FOREIGN NEWS.
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The steamer Cambria, at Boston, brings
dates TO the 5ih of March. The price Of
cotton had advanced I'D. Il cts the
demand was very brisk, and stil further
advance anticipated.


The next important item is the


REDUCTION OF THE BRITISH TARIFF.


Cotton yarn, linen yarn, and thrown
silks are TO be admitted free of duty, and
amongst other things we find few impor-
tant articles from the United States, parti-
cularly Slaves, Turpentine, Lard and Lard
Oil. The import of the latter article from
the United States, where ii is now manu-.
factured in great abundance, will no doubt
be extensive, as well as Of other commo-
dities named.


The celebrated Rev. Sydney Smyih is
dead. Two or three wealthy nobleman
haye died lately, among them brother of
the Duke of Wellington. The British
Queen is in her usual annual "nteresting
siluaiion.n


An English paper gives the following
particulars of great


FLOOD IN CHINA.


A letter from Macao, published in the
Handeleblad, gives an account of the over
flowing Of rivers in the north Of China
before which the European inundations
that have been recorded during the last
few years, shrink into utter insignifcance.


On the shores of the Yellow Sea the
phenomenon took the character of se-
cond deluge. Whole provinces. with po-
pulations respectively larger than some of
the second class kingdoms Of Europe, were
almost entirely submerged. The retreat
of the waters left corpses in thousands, -
Touching episodes are given as pictures of
this awful calamity. On the river Yang
Use were found large floating casks, which
when examined were discovered to contain
the bodies of young children, whose mo-
theirs when all hope of themselves was
gone, had committed them TO these float
ing afks, as last slender chance of sal
valion. Upwards of seventeen millions
Of human beings, escaped from the inun.
daiion, have poured themselves over the
adjacent provinces, beggared of oil things
Ind crying for bread.