Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-08-23
FOREIGN NEWS-iRRlIlI OF TIE
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Ten Days Later from Europe.

hcan and Mr.. Hackett. They Will reinau a |
year. Il is said the terms of their engagement
are the highest yet given to any actors from
England
Mr. MLane, the newly appointed minister
from the United States of America 10 this Court,
has arrived at Thomas Hotel, Berkely square.
The annexation of Texas TO the United States
has not at all excited surprise.
CoMMrRc1AL-Serious fears ofa failure of the !
harvest now begin to be felt. The weather has
been far rom favorable for the harvest The
supply of grain at present IN the country is very |
limited, and failure of the coming crop would |
be serious inconvenience The stock of Uni, |
ted States flour in Liverpool, under lock, cen
ssts of 9G,3 3s5 bbls, of which about 900 are
sweet the remainder sour; should the ncw
wheat want help, this article, owing To the low !
coarse quality ofthe Baltic wheat, will be of
unusual virtue, as it will give strength and color
alse
PArLlA AurNrARy-T last few days have been !
unfortunately rife in railway accidents. Mis-.
fortunes il is said. seldom come singly, and the !
calamitics ef locomotive transit strengthen the
correctness of the axiom. Lord Palmerston
brought the subject before the House of Com.
mons, and coupled it, strangely enough, with a
strong condemnatory peroraton on the defence
less stale OF our scaboard With regard TO tra-
yelling by rail, the Premier threatened, unless
the directors used kccner supervision over
their servants TO ease them Of the duty. and
transfer it 10 the hands of the Executive Govern
ment--a threat which will probably work
speedy and permanent cure. On the subject Of
national protection, he evinced less apprehension
and seemed to chde the fears OF his assa'ant
War seems remote, but the best mode Of keep.
ing it So is to be prepared for it at all times.
Cupidity is often excited by contrary policy
The present is the age of mechanical wonder,
aud in deciding the fate of nations by physical
conduct, the engineer will play prominent
part hereafter, as the field marshal has done in
times gone by. 1t is this consciousness of H.
wing under circumstances so different from our
fathers, that has probably insured Lord Palmer
ston with his patriotic misgivngs,
Mr.. Felden, one of the members from Oldham
IA large manufacturer, and gentleman OF ex.
treme political opnons--showed in an able
speech, the other night, how grirdingly oppres-
sive the income tax can be made even in the
case of an obstreperous member OF Parliament.
Mr.. Fieldin's wealth and credit enabled him 10
make statement which would have been the ru.
in of a smaller man-that this business, far from
yielding profit, entailed actual loss. The
commissioners treated his assertion, even his
oath, with indifference They first assessed his
business as producing GO 900 profit, and then, OH
appeal. To cl2 ,O00-for refusing 10 pay the tax
on which the officers ofthc Government distrain-
cd on his goods But although he made out his
case he obtained no redress. He merely succcc.
dch in proving what every one knew TO be fact
that many are obliged to pay this most nqui.
sitoral and oppressive tax as the caprice of The
commissioner choose to levy it, from the fear o
worse consequences--t that of revealing theii
pccunarv nakedness.
The Save.trade Treaty Bill, which seeks I,
render the subjects of Brazil amenable TO Eng
lish law courts, and TO treat them pirates, ha
met with becoming, but a frultless, opposition
TURKEY.
CoNsrANTIvorLT, July II.
CoLLlsIoN or THE STEAMSHIPS, Loss Of ON
hnndred and Hir,y, fire Hrcs On the night ofth
nth instant on the Black Sea about forty mile
east ofthe Bosphorus, a most dreadful catastro
phe took place. Two Turkish steamships, tn
one coming from, the other going TO Trebzon
came into a sudden collision, aud one of ther
went down with the greater part of the crew an
passengers.
The vessels were Scutari commanded by Nj
Duhbins, and the Medehrai Tidahret, comma,
dcd by Mr. Lambert.
The commander of each vessel was perfect
aware of the approach of the other full twenl
minutes before the fearful event happened, al
there was apparently no danger. But CAPITA
Lambert, iancyin, he had an Austrian vessel b
fore him. To obey rule of the Austrian servi,
put his helm a-starboard whilst the commando
of the Scu1ari, following the rule of the Engli'
service, put his helm port. Thus the form
ran right under the bows OF the latter, and Il
collision was inevitable, If both commando
had put their helms a-port, no accident, am i
formed by naval men, could possibly have ha
prned Though it was moonlight night the
was good deal of fog, that the mistake W
not discovered tll it was impossible 10 avoid
terrible consequence. The Mcjehrai was stru
between the fore rigging and the engine. I
shock was tremendous. There was great nu
Der of passengers on board both of the vesse
chiefly Turks and Italians, and scene ndesc
bable of dismay and confusion arose. Al first
was not known which of the steamers had rec
we'd fatal damage. As the ScutaTi is an old sh
and greatly out of rcpaiI, il was thong ht she ml