The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1848-05-10
FOREIGN NEWS.
ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA.
ONE WEEK LATER.

was telegraphed as outside Of the bar, and be-
fore IL o'clock we received our papers by her.
including Liverpool dates to the 18th and Lon
don to the 14th insts
~ The America left Liverpool at o'clock on
the morning Of the 18th inst. and arrived at
Halifax in eleven and three quarter days.
: She left Halifax on Thursday at half past 9
o'clock A. NJ; and was obliged to heave to sew
eral times in the course Of the passage, on ac'
count Of the fog, to get sounding.
The new steamer Hermann, Capt. Crahtree
which left Halifax on the afternoon ofthe 3Oth
ult., arrived at Southampton on the lth inst,
ptranshpped her mails on board small steamer
and sailed for Bremen.
We have an interesting letter from our cor.
respondent Spectator, bu, the greater portion OF
il relates to the failure ofthe Chartists demon.
stration, of which we had a full account in type
before the letter reached US. We give only
the concluding summary of continental affairs.
sAustria, it is believed, notwithstanding her
Warlke preparations, will be disposed TO cede
Lombardy upon condition ofthat country taking
a fair share Of the public debt, and according to
other apparently rational terms. Denmark is
reported to have gained victory in one OF her
revolted Duchies, but Prussia is lending active
aid to the insurgents and therefore there is III.
tile chance for her ultimate success, the best she
can hope being some Arrangement by media
tion. ~sH1f'S
E "Rnssia, with an Unavailable army ofs0O, 900
nen) announces her intention to keep quiet un.
less attacked, in which case wo belde the IAN
archist." Nalpes has received from her King
an almost Democratic constitution.
- s.'The Sicilian question still remains in stdfu
quo. Spain is quiet under the military desPo.
Gtisn OF Narvaez. Germany is busy in arran-
piHg her confederation, and Italy is conscious OF
but one public pulse, which beats for an Italian
league. ,zr ar r.,
e "In France the elections for officers ofthe
National Guard have Just terminated-all in
favor of advanced republicanism. Meanwhile the
financial coalition becomes daily more deP!ora-
GbIe."
~ The most prominent topic of interest and e1.
fpectation-not in ITSELF as the result shows but
in the anxiety with which it has been contem.
plated is the great Chartists demonstration OF the
siOth, ofwhich we give below sufficient though
condensed account. II will be seen that even
our very moderate anticipations of trouble were
much too large. The procession was given up
and the meeting on Remington Common
proved to be one ofthe quietest and least event
full of all possible demonstrations.
From the London Herald, April IA.
THE GREAT ,CHARTIST MEETING.
"' The great Chartist meeting was held yester.
day, and less formidable demonstration it
would hardly be possible to conceive. 1t Ger.
tainly did not present any of the fearful charac-
teristics which the peaceable inhabitants Of the
metropolis had, for some days, been led anxious.
Elyto apprehend. Positively in contemplating
the whole proceedings we were often tempted to
doubt whether the intelligence on which the
government must have acted in this matter was
not hoax, and whether the multiplied and un-
wonted precautions they had adopted to meet
imaginary perils could have been any thing but
dream. 4;2s
As 4 display ofs,rength, as a menace to
government and to the quiet inhabitants OF
great city, the whole affair was downright
and almost ludicrous failure. In every respect
the men and boys whojoined in the procession
to the. place of meeting were as harmless as
could well be imagined. Poor fellows! by far
the greater portion of them. with their pale ia.
ces, and puny and i'll clad frames, were cseu-
lated to inspire much less ofterror than OF sym.
pathy and pity, and must have impressed every
all who beheld them with the belief that their
wants were Of that description for which legis-
iatiye changes could not in the first instance,
at least supply, a fitting remedy. We must add
that they all continued most orderly, and seemed
TO be under the complete control OF their lead
ers.
Some rain had fallen during the night and
the dawn broke gloomiy. At about o'clock
however, the sun became visible, and continued
to shine brightly through out the remainder ofthe
morning. The streets of the metropolis pres
ented at an early hour, little beyond their usual
appearance. Here and there might be seen
: detachment of police marching to their quar-
tiers or few special constables fastening to their
place of meeting. few more slght.seers
were to be met occasionally anxiously to recon.
noiter, en- mAitaire, the supposed preparation for
street warefare. But no such preparations,
were visible; there were neither artillery, noi
police stationed in the open air, at any of the
points supposed to be most menaced.
Many OF the shopkeepers, even in the imme.
diate neighborhood of the meeting, opened their
shops at the usual hour. A large number of
them however allowed their fears to prevail over
every other consideration. The general feel
ing on the subject Of the proposed demonstra-
tion, as far as we could Judge, was dctermin-
alton to treat The whole affair as case of"much
ado about nothing" all this feeling was some
what checked by the dread ofunknown conse-
qnences.
. Attbe preliminary meeting ofthe convention
onlyIhe delegates and reporters being present,
MrsF. 0'Conner addressed the body in paci.
fc strain insisting on The illegality of the Gov.
ernment notice. but advising that no resistance
be attempted that the procession should be aban.
doned. Afier some debate the meeting was
adinurned 10 Kenuinutnn Cnmmnn