From fhs Boston Dn;ly Mui1, Dee. 9. ARRIVAL OF THE COLUMBIA.
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From fhs Boston Dnily 1fni7, Dcc. 22.

 ARRIVAL OF THE COLUMBIA.

 l5 DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.

 The British Royal Mail Steamship Columbia teegraphed n little past ten o'clock and arrived at the wharf, little before l2.

 Some part of her voyage wns mild and pleasant, but for tho last few days she has encountered bad weather and heavy gales.

 By this arrival we have Liverpool dates to the 4,h inst. and London to the evening of the 3d.

 The London money market was tolerable easy. and plenty of money could be obtained good securities The heavy importations of specie from the United States and from South Amercn, would it was thought he an ample guaranty against any further panic in the money market for some time, and capitalists were looking about them for safe means of invest ment.

 Her Maiesty hhs Queen.-On Monday afternoon last, her Majesty, in company with her illustrious consor, was able to take airing in close carriage Queen and Prince Albert were absen. from the Pal ace nearly an hour. Several statements have been circulated respecting the christening of the infant prince, but understand nothing has yet been de- termined upon, and that all such assertions are mere conjecture.

 It is rlmored in circles likely to he well informed that her Majesty the Queen Dnwaeer will le the god mother of the infant prince. which fn eive the greatest satisfaction to the country. The chrst enng, ns far can he learned, is to be private the exalted birth of the prince will allow, hut the han quet which ls 10 he gwen on the occasion will tar ex ceed in splendOr the entertainment that was given when the Princess Royal was baptized.

 The health of the Queen Downger Anctuates be- tween better and worse according ihe bulletins is- sued. from day to day, by her medical attendants. but there IS now, we believe, no hope of her eventual recovery from the insidi"us disease which is gradual ly undermining the springs of life.

 There was no material alleva'ion Of the distress in the manufacturing distrcts-the contributions from other parts of the kingdom, though apparently liberal. heinz totally inadequate to meet the emergency of such general want of productive employment. A faint hope yet seemed Co finger iih of the papers that the crisis had passed, ,hnt the principal nfd had AOoo oSo1ta nrHt d. siness would soon resume it's womcd energy and life. The commercial depression which had prevailed 20 long in England had spread over the hole of E,'- rope. In Russia it was feV very severely. Not less than 25O failures had taken place in Moscow alone, and nearly an equal number a! S,. Perershnrgh. The Emperor is said to have issued peremp,ory ukase, to the effect that those nsovents whose estates did not pay 40 per cent Of their debts. should be compel ed to to Join the army as common soldiers:

 The failure ot the po'n'oe crop in ireland appeared 10 he even more extensive than it at first repre- sened and. coupled with the but apparent indi- cations of severe winter. caused many melancholy iorebod'ngs of distress umong the countless poor of of the temperance reform. was hoped, would go far to mitigate the evils of scarcity, and meloae the condition s 1f the suffering Eoor; but it could hardly land IS more important than al! others combined.

 lh'rty-twO charges ot felony, and 142 charges of drunkenness and disordery conduct came before tho lh's IS m some measure 'he resul, of the renz dps- peration to which the ds,resses of the people in tho manufacturing towns have driven them.

 The weather throughout great portion of Enrope, the past fall, appears te be very much like thai expc. renced Tn this cOunt:y-ony a little more 20. Heavy rains nre deluging the south of France, Spain &c. while the north e Europe has been suffering under the chilling blasts of a premature winter.

 The British 5O'h and 9Sth Regiments were to pro- ceed Immed!aely to China, having been fully recruit ed No difficulty appeared to exist in cnIisring any requisite number Of troops. as great many of tho vast multitude out of employment chose tO brave danger and disease abroad rather than starvation at home.

 There was great meeting of deputies from all inc Antl-C Law Associations at Manchester, on the 2Hh Of November. at which speeches were made ana resolutions passed, verging very near ,o what would have been considered treason" some twenty years ago.

 The accounts in the provincial journals nil agree m describing the amount of rain which has lately fa- len as far beyond the average of any season for ma ny years past. A great deal of mischief has hcen done by it's continuance.

 The misery and Restitution in Paisley SO far from SuHerng any dniInuilon, continues 10 increase .-- The Glasgow Argus states that there are now 77aO persons in that unhappy town subssting on charity

 Death has been busy among the oreo, Tho r.,, of fiorewoodi the Earl of Elein; the Queen Dowo. ger of bavana; Ch9n'rey, the sculptor Dr. Birbeck, and others have died very suddenly.

 The Queen. it is said, has already aketched ike ness Of the infant Prince, which will immediately he Autographed The resemblance is said to he nerfec, ana the clrcnmsfances under which it was made cannot fail of giving to it an interest peculiarly ;,s own ''TH

 SERIOUS DISTURBANCES IN SYRIA

 The following IS a letter from the Sardinan Consub at Beyrouf, dated Oct 20: ~N'"F

 "serous events have taken place in the mountains events amounting to a civil war. The Emr he ;s known has established himself at Deli. .ei -Kammer and given orders for the levy Of tribute but inc n ses instead of bringing their contributions a,,enId the town on the 18th. and the fighting lasted GI ,ba l7th There were 42 Christians killed. and Io0 n.' ses; the latter to the number of 5000 bes;eSej ,he Christians not numbering more than SOo but inc la,. ter fought. protected hy their houses There voS have Soss no end to the combat had no Col TS" R"ss aid de:camp of the generaissimo. and eoncinds asn Hammer. The MaSoRite patriarch has snm~Orss hs flock to arms. A mixed village of Dr"s"sO DO"eS neg Ghrsans wlsned io remain neutral bu. the C6r;s. the DTuso party. Ooe'a'e ior'

 Again has thie devoted country hecome ,bs ."c SS. ot violence and blOOdshed We shal enSsev~. ssene glve such details 60 may ba relied upon. eoncr.,'. ne tne pubic, however the fact that noI;s;cs Ln neo no'hlne whatever, 70 do with tho 0msrr.i would appear, as we have heloss stsse6' ,S". N gree O' an'mOH'y has long existed between sSs DqS.