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Foreign News: Arrival Of The Steamer Acadia At Boston--Fifte...

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Day
16
Month
October
Year
1843
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Public Domain
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The Queen, in the exubfrance of her spirits1, seerna bent upon enjoyment ihis seagon. fn the beginning of Seprember she songht agnin the sea, in order to pay a visit to lier uncle, the King of the Belginns. Off Dover, the cnnqueror of Napoleon, leaving his retreat at Walmer Castle, paid a visit to the royal yacht, and was nsked to dinner. While in Belgium, the Queén will visit Waterloo, the field on which tbe destinies of Europe qmvered in the balance Hule inore than a quarter ofu centtiry back. Movement8 in Belgium have been very rapid, and the reporters of ihe London papers who arcompnny her, record all her movement9 with tedious minuteness. The outrages in South Wales, so far frnm showing symptoms of diminulion, are on the ncrease. Blood has been shed - the Rebeccaites daily become more bold and daring, while the veil in which the people of that isolated district have been so long onahrouded froni their fellow snbjects in En-: land, having been drawn aside by tlie sturdy vigor of the preas, discloses a state of society generating "treaeon, stratagems nnd spoils." Mr. O'Cnnnell keeps the ball of agitation moving with undiminishing vigor, nolwith standing the prorogalion of Parliament. He had another monster meeting at Loughrea, on the lOth uit. which, as regards numbers, was h;mlly inferior, if the great agitator himself is to be crediled, to any that have gone before. According to his testimom, there were no less than 10,000 horsemen present at this re peal gatbering. Captnin Sir John Ross has jnst retnrnod from his vovage of exploration to the South Sea. He transacted businpss at the Admiralty on the 12ih instant, having run up to.town, leaving hia ship at Portsmomh. The gallant ailor was m excellent heakh and spirits, and expressed the greafest satisfaction at the result of his voyage.LOSS OF THE STEAM FRIGATE MISSOURI. We regret to have to announcp the tof al destniction, by fire, of the splenrlid American steam frigate the Migsou ï, while at anchor in this bay, on Saturday week. She had the Hon. Mr. Cushing on board, proceeding to Alexandrin, en route for China, as .Minister. The alarm was first given at eio-ht o'clock precisely, and was immediately followed by such a burst of flama from the engineer's store room as to lead to the belief Ihat it originated among the oil and spirits. Every exertion was made to subdtie it, and the large pumps were instantly put into operation; but the progfess of the flamos was bo rauid, that it became npcessnry to fld the two magazines, which wa3 done so éxficrmtn} .., j. :, twenty minutes alter three, A. M. that any explosión took plac, nnd then not to an extenl tu endangpr the shipping in the bav, rhe ncarci-t of whirh had alrendy been removed by the exertions of the acting captain of the port. Assistance was prompt ly sent from the Mal.ibar, under the personal superin endence of" Sir GeorureSartorius; and the Locust got up her slenmnndran alongside the Missouri, with the view of towing her into dcep water r rendering nny oiher nid: but unfortunately, she had nlieady {rrmmded, which rendered it itnpossible 'o scuttle her.As soon as the fire broke out the Governor nrdered the waterport g-jites to be opened and prnceeded himslr' to the wharf, Trom whence de dispntched two engines under charge of the ortillery and sappers: but in spite of the united efforts of llie crew of the Misso-.iri and her friendly auxiliando, the progress of the flame?, which al nne time nppenred lo be got under, was such that atlength Captain Newton was forced lo abandon his ship, nfter summoning n council of his own officers and those British officers about him, wlio unaninonsly dccided that there was no hope of saving the ship. The order wns then given by Captain Newvon for all to quit the ship which was done m medin tcly by the crew taking the water, and recriving the ready asistanne of boats sent in anticipation of the exigency, from the Malabar and from the ve9sels in the harbor. - Such was the state of the ship, wben the officers and crew left her, that they sa ved nothingr but ivhat they had on. Captain Newon did not qnit the ship until all had left her, about a quarter past eleven o'cloek. We are ïappy to add, that the officers and crew are believed to be all saved. His Excellency, the American Minister,er securing his papers of importance, returned to the ship and zealously unitnd his exertions to those of her officers. The line wall was crowded nntil a very late hour with spectators, anxiously watching the fate of t he noble ship. The sight was awfully grand; unlil the mastsat length feil overboard thetrncery of herspars and shrouds standing out in bright relief ngainst the Jurk sky, was beautiful. The whole rock was as light as day; and probably shcIi a sight has not been witnessed in the bay since the conflogation of the floating batteries in the memorable seige. We trust it will not be consicered prepumptnnu.oto refer to the discipline on board t his ill-fated vessel; Imt, &s persons, emplnyed alongside during the progrcss of the ualamity, hnd on whose veracity we can place the utmost relinnce, have been desirous of hearing undeninble testimony on this most important subject, wo beg to inform onr readers that they describe the discipline and order on board as most abmirable; the scveral orders weregivenand obeyed as if the vessel had been in perfect safety, and nothing had occurred to excite alarm or confusión - Gibraltar Ckronicle. Italy.- The disturbances in the Papul dominions had not been queüed . Collisions hnd taken place between the troops of the Pontiff and the insurgents n which some blood had been shed on both sides. The disorders are of a politica] nature, and judging from the manifestó of the Cardinal Légate at Bologna, are looked upon wuh some anxiety. Tiiere hnd also been some disturbancea in Tupcany. The presence of Swiss mercenaries in the ('ompany of the Pope is said to be the cause of thp HifficuIMeR.

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