Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-05-26
FOREIGN NEWS.
From the Boston Atlas, May 90.
ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA.
FIVE DAYS LATER.


FIVE DAYS LATER.
The British Steam Ship Caledonia, Capt. Lott,
arrived ut this port Yesterday morning at o'clock,
having male her passage in Ia "a days.
We have no news of any importance by this ar
rival. The money market remained about the
same ns at former dates-and no essential change
had taken place, either in The prices of CONNER
cia commodities, or in the prospects of business.
A Mr. Tongue has invented an additional rein
for horses, connected with spring trap, which,
by single action Of the baud, is drawn so close
over the nostrils and the mouth rs 10 stop breath
ing, and thereby bring the most FESTIVE animal to
his senses.
The Season and The Crops in England.
is every prospect OF a very early and very abun-
dant harvest this year. From the mdness of the
winter, the wheat was more forward at the begin
ming of April than il usually is at the end Of that
month, and the abundant rains and occasional ge
nial weather which we have since had have caus-
ed it to advance Notwithstanding few checks
from frosty nights. The spring corn, which was
10, into the ground almost as well as the wheat,
is also beginning to show itself strong aud healthy,
especially the oats aud beans, ami the gas crops
look better on the LIST Of May than lIJy have for
several years. The Landing season has been un-
usually good this spring, and from the abundance
Of grass the lambs are now very hue and large,
and we may add, cheaper than they have been at
this season for many years There Is, IN short,
prospect of great abundance OF every kind of pro-
fruit trees having suffered very much from the
April irosts, which have done almost as much
damage 70 the plum and pear blossom in tho north
of England, and TO the apple blossom in the south,
as they have TO the aprlcOts aud vines OF France.
With this exception every thing looks well. - L'U-
erpOoL European Times.
The Canada Corn Bill The London Examin.
er of the 30th, commenting on this bill, says: The
threatened Canada Corn Bill has, as the agrcul
turiss express themselves, "spread CONSERVATION
through the provinces" American wheat is to he
imported into Canada on IS duty, and permitted,
when ground in Canada 10 be imported in the u
nled Kingdom for consumption at further duty
OF Is. 1t u.s. as we have before explained, scheme
of allowing a small quantity Of American wheat
to be CONSUMED in England at u nomlhaly nioder-
ate duty, hut, in reality, burdened with excessive
charges for transport 10y land, and freight by sea,
with heavy insurance., aud The niest expensive pro
cess of grinding it, The American districts near
the ST. Lawrence produce wheat for eXpotta-
ton The American wheat must, therefore, be
brought from the " tar west'-fron Ohio aud Hi
nos, and by land carriage, lakes, and the river for
there exist yet, no canals for its transport. The
bran must be carried as well as the flour, and the
grain must he landed, stored, and ground, where
the process is less understood than in the country
from which it comes. Then it has TO he re-shp-
ped and carried 1000 miles by the prccarious nav
igaton of the ST. Lawrence, after which ii has to
make sea voyage about half as long agan US il
il were shipped from New York.
The cost of bringing corn from America to Up.
per Canada is estimated by the mnslerlallsts
themselves a, los per quarter, and that of bring
ing it from Canada to England al 25s, to which
are TO be added the prime cost, and As OF duty. Ii
this really should turn out 10 be the case, it is
pretty sure that the American corn could not be
had for less than Cos a quarter, and that, conse-
quently, the terrible Cauadan Corn Act will turn
out little better than waste paper. Al, however,
20 the Canadians good American winter wheat,
aud TO us the inferior spring wheat Of Canada, the
only grain of this sort which Canada Produces
1t will however, create Il vested interest for few
Canadian mllers-a nuisance which IL will be a-
forwards difficult to get rid Of
In fact, the innovation which has aifrghed the
landlords is neither worth fighting Tor nor fighting
against It is lltlle worse than The live cattle de-
fusion of last year. to which the agricultursts
cribed depreciation of % millions in the value of
their live stock, and which ended in The mporta-
ton of 1855 oxen, l046 cows, 76 calves Ia swine,
63S lean sheep, and 10 laEIbs, for the wants of
a carnyerous population of % millions! The
Canada Bill is, however, worthy of Sir Robert
Peel-worhy of the man that reformed 1900 arti.
cles of The Tariff and left every important article
unreformed! A year hence every man will laugh
at it as another tour de main of our truly expert
juggler.
FRANCE.
'uuSSucIe " "e uope'"" " "e sn" queS"' 10.
dnds and Suite.-We regret TO state, that very mel
anchoy Intelligence has just been brought 10 this
country from the new French settlement in the
Pacific, by merchant vessel, the Sarah Ann
schooner, which left Otaheite on the Odd October.
Iappears that the French Governor Of the Mar
quesas, with fourteen ATTENDANTS had been OH a
visit TO the native King Nicahevai, where they
had been hospitality entertained and, suspectng
no danger, they lett his residence return to the
French station, without, probably, taking proper
precaution against the treachery of The nalives.-
They we're attacked On the way, and the Governor
and fourteen persons were killed. The unfortu
nate event proves the uniriendy disposition ofthC
natives; but what will it avail them? The French
Government will Instantly send out n sufficien
force TO crush all opposition.