Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1845-07-24
Erriva. Of the Britannia.
Fifteen DAYS Later from EagIaGd

The steamship Britannia arrived al Fast
Boston ai g O'Clock on Saturday morning, With
English dates to iih inst, after passage of
lii days--having been detained somewhat pl
floating ice.
she brought ia all, l0i passengers.
Tie political nowG by t.Is arrival is Of no
particular importance.
The Great Western arrived al Liverpool "n
Tho morning Of 27lh June, with American
dates to l2th, auA the Cambria on tho same
afternoon, with dates 10 10th. The Cambria
nInde the shortest run on recnrl-nnly ~ days
anl I6 hours from, Boston, including detention
at Haitian. The parket shlp Cambridge car.
RED out The news of the frs, fire nj Qurbrc.
The mammoii. steumrr Great Britain, is Ia
leave Liverpool !or New York on tho 26ih
inst,
For cotton there has been az active denaUd.
Tac sales have been large, but ns the stock on
hand, and coming, viii be more ihau sufficient
Ia meet the utmost speculative inquiry, prices
have uu, impros cd ia The ratio "f the sal,s.
The Public Sccutitics continue high, aud
Money for all the purposes or t,aGo aud of Ic-
sltmatc spcculatluns /, abundant.
The accounts from the grass and grain crops
in England are generally favorable and ihr
same may be said Of ireland ard Scotland.
Th'ro Is every reason 10 believe that th"
Irish Collegiate Bi!l viii prove "a &iluro in
tho working. The Irish nrmbers, headed by
.D'Conn.ll, who have come over To Parliament
10 conncNiOn with the measure, have not -uc-
rrudcd IN pcrsuadIug the 60, eruInuut 10 ac-
crdr 10 ihu r,Gun em'nls Of the IRISH Catholic
Bishops.
Tho correspondence between Lord hber-
decr, tio Foreign SECRETARY, aud the Spanish
Nulbas>ador the Dude dn Sotomayor. relative
to the admission into England of the slave
grown sugars Of Cuba and Porto Rico, has
hccn laid on the tables of Parliament. The
correspondence is somewhat yoluminous.
General Armstrong, the new American con.
-ul, arrived ia Liverpool on the 2Sth UitimO,
by the Gical Western.
The prnrosa,on of Parliament, II is conf.
lrnily rNpcc'rd, viii take place about the md
Ilo of August, after which the Qnern HLd
Prince Nlb"rl viii leave for Germany.
Nj Eyerttt the American Ambassador, wa,
introduced al the meeting ol the B,liish ..S~n.
"In,ion for the Advancement of Science, hrld
1T Canhrldgr, and Addressed the Association
~ aH eloquent speech.
FHNNrE~ Jane 20, ISl5.- Wuagird by the
tni' aud torment Of the last SIX months, the
Chrmhrr oi D apulios has thrown ovor for dis.
cus,Iun ia the nrXt session many of the
Dyc ttS q, igi on lis orders as ii wn4 possible To-
pog'pnnr, and smong them, that for establish.
iog regular si"Hni communication between
France and the United States
NoihnEof interest has occurycd with re-
,pcci To the Oregon or Texas questions
OVERLAND MAlL FROM lNDlA & CHINA.
The Overland Mail arrived IN London on
Ire lst inst, with intelligence from Bombay of
The 2Dih nf MAY, and from China Of the 2Olh
Of March. There is no ucwG of special Impor-
iaurr.
Th.,r was q great nr" in Calcutta on the
3th OF Nay The Office buildings Of Mcssrs.
Mhcs rear, Smith * Co, with all they con
tanned, were entirely destroyed books, pa
prTs, aHd all
The ir" snon sciz"d ,he premises OF Mrssrs
So"'ts Il Co, adjoining, which quickly shared
the same iHle (; here, fortunately, portion ot
books, property, &c, was saved Messrs XII.
~ 81 Co, also wrr" sufferers, but principally
~ household furniture. How the fire orig.
mated was aOt known.