Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1845-08-08
Late Foreign News.

The British steamer Cambria, Captain
Judkins, arrived at Boston, on Wednesday,
3Oth uIt., bringing Liverpool dates to the
10Th uIt. The e. made the trip from Liv,
erpool to Boston, (aIthough she was de-
tanned half a day by ,fog,) in eleven days
and five and half hours, thus proving
herself to be the fastest steamer that has
ever yet crossed the Atlantic. This trip
is said to be twenty hours shorter than the
quick passage of the Hibernla which arri-
we'd September |, 1914, and two and
quarter hours shorter than the last passage
of this same vessel, on the lst July last.
The Cambria brought ninety-fve passen-
gers to Halifax, and took on board eight at
that port, bringing one hundred and two to
Boston. The news is not of a very inter-
esting nature, except in commercial point
of view. The markets of almost all kinds
of American stufs had Undergone decided
change. Cotton had gone up fully 3D..
per h., and the sales for the two weeks
preceding the sailing of the steamer, reach
ed lao, ZOO bales. Trade was good in the
manufacturing districts. Iron had under
gone a still further reduction in price
Parliament was dragging on to close,
without having accomplished much busl-
ness:
The Intelligence which has just come to
hand from Algeria gives an account of The
massacre of thousand Arabs by the French.
The cavern of the Dabra, where the Arabs had
taken refuge, was the scene of this horrid af-
fair. Here they were hemmed in, faggots
were lighted, and the unfortunate wretches
were burnt and suffocated in their place OF
refuge. When the cave was entered, scene
too revolving for description presented itself;
about seventy persons, who were still living,
expired as soon as they were brought into the
open air. Eight hundred bodies had been ta-
ken out, and many remained behind. The
name Of the officer by whose orders this un-
soldier-like massacre WAS consnmmated, is
Pelissier. The affair has engendered- much
surprise, and no small amonnt of Indignation
We have given, in another column, an ac-
count of massacre at New Zealand, arising
out of collision between the natives and the
Europeans. The latter had been routed from
the Bay of Islands, their property destroyed
and many valuable lives lost.-W1Lmer 8
Smiths European Times, July 10.
! The French papers contain the particulars
of an outbreak in Catalonia. Some of the
small towns round Barcelona had been called
upon to contribute their levy Of men to the ar
my. This district, it appears, unlike the 9th
er provinces of Spain, had hitherto been free
from this forced contribution. and its exactlor
was the cause of general ferment, which re
suited in blows, when the Government deman
ded fixed sum in lieu of the men who Were
) not forthcoming. Excuses were resorted TO
and some of the agents We're put to DEATH
At Tarassa, the Alcade was assasslnated. A
San-Andres, the authorities were dispersed
} with musket shots. At Molins-de-Rey, th'
: people stopped the post, the public conveyan
ces, and cut off all communication. At Saba
dell, five leagues from Barcelona, the insur
= gents and the authorities commenced an opel
rupture; conflict ensued, and the people los
t 25 men, while many were taken prisoners.-
f The two Queens are at Barcelona, but tina
place had not been visited by these display
of popular irritation. This would seem 10 b
} only the beginning at the end. The wonde
lis, considering the feverish state in which
: Spain has been of late, that the spirit Of sub
! ofdination has been SO long preserved within
legal or reasonable limlts.-I6'd.