New-York daily tribune., 1845-05-20
FIFTEEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
Arrival OF the Britannia,


Ihe Bri,an,li. arrived at Boston Yesterday NOR
ming. We are indebted 10 Harnden & Co and
Adams & Co. for papers in advance OF the mail.
The dates are from Liverpool 10 The :h and Lon
don to the Sd. The news s not very important
We copy chiefly from WillIaer Il N5aihs'EuroPean
Times
Ev,ey.r,oy TO AMERICA Our sdvrces rom va
riouy ports from which emigraps depart sta'e 'hat
eu,igratlon 10 Canada and the United STATES Is go
ing on 10 larger extent han ever De'oie n Sno"h
From Germany, also, II Is equally large -'o pos
scngers had just arrived al Hsvfe ron ,n ue h.
regretted that The authorities IN Me- \ OK, Sos
,nn &c do not establish protective socie,ss, mol
in name but IN spirit and cure he poe, eniisFdnI
from the roaoery and piunder TO which ne Is sup
iec,ea Dy the sharks who a:e allowed 10 ooafd ae
ships on their arrival at their des'ined i'o'''
A large number OF persons from the Highlands oi
Scotland propose enigratlpg 10 Cancda.
R..,.adr,ral Parker is TO have the command Of
,hr experiulcnta squadron of line eos-ba,tle ships
now fitting !orsea.
II was reported on the Paris Boussc, On Saturday
week. that England had applied 10 France 10 JOIN
her in protest against the Annexation oi leXas 70
the American Union.
Although the new Houses Of Parliament are in
the ninth year OF their building, they ha;c ony ao
vanced about one-third towards cororietion, and
the Morning Chronicle estimates lhai ney VIII De
al least twenty years more IN hand.
A game a, whis, is abou, 10 come of, to ee play
ed IN quite a novel way by mcans o. ,ne eiec'Iic
telegraph The four players TO be sIatiGheoIone
AZ Southampton suo hl. aaTtns! in Lrhnon theif
adve,sarles at Gosson and Bdsoss'oke j ',e 'iile
ii will take playing will be little moIr iea INC pc
Rod occupied at the usual game
D,srpyss1Nc; AcctpEyi'---A very disastrous acc-
dent occured at Ashton underLync, on the at
ternoon OF the 18th ult involving the destruction oil
~ le.et fourteen lives The serlons inuly OF two
men. ard considerable pecaniary less branch
railway has been partly constructed between Ash
ron and Sialeyhridge. 1t passes over a portion
of the town Of Ashton, and crcsgcs The rlver
Tame and /, canal by stoue viacnct oi many
arches The arches had been recently erected, but
appeared firm. On SATURDAY, considerable num-
Der of men were engaged On the top oi the viaduct
bv the river Tame, levelIDg the line; when, about
three o'clock, the arch over the r,rer gave way and
Immediately after eight others III, burylng the
workmen In the ruins. A distressing scene OF srlei
and CONSERVATION cnsued. The crowd collected
was so great that The military were called IN 10 AID
the police IN keeping tie grorud clear. number
of aborers were Al once set 10 work TO remove the
masses of rubbish. Three were taken out
alive of whom tsve were dreaduy lnJured, and
one has since died and tiileei. oooies have been
dug out The cause Of the disaster is not very ap-
| parent. One surmise Is, that the ground sank IN
| consequence of some mine extending beneath II;
for the locality is much undermned, Gnd extensive
| sinkinss OF the surface arc tn queni.
| SAILORS HOME, LlvERpool. The Committee OF
the Liverpool Sailors Home have taken temporary
| premises in Bath street, at the corner OF Brook
street, which were opened on the 2ls. uit tor the
| transaction of business. The establishment com.
prises registry and savings bank tor Sailors aud
every arrangement has been mace Tor Inc paying
! off and shipping Of crews
NJ, Eo,c,. ~, f,pE,r RpIT,tS A according IN
the official return Of th- Lords oi the Admiralty,
the nava! force of Great Britain consists OF $50 ships
| of wal, carrying from one 10 one hundred and
twenty guns each OF this number there are l25
armed steam vessels, Constructed cn The most ap-
proved principes. This Immense Rect employs in
the tune of peace $4,000 able-bodrd sedm.n, 20G0
| stout lads, and 81 companies OF Royal Marines.
GEN Tom THUMB AT LAw-The Tribuna! OF
Commerce was occupied on the 2ih ult, with
trial IN which Mr.. Edward Sherwood Straiton,
| father of the far-famed Gen Tom Thumb, was
plaintiff, and M Nesior Roorepan, the manager of
the Theatre des Varlete, defendant The plaintiff!
applied 10 the court To prevent The defendant from
placarding a piece, 10 be played that evening,
under the title of ''Tom Pouce," and demanded
damages 10 the amount OF 2000 francs foT each Of
fence. The Tribunal declared thai, as the young
Strat,on was known by The name OF Tom Pcuce
as it was that under which he exhibited at the Con
certs Vivienne, and which had become his proper
ty, the defendant mus: remove from the bills the
name OF "Tom Poucc," and pay all the costs of
this suit
The PREwIER's SoN IN TROUBLE The Cianor
| PubLico of Madrid tells this anecdote, under the
date of Toledo, 18th Aprit: 6 Yesterday, in the af-
ternoon the son ui the celebrated English Minis.
ter, Sir Robert Peel, one OF the Attaches oi the
British Embassy AT Madrid, arrived here. Just as
The carriage passing before the post al the gate
of Alcantara, the caThlneers duty approached il
10 ascertain whom II containcd, The of Sir
Robert Peel, without any more ceremony, present
ed to the carblne.rs brace OF double. barrel lied
pistols The latter, wishing 10 acknowledge that
delicate attention ran 10 their aims, IN order TO
pay the young foreigner in the same coin, and to
make him understand thGt undc. such circnm.
stances Spanards are not people 10 remain in the
background THIS friendly interview might have
| had la'al consequences but for the Interference of
Informed OF tho occurrence, summoned before him
the Englishman; who told him. with the candor
that characteristics his nation, that he did not un-
derstand Spanish, and that he had merely shown
hts pistols TO the cartineers TO know il they We're
| subject 10 duty. The Political Chief, deemns the
reply satisfactory, allowed the innocent foreigner
to depart. Had he been Spanlard ="
| The Arabs who had assembled, 10 the number of
10000, 10 attack Alden, quarreed, as uSiai, among
| themselves, had fight, and the whole force NAV
be said TO have been broken up.
|, appears from an article in The Dtdats, that the
French Government has abandoned the projected
expedition against the Kabycs for the present year
In the batch of peers just made in France. there
are the names of Victor Hugo. the celebrated poet
and NJ. Beriin de Vaux, proprietor OF The Journal
des DfbGts.
The United States and Texas.
The powerful influence which the London Times
possesses, throughout Europe, induces US 10 pub
lish the following article which appeared in thai
Journal on the I'd inst. We do so without at ali
colucldns in the opinion expressed by the Times
Editor:
From the London Times, of Ap-il 2s
:, The discussions now going on in the Republic OF