Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-05-08
FOREIGN NEWS.
Arrival Of the Niagara.
LATER FROM EIROpE


The Niagara reached the city early ON
thursday morning, having left Liverpool.
April ~, and made the passage in less ,b,n
IL days.
% Our papers contain the resolve. passed nv
the passengers on board the Arcric. The Cal
Inns line Steamer, which arrived out on the
l4lh. S. G. Goodrich presided, and speeches
were made and toaSIs given, as usual. The
assistant engineer, William Irving, was jam
med to death aboard the Arctic, on her third
day from New York. The passengers con-
tributed over $500 to be handed to his moth
err.
Mr.. King, an American Protestant minis
ter, in the habit OF preaching in Greek at
Athens, was interrupted by some young men
while alIudng 10 the crime of Cain and such
row enslled that he left the pulpit, and
hoisted the U. s. flag on his house for safety.
private letter from Bombay says the
cholera was making fearful ravages there.
The people were flying BY hundreds, and
several captains of vessels lying ia the harbor
had persisted. WIS li h"a Eaa4
In Ireland says the Liverpool Journal,
patriotic efforts fail to get up a commenda-
BILE agitation. The people are emigra.ing
so numerously that they have time only 10
think of their own affairs. An anticipated
result has already shown itself; there is, for
the first lime on record, a want of Iaborers
in the country. Wages will of course rise,
and an improved condition of the poor will
stay the Hood OF emigration. The land is
changing hands rapidly, and at a rate of pur-
chase which II is marvellous does not import
English capital 'l
Anaggregale meeting Of Roman Catholics
is TO be held in Dublin TO express Their de-
termination to resist the attempted invasion
Of Catholic liberty I;I H.
The German affair hangs fire, aud the on
ly news from Italy is, that Lonbardy swarms
with Austrian Hoops. 3 '-
Prince Wittgenstein, the minister Of the
royal house of Prussia, died on the evening
of the / llh April. .t.......
The French socialists have decided upon
bringing forward a mechanic for the presi-
dency Of the republic next year, and have Sc
lecied for that office a man of The name oil
Anthony, director of an association of cabi-
net makers, in the Faubourg St. Antoine.
The new French ministry do not as YET
! feel quite firm in their seats. They obvious.
ly dare not venture on revising the cunstit,I-
ton in an unconstitutional way. The re-
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reports OF bad trade are fallaclouS.
| or the instruction in Portugal, the mos
consideraie event brought by this arrival
we have the following account, in news from
Lisbon TO the 1Oh April. Ii is thought on
| battle will decide the malIer:-
'The duke of SaIdanla has taken the Leaf
in movement for overIhrowing Count d'
Thomar's government. The dukes first steI
was 10 proceed through Cintra 10 Mafra
where the 9TH regiment was qudrtered, an,
thence II was supposed he had gone on L
Santarem TO join other regiments. He wa
SAID To be already al the head Of 5000 men
Das Antas was expected to join Saldanha il
his movement. The king had taken com
mand OF the forces TO oppose the insurrectIol
and already preparations had been made Il
occupy Sanrarem, which. however. it wa
supposed, would first have been reached b
Saldanha. The revolution had not eXrende,
TO Opor,o. The members of the British EN-
| bassy al Lisbon ate stated 10 believe that III
| revolution IN Portugal will be serious one
The British squadron which was abotS l.
sail, had been detained at the urgent reques
OF the Portuguese government
In reference TO Fort Arms rong, Cape G
Good Hope, whlrh was reraken from tn
rebels on The 22d of February, Commandan
Walter Cnrrie writes, very coolIy-
Altogether, we made pretty example o
| the Kat River people of this iorf. In III,
burgFer force we had killed four men, am
fourteen wounded. | found ninety rebel.
dead. Two fellows held on TO the fort uni
this morning, when they were captured, and
are to be shot Immediately. -Pot