The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-09-10
FOREIGN.
Arrival of the Brittania.
'oURTEEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.

The steamship Brittania, Capt. Hewitt, from
Liverpool, was photographed at quarter before
ten clock yesterday forenoon, and arrived a
the Cunard wharf, East Boston, at twelve
She salel from Liverpool on the 10Th Au
gust, and consequently has made the passage
in few hours short of fifteen days
She brought from Liverpool 1875 passen
gers, "a of whom stopped at Halifax, where
IL additional took passage for Boston. Among
her passengers are Hon. Louis McLane, late
minister to Great Britain, and Rev. VIM. M
Rogers, of this city
Samuel Lover, the poet, painter, composer
and novelist, was a passenger in the Britain
MIA. Will he take notes?
The Hon, S. Cunard was passenger in
| the Brittania for Halifax.
The steamship Cambria sailed from Boston
and the Great Britain from New York, on
the lst of August The Cambria's passage
was the shortest on record, ten days and SIX
teen hours from Boston to Liverpool, includ-
ing run into Halifax to land and take in pas
sengers and mails. The Great Britain had a
passage of thirteen days and eight hours, in
GLIDING a detention at sea Of eighteen hours to
repair her driving chain.
Our synopsis Of the news is condensed from
Wilmer & Smiths European times, for CO.
py of which we are indebted to Reddlng &
Lord Elgin has been appointed Governor
General of Canada.
The Great Britain steamship will not leave
Liverpool before the 22d September.
The contract with the North American
Mail Company for weekly mail to Boston
and New York, has been confirmed by Par
lament, and given to Mr.. Cunard.
The agriculturalists Qrom whose corn the
protection has been recently taken,) are much
dissatisfied, and their wrath is vented at pub
lie dinners.
The potato blight is general. East, west,
north and south, the cry is "still it comes"
In IRELAND the devastation is general. Every
where the root is rotten, or progressing to-
wards decay. Science is at fault, and alarm
is rife. As regards society it is serious-as
regards the poor it is melancholy visitation.
Under any circumstances, if the Corn laws
had not been repealed in the present session,
they would inevitably have been repealed in
the next. Influenced by the bad weather, and
acted upon by the destruction of the chief
food of the poor, the price Of grain is advan-
cling, and the belief is, that it will continue to
advance.
The fcud between Young and Old Ireland
is now regularly consummated. They are
distinct parties. Mr.. O'Connell has denounc-
ed their policy and disdained their aid The
" Nation" has been expelled from the rooms
of Cancellation Hall, and the quarrel stands
little chance of ever being cementcd> again.
The success which has attended the minis
terial reflections has been marred by one
accident-the rejection of Lord Listowel by
the people Of st. Adams. He appears to
have been unprepared for the result, and re-
ceived his sentence of condemnation at the
hands of the electors with some surprise, not
unmixed with regret His opponent was Mr..
Cabbell, a gentleman who opposes some To-
cal popularity, and is, moreover, detemin
ed opponent to the new Poor-law.
The redoutable Captain Warner is before
the public again, with his secret of blowing
up vessels at the distance of several miles,
While in opposition, the aspirants for pow
er promise much-more than they find it
prudent to perform when in office-and it
would seem that the wings are now compel
led to giSe the Captains 'long range" tri-
al Another candidate, also, the celebrated
Lord Cochrane, now Earl of Dundonald, is
in the field for destroying mankind by the
most wholesale and speedy process, and his
invention, like that of the redoutable War
ner, is to be experimental on by the govern
mcnt officers; who will then say eyes" or
" No" to the proposition.
The parliamentary business of the session
is rapidly drawing to a close. London is all
but deserted by the great world The COM
mencement of grouse shooting on Wednesday
last nearly completed the desertion; and the
few strag9lers about St Stephens hardly suf-
flee to wind up, with becoming dignity aud
grace, the fag-end of one of the most extraor-
binary sessions on record.
The restitution in Ireland, consequent on
the failure of the potato crop, occupied the
attention of the House of Commons on Mon
day. Lord John Russell made known the
intentions of the government 1t seems that
ESQ.,, 481 has been expended on the relief of
the Irish last year, of which E494, S51 was
either repaid Or will be repaid To the prin-
ciple of making the executive the corn mer-
chant of the Irish nation Lord John Russell
is opposed. But as provision against famine
is the first duty of parental government, a
sum of money is to be advanced from the con-
solidated fund for the emplY yment Of the peo-
pie on public works under the inspection of
the government official, and the sums so adj
vanced are to be repaid in ten years. at the
rate of three and half per cent, the lowest
rate Of interest, Lord John Russell states, ev-
err taken for works of this kind A power is
to be invested in the Lord Lieutenant to sum-
mon county sessions in districts where public
works of utility are to be undertaken. This
proposition met with great applause.
On the same evening, Lord George Ben
timex drew the attention of the government
to the carrying trade between the Spanish
colonies and this country,-showed the differ
ence in the charges on British goods when
carried in British bottoms, and when carried
in Spanish bottoms, -pointed out the manner
of retaliation pursued by the United States
and insisted upon the adoption of some SINH
lar plan, as the introduction of sugar, the pro-
duce of Spanish colonies, was now legalised
by England. Lord Palmerston, in reply,
contended that, as the House of Commons had