The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-03-31
EUROPE.
FOURTEEN DAYS LATER FROM
ROPE,

49, hAhAtiit ttLfhhAfU ~. rt
THt HostVA srtAs,
A, - -OO--
Hjeei efm Emigmt SlIp, aud loss efnep'
( ~ an on Boari Disasfrs Qfhs Botih .4rmy
IL Indii-- Important -Ntms Goai ne Continent
MrrCh ~ Rusm 1fooFs iniapenloH IN ihe
T MUM ec H0ig
The Royal alall sgamrr Canada, from
( Liverpool, lOlliinsl,, arrived A. llulGN on
Thursday evening, having experienced very
heavy weather on her passage, She WIS de-
piued fifteen hours on'lhe barbor pf Halifax
Ia pue Of rlio most leuiGe gales known TO the
coasl Of Nova scodrf
The terrible accounts from lhs seni Of Wur
iu india, united with ihe decided lone Of
defiance Hlely uffuued ig liussin, md IIe
attitude Which lhe CZnr IN evidently prepHr-
ing 20 n-siuff ~ lie wufike operations ~
lady, Anslrl, &c. has eaHsea 40 unensy
fedmg on ibG t,iuiiurnl, which has beef
spnsilly irlt 10 England, aud lms operated
nJur,Uisly upon ll,e busluets Oi he country
Int irHde notwithstanding continues sioHdy,
aud prices iiT most articles Of produce nre
very eniHlnciory The funds, under Ihe ~
huelco Of ilin uneasy feeling alluded 20 ~
h0ve, hnye nuciunicd considerably, nnd have
recedrd fully 0no per rrut, william the lHHl
fortnight. II u gratifying "a observe that
during ilis time. lhougll u cannot V" Hn'd
llml American Stocks lHyo HctunHy flsehiyei
,ltro lins not been llie slightest ruurllon'
Fiir,u h u greater degree Of dullners nud
glonm la the praiit lfdr throughout all il,e
lrtdlnf markets thhu ihrru has beet ior a
long prrlnd, Frces continue 20 df"op, hnd
rom present. appearances un'lHr ihr iess'
IRE nf heavy nfriynls fTsin nbrond, the bGlioni
has not yet been roHched
The importation uf lrendslu1a lfoR lhe
uniied s-sfes during the last fortnight has
hcrn unusually lHrefi prices for oil descrp'
lions have been ~ favor uithe huycf There
Is large supply of WHEAT aud Flour, ln'll' .
hu Corn and Meal ~ the market, md largo
are living wnrehouredi aud pur'
Glinscs IRE made merely 10 suptly immediate
watts.
ENGLAND.
H. Parliament on tie 9llliIdi Mr. Cohden Z.
IN sprrrli uf ll~ most 1empsrnir character
brought fprwdrl his long hernldrd financial .
rrl0ru budget: tho inniu ohleci of which wus +
Ia rut down 0rr expenditure ct0 100000 per
nuuiim We wns'mct hy the Chancellor of 7
doe ENrlcuucr, who adduccd ~ epilnmc Of
all the NrguHcrs Which, during the iwu
last uuulir, had impaired The strength Of Mr.
ChFdru's suggev ions. Tito debate which
followed, taisIiird MI tho expectations euier'
lhincd hy ilc friends Of The financial reform
champion. Il lnuguishcd from tho beginning
md the question ~ disposed of llIo same
tVouing, Mr Coldcn's amendment being re-
icclrd liy u lnujnr,ly Of ~ The number be-.
lng 255 10 ~. Even lho radical nn"srs al.
uil lint one half tloF- aould no. nave voted
-, ,te m'r,,,,,irut, " thry had imagined II .
would have been carried. ~ Car ns patl'n'
ncnl l. concerned, the project of Mr Cohdon
was decided upon, Tho Journals IN his IN
irrcs have hbnied their tone of dcilnnce,nnd
pnw say ~ bat all l,ng,shmCn hive agreed
upon, HAT rclrcnchnlcut should be carried
on, Ia every wisc aud judiciuus mnnnef.
Tho Giehiful wreck Of M omgrnnt ship
hns mkcn place on the const, off linrwich--
The shin Fio,ida. 500 ous T.. n. Whltmorc
mns,cr. hound from Antwerp for \, Nurt,
tie property OF Mr. H. y, Hubert oillnt eity .
churlvrrd 10y II German company TO convey
eu,ieruuIH, was wholly lost GA "Wednesday
the gSlh tit and al on honrd prrrhcd with
the exception at three individuals who were .
mirnculously rescued from dcn,h. l26 green
hides, 1915 rnses glass, aud varinus other mr.
tirlcs from the wreck, were carried int" Mat
gate on tho ill ust. other articles also reach
ed Ramsgnla on the same day.
The detail. of tie late Warlikc Intelligence .
from india lnsscss more ihuu ordinary rutrr-
est. Int wc eau at present make hui briei' al.
lusnn 10 lllo subject. The Bombay Ielc-
grnph saws, another OF those murdcrous coh-
nict- which hrve rendered our hosill'llcs
with the Sil,hs 50 conspicuous, Inns occurred
on the un bunk of tile river JbrluH, ncnr0r
some tho identical spot which, Two ihous-
aud wears ngo, formed the battlefield OF Al.
cSnIdcr nndpurui. That scene,rich IN clus'
sit associations, Inns been the arena Of u
fierce aud pr0lruclcd Struggle between the
nrmy olthc puuIauh, under Lord Cough, aud
the Sikh forces. under Ralph Sheer Singh.
n struggle in which the. british had 70 dcplore
the loss orn least a3 officers and $500 men
killed and wounded, i guns captured, and
or , rcgi,ncnlnl colurs taken 10y the enemy
The struggle terminated ia victory Tut wns
disgruecd by the flight OF the ISnRai Cavalry
rrrinict,t. md the rcirrut,ns yet scurrulv snt.
.isiaclorily explained, octwo British, corps Of
,lrrroons-n struggle which luf tue contend.
me- par,ics 81 weak aud shattered, that IL was
ilnuGtful which had sustained the greatest
iuinry from tho conflict, aud which Yielded
so few Of the badges of triumph for The >ie'
tors; TINT their opponents took new position
and fred a salute in honor of its Termination
Though masters of the field, our lNurnl.s nre
tlrenrhrd with blood, md il is the Universal
ouiuion that two more such Victories would
he virtual ruin. No attempt rs mu,lo by The
English press to disguise the fact TINT the
news from India IL Of the mos; disasterons
character. I.o:d Cough Inns been promptly
supercede0 III the command by Cir Chas.
Napier. who was TO have proceeded 10 the
sce,,o Of hosliltios on the ooh inst.
FRANCE.