The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-19 00:00:00

THE POTATO DISEASE.

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The following is an abstract of returns furnished to the
Foreign-office by her Majesty's Consuls in Europe, showing
the state of the potato disease in their several Consulates :
Alicant—No disease, but potatoes soapy, scarce, and dear.
Bayonne—Crop much diseased, and unfit for use in ,nany
places.

Barcelona—No dispase: crop abundant.
Boulogne—.Crop diseased and defective to the extent of
one-half or two-thirds.
Brest—Crop diseased and defective to the extent of one-
half or two-thirds.

Bilbao—Crop greatly affected.
Bourdeaux—Early crop sound : later crop halt lost from
disease.

Carthagena—No disease, but carriage difficult and dear.
Cadiz—No disease, but none to be had.
Cette—No disease, but none to be bad.
Christiania—Disease partial, about Skien (Nov. 25): ex-
portation prohibited.
Calais—Much disease : two-thirds lost.
Corsica—No disease : good crop.
Charente—Much disease in heavy lands : mostly sound in
light sandy soil.
Genoa—No disease : none to be had.

Galicia—No disease : crop very abundant.
Granville—Much disease : three. quarters lost.
Havre—Disease very general : half lost near Dieppe
nine-tenths near Rouen.

Leghorn—No disease : no supplies can be had now.
Lisbon—Crop diseased at Figueira and Coimbra: no ap-
pearance of it at Lisbon: very few to be had, Nov. 29. In
Figueira district disease so general that few proprietors have
enough left for seed. The few potatoes affected in the neigh-
bourhood of Lisbon were grown from seed received from Eng-
land! Dec. 29.
Marseilles—No disease in Provence : symptoms have ma-
nifested themselves in the neighbouring departments.
Malaga—No disease: few or none to be had.
Nantes—Disease considerable.
Naples—No disease : crop abundant and excellent.
Oporto—Disease in the districts near the Douro : thought
to be contagious. In the Beira alta, and neighbourhood of
Oporto, an abundance; but now (Nov. 15), in many places
of the Beira alta and Tras os Montes, they are beginning
to rot.

Palermo—No disease: none to be had: will not keep.
Stockholm—Exportation prohibited.

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
Arrivals—William Hyde, Steward, from New Zealand in
the Downs, sailed from Auckland 24th November, Pernam-
' buco, 4th February ; Sappho, Dunlop, from China in the
Downs, Bailed 19th November, Anger, 3d December, St.
Helena, 29th January ; Culdee, Campbell, from China, off
Bardsev, sailed 17th October, Anger, 21st November, Cape,
18th January; Herschel, Robertson, from Mauritius at
Gravesend, sailed sth December, St. Helena, 13th January.
Arrivals at St. Helena—Lucie, Jan. 20, from Batavia, and
sailed 29th to Havre; llendrick Jan, from Batavia; Ger-
truida Maria, from Batavia ; Colebri, 27th, from Singapore
to Hamburgh ; Robert Henderson, 28th, and sailed 29th, to
Liverpool; Panama, M'Leod, from Bombay; Jan Pieters
Koen, from Batavia; Angelo, 28th, from Manilla, and sailed
29th, to Boston ; Vriendsehip, from Batavia ; Arun, 29th,
from China ; Passenger, 29th, from China ; Theresa, from
Batavia.
Departures from St. Helena—Amelia Mulholland, Jan. 28,
to London ; Naples Packet, 29th, to London.
Arrivals in Table Bay—Cape of Good Hope, Manila, from
Manila, with loss of sails, bulwarks, &c.
Departure from Sydney—Cashmere to Landon, Oct. 26.
The Munro, for Liverpool, was to sail Nov. 26
Arrivals at Auckland, New Zealand—Louisa Campbell
and Regia, from Sydney.

Dispatches were received at the Coloaial-office from
the Governor of New Zealand.