Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-02-03
FOREIGN NEWS.
ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA.


The British Royal Mail Steamship Caledonia,
Capt j.. G. Lott, arrived at her berth at East hos
ton, yesterday mornlng al seven notwithstanding
been 20 days aud Is hours on her passage from
Liverpool. She arrived at Halifax nj | 2 O'Clock |
OH The morning OF the 23d, and left at ~ NJ. same
day She has net with very b0isterous weather
during nearly The whole of her passage. She has
brought 30 passengers from Liverpool, aud As
FROM Halifax. BY this arrival, we are favored
with our eutire files of Liverpool pnpers to the
4ih inst and London papers TO the evening of the
third inst.-being twenty days later than our las;
udvlces, per Gurrick ut New York-.4uas 2,h.
We find no news of any importance by lI,Is ar.
rival. In relation TO domestic affairs IN England,
there is nothing of moment. The appearance OF
business affairs had frightened little. The pros
pecls ot improvements in trade though not bril-
liant, were nevertheless cheering. In the manu-
featuring districts more activity prevailed aud it
was confidently expected that the opening OF the
Chinese ports 10 Brush trade, would, before long,
afford the manufacturers tall employment
No farther news had been received from either
China or India. In Spain, nothing iurlher had
occurred since the surrender Of Barcelona 10 Es-
partero, which we heard OF by The last advices.
President Ty er's Message received in Eng.
land on the 25lh ui, aud was one of the princ-
pal topics OF discussion in the public Journals. Ii
is spoken of with no great kindness-aud the
genera impression among the English journals
seems to be, that President had better devise
some means 10 pay our debts, before he asserts
that the American States, under their free and
wise institutions, are rapidly advancing towards
the consunmatloH of the high destiny which All
over-rung Providence seems to have marked out
tor them"
The wheat crop is coming in beautiful every
| where aud looks more promising than it has done
al the same season for years.
An awful catastrophe occurred in Catholic
chapel at Galway Oh Christmas day. At early
IL. 4.
! niense concourse OF people-lhe gallery, a, is u
sual on Christians mornings, beng crowded tc
excess. BY the pressure OF the crowd one Of the
rails of the staircase was broken, ard sonie per-
son, hearing the cracking noise, cried out that the
gallery was giving way. rush was made TO es
cape, aud many of the victims, in their eugernes
TO get out, fell down, aud were rampled to death
400O or 5000 people were present, and no les
:han hrIy.three people have been killed.
Thomas Thornley,, Esq. one of the nea,ler
Tor Woverhampton in the House of Commons
connected tor many years with the United State
AS u merchant al Liverpool, has recently returne
from visiting the principal cities n the UniOu.--
lie addressed large meeting OF his constituent
the Dbl ult relative to The state OF parties there
lie pointed out forcibIy the advantages whic
both countries would derive from IL Tree trade i
corn aud advocated The policy OF The Anti-Cor
Law League III agitation 50 successfully for
, measure 80 important aud beneficial. la matter
OF commerce, The long experience aud eulightei
Ell views possessed by Mr.. Thornley, give gre,
weight to his opinions in the assembly of whc
Z he is "A membsr.
u England Inns been aguted in various Iistric
r. 10y The Repealers OF the Corn Law The den
i otlsrati0n which they have effected u.s. ia despi
g of the sneerng indifference with which il III
II been treated, more formidable Than their ar
lagonisls afe willing to allow. Ii is certain that
:, further alteration Ia the Corn Laws is proecte
y The only dis ue now maintained is, not wheih
~ there will he change al all, but what the nalu
: OF that change will be.
" A serious misunderstanding hns arisen betwet
Russa and the Porte respecting Seryia. An n
cry correspondence has passed between the Ru
sian ambassador and the Porte on that subject.
The final answer Of the latter has been tralislni
Ted to 81. Peersburgh, and there the matter res
,d for the present.
ST letter from Rome states that commune
N, ton has been made by the Russian embassy
ed the nomination of several bishops by the Empe
ISL or OF Russia. The pope has refused TO conir
them.
Accounts from ST. Petersburgh state that sew,
al Polish regiments, engaged il tho war agar
the Crcassiuns, passed ovey with their arms a
baggage 10 the enemy, and fought against
.a Russians IL is said they committed dreadful Ia
10 oc on the latter and that their vengeance was Il
on rible.