Litchfield enquirer., 1845-11-27
From ELe Boston .asIas. .NSU. q.
FOREIGN NEWS .AyriUal cf fhe Royal .Mal SteameS Britannia.

FOkEiGN NEWS
 avyiVal ef the Royal .Mal SteaHeT BritGnnia.
 l6 DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
 The Royal Mail Steamship Britannia, Capt. Hevett: arrived at this port, yesterday afternoon, from Liverpool the 4th inst, having made her pas sage in about Is days, including the detention at Halifax, She left Liverpool with s4 passengers, left II at Halifax, and brought B to this city. A mnng the passengers are the poet w. c. Bryant, and Sir Allan McNsb.
 The failure ofthe potato crop in Ireland. the de- fcieht harvest in England, the high price of pro- visions. and the threatened famine amongst the lower classes have prompted the Premier to hold three Cabinet Councils, for the purpose of devis- ing some measures for the relief of the country.- Although the result of the deliberations of Minis ters was not officially promulgated, when the Br- tannia left Liverpool: yet our readers may antic- cipate the result from the following information.
 Opening cf tie Ports tor the Admission of For eigM Grain.-A Cabinet Council was held at the urivat. residence of Sir Robert Peel on the 3lst ult., another was held at the same place Satur- day the lst inst. and another on MondaJ afternoon he Sd inst. The Examiner of the lst inst. contains the following remarks:
 GA Cabinet Council, the first since the proroga- tion of Parliament, was held yesterday afternoon at the private residence of Sir Robert Peel. In Whihall gardens. at which all the Ministers were present but the Gaze't of last night does not con- tain the expected Order in Councit for opening the ports for admission of foreign gran a statement which was published by an evening contemporary may have led the people to expect
 The only announcement which the Gazette con- tains is the notification of strict and rigorous blockade of the ports of the Oriental Republic. on the East coast of South America. having been es- tabished by her MaestV's naval forces on that sta ton. in conjunction with those of the King of the French"
 The Morning Chronicle has the following re- marks on this subject: .....
 "A suspension os the Corn Laws becomes daily more necessary-indeed it appears to be inevitable. and find the remor gaining ground that parlia. memt will be called together at an earlier per"d than usual Whether the ports will he opened for the admission of grain by an order m Council, or by hasy act oflegislation. remains sfill subject I Of doubt. Though Sir Robert Peel will. in all probability. open the ports by order in Council. vet il Is necessary that the earliest opp"r- unity should be sought to obtain from Parliament its sanction for that act. It IS. therefore, more than probable that the ports will he opened by an TOef in OOunClI al once, ana FartdIOenL summon ed for an early day in November"
 The London Observer says: The state of trade in the manufacturing districts not improved The Liverpool Cotton Market ''as been inactive, and prlces have declined l.ed l ger pound.
 l The Corn Markets are very much ag,tated. and aS large quantity of gold was expected to leave 'ne couhtry for the purpose of paying tor ioregn gram, money was scarce.
 Run,ored Changes iN the .Minisfry-The Lon- don Morning Post, o the Sd inst, copies the tol- lowing paragraph from the Brighton herald, with .'e heading, ''very possible:'
 We learn, from source on which we place 6 eat reliance, that important changes operation n the ministry and that there is little uonbt that Lotu John Russell will join the Admin ,ra.,"n of Sir Robert Peela-lhat Lord Stanley will retire tr"m the office of Colonial Secretary, and ! N'il besucceeded by Lord John."
 FreemaM, the American Gianf.-This well l &nown pugilst and performer is no more He eX- ,'red in Winchester hospital on the 18th ult. His complaint was consumption, we might almost say Airophy. lie was wasted tp complete skeleton. IRELAND.
 The Poiato Disease.--In the latest reports re. l ceived there is conclusive evidence of the spread "f the disease m Kerry and other counties, which l were considered quite free from the pestilence.-- "'S 'c h"" Ho poIt Od tue CoutIFy uHVISlteO Oy the 0lIght: but m some counties the loss is much greater than m others--in Fermanagh and Long, | '"rd' tor Instance, and generally upon limestone So!ls, or where lime has been used as a manure or | 'n bog soits the potato crop has been much less affected than in rich heavy lands. Taken altogeth. rr, however, the loss is tremendous amounting ac- coadng te the most careful calculations and al- lowing much for exaggerated aarrh, to fully one h'rd of the entire crop. But the wojst feature in the calamity is. the uncertainty that still exists, l and the continued account of new losses 1he Gouernment Commission Professors Kane Lindley and Playfair, who have been sent over as Commissioners. by Government, to inquire into the nature otthe Potato disease. have held public sit ting at the Dublin Society House. Their first re. port, addressed to the Lord Lieutenant, contains nothing beyond remedial suggestions. Proposed StOppage sfErports Qf Grain, &c.- meeting of the Town Council was held, on the 2s'h ult., at which Mr. O'Connell proposed that deruta'on should be appointed to wait upon ,he Lord Lieutenant. for the purpose of pressing upon the attention of Government the propriety of talk ing measures to prevent the export of provisions of all kinds to any country, except England. of stop ping dstilafon from grain. and of laying tax of 5D per cent. upon the income of absentees, and ot 10 per cent. upon all other incomes The propo- siton was unanimously adopted. It was also de- termined that the Lord Mayor should call public meeting of the inhabitants for Friday, to consider the subject of the potato disease. A second report has been made. bv the Government Commission oners, upon this now all important matter.
 ITALY.
 Departure ofshe Emp1or and Empress of Rus sia for Sicily The Emperor and Empress of Rus sia, with suite of 75 persons, embarked at Genoa for paiormo on the 22d ulf, in some Russian fri gates which were waiting for them.
 Insanity "f the Buonaparte F'amiiy.-A letter from Fa"Tence states that the family of Prince Je rome BuonaDarte has just been afflicted with most