The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-11-05
ONE WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE.


IL O'Clock. She brings seven days later accounts
from London. She performed the passage in
fourteen days and six hours.
An express with the Hiberna's mail was for
warded to New York by Mr.. Green postmaster
at Boston. The train let, Boston at 6 O'Clock, A.
NJ, yesterday. arriving here about 8, p. NJ hav-
ing been detained over three hours this side of
Greenport by ebstructons on the road-runnng
over cows, &c. FIX h
Cotton has declined nearly an eighth of pen.
ny since last advices.
United States -four. has been in fair request, at
the previous rates.
In the manufacturing districts business has
been brisk during the week. There has been
advance in the wages Of operatives in some of
the principal manufacturing districts.
Mr.. Everett, the American Minister, who has
been absent for some time on the Continent, has
returned to England.
The agricultural districts in the neighborhood
of London have been again blazing with the torch
of the uncendiary.
Mr.. Clemson, the newly appointed American
Charge d'Afares in Belgium, has arrived in
Brussels.
Mr.. Daniel O'Connell has addressed long
epistle from his retreat at Derrynane to the Re-
peal Association, in which he dwells emphatical-
y upon the federal project, and hints his partali-
ty for it in contradistinction to repeal
Louis Philippe has returned to France, On
Friday, the Order Of the Garter was conferred
upon his Majesty at Wndor Castle, amidst great
pomp and magnifcence. On Sunday the King of
the French, accompanied by the Duke of Mont
penser, and some of his suite, attended divine
service at the Catholic Chapel at Clever.
On Monday, at noon, the King of the French,
his son, M. Guizot and the suite, accompanied
by Prince Albert and the Queen, left Windsor
Castle. The weather proving unfavorable, led
to change in the arrangements, and at quarter
past seven in the evening, the King took leave of
the Queen and the Prince. .s...
violent storm swept over the Irish channel,
destroying life and property by its ravages The
storm, it seems, has not been unfet in Scotland
The coast Of ArgyIeshire experienced its fury
Several vessels were wrecked.
Sir James Graham, in reply to memorial So
citirg the pardon of Frost Jones, and Williams,
the Charlis's leaders, who were transported some
three or four years back, in come ctlon with the
riots IN South Wales, has declared that he can
not advise the Queen to comply with the re-
quest. 1922
A general order has been issued by The Duke
OF wellington, as ComDander-n-C Chef Of The
Army, granting leave of absence to officers and
commissioned officers, under certain restric-
tvna.
A letter from Constan,nople, of the % h ult,
mentions that fire had broken out near the ba-
zaar in that city, which destroyed upwards of leo
houses and 500 shops.
The Bey IF TunIs is about TO send her Majes-
ty present of lions, tigers, and other wild beasts,
with very dininutive Arab pony for the Prince
of Wales. -
Amongst the patents of last month, is one for
g. detector envelope" for letters, and another for
sef-pIotecting envelope" The obj"c, IF
course, is to prevent letters from being Grahami-
zed.
We learn from Parna that the theatre of the
ancient city has been discovered at a considera-
BILE depth in The earth, and IN remarkable state
Of preservation.
The King of Saxony, who purchased from
jeweer to the amount Of 10000 dollars for pres
ents, during his visit to Eogiand, has been swim
died, most Of the stones turning out to be false.
The culture of rice has just been tried with
full success at Carmargne, near Afles The ve-
getaon of the cropis SO fine that no doubt re-
ma1s Of the soil being well adapted to it..
The STEAM SHIP GREAT observation-disclosures
from Bristol state that an amlcabIe arrangement
had been made with the Bristol ok Company
for taking down the walls, to enable her to pass
through the locks. 1t is expected that she will
float into the basin about the ooh instant, and
into the river sometime i'll November.
IRELAND. t-.f
Mr.. O'Connell's letter, read at the Repeal
Meeting in Dublin, Ia h October, concludes
Let us be active, energetic, conclIiatory. Let
us, if possible, combine all Classes, but let TIA not
forget that we have already more than moral
force enough to render long resistance To a
peaceable and legal repeal OF the Union ,mpos-
slble II is mere question of time. The repeal
Itself ls certain. Hurrah then for repeal" Rent
for the week, f406 It's. 4d.
Rumors afoat that Mr.. Sharman Craw-
ford, Lord Charlemont, and others of the Irish
Liberals, who would not connect themselves with
repeal are about to declare their adhesion to fed
eralism
Some unknown persons a: Limerick have bored
holes IN the bottoms OF ships abuut to put to sea
Three Welsh vessels were thus scutt!ed.
& .. FRANCE.
The Monteur announces that dispatches were
received by the Minister of Marine and Colonies
from. the governor of the French establishments
in the Pacific Ocean. These dispatches are
dated the 18th of May, but they do not mention
the incident relative TO a British naval officer