Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1845-01-11
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from Liverpool, arrived at Boston on III,
2lst ult The inteliie ence brought owe,
BY her is Of little interest.
Tie news Of the election If Mr.. Pol
had reached England before The iepartu,,
Of the Acadia, and copious extracts frcn
the structures and specuIaiions Of the Elro
pean press are copied into the New Yorl
papers. The confident tone Of the whie
papers Of our Atlantic cities previous 10 tie
election, seems to have misled all partie>
in England; and the disappointment 1t The
defeat Of Mr.. Clay appears to be great and
general. The Times, Spectator, and sew
eral other papers, take the result as hard
as many Of their adjuncts on this side tie
Atlantic. In their estimation it is most
hnmiliating thi,g to elect ga man unknown
to fame--a citizen Of the name Of Polk" 10
the high Office Of President. We have
read their comments, as far as they have
reached Us, with good deal Of care; and
discover that it is the defeat Of the wing
scheme Of distributing the proceeds of the
sales Of, The public lands among The States,
more than anything else, that gives rise TO
the Partisan structures Of the London press.
By . large portion Of the English people,
however, it is stated, the news was
well received; and Il is further stated thai
such was also the feeling in France, as man
ifested through her journals.
A splendid new steam ship, The Cam
bria, was to leave for Boston on the 9TH
January. 500
The total number Of letters despatched
through the London post Office in 1883 was
75,OOO, 600; in l843 upwards Of 23O, oO0,-
GOO. This is the result Of The Rowland
Hill system Of postage.
"A great robbery in London is reported
lone Of the largest ever perpetrated. Il
occurred At tho banking house Of Messrs
Rogers 4 Co., and the amount ab>tracied
is stated to be forty tho,.smd pounds sier.
lmg! The perretrator Of the crime Is sup.
posed 10 have fed to America The man.
ner in which the robbery was effected j.
thus stated in London paper: II
Iii customary ut clerk 10 watch owe,
the safe on Sunday, and another during The
, night. One Of the partners bcirg at home
on the day Of the robbery, the clerk in 1T.
tendance asked permission to 60 ont for !
few hours, which was granted. The part.
ners, Of whom there are four, have each !
key of the safe, and ], i supposed that one
ot.them in the hurry Of business left it in
the lock, for when The safe was opened on
the Monday morning, there appeared "a
have been no violence used, although The
robbers had taken some pairs 10 oct at i
box in the safe containing valuable secur.
lilies. "A reward Of $4,000 has been oIffr.
Cd far the discovery Of The perpetrators. end
the Queens pardon il secured 10 any Of the
robbers giving such evidence as u ~ con-
sict the Of spdevs. The notes were sfott,-
fped Il the Bank Of England, and measures
were taken;to prevent The notes from, pas
sing on the Continent, aa ot 500
Some thirty persona and upwards, who,
some four years since, were transported to
New South Wales for participation in The
Canadian riots, have received an amnesty
from the crown, and recently sailed from
London for New York. $50
Agiiaaion-penceabl agiiatisn, - Mr..
O'Connell calls -con'ianes in ireland,
The Liber1tor has made ! iiost triumphal
march through several counties, in ne
course " which he addressed thonsands
and hundreds Of thousands who flocked "a
hear him. AT limerick banquet was
given him = which seven hundred pefso6,
~ down = dinner. Twelve members q
parlisnent wers pgelsal. "a potion y Iii
speeah ppon u eeeasise' ~ Uivs bslsV,
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