Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-04-20

| LATE PROM ENGLAND.-Thc packet ship
South America. arrived at New York on
Thursday. from Liverpool, with ndyices to ihe
9th March, 4 days later. Tho papers by this
arrival contain no news Of Importance.
LArEsr.-'rho packet ship Columbus,
Captain Cole, arrived at New York from
Liverpool, on Sunday night. She left Liver
pool on the Odd Of March. The dates by this
arrival il later than before received BY I}
days. We have room only for few extracts
respecting the affairs at the East, &c.
\ The overland mail reached London on the
I2lh of March, bringing intelligence of the
riots ai Canton.
/ A letter from Hong Kong. dated December
81, snys that SIR Henry Pol,nger had applied
Tor his recall, and that he had given his
opinion that very ample powers should be
given 10 the govcrnmeu, Of Hong Kong. TO
ronnieract the lawlessHsss OF the smogglers
ID itiiculiy wns expected 10 arrsng ing the CON
m"rcial regulations under the treaty, from
The Chinese being likely 10 demand o recip-
rocliy OF duties on their merchandise when
imported into British territories. Mr.. Thonl.
II Is said, is to b. the British consul al Canton.
Fony.three transports arrived at Singapore
On the lst Of January, having on board the
Srpoys employed 10 ,he China expedition
They were accompanied by the fr,saies
Endymion and Dido, having on board SIR
Hugh Cough and his staff, end by three
steamers. There still remained on the
Chinese coast more than twenty vessels OF
war and five steamers. The land forces con.
sisted of about G000 men, most of them occu.
pyIng the taken towns.
A letter from Hong Kong, in the London
Times says Tint the censure oi Sir Henry
po'iinger lin the correspondence of which
we gave u synopsis The other day. was well
meSi,ed by the merchants, who IN smuggling
opium nnd all other kinds al goods AT Whan-
poa and Canton had outraged all former pre-
cedents. and created much dlstrust IN the
minds Of the Chinese authorities. The letter
adds. "Thc whole course of proceedings IN
the Canton river hns been aud Is disgrace
10 civilization. II is admitted that, IN direct
contravenilon Of the plen,pu,en'lary's anthorl.
", ships have been despatched secretly to
The new consular ports"
The Duke Of Wellington has given notice
that Government will bring ia u bill To amend
Tic pour law.
a petition for the absolute repeal OF the
corn laws hns gone from Liverpool To ParIla-
ment, with AZ, l69 signatures.
The comet. It seems, has made It's appear.
ance 10 the star-gazcrs nf Paris. II was first
seen on the 10Th Of March, and its sudden
discovery created a great sensation. The
papers speak Of II ns The nrgest ever known,
It's inil extending over space OF GO degrees
and proceeding from The constellation Orion
As here, the nucIens was not visible. The
as,ronomers we're all on the look out imne
dlatclv.
Slight shocks of earthquake were felt in
various paris Of England on the l6lh of
March, but we do moi find that any damage
was done beyond the breaking oi some gloss
and china.
The French Government has acted with
great promp,i,ude in sending ont snccor to
he suryiviug sufferers Of the earthquake nj
Gundn' 'onpc. = 500 0CO francs b"Ipg NJ once
granted by the Chamber ot Dcpnt'es for that
purpose.
Tho National Guards of Paris. The colleges
,nd nubIc schools, have opened subscriptions
for the sufferers si Guad.l"upc, and an ap.
rcal had been made by Nlessrs. Gallgnan I"
the bcnevoIencc of The English residents for
The same object. The theatres. II Is said,
have resolved 10 give representations for the
sam. object
We are happy To hear (says tho London
GIobe,) that gradual lmprov. continues
to appear IN trade throughout all parts OF
England, with ta,r prospects at s'IIl greater
activity; the s,ocka on hand being light.