The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-10-02
FOREIGN NEWS.
LATE FROM EUROPE.

reached Bos,onIon the morning Of the 18th. 7
HeI,news is Of no particular importance .
in political point OF view, excepting that I
il gives US assurance that the English Go. /
yernmenl has expressed a willingness 10
act as mediator between this country and I
Mexico. The commercial intelligence is /
Of cheering character. Cotton is i'm. I
proving, and business is better in the man
uiacturing districts.
From Ireland the accounts of the pro- (
gress Of The potato rot are most distress. /
my. The Minister'S however, have nitro.
duced End carried various measures for the
prevention of utter restitution in Ireland
and lis consequences, They are promised ,
the hearty support Of Mr.. 0'Conne and
the people Of Ireland.
la France the increase in the price Of
corn has created great deal Of dlscon.
tent. Some serious riots have taken place
in the departments, and the papers sneak
as if they thought that the discomfort hHd
+ by no means reached IT'S utmost height
The young Queen of Spain has at length
been provided with husband, in the per
son of her cousin The Duke of Cad z, cid.
es, son Of Don Francisco de Paula. This
arrangement, i, g thought, will be salts
factory 10 all parties. Ii Is also stated
/ that Marin Louisa, sister &C the Queen on.
+ " thirteen years Of age, will be united to
the Duke De Montpensler younges, sou Of
Louis Philippe.
Ia Portugal there has been some alarm.
ing Disturbances created By the adhercnts
Of Don Miguel.
Tie Dukedom Of Tuscany, in Italy. was
visited by n violent earthquake on tho 10th
of August, At Leghorn it created the
greatest confusion. The inhabitants fled
IN every direction, and the houses sustain.
ed much INJURY, but no lives were lost
Ia the Tuscan Maremmes and The adluin.
ing country it caused considerable damage.
Several villages, and, amongst othors, Or
clana and Lorenzans, sre half DESTROYED
From tecer; adyices received from Ger.
] many, ltappears hat convention has beer
+. concluded between Austria and Prussia, by
{ which those two Powers bind themsehe,
, to guard over the rights Of Germany reia
] i've 10 the succession in The duciie7.
The adyiccs from China state ,ha, the
British authorities had not given up Chu
san according 10 the terms Of the realty
b md Chinese mob had expelled Gotelgr
U residents from the city Of foo-choS foo
# Hitherto the violence Of the popuiace ha,
" been confined 10 the city of Canton.
J, TIE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.
= On the 29lh Aug't. Parliament, WAS pre-
rogued by commission. TIE royal speec
. contains nothing remarkable. The QUee
expresses gres! satisfaction that the Ore
gon question has been smicaby settled
|. aud great regre, al the recurrence Of th
:. failure Of tho potato crop. which wi
cause serious deficiency 10 The quantlt
: Of material article Of food
:, II appears from the following report Q
! highly interesting debate IN the Eoug
: Of Commons on the 9Th Of August, the
: Great Britain some lime since made over
tures towards medaling between th. couu
! try and Mexico, and recently repeated Ia
. offer in more direc, form:
Lord George Benlinck called the alter
!. ion Of the House to the present state {
d affairs between the United States end Ne,
h ico. This country had great interest
d Mexico, Iaasmuch as our annual exports
,. il amounted to $500 600 q year, as III
ID British capl'al invested in its mines amour
s. ted to al least GlO,000,900, and "a ii
.e public debt Of Mexico to this country
j, mounted 10 nearly as much Enre. Wa
therefore, between tho United States az
{. Mexico mus, be extremely injurious
"A British commercial interests and #
should end in the conquest of Mexico /
The United States, he feared that the Br
tish debt ~ Mexico would follow the IA
in OF the debts owing by the United Stau
,,s themselves to this country. BESIDES. # u
Il, United States became masters Of Mexlc
nj they would 10 Consequence Of their hayi
= already annexed Texas to ihems sta
al once in from. and rear Of our West |
g, dla colonies. lie then entered into n n
u tory Of the various aggressive measures
ID which the United States had 6rst Of all r
"a nexed Texas, and by which they we're nc
On attempting 10 annex Mexico and Cahfc
p, MA. Uule8s there was an end put to /
ss war now existing between Mexico and I
n United States, By the firm and earnest m
n diatIon Of this country, II would lead to I
+. suits most uufavorable to British nteres
: He argued that there never was case
/ more unJustifable aggression than that
y the United States upon Mexico, and III
ad as the annexation Of Texas was the Il
~ for President Of the United States al 4
~ last Presidential election, so would The v
.r nexation Of California, If not Of the emit
= Of Mexico, be the test at the election
- President IN the year lsi5. In ganii
~ possession Of Malaraoras, the United Sat
II had gained the key 10 Central Mexico, al
90 were thereby enabled to introduce the
manufactures into it without payment
g.. any duties. They had thus won posse
- SION Of the commerce Of Mexico, whic
was 10 Itself serious blow 10 the CONNIE
>, cal and manufacturing interests Of Gre
Britain After several remarks on the u
JHslihable character Of the means by whlc