New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-10-20
General IntelIiaence.

General Intelligence.
Parliament will be convened on the 18th inst
but not for the dispatch of business
The Macedonian Frgste, Commodore De Kay,
was very near being lost off the Coast of Scotland
on the 18th of September. She escaped with loss
Of lib foretopmast staysall, foretopsai and other
sails and with great difficulty reached an anchor
age under Arran Island. Subsequent accounts
nounce her perfect safety
DR.. Wiseman has arrived from Rome, charged
with private dispatches for Lord John Russell
The Doctor has been permitted to assume the
title of Archbishop of Westminster, which is re-
gardsd as the prelude to the establishment OF
Roman Catholic Hierarchy in England.
desperate conflict has taken place in the Malay
Seas between II. NJ. ship Nemesis and eleven
piratica proas in which the latter were defeated,
with the loss OF 300 in killed and wounded. The
loss on the part of the British was men killed
and wounded.
The news by the Overland Mail from India, Just
received is generally unimportant. Trade was
firm at Calcutta, but Hong Kong was altogether at
a stand. still
There had been some slight disturbances at
Canton but they were suppressed by the English
authorities
Asiatic Cholera is making fearful ravages in
Russia and, in consequence OF its appearance at
Warsaw the Emperor had deferred his visit to
Poland--a circumstance not to be regretted by the
people of that country.
Active preparations are making in Switzerland
for supprcssing the Sonderbund by force of arms
A sanguinary civil war is apprehended from the
a.
Cantons alone are prepared with 10000 men to
take the field.
The news from Italy presents no new feature
The Pope is firm and the Austrans do not seem
inclined to provoke hostiities
The affairs of Spain are still very unsettled. Cat
alonia continued to be disturbed by the CarIist
bands, and the entire line of the Pyrenees is in
state of blockade.
The abstract OF n commercial treaty between
Spain and England has been published, but the
terms are rejected by the Brit sh Government
France is not yet tranquil considerable clamor
has been raisen by the appointment OF the Due
dAuraale to the Governor Generaship OF Algeria
In Ireland strong opposition is made to the pay
ment OF Rent and Poor Sales, and there appears to
be general NOV emeut in favor of the Tenant Right
Measure.
Father Mathew has declared his intention Of
visiting the United States early in the ensuing
Spring
The reported marriage of the Duke OF yelling
ton and Miss Coutts is contradicted. Miss Coutts,
it is stated among her other acts Of munihcent and
somewhat eccentric benevolence, is founding al
asylum for convicted and punished ielons who have
been thrown outcasts on the world
Ii announced by the Belfast Northern Wig
that the Baracos Capt Owens, has arrived there
laden with $500 barrels Of Flour shipped by the
Society of Friends at Philadelphia for the use Of
the destitute Irish
PAcKEr.SHIPs ARRWED.-Steamer Caledonia
on the Goth September, Siddons Esd. Liverpool gath
PAcKETSHIPs SAILED.-September ~, R0cius
A,hburton 2ith Yorkshire October l.
PostscrIp,-2 o'clock This days Corn market
displays considerable, though unlookedor activity
aud prices up to this moment show decided ten
dency 10 ascend. Some purchases w estern Flour
have already been made at rs per barrel. Wheat
i. also firm and Indian Corn is in demand at an sd
vance. The Cotton transactions OF this morning are
Of the most languid chsracter-in short without
the slightest disposition to & reaction. The resPec
table house OF VIM Maury. which is announced IN
the Times to have suspended payment, did not
con,e TO stand still There was merely a suspen-
.;o, Of some hours existence. which has ceased,
Mr. Naury being now actively engaged in ordinary
operations
Hon. Alex. X. Everett, American Minister to
China. died on the 10th June, At Canton