Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-04-20
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FOREIGN NEWS
II Days LATER FRoM ErRnPy

II DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
Ey 'h- arrival ofrle picket ship Columbus. from
LiSerpnoi The 23d ult. we have or files Of Eng.
ii,h papers To the 22I. The c. has made the
remarkably short passage OF % days. The over.
lnud ma. from India anI China arrived on the
l2th, with late and important intelligence from
India and China.
Ia lrea'd and Scotland The wheais are boxing
remarkably we'll, with every prospect Of an abun.
dant harvest.
The Acadia arrived on the l4th. making the
passage in Il days and 30 hours.
Ia Parliament on the 18th. the Lord Chancellor
drew attention to the slate Of the law relating To
persons cnmIn IuuG crimes under Tho influence Of
insanity aud stated that n bill Of Ibis nature would
he ready in a few dnys; though. looking at the ma
iurr and latent character Of the disease, he did not
anticipate that II would prove absolutely cnpctual
The Curn Laws came before the Lords on the
l4ih. Lord Mnnteagla moved for n select Com.
fnIticc 10 inquire iurn the operation of the Corn
Laws oithc last session. hut the motion was defeat.
cd hy 90 to 80! A m"Iion Of similar import. IN
ihe Commons Was defeated III the same day by 232
60 1873.
CHARGE OF THREATENING TO SHOOT
THE QUEEN y SIR x PEEL.-It l. again
our raIniul duly To record The apprehension ofano.
ihcr "mnnnmauiar." in Iniulrn, Who has been an.
pretended "n tie charge ni threatening The lIvos Of
the Queen and SIR X Peel. Al his examination
leinre tho Lunl Mayor un Friday, he gave his name
James Stevenson, and said he belongs To The parish
"I LOchwinnrch. IN Bcufrewshrre. He said thn,
he wsEed the woman To I've pat on Que side-lhe
woman was 10 lie destroy ed, and the man was u
Rake the reius uf he affairs Of Tins nation The
captain ol the steamer stated that The prisoner dur
p ing the voyage told him he had written n letter To
SIR x Peel, nrl that hr would flush buIh the Queen
AMI Sir X Peel The prisoner in rcply, snid. al
never said Id flush them, | don't think I did; bur
! said III strike NJ the root ui The Tree. II Ecuuld
catch n minister 81 the kingdom who would not do
What re was iound Ia du. Ny Affection was Gri
drawn Ir the SUBJECT oi SIR Il Pc, hemg IN pnver
when III man sh'a ne Queen. ] wrote tho letter
Co SIR Il Peel al that tine. I read of his being IN
Vpwcr az the Newspaper"
The result OF The eSaminlien leh no doubt Thai
the MUD "f The prisoner " IS quite ,IiSurdcrcd. and
nc was c"mmiIted Ivy the Lord Mayor 20 Compiler.
az order that medical men might have The uppurlu.
uIty ofcxaminire him.
The stock al tic bunk Of England, has advanced
pcrccn', in oun-equruce ri the d videud. halt
yearly 10 be made on Ihe 5h Of April, vi 81 per
cent.
An earthquake was felt at Liverpool on 18th
March between ID nnd / o'clock A NJ.
the Repeal cause is progressing rapidly in Ire.
land and The Ucei. Is ia favor Of that cause are
very great.
The ship Blonde arrived nj Portsmouth with
5000 00Ot more lIhe Chinese rlusnm. The Her
aid was expected DALI with 1900. 900 more.
The money market was busy aud prices ndvan.
eng C"llOl was steadily Improving the provision
market 1t
SCOTLAND,-The motion on the suhjecf Of The
Scotch Church, 10y Mr. Fox Maulc, was brought
iurward Oh The It'll.
We learn from The Scotch papers that the clcI-
gym. u about To seccdc from the establishment iu
order To iouud a new Free Presbyterian Church" %
M =" promulgated II sceme for lie erection % Twuud-
'n churches, ns cIsjiug one thrrl less Than Stone
'nesi aud that the man support uf this free Preshy.
IerIRn church T. trusted 10 \ per ny n week con.
trihuiion ircm The huusehu ders of Scotland. The
leading rlergymcr have quilted their spacious
houses and belaken themselves to allies, aud are
preparing themselves Tor poverty.
Sir II P1lringer, in his last leisr to the merchants.
dated Dec 2l. states rhatrhe Vrcer,y at Canton had
m reply To The lcuer addressep TO him, declared his
great anxiety, ns well as his perfect ability To pro-
IcI all fjreIgner nud had as expressed his read
l es, IL repay such losses a. might have been incur
red during the lat" riots, aIer they should have
ben correctly ascentiued.
Another letter Of the 2l~t slales that Sir II Pet
iIigrr hal applied i"r MS recall, and that he had
gI' On hIs"pin.nn That TIC powers nr the government
Of Hong Kong -h,"ld he very strong, even 10 that OF
dcprrafIIn, 10 ord, 10 cumnteraci the Law essnrss Of
the smugcl"rs. The difficulties in forming The
commercial r sulltiOns, would, II was feared. be
very great, ga Consequence uf the Chinese being
likely Ia demand a 'CcIpnucity Of duties on ILeh
goods, whch imported into the Brush territories.