Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1846-03-27

very literally disposed with regard 10 her =.
ifs. and, it is said, intends 10 make very e,s..
notifications in them.
II will be seen, by referring to the comm.
nication Of our Paris correspondent, that ~.
French Chambers have voted a sum of moras
for the settlement Of line of steamer.
tween Havre and New York, SO that When Il,
the projected "vapof slips" are in action
daily, or at least semi-weekly mail betwesa
Europe and Aanerca will have been secureS
The spirited and successful managers Of ,h'
Halifax mail steamers are building ano,ho'
fine vessel, 10 add TO their already Splendid
fleet Of steamers.
Free trade principles are becoming popul,,
in France.
Subscriptions for the distressed Irish h,sk
been commenced at Calcutta.
From Prussia we hear, with alarm, that,b.
cholera is raging furiously.
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert will. !.
is said. after her accouchement, visit Franz.
The Duke and Duchess Of Memoirs are % 70.
pair to London to accompany them.
In ono wear, ending 5th January, ls4s
e29 PAL unarters Of wheat and wheat fou;
were imported into England from Canada:
According to the German news papers, there
is now raging in several parts Of Russia vi:
client disease among cattle, similar in eyerv
respect to the cholera.
From Wilmer Sr Smiths European Time;
we extract the following article.
Preparations for War.-Whether or not va
are toshave war, great preparations are made
for it. The army is to be increased 10000
men the militia are to be in readiness FORM.
mediate training; the ordinance corps arc to
receive an accession of 1900 men; the royak
marines Q 500 men and the land regiments
of the line 5000. The increase in the navy
will be about 200 men.
THE EFFECT THE REFUSAL OF ARBT.
TRATION PRODUCED IN ENGLAND.
From Wilmer &smitls European Times, Mareh4
The scarcity of money has he en making it..
self felt in the cotton market. During the
last fortnight the market has been very dull.
with recedine prices. and matters would have
remained in this lethargic state, had it not
been for the arrival, on Monday, of the Pat.
rick Henry. which sailed on the 9th, and
which has brought the Presidents message 10
Congress, and the correspondence between
the British and American ministers relative
to the Oregon. The turn which this vexed
question has taken has excited surprise, for it
was hoped that the commercial measures Of
the present government would have facilitated
the settlement of the dispute, on terms salts
factory tosboth parties.
q. Tie cotton market advanced on some de.
scriptions an eighth when the belligerent pur-
port Of the advices by the packet transpired.
The peremp,ory refusal Of the American Cow
vernment to submit the question to arbitration,
on the ground that it would thereby recognize
the rights Of the British tsovernmen, TO a por-
ton of Oregon, is regarded as puerIle, not 10
say insulting. These rigbts have been long
acknowledged by treaty between the parties.
and it is held as being too late in the day To-
erase a bond which preceding negotiators, on
both sides Of the Atlantic, have combined TO
respect. The friends Of peace mourn that the
arbitration--the mos. satisfactory mode Of set
Ting amicably con,roverted claim should
have been so unceremoniously rejected; and
its effect npon the cotton market has been, az
we have stated, TO make il more decidedly
firm. The piot-boat, William ]. sRomer,
which sailed in company with the PatHck
Henry, has not yet arrived. She is said to be
the bearer Of Mr.. Pakenham's dispatches 10
the British Government. The packet expert
enced heavy weather, otherwise it is probable
that tie miniature craft might have cut aInore
respectable figure in the race.
THE GREAT BATTLE IN INDIA.
Our columns :o-dav contain record Of two
have been engaged, in the East. The Silks,
+ it will besseen, passed the Su,lei, in numbers
q variously estimated at from 10000 to 10000
with a splendidpa'k Of artillery. double that
u of the English, and invaded thesBritish terri
tory, to measure strength with our forces
The fighting lasted three days. and a.he Car
mage was dreadfal. Our forces only amount.
ed, British and native, to 90 900, out of which
o we lost nearly 1000. Several distinguished
officers fell, amongst others the brave veteran
9 Sir Robert Sale. The Sikh generals commit
o ted some sad blunders; and our own troops
RI there is 100 much reason to believe, owe til,
. victory ia that indomtable pluck which new
er knows when it is beaten. rather thvn t
the science or skaI OF the Ieadersawho com
q mended them. The manGuverng on the par
: of Sir Hugh Cough and Sir Henry Harding
seems to have been Indifferent.
But the British 4bayoDet did the business
although the officers We have named are no
ri thereby steeled against censure. The Silks
n it is clear, as CARDS discipline and courage
). are far superior to the enemies with whom W
!. have mostly had to deal in India.
The subsequent dispatches from Sir Hen
4 ~ Hardinge, Governor General Of India, sho,
f that he was misled as to the intentions Of tn
Sikhs.
l. NEW ORLEANS, March II.
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