The New York herald., 1845-08-01
Elections in Great Britain.
&c. &c. SC.


from Liverpool on the 18th ut
Our thanks are due 10 the gcntemanly superln-
tendent of the Boston and Providence Railroad,W W.
Raymond Lee, Esq, for kindly consentng to detan
the mail train half an hour after the appointed time
for starting, until the Cambrias papers were receiv
ed at the Depot. They reached the train by ex-
hraordinary exertions, just at the moment the
were starting and duly forwarded for this and the
4 Southern cities.
The intelligence important in commercial
/ point of view
There has been decided improve ment in cotton.
I The sales have been tremendously large, and the
1 prices are one eighth higher.
The corn trade exhibited an improvementin prices
in consequence of the variable state OF the weather.
American stocks were improving.
Money in London was plentiful, and the market III
a healthy state
E There has been another decline in iron, and the
\ tendency was donwards
The intelligence from AL lgeria gives an account OF
/ the massacre Of thousand Arabs by the French
h The cavern of the Dahara where the Arabs had ia
ken refuge, wasthe of this horrd affair. Here
they were hemmed in, faggots were lighted, and the
unfortunate wretches were burnt and suffocated
their place of refuge.
The French papers contain the particulars of an
outbreak in Catalonia. Some of the small towns
round Barcelona had been called upon to contribute
their levy of men to the army. Spain is in dread
ful condition.
1 The two Queens of Spain were at Barcelona
L In the House OF Commons, Sir Robert Pee
stated that the number OF American vessels searched
since the conclusion Of the treaty of Washington
had been very considerable, and that the utmost
cordiallty and good feeling existed between the
\ American squadron on the coast of Africa and our
own.
N The steamer Caledonia which left here the lst
inst and was detained at Halifax to the 4th reach
I ed Liverpool on the morning of the 14th, and the
Y news by her reached London the evening.
Y The death OF Gen. Jackson was officially notified
\ in London, by Mr.. Everett, the American Minister,
and commanders of American vessels in the ports Of
the United Kingdom, requested to hoist their
flags at half mast, the 10Th, on the day after re-
celving the notice.
Mr.. King, the American Minister, has left Paris
for pleasure tour, and Mr. Martin, Secretary Of
Legation, officially announced as Charge d'Af
fairs Gd interim.
new commercial treaty has been concluded and
ratified betweenEngland and Naples 1t aboshes the
the present treaty is to continue for
the term of ten years and until the expiration Of I2
months after either of the contracting parties shall
have given notice.
The celebrated Victor Hugo, it is stated, has
pleaded his privilege of peer against prosecution
tor adultery in which he caught in fagrdnt de-
iictn, with the wife of celebrated artist. The lady
was committed to prison, and the same indgnity
would have befallen the distinguished poet, but for
the session of the Chamber of peers.
Letters from Constantinople of the 25th of June
:. Il -
is no truth in the rumor that three emirs of the ia
miy Of the Emir Bcschir had been assassinated by
order Of the Turkish Government. A revolt had
broken out in the Island of Gambia, which was
put down, but the country by no means qu
ct. The of this revolt that tn authorl-
ties had tortured a Creek who died after five days
sufferngs.
The Echo dc rOJient Of Smyrna states that the
accounts received from Syria rather more salts
factory than those previously received. Reinforce
ments of troops had been sent from Salonica to
Beyrout, and II was hoped that the efforts of Vedh
Pacha, aided by the Consus of England and France,
would convert tke armlstce between the Druses
and Maronites which the Consuls had succeeded in
establishing, into a defnitive peace. 1t was hoped
that as soon as the treaty was concluded measures
would be taken to place the tranquility OF the noun
famous districts on a more permanent basis.
New YoRK PACKET SHirs, &c.-The " Oxford
Capt, Rathbone, arrived at Liverpool on the 7h inst
with days later intelligence than previously re-
ceved by the steam ship Cambria To Captain
Rathbone we tender our thanks for the instant de-
livery of papers off the port, which landed Just
IN time to save our Express tor London. The news
by the Oxford published in London on the
morning OF the Sth, which also in Paris on the
evening of the 9th.
The " Shakespeare" Captain Cornell, arrived here
on the Sh, also bringing days later intelligence
and that announcing the death of General Jackson
On boarding the ship of the port we did not find
single paper for ourselves, and Captain Cornell in
formed our messenger that he brought only two
cop'es of the 18th.
The d" Rochester" Captain Britton, arrived on the
Ilh, after an excellent voyage, bringing two days
later date; and the "Garrick,' Captain Trask on
the luh but the latter was anticipated by the steamer
STEAM NAVIGATION James Hodgson q
Co. have accepted contracts for building the first OF
line OF steamers to trade between this port
and Rio Janeiro. Tho same concern IS about to
build line of steamers for the New York trade, of
thousand tons burden. IL Is also SAID that
company has lately been formed at Liverpool, and
the whole OF the capital subscribed for the purpose
OF building large and powerful steam vessel to sail
between this port and New York The steamer
viii be made OF iron, of rather smaller dimensions
than the Great Britain, and will be propelled by the
screw.
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chargeaole IN this country newspapers so for
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