The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-08-26
Arrival of the Cambria.

The steamship Cambria was teegraphed a
few min. past ., yesterday afternoon, and ar
rived at her berth at East Boston about five
o'clock, making her passage from Liverpool
in Just fourteen days. She brings 1903 passen-
gers from Liverpool to Boston, to Halifax
and g from Halifax to Boston.
Breadstuhs have had another fall, and are
quoted at from 27S. to 27s. Cd.
The amount of specie brought out by the
Cambria is about CG0,000.
The elections are the almost cngrossing
subject in the political world.
The Ocean Monarch arrived at Liverpool
on the 31st ult., in % days from Boston.
The steamship Great Britain has been
raised two and half feet, and there is now a
fair prospect of 2gain restoring her to her
element.
The sums granted by Parliament for Irish
fisheries in 1876, amounted to 100000, and
for British fisheries to 91l 900,
The women Of the Sunderland CNntons of
Switzerland have formed themselves into a
military body, amounting in number TO G72.
They carry mus,ets or carU!nes have officers,
passwords and in fact, d complete military Or
ganization.
The Reliance, from Boston, and the James,
New York, relief ships, have arrived at their
destination.
Parliament was prorogucd on the 23d Ju-
ly. The Queen, in her speech, congratuIates
the Parliament that the measures III concert
with the French, which have been taken
for the paciication of Portugal have been at
tended with success,
The following summary of commercial i'll
tenigence is from Wilmer & Smiths European
Times;
The uninterrupted Gneness of the weather
during the last fortnight still holds ont the as
surance that our harvest of grain will be full
average one. From all quarters Of Europe
there is also a general concurrent opinion that
the yield will be abundant in the chief grain
producing spots. On the 9th May the price
of best American flour in Liverpool was ass.
to 49s. Yesterday a considerable sale took
place of the same description Of flour at 27s.
to 27s. Cd. The highest market price of best
wheat at Mark lane on Monday, the 2d,whcn
n further reduction again took place of from
8s. to los per quarter below tue currency of
the previous Monday, was 70s. per quarter.
Considerable supplies were brought to mar
ket,and sales were with the greatest difficulty
effected.
Chas. Winners European Mail SAYS:
Up to last night there were 222 liberals, 70
Peeltes, rs protectionists, & 145 conservative
members officially returned for the various
cities and boroughs
On the 22d June, a terrible fire broke out
in Russia which entirely destroyed 1876 houses
and two churches.
The harvest in the empire of Morocco is
ended, and the produce has been so abundant
that corn has fallen to one half Of the price at
L.: a., 4 cl,r
On Monday 115 ships entered the port of
triAing exceptions, either partially or wholly
laden with grain and provisions.
The accounts of the harvest received in
from Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Africa are
of the most favorable description.
The Sovereign steamer, proceeding from
Brisbane to Sydney, was wrecked off Anuty
Point on the 18th March, and forty-four souls
persisted. The captain and few others on
board were the onl y persons saved. The YES
sci was total wreck, hardly one plank or
beam remaining entire.
The Augsburg,l (RussiO Gazette statcs
that on the 9th June, terrible combat took
place between Russian division. command
ed by General Lcpisiki and the mountain
GERS under the orders of Mohammed Juba-
Nearly 5000 fell on the field, neither party
claiming the victory, The Circassians are
greatly in want Of gunpowder, paying, it is
said, three hundred piastres the pound for
it.
On the 10th June, large force of ten bat
talions of infantry, and several divisions of
dragons, cossacks and militia under Count
Woronzow, was repulsed in an attack upon
the village of Gengebil, in Dagnestan. The
mountaincers allowed the Russian troops to
come close to the walls of the village, when
they opened upon them a most destructive
fire. There fell in the fight two majors, six
superior officers, and 1l9 priyatos wounded,