Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-08-21
ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC.
The Shortest passage ever
made Across the Atlantic.
New YoRx, August l6.


II The U. 8. Mail Steamship Baltic,
Capt. Comstock, arrived at her dock this
morning at few minutes past 6 o'clock,
in 9 days 10 hours from Liverpool, being
the shortest passage ever made across
the Atlantic.
The steamship Baltic lett Liverpool
on the 9th inst, with l58 pass ngers
and 400 tons freight.
N EsoLANo. The Exhibitionlcon
as attractive as at first. More contri.
buttons are expected from the continent
and the United States.
Notwithstanding the passage Of the
Ecclesiastical title Bills, the Catholic
Bishops in Ireland persist in assuming
the prohibited titles.
A report was current that two duch-
csses Of high rank and consideration at
court, had decided to abandon the Eng.
lish church for that Of Rome. One OF
them 10 said TO be the duchess Of South
erland, and the other the duchess OF
Kent.
FRANCE. Fetes in honor Of the exhi-
bition are going on with great eclat.
II The recent elections ore in favor OF
the Bonapartis.s.
At the Royal Banquet given by the
Municipality Of Paris 5000 persons were
II present
IRELAND. The railway from Dublin
to Galway is opened. The potato dis
ease is thought 10 have run out. The
crops are backward, and the harvest
scascsly Legun. The grain crop is like
Iy to be light-the potato harvest PROM
ises to be abundant.
Lord Arundel had been elected TO
parliament from Limerick.
Lord John Russell was burnt in eff
gy at Limerick.
EoYrT. The Pacha has authorized
the construction Of a railway, to be fin-
ished in two years.
ITALY. Several political arrests have
taken place ut Verona and Venice.
GERMANY. The Presiden, and six
Judges in Cassel have been sentenced
by the Ravarian Court Martial to 8
months' imprisonment for furnishing n
Government iunc tionary.
RoMr. A despatch from Rome dated
22J ult. states that Gen. Gemeau, COM
mander in chief of the French troops,
has, without permission Of the Roman
Government, seized all the powder in
the magazines, and had it conveyed to
the castle OF st. Angelo, where he has
Roman cannon pointed on the city
This act has increased the i'll feeling
which already existed against the
French.
AUSTRIA. Probably the government
will abandon the plan Of embracing in
Germanic confc deration the entire states
OF the Empire.
TuRxEY. The Sultan has promised
England and France to eease Kossuih
on the lst ofSeptember.
ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA
ATHALIFAX.
HAL,rAx, Aug, IS.
The steamship Canada arrived this
morning with 81 passengers, and will
be due at Boston at S o'clock, to-mor-
row, p. NJ.
The steamship Franklin, from New
York, arrived at Cowes on the 7th inst,
at P. M.
Parliament was prorogued by the
Queen in person on the 9Th inst.
II LIVERPOOL CorToN MARKEr.--At
Liverpool on the 7th, slight advance
was realized on low and middIing quail.
ties Of American, but subsequently the
Franklin's news being made public, the
advancing tendency inprices was check
ed, and on Friday sales were made at
irregular rates. At the close Of the
market on that day, the grades at and
below I'D. per ID. were salcable AT l-s
OF penny per ID. over the rates curren,
at the sailing Of the Europa. Mid
ding fair qualities have also advanced
to a small extent, but the higher grades
are unchanged, the quotations being for
fair Orleans, S "a; fair uplands and
Mobile, s 3.s. Sales Of the week 3s, 100
bales, Of which spectators took $50
bales and exporters clio.
90 The trial oi the persons charged
with a conspiracy to destroy the pro-
perty Of the Michigan Central railroad
company, has occupied the Wayne
County Circui, Court ffty-sir days, and
is yet apparently far from conclusion.
Such 'prolixity would scarcely be per
mltted in any other tribunal in the world
The Court adjourned on the 18th inst.
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