Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1847-07-29
THE NEWS BY THE HIBERNIA.

Correspondence of Corr. and Eng.
LIVERPOOL, 4th Jnly, II A. Nj.
A signal depression has taken place in The
Corn Market since the departure OF the last
steamer, attributable TO many causes, but pc.
culiarIy to the prevalence Of fine weather and
the growing stcadlness OF the Money Market.
Prices have become unprecedentelly low.
The British steam packet Britannia, Cap
tan Ryrie, after one o! the most splendid pas
sages which has been made across the ATTAIN
tic, arrived in the Mersey on Monday morn
ing. June 18th, being little more than eleven
DAYS from Boston, including her call and de-
.ention at Halifax.
THE CARMELTA.- A letter FROM Bar
celona, June 10, says that "the Carmeiia,
LttleiielJ, from Mayaguez 70 Trieste. which
was brought 10 here, III ult, by Mexican
priyateer, has this day been declared by the
authorizes 10 be released, and il is expected
viii be able TO be put 10 sea about the 10Th in
stanto
The Court has continued at Buckingham
Palace. bu beyond the King and Queen OF
the Bel2iaBs, and the announcement Of her
Majesty's intention to proceed to Scotland be-
fore the end OF the season, nothing has trans
pred out Of the ordinary routine.
The installation OF Prince Albert as Chan
cellor Of the University Of Cambridge. is to be
celebrated with great splendor, on the l9lh,
Chs day) IN the presence u the Queen and a
large circle OF royal visitors and nobility.
lis stated that the preparations for the gen
eral ELECTIONS arc now beng made throughout
the cougiry, and il is expected the wrlts will
be matIe returnable soon alter the assIzes--
Lord John Russell has issued very brief adj
dress to the electors OF the City Of London, IN
which he makes no other profession of his
political opinions Than his past conduct de-
ciares. Baron RoihschItd IS also nominated
Tor the city on the liberal interest; his election
will II is said, again raise the point Of the ele-
glbllity Of Hebrew citizens for legislative func-
ions.
The steamer Sarah Sands, left Liverpool for
New York on the 18th ult.--naet with some
damage 10 her machinery after having pro-
ceeded 500 miles, and pu, back. She arrived
at Cork on the 22d June. and was expected TO
leave for New York on the 10th.
lRELAND.--We are glad to find that,
generally, the accounts are much less uniav-
oTable as 10 the extent Of fever ard desulutlon.
Food Is becoming plentiful and cheaper, and
the tine prospects o. the harvest are giving
confidence TO all classes Even in Skibbereen
there is a most decided improvement. In
some districts, however, Sligo IN particular,
fever and destituilon still prevail TO lamenta-
bic extent,
OVERLAND MAIL FROM INDIA
MoRE FIGHTING IN CHINs,--The India mails
TO the 20th Of May have reached London, but
The intelligence from that quarter IS not paftic-
ularly interesting to American readers. The
intelligence from China, TO the 2ith of April,
however. is iInporlant--the English having
tnE ION IN Iftlh fha N
good behaviour.
The most important concessions are That
after two years the city of Canton shall be open
ed; the British may roan III h surrounding
country for exercise or amusement as al Shang-
hal; that the Chinese aggressors OF British sub
leets in ten specified cases are TO be arrested,
brought TO Canton. and punished 10 the pres
ence OF persons depuied by her RiaIesiy's plen
ipotentary that the lease ola size sordwengs
and ware houses is TO be granted 10 British
merchants and others on the HoDau side OF the
river, site for a church in the neighborhood
Of the present foreign factories, and burial
grounds at Whampoa. Precautions are also
10 be taken for preventing collisions between
the Chinese rabble and foreigners.
The first result, OF the treaty was the surren-
dering Of two Chinese offenders, who were
brought 20 the factory and bambooed in the pre-
sense of the popuace. After accomplishing
the object of the expedition, the squadron retur-
ned on the seventh day to Hong Kong.
Many Of the British residents al Canton ex-
press strong dissatisfaction with the reSultofthe
negotiations but different opinion is enter
tanned by some of tho leading houses III Hong
Kong, as well as by all the Americans.
COCHIN CLIMATIC Cochin Chinese,
like heir kindfed and neighbors, the Chinese,
have come into collision with European
power. Two French vessels of war, had
gone 10 Thourane, 10 demand redress for I'M
priSonng the French bishop (who had been
sent to Singapore by the Cochin Chlnese) and
probably also 10 make treaty They We're
received apparently in friendly manner, but
information was given of some treachery and
of their hostile intentions There were great
preparations in the forts, and FIVE large Coch-
in Chinese men-of war being in readiness with
a multitude Of armed boats, which put the ad-
miral on his guard IusuIl was soon offered.
and they Were ordered to DEPART the French
commodore, in selfdence. was compelled 10
attack them, and after an hour and halls hard
fighting two men of war were blown up, two
abandoned and afterwards burnt. and the Co
chi-Chlnese admIra's vessel was taken and
burnt also. The forts tired all the time, but
only few shots hit.
After this event the French irigaieS with.
drew from the number OF troops on board
the vessels and in the forts, great slaughter
must have been eommiIted. Private accounts
say that 1000 were killed. Only two OF three
were killed, and some wounded in the French
irlgaies.
New REGULATIONS FOR THE WEST INDIA
SrEAM.PAcKETs.-The Lord Commissioners
of the Admiralty have informed the above
company that they had resolved TO establish a
direct steam communication between South
amp,on aud New Orleans. This arrangement
is TO go into operation on the I'd Of October
next The system proposed will enable the
inhabitants OF the Southern States OF America,
particularly those bordering on the Gulf OF
Mexico and the Mississippi, to transact their
aiIals with England without Intervention OF
agencies, as heretofore, in New York and
Boston.
BaITIsH ASSOCIATION. --Oxford has been
crowded with the Swans Of all lands at the an
nual meeting of the British Association for
The Advancement of Science. The sitnngs
commenced on the 23d ult Among TIE ear
hest arrivals were the Hon MIR. Bancroft, the
American Minister Lucien Bonaparte, Prince
of Canine. and the Chevalier Bunsen, the
hussan Ambassador. Sir Robert lngliS, The
President elect, in his inaugural address refer
red TO the grand discoveries oil the yeal by LIE
yerrier and Adams, the first OF when had