The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-07-19
FOREIGN lNTELLIG ENCE.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER HIBERNIA.
TWELVE DAYS LATER FROM ENGLAND.
From The New York Sun Extra.


From The New York Sun Extra
The steamship hernia, Capt Ryrie, arrived
at her wharf at ,st Boston. w ednesday morning,
few minutes before six, making short passage
of twelve and one-half days.
The fIiberna was detained off Boston harbor
by The thick weather of Tuesday. Had it been
clear on that day, she would have made the pas
sage in less than twelve days, the shortest pas
sage ever made. She had an unusual large share
Of passengers. numbering Ill from Liverpool to
Halifax and Boston, and from Halifax.
We are indebted to Wilmer & Smiths Euro
pean Times for the following summary Of news :
The demand, at Liverpool, on the 81, for cotton,
is steady, and the middling qualities Of American
being sparingy offered, the market continues toll
erably firm. It is generally understood, that if
better prices were insisted upon, the demand
would fall off:
The daily papers have been discussing, with
more or less acrimony since the sailing of the last
packet, the mntiny amongst the supporters of the
ministry, arising out of the sugar question:. The
Times and the Morning Post rail furously at Peel;
amongst all the London morning and evening
press, the Morning Herald and the Standard are
his only supporters. A government 80 feebly de-
Tended in the press, and exposed to SO many and
bitter attacks from all quarters, must daily become
morally weaker, however powerful its majority on
the benches Of the House of Commons.
The grain markets, in consequence Of the re-
cent rains-althongh more is still wanted, are
more depressed than they were at the sailing of
the last packet, and prices have receded little.
Canadian flour has met free sale at 28s. to 28s.
Sd. per barrel, and has been good deal inquired
for. a Dt8t sSAsEs
The state of lethargy which has hung SO long
over the West India markets, produced by legis-
lative instability, has disappeared, and the produce
of those colonies is now brought freely forward
and sought AFTER ,
On Saturday evening, the 22d ult., the Duke
and Duchess of Sutherland were honored with
the gracious company of the Queen and her il
lustrous consort, at Stafford House, on the inter-
esting occasion of the christening Of their infant
son. The visit of royalty was more especially
the result Of his Royal Highness Prince Abert's
promise to honor the Duke and Duchess by per-
sonaly standing as sponsor to the infant lord, and
as mark Of favor, her Majesty was pleased to
accompany her Royal husband, and be present at
the baptismal ceremony.
Letters have been received by the Admiralty
from Captain Wyvill, Of the Cleopatra, SO guns,
at the Cape Of Good Hope, confirming the ac-
count of the massacre of Lieut.. M. L. Moles-
worth and seven seamen Of the frigate.
The torch Of the ncendiary still blazes in the
agricultural counties of Norfolk and Suffolk.
Arrangements will be made, in anticipation of
the ACCOMPLISHMENT of the Queen, which will take
place at Windsor Castle, for intelligence TO be
conveyed to London, by means of the galvanc
telegraph on the line Of the Great Western Rail
way se1txk
INDIA AND CHrNA.--The news by the overland
mail is generally regarded as being unfavorable
in commercial point of view. The demand for
British manufactured good, had been somewhat
checked during the interval Of the previous ar
rival. One Of the accounts states, that the Amer
lean merchants were most persevering in their
Efforts to dispose of manufactures received from
the United STATES, and that American domestics"
had, for the first time, been inserted in one Of
the prices current, although not much is reported
to have been done in them.
Loss OF THE STEAMER MANcHEsTER-A great
sensation has been created by the news OF the
loss of the steamer Manchester, Capt Dudley, IN
the mouth of the Elbe, on the 10Th and II ut
with The whole of her crew and six passengers.
Several other vessels went down in the same
gale.
Mr.. Daniel O'Conne,l, jr, had addressed the
repealers of Ulster after the manner of his father,
calling upon them TO abstain from amy outrage
upon tho Orangemen, who, It is said, intend to
walk in PROCESSION on the LIST and 18th OF July.
1t is reported that the present sess Ion OF Parlia-
ment will be brought to close about the middle
Of July.
Great meetings have been in England in behalf
OF The Irish traversers.
The electors of several boroughs in Ireland re-
turning Conservatives and lon-Repeal members
have sent acquisitions to their representatives,
calling uuon them to resign.
The Queen has conferred the Grand Cross Of
Charles Ill on Santa Anna President of the Re-
public of Mexico
Ii is now settled that the Count de Trepani-
brother of the King Of Naples, is to marry the
Queen Of Spain.
During The past IL months, Spain has had seven
different ministries.
The Prince de Juinville has sailed in command
of the expedition against Morocco
The dowager Lady Glenlyon, died on the 2lst
ult, at Dunkeld.
It is announced that the Dublin Corporation. to
mark their sympathy for Mr. O'Connell, intend
to elect him Lord Mayor for the ensuing year
the term of the present official expires in No