American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-04-22
Sixteen Days Later from Europe

ARRIVAL OF THE
STEh MsEIT CALEDONIA AT BOSTON
IMPORTANT INDIAN NEWs-Two GREAT
ENGLISH VICTORIES OVER THE SIKHS-
IMMENSE Loss OF EXPERIMENTATION
OF THE WAR-PROBABLE END OF THE 20
hlSH REVOLUTION STATE OF TIE COT
TON RKET-STAGNATION IN THECOR
AAEkETS-C0MMERCI AFFAIRS, sc, sc
The steamer Caledonia arrived at Boston CT
Tuesday noon, in 10 l-2 days from Liverpool
with dates TO the 4th inst, She brings IS pas
sengers from Liverpool to Boston, left 81 al
Halifax, and took in Is more for Boston.
The news is Is days later. We nuke up the
following summary from extras of the n. York
Herald, which paper received it by express;
Oregon IN England seems to have lost lis
attraction for awhile in the smoke of the In
dian news.
The victories ofthe English over the Slkhs
appears to be the principal feature of the intel
ligence by this steamer.
The slaughter of the Sikhs was terrible. Ten
or twelve thousand Of these brave fellows and
nearly two thousand English troops were slain
and wounded.
This battle and this slaughter, added to the
slaughter of twenty thousand Sikhs IN pre-
vious battle has resulted in the surrender, in
full sovereignty, ofthe territory, hill and plain
lying between the Sutlei and Beas rivers, and
the payment of one and half crore of rupees
as indemnity for expenses of war. The entire
regulation and control of both banks of the
river Sutle, and such other arrangements for
settling the boundari es of the Sikh State, and
the organization of its administration, as might
be determined on at Lahore.
The cotton market was apparently depress-
ed; yet on the Sd instant, American descrip-
tons improved one-eighth of penny.
The money market was in an unsettled and
state.
There appears to be stognatlon in the coru
market, in consequence of the movements in
Parliam ent relative TO the corn laws.
1t is said that the Oregon question will cut
off to large extent, the emigration from Ger
many to the United States.
Indian corn continues TO arrive in England
and gain popularity.
The English tariff and Irish coercion bill alb
sorb the proceedings in Parliament.
The Polish revolution appears to be at an
end Poor, unfortunate Poland.
There is no news of Importance from France.
The French papers do not say much about the
Oregon question. 1t is the opinion there that
Mr. Polk is in the wrong.
Spain continues in an agtated state.
The ministerial crisis in Belgium is not yet
passed.
The American Minister was prevented by
indisposition from attending the Queens Draw
ing-room, on the 10th ult; but Mrs. McLane,
the lady of his Excelency, was present, and
also the Secretary of Legation, Mr.. Gansevoort
Melville.
The preparations for the visit of her Majesty
Queen Victoria to the King and Queen of the
French, were proceeding without intermsson
at the Tulleries, NeuiIly, ST. Cloud and Yer
sailcs, and particularly at the Trianon.
MIR. Liston, who has long been in a declin-
ing state of health, expired on the 22d ult, at
half past ten clock, at his residence at Hyde
mic characters, his place will, perhaps, never
be adequately supplied.
The greatest activity continues in all the
dock yards in England, and the recruiting for
the army is still going on with great spirit
5000 soldiers were ordered to India, 5000 of
which were to proceed by the overland reuto
IL
ed. There is rumor current that an addi-
tional number will proceed to Canada.
THE LATEST COMMERCIAL INTEL
LIGENCE.
The commercial accounts from all parts of
the country are Responding and gloomy. With
the solitary exception Of the iron trade, in
which great activity prevails, owing to tempo
rary causes, there is not branch of manufac-
turing industry which is not suffering more or
less under paralysis. In many of the manu-
featuring lows there are thousands Of workmen
out Of employment; the markets for all descrip-
ton of produce are in state of stagnation;
stocks are daily ON the increase, with sinking
prices and diminishing consumption; and, in
short, condition of fittings exists which thea
tens to suspend all the ordinary functions of
commercial and manufacturing industry.
1t is badly necessary to state that this depres-
sion, which every week renders moro CALLING
and runous, has its primary origin in the I'M
certainty which still hangs about the face ofthe
tariff. Other causes, undoubtedly, contribute
to fetter the wheels of trade, but the great im-
pedlment is the one at which we have glanced.
A panic appears TO be impending. The des-
pondency is daily on the Increases; and many
persons in business, influenced probably by
their fears, labor under the impression that the
measure will yet be strangled in one OF the 9TH
er House of Parliament. So potent is this
prestige of evil, that Sir Robert Peel, on the
evening of Wednesday last, felt bound to re-
new the assurance of his desire to carry out his
commercial policy with the least possible de-
lay.
In order to give as much freedom as possible
to the operations of the commercial world, I'M
der existing circumstances, Ministers, as most
of our readers know, issued recently treasury
order for the payment fthe reduced duties, the
parties giving bond that ifthe peers throw Out
the bill, the old scale of duties would be paid
This was wise and liberal move in the right
direction, and advantage to some extent ha;
been taken of it. But the risk involved ha:
been too great to allow its general adoption
The public have derived little or no benefit