Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-10-23
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NEWS BY TIRE GREAT BRITAIS.-- +
EIGHT DAYS LATER FROM EU- +
ROPE.
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PROM THIS atLriMeRE aNERIcAk. OCT I6.
\ The steam ship Great Btiaie. Captain
Hosken, arrived Al Holmes Hole al one
o'eiack on Monday, WITH lae loss other
foremost. The news bR her vas express.
ed 10 Boston b. lbe d.lars 81 tha Atlas.
We make our acknowledgements to Mes
seTs. Adams 4 Co. iar cory Of the Atlas,
extra, dated Tuesday, Il A. ~, from
wblch " make ap ID following somma.
ry:
The Great Britain Iefi Liverpool % the
27th ull. with l05 passengers, among
whom is Loopoi oe Never. tie celebra.
ted pianist. She hos experienced very
heavy gales Of wiod for the last ten days,
aud has run short Of fuel. The schooner
DAVID Coffin, OF New Bedford, happened
to be in Holmes Hole, from Philadelphia,
with a cargo Of coal, and al dark on Mon
day evening was alongside the Great
Britain, supplying her. [Oar Phi.adel-
phia correspondent, under date Of yesier-
day afternoon, 81 oclock, writes: "The
Conductor Of the 5 O'Clock train from
New York reports having seen the Great
Britain off Sandy Hook as the boat came
out this morning"
The Cotton market had been dull
throughout the week, with the slightest
PercepIible decline ia prices. The quo.
,ations can scarcely be said to have
changed, but there had been more incl.
nation 10 meet buyers, and the common
and midding descriptions we've freely Of
fered. The declared prices for the week,
by tho Committee of Brokers, for fair
Cotton was 4sd.; Mobile sgd; Orleans
SD.
The iron trade continued brisk. owing
to the requirements Of the new undertake
log, aud railway bars were consequently
much sought after. From he same cause,
boiler plates, used 10 the Construction o!
iron shipping, were improving in value.
Pig iron was also selling as good prices,
and the make Of the metal was greater
at present than was ever known.
4 The weather had continued unfavora-
bic to the grain cfopS--full details OF
which viii be found below. Ike produce
markets continued active. For Rice
there was much enquiry at greatly i'm.
proved prices--ihe stock was getting low,
caused by the large demand for export.
/ 10 Railway shares speculation contin.
ued as rife as ever-allhough the account
day was near at hand again, it had lttle
effect IA checking bargains. A rumor
that Government was about TO interfere,
to check the mania, was current in the
market-but upon what foundation it
rested could not be asceuained.
The steam propeller Marmora, from
New York, arrived at Liverpool on the
26ih ut.; the packet ships Sea, and Hen
ry Clay had also arrived.
The continental news is without much
interest. The King of Spxony had open
ed the Diet in speech whicl reflects his
anxiety respecting the recent occurrence
connected with the religious movement.
4 The Prusssn Government views the Alb.
be Ronge with the same suspicion as be.
fore and he was prevented from sleep
ing in Mannheim when he passed through
it. The Queen and Queen Mother had
arrived at Madrid, and although the cap
ial was quiet, fears Of an outbreak exist.
ed. Switzerland is like smoihered vol.
cano--an explosion may be looked for.
The Overland mail from India and
China had been received in London. -
Chra dates come down TO the l2lh OF
June, but contain nothing Of special inter-
est TO the American reader.
THE MIssING PACKET SnrP ENGLAND.
A bottle had been picked up at sea,
four miles south east of Douglas Head,
by a fishing smack, containing piece Of
paper, Of which The following is copy /:
-"Packet Ship England, from Liverpool,
December Ilth, 1914 long. 50 7, lai.
10 10. Reverse-Lost quarter boats. 10
feet Of water in the hold, no vessel IN
sight" The account is believed TO be
true in England.
PROSPECTS OF THE CROPS.
la relation to the crops the Liverpool
European Times says:-
AT the sailing of the last packet we
stated that the wet weather, after an in.
terya of nearly three weeks, had return.
! ed; and that the outstanding crops, which
It was believed were small in quantity,
you'd suffer seriously by the change. -
The accounts from the northern parts OF
the kingdom speak despondingy Of the
injurious effects of the change {: and it
now appears that the progress made IN
cutting and housing the produce OF the
fields, during the Continuance OF warmth
aud sunshine, was not so great as had
been anticipated. The price Of grain is
rising rapidly, as a glance at our market
returns will show. Even at the present
moment there Is a good deal OF outstand.
ing produce in the field. The fine wealth.
er has again returned, but the season IS
too far advanced to permit the sun to
have much power, and no doubt Gao ex
isl, that the husbandman who did not
take time by the lorelock," when the
opportunity offered will suffer severely by
his udoeuce. With the rise Of the mar.
kets, fears respecting the coming winter
begin to prevail.
The failure Of the Potatoe crop is al.
most general, and to meet the deficiency
which that calamity has occasioned, large
rua,,,ttoe &c rico and bond ara IN have