Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-11-13
FOREIGN NEWS.

NA10Ss
The steamship Great Western, arrived at New
York. on the 28ih, bringing English papers up to
October IL.
Grain markets are steadily advancing. The Ger
States have commenced prohibiting the exporta-
ton Of bread stuffs.
The wheat crop in England is now known to be
very far below average The turnip crop threat
ened with a distemper like the potatoe plague.
Famine with all its horrors, appears to be staring
at half of old Europes population and l-perva-
ding cry for civil and religious freedom rises every
hand.
Extensive floods, causing much damage, have &C.
CURED in the north of England and Scotland. Much
corn which remained in the field was carried away,
as also sheep and cattle; some lives were lost.
There have been destructive floods in the neighbor-
hood Of Preston.
One of the first commercial houses of Utrecht, it is
said, Is at the head of the committee formed for the
purpose of buying up potatoes and other alimentary
substances in foreign lands and retailing them the
poor OF It's own country, without profit.
The Emperor of Russia has made an advance of
100000 roubles to the inhabitants of Livonia,
bic them to purchase rye seed, the crop having gene
rally failed in that country.
The crops of wheat, rye, barley, and peas in Hol-
stein, Denmark and Pomerania are said to be salts
factory, both regards the quantity and the quality
The potatOe crop in the neighborhood of Paris the
finest and most abundant record particularly in the
plains of St. Denis des Virtus Nanerre and the val
ley of Montmorency.
The Cologne Gazette, Of the first inst, states that
the potatoe malady has broken cut in nearly all the
cantons In Switzerland
The Prussian government has prohibited the export
alton OF potatoes from WestphaIia and the Rhenisf
provinces.
The general failure Of the potatoe crop is, as we
have before stated, one of the primary elements in
this upward tendency of prices 1t may be observed
however, that as regards England the disease in the
potatoe in many districts, has, nearly disappeared
leaving only small scab behind which will not ma
terialy lnure the properties of that valuable eScu
| lent.
The attempts to improve crops by electricity have
been everywhere failure.
The present is an eventfu period in the history o.
Ireland The Repeal agitation the meetings and pro-
tests of the ultra Protestant party against the late
proceedings of the Irish Executive and the truly
derful railway spirit which at present is abroad in
that county, presents subjects worthy of the careful
consideration of the statesman, the philanthropist
and the Christian.
OConneD emerged from the solitude Of the wilds o
Kerry, and once entered the arena of politica
agitation.
FOREIGN GRAIN MARKETs.-The prices of Whea
in Danzic have advanced Is to 5s per quarter, anC
very sanguine expectations entertained of th'
future course of prices. The Dutch and Belgian mar
/ kets are fat ard rather low. The wheat market Il
Odessa was inactive. The Danube accounts are dear
er. The course of exchange had fallen nearly 81,
per cent, which makes the wheat cost much deare
in sterling money. No dsposahle shipping in tbs
Danube
! LIVERPOOL Oct. 1.-THE quarters revenue in tn,
Customs shows decrease of million sterling, ant
an increase in the Excise of about ,0GO In thu
Postoce there is also increase and the stamps
taxes Yields slight Increase but the amount of the pro
perty tax has decreased and the Quarters Revenue, al
compared with the corresponding quarter last year
shows a decrease Of about fs00000.
Abd-el-Kader has inflicted a severe defeat on the
French, in Africa. Additional troops are to be des
patched to that country by the French government.
The Russians have again been beaten by the Circas
sains The loss of the former is reported as havn;
been immense, both in the action and in the retrea
which followed it.
TAE RAILWAY FEVER RACES as violently in Franc
as in England The sum drawnou of the Paris Saving
Bank, last week, principally for purposes of specula
ton in the shares, 2,367. 1S1f whilst the depo
sits amounted only to Col, 135f.
The British Magazine once a champion of tn
Tractarians, has turned against them, and now dc
mands the punishment of DR.. Pusey.
Eugene Sue, author of the Wandering .Je,c, ha'
been formally accommodated by the Archbishop o
Lyons, primate Of France.
The Hamburger Gazette states from Riga, that tn
cholera has made its appearance in Livonia, and
ed many deaths
The Courier du Hqrre announces that scientifi
commission is preparing, at that port, for its depart
ire with the view of exploring the ruins of Palenque
and other scattered vestiges of ancient civliza
tion in those vast forests which Cortes believed to
untrodden by man.
During the last three months no fewer than min
new Railway newspapers have been established i
England
i LEE ANn pEArH.-The population Of the earth