Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-05-11

from Liverpool, about 1 O'Clock, noon, on
Sunday, the 2lst ult. She left Liverpool
On the 9Th and brings London dates to the
evening of the Sd and Liverpoolto the 4th
III the House Of Commons, on the 10th
both Lord Ashley and the Government
found the manufacturing interest too strong
for them on the bill to limit the hours q
labor. Lord Ashley proposed that ter
hours should be the maximum, and minis
tiers preferred twelve. Lord AS PROPOSE
ton was negatived-l8l to 1873, and the
ministers by 1873 to 1856. The defeat wal
little relished by the ministers, and it wa.
said that Sir Robert Peel had threatened
his refractory supporters with dissolu.
ton.
The appeal Of Mr.. O'Connell 10 the
House Of Lords is all arranged. Mean.
time, grand banquets were in preparation
for him at Cork and Dublin.
The action Of the Judges and the House
q Lords on the marriage question (decid.
ing marriages between Episcopalians ant
Presbyterians, solcmnized by Presbyterian
clergymen, Is be illegally was exciting great
alarm and indignation among the Protes.
tant population Of Ireland, where such mar.
riages have been frequent.
The British trade with China is increas.
ing very rapidly. Upwards Of eighty YES.
sells have left the London docks for Cantor
since the LIST Of March, all carrying ou'
full cargoes.
We regret to learn that the steamer Great
Western is not again to visit New York
She has been sold to the Peninsular and
Oriental Steamship Company for f23, 600
Money was very abundant, and 5 pei
cent. consols had almost touched par.
Meetings in aid Of the free church Of
Scotland continue to be held in England
and considerable sums are being collected
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were
to visit Prussia in May.
Bernadotte, King of Sweden, is dead.
Letters from Copenhagen announce the
death Of Thorwaldsen, the celebrated sculp-
tor.
At Adrianople, an inundation has des-
troyed about z, 1000 houses, the Europeans
being severe sufferers.
France.-The new customs bill which
has been introduced into the Chamber Of
Deputies, raises the duty on English ma
chinery and on hogs lard from the United
States.
PrIssia.-For some time past, negotil-
tons have been pending for commercial
treaty between the United States of Amer
lea and the Germanic union of CUSTOMS
We learn, upon good authority, that these
negotiations have been brought to close,
and that treaty has been actually signed
by the Prussian Government and Mr..
Wheaton, the American minister at this
court. The effect Of the treaty is UNDER
stood to be to reduce the present duties on
tobacco and rice imported into Germany
from the United States; and on the other
hand, to afford facilities for the introduction
into the United States of several branches
Of German manufactures for American con-
sumption. It's, ofcourse, uncertain wheth-
er this treaty, at present entered into by
Prussia only, will be ratified by the other
States Of the Gcrmanic Customs Union,
and still more uncertain whether the treaty
will be ratified by the American l.egisla-
ture; but, as it stands, Mr.. Wheaton has
gained march upon all the other govern
ments who have hitherto attempted to treat
with Germany in commercial matters.
Irelasd.-Mr O'Connell, who has been
making circuit Of the principal towns Of
England, explaining his grievances, was in
Liverpool last week, where he addressed
. densely packed meeting. Time is max
ing havoc with him. There were some
good points in his speech, but it lacked the
vigor and freshness Of former day.
The mental and physical energies of a
man at three score and ten will exhibit
symptoms Of decay, but in the case of this
remarkable man, the decay is apparent to
those who saw him even twelve months
ago. Doubtless the anxiety attending the
late trials, and above all the conviction, has
done its work. Nevertheless, he threat
ems, on has return from Ireland, whittier he
is going to partake Of series Of public fes-
tivities, to make q crusade the length and
breadth Of this part Of the Island, accom-
panied by some twenty or thirty Of the
leading LIBERALS for the purpose Of stirring
up popular indignation against the ministry
and its acts. In all his recent speeches,
the bitterest Of his vituperations, have been
levelled against the Chief Justice who tried
him, after him against Sir James Graham
"A proof that no compromise with the Gov
eminent about his Imprisonment has been
thought Of on either side.
The middle Of April, when he is to be
brought up for judgment, is approaching,
and curiosity is on the stretch to know how
this o,Rly customer" is to be disposed Of.
That an appeal to the House Of Lords as
is clear from the fact that the
services of Sir Thomas Wilde. Mr.. Ser
geant Murphy, and other eminent English
lawyers, have been retained to argue the
agitator's case before that august tribunal.
denotes that the government
and O. Cornell are likely to remain at drawn
daggers. Judging from his recent speeches,
he seems desirous Of courting the fallamount
Of their hostility.
Egypt The Pacha is about to route one
more Of the monsters of the desert-by bor-
ing for water between Cairo and Suez,
which he expects to find, at the depth Of
| 900 feet. For this purpose he is await
ing an apparatus ordered from England.
The Arkansas RIVER, we learn from
Southern papers, has been unusually flood
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