Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-04
ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDoNIA.

at seven o'clock on the 25th ult. She left
Liverpool on the 4th ult., and has been de-
layed by head winds and heavy seas. Al.
ter she had been to sea sixteen days, she
had only made abou, half the voyage. She
encountered very severe weather at sea,
and even in the channel the gale was 30 iu.
rious that Captain Lott was unable to land
his pilot, and he consequently brought him
10 Boston. The Caledonia brought S5l6,
9e7 in specie.
Parliament is summoned to meet on the
second day of February. Sir Robert Peel
il is expected, will introduce sautary and
wholesale alteration Of the restrictions by
which trade is feltered. With characters.
tic caution, he has carefully abstained from
divulging hint Of his purpose or his plans.
The opening of the session is most anxious
ly awaited. Business had greatly lmprov-
ed.
There can he no doubt, from the general
tone OF the British press, that the success OF
the British arms in China and Atfghanis,an.
had tended greatly to strengthen the pres
ent conservative administration.
A dreadful accident occurred in the Gal
way Catholic Chapel on the 25th Dec. An
immense concourse Of people had assem-
bled at early mass, when some persons gave
the alarm that the gallery was giving way.
which it appears vas not so; but the rush
was so great, that numerous persons were
trampled upon and severely bruised, and, it
is stated, that twenty-eight were killed.
Several smart shocks of an earthquake
had been felt in the southern part Of Wales,
and in Cornwall.
Death had been very busy with British
Admirals. Admiral Sir John Longford, who
served under Rodney, died on the 22d Dec.
in his 86th year; and Vice Admiral Evans,
vice-admral of tine red, recently expired in
Cork.
There was an eruption of Mount Etna on
the 28th Of November, and letters from Ca
tanta, OF the 3oth, describe the volcano to
he in full eruption, emitting enormous mas.
ses OF lava, and showing every prospect
q flow of liquid lava, to the destruction OF
all around.
Turin, in Savoy, has been almost redu-
ced TO ashes. Sixty houses have been burnt
down, leaving one hundred families without
shelter or bread. The church is also much
damaged.
The plague was making its ravages in
Lower Egypt, at the last accounts; and the
mortality among the cattle, which at one
time was thought 10 be subsiding, was again
on the increase.
The message of President Tyler at the
opening of Congress was read in England
with great interest, and had been the sub
ject of much comment in the newspapers
They appear to find great fault with HIM for
not urging upon Congress the necessity Of
paying the State debts.
FRAHcE.-The Moniteur of the Gath
Dec. contains a report to the King from the
President of the Council, and loyal ordl
nance founded thereon, for the formation OF
q council some what analogous to the Eng
lish Privy Council.
The Paris papers are chiefly occupied
with comments on the message OF the
American President, which, especially as
regards the slave trade. appears to have CIV
en- satisfaction. The National states thai
the deficit on the French Budget this year,
will amount to five millions sterling. Cen
eral Bugeaud's expenses, it says, are much
greater than foreseen, and what, with build
ing steamers, donations TO railroads, the ex-
penses, independent Of the extra hurrylng
OF the Notifications, cannot be less than l.
4O0,O0O,OOO francs.
A report prevailed at Paris that after the
settlement of the difference between
France and Spain, France would accredit an
Ambassador to the Spanish Court, and tina,
the choice of the Government would either
fall on NJ. de Pon,ois or NJ. de Bourquen-
cy.
Great commercial distress is felt at Paris
al present. In the course OF last year, there
had been great dimnuton Of the exports,
which is mainly attributed 10 the financIa!
crisis in the United States, and to the eIe-
walton Of the American tariff, which had
the effect Of restraining the commercial in.
Iercourse between France and North Anne
RIGA.
Accounts from st. Petersburgh state,
tina, several Polish regiments, engaged in
the war against the Circastions, passed over
with their arms and baggage 10 the enemy,
and fought against the Russians. 1t is SAT-
that they committed dreadful havoc among
the latter, and their vengeance was terri
Bile.
AUSTRIA AND THE UNITED STATES There
is every reason TO believe that d CONNER.
cia treaty will shortly be concluded be-
tween the Austrian Government and the
u. S. of North America.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 2.