Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1846-06-04

Fifteen Days Later from Europe.
The Irish Coercion Bill Passed First Reading
The Corn Bill Ia statu quo Cotton sell
ing freely Occupation o. he Conquered Ter
7it0yy-- hlSmTectionia PortugGl-T heFFench
Papers on american Affairs, SC.
The am-ship BRTANNIA arrived at Bos-
ton on the 2lst inst, having sailed from Liver
pool on the 4th inst The annexed summary
of intelligence is copied from the extra Of the
Philadelphia Ledger, -
The cotton market has fully sustained the
improved feeling that ruled when the last
steamship sailed The sales of Saturday ID
and Monday 4th amounted to 5000 bales nclu-
ding a portion taken on speculation and for
export The market was quiet and the rates
current on the previous week paidwith scarce
" any alteration; if any thing, we should say
it was in favor of the buyer.
Sales have been made Of Western Canal
Flour at 25s Cd. to 26s. 3D. Philad. 24s. to DDS
Cd New Orleans 23s. Cd. to 2is.; New York
sour 22s., and one or two parcels of prime
white and mixed Wheat at rs. per 10 lbs.
The Overland Mail arrived on the LIST INST,
but the state Of India appears perfectly tran
quill Peace seems restored to the Punjaub
The British forces are in possession of La
hore, and arrangements are making for the
occupation Of the conquered country, which
is exceedingly fertile, and will yield an annual
revenue of sf400,000.
The news from Scnde is not Of interest,"
The Governor Sir George Arthur, has had a
severe fit of illness, but was recovering.
The Irish Coercion Bill has passed its first
reading by majority for Ministers ofl49.
The Corn bill has not been acted upon, but
will probably follow the Coercion bill The
Corn trade consequently remains in very UNI
satisfactory state.
From U'aimer and Smiths Times.
CoMMERcnL.-The House of Commons
has at length brought the debate on the Irish
Coercion Bill TO close, matter of less i'm
portance in itself than as it clears the road
for the fiscal measures of the Government
passing through their remaining stages
Last night the Corn Bill would occupy the at
tention of the House, and in ten days from this
time the Judgment of the Lords on that impor-
tant measure will probably be known.
The quantity of goods held by the great
manufacturers in Lancashire Is large, and the
demand, in the present state of uncertainty as
10 the future. has been limited, Still, in hopes
that the interruption to a sound trade would
only be temporary, prices have not receded
much. The transactions Of the month have
been a shade better than those OF the preceding
month, although there are certain branches of
business which form exceptions TO the general
application of the remark.
The share market, about being freed from
the dead weight which has so long oppressed
il, is recovering lis tone. There has been a
good deal Of business doing lately in many of
the established lines prices have an upward
tendency, and as the money which the Court
of Chancery has had in keeping is gradually
finding its way into general circulation, the
result Of greater ease in the Money market IS
visible in easier discounts When the funds
arising from railway scrip have been distribu-
ted. every one in business will feel the benefit.
and produce ofeyery kind will doubtless i'm
prove in value
Many Of the ship owners and masters enga-
ged in the United States, and, more especially,
in the New York trade, are al issue with the
Commissioners Of Immigration with regard
to the stringency Of Lloyd's Registry Book IN
the matter Of vessels carrying great numbers