Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-01-31
h1N,yAL OF THE nIsERNIA.
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Since the pubilcatlon oil our regular edition on
Saturday, we received the important news by
,he Steamship Hibernia, which arrived at Boston
at 6 o'clock on Friday, 1t was immediately is.
sued in an Extra Ledger, which with extras
nom the U. S. Gazette and the North American
offices, gratihed the anxious desire of the public
10 learn its import The effect of the news has
been highly favorable on stocks The restora.
tion Of the Peel Ministry and the moderate tone
Of the English press upon the Presidents Mes.
sage, are believed TO be positive indication of a
strong disposition 10 preserve the present peace.
fl relations between Great Britain and this coun.
t'y. We copy to-day literally from the London
papers the expressions of opinion upon the sub.
tcct in which this country is most interested.
The Hbernia arrived off Halifax on Sunday
morning, bnt was unable to get into port before
Tuesday morning, thus suffering detention of
forty.eight hours, during which time the thermo.
meter indicated temperature of 10 degrees be-
low zero.
The Britannia arrived at Liverponl Of the 10th
December, in lol days and the Cambria on the
2Tth in II DAYS from Boston. The propeller
Massachusetts, reached Liverpool in 30 days from
New York
The Presidents Message was received in Ii
v.rpocl by the ship Sea- Captain Freeman, on
the o2d in seventeen days from New York, and
wa. conveyed 10 London in six hours from its
arrival in the Mersey. 1t was conveyed by ex.
rress to France and Germany
Parliament was summoned to meet fyr the des.
patch Of business on the 22d of January, Thurs.
day last.
Cotton was a shade better than at the date of
our last advices Flour about the same, though
prices were unsettled
The Oregon correspondence had but just reach.
ed ngland when the steamship left. Of course
il had not been spread before the people. Some
Of the papers comment upon it with much more
bitterness than they bestowed upon the message
For instance, the Spectator sTtefully character.
izss it as, on the American side, manifestation
OF dishonest ability. The Times makes it's
strongest point on the presumed incompatibility
between the Spanish title and the Austrian title
by discovery.
There was a dreadful storm on the English
coast, Dec. 2lst and .od, which caused numer.
Gus disasters TO the shipping and the loss Of many
lives The Times states that 90 vessels had been
lost, in the course Of few days, and more than
100 lives. Among the vessels are two steamers,
The ST. David and Tom Bowling. Another was
Dutch East Indaman, the Twee Ceruolelenses,
with cargo worth sloO, ,ooo-a total loss.
On the night Of tine 9th Of December, the
French Government Steamer Papin was lost on
her crew, rs, persisted; among them were NJ.
Moray Monge, the Consul at Magadore, NJ Fleu.
riot de Langlc, cornmandant sf the vessel
The Arabs displayed upon this occasion as
,auch courage as humanity. In less than two
hours they succeeded in bringing off 44 persons,
carrying them upon their shoulders, and swim.
ming with them through very heavy sea.
The committee of the London Peace Society
have luemoIazed Sir Robert Peel in favor OF
settling the Oregon question by peaceful rather
than by other means, whatever provocaton the
British Government may receive 10 adopt war.
like tone and policy. They earnestly deprccate
war between the two nations, and urge the pro.
priety of settling the dispute by arbitration.
a Neg Planet Professor Encke, Of Berlin,
has given notice on the 18th of December last
that he found star OF the 9th magnitude in a
place where before there was none. Professor
Schumacher had made number Of observations
upon it, II is near Vesta, and has a motion ST.
rai'ar 10 that planet. II was not exactly deter.
mined whether if was planet or comet.
From Wilmer & Smiths Times, 4,h inst
REINSTATEMENT OF THE PEEL MINIS
TRY.
Bnt while attention was fixed upon the dra
mats PERSONA the public were astonnded by
learning that the attempt had been made, and
had faled-that tha leaders could not agree a.
,nons Themselves and that all was chaos once
more. II subsequently transpired that LORD
Grey had caused the hitch, by refusing TO joir
the Cabinet if Lord Pa!merston had the seals o.
the Foreign Office, and the Whig papers were sa
wage with his lordship for keeping in the darl
his feelings towords the late Foreign Secretary
until he conld strike him most effectually. Tha
the blow was unlocked for in the quarter from
which it proceeded seems undeniabe but tina, {
cause in itself so apparently trIfng, should have
broken up Cabinet, and produced results Sc
momen,ous. shows clearly enough that the EN-
bryo Ministers had not their hearts in the work
They must have deeply felt the responsibility
the perilousness, nay the hopeessness OF th'
task, when the opinion of single member wa
sufficient to snuff the experiment out of exis
tsnce.
Lord Pal,nsrston's exclusion from the Foreigl
Office. bya Government Of which Lord John Rus