Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-06-09
FOREIGN NEWS.
From the Boston Atlas, June 2.
ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA.


half past six same afternoon. She has thus made
her passage including the detention at Halifax, in
~ DAYS and 10 hours. BY this fine passage Of the
Acadia, our melchants aud Others were enabled
TO answer their foreign letters, received yesterday
morning, by the Caledonia winch lett yesterday
afternoon.
Commercial affairs remained about the same as
at last accounts. No sensible change had taken
place in business. The Cotton market had slight
ly improved, though at the close, it wore quiet
appearance. Money rcnlnined very abundant
was invested at very low rates.
IN India, the successes of Sir Charles Napier,
in Scinde, MS heretofore given, were fully confirm.
ed-and that place had been declared a British
province, of which Sir Charles has been appon-
ted Governor.
The subject Of the Repeal of the Union is be-
coming, in Ireland, one of great and rapidly in
creasiDg importance and it is exciting, not only
the attention, but the alarm of the governtnent.-
The Liverpool European says that instead of at
tending 10 his duties in the House OF Commons,
Mr. OCunne has remained at home organizing
his plans for moving his countrymen, and he has
succeeded effectualiy. The Catholic clergy have
joined the movement in great numbers. Tens Of
thousands are congregated al Mr.. O'ConnelFs
beck, and the country is in the same fearful state
of agitation in 1929. To arrest this disorgan-
izaiion. the Duke of Wellington in the UPPER and
Sir Robert Peel in the lower House, declared
their intention, the other evening, OF putting down
The Repeal ngltatiOn-Dy force, il necessary. The
movement is rs odous in England as it is popular
in Ireland Meanwhile, MIR OConnell has hurled
defiance nj his assaan's, aud, in term more ener
getlc than polite, dares them to the contilct-
Troops are pouring daily into Ireland and that
unhappy land seems destined to continue what it
has ever been-a prey to contendng factions and
angry passions. AT the meeting OF the Repeal AS
socation Oh Monday, the amount of the weekly
rent,' ending the 10Th instant, was declared TO be
E296, when Mr. OConnellacals the Peel and
Wellington contribution O'ConneIls language
is daily becoming holder, and he evidently feels
the elevation to which he has been restored by
the iniudicious declarations of The English Cabin
ct He says in effect that he will obey the law as
it stands, but ii new and unconstitutional enact
ments are 10 be enforced against the Repeal move
ment, lie will resist them by force if necessary
1t seems, according TO the declaration of one of
the Catholic bishops, that the whole Of that body
in Ireland without an exception, in favor o:
the Repeat movement. The Repeal movement
has been incidentally discussed again in the House
of Lords"
The opposition against the Carada Corn Bill
continues IN the agricultural districts.
Commercial Summary Business in the manu-
featuring Districts remains stationary, the bulk OF
il being transacted at the minimum Of profits, and
n good deal of it on speculation. Several recent
events have tended TO damp enterprise. The ugi-
latiun for the Repeal Of The Union in Ireland has
become so formidable as to alarm the government,
while it has already effected that most sensitive Of
all commodities capital. The immense gather.
ings in every part OF the island--the adhesion OF
the whole of the Catholic hierarchy TO the cause.
as declared the other day by one of their own
body--the immense sums pouring daily INTO the
Golfers otthe Repeal Assoclatou-the tone of de-
fi1nce recently assumed by Mr. O'Counell-he
sensation which has been caused by the govern
ment declaration of hostilities- all these causes
.cGL affect trade, and have already depressed The
price Of consos. Add to this, the defeat OF the
Anti Corn-law pnrty i'll The House of Commons
temporary, though it is felt 10 be-w the eXis-
ting low prices of produce reduced consuinption
and hostile tariffs every where staring in the
face, and the commercial and manu- featuring hori-
may he said TO look murky. The Bright side
Of the picture has now to be presented THE
crops are unusually promising for the season Of
The year. not only throughout Great Britain, but
the whole OF Europe; Lord Stanley, when the
govt will permit him. will introduce, and no doubt
carry, the resolutions Which appear in another col
umn relative TO the admission of United States
and Canadian wheat and flour and the recent talk
about commercial treaty tOlh the Un,ied States
has shown the avldlty with which such measure
would be hailed by all classes on this side OF the
water, except, pei haps the most potent of a-the
arislocJalic class.
American "repudiulion" sill forms standing
theme in monetary circles and in the newspapers.
A project is on foot for addressing the legislature
OF every State in the Union which has ropudated
with what effect remans 10 be seen. peti
ton to Congress by the celebrated and why de-
vine, the Rev. Sidney Smith, appears i'll the pa
pers this week. The celebrity of the writer and
the importance Of the subject have attracted great
attention towards this document, which possesses
the usual characteristics OF lis able and eccentric
author. The reverend gentleman, il seems, is Il
holder of Pennsy lvuna Bonds, aud while he ur-
ges the injustice done 10 himself aud others with
great force, there breuthes throughout his petit
lion" an admiration for democratic institutions
which he is sorry TO sec "disgraced by an ACT oil
bad faith, which has no parallel and no excuse.
A paragraph from this document will show its
anmus:-
- 1t is Il subject OF serious concern TO your peti
toner that yon are losing all that power which
the friends ui freedom reIolCed that you possess
ed, looking upon you the ark of humun happ
ness, and the most splendid picture Of justice ant
Of wisdom that The world had yet seen. Litll,
did the friends OF America expect it, and sad il
the spectacle, TO see you rejected by every state il
Europe, as nation with whom no contract cal
% made, because none will he KEEP; unstable il
ia very foundation Of social lie, deficient in tn
elen.Hnts OF good faith, men who prefer any Loaf
OF iniany, however great, to any pressure of tax
alton, however light"
These are unpnlalabe truths, but they are true
and felt 10 be such. The growing feeling in A
merlca 10 cut away tho national cancer" repuda
ton" is viewed in this country with greni inter
est. Until it is finally eradicated, Nil hope OF "rai,
ing the wind" in England, the credit OF Ia
States, even of the Federal Government is
an end: aud in the mean time false notions an
strong prejudces will gain ground against pee
pie whom we are continually meeting in The gret
business Of life, and on The great horoughfares
sea and eanh-LiUerpooL European Times, Ma
18Th.
PROCEEDINGS OF PARLIAMENT
Tuesday, .nuy 9.-Repeat Of The Union.-Lor
Joceyn requested TO know from Sir Robert Pc,
the intentions of the government with respect
the maintenance of the Irish Union, now threa
ened by extensive agitation
Sir X. Peel, in a solemn and emphatic manne
declared himself authorized by her Majesty TO n
peat the language employed by The crown on tn
subject, in speech which was delivered from Il
throne during the administration of Earl Gre
and which expressed the most resolute determil
alton TO uphold the Union. The present govern