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ARRIVAL or THE CALEDONIA!
Fifteen Days Later From Europe

Fifteen Days Later From Europe!
The royal mail steamship Caledonia,
Capt. Lott, arrived at Boston on Thursday,
the II inst, at IL o'clock, after a passage
of nearly IA days. She brough, Liverpool
papers to the morning of the 18th of Sept,
and London to the 18Th, inclusive. The
intelligence brought by her is Of importance
and great interest.
A treaty Of peace has been concluded be-
tween France and Morocco the dispute
between Spain and Morocco has been ami
cably adjusted; the Tahiti question has been
finally settled between France and England !;
Louis Philippe is to visi, England; and
Daniel O'ConncIl, the great Irish Agita,or,
and the other Traversers, lave been liberia
ted from prison by the decision OF the House
Of Lords, reversing the decision of the judy
es of the Irish Court Of the Queens Bench.
A curious mixture and pcrplexy of justice
enSues upon this decision. Going upon the
substantial merits of the case, Mr.. O'Connell
has confessedly been condemned justly: going
upon the legal question, the majority Of the law
Lords say he has been condemned unjustly {;
aud he has already actually suffered half of his
sentence. He can proclaim the injustice of a
now so decided llegalscnlence of imprisonment.
On the other hand, an opponent may tell him
that what was prospeclively illegal was not pre-
vented by that circumstance from being actu.
ally at the time legal. The law put Mr.. O'Con.
nell into prison, aud the law has taken him out.
The law is his enemy and his friend but it is
law in either case. A legal Interpretation acts
subsequently to its promulga,ion, hut cannot
anteda'e itself. What was done before was
done then, and not now and Mr. O'Conne!l's
Imprisonment is present Illegally but restropec.
tive law.
There continues 10 be the same abundant
flow of capital into the English Money Mar
ket as ever. The bill brokers were doing
but very little, although rates were from
Led to Cd per cent only, generally l 3-4d
to 81. The bank continued to discount at
l l-2 to 3. Dock Warrants commanded
to 4. On consols the rates we're l-2 to 2,
and on foreign funds 3 to 5.
The British Parliament was prorogned by
commissions appointed to represent her Maj
esry, on Thursday, the 9Th ult. to the 10Th
Of October. The Queen made speech
but there was nothing in it.
INDIA.
The India Mail of the 3lst JULY from Mar
settles, brings letters and papers from Bombay
to that date
1ho int lli0opco IL, of, ,,cb ;,,o.oe,
the rainy season is not generally the period OF
exciting events in India.
The removal of Lord Peterborough from the
Government had produced modified declara.
ton in his favor, in some quarters, but general.
| y it was regarded with ind florence. His
| Lordshp was expected to leave Calcutta in the
Tenasserm steamer in the beginning of Au.
gust, but of this nothing positive was known
The monsoon was exceedingly favorable
Forty inches of rain had fallen at Bombay with.
in three weeks The fall had been general in
the country. Various reports were circulated
about the indigo crop in Bengal, which was
said TO have suffered from drought and lncusts.
The tobacco crop at Manila was represented
as having failed.
The ship Cameo, from Liverpool to Calcutta
with cargo valued at f6O,O00. was lost of
kedgeree. The Camcahar, from China, was
| totally wrecked near bombay.
| A Calcutta price current Of the Goth July
says, reports up to that time from The indigo dis
tricts were not quite conclusive, but upon the
whole, no doubt was entertained that the cror
would reacl, from 10000 to 10000 maunds
1t would be more unequal in the planting dis.
tricls than last yeaf, some of the plantations in
Bengal having suffered considerably from the
drought in the early part OF the season.
! In Bombay public attention was drawn to a
plan for making railway to the Thull and Bore
ghauts, two great passes in the mountains o
the neighboring ConcaE country, By which all
the trade comes to that port. The cost is esti'
mated at f350,OOO, and large number O
shares were takee there.
CHINA.
The news from China is to the 2lst of June
Sir Henry Potiinger left Hong Kong that day
in her Maiesty's steamer Driver, touched a
Singapore, Tricomalee, and Gale, whence the
Driver sailed for Bombay on the Did of July
and Sir Henry Pottinger intended to leave BON
bay for Suez, by the September mail, in The
! Akhbar The Driver brought no particula
news from China. Hong Kong was healthy
Turkey opium had advanced in price, owing II
the Malwa proving inferior; but as next year
crop of Malwa is large, and will be ready 70
shipment partly in November and December
no arrivals of Turkey later than the end OF tn,
year are likely to benefit by the advance. Trad,
in general was langud. The French Elnbass!
| proceeding 10 China had anchored at Singapore
two hours before the Driver lea that port, Thu