Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1846-05-28
ARRIVAL OF the BRITANNIA.
Fifteen Days Later from
From Wilmer and Smiths Times.

mons has at length brought the de-
h,te on the Irish Coercion Bill to
close. matter Of less importance in
;tself than as it clears the road for the
escal measures Of the Government pas
sing through their remaining stages.
LAST night the Com Bill would occu-
Nv the attention of the House, and in
i r. DAYS from this time the judgment
of the Lords on that important mes
sures will probably be known. -
The cotton markets sustain the f&SN
nroyed feeling that ruled when the
last steamer sailed. The ascertalned
deficiency in the last crop is the pr'ma-
~ cause of the frmness. The sales
during the week exceed $4,000 bales,
| about 10, 900 of which have been for
export and on speculation, leavinga
very respectable daily average for the
trade. The imports, during the last
week, have been light, hardly exceed
ind 9 900 bales. Up to the present
time the imports are $4,000 bales be-
low those of the corresponding period
last year. Yesterday the sales sxcee-
ded 6 900 bales, at firm prices.
The corn trade remains in the very
unsatisfactory state. Operations are
suspended. The trade merely supply
their immediate wants, and this lethar-
gy will continue until the fate of the
corn bill is decided by the House of
Lords. The best informed public men
are sanguine that the Peers will pass
the bill; and personal friend of our
own, a popular member of the Peoples
House, writing last night says-"The
opinion still gains ground that PEEPS
measures viii pass through their re-
naming stages without the country be-
ing put to the agony of dissolution,
spoken of at the clubs, but it proceeds
{ from those VINO are inimical to the free
trade principle. Every revolving day
convinces NE that the consummation
of our triumph is at hand. You may
safely announce this to your American
readers as a fact"
| The accounts which came to hand
/ from America recently had no visible
effect on the price of English securities.
The settlement of the Oregon question
on the basis of the 49th parallel contin.
ues to be regarded as thing that must
5e-as fair settlement, to which the
leading statesmen on both sides of the
Atlantic will combine TO give their aid.
( The interminable discussions on the
subject in the Senate bear a striking
affinity to the dreary Waste of words
in the English House of Commons on
: the Coercion aid the Corn Bills.
Parliament. The proceedings in
Parliament since we last addressed our
readers have been very multiiarious,
and we regret to add-very unsatisfac-
tory.
The day on which the House of
Commons met after the recess-Fri-
day, the 18th April-was consumed
in the discussion of the Irish Coercion
Bill, carrying out in this respect, the
understanding that existed before the
House adjourned.
importation Of Food from .7merica.
During the last few days the impor-
tatlons of provisions fom the United
States, &C., at London and Liverpool,
by the following ships:-the Yelling
ten, the Roscoe, the Clowrdale, the
Hero of Sidon, the Hero of Acre, the
Rhone, the Manchester, the Huron, the
Henry Bliss, the Ho,tinguer, the
Sir c. Campbell,the Lucy Wright, the
Mltlades, and the Lady Sale, comprise
: Bushels of wheat 5000; barrels of
Flour 10000; bushels of Indian Corn
$4,000; packages of beef 1900; pack
ages of pork 1000; packages of Lard
1000; packages of Oil Cake 1000;
packages of Cloverseed 100; packages
OF Bacon 100; packages of Hams 200;
packages of Bread 100; packages of
Tongues 20; hampers Of Potatoes
10.
Loss Of the american brig Falco.-
Letters have been received announcing
The total loss ofthe brig Falco, on the
coasts Of New Zealand, and an attack
"I""e vi her crew, ana Inc pIunderlng
OF The cargo by the natives. The Falco
sailed from Boston, on trading voy- /,
geto the Islands Of the Pacific, hav. !
ing on board the new American consul
for New Zealand. She arrived at
Fort Nicholson in June, and sailed
thence, with the government mails
on board, for Auckland, via Table
Cape.
On the 9th Of the following month
the vessel reached the Cape, and she
was brought TO anchor at place cal
led Wangasai, where, in the course
of few hours, it came on a violent
storm. DuSng the succeeding night
she rode with both anchors down, UNI
til about 2 o'dock, when the MINDLESS
hroEo tW0.k Il