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ARRIvAL OF. rae CALEDONIA.

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ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA
The slesmen Caledonia. Capt. Lott. ar
rived al Boston on Friday morning al SIX
O'clock from Liverpool, bringing London
dates 10 the evening 81 The Sd instant and
| liverpool dates 10 The It'll instant
( The cotton market was quiet, and pri
+ ces wsfe unchanged. Ia all other Arti-4
dies The markets Of England and The Con-
litnent were calm.
I Ia themonex market there was DO ma
llkriaI chsags- Money was abundant and
tssccks high.
The amount OF specie>by the Csledo
nis, entered al ihe Custom House at Bos-
ltbn, il S959. SOL.
| British Parliament IN Nothing Of inter-
cit had occurred iu the British Psrlia-
lgbeut, except The debate insthe House Of
fqommops 90 Tuesday night arising oul
lot Mi. Hnne's motion for vote oflhapks
| is Lord Ashbufton 10 coDnexion with the
llfeatyr Of Washington. The motion
brought up the ablest men on both sides
ok the House but the subject has been
| worn threadbare by previous discussion,
AID its aoyelty has passed away. There
were come abba speeches and clever paf-t
ltt skirmishing. Sir Robert Peel was
more than usually brief and qaiescent.
/ He was. perhaps, purpose,y so, from a
II Wish not 10 repeat himself after bis slash.
Iibg reply on former occasion 70 Lord
Halnerston. aud had this been the feeling
iJi others the debate would have been less
protracted. But though brief, be was eff
ftctive, and bis allnsion to the speedy
SUPPLEMENT- Of The Oregon question was as
IL vorably received BY the House as it
will be BY The country.
/ Lords Palnsrsion and Russell on the OPP.
position and Lord Stanley on The Minis
t@rial side, were The leading orators.
THE speech Of the first named nobleman,
which Terminated the discussion was
bitter and sarcastic, mixed as il was to-
wards the close, with domestic politics,
that added TO its pungency.
| 1 Mr.. Hume's motion was finally adopted
bE vote Of 23S yeas 10 So nays. r.
ITHE sEAsoNAsb THE CROPS ENGLAND
! There is every prospect Of avery ear
TN and very abundant harvest this year.
/ From The mildnessl Of the winter, the
wheat was more forward at the beginning
lof April than il usually sat the end Of
that month, and the abundant rains and
occasional genial wfsiheF. which we have
since had have caused tito advance. not
4 wEths,anding few checks from frosty
nights. The spring corn, which was got
linto the ground almost as well as the
wheat, is ALSO beginning TO shoE itself
strong and healthy especially the oats
and beans, and Vie grass crops look Set-
tel on The list Of May than they have
! done for several years.
| In The manufacturing districts the as.
psct Of affairs is about The same as at the
sailingof the Great Western. Ships for
the United States are mostly empty OF in
ballast No goods or passengers weer
leaving for America. and freight was ne.
ver known to be so low. The last three
packets. the 10Th ult, The 18th nlt. and
The Ist instant, had only taken out in
trough freight and dead weight" con-
Jointly, about $500
/ The convalescence4 OF the Queen was
,tgolng Oh faSolably. and il was expected
4 that she would leave Buckingham Palace
| with her family on the 20th inst.
" The Duke Of Wellington completed
H his Nth year the Ist inst. and gave
" Ldyee on the occasion.
Y IRwas stated that nearly 100000 per-
sohs had passed through The Thames
lTdnnel since lis completion.
I The late earthquake was quite severely
ifek4atMoscow, and caused much alarm
amongst the inhabitants.
IA great Anti Corn Law. Conference
was advertised, to be held in London on
The 9Th May, 10 which deputies have al.
ready been appointed from all parts Of
1.-THE Three Kingdoms"
latest accounts from Naples state that
/ vtsuvius ives again belching forth large
Quantities Of fame and smoke.
I Massacre ofthe Governor of Mdrqasscs
Islands and Suite We regret TO state
llhat very melapcholy intelligence has
just been brought 10 this country from
tie new French settlement in the Pacific
,fbyFa merchant vessel the Satsh Ann.
3 schooner, which left Olaheite on the 23d
of October.
Il appears that the French Governor OF
the Marquesas, with fourteen attendants,
haG been on visit TO the native King,
Nieahsyars where they had been hosPisa.
n usJ entertained. and suspectiGg no dam
Hget, they Ieft his residence. 10 return TO
The French station, without probably Ia
king proper pFscsution agains;ihe ireach-
lery Of the natives.
Thew we're attacked on the way, and
+ It'd Governor and fourteen person@ were
4 killad. The unfortunate event protes.ihe
unEFish DIV disposition oflhe natives; but
What win If avail them The French
lcosera.nent will Instantly send cut q
Il sufficient force 10 crush all opposition.
sLiraPool .1ibioH.I
-1Qb @z
ireland Is not quite SO large as New
YoEk kad yet has e.50OO00 inhabitanis.
lThtrs SRI not over thirty thousxnd land