The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-21
From the New York Herald.
FOURTEEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE

FOURTEEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE cALEDoNIA.-DEcLINE IN COT
ToN-ARRIvAL OF THE OVERLAND MAIL FROM
CHINA-ABDICATIoN OF DON CARLos.-PRos-
PECTs OF BAD HARVEST IN GREAT BRIT
AIN.--ADvANCE IN CoRN.-NEW SLAVE CON
INSTRUMENTATION BILL IN THE HOUSE OF
LORDS, Sc
Yhe Caledonia, Capt. Lott, arrived at Boston at
o'clock Thursday afternoon.
She left Liverpool on the 4th inst, and brings
London and Liverpool papers to that date
The cotton market was more depressed, and prices
: had fallen off ID for some qualities.
The money market was in healthy state, ana
good paper readily discounted at 81 to q per cent
The protracted winter, and the unreasonable
spring, had caused the corn trade to "look up"
In the West India staples of sugar, coffee, and CO.
Goa, there has been good deal Of business doing,
and prices have revived.
The third reading of the Maynooth bill, in the
House of Commons, on the night Of the 18th of
May, engaged the exclusive attention of that body
until Wednesday, 2lst. The supporters Of the
measure mustered 3l9, its opponents ls6-majori-
ty, 1873.
There was great repeal levee on the 30th May,
at Dublin, at which were present O'Connell, Steele,
and all the leading repeaers.
The steamship Great Britain is expected in the
Mersey the Sd Of July, and will leave Liverpool
for New York on the Goth. She continues, as here
The American provision market continues in a
healthy state. The demand was fully equal to the
import; and every day increases the popularity OF
the provisions from the Western World.
The abdicaton Of Don Carlos, in favor of his
son, is the most striking event in continental news
which has transpred since the sailing of the Cam
bria.
There is a "screw loose" between France and her
new ally, the Emperor of Morocco. The latter has
|repudiated the treaty which negotiated, on the
q NIL
ments are current that the French officially endeav-
ored to overreach his Moorish Majestyby the sur
renttious introduction Of clause which gave better
terms to France than the basis of the treaty war
ranted.
4 The German papers state that preparations are
making at Coburg for the reception of Queen Vic
tora who will visit that place. and the Of Ber
Him. in the course Of the summer.
The Russian government is about to authorize the
sale of Crcassian children--princpally for purpo-
scs of prostitution--to the Turks.
Lord Castlereagh has been appointed lord leuten.
e. ant of the county Down, to the great dsmay and
indignation of the Downshire family
On Friday, the Both ultimo, the anniversary of
the Imprisonment of the "martyrs" was grand day
in Ireland.
There seems at present some (perhaps not a re-
mote prospecD that the long .talked-of junction be-.
tween the Atlantic and Pacific oceans may be car
ried on.
TRIAL OF THE MONSTER GUN.-A trial of the
monster gun, which has been manufactured in this
town for the American steam-frgate Princeton, of
which we have given some details in former num-
Der, was made on Saturday week, on the sands,
North Shore, between Crosby and Formby. The
firing commenced about eleven in the morning, and
continued, with some slight intermsson, until three
in the afternoon. During that time upwards of
three tens of shot were discharged-each shot
weighed upwards Of two hundredweight The rel
port distinctly heard in the neighborhood of the
docks, and in the north end of the town, although
the scene of the firing was some eight or nine miles,
distant The experiments proved highly satisfacto-
Try. The appearance of the shot after each dis
charge, Swimming along the water, had novel and
pleasing effect. The range extended some miles.
The day was mild and fne and, notwithstanding
the fact Of the gun having been carried out early
las three in the morning to the scene of the expert
ments, to avoid notoriety, great numbers were att
tracted to the spot when the firing commenced.
PARLIAMENrARY.-The third reading of the May
|nooth bill, in the House of Commons, on the night
of the 18th May, engaged the exclusive attention of
that body until Wednesday, the 2lst These
three nights of protracted discussion evolved nothng|
new. The old threadbare arguments were fur
|nished up again, but, having lost the charm of
novelty, the infection was necessarily soporifc.|
1.-THE dissentents out of doors boosted of the I'M
preston they had made on wavering members;
and confidently this belief encouraged, that
many persons were prepared to see the stulify-I
ling process OF first supporting, and then Cpl
posing, the same measure in different stagen of
its progression, carried out by some Of theI
frightened representatives of the people. Butt
these exhibitions of weakness and irresouton let
|ting ~ dare NOT wait upon ,could like the poor|
Icat i the adage,' were only confirmed by two orI
three individuals of little mark capacity. TheI
supporters OF the measure mustered 3l9, its oppo
Inents lS6--majorty 1873. The number Of votes on
the second, as compared with the third reading,
was nearly the same--503 the former, sos onI
the last occasion. Indeed, considering the stir
(which the anti-Maynooth men have made out of
doors, their has been very dsproportionate
Ito their noise. Public opinion, that omnpotentI
power, which makes and unmakes ministers of
State, does, occasionally, like a tornado, sweep
Everything before it, In such cases. it is rresisble
But then it must be called into action upon someI
|point which the national pulse beats high; al
sense of injury, feeling Of insult for instance or
|any other of the thousand-and-one sensations or
|sympathies respecting which individuals, like ma
tons, are often thin-skinned. To give an EXTRA
|917,000 to Roman Catholic college in Ireland--aI
college which represents the religion Of seven
|eghths of the people, while a million sterling isl
taken from their pockets to support the church Of al
Ismall minority, involves violation of the eternal
principles of justice, ought it to act upon the
passions of sober and rejecting men. State endow-
ments may be bad in themselves-many think
them so; but while they exist, the astounding dis
proportion between the amount which the Irish peo-
ple receive from the State for support of their ownI
Ireigion, ana the amount winch they are forced tOI
contribute in return to the State religion only show
that the people have not the best of the bargain
The bill has been launched into the House oil
Lords, and the Duke of Wellington, superseding
the recognised representative Of the government
there, Lord Stanley, is its nurse The object of the|
substitution is apparent. The duke has charm or|
power over the nobility which no other peer pos
sesses; and while the influence is freely conceded
on the one hand it is judiciously exercised on the
Iother.
The noble duke moved the second reading of the
|Maynooth grant bill on Monday night, in the Housed
Iof Lords, in speech characterized by much origin
lality. His grace conceives that as the majesty of
England had been indicated by the state trials last
|year, the government ought to concede this grant
lest the repeal faction should say they were tyrann
Zeal. He was interrupted by his grace Of Newcas-
tie, who asked if he had obtained the Queens Der
mission to make the motion.
An amendment, for committee of inquiry no
- la 49, II