Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-06-27
SIXTEEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL Of the ACADIA.
Sentence and Imprisonment OF UCOnnell
aud others.

oVhVHCC uuu lIPiiSohWtht vi VoVhheh
aud others.
The British Royal Mail Steame. AGA
DIA, Capt. Ryrie, arrived at Boston, on
Wednesday at about | o'clock. She
left Liverpool the 4lh inst.. London and
Liverpool papers 10 the morning of that
day have been received.
The Cotton Market remains somewhat
on the low pressure principle. Business
generally is good.
The IIibernia steam ship, Captain
Judkns, arrived at Liverpool on the after
noon of Tuesday, the 2Sth ult. alter b
capital passage from Halifax of nine days
The cotton market continues in very
depress state. During the last four
weeks prices have receded l lid per Id
Switzerland has been the scene Of T.
short, though somewhat sanguinary civil
war.
The debates in Parliament upon SiI
Robert Peel's new currency project have
been Of highly interesting description.
The vintage Of tho southern parts Of
France does not promise SO well this yeaI
is last. In many places the old vines
have been entirly killed off by the severi
~ of the past winter.
The accounts from India speak Of
remarkable hail storm at Sukkar in the
Scinde, accompanied by a hurricane.
which proslraied every thing in its path.
Murders continue 10 be alarmingly fre
quent in Paris. The bodies of two ofthe
municipal guards were taken out OF the
Seine near the Bridge Of the lnvalides,
ew days ago, with marks which left no
Ioub, that they had been murdered -
Eight others had previously perlshed IL
he same mysterious manner.
The police of London continue their
var upon the gaming houses at the Wes
End.
The French government and people
appcar TO bo wide awake Oh tho subject
3f railroads.
The subject ofthe Annexation Of Texas
continued TO be prolific theme OF dis
cussion in the English papers. Some Of
hem have wasted good deal Of indigna.
ion upon it.
The general state of the English crops
| ) rood, though some Of the better agri.
cultural districts have suffered from
brought.
/ 1t is looked upon as the harbinger cf a
,reat moral reform in the metropolis, and
receives, indirectly at least, much coun.
enance and aid from men high in power.
Sir James Graham appears to be grow
ng unpopular with his own party very
fast. One Of the tory papers calls him
he Marplot of the present administration,
aud says he is q milestone about their
Gecks.
So grea, has been the rage for guano
manure in England, that large quantities
IF spurious aud worthless article. made
resemble guano, have been mauuiaclur.
I'd and sold in Liverpool. The English
armogs are very indignant at the cheat.
Accounts from Ireland mention al
Extraordinary rise in the waters Of the
shannon. That river is said to be three
ice; lower than it was ever known be.
,elore.
Meetings in support Of the factory bill
low before parliament continue to be
. hcld in the various manufacturing towns
of England and Scotland.
The twelve experiment gun brigs for
| he British navy are now nearly compile
ed, and are represented to be beautiful
! specimens of naval architecture.
Accounts from Belgrade state that GO
persons had been publicly executed loI
participating in the late insurrection in
Servia among them the ex.minister
Rajewitsch. Nearly 600 others had
! ,eon doomed 10 Punishment for the same
\ ,hence.
The Circassians are straining every
nerve TO resist the new Russian invasion,
but it is feared that the independence OF
hesc noble mountaineers is nearly at an
md.
The suspension Of another large
banking house in Paris, is noticed in lie
| Commerce, aud attributed TO speculations
/ IS gas anG other stocks.
A fre.damp exploded on the 23d, at
he Victoria coal-pil in Newton, by which
Two persons were instantly killed, and
Il several others wounded.
H Thirty. seven Jewish marriages were
/ recently celebrated at one time, at the
| synagogue in Leandenhall street, Lon
| don.
L Spain is comparatively tranquil.
with the exception Of another an,lc-
patcd explosion in the ministry. Some
Of the refugees who had quilted the
/ places assigned them in France, have
been arrested at Bavonne, but it is un-
certain whether anything will be done
with them.
\ The Rcbeccaitcs in Wales have made
some further demonstrations agains, the
toll gates just enough TO keep the govern.
men, uneasy and tho people unquIct.
/ The most absorbing event of the last
fortnight, with tue exception of O'Con.
neli's imprisonment, has been the con-
test for South Lancashire. Mr. William
Brown, Of the great American house,
Messrs Brown, Shipley g. Co., stood on
the free trade, Mr. Wm. Entwlsle OIL the
agricultural interest. Ii was fierce
struggle, which ended in the return OF
Mr Entwislc by searly COO votes. Both
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