Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1852-03-11
From New York.

New YoRK, March 2, s PM.
The steamer Franklin arrived from Southampton with
four days latter news.
London dates to the 18th ult state that cotton is ex
tremey active, with advance of Lie to l. Sales
Tuesday of Is, 900 bales.
The Arctic arrived Liverpool on the 18th ult in
nine days and thirteen hours, The shortest trip
cord.
Lord Russell introduced bill to organize local mill.
tia
CHINA-A fire occurred a Hong Kong on the 18th of
December destroying five hundred buildings
France is quiet but looking forward with intense in
terest to the coming elections.
The Queen Of Spain is well.
LoNDoN-The overland mail from India reached
London on the 10TH Col Outman had been superseded
| resident consul at Barroda.
English funds have auctuated slightly. Consos
closed on Tuesday at 97sa974. Money account had
declined owing announcement from the treasury that
eight and half millions Exchequer bills will be received
at the present rate Of interest March United States
stocks active with upward tendency State secu-
rites unchanged
The commercial advces by the overland mail are con.
sidered satisfactory than for several months The
failure of Mackay Co., of Calcutta, with liabilities
amounting to two hundred thousand pounds is announ-
ced
The excitement at the Australian gold mines has in
creased hundred fold and the yield Of gold is immense.
The British Government has commenced prosecuting
the Irish press, and the proprieors of DuDdrk Demo
crat have been arrested for libel the government
Its still affirmed that Louis Napoleon has designs
upon Belgium, and has also made perempory demand
claimed the Intervention Of Great Britain.
The town Of Lagos, the West Coast of Africa, was
almost totally destroyed by the British squadron the
Goth Of December. The English ships sustained severe
damage, having thirty killed and sixty-six
ded.
In Spain the recruiting of the army going all
over the country and the artillery was being mounted in
the forts
The Daily News hints that great movement in
Paris will occur about the 22d Of February and that
orders have been given various Generals to be pre-
pared.
The fear of the French invasion is still prominent in
the mind of the populace, and by no means limited to
lower order.
A bill disfranchse the borough of St. Adams had
been brought into Parliament Also, bill to abolish
religious tests in the Scottish universities.
The motion of cenSure the Irish government was
fixed for Thursday next, and looked forward to with
much anxiety by the Ministers and great interest by all
parties
The British squadron had left the Tagns for the Brit
ish Channel 1t is to compose part Of the fleet that is
to cruise in the chanel, which is to consist of fifteen
ships oil the line, ten lrgates, and fifteen OF twenty
steam frigates.
The alarm created by the threatening attitude Of the
French Government towards England was becoming
very great.
The French Ministers had demanded the suppression
OF all clubs and political associations strict surveillance
newspapers, asd the Punishment of all refugees
from Swiss territory.
The fair proposition of the engineers and mechanics
had been accepted and they had gone to work Only
one establishment was entirely closed.