has sufficiently recovered to see compa.s
ny.
The ACCOMPLISHMENT OF the Queen is cx.
pected to take place in March or the be.
ginning Of April.
Sir Robert Peel has been engaged in a.
controversy with the currency-men Oh
Birmingham, represented by the Cham,
bor of Commerce in that town. Tho
Chamber contends that a sure remedy for n
every social evil is to be found in The es.
adjustment Of a new paper currency byl
Government.
A vast mine was sprung al Dover, on
the Goth ult., to blow up the Rounddown
Cliff, which stood next 10 Shskspeare's
Cliff, the object being to make road.
way, instead of tunnel, for the South
eastern railway. The quantity Of quo.
powder was $4,000 pounds. l,000, 900 Il
tons Of chalk we're dislogded by the shocG,
which settled gently down into the sa
below.
The Anti-Corn Law League have ben
holding meetings, collecting subscriptions \
and enforcing these views during The la Z
month, in almost every large town I
throughout the kingdom.
Mr.. Charles Dickens has written letta
to the editor of the Times, in which he as
serts that the statement of the Ednbug
Review, that he went to America as soft
Of missionary, in the cause Of internat@
al copyright, is destitute Of any parties
of truth.
The new Governor General Of Cana
Sir Charles Metcalfe and suite, will lear
Liverpool in the steamship Columht
which sails from that por. Oh the 4tha
March next.
IRELAND.
Mr.. O'Connell has published letters
the people Of ireland, in which he say
:" am able at present, without doubts
difficulty, TO announce that the crisis has
come upon US, when, if the people ollie
land, the clergy and laity, will but CON-
bine in their overwhelming majority, thss
Repeal of the Union is all but immedios,
and the commencement Of nd 81
Irish prosperity rs at hand" Ell
rates " five great measures as
upon which he seeks "to com
lrishmen in the struggle for the Re
the Union"-Firstly, The total abb
of the 1.-THE rent-charge. Secondly, r. VA
ty of tenure for the occupying tenars
Thirdly, The encouragement and perfta
ing of Irish manufactures. Fourthr
Complete suffrage and vote by balh
Filthy, Abolition Of the present poor law
and augmentation Of well regulated, chs
table institutions" The present yeu
"ls43" is, and shall be, the great repafI8
year." M