The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1846-09-10
ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA.

ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONlA.t
We clip The following items from the news
brought out BY tho Caledonia, which arrived
at Boston from Liverpool August 18th.
The debate on The Sugar Duties occupied
two days, and the Government scheme
|triumphed by amajeriiy Of 265 to 1856, nearly
two TO one. This fesult virtually sbrogatcs4
tho monopoly, and places Sugar in the same
category as Corn--on The high road to Free
Trade. Sir Robert Peel gavethe Minister'S
measure his support, and the greatness Of
The majority may be traced TO that circum-
stance. sil1
The cotton market was without any per
ceptible charge
/ Afarthsr fall lin the value Of Grain has
taken place, and harvest operations are proA
ceeding rapidly, The quality Of the Wheat
! i fine, and the yield greater Than that Of last
year.
At the London wool sales, recently con-
cluded, some attention was excited by small
lquantity Of that article from Oregon, which
arrived ii tolorable condition, free from
|burs, and well washed. Il commanded a
good price, and the country is said TO be
favorable for IFS production.
The ENeBIsH CHOLERA. With the last
few days there has been an enormous in
crease, at the various metropolitan houses
and dspensares, of English cholera in avery
acute form. II is attribute bic moro to at
mospherc Influence than the use Of fruit, to
which it is generally asrribed.
L., .<xtl.
after much hesitation, authorized the ssso-
: citation got up in imitation Of nti-Corn Law
4 League, to combat for the absolute abolition
Of all commercial restrictions.
} The importatons from abroad, in the first
: half Of the present year, amount 10 1866
: 900 francs. They show decline of up
wards of ambition as compared with lS45.
Reduction oftarifs is described as the cause.
Among the articles which have declined,
4 6gure cotton aud wool.
A Paris paper, the Courier Francais, says
} that the Mexican Government has demanded
Of France and England their mediation TO
put an end TO the war with the United States,
and that tho departure of the Psyche for
> Vera Cruz has been delayed some days in
order that il may carry The answer to this
proposition. Doubtful.
4 Another attempt has been made on the
life ofthe King Of the French. While seat
ed at a window ia the Palace of the Tuil-
ierss to listen to concert performed by the
4 National Guards, on the Both ult., a man in
( the crowd drew pistol, and fred two shots
at the King. He missed him Of course
and also those in the vcinity--and was i'm
mediately arrested. His name was Joseph
Henry Senri. He said he was weary Of life,
and resorted to this crime as means Of in
citing death. Isl
p AN ACcoMpLrsIrED THIEF. Gallcani's
: Messenger says:--" There is now in prison
in Paris female only twenty years Of age,
and Of almost marvellous beauty, elegance
Z Of manners, and apparently candid and open
character, whose life presents some extraor.
binary circumstances. Her fatheris thief,
!, who has been FIVE times condemned to i'm
prisonment, and is now undergoing his last
sentence. Her mother has been several
II times in prison for theft, and her brother is
at this moment undergoing Imprisonment like
his father. Marianne, the girl in question
was tirst arrested and condemned to several
months Imprisonment, for having been an
accomplice, in the dress of man, in 4. pol
al Americaine. Soon after her release she
, was caught picking pockets in company viii
! notorious thief in the church of Notre-
I Dame e-Lorstte, and was sentenced to o
lyear's imprisonment, which expired on Wed
nssday but as Il has recently been ascer-
tanned that she forme d part of ths notorious
gang Of depredators, who, under Claude,
Thibert, carried on such a thriving business
1 by robbing wagons Of merchandise and sell
ling by means Of receivers; she is detained
to take trial for one Of those robbsries Of
4 which she confessed 10 have been guilty
Marianne has received a good education, and
liz said to speak English, German and French
II with the ennAl facility. ZEE M a