The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-03-05
From the n, Y. Commercial Advertiser, March a
p OS CRYPT!
VERY LATE FROM ENGLAND

The fast sailing packet-ship Toronto, Capt Tink.
er, has just arrived from London via Portsmouth
Left the latter port the 9Th Of February, and has
made the passage in twenty-five days. When in
latitude 45o, and from longitude 47o TO $50, Capt
i. had TO drive his ship through quantities Of ice
We are indebted 10 Capt Tinker for the use of
London papers Of the 9th and 7th Of February, the
only later papers received by the ship.
FROM THE EAST.
BY this arrival have the important intelligence
that the Ango-lndan project for the "enne xation"
OF the Punjaub, long meditated and prepared for,
has been put In train Of xatlon, not
by the consent Of both parties, but by means Of
penor force on the part OF one, and at the cost Of
dreadful bloodshed and suffering to the other. The
result can hardly be doubtful, though the struggle
may not be brief
The only notice that we find Of the Liverpool
cotton market Is in the London paper Of the 7th,
which says that the sales of the 5th were 5000
bales, principally TO the trade. Prices continued
firm.
The failure of the potato crop continued TO be the
subject OF general interest and remark.
There is nothing new from Ireland. The country
continues to be scene Of excitement and agitation
The Times" of the Tn has an article commend
ing the course Of Mr.. Calhoun.
The House Of Commons had been almost exclu.
syeiy engaged upon railway bis-especially for
lreland-during the two days of which we have ac-
counts.
ClhnHCdrde
had brought forward proposition Of relief for Ire
land.
Arrived at Gravescnd on the 5th, Phadel phia,
from New York.
Arrived at Liverpool on the 9th Of February,
Anne Glmour, from New Orleans Venice, from
New York; Jane, from Savannah William Ward
from St. Johns, N. b.
The ogeDion we expressed yesterday, that the
pressure Tor money had passed its strength, has
been confirmed to-day. Discounts are still dHicult,
but the funds have experienced farther advance Of
nearly per cent, and exchequer bills are also
higher.
We hear that the payments to the accountant
general by railway companies amount to 5000 900
From that To xlO 900 900 was our estimate from the
commencement
We held that to be the fair estimate Of the amount
that would be actually paid to the accoutant gener
all when others, who spoke with much assumption
Of official authority, would not oondescend TO name
the gross amount at less than $50 100000.
The same parties, It Is true, have lately stated the
amount paid in for railway deposes at not more
than f5,O0O,000. The purchases made to-day by
the broker for the court of chancery have been
equal, 1t is said, to $500, 900.
They have been effected for behoof of railway
committees, who are now reiDvesting the stock and
exchequer bills which they had previously sold To
enable them to make good their deposites to the
countant general in money.-horning Chronicle,
FEB. 9Th
INDIA AND CHINA
The Bombay Times Of the LIST Of January con-
tans the following
The long expected crissin the affairs Of the Pun
jaub has at last taken place. The Sikh army, anx-
ious for plumber crossed the Sue to the number Of
80, 900 men, with 10 pieces of artillery.
Their sharp-shooters fired upon some English
soldiers sent to reconnoitre, and their main body at
tackled eur camels. Thus war was declared, and
the entire territory on the left bank Of the Sutle,
producing revenue of els, 900, has been confsca-
ted and annexed TO our domnions.
According to the last accounts, the forces Of the
Slkhs were advancing TO attack Ferozepore where
general Sir John Litter, with body Of resolute
men, had thrown up some temporary intronchments,
and was preparing to repulse their attack.
The European and native troops were hurrying
from all sides to the frontiers for the purpose of
operating with General Sir John Litter. The gov
ernor-genera and commander-in-chef were proceed
ing to Ferozcpore.
We hourly expect to hear that an engagement
was fought and we have no doubt that il will be
disastrous for our enemies. II is not known
whether the governor. general intends to annex the
whole Sikh territory to our dominions.
The Rance, who, 1t appears, has remained in the
power to avoid hostiIities, having been unable to
restrain the soldiery.
Our Alexandria correspondent writes on the 22d
January: "War has commenced in the Punjaub. Let
,ers from Suez state that the Sikhs attacked the
British army with IS 900 men and I5g pieces of Ar
tillery, on the 2lst of December.
"The fighting was not yet over when the express
left on the 23d. great number of Sikhs killed;
IS pieces of cannon had fallen into the hands of The
English, who also suffered considerable loss.
efforts of Sir Henry Hardinge and Sir II. Cough
changed the fate of the day in favor Of the English
army.
at is believed that the Skhs were obliged to re-
cross the Suuej on the following day, the Gath Of
December"
FRANCE.
We have Paris dates of the 4th ult. The CORES
pondence of the Morning Chronicle says:
"The new convention for the suppression Of the
right of search gave rise to a long debate in the
Chamber of Deputies
CATER clamoring for six months for the merit Of
having forced the government to put end to the
treaties of 1881 and 1885, and after repeated declara
tons on the part Of its organs that the new conven
ton was all that was required to vndicate the honor
of France, the opposition in the French chambers
has all of sudden discovered that by the new con-
vention France is in worse position than before
and that the treaties of 1881 and 1893 infinitely
to be preferred to that Of l845.
"The convention of l645, by merely substituting
the plan Of verifying the flag for that of searching
the vessel has not entirely destroyed the means OF
detecting the trade in slaves, thongh't has impair
ed it..
appointed in their expectations, and they now
getting up new crusade against the convention of
Is45, the plea that it does not fulfil the wishes of
the chamber, which that the national flag of
France should be again placed under the exclusive
surveillance of its oficerg.
to satisfactory termination that we have from the
beginning rested our hopes of peace almost solely
upon the rejection of the proposition to give the
years notice. Every concession would be constru-
ed to be-if it would not be in facta concession to
fear, concession made "under the pressure Of the
alternative" of war. 1t cannot be too strongly i'm
pressed upon the American public that to adopt a
resolution give the years notice, far from ia
ctatng, as they suppose it would do, the progress
of negotiations would be in fact to provide for their
certain failure before had entered upon them. We
are anxious that this opinion-which is, we believe,
the opinion of the great bulk of the people Of this
country-may be known in America while there is
yet time for it to influence the decision of
momentous question. Englishmen Of all ranks,
classes, and parties desire poace-peace at any
price that is not dishonorable, that does not
clearly involve the sacrifice Of some important
interest. With such feeling existing on our
parts 1t wise to drive us upon an "alterna-
tiyen which we must at once and Indignantly