Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1845-05-15
Arrival of the Hibernia.
FOURTEEN DAYS LATER FROM ENG
LAND.

LAND.
The Royal mail steamship Hibernia,
Capt. Ryrie, was telegraphed on Tues
day morning at 90 minutes before s o.
clock, being then 35 miles distant, and
arrived at the wharf at East Boston at a
quarter before 3.
She left Liverpool on the 10Th ult, ar
rived at Halifax on the 4th inst, and
left in the afternoon Of the same date,
having thus made the passage to Boston
in sixteen days and half. She brought
1T passengers to Halifax, left 90 there,
and took on board 6 additional, making
l0l to Boston.
Mr.. Waters, U. S. Consul at Zanzi-
bar, has returned by the Overland route
from the East
The Hibernia had very rough pas
sage, (says the Boston Daily Adveriiser)
after lew days Of fine weather. in which
she had made more progress than ever
before in the same time. She was met
by heavy gale from the west, which
asted for several days, obstructing her
passage and covering her decks with
water. After this gale had subsidized,
and the waters had become nearly quiet
ed, she found herself one morning sur
rounded by floating ice, in the midst Of
which she was detained for fihy-seven
hours. The weather fortunately remain
ed calm, or the peril to the ship and
passengers would have been extreme
The ice was closely packed in fields
about the ship in all directions as far as
the eye could reach. At every revolu-
tion of the wheels their "Aoats" or pad
dies were liable to breakage from the
conclusions with the ice, and when The
boat arrived at Halifax, we are told that
she had not single whole float. A
"Sealer," from Nova Scotia, who was
found amid the ice, was taken on board
as pilot, and the command of The ves-
sci was surrendered to him for time.
When she was at last extricaled, il was
necessary to take southerly course to
avoid the ice, and after this there were
frequently many large icebergs at a lime
in sight.
Mr.. Healy, the artist, our young
countryman, comes out passenger in
this vessel. lie is commissioned by
Louis Philippe to take Cor him the por-
traits Of Gen. Jackson, John q. Adams;
Daniel Webster, Henry Clay and some
other distinguished Americans. We un-
derstand that he will proceed at once to
the Hermitage, as the precarious health
o! Gen. Jackson may render hlm too un-
well to sit should there be any delay.
| Hh., a. - .,.h IoG
ton on the Ist of April, arrived at Liver
pool on the morning Of the 18th, having
made her voyage from Boston, including
her stop at Halifax, in fraction over
II l-2 days.
The cotton market bad experienced
slight decline. The news by the Cam
bra pu, an end TO all spec culatioD, but the
trade continued to buy regularly, and
there was q steady demand. The Eu-
ropean Times says that matters would
probably remain in that state until it was
known what effect Sir Robert Pee's
views respecting the Oregon question
would produce in the United States.
The American provision market had
improved.
The excitement in England caused by
the news Of :he Texan resolutions, and
the passage in the Presidents Inaugural
address relating to Oregon, has in great
measure subsded, although the English
press generally continue TO condemn in
The most unsparing manner The language
Of MIR. Polk, and many of them point to
'odr as thing which will be-musi be
unless this government lowers its tone.
The Premier's proposed grant to the
Roman Catholic College at Maynooth
in Ireland casts the Oregon and the
Texas questions into the shade, and has
caused great agitation in the public
mind
The subject of the Maynooih grant
was brought before the House OF Com
mons, on the 4th ult by Sir Robert Peel,
in speech of considerable length and
power. He entered fully into the sub
lect, and astonished the great body Of
his supporters, by the boldncss Of his in
novations, and the length to which he
profcssed his willingness to GO in order
to secure the paciica,ion of Ireland. Mr..
Shiel, as the mou,h-piece Of the Irish
nation, gratefully accepted, and warmly
eulog ised the Premier's foresight and lib
eralty. In this way the Maynooih grant
was introduced, and the second reading
Of the bill was fixed for the lih ult.
when the debate commenced in earnest.
1t was marked, on the part of some of
The speakers, by more than usual acri-
mony and talent.
Mr.. O'CUnncll is anxious that the in
creased grant should pass, and has come
forward 10 express his hearty approval
Of it but he has done this in way best
calculated to embarrass Peel, no, to as
sist him. He says, in substance, that
agitation has produced the ministerial
me asure, and that agitation will do more
1t will cause Peel to introduce bill
for The Repeal ofMe Union a!
The bill will probably pass the House
by a small majority-nnd will meet with
but little opposition in the house of Peers
1t is expected that Queen Victoria
will make her long contemplated visit to