Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-11-05
Arrival Of the Great Western.
Seven Days Later from England

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ed from Liverpool on the llth, inst,
and arrived at New York last Tuesday
morning. The adyices in regard to
crops are of the same tenor withsthose
previously received. The influence
OF the news upon our market, will be
seen under our commercial head. Cot.
ton at Liverpool was dull, and prices
rather lower.
Destructive floods have occurred in the
north of England and Scotland. Much
corn was sw ept away, and cattle and
sheep destroyed.
Famine with all its horrors appears
TO, be staring at half of old Europe's
population, and an allpervading cry
for civil and religious freedom rises on
every hand.
The railway mania knows no abate>
ment; it appears, on the contrary, to
increase. 1t is said that a leading morn
ing paper receives, in the course Of one
week, at the present time, from. the
railroad advertisements, as mueh hard
cash as the Chief Magistrate of the Un.
ion is paid annually for his public SER
vices.
The Bishop Of Exeter has called the
attention of his clergy 10 the impropri-
ETY. Of being engaged in railway sPecu'
lations.
LIVERPOOL, Oct. ll.-The quarters
revenue in. the customs shows de-.
crease Of a million sterling, and an in
crease in the Excise Of about G50,OOO,
Ia the Postotfice there is also an increase
and The stamps and taxes yield also
slight increase; but the amount Of prop.
erty tax has decreased, and the Quar-
ters Revenue, as compared with the
corresponding quarter last year, shows
a decrease Of about 9sOO,00O.
The Grain markets, both here and
elsewhere, it will be seen, are on the
rise. The London market of yester.
day advanced considerably, nearly 2s
per quarter. The remarks which we
have made on one or two occasions re-
Gently, still apply to the Corn market.
The present harvest will yield indffer>
emily, and this, combined with the ia.
lure of the crop on many parts of the
Continent, from which we have, in for
mer years, drawn a large proportion
OF our supplies. cannot fail TO send the
price Of "breadstuffs,'' up to a higher
figure than they have yet seen.
The general failure Of the potatoe
crop is, as we have before stated, one
of the primary elements, in this upware
tendency of prices. England, the dis
ease in the potatoe, in many districts
has nearly disappeared, leaving only &
small scab behind, which will not ma
terially injure the properties Of that val
ubIe esculent.
The interest Of the weeks news cen
tres in the accounts which have come
recently to hand from Algiers and Ita
ly. That sturdy Arab, ABIDE el-Kader
who seems determined to struggl
while he can WELD sword for the in
dependence Of his native land, has al.
ready proved a sore scoarge to France
Nothing but the hand Of death, it seems
can subdue the indomnilabIe persever
ence of the fiery, high.souled Arab.
The fruits Of the French expedition
10 Morocco last year may now be see
in the destruction Of the French fore
at Djemira-Ghozona, amounting to 45
men. The commanding officer wa
inviegled from his post on the frontier
of M orocco; and cut TO peices. Onl
fourteen escaped,-Flushed with thi
triumph. the successful! Abd.el. Kade
rushed at high.game-at tackled Gener
al Cafarguac, at the head of consid
cradle force, and. although repulseo
succeeded in making the enemy fec
the weight Of his prowess. s eii
The disaster has produced much de
{, pfessionand not little anger in France
The King especially II annoyed at j