American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper., 1845-06-03
FOREIGN NEWS.
l8 DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE
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GREAT WESTERN AT NEW YORl

GREAT w WESTERN AT NEW YORK.
THE DISCUSSION OF THE WAR QUESTION
ANXIETY TO BEAR FROM THE UNITED
STATrS-DECLINE IN FHE COTTON MAR
KET-DECUlNE IN THE PRICE OF IRON
THE JESUITS IN FRANCE-TRE OVERL ANE
MAIL.
The steamship Great Western arrived at n
Yo-k on Sunday, in fifteen days from Liver
pool. We ere indebted to MessFs. Adams anG
Co. for Messfs. Wilmer s. Smiths European
Time, contails:ng the new, and tEe N. Y. He
raid and Sun extra.
Our files are to the 18th Of May from Lon
al. the same from Liverpool.
Tis arrivals from the Western World are
looked fer with absorbing interest, and the in
slant packet arrives, ths news ie conveyed,
with all the potency and speed which steam can
command, to the metropolitan journals.
The Texan ,cx-Secretary Of State, Ashbel
Smith, has arrived out, as resident Minister in
France and England.
Tie commercial accounts by this packet are
more favorable than could haze been antci-
pated.
The British Government have selected Beau
try, near Cork, as an American Steam Packet
station.
The Irish Repeal Rent average $3.50 to
S400 weekly.
Three new Colleges of a genera, character
are to be established in Ireland.
I The valae of the contributions to the great
Free Trade and Anti-Corn-Law, Bagaar held
in Covent Garden Theatre, Lopd0n, exceeds
100000.
Devenport, and other harbors at present, are
assuming very wsr!ike appearance, every ves-
sci being reitted and made ready for-cea.
ho,lor tho lt1 ba;n h.
sary of the death Of Napoleon, masses for the
repose Of his soul wese celebrated in twelve of
the principal churches of Paris.
Green peas, imported from Lisbon made
their appearance in the London marke. on the
9th ir ant.
- Fifty thousand accidents requiring surgical
aid occur annually in London.
A fossil turtle, eighteen feet long, and seven
'tet high, has been discovered in the Himalaya
y 5.
lie Russians are collecting vast armies for
he conquest of the Caucasus, not less, it is said,
han 900 men.
The overland mail from India, of April lst,
,rJught little news of Importance. The latest
ate from China was February 10. The holi-
avs had produced stagnatiQn in trade.
Another comet, of considerable splendor, has
aade its appearance III the Southern Hemis-
phere. Its declination is 43 degrees South. 1t
Will be visible in Europe.
COMMERCIAL. The commercial accounts
which 90 out by this packet are more favorable
than could have been anticipated. The Funds,
;hich have been unsettled and feyerish of late,
| n consequence of the threatened rupture with
America, improved on the arrival of the news
! by the "Great Western" and maintained their
steadiness until the arrival of the Caledonia"
when further improvement took place. If
the public securities are to be taken as test,
the probability of the Oregon question being
.ttled otherwise than friendly seems very re-
l,nots Notwithstanding this confidence, the
hiect is alluded to, in private circles, as one
Il is very tcksh, and that tritling matter
fan into fame
In the manufacturing districts, trade, which
S somewhat langud short time since, has
,1ovsd. The Manchester market evinces
.pi,3naable symptoms of improvement; and
g same, though in somewhat modified sense,
be said of the woollen districts of York
ire.
he Cotton market was active in the early
RI of ast week, and good deal of specula-
On had been going on, without, however, any
!. = &c in price, The holders were willing to