Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-10-11
FIFTEEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.

The steamship CAMBRIA, which sailed from Lii
verpool on the 18th ultimo, reached Boston on
Thursday evening. She brings full files of the latest
Liverpool, London, and Paris papers.
| The QUEEN of England had returned from her
visit to Germany, and gone to Osborne House, in
the Isle of Wight, where she arrived on the 10th
She left Gotha on the 3d. and returning by way of
the Rhine and the Belgium railroad had splendid
reception at Antwerp on the 9Th Having accepted
pressing invitation from the King of the French to
visit him at Chateau d Eu the Queen and her suite
proceeded from Antwerp in the Royal steamer Vic
toria and Albert, to The little harbor of Treport
where she landed. The following account is given
of her landing and reception at that place
From the low of the tide, when her Majesty APP
preached the French Shore found that the small
which had formerly carried the Queen from the royal yach
the shore could not be employed The only way in
which Louis Philippe could get board the royal yach
by getting into bathing machine by which he carried
far that he able to get on board his own
BARGE and thence board the royal yacht and happen
ed that the Queen would be obliged remain for hours
board take the rather undignied of reach
ing the shore. The Queen Of England however thought
might adopt the mode getting shore that brought the
King of the French board and thus happened that
Queen Victoria and King Louis Philippe shore together
in bathing machine The Queen handed into the barge
by the King and followed by Prince Albert the Prince of
Jonvlle, Prince Augustus Of SAKE Coburg and M Guzot
In the order the party entered the bathing machine
which decorated with coloed flag for the nonce and
speedily dragged by horse to terra fra In the
royal salute fired from all the in the ong and
from the battery The whole party got chabcs, the
Queen sitting next to Louis Philippe and Prince Albert next
the Queen OF the French and proceeded TO the Chateau
dEu amidst the cordial very boserous applause of the
assembled crowds After deeune, Louis Philippe took the
opportunity OF introducing the Queen to the Victoria
GaIerya splendid gallery intended to commemorate her
Majestys first visit the Chateau d'Eu In the afternoon
the royal party drove into the forest and in the evening there
splendid dinner the chateau which attended by
all the civil and military authorities of the ace well by
the guests resident at the chateau.
The Queen and Royal party remained at Eu a
little more than day, and at six o'clock in the af
ternoon of the 9th they again embarked for Eng
land. Having arrived in the harbor of Portsmouth
they landed at about noon on the following day, and
proceeded TO Osborne House, after an absence from
the kingdom of about forty days.
| The expense of the fetes given upon the occa-
sion Of the Queens visit TO the Rhine is stated i'll
| the German papers TO amount to 100000 francs
($2O0,000.) The musicians alone were paid
400 900 francs.
The potatoes are very seriously injured this sea-
son, in Great Britain and on the continent, by the
rot. The injury has been so general as to excite
considerable alarm. On the continent the crop has
been all but destroyed, and in Holland, Belgium,
and the north of France serious fears Of famine
entertaned-so serious that the expectation Of
food was rigidly prohibited, and all duties the
importation Of it .rescinded.
L
though the grain is generally of an inferior quality,
and prices have raised considerably in consequence
of this and the failure of the potato crop. The
crops in Northern Europe, and on the Vistula and
Elbe, have been almost destroyed by floods.
III is stated that orders have been sent out from
Great Britain within tie LAST Two months, 10 sss,
amount of three millions sterling for the importa-
ton of foreign grain under the expectation that il
will be required before the harvest of 1896
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The cotton market is healthy and vigorous.
letter from Constantnople, published in the
Times and dated August %, brings intelligence OF
another battle between the Russians, under Gen.
WovENzoFF, and some Poles, who, under ScHAmIL,
were in the Circassian service. The former attack
ed the latter at the stronghold of Dargo, and the
conflict is described having been most desperate
and prolonged. About 10000 Russian troops were
in action, opposed to about half that number of en-
trenched Circassians The Russian General lost
about 5000 men, with four aides-de-camp and forty
officers, in the various assaults. Scham at length
evacuated the stronghold of Dargo. Ii is added,
| that he succeeded in cutting his way through the
Russian army and in carrying off his guns and am
| munition. After this he took up fresh position
on the outskirts of the Russian army and the Rus
sian General saw fit to withdraw his troops from
the mountains and retire upon Tifis. Ii is said
that he intends, after making new disposition of
his forces, 10 advance again INTO the mountains ana
| recommence operations. But it was also rumored
that the campaign for the season had come to close
A letter from Berlin contradicts the report that
Mr.. WHEATON had received fresh instructions TO
resume negotiations for a commercial treaty with
the Zoll- Verein.
The steamship GREAT BRITAIN arrived at Liver
pool on the morning Of the 9Th utmo. Her pas
sengers, in lengthy address, expressed their graft
hcation with the vessel. 1t appears that she had
not sufficient steam to attain her greatest speed and
hence her long passage of sixteen days.
Railway speculation in England continues un-
abated. The aggregate amount which has been Of
late invested in enterprises of this sort within the
kingdom is stated at g602, S64S76.
Ii is said to be the intention of the Government
not to renew the property tax at the end Of the
three years for which it was imposed
The Pacific Steam Navigation Company has
contracted with Government for the conveyance Of
mails between Valparaiso and Panama. From Pa
mama they will cross the Isthmus to Chagres, and
thence reach England by the West Indian mail
steamers.
Mr.. O'CoNNELL is still at Derrynane, sending
letters to the Repeal Association. lie Is soon TO
leave his residence 10 attend " monster meetings y
about to be held in Kerry, Mayo, and Tipperary.
His efforts to procure a reconcion and union be- |
tween the Repcaers and Orangemen have been sig |
naly unsuccessful. His son, John O'Conne, is
still active and prominent among the Repealers.
The Massachusetts State Agricultural Society |
has an agent in Ayrshire, Scotland, purchasingcows
and bulls from far-famed stocks to improve the |