Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-06-24
Arrival Of thu Great Westeru.

Arrival Of Tho Great Western.
Birth Of an EngIisk Pvacsss E,eaps Of
Prince Losis Boaaparfs from Ham-.-
Depressios n he LondoB Jfonsv Mar.
kef- RECEIPT IN England Of tke News Of
The Msrisaa Var 1Es Mdrsets, &c.
3 The steamship Great w estern, which isft
Liverpool on the 30th nlt., has arrived al
New York, with eleven days later inielli.
gence from Europe. 81 :. 4
The Cambria reached Liverpool on the
26th Of May, two days before the Great
Western sailed, with the news Of the actual
declaration Of war between Mexico and the
United States. S7Ssss
The news created a great sensation, and
the popular sympathy was in favor Of Mex.
leo. fs s n @
The corn bill ofSir Robert Peel passed
second reading in the House Of Comm5ns ,
by majority Of Al.
The cotton market quiet; little doing; no
disposition to sell at lower rates.
The opinion prevalent was that tho news
just received in Europe, about the war with
Mexico, would be insfayor Of holders Of cot.
tom.
Spectators have taken 5000 bales. Sales
Of the week, 26,665 bales.
--latest quotations for Consols for money
96; home account s6i; Exchequer bills l5S
and'l6 premium. a..
Corn market depressed slow trade to re.
tail buyers transactions in grain market
limited.
BRUssELs 2s.-The Minister Of the IN:
terror has brought forward law author,z.
ing the importation Of Corn and Provision.
until December, free ofduty. All.is quiet
in Spain.
The King and Queen Of France are ex.
pected to visit England early in July.
The London Sun says nothing whatever
can prevent the triumphant settlement Of
the Corn Bill.
The fate Of the Irish Coercion bill Il seal.
ed. Lord George Brentic has declared tha,
the great body Of the Agricultural members
are opposed to its future progress.
Great rejoicings had taken place in con.
sequence Of the successful termination Of an
event annually expected. Queen Victoria
has given birth to another daughter, which
announcement was received as usual with
demonstrations Of joy and gratitude. The
Queen is 'doing as well as could be expect,
ed" The event occurred on the 23d.
The political intelligence il not iuapor.
tant. Affairs throughout Europe were gen.
orally quiet n
ESCAPE or LOUIS BoNAPARTE rRoM
HAM.-On Monday last the Prince sue,
ceeded in effecting his escape from the, Tor.
tress Of Ham, after close imprisonment Of
some years. Having assumed the disguise
of a workman, he contriyed to elude the
| vigilence of the sentries to regain his free.
dom without any molestation from the bat
talon Of infantry that formed the garrison
of the castle, and he arrived safely in Lon
don, where we believe he is at present.
Ihe Morning Herald says that the Prince,
escaped at o'clock on the morning or the
25th, and as the event was not discovered.
for 10 hours afterwards, he could easily
have reached the Belgian frontiers, only 2li
leagues distant, long before the Telegraph
itself could have been set to works Tho
papers say he embarked at st. Valery. i,
| PARLIAMENTARY SuaMAKY.--Ir the
House Of Commons Mr.. O'Connell moved
that the order Of the 9th Of April for the
committal of Mr.. w. 8. O. Brian be discharge
ed, on the ground that the Committee Of
Section which had directed his attendance
on private Bill Committee was not itsolf
properly constituted. s
In the House Of Lords, on Monday, the
Duke Of Wellington moved an address to
the Queen congratulating her Majesty on
the addition to her domestic happiness
which was unanimously agreed 10.